Subj : Re: Open Source Leaving Microsoft Sitting on the Fence? To : comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux From : ynotssor Date : Sun Jul 25 2004 04:09 pm "Jean-David Beyer" wrote in message news:10g81ggl610r2f5@corp.supernews.com > So do not blame the rental vehicle driver for neglect of rational > design of automobile control systems. To know the location of controls such as the pedals, steering wheel, lights etc. is the responsibility of the driver, and I've rented vehicles in many countries. Because the cars I rented in Kenya and Australia had a right-hand drive and different locations for the turn signals, headlights, wipers and transmission than the car I rent in Phoenix or Orlando, and is driven on opposite sides of the road in those 2 locations, are you really suggesting that the manufacturers have "neglect of rational design"? Or would you say that the driver of such a vehicle has the responsibility to familiarize themself with the location of such controls and their operation, before leaving the rental car lot and getting into traffic? Your suggestion of standardized locations of aircraft controls is absurd bullshit. Pilots are type-rated for specific aircraft (and I spend many, many thousands of hours in private aircraft), and different aircraft have different equipment making such a standardized location absolutely impossible. Maybe you should spout such nonsense in an aircraft newsgroup and see the kind of responses you get. -- use hotmail for email replies .