I don't know how regular non-technical people can even use the internet any more. There have been rare occasions when I've had to turn off my protection, and the screen jumps around like it's having a seizure. I've said it before and stand by it, but if ad and script blockers are outlawed, I'll find something else to do with my time.
There'll be a plugin with an offline mode that accidentally *wink* rewrites all URLs to local and only goes 1 deep and doesn't download anything but 1st level javascript. Eventually someone will figure that out and the workaround, but for now it works well if you want to browse an entire site.
I'm wondering when the first history poisoner is coming out?
Try DNS66 for Android. Block 99% of adverts. No root or anything like that required, and it's open source. Get it from the F-Droid app store.
Saves a lot of battery, as well as making browsing more pleasant. Works in most apps too.
I don't know how regular non-technical people can even use the internet any more. There have been rare occasions when I've had to turn off my protection, and the screen jumps around like it's having a seizure. I've said it before and stand by it, but if ad and script blockers are outlawed, I'll find something else to do with my time.
And some people are just plain nuts. How are we gonna go "coal rolling in an EV?
I always thought the diesel Dodge trucks that did that were poorly maintained / poorly manufactured. It would never occur to me that people were dumb enough to do it on purpose. Thanks for making today depressing.
You can get some smoke out of any diesel engine depending if it's cold, or if you really flog it. These coal rollers are just the folks who are in danger of dropping off the bottom rnug of the ladder.
that battery can be recycled to be used elsewhere like home storage. An 8 year old ICE has the potential to need a new gearbox/engine/shocks/brakes/diff blah blah blah. Guess what, battery prices are dropping all the time........... You should do some real research before spouting off nonsense like the rest of your post.
Forgive them, for they are bereft of a clue. When they start spouting nonsense shite like that, they are just grasping at straws. Shakespeare's MacBeth comes to mind:
a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
There are also very legitimate reasons for not wanting an electric vehicle. Over time batteries lose their ability to hold a charge, which leads to a gradual decrease in range. Eventually the batteries will need replacing entirely, and that is incredibly expensive.
Something tells me you have never replaced the engine in an internal combustion car/ I had a 90's Chevy van with the 6 cylinder engine. powerful, but short lived. Replaced it twice, and the third time, got rid of it. 4 Kilobucks each time.
One of the biggest mistakes EV disparagers make is assuming that internal combustion engines suddenly become immortal and perfect, and that the EV's must become perfect before they can be considered real competition.
Dunno if you remember some of the Tesla dissing in here, but it was like major scandal when a Tesla caught fire, the absolute proof that Electric vehicles were unsafe and would never be fit.
Yet Gasoline powered cars catch fire all the time. I had one that did.
Then there were some precautions that Tesla ownersneeded to take in extreme cold - this was an affront to common sense and further showing the obvious - EV's were useless.
Then again there are a lot of devices for internal combustion engines such as engine block, oil, and batttery heaters - indeed electricity provided at parking meters to run them - in the far north. Some diesels are left running 24/7, and I've heard rumors of people starting fires beneath big trucks to heat the oil so they will turn over - dunno about that one though.
We also heard about how people who bought Prius vehicles were going to be sorry, as they were going to go broke replacing batteries.
Which is odd, considering that if that Prius battery dies a 99,999.99 miles, you get a free battery. 150,000 miles in California. And yet, they replace very few of them because they aren't dying. Turns out the Prius is a case study in how to make batteries last a long time. If I had a Prius, my biggest hope would be that my battery quit somewhere close to 100 K miles. Brand new battery WooHoo!
Anyhow your best bet is to pay attention to the detractor's claims. Usually they pick some perceived or real or exaggerated problem, and require you to not notice that a traditional car also has problems. I just spent 600 some dollars to replace a Throttle position sensor in my Jeep. I wouldn't have that problem in a Tesla. Skepticism is always a good idea.
