11-22-2005, 04:22 PM
Occhidiangela,Nov 22 2005, 06:55 AM Wrote:With so many parts of our lives going "digital" or "on/off," the metaphor for darkght or good/evil is now (fortunately for us hack writers) embedded into an increasing proportion of the mundane things that surrounded us. This fundamental polarity is steadily replacing the "shades of gray" metaphor of analogue systems, which life seems to be actually made of. The nearly complete replacement of the carbeurator by the digital fuel control is a symbol for the lost bridge between man and car, and for science replacing the art, the tacticle sense of engine tuning, and the art of listening to an engine.
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Not a lost bridge, just a different art or skillset. Instead of turning a mixture screw now you tweak idle RPM and air/fuel mixture with a controller. The enthusiast and racing markets have all sorts of neat toys (including carburetors ;) ) that you can use to tune your vehicle into exactly what you want.
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The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein