On 11-26-2012 13:56, Harry K wrote:
Why don't you read your car's manual and see what _it_ says about it.

Got rid of my car 27 months ago. Pedal power only now.

You are advocating trusting a device to modulate your engine power that ony

I am not advocating trusting a device.

I am stating not my hypothesis about USING a tool and the fact that
several experiments confirmed it as useful for that purpose.

has "on" and "off" with no sense of what the conditions are or what is
needed.

It had a sense of what it was designed to control--the speed of the
wheels. It did not have only "on or off"--it could and did hold a
steady wheel speed anywhere from about 300 to 900 RPM. And it gave me
the freedom to adjust, discontinue, or override whenever my sense of
everything else suggested I should.

--
Wes Groleau

€œGrant me the serenity to accept those I cannot change;
the courage to change the one I can;
and the wisdom to know it's me.€�
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