(witness those who think wireless charging is a lifesaver)
I still think that conventional wireless charging is overrated, and a auto-mating direct electrical connection is underrated. Having a 'dock' sort of arrangement has always seemed fine by be and is easier to execute and is more efficient.
If you look in any parking lot, you can see why wireless will never be feasible for vehicle charging. The ancient concept of wireless charging requires the secondary of a transformer to be inside the device being charged. In order for it to be remotely close to efficient, it has to be just about in contact with the device being charged. Docks are the simplest way to approach charging if you don't want to plug in a cord.mI have several HT's that have docks. Drop 'em in, and you're in business. For wirelss charging, you are going to have something that is pretty much like a dock anyhow, since the secondary of that transformer has to be almost touching the primary in the charger.
I think people have the mistaken impression that wireless charging means you just have it somewhere in the room.
Auto mating is probably goint to be the main thing in homes. Probably take a while longer in public parking lots where plug in will be used.
Gasoline and internal combustion engines are a pain in the ass, we are just way too used to them and people try to apply the same strategies to electric cars, even though better strategies are available that aren't popular today because it's just too impractical with gasoline.
I could live my lifestyle, which includes a lot of travel, with present day battery technology - with one exception. I will occasionally do a trip form the Northeast to Florida, about 16 hours to my destination. I'll jump in the car, and get there the next day mid-day.
However, as of late, I've been doing a one overnight stay, then drive the rest of the way the next morning. A hotel with a charger would get my money.
In the meantime, I wouldn't let that stop me from my plans to use solar EV to charge an EV vehicle at home, and eliminate gasoline purchases.
And this is coming from a gearhead BTW. I'm just not stuck in the past. I'm excited to get my first EV bike and auto.
Only dog knows why so many Slashdotters are stuck there though. We still have people who can't figure out how solar electric can be used at night.
Giving everyone equal weight in on private services isn't "freedom of speech", it's tyranny.
Well, I considered it anarchy. Usenet, which was the wild west, and unwitting experiment of unfettered free speech, showed the tragedy of the commons effect. The trolls, flamers and internet kooks killed it pretty well. The response to any complaint was "Use a killfile". But after you spend more time adding people to a killfile than reading and participating, you just give up and go some place else.
And usenet died.
And that folks, is why we have moderation. I moderate several groups. I'm pretty lax for the most part, allowing a fair amount of topic drift. But if someone gets offtopic political or religious, or starts talking shit, they are gone. If they don't like it, they can either grow up or GTFO,
If I have a few people getting pissed at me, I know I've done my job.
*If* a slow charging reality comes around, it would most likely mean a change in workplaces and restaraunts and shopping, where electric charging is a perk or paid aspect of your spot rather than something you have to do just for the benefit of the car.
There is precedent for widespread adoption of this. In Alaska, there are parking meters with power on them. Used to keep engine blocks and battery's warm - note that despite anti-EV folk whining about EV battery power issues, it isn't like petrofueled vehicles don't need a lot of help in the cold, including altered fuel configuration. Winter gasoline contains a lot of butanol because you need a higher vapor pressure in the cold.
If I just plugged my car in at my real destination without having to make a stop *just* for the car, I would be ecstatic (gas stations are not exactly pleasant places to 'hang out' compared to wherever I *really* want to be). I hate my weekly trip to the gas station, and would similarly hate a weekly trip to a fast charging station, even if it were the same amount of time.
Well yeah - the ideal situation is that you would never have to think about fueling your vehicle ever, not even plug it in (witness those who think wireless charging is a lifesaver)
My guess is that EV's and their charging will be a little like phones and laptops. A lot of people topping them off regularly, and some having trouble with that concept. My plan is to tap into solar power charging at home, and taking advantage of whatever convenient charging port is available.
This would be a good time to promote one of my alternative reality scenarios for people who have problems with a paradigm shift like this.
Let's assume that instead of being petrofueld, the world ran on battery EV's. Charging ports all over, and research bringing us better range and storage because that would be a natural thing when everyone's running EV.
