The problem is batteries improve at a linear rate, while technology improves at an exponential rate. We get these improvements all the time, But the time it goes from the Lab to the consumer takes years. So by the time we get this technology in place the Recharge time change would not be as noticeable, as improvements from other labs in the past start getting implemented.
1. Energy Prices are generally much higher in Europe. So there is still an intensive, if the college I went to decided to frown and/or remind us of the carbon foot print, and price to the tuition. Then the actions would change.
2. While you may not personally know of a person. Trends show More Fuel efficient cars are sold when/where prices are higher. When prices are lower more high end cars are sold. Fuel prices may not cause the person to switch a perfect good car over night. However when we get a new car, if we are going to pay $50 a month for fuel vs $150 a month on fuel. This will make us choose, if having the 4 wheel drive is necessary, or just being seated higher on the road, or you never need to haul 2 tons in the past 2 years. When prices goes lower so that $150 a month goes down to $80 a month. You may want the bigger safer, nicer feeling car.
3. We are also getting more Always On Technology. In the past 20 years, homes now power Multiple TVs, and Multiple Computers, charge many Cell phones, Tables, We have Video Game Consoles, And to support all this there is a wireless router and internet connection modem. Cable boxes with DVR... All this stuff generates heat so we have more Air Conditioning. Also if we are going to get electric cars in the future they will probably want to be charged mostly at home.
It isn't an Electricity Consuming hobby, but hobbies that consume electricity.
There is not turning off your lights, Leaving your TV on. Buying appliances that have more power vs Energy Star Ratings. Getting bigger stuff...
Just like when Fuel Prices go down, people buy Large Cars and Trucks, when prices get high, they buy the smaller cars or ones that use less fuel.
In college we didn't have to pay (directly) for Heat or electricity. So we left our Desktop Computers on all the time, with the monitors playing fancy screen savers which looked cool. If in winter it was too hot in the room, we just opened a window vs turning the heat down, because it takes less time to warm up again if it got too cold. We would take long Hot Showers...
In short our power usage is based on what we pay. If Solar Energy is very cheap, when we upgrade, we would probably be using more power so will get more power as to maintain your comfort level.
It is easy to fall into a comfortable life style, it is harder to go back.
The iPhone X in terms of Specs is closer to the phablet. The usable screen area in the iPhone X is rather close to the usable screen area in in iPhone 8+.
So you should rather compare the Pixel 2 against the iPhone 8
This would be difficult to measure. Some people are the Quite Religious who have a strong faith, but doesn't feel the need to be outward expressive of it, while others may have weak or no actual faith, But play the act with all the Vigor that seems necessary. Most of us are not honest with ourselves on what level our faith is. There are a lot of Atheists who actually deep down believe in a higher form, while there are a lot or religious people, who actually don't feel there is a God. They just don't admit it.
There is also the philosophical debate, do people do good things, for a reward.
If the person who does good things, feels that they are not being treated fairly, then the depression may come from the fact that they are not getting the reward for their good deeds. So they are not being unselfish, but had a longer term selfishness.
Yes, you can. If this thing you trying to disprove should have a measurable result and you are unable to measure it, despite having the ability to measure it.
Basic Economics states if people have access to cheap power, their power consumption would increase, So they will probably have the same amount of panels, because they will be using more energy.
Actually Solar would be beneficial, during a disaster. Solar energy is wonderful because it is Energy that each home user can produce themselves without the need of a major infrastructure.
Normally when these disasters take place Damage isn't uniformed. However for the Electric Grid system if something hits the grid, power will go out for an area much larger then the area affected. So today a storm that may had damaged a dozen homes, would cause a community to be out of power. Vs. if everyone had solar, or their own personal power generation. Then just a fraction of those Dozen homes (the ones that actually lost the solar cells) would be out of power, while the rest of the community would be able to function. So for the unlucky individual who did get their power out, they can probably just go to their next door neighbor for basic needs. Vs having a community needing to leave a large area to an other one.
I have to agree that I am pleasantly surprised about the Orville. A lot of the Low Brow Humor had been toned down, and the stories seem to move well, and are interesting, and the characters are likable. Is it realistic dark and gritty... No, but I don't watch Star Trek for a dark future, but for a fun one. Well managed Camp that we had in TOS, STNG and even in DS9 made the show enjoyable.
The Orville seems to be done with Heart and Love of what Star Trek use to be, While Discovery seems like a money grab, with the Artistic flair to make the Reviewers love it, however it just isn't that engaging as a normal viewer who after a long day at work, wants to watch something to make you feel calm and relaxed.
