I admittedly only skimmed the article. But where are the "reasonable" a la carte prices?
Both Amazon & iTunes charge $2.99 ($3.99 for HD) per episode for "Game of Thrones" S1. (Yes, a bit less per ep if you buy an entire season, but that doesn't really count as a la carte anymore, does it?)
I would gladly pay at least the same, maybe even slightly more, than I pay now for cable, to be able to watch everything commercial free/when I want without having to Tivo them.. But I'd pay a LOT more than cable, if you use the current prices of every single individual show.
Why isn't there an a bit more expensive option with more legroom without the bloated price of business class.
How are you going to physically do that? Take up X # of seats on EACH flight, making that many people HAVE to pay extra for those seats?
Redesign the seats to somehow be on sliding rails, and you pay $X for each extra inch of legroom? That obviously can end up with fewer people being able to fit on the plane, so $X has to be high enough to make up for the plane full of even more passengers in the original seat configuration.
Of course they are in conflict. One says that an invisible man that floats in the sky created everything. One says "this is what our brains have come up that fits with our observable universe (or mathematical models in many cases). If you can come up with new evidence and/or a better idea that fits the existing evidence, please do, and I will be forever grateful."
It's not exactly related, but I always think it's funny that English is the "lingua franca" of the world nowadays. (Possibly it will be Chinese at some point, or a mixture, a la "Firefly".)
They are simply tricking the body into thinking it is warm enough or cool enough so that you don't FEEL cold / hot. You still actually ARE too cold or too hot.
I thought this was obvious just from the summary.
But yes, I too was wondering about this from a weight loss perspective. I've always wondered if you could make your body "think" it's too cold, so just burn up calories to "keep it warm". Yes, I realize being too hot is bad (e.g. a fever), but if you could somehow make the body just "waste" a little bit more energy without ALSO making you sweat, that would be really cool (pun intended).
Yes, I understand I'm including evil (IMHO) subsidies, but there's a $7500 federal tax rebate for electric cars, which brings a *new* Leaf close to $20K. Your state may have further subsidies to lower it even further.
Why do you consider 140 miles the tipping point? As I posted yesterday, the Leaf already does OVER TWICE the distance the average driver commutes daily (so it would easily cover commute + driving for errands).
Doesn't it make SENSE to share most of the components between cars? Heck, think of it like computers, where sometimes speed is the major differentiator between two models.
Now, adding multiple tens of thousands of dollars *for* the extra trim, I think that's stupid... but again, I'm not a car person.
Its not like Google is making the "Car" part of it. They are getting that from a car company. I'd trust a car company to make the car portion far more than I'd trust Google, but that is not the issue at hand.
Though to be a Devil's Advocate.. Isn't Tesla out "car-companying" the car companies?
No, I'm not going to buy a Model S nor a Model X.. But they seem to be doing something right.
The VAST majority of places I go to do NOT require a signature, thus "swipe my card" (which I already have out) is faster than give cash, get change, put it back in my wallet.
I don't know about the other issues, so don't consider my not mentioning them as agreeing with you.
As for "file system access", every app is sandboxed, and can only generally access files within its app. Yes, I said generally, there are photo & music access APIs, but at least for music, I believe it's read only.. You don't have access to the entire device's filesystem.
Using a debit card is also a lot less safe than a credit card, because a debit card takes money directly out of your account. A credit card is legally limited to $50 in losses.
This! a thousand times this. This whole smartphone addiction craze is getting a little silly. Swiping my credit card is so easy, it's hard to imagine that any app could be quicker and simpler.
I admittedly only *skimmed* the article so far, but it's more than just paying. It's ORDERING and paying too. You get to skip repeating your order to someone who doesn't understand you (and yes, I'm presuming that they read the order off the screen correctly -- but they already have to do that, so I think that's safe).
If you not organized enough to have change/cash for a big mac or a pint in a bar you maybe should not be allowed out without adult supervision.
It is MORE convenient AND cheaper to pay with my credit card. Why should I have to get cash/carry change/go to the ATM? (Cheaper of course refers to after the cash back, and of course I pay in full every month, so I'm getting an average 15 day interest free loan on top of the cash back.)
Your phone just needs an NFC chip, which costs about 5 cents.
BTW, TFA does not refer to NFC payments. It refers to buying stuff with an app (e.g. saved favorite meal, credit card info saved). In my other posts, I was referring to the Starbucks app which basically replaces a separate gift card/loyalty card/credit card all in one, and gives other bonuses.
As to paying with a phone, WHY?? It makes no sense to me.
As I mentioned in another post, the only one I've used is Starbucks. I can imagine it being slightly more convenient than pulling out a credit card, or ESPECIALLY a credit card *and* a loyalty card. Definitely more convenient than cash. (Though you give up on any bonus credit card rewards, past the general 1% back.. e.g. I get approx 3% back at restaurants.)
You mean people who are too young or too poor to have a credit card use this to buy fatfood?
I believe almost anyone can get a secured credit card.
Anyway, my main point was that I suspect at least some of these CAN be funded with a credit card. The article doesn't mention it, but the only similar one I've used is the Starbucks app. (I rarely go to Starbucks, but have been given a few gift cards.) The funny thing is, the app gives out basically a song a week and sometimes free apps. So it's useful to install it even if you don't go into a Starbucks. I can add to my Starbucks acct with a credit card.
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I admittedly only skimmed the article. But where are the "reasonable" a la carte prices?
Both Amazon & iTunes charge $2.99 ($3.99 for HD) per episode for "Game of Thrones" S1. (Yes, a bit less per ep if you buy an entire season, but that doesn't really count as a la carte anymore, does it?)