So now someone decides - "Let's use the higher grades of petroleum distillates of that crude oil we use for lubrication!"
"All we have to do is drill more wells, build a lot of refineries, and build a whole infrastructure to transport the fuel, which is prone to deflagration by the way, so we'll need tanker trucks and railroad cars, and pumping stations and a whole bunch of other infrastructure to replace the plugs we are using now."
People wouldn't just be fighting that plan based on inertia, they'd be calling the plan insane.
The brain being hardwired to empathy or friendship does not exclude being utterly sadistic/brutal/merciless to those one does not consider a friend or object of empathy though.
You don't know it, but you are arguing my point. You're just saying that humans are wired for empathy toward family, That means they are hardwired towards brutality towards those they consider not family. Unless you want to provide an alternative explanation for the state of the world.
It doesn't matter what America wants. The people you keep re-electing don't have to listen to you. they respond to those who pay them the money for their vote.
So anyhow, you figure that our being in constant warfare killing each over for fun becaus our religion said so, or apparently just for the LuLZ is a fringe case? Or maybe humans are the best mashchists nature has ever produced, and we just do this to ourselves for something something reason?
As much as I'd like to believe that humanity is inherently peaceful and loving, I'd have to hold two diametrically opposed opinions at one time. one that says yes, Humans are great, and the other that watches the news. That isn't even being pessimistic, it's just counting corpses.
GM and Nissan both struggle to market their electric vehicles. They are building them, sales are sluggish (the Volt is doing okay) and most people know little about them. Dealers aren't prepared to educate consumers.
Dealers don't want to sell electric cars. EV's do not have the constant revenue stream that Traditionl vehicles have.
Politics are something. Inertia is something as well.
Different people have different reasons for hating on Electric Vehicles. The Petrocar dealerships are threatened because a large part of their revenue stream is based on post-sales service. And the electric car is a hellava lot less prone to the little issues that hit petrocars.
Many Politicians hate Electric Vehicles because tax revenue from petro sales goes down, and those taxes are easier to hide while railing against other taxes.
A lot of people have severe inertia issues. "If leaded gas was good enough for Grandpa, it's good enough for me." Anything new is anathema.
And some people are just plain nuts. How are we gonna go "coal rolling in an EV? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Where these insane idiots like to do this when they see an Electric vehicle or hybrid.
It is just going to take time for the normal people, and the actuarial tables for the lunatic fringe to die off - probably via black lung or COPD for the coal rollers - and EVs will take over just like Petrovehicles took over from the horse and buggy.
I remember when I was scoffed at every time I brought that up.
In case you somehow got the impression that you're the only person who thought connecting everything ever to the internet was/is a bad idea, let me reassure you that you're not, and I don't think you ever were.
I had no idea I wrote that I was the only person who thought that way. Just relating my experiences when people only half-thought out solutions to problems, and mistook understanding for pessimism. Suits, yes men, and marketers are a nasty combination, prone to making really stupid mistakes, like the IoT. But no, I'm not the only one who spoke out against the IoT.
But back to your reply. Something about my confidence that strikes you as smug or something? Your reply would indicate as much. I'm not particularly smug, I'm a Cassandra. Some folks have trouble seeing the difference.
What was that joke again? If Commodore tried to sell fried chicken, they would advertise it as dead warm bird.
That's spot on. The technology behind the Amiga was so far beyond the other personal computers, with the custom chipsets, that the computers feel responsive even now. I remember a fellow at work who was all excited about Windows 3.1 and had me sit down with it. What a joke.
Byte magazine in 1994 had a interesting article on the Amiga in part:
"The Amiga was so far ahead of its time that almost nobody—including Commodore's marketing department—could fully articulate what it was all about. Today, it's obvious the Amiga was the first multimedia computer, but in those days it was derided as a game machine because few people grasped the importance of advanced graphics, sound, and video. Nine years later, vendors are still struggling to make systems that work like 1985 Amigas.
