Ultrasonic Parking Sensor

[Lurch]

On Tue, 25 May 2004 16:27:14 +0100, "Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)" strung together this:

Thankyou, first sensible post for a while!

[IMM]

Because I know all the answers.

[Jerry.]

It's just a pity that 99.999EEEEE percent of them are wrong!.....

[Dave Plowman]

Indeed. If only you had a way of matching them to the questions.

[Christian McArdle]

Odd. I've bought a few since the new rules and always been asked for documentation. The fact that the docs aren't in my name doesn't seem to matter, though.

Christian.

[Christian McArdle]

Having trouble with the van, then, John? ;-)

Christian.

[Scott]

Bit like a remote control for the telly really. Logically either you can walk competently (in which case you don't need one) or you can't, in which case you need to use the remote.

Using the remote and being able to walk is just lazy. (Unless of course you can reach the telly.)

Typical marketing gizmo. Sheesh... Never catch on.

[Jerry.]

Not a good comparison, as operating menu options have increased you would either need many more buttons on the set (and with the marketing people wanting ever smaller products that is not good news) or a menu tree like exploring a computer hard drive from the root IYSWIM.

The simple solution *is* to place the menu control buttons onto a hand-held remote.

[John Stumbles]

Must be me eyes getting old, I can't see round corners anymore ...

Mind you if you'd been paying attention earlier you might have guessed I was thinking of it for SWMBO as an alternative to the reverse-until-you-hit-something-then-forward-a-bit parking algorithm :-)

[Richard Savage]

Damn right, they are a lunatic, constant, drain on the pocket. I'm not sure why I keep it - apart from the lovely sound of a V8 with a tuned exhaust!

R :-)

[Neil Jones]

I don't think people want ever-smaller televisions, do they? Quite the opposite, in my experience.

Neil

[Christian McArdle]

The engineers do want ever few buttons, though, even on big televisions. Most TVs now only have volume, power and channel up/down on the box. And it takes about 3 minutes to find a channel on my NTL box when the remote is lost. There's about 2-300 to cycle through.

Christian.

[Dave Plowman]

Make that accountants. Software is cheaper in mass production.

[Neil Jones]

televisions.

That may be so, but surely it's not connected to making the thing smaller.

[Lurch]

On Thu, 27 May 2004 09:47:34 +0100, "Neil Jones" strung together this:

I'm glad they make extremely small televisions, I can't see me fitting a 1/2 ton pile of valves in the dashboard of my van. I can however fit a small 6" TFT motorized monitor in!

[Christian McArdle]

What's your registration and address again? ;-)

Christian.

[Neil Jones]

I doubt that in a few years you'll be pleased to be able to replace it with a 1" version, though :-)

[Lurch]

On Thu, 27 May 2004 13:58:06 +0100, "Neil Jones" strung together this:

In a few years it'll be a retina implant so the smaller the better!

[Lurch]

On Thu, 27 May 2004 13:48:03 +0100, "Christian McArdle" strung together this:

It's ... Hang on, you nearly had me then! You''ll have to try harder! ;-)

[Neil Jones]

Just as long as it's not running a MS 'operating' system - imagine having to restart your eyes every time they hang.