Thanks Mark.
Paul via phone
> On Oct 29, 2017, at 8:18 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote:
>
> Congrats, Paul! I actually read that article on line but didn't look at the
> by-line. I'll need to take a closer look in the future.
>
> Stanley Halpin wrote:
>> Nice piece Paul.
>> I am quite a nitpicker myself but I do disagree with Igor’s stylistic
>> comments; I think it flows well as is.
>> However, one quibble I have is that you and the Auto Alliance people are
>> talking about two different things (legislation vs. regulation) and I wish
>> you could have highlighted that. But that is a minor point that would be
>> totally lost on most people…
>> stan
>>
>>> On Oct 27, 2017, at 9:56 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Igor,
>>>
>>> The Auto Alliance point regarding how long it would take to equip the fleet
>>> is self refuting in that they said the same thing six years ago. More
>>> importantly, I get only 900 words, so I have to pick my battles.
>>>
>>> In regard to the paragraph breaks, the first is debatable but a split
>>> decision in my view and the editors. The Times philosophy says short graphs
>>> are better.
>>>
>>> The graphs toward the end of the story are mandated by an immutable Times
>>> style rule: every direct quote is a separate graph. That is written in
>>> stone, and it seems to have worked well for at least 50 years.
>>>
>>> Paul via phone
>>>
>>>> On Oct 27, 2017, at 9:38 PM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Interesting... I didn't know such a technology already exists. Nor I had
>>>> heard about the proposed regulation.
>>>>
>>>> Did NYT fire all their editors?
>>>> I was a bit confused by a few things (of which most are what the editor
>>>> should have noticed, such as #2 and #3):
>>>>
>>>> 1. Paul, I was expecting that you would refute this statement:
>>>> " And the proposed mandate for notification technology in cars misses the
>>>> targeted population, because so few parents of young children buy new
>>>> cars.” -- First, some parents of young children are forced to buy a new
>>>> car once the child is born, especially, if it is #3 and above. And even if
>>>> most parents buy used cars, it is obvious that all new cars will soon
>>>> become used (and eventually old).
>>>>
>>>> 2. There is a weird way how the text is broken into small paragraphs.
>>>> The most obvious is the paragraph starting with "General Motors and
>>>> Nissan..." is broken into two in the middle of the thought.
>>>>
>>>> The last three paragraphs also should have been one, me thinks.
>>>>
>>>> And "“The brain process is the same,” ...." should have been with the
>>>> previous paragraph.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 3. "One such system, the VitaSense, uses low-power radio to sense movement
>>>> and breathing."
>>>> I suspect the word "waves" is missing ("radio waves", not "radio").
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I just couldn't help noticing these.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Igor
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ann sanfedele Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:02:06 -0700 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It is hard to imagine that this happens.. but it does too often :-(
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/automobiles/wheels/forgetting-a-child-in-a-back-seat-can-kill-cars-may-soon-warn-you.html
>>>>
>>>> ann
>>>>
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