—Byte Magazine, August 1994
Those of us who did know what it was about surely could articulate what it was about. I was doing "PowerPoint Presentations" in the early 1990's. Except I wasn't using PowerPoint.
I can only imagine where Personal computing would be today if Commodore had a competent marketing department.
While I started out like so many people, on a Commodore 64, My computing life really took off when I bought one of the Commodore Amiga 500's.
Keeping in mind the time, this thing had it all over the typical IBM PC of the day. Those little disks, actual multitasking, nice built in graphics. I had a nice little side business doing weddings after I bought an Amiga 2000, and the necessary camera and editing equipment. Eventually I talked my main work into a 3000 and frame buffer, and showing them what I could do in making 3-D animations in Imagine, and their use in science. I did all this with my A3000, which was my favorite Amiga of all. My last Amiga was the 4000, with a video Toaster and Lightwave. The old Deluxe Paint 2, 3, and 4 were in constant use. The machines were just plain fun to use. I was making 3-D animations and videos with frame buffers and VTR control software, while my Microsoft based colleagues were all excited when they got the right escape codes to print landscape.
But Commodore was a badly run company, and the promise that the A4000 had went away when they went belly up. Fortunately, this was around the time when non-linear editing and computer and video speed were catching up to the Amiga, and My next system was a Mac Pro. I continued to use Lightwave, in part because the 3-D learning curve is steep as hell, and fortunately NewTek makes it for Mac.
Those were some pretty heady and fun days, to grow up with the computing revolution. I still enjoy it, but no where near as much as with the old Amigas.
No, it just goes to show that when you align yourself with either party, you're not going to get any real change in your politics. You're the one that just made it a binary choice. I pointed out that both parties do it because they're the ones in power and they know people like you will continue with the same pattern.
Nope, its a classic diversion tactic, used to good effect by Kellyanne Conway. Anytime asked a question she deflects it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?... without answering the question.
I don't give a fuck if the Democrats used the tactic. I don't care if they installed a supreme court justice that mandated abortions for all. Perhaps this is it backfiring on them Maybe, maybe not. But what I am saying is that it will indeed backfire on the Republican party. Do you deny this? Are teh Democrats just going to roll over and play dead? Or are you one of those people like Republican moral leader Trent Lott, who is the architect of the permanent Republican majority> Times change, and the Republicans like to remind us tht they are the party of the moral high ground. It's too bad that they decided to railroad a nominee through that had solid opposition.
Now I'm certain you will claim this is fake news, but the party of the moral high ground did have an issue with the Kenyan terror baby's appointments.
Now tell me how many the Evil demoncrats wrested judicial appointments from the Republicans. I would imagine you can prove that all of them were installed by the democrats. I gave you a citation, Now give me the citations that the Democrats used the nuclear option or other malfeasance on Republican nominees.
In other words, show me that the democrats did the same thing. You said they did, I'm certain you have the evidence to prove it.
In 2016 there was a 10 percent vacancy rate in federal judge vacancies, I dunno, you figure that the Democrats didnt name any? They were blocked.
Is it a good idea to block appointments then fill them with your own parties hand picked? when you have the chance to railroad them through? Hard to imagine when you have the moral high ground that you would need to do that.
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I don't know how regular non-technical people can even use the internet any more. There have been rare occasions when I've had to turn off my protection, and the screen jumps around like it's having a seizure. I've said it before and stand by it, but if ad and script blockers are outlawed, I'll find something else to do with my time.
There'll be a plugin with an offline mode that accidentally *wink* rewrites all URLs to local and only goes 1 deep and doesn't download anything but 1st level javascript. Eventually someone will figure that out and the workaround, but for now it works well if you want to browse an entire site.
I'm wondering when the first history poisoner is coming out?
Try DNS66 for Android. Block 99% of adverts. No root or anything like that required, and it's open source. Get it from the F-Droid app store.