Hey even in Voyager they realized the good old buttons and switches were a good thing. But it seems that these touch panels in the TNG-Voyager day, seems to offer some low level force fields so the operator can feel something. (In the voyager alternate reality (one of them)) where Tuvok was blind, so he enable tactile controls.)
Would they still win the award if Einstein was wrong, and their experiments disproved it?
There is a lot of Real science that goes on, and the final results are no results, no correlation found.... Not finding something that is considered true, is just as valuable.
I expect there are a few reasons. 1. The reward money and prestige should be used towards further investment into the area they have won. 2. International legal issues of who would be the next of kin(s), In some countries Say a noble peace prize goes to someone who fought against the evil rule of his older brother. If he had died, the Evil older brother may be the one who got the Nobel Prize award, thus funding the Evil they were rewarding trying to stop. 3. How far should you go back. They were a lot of important discoveries and actions that happened a hundred years ago, that never got a prize. Should current people be forced to be judged against everyone in the past? 4. It isn't a lifetime achievement award. This reward is actually for a particular thing, not an overall how you lived your life.
Mass production is hard, but it isn't impossible. He isn't running into any laws of physics, or needing a scientific breakthrough, that is 5 years out. It is just optimizing your process. Companies like GM, Ford and Toyota, have been doing this for generations, so they have the process rather down packed. New Car Companies, need to learn such lessons and revamp. An electric motor is generally much simpler then an internal combustion engine, It is just about getting the grove in place.
They didn't account for the Hipster market. What seems to be taking the biggest hit, are Malls and the Big Box stores. The small stores with their local charm, have for the most part always had one foot in the grave. But for the most part they are still around, when they are in the right locations.
Exactly, everyone usually chooses what luxury they want with what they can afford. People spend thousands of dollars for first addition books, but these books are so old, you can get a copy of the text under public domain. Other people will buy nice clothing, or fancy cars, bigger homes, go to the expensive college, take a nicer vacation....
Yes they are poor starving people around the world, who is begging for just clean drinking water. However why should you base your life on the lowest common denominator. It may sound cruel, but human nature is to take the advantages that it can. Even the Aid workers are getting their three meals a day, while they feed the poor people their one meal a day.
That is only because she really wanted the iPhone, but you were too cheap to get her that.
Kidding aside, it is really what you do with that device and who you hang out with that really makes the decision.
The $200 smartphone does what you need it to do. The $1,000 smartphone does what you need it to do, but a little nicer. However the real question comes down to how do you use your phone. Is it something that just sits in your pocket and you use it during an emergency. Is it something you use all the time, as your primary computing device. The people you spend time around (work, friends, etc...) Do they have shiny new phones, so you seem out of date, or are they just using affordable phones too, so you don't really stick out at all.
Your boss, probably has a BMW or some other luxury car. Because the people they meet up with all have nice cars too, so if he showed up in a beat-up Honda Fit, it would seem that he isn't as successful as his peers, and they may not be doing business with him, because if he drive such a small car, then his business may not be so good. Also your boss will also be required to be doing more traveling, so a luxary car, will get him to where he needs to be without a sore butt, or just tired out from the drive.
I know buying thing because how other people will judge you, sound horrible and you don't want to deal with such people... However it is still the case in today's day and age, and paying for a Luxury Item that will not hinder you, probably is easier then having the stress of getting shunned.
But you may not be around these people, so that $200 phone, no big deal or that little beat up Honda. In that case you can use the money that you saved for the Luxury that you may care about.
The advantage of of Luxury, is these special features are there when you need it. I have a Toyota, it gets me from point A to point B, it is fuel efficient, and practical in every way. However they are some times I wish the engine had more power to it, to pass that car in front of me, Driving Assist features while I am on a long drive, or just a smoother ride.
The same thing with a Smart Phone, Does the iPhone X have any features you need? No, but it has features you may want. I am still on the fence to upgrade my Phone to the 8 or X. The biggest thing is the X has a better screen and all the features of the 8 plus without the large size. The Face ID and no physical buttons, isn't a big deal for me either way. I keep the phone for 3 or 4 years, So I like getting the newest model, enjoy the Wow factor of it, then keep it until it starts dying or running too slow with the new updates. So when I get the next newest phone, I am wowed again. So 1,000 over 4 years. Where it is a computer that is on my person almost all the time, is worth it. I get more use out of my phone then my laptop. And paying $1,000 for a laptop isn't a big deal. And my $1,000 laptop is on year 6 for me.
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Considering all the cool things that we can make out of oil. It is a shame that we are just burning most of it.
The problem is batteries improve at a linear rate, while technology improves at an exponential rate. We get these improvements all the time, But the time it goes from the Lab to the consumer takes years. So by the time we get this technology in place the Recharge time change would not be as noticeable, as improvements from other labs in the past start getting implemented.
