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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!feed.opticnetworks.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AJL Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: State Farm files patent for system to suppress calls and text while driving Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:53:19 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <7b9e8ad3d9acb56777d5d492610334c8@dizum.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:53:22 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1cd17cb5f9516b5ff6cbd8127438cae9"; logging-data="1307133"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18+LEwJZDsGSSLzdi/tG4gv" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:kyVEXbTCsrjojIK3ONvfhdCQSz0= In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2395 On 6/11/2024 12:27 PM, Mark Lloyd wrote: > On 6/9/24 13:34, Loran wrote: >> Ed P wrote: >>> I'm told years ago people did not have phones in cars >> https://youtu.be/Y_uRAp5q07M?t=114 > Some cars did come with record players. IIRC, that's where the brand > name "Motorola" came from. "Paul Galvin wanted a brand name for Galvin Manufacturing Corporation's new car radio, and created the name "Motorola" by linking "motor" (for motorcar) with "ola" (from Victrola), which was also a popular ending for many companies at the time, e.g. Moviola, Crayola. The company sold its first Motorola branded radio on June 23, 1930, to Herbert C. Wall of Fort Wayne, Indiana, for $30. The Motorola brand name became so well known that Galvin Manufacturing Corporation later changed its name to Motorola, Inc., in 1947." I worked for Motorola's Western Military Division in Scottsdale AZ (US) for several years in the 60s. Some of the stuff like the side looking radar had (gasp) tubes. And the space and submarine stuff was 90% hand wired with individual components. The good old days... ;)