Saves a lot of battery, as well as making browsing more pleasant. Works in most apps too.
I don't know how regular non-technical people can even use the internet any more. There have been rare occasions when I've had to turn off my protection, and the screen jumps around like it's having a seizure. I've said it before and stand by it, but if ad and script blockers are outlawed, I'll find something else to do with my time.
The number of trolls wasn't an issue.
As a person who was and still is involved in Usenet on a moderator level, I gotta say we have a remarkably different perspective on it.
And some people are just plain nuts. How are we gonna go "coal rolling in an EV?
I always thought the diesel Dodge trucks that did that were poorly maintained / poorly manufactured. It would never occur to me that people were dumb enough to do it on purpose. Thanks for making today depressing.
You can get some smoke out of any diesel engine depending if it's cold, or if you really flog it. These coal rollers are just the folks who are in danger of dropping off the bottom rnug of the ladder.
that battery can be recycled to be used elsewhere like home storage. An 8 year old ICE has the potential to need a new gearbox/engine/shocks/brakes/diff blah blah blah. Guess what, battery prices are dropping all the time........... You should do some real research before spouting off nonsense like the rest of your post.
Forgive them, for they are bereft of a clue. When they start spouting nonsense shite like that, they are just grasping at straws. Shakespeare's MacBeth comes to mind:
a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
And with an attitude too!
You've inadvertently won one internet tonight. Tanks for the LulZ.
There are 5 year old Teslas out there. It appears you lose around 15% of the capacity after 150000 miles. It's not too bad compared to a regular car.
That's terrible compared to a real car.
True. Regular cars at 150 thousand miles have no problems, and will last for at least 5 million more miles before the first oil change.
Yer talkin' shite.
There are also very legitimate reasons for not wanting an electric vehicle. Over time batteries lose their ability to hold a charge, which leads to a gradual decrease in range. Eventually the batteries will need replacing entirely, and that is incredibly expensive.
Something tells me you have never replaced the engine in an internal combustion car/ I had a 90's Chevy van with the 6 cylinder engine. powerful, but short lived. Replaced it twice, and the third time, got rid of it. 4 Kilobucks each time.
One of the biggest mistakes EV disparagers make is assuming that internal combustion engines suddenly become immortal and perfect, and that the EV's must become perfect before they can be considered real competition.
Dunno if you remember some of the Tesla dissing in here, but it was like major scandal when a Tesla caught fire, the absolute proof that Electric vehicles were unsafe and would never be fit.
Yet Gasoline powered cars catch fire all the time. I had one that did.
Then there were some precautions that Tesla ownersneeded to take in extreme cold - this was an affront to common sense and further showing the obvious - EV's were useless.
Then again there are a lot of devices for internal combustion engines such as engine block, oil, and batttery heaters - indeed electricity provided at parking meters to run them - in the far north. Some diesels are left running 24/7, and I've heard rumors of people starting fires beneath big trucks to heat the oil so they will turn over - dunno about that one though. We also heard about how people who bought Prius vehicles were going to be sorry, as they were going to go broke replacing batteries.
Which is odd, considering that if that Prius battery dies a 99,999.99 miles, you get a free battery. 150,000 miles in California. And yet, they replace very few of them because they aren't dying. Turns out the Prius is a case study in how to make batteries last a long time. If I had a Prius, my biggest hope would be that my battery quit somewhere close to 100 K miles. Brand new battery WooHoo!
Anyhow your best bet is to pay attention to the detractor's claims. Usually they pick some perceived or real or exaggerated problem, and require you to not notice that a traditional car also has problems. I just spent 600 some dollars to replace a Throttle position sensor in my Jeep. I wouldn't have that problem in a Tesla. Skepticism is always a good idea.
(witness those who think wireless charging is a lifesaver)
I still think that conventional wireless charging is overrated, and a auto-mating direct electrical connection is underrated. Having a 'dock' sort of arrangement has always seemed fine by be and is easier to execute and is more efficient.