I would gladly pay at least the same, maybe even slightly more, than I pay now for cable, to be able to watch everything commercial free/when I want without having to Tivo them.. But I'd pay a LOT more than cable, if you use the current prices of every single individual show.
How are you going to physically do that? Take up X # of seats on EACH flight, making that many people HAVE to pay extra for those seats?
Redesign the seats to somehow be on sliding rails, and you pay $X for each extra inch of legroom? That obviously can end up with fewer people being able to fit on the plane, so $X has to be high enough to make up for the plane full of even more passengers in the original seat configuration.
Of course they are in conflict. One says that an invisible man that floats in the sky created everything. One says "this is what our brains have come up that fits with our observable universe (or mathematical models in many cases). If you can come up with new evidence and/or a better idea that fits the existing evidence, please do, and I will be forever grateful."
It's not exactly related, but I always think it's funny that English is the "lingua franca" of the world nowadays. (Possibly it will be Chinese at some point, or a mixture, a la "Firefly".)
You could say the same thing about hay fever or other allergies, yet in day to day life, they aren't actually saving people from anything.
I thought that's why most people drank alcohol.
I thought this was obvious just from the summary.
But yes, I too was wondering about this from a weight loss perspective. I've always wondered if you could make your body "think" it's too cold, so just burn up calories to "keep it warm". Yes, I realize being too hot is bad (e.g. a fever), but if you could somehow make the body just "waste" a little bit more energy without ALSO making you sweat, that would be really cool (pun intended).
I was just showing that (currently) you can get close to (or even below, if your state has subsidies) your $20K price where you said you'd buy one.
Yes, I understand I'm including evil (IMHO) subsidies, but there's a $7500 federal tax rebate for electric cars, which brings a *new* Leaf close to $20K. Your state may have further subsidies to lower it even further.
You drive over 200 miles a day?
Why do you consider 140 miles the tipping point? As I posted yesterday, the Leaf already does OVER TWICE the distance the average driver commutes daily (so it would easily cover commute + driving for errands).
I'm not claiming they're in the same class of car, but Nissan Leaf range *WILL* do the distance "most driving folks would need to do".
From http://www.reference.com/motif/sports/average-commute-in-miles-for-americans
the average commute is 32 miles, round trip, every day.
(Nissan's page says less than 29 miles/day, quoting FHWA)
The Leaf can do 75 miles. So you get *more than double* the average commute, plenty of room for driving around town on errands, etc.
http://www.nissanusa.com/electric-cars/leaf/charging-range/
(I don't have an electric car, yet, though I may get one with even slightly less than a Leaf, e.g. the electric smart, which is 68 miles combined.)
Obviously, you're a car person. I'm not.
Doesn't it make SENSE to share most of the components between cars? Heck, think of it like computers, where sometimes speed is the major differentiator between two models.
Now, adding multiple tens of thousands of dollars *for* the extra trim, I think that's stupid... but again, I'm not a car person.
...and that's different than now how, for abutting meetings in different locations?
You'll feel better when you get your Precious back.
Though to be a Devil's Advocate.. Isn't Tesla out "car-companying" the car companies?
No, I'm not going to buy a Model S nor a Model X.. But they seem to be doing something right.
How is it SLOWER?
The VAST majority of places I go to do NOT require a signature, thus "swipe my card" (which I already have out) is faster than give cash, get change, put it back in my wallet.
I don't know about the other issues, so don't consider my not mentioning them as agreeing with you.
As for "file system access", every app is sandboxed, and can only generally access files within its app. Yes, I said generally, there are photo & music access APIs, but at least for music, I believe it's read only.. You don't have access to the entire device's filesystem.
This isn't meant to be snarky. Can you provide a citation for this?
Using a debit card is also a lot less safe than a credit card, because a debit card takes money directly out of your account. A credit card is legally limited to $50 in losses.
This! a thousand times this. This whole smartphone addiction craze is getting a little silly. Swiping my credit card is so easy, it's hard to imagine that any app could be quicker and simpler.
I admittedly only *skimmed* the article so far, but it's more than just paying. It's ORDERING and paying too. You get to skip repeating your order to someone who doesn't understand you (and yes, I'm presuming that they read the order off the screen correctly -- but they already have to do that, so I think that's safe).
It is MORE convenient AND cheaper to pay with my credit card. Why should I have to get cash/carry change/go to the ATM? (Cheaper of course refers to after the cash back, and of course I pay in full every month, so I'm getting an average 15 day interest free loan on top of the cash back.)
BTW, TFA does not refer to NFC payments. It refers to buying stuff with an app (e.g. saved favorite meal, credit card info saved). In my other posts, I was referring to the Starbucks app which basically replaces a separate gift card/loyalty card/credit card all in one, and gives other bonuses.
As I mentioned in another post, the only one I've used is Starbucks. I can imagine it being slightly more convenient than pulling out a credit card, or ESPECIALLY a credit card *and* a loyalty card. Definitely more convenient than cash. (Though you give up on any bonus credit card rewards, past the general 1% back.. e.g. I get approx 3% back at restaurants.)
I believe almost anyone can get a secured credit card.
Anyway, my main point was that I suspect at least some of these CAN be funded with a credit card. The article doesn't mention it, but the only similar one I've used is the Starbucks app. (I rarely go to Starbucks, but have been given a few gift cards.) The funny thing is, the app gives out basically a song a week and sometimes free apps. So it's useful to install it even if you don't go into a Starbucks. I can add to my Starbucks acct with a credit card.