Re: AMD weighs in on HD versus 4K

On Fri, 30 May 2025 09:55:40 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

I came late to the driving club and when I took my test I didn't bother
to even learn how to drive a manual just because I thought why have that
extra complication for something I'll never need. I've still had a
couple of people say but what if you have to drive a manual in an
emergence. My response is, have you or anyone you know ever had to do that?

If you've never driven an automatic car and then find yourself needing
to, it's a very confusing experience. I'd always driven manual cars
until February of this year when I had a couple of days to wait for a
new car to arrive at the dealers.

I had a courtesy car which was an automatic. It was actually quite
pleasant to drive once moving. The only problem that I had was that
after many years of driving manual cars, my brains' muscle memory kept
taking over and I regularly attempted to put my foot on the clutch
pedal  that wasn't there and jammed on the brakes instead. Once moving
the car was a pleasure to drive. Needing to slow down was like trying
to do things left handed if you're naturally right handed.

I would imagine that teaching yourself to drive a manual after many
years of automatics would have its own foibles.

--
Rob