Lancelot Braithwaite cannot get through my visit without bursting forth a mantra that once served him and thousands of consumers well: “Read the frickin’ instruction manual!” he bellows. “And don’t throw it out unless you’re pretty good at memorizing it!” Never mind that products—from iPhones to Facebook—have made manuals into curious artifacts of a distant era. That era is alive if not well in Braithwaite’s smokey, cramped one-bedroom on West 14th Street.
Before tech product reviewers were brand names, there was Braithwaite, thundering his wisdom and geekery from publications that now exist only in yellowing copies. It was a time when the best critics were so familiar with technical specifications that their knowledge rivaled the engineers who built the products. And none were as omnipresent or as savvy as Braithwaite, who even served on industry standards committees.
Manuals are for sissies.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday November 08 2017, @02:06PM (1 child)
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Your probably write that eventually will awl be forced to disable phone features while riding in a vehicle. And it still won't prevent distracted driving. Because there are other distractions available.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 2) by tibman on Wednesday November 08 2017, @02:55PM
Yeah, you're right. They could tie the car sensors into it. I think they are afraid to though. https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/ [wired.com]
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