1) The liquidity crisis and it's impact on their planned IPO
2) very long prospects for actually paying out investors
3) They have raised 50M from daimler and is intent on reinvesting roadster/drive train profits into Model S
4) You are right Tesla is a high-risk bet
Lithium is an extremely abundant resource, further more it's not consumed like oil. There's even several distinct batteries you can switch to that doesnt require lithium if neccesary. IF the lithium prices rises, the viability of mining elsewhere than bolivia rises too. In short this material is uncontrollable unlike oil.
I dont know anything trough the eyes of others.. But in my experience, experiencing red hot-pain, being restrained to the pain source, you panic, all your thoughts and mental faculties vanish and automatic responses takes over.
I assume such a state is closest thing we can experience with a likeness of lesser evolved species.
I am not greatly concerned with the lobster's plight, putting them in boiling water should kill them pretty fast.
After reading the legislation behind the 25B fund, I'm pretty convinced tesla deserves atleast 20B of them.
This is not a bailout, but a fund setup to companies advancing electric vehicles, something that tesla has almost singlehandedly kickstarted.
DVD appeared to be pushed on us as well. But... at least it had some merit to it!
Blue-ray has plenty of honest, actual merit; it is capable of about six times the visual detail, higher frame rates (so considerably better motion depiction) and a larger color space as compared to a DVD; in fact, it is so good that just as compact disks did for audio, a Blue-ray version of a film often reveals limitations of the original recording.
The summary has it at least partially right: The problem isn't that Blue-ray isn't better, the problem is that without good source material, a large hi-def TV and a viewing arrangement where you can actually make out the additional detail, it is difficult or even impossible for a viewer to appreciate the extra capability. With the economy tanking, I rather doubt the first thing on everyone's list is to go out and get an HDTV.
For those of us who do have them, though, and where the viewing arrangement is large enough to see all the detail, Blue-ray is not just "better", but far, far better and definitely the format of choice. I went extreme with my setup, and I don't regret it even a little bit. People who see movies and HD games on my systemnever leave thinking HD is a marketing scam.
I am almost certain that HD and Blue-ray will do just fine; it's just that there's a ton of legacy hardware that people already like, and it'll have to get old and crufty in their sight before they upgrade, and the economy has slowed down what wouldn't have been all that quick a process anyway.
I keep thinking, what's the point? Once you get used to a grainy monocolour TV, a HD tv offers alittle beyond the initial WoW-experience and/or bragging rights.
No, learn to prioritize with your money. You can for example buy a lovely mail-order bride from russia instead of a home theatre and they are even cheaper to maintain.
That's sound economic sense.
In 10,20 and 30 years those college kids might finally have enough funds so they can easily afford to not infringe.
Still, IP is a pickle. On one side I agree to some extent with the industries worries. On the other hand, it seems too hard to enforce without being draconic, that the market should just let itself sort out. If the industry is really hurting, then the productions will just scale down until it turns a buck in a given market-situation. At the state of today, I still see alot of movies turning a healthy box office (I guess that the cinema-owner's cut is included, but still), easily exceeding the production-costs.
In a way the industry is enforcing an artificial scarcity. Wouldn't it be great if the industry's earnings could remaing at this level, but 3 times as many people could have access to it's goods?
Don't underestimate the stigma and peer pressure forcing people on such sites. While I agree we have a certain responsibility ourselves, I'm not going to remain idle while the monster tramps on those who's only crime is not reading omni-power-granting licenses from the start to the end, or for those who do, accepting it based on the common fact that it will rarely be invoked. All this corporate phishing to sign away our basic rights is basically pissing on the constitution.
I demand revolutionary battle!
I disagree. Controlling the method of distribution is one of the major reason why anyone would pay anything for it. If they just had a bittorrent link on the main site with a donate button in the right corner, I doubt they would be getting alot. By entering in personal informations and a selectable price, you're meant to feel abit bad over paying nothing, putting a tiny pressure on you to pay something atleast.
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Than silicon, duh
Does that mean residential solar is doomed to expensiveness forrrevermore?
1) The liquidity crisis and it's impact on their planned IPO 2) very long prospects for actually paying out investors 3) They have raised 50M from daimler and is intent on reinvesting roadster/drive train profits into Model S 4) You are right Tesla is a high-risk bet
Lithium is an extremely abundant resource, further more it's not consumed like oil. There's even several distinct batteries you can switch to that doesnt require lithium if neccesary. IF the lithium prices rises, the viability of mining elsewhere than bolivia rises too. In short this material is uncontrollable unlike oil.