If you look in any parking lot, you can see why wireless will never be feasible for vehicle charging. The ancient concept of wireless charging requires the secondary of a transformer to be inside the device being charged. In order for it to be remotely close to efficient, it has to be just about in contact with the device being charged. Docks are the simplest way to approach charging if you don't want to plug in a cord.mI have several HT's that have docks. Drop 'em in, and you're in business. For wirelss charging, you are going to have something that is pretty much like a dock anyhow, since the secondary of that transformer has to be almost touching the primary in the charger.
I think people have the mistaken impression that wireless charging means you just have it somewhere in the room.
Auto mating is probably goint to be the main thing in homes. Probably take a while longer in public parking lots where plug in will be used.
Gasoline and internal combustion engines are a pain in the ass, we are just way too used to them and people try to apply the same strategies to electric cars, even though better strategies are available that aren't popular today because it's just too impractical with gasoline.
I could live my lifestyle, which includes a lot of travel, with present day battery technology - with one exception. I will occasionally do a trip form the Northeast to Florida, about 16 hours to my destination. I'll jump in the car, and get there the next day mid-day.
However, as of late, I've been doing a one overnight stay, then drive the rest of the way the next morning. A hotel with a charger would get my money.
In the meantime, I wouldn't let that stop me from my plans to use solar EV to charge an EV vehicle at home, and eliminate gasoline purchases.
And this is coming from a gearhead BTW. I'm just not stuck in the past. I'm excited to get my first EV bike and auto.
Only dog knows why so many Slashdotters are stuck there though. We still have people who can't figure out how solar electric can be used at night.
Giving everyone equal weight in on private services isn't "freedom of speech", it's tyranny.
Well, I considered it anarchy. Usenet, which was the wild west, and unwitting experiment of unfettered free speech, showed the tragedy of the commons effect. The trolls, flamers and internet kooks killed it pretty well. The response to any complaint was "Use a killfile". But after you spend more time adding people to a killfile than reading and participating, you just give up and go some place else.
And usenet died.
And that folks, is why we have moderation. I moderate several groups. I'm pretty lax for the most part, allowing a fair amount of topic drift. But if someone gets offtopic political or religious, or starts talking shit, they are gone. If they don't like it, they can either grow up or GTFO,
If I have a few people getting pissed at me, I know I've done my job.
*If* a slow charging reality comes around, it would most likely mean a change in workplaces and restaraunts and shopping, where electric charging is a perk or paid aspect of your spot rather than something you have to do just for the benefit of the car.
There is precedent for widespread adoption of this. In Alaska, there are parking meters with power on them. Used to keep engine blocks and battery's warm - note that despite anti-EV folk whining about EV battery power issues, it isn't like petrofueled vehicles don't need a lot of help in the cold, including altered fuel configuration. Winter gasoline contains a lot of butanol because you need a higher vapor pressure in the cold.
If I just plugged my car in at my real destination without having to make a stop *just* for the car, I would be ecstatic (gas stations are not exactly pleasant places to 'hang out' compared to wherever I *really* want to be). I hate my weekly trip to the gas station, and would similarly hate a weekly trip to a fast charging station, even if it were the same amount of time.
Well yeah - the ideal situation is that you would never have to think about fueling your vehicle ever, not even plug it in (witness those who think wireless charging is a lifesaver)
My guess is that EV's and their charging will be a little like phones and laptops. A lot of people topping them off regularly, and some having trouble with that concept. My plan is to tap into solar power charging at home, and taking advantage of whatever convenient charging port is available.
This would be a good time to promote one of my alternative reality scenarios for people who have problems with a paradigm shift like this.
Let's assume that instead of being petrofueld, the world ran on battery EV's. Charging ports all over, and research bringing us better range and storage because that would be a natural thing when everyone's running EV.
So now someone decides - "Let's use the higher grades of petroleum distillates of that crude oil we use for lubrication!"