1. Energy Prices are generally much higher in Europe. So there is still an intensive, if the college I went to decided to frown and/or remind us of the carbon foot print, and price to the tuition. Then the actions would change.
2. While you may not personally know of a person. Trends show More Fuel efficient cars are sold when/where prices are higher. When prices are lower more high end cars are sold. Fuel prices may not cause the person to switch a perfect good car over night. However when we get a new car, if we are going to pay $50 a month for fuel vs $150 a month on fuel. This will make us choose, if having the 4 wheel drive is necessary, or just being seated higher on the road, or you never need to haul 2 tons in the past 2 years. When prices goes lower so that $150 a month goes down to $80 a month. You may want the bigger safer, nicer feeling car.
3. We are also getting more Always On Technology. In the past 20 years, homes now power Multiple TVs, and Multiple Computers, charge many Cell phones, Tables, We have Video Game Consoles, And to support all this there is a wireless router and internet connection modem. Cable boxes with DVR... All this stuff generates heat so we have more Air Conditioning. Also if we are going to get electric cars in the future they will probably want to be charged mostly at home.
It isn't an Electricity Consuming hobby, but hobbies that consume electricity.
There is not turning off your lights, Leaving your TV on. Buying appliances that have more power vs Energy Star Ratings. Getting bigger stuff...
Just like when Fuel Prices go down, people buy Large Cars and Trucks, when prices get high, they buy the smaller cars or ones that use less fuel.
In college we didn't have to pay (directly) for Heat or electricity. So we left our Desktop Computers on all the time, with the monitors playing fancy screen savers which looked cool. If in winter it was too hot in the room, we just opened a window vs turning the heat down, because it takes less time to warm up again if it got too cold. We would take long Hot Showers...
In short our power usage is based on what we pay. If Solar Energy is very cheap, when we upgrade, we would probably be using more power so will get more power as to maintain your comfort level.
It is easy to fall into a comfortable life style, it is harder to go back.
The iPhone X in terms of Specs is closer to the phablet. The usable screen area in the iPhone X is rather close to the usable screen area in in iPhone 8+.
So you should rather compare the Pixel 2 against the iPhone 8
"$949 (128GB)"
That is fairly close to the $1000 mark The $51.00 difference on the grand scheme of things isn't that much of an issue.
This would be difficult to measure. Some people are the Quite Religious who have a strong faith, but doesn't feel the need to be outward expressive of it, while others may have weak or no actual faith, But play the act with all the Vigor that seems necessary. Most of us are not honest with ourselves on what level our faith is. There are a lot of Atheists who actually deep down believe in a higher form, while there are a lot or religious people, who actually don't feel there is a God. They just don't admit it.
The nice guy is normally risk adverse. So they often will loose out, because the psychopath will take the risk.
There is also the philosophical debate, do people do good things, for a reward.
If the person who does good things, feels that they are not being treated fairly, then the depression may come from the fact that they are not getting the reward for their good deeds. So they are not being unselfish, but had a longer term selfishness.
Yes, you can. If this thing you trying to disprove should have a measurable result and you are unable to measure it, despite having the ability to measure it.
Basic Economics states if people have access to cheap power, their power consumption would increase, So they will probably have the same amount of panels, because they will be using more energy.
Actually Solar would be beneficial, during a disaster. Solar energy is wonderful because it is Energy that each home user can produce themselves without the need of a major infrastructure.
Normally when these disasters take place Damage isn't uniformed. However for the Electric Grid system if something hits the grid, power will go out for an area much larger then the area affected. So today a storm that may had damaged a dozen homes, would cause a community to be out of power. Vs. if everyone had solar, or their own personal power generation. Then just a fraction of those Dozen homes (the ones that actually lost the solar cells) would be out of power, while the rest of the community would be able to function. So for the unlucky individual who did get their power out, they can probably just go to their next door neighbor for basic needs. Vs having a community needing to leave a large area to an other one.
I have to agree that I am pleasantly surprised about the Orville. A lot of the Low Brow Humor had been toned down, and the stories seem to move well, and are interesting, and the characters are likable. Is it realistic dark and gritty... No, but I don't watch Star Trek for a dark future, but for a fun one. Well managed Camp that we had in TOS, STNG and even in DS9 made the show enjoyable.
The Orville seems to be done with Heart and Love of what Star Trek use to be, While Discovery seems like a money grab, with the Artistic flair to make the Reviewers love it, however it just isn't that engaging as a normal viewer who after a long day at work, wants to watch something to make you feel calm and relaxed.