I dont know anything trough the eyes of others.. But in my experience, experiencing red hot-pain, being restrained to the pain source, you panic, all your thoughts and mental faculties vanish and automatic responses takes over. I assume such a state is closest thing we can experience with a likeness of lesser evolved species. I am not greatly concerned with the lobster's plight, putting them in boiling water should kill them pretty fast.
If you cant beat them - join them. Own stocks.
Hey, keep in mind that the swedish currency has plummeted and the dollar have strenghtening in your comparison. 199 SEK was 31,14 dollars 1 year ago.
After reading the legislation behind the 25B fund, I'm pretty convinced tesla deserves atleast 20B of them. This is not a bailout, but a fund setup to companies advancing electric vehicles, something that tesla has almost singlehandedly kickstarted.
ARE there anything they CANT do?
They should have designed the aircraft so it can be salvaged for potential parts.
Not like exhaust-gasses are that clean...
Slashdotters still cant see in more than 1.
Blue-ray has plenty of honest, actual merit; it is capable of about six times the visual detail, higher frame rates (so considerably better motion depiction) and a larger color space as compared to a DVD; in fact, it is so good that just as compact disks did for audio, a Blue-ray version of a film often reveals limitations of the original recording.
The summary has it at least partially right: The problem isn't that Blue-ray isn't better, the problem is that without good source material, a large hi-def TV and a viewing arrangement where you can actually make out the additional detail, it is difficult or even impossible for a viewer to appreciate the extra capability. With the economy tanking, I rather doubt the first thing on everyone's list is to go out and get an HDTV.
For those of us who do have them, though, and where the viewing arrangement is large enough to see all the detail, Blue-ray is not just "better", but far, far better and definitely the format of choice. I went extreme with my setup, and I don't regret it even a little bit. People who see movies and HD games on my system never leave thinking HD is a marketing scam.
I am almost certain that HD and Blue-ray will do just fine; it's just that there's a ton of legacy hardware that people already like, and it'll have to get old and crufty in their sight before they upgrade, and the economy has slowed down what wouldn't have been all that quick a process anyway.
I keep thinking, what's the point? Once you get used to a grainy monocolour TV, a HD tv offers alittle beyond the initial WoW-experience and/or bragging rights. No, learn to prioritize with your money. You can for example buy a lovely mail-order bride from russia instead of a home theatre and they are even cheaper to maintain. That's sound economic sense.
Well, if it's like D2, it will be more fun to play than watch.
Mod chips dont pirate games, people do.
And you can shave 1/3 of the earnings due to inflation.
Probably humaniora
In 10,20 and 30 years those college kids might finally have enough funds so they can easily afford to not infringe. Still, IP is a pickle. On one side I agree to some extent with the industries worries. On the other hand, it seems too hard to enforce without being draconic, that the market should just let itself sort out. If the industry is really hurting, then the productions will just scale down until it turns a buck in a given market-situation. At the state of today, I still see alot of movies turning a healthy box office (I guess that the cinema-owner's cut is included, but still), easily exceeding the production-costs. In a way the industry is enforcing an artificial scarcity. Wouldn't it be great if the industry's earnings could remaing at this level, but 3 times as many people could have access to it's goods?
On the principle to discourage scamming, I would say yes. Sometimes.
A new and exciting development.
Don't underestimate the stigma and peer pressure forcing people on such sites. While I agree we have a certain responsibility ourselves, I'm not going to remain idle while the monster tramps on those who's only crime is not reading omni-power-granting licenses from the start to the end, or for those who do, accepting it based on the common fact that it will rarely be invoked. All this corporate phishing to sign away our basic rights is basically pissing on the constitution. I demand revolutionary battle!
Seeing a good movie can cheer you for a day, I'm not too keen on these simplistic comparisons.
I don't know about that, a third boob would be nice.
It's called the PC.
I disagree. Controlling the method of distribution is one of the major reason why anyone would pay anything for it. If they just had a bittorrent link on the main site with a donate button in the right corner, I doubt they would be getting alot. By entering in personal informations and a selectable price, you're meant to feel abit bad over paying nothing, putting a tiny pressure on you to pay something atleast.