"All we have to do is drill more wells, build a lot of refineries, and build a whole infrastructure to transport the fuel, which is prone to deflagration by the way, so we'll need tanker trucks and railroad cars, and pumping stations and a whole bunch of other infrastructure to replace the plugs we are using now."
People wouldn't just be fighting that plan based on inertia, they'd be calling the plan insane.
The brain being hardwired to empathy or friendship does not exclude being utterly sadistic/brutal/merciless to those one does not consider a friend or object of empathy though.
You don't know it, but you are arguing my point. You're just saying that humans are wired for empathy toward family, That means they are hardwired towards brutality towards those they consider not family. Unless you want to provide an alternative explanation for the state of the world.
As a counter example to your 5 minute example...
http://wane.com/2016/10/10/jai...
Amber Pasztor claims she killed her kids after hearing the amber alert.
Weoh, although I think that our local mother was just hypersensitized by the barrage of child abduction stories and the fearmongers.
This Paztor woman was just evil incarnate http://wane.com/2017/02/28/new...
It doesn't matter what America wants. The people you keep re-electing don't have to listen to you. they respond to those who pay them the money for their vote.
At least some research shows quite the opposite actually.
So anyhow, you figure that our being in constant warfare killing each over for fun becaus our religion said so, or apparently just for the LuLZ is a fringe case? Or maybe humans are the best mashchists nature has ever produced, and we just do this to ourselves for something something reason?
As much as I'd like to believe that humanity is inherently peaceful and loving, I'd have to hold two diametrically opposed opinions at one time. one that says yes, Humans are great, and the other that watches the news. That isn't even being pessimistic, it's just counting corpses.
I feel the exact same about the Atari ST/Falcon 030 systems. I'd run graphic demos on those that would blow clone-PC guys away.
They had a nice niche as a music machine too.
Occam's razor tells us Humans are assholes.
GM and Nissan both struggle to market their electric vehicles. They are building them, sales are sluggish (the Volt is doing okay) and most people know little about them. Dealers aren't prepared to educate consumers.
Dealers don't want to sell electric cars. EV's do not have the constant revenue stream that Traditionl vehicles have.
Different people have different reasons for hating on Electric Vehicles. The Petrocar dealerships are threatened because a large part of their revenue stream is based on post-sales service. And the electric car is a hellava lot less prone to the little issues that hit petrocars.
Many Politicians hate Electric Vehicles because tax revenue from petro sales goes down, and those taxes are easier to hide while railing against other taxes. A lot of people have severe inertia issues. "If leaded gas was good enough for Grandpa, it's good enough for me." Anything new is anathema.
And some people are just plain nuts. How are we gonna go "coal rolling in an EV? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Where these insane idiots like to do this when they see an Electric vehicle or hybrid.
It is just going to take time for the normal people, and the actuarial tables for the lunatic fringe to die off - probably via black lung or COPD for the coal rollers - and EVs will take over just like Petrovehicles took over from the horse and buggy.
Electric vehicles are the future. It isn't like oil or other fossil fuels are going to last forever. And the abiotic oil concept isn't going to work.
Neither is the Fred Flintstone type vehicle.
I remember when I was scoffed at every time I brought that up.
In case you somehow got the impression that you're the only person who thought connecting everything ever to the internet was/is a bad idea, let me reassure you that you're not, and I don't think you ever were.
I had no idea I wrote that I was the only person who thought that way. Just relating my experiences when people only half-thought out solutions to problems, and mistook understanding for pessimism. Suits, yes men, and marketers are a nasty combination, prone to making really stupid mistakes, like the IoT. But no, I'm not the only one who spoke out against the IoT.
But back to your reply. Something about my confidence that strikes you as smug or something? Your reply would indicate as much. I'm not particularly smug, I'm a Cassandra. Some folks have trouble seeing the difference.
What was that joke again? If Commodore tried to sell fried chicken, they would advertise it as dead warm bird.
