shane.young@comcast.net
Mike would get to spray people in the face with the pressure washer.
----- Original Message -----
From: joec@aracnet.com
To: "shane young"
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 6:10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] new chip perspective
How would you accomadate for mud/road rash? =D
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:24:46 +0000 (UTC), shane.young@comcast.net
wrote:
> Facial recognition.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Murray"
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 3:39:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] new chip perspective
>
> Rest assured that that here are plenty of people already looking at
> this problem. I can speak about it at length and those around me are
> beginning to tire of me doing that. If anyone wants me to give them
> all the gory details I can do that but it would probably be better to
> do that in a different venue. Conversely, if there is anyone who has
> information I would like to hear that (assuming it is more than
> “they used chips at this race and they worked great” – I have
> heard plenty of that and the full back story is never quite as rosy).
>
>
> Mike Murray
>
> obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] Ron
> and Dorothy Strasser
> Tuesday, November 09, 2010 14:18 PM
> obra@list.obra.org
> [OBRA Chat] new chip perspective
>
> We live inside an important nest of high-tech. There are a good
> number of "very smart people" who are trained to solve problems of all
> sorts. In our case rider id in a nasty outdoor environment is the
> problem. I suggest instead of re-hashing all the old crap that just
> keeps getting spit out about this chip or that.... that someone who
> knows some high-tech brains, go talk to some or one of them and get
> the creative juices flowing in him/her. This is the same thing I do
> when doing artwork.... I do not let the box be my limit. The creative
> high tech folks are the same. The thrive on this sort of thing. And
> they live right here. Heck. Maybe some of them even ride bikes!!!!! We
> need to not "depend on someone else from the East coast or wherever to
> take care of us", but get our local creative brain trust to tackle the
> mud-caked rider problem. DaVinci did not let the known be his limits.
> Lets get some Silicone Forest people to just flat out make this happen
> and in a way that does not break the bank. It can be done if someone
> (with the tech knowledge) wants to make it happen. We can put humans
> on the moon, talk on phones without lines, see into space beyond our
> imagination, create missiles that can hit targets thousands of miles
> from where fired and even a TV/ Auto remote control. Can't we just get
> a system that reads a chip when a rider goes by the finish line? I
> don't really care about the systems out there already... if they were
> so wonderful, we would have one right? We have the biggest problem in
> the world (Cross Crusade hordes) and the people right here to build
> the new mouse trap.... chip system. Maybe it is not even a chip
> system....but that seems the logical idea at present. Chips are
> amazing. They can have info. upgraded (cat B to A for example). So
> Oregon...can we really be pioneers or dreamers?
>
> So all of the negative brains out there go to work and start figuring
> out why this will not work or whatever excuse you choose to come up
> with, that always seems to happen. I just know that if nobody in a
> hotbed of high-tech creativity like we live in here who also has the
> first hand environment challenges (muddy cross races) to use as the
> lab..........then someone else (in a land far, far away) will do it
> instead. I suggest people let their high tech friends know.. and if
> they are negative...move on to the next one you know until someone
> finds the person "excited" about taking it on. The business part will
> come after the problem is solved. There is always an excuse to say it
> can't be done.....but us bikers know we can make it to the finish.
> There are new things to be discovered, we just need to get out of "the
> line" to discover them. I just want a little chip in a cloth container
> I pin on my jersey that gives the officials all the info they need to
> place me even if I just nudge the rider behind me by 1/100th of a
> second. I am free, the mouse trap gets him! :-) This simple
> information even though our numbers are covered with mud.
>
> just my several dollars. Thanks for considering.
>
> ron
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