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11-06-2006, 10:24 PM
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How would you build a car for a dog?
Obviously, a stupid question. However, I went on an job interview many years ago, and I was asked this question. I think it might be a good question to look at thought processes as opposed to knowledge.
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11-06-2006, 10:52 PM
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Re: How would you build a car for a dog?
My answer was to attemp to determine the line of sight, where ever the dog looks the car goes. If he looks far into the distance the car goes faster. If the dog is focusing on something close the car slowsdown.
My second answer was to breed a greyhound.
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11-06-2006, 10:53 PM
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Re: How would you build a car for a dog?
Dogs can learn to drive. There's been ancedontal evidence establishing that fact.
Something like a Flintstone's setup. Dog sits, paddles are up chinhigh for it, baby-seat restraints. I'm not sure how high the insurance premiums would be though, or whether those cars would meet minimum sizing requirements, but I think that's for the bureaucracy to hammer out.
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11-06-2006, 10:58 PM
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Re: How would you build a car for a dog?
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I agree. If a candidate can't understand that dogs don't drive, you really don't want to hire them. [/ QUOTE ] I think thats more knowledge. I bet lots of kindergartners think dogs could probably drive if they could reach.
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11-06-2006, 11:13 PM
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Re: How would you build a car for a dog?
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Dogs can learn to drive. There's been ancedontal evidence establishing that fact. Something like a Flintstone's setup. Dog sits, paddles are up chinhigh for it, baby-seat restraints. I'm not sure how high the insurance premiums would be though, or whether those cars would meet minimum sizing requirements, but I think that's for the bureaucracy to hammer out. [/ QUOTE ]Certainly the bureaucracy would hammer out the legal detials. How would the dog stear?
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11-06-2006, 11:16 PM
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Re: How would you build a car for a dog?
With a fitting around its jaw. You'd have to think dogs are more capable of using its head for manual dexterity tasks than a human would be.
Edit: Making sneezing dogs more of a hazard than blue-haired ladies going 54 in the fast lane, but, hey.
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11-07-2006, 12:35 PM
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Re: How would you build a car for a dog?
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Obviously, a stupid question. However, I went on an job interview many years ago, and I was asked this question. I think it might be a good question to look at thought processes as opposed to knowledge. [/ QUOTE ] The dog `drives' the car by chasing it down the road. Set up feedback loop mechanism so that the car's left rear tire is always six (+/- 1) inches from dogs gnashing jaws. The car goes wherever the dog chases it. Maybe make it a `monster truck' type vehicle so obstacles are not a problem.
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11-08-2006, 09:16 AM
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Re: How would you build a car for a dog?
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My answer was to attemp to determine the line of sight, where ever the dog looks the car goes. If he looks far into the distance the car goes faster. If the dog is focusing on something close the car slowsdown. [/ QUOTE ] [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] I thought of this answer too
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