Friday, May 21, 2021
Pay to unblock
MindMatters points to an interesting observation.
... but the deadbolt into the column was removed in the US edition. The same R8 also had a physical block on one end of the light lever, blocking off the high-beam position so the high beam could be diverted to the foot dimmer switch for Americans.
There was no legal requirement for either of these blocks, and the car would have been BETTER if they were unblocked. I unblocked the light lever and removed the dimmer pedal, but I couldn't undo the ignition.
When Nash used an Austin engine and transmission for the Metropolitan, they blocked off first gear to 'de-option' a four-speed down to a three-speed.
When Chrysler turned a regular three-speed transmission into a semi-auto, they blocked off first so the physical shifter had only Drive-hi and Drive-lo.
Similar blocks are common in the digital world. Most big programs have a trial version which is the same code as the paid version. When you pay the subscription, the gate is removed from the extra features. Same with paywalled websites. The content is all there but you have to pay to remove the extra gate in front of it.
Sometimes the pay is reversed. When the electric company switched to "smart" meters, I paid to stick with "unsmart" meters that require a physical reading every month. The meter includes the "smart", and I'm allegedly paying to BLOCK or turn off the "smart". I don't believe it's really turned off. I only want to let Avista know that some customers are willing to pay for "unsmart". It's like "voting" to record a preference while knowing good and goddamn well that "voting" doesn't work.
Back to living things... I often wish I could unblock the huge section of my imagination that is open during dreamtime. It generates original locations and characters and dialog that I can't possibly access in waketime. LSD doesn't open the paywall. I tried it in hippie days, and it didn't "open the doors" as Huxley said, it just produced a bunch of weird shit that wasn't imaginative.
The newer understanding of the genome is more like the Avista arrangement. Full functionality is available on the original platform. Each phylum and order and genus pays to have the unwanted genes turned off for convenience.
The percentage of people who suddenly become lucid on the point of death may be small but their stories are remarkable. Psychology Today notes a survey by researchers Alexander Batthyány and Michael Nahm: So far, the response rate to the questionnaire has been limited. While the results are in no way definitive, out of the 227 dementia patients tracked, approximately 10 percent exhibited terminal lucidity. From his literature review, Nahm has reported that approximately 84 percent of people who experience terminal lucidity will die within a week, with 42 percent dying the same day.This raises the possibility that some dementia is an overinhibition of function, not a loss of function. Near death, as systems are shutting down, the inhibition shuts off first. = = = = = Inhibiting an existing function is used in technology on many levels. In the analog era, shifters and switches and ignition locks were sometimes blocked with physical doors, to adapt for US laws and customs, or to create an option that could be "enabled" by the dealer. Euro carmakers recognized the American preference for insecure locks and dumbed down their cars for American use. My '63 R8 had a steering-lock ignition ...
... but the deadbolt into the column was removed in the US edition. The same R8 also had a physical block on one end of the light lever, blocking off the high-beam position so the high beam could be diverted to the foot dimmer switch for Americans.
There was no legal requirement for either of these blocks, and the car would have been BETTER if they were unblocked. I unblocked the light lever and removed the dimmer pedal, but I couldn't undo the ignition.
When Nash used an Austin engine and transmission for the Metropolitan, they blocked off first gear to 'de-option' a four-speed down to a three-speed.
When Chrysler turned a regular three-speed transmission into a semi-auto, they blocked off first so the physical shifter had only Drive-hi and Drive-lo.
Similar blocks are common in the digital world. Most big programs have a trial version which is the same code as the paid version. When you pay the subscription, the gate is removed from the extra features. Same with paywalled websites. The content is all there but you have to pay to remove the extra gate in front of it.
Sometimes the pay is reversed. When the electric company switched to "smart" meters, I paid to stick with "unsmart" meters that require a physical reading every month. The meter includes the "smart", and I'm allegedly paying to BLOCK or turn off the "smart". I don't believe it's really turned off. I only want to let Avista know that some customers are willing to pay for "unsmart". It's like "voting" to record a preference while knowing good and goddamn well that "voting" doesn't work.
Back to living things... I often wish I could unblock the huge section of my imagination that is open during dreamtime. It generates original locations and characters and dialog that I can't possibly access in waketime. LSD doesn't open the paywall. I tried it in hippie days, and it didn't "open the doors" as Huxley said, it just produced a bunch of weird shit that wasn't imaginative.
The newer understanding of the genome is more like the Avista arrangement. Full functionality is available on the original platform. Each phylum and order and genus pays to have the unwanted genes turned off for convenience.Labels: Grand Blueprint
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