That's spot on. The technology behind the Amiga was so far beyond the other personal computers, with the custom chipsets, that the computers feel responsive even now. I remember a fellow at work who was all excited about Windows 3.1 and had me sit down with it. What a joke.
Byte magazine in 1994 had a interesting article on the Amiga in part:
"The Amiga was so far ahead of its time that almost nobody—including Commodore's marketing department—could fully articulate what it was all about. Today, it's obvious the Amiga was the first multimedia computer, but in those days it was derided as a game machine because few people grasped the importance of advanced graphics, sound, and video. Nine years later, vendors are still struggling to make systems that work like 1985 Amigas.
—Byte Magazine, August 1994
Those of us who did know what it was about surely could articulate what it was about. I was doing "PowerPoint Presentations" in the early 1990's. Except I wasn't using PowerPoint.
I can only imagine where Personal computing would be today if Commodore had a competent marketing department.
A good one here in Texas is the so-called "Silver Alert". Whenever an elderly person drives off in a car,
So that's what those roadway lightboards are all about. I kept seeing that when I was down south this winter.
The name connection is sorta amusing.
Keeping in mind the time, this thing had it all over the typical IBM PC of the day. Those little disks, actual multitasking, nice built in graphics. I had a nice little side business doing weddings after I bought an Amiga 2000, and the necessary camera and editing equipment. Eventually I talked my main work into a 3000 and frame buffer, and showing them what I could do in making 3-D animations in Imagine, and their use in science. I did all this with my A3000, which was my favorite Amiga of all. My last Amiga was the 4000, with a video Toaster and Lightwave. The old Deluxe Paint 2, 3, and 4 were in constant use. The machines were just plain fun to use. I was making 3-D animations and videos with frame buffers and VTR control software, while my Microsoft based colleagues were all excited when they got the right escape codes to print landscape.
But Commodore was a badly run company, and the promise that the A4000 had went away when they went belly up. Fortunately, this was around the time when non-linear editing and computer and video speed were catching up to the Amiga, and My next system was a Mac Pro. I continued to use Lightwave, in part because the 3-D learning curve is steep as hell, and fortunately NewTek makes it for Mac.
Those were some pretty heady and fun days, to grow up with the computing revolution. I still enjoy it, but no where near as much as with the old Amigas.
No, it just goes to show that when you align yourself with either party, you're not going to get any real change in your politics. You're the one that just made it a binary choice. I pointed out that both parties do it because they're the ones in power and they know people like you will continue with the same pattern.
Nope, its a classic diversion tactic, used to good effect by Kellyanne Conway. Anytime asked a question she deflects it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?... without answering the question.
I don't give a fuck if the Democrats used the tactic. I don't care if they installed a supreme court justice that mandated abortions for all. Perhaps this is it backfiring on them Maybe, maybe not. But what I am saying is that it will indeed backfire on the Republican party. Do you deny this? Are teh Democrats just going to roll over and play dead? Or are you one of those people like Republican moral leader Trent Lott, who is the architect of the permanent Republican majority> Times change, and the Republicans like to remind us tht they are the party of the moral high ground. It's too bad that they decided to railroad a nominee through that had solid opposition.
Now I'm certain you will claim this is fake news, but the party of the moral high ground did have an issue with the Kenyan terror baby's appointments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Now tell me how many the Evil demoncrats wrested judicial appointments from the Republicans. I would imagine you can prove that all of them were installed by the democrats. I gave you a citation, Now give me the citations that the Democrats used the nuclear option or other malfeasance on Republican nominees.
In other words, show me that the democrats did the same thing. You said they did, I'm certain you have the evidence to prove it. In 2016 there was a 10 percent vacancy rate in federal judge vacancies, I dunno, you figure that the Democrats didnt name any? They were blocked.
Is it a good idea to block appointments then fill them with your own parties hand picked? when you have the chance to railroad them through? Hard to imagine when you have the moral high ground that you would need to do that.