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| Texting While Driving in San Antonio, Tx; New Law | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 16 2011, 11:48 AM (6,130 Views) | |
| yiffzer | Jan 17 2011, 08:40 PM Post #31 |
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Forgot His Manpurse
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I always wondered why they called it "accident." |
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| yiffzer | Jan 17 2011, 08:45 PM Post #32 |
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Forgot His Manpurse
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No, it's rapid task switching. /sarcasm We do have this great component called the subconscious mind. It is the subconscious mind that constantly works even when you're sleeping. It is this component that automates a lot of the daily work that you do, i.e., chewing gum and walking. So we really are multitaskers at heart but just not the conscious level. Edited by yiffzer, Jan 17 2011, 09:15 PM.
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| iamgeo | Jan 17 2011, 09:07 PM Post #33 |
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Big League
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BS! Pure and simple. People multi task all the time. Your wordplay is getting really ridiculous. |
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| yiffzer | Jan 17 2011, 09:16 PM Post #34 |
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Forgot His Manpurse
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Actually, he is correct. We really can't multitask consciously: http://brainslink.com/?p=215 |
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| iamgeo | Jan 17 2011, 09:23 PM Post #35 |
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Big League
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For all practical purposes we can multi task. Switching rapidly from one task to another is the human way of multi tasking. |
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| Coche Blanco | Jan 17 2011, 09:47 PM Post #36 |
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Troll Certified
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantics |
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| iamgeo | Jan 17 2011, 09:53 PM Post #37 |
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Big League
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Exactly. |
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| Bad Bent | Jan 17 2011, 09:55 PM Post #38 |
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Facetious Educated Donkey
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I call it masticating.
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| Coche Blanco | Jan 17 2011, 10:00 PM Post #39 |
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Troll Certified
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I can do that and drive...oh wait... |
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| Woodie | Jan 18 2011, 06:59 AM Post #40 |
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Show off! |
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| nerys | Jan 18 2011, 08:48 AM Post #41 |
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Grr
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its called an illusion IAMGEO. you think you can multi task so you try to multi task which is why people who use the phone and drive or text and drive DIE. FAST. (or worse KILL someone else) This is also why pilots have this concept trained OUT OF THEM hard. they are trained to check each function and instrument in rapid sequential order taking most advantage of our task switching capacity. They are trained right from the get go. YOU CAN NOT MULTI TASK so you must learn to task switch as efficiently as possible. "For all practical purposes we can multi task. Switching rapidly from one task to another is the human way of multi tasking. " thats just well I don't know man that just takes the cake. Switching Rapidly from one task to another IS BY DEFINITION TASK SWITCHING. Muti Tasking is by definition ACTIVELY performing two calculations SIMULTANEOUSLY. AT THE PRECISE EXACT SAME TIME. there is no "its basically" about it. people who delude themselves into thinking they can multi task who then climb into multi ton machines GET PEOPLE KILLED. That is the basically about it. Edited by nerys, Jan 18 2011, 08:49 AM.
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| Coche Blanco | Jan 18 2011, 09:24 AM Post #42 |
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Troll Certified
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My geo only weighs 1600lbs, it's not even one ton. So...is it cool that I text and drive in it? |
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| superduty5.9 | Jan 18 2011, 10:56 AM Post #43 |
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Driving a semi takes multi-tasking or whatever you want to call it. You have to shift, watch your mirrors, listen to music, monitor your GPS, keep your eyes on the gauges, ect. If you can't do this PLEASE stay off the roads and avoid getting yourself or any else killed . I agree you should pay as much attention to the road as possible but if you can't do simple tasks while driving you need to voluntarily go to your BMV and turn in your drivers license. Tell them you are a danger to yourself and others . Then take a taxi back home !Just for the record I can eat a bowl of cereal, read the morning paper, play games on my phone, listen to music, shift gears, wave at the Amish, pick my nose, all at the same time while driving!
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| bogs | Jan 18 2011, 12:04 PM Post #44 |
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Duct tape heals all wounds
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Too many idiots manage to get killed on those too I never had a cel phone and do not use anyone elses cel phone (have had lots of other people offer them to me). I'm not sorry, but I just find them silly. I sure don't ever want to be in a position where someone calling me is so important I can't do anything else till I take that call / text message. Funny thing is, I've never seen anyone carrying one that was in that circumstance either. Most of the people I see with cell phones remind me of the old Star Trek series, walking around, ruddy glow on their faces like they are staring into tri-corders looking for intelligent life. Sorry to report they haven't found it yet
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| nerys | Jan 18 2011, 12:06 PM Post #45 |
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Grr
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No you can not super duty. if we connected your brain up to a computer to "watch" what your doing you would see that your "switching" between multiple tasks. Some people (like pilots and truckers) get very good at this but ITS NOT MULTI TASKING. its "task switching" do it fast enough and it creates the ILLUSION of multi tasking. For example until dual core computers (and even those have big limits) NO computer could multi task. I don't care if its running DOS windows 98 windows XP windows 7 or Mac OS10 or BSD. on precise instruction at a time. Period. your brain is the same way. this becomes RAPIDLY noticeable when you attempt to perform two tasks that both require your undivided attention. Then you find out really quickly (and if your lucky still alive) just how NON multi tasking you really are. Get fast enough and task switching and multi tasking become semantic. get two full time tasks on your hands and it VERY quickly becomes anything but semantic. Bogs. you NEED 3 things. Air, Food, and Water. that's it. everything else is luxury if you really want to get down to it. do I need a cell phone? no not even slightly. but I "want" one. just like you WANT you metro or the shirt on your back. Edited by nerys, Jan 18 2011, 12:08 PM.
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. I agree you should pay as much attention to the road as possible but if you can't do simple tasks while driving you need to voluntarily go to your BMV and turn in your drivers license. Tell them you are a danger to yourself and others
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all at the same time while driving!

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