Hey even in Voyager they realized the good old buttons and switches were a good thing. But it seems that these touch panels in the TNG-Voyager day, seems to offer some low level force fields so the operator can feel something. (In the voyager alternate reality (one of them)) where Tuvok was blind, so he enable tactile controls.)
Hey it is 200 years in the future. We should have by then what the sales people promised us for Windows 95.
In Medicine, a success is having the patient die from a condition that you didn't try to treat,
But smart phones, help cure it?
This is a partnership not a merger.
Slack cab still be Slack. But their may just be some better integration of profit sharing across the companies.
Would they still win the award if Einstein was wrong, and their experiments disproved it?
There is a lot of Real science that goes on, and the final results are no results, no correlation found.... Not finding something that is considered true, is just as valuable.
I expect there are a few reasons.
1. The reward money and prestige should be used towards further investment into the area they have won.
2. International legal issues of who would be the next of kin(s), In some countries Say a noble peace prize goes to someone who fought against the evil rule of his older brother. If he had died, the Evil older brother may be the one who got the Nobel Prize award, thus funding the Evil they were rewarding trying to stop.
3. How far should you go back. They were a lot of important discoveries and actions that happened a hundred years ago, that never got a prize. Should current people be forced to be judged against everyone in the past?
4. It isn't a lifetime achievement award. This reward is actually for a particular thing, not an overall how you lived your life.
Mass production is hard, but it isn't impossible. He isn't running into any laws of physics, or needing a scientific breakthrough, that is 5 years out. It is just optimizing your process. Companies like GM, Ford and Toyota, have been doing this for generations, so they have the process rather down packed. New Car Companies, need to learn such lessons and revamp. An electric motor is generally much simpler then an internal combustion engine, It is just about getting the grove in place.
They didn't account for the Hipster market. What seems to be taking the biggest hit, are Malls and the Big Box stores.
The small stores with their local charm, have for the most part always had one foot in the grave. But for the most part they are still around, when they are in the right locations.
Exactly, everyone usually chooses what luxury they want with what they can afford. People spend thousands of dollars for first addition books, but these books are so old, you can get a copy of the text under public domain. Other people will buy nice clothing, or fancy cars, bigger homes, go to the expensive college, take a nicer vacation....
Yes they are poor starving people around the world, who is begging for just clean drinking water. However why should you base your life on the lowest common denominator. It may sound cruel, but human nature is to take the advantages that it can. Even the Aid workers are getting their three meals a day, while they feed the poor people their one meal a day.
That is only because she really wanted the iPhone, but you were too cheap to get her that.
Kidding aside, it is really what you do with that device and who you hang out with that really makes the decision.
The $200 smartphone does what you need it to do. The $1,000 smartphone does what you need it to do, but a little nicer. However the real question comes down to how do you use your phone. Is it something that just sits in your pocket and you use it during an emergency. Is it something you use all the time, as your primary computing device. The people you spend time around (work, friends, etc...) Do they have shiny new phones, so you seem out of date, or are they just using affordable phones too, so you don't really stick out at all.
Your boss, probably has a BMW or some other luxury car. Because the people they meet up with all have nice cars too, so if he showed up in a beat-up Honda Fit, it would seem that he isn't as successful as his peers, and they may not be doing business with him, because if he drive such a small car, then his business may not be so good. Also your boss will also be required to be doing more traveling, so a luxary car, will get him to where he needs to be without a sore butt, or just tired out from the drive.
I know buying thing because how other people will judge you, sound horrible and you don't want to deal with such people... However it is still the case in today's day and age, and paying for a Luxury Item that will not hinder you, probably is easier then having the stress of getting shunned.
But you may not be around these people, so that $200 phone, no big deal or that little beat up Honda. In that case you can use the money that you saved for the Luxury that you may care about.
The advantage of of Luxury, is these special features are there when you need it. I have a Toyota, it gets me from point A to point B, it is fuel efficient, and practical in every way. However they are some times I wish the engine had more power to it, to pass that car in front of me, Driving Assist features while I am on a long drive, or just a smoother ride.
The same thing with a Smart Phone, Does the iPhone X have any features you need? No, but it has features you may want. I am still on the fence to upgrade my Phone to the 8 or X. The biggest thing is the X has a better screen and all the features of the 8 plus without the large size. The Face ID and no physical buttons, isn't a big deal for me either way.
I keep the phone for 3 or 4 years, So I like getting the newest model, enjoy the Wow factor of it, then keep it until it starts dying or running too slow with the new updates. So when I get the next newest phone, I am wowed again. So 1,000 over 4 years. Where it is a computer that is on my person almost all the time, is worth it.
I get more use out of my phone then my laptop. And paying $1,000 for a laptop isn't a big deal. And my $1,000 laptop is on year 6 for me.