I'm a lapsed car enthusiast (I wrench on mountain bikes and my home now) and this is pretty obvious for a few reasons:
1) The average consumer doesn't care about additional handling and power. Never has.
2) Nowadays car groups handle about the same.
3) Kia would blow to doors off a 50s sports car on moguls and be right behind it in a straight line.
We are at the point of 'good enough'. Much like CDs have become good enough. Why push for more when you don't need it?
I'm a mechanical engineer by trade, and I haven't seen a load-transfer problem in a decade or better, so my eyes would glaze over as well. And I believe everyword. In one of my previous jobs I saw some of the most unholy and unworkable structural designs I could have imagined. It scared me how anyone could think they were acceptable. I think the breaking apart of the two specialties was a epic failure. My university had the two faculties merged for the first 20 or 30 years of it's existence.
I will be the first one to acknowledge Engineers can epiccally fuck up. Lord knows I've done some big ones, although thankfully only money was lost, not lives. In fact, in Canada we have what is called The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer for all graduating engineers which is to remind ourselves of the consequences of what we do. In fact, during this ceremony we are given iron rings which (according to legend) are forged from the iron from a collapsed Quebec bridge.
It reminds me of a quote I heard in university: Architects make it pretty. Engineers make it work. Yes, it's a trollish quote but the more I deal with 'creative' types the more it's proven true.
Agreed. Currently on my MP3 player is Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Airbourne, Gretchen Wilson, Miranda Lambert, Sugarland & the Megamind soundtrack. I haven't thrown on AC/DC or The Tragically Hip as yet, but that is coming. Same with Ke$ha & the Black Eyed Peas' newest album.
I agree with everything you say but I don't think that was what the GP post asked. It could work as a type of mesh, and it could certainly solve the issue with broadband making it to almost everyone who purchases electricity, but I wonder about the difficulty of running internet over unshielded wire that is already at 15+ kV bare minimum. I honestly think OTA internet (like the type which is being put in place here) is the future.
I don't want us to declare war on Columbia, Cambodia, and Canada, because they all "sound the same"
If you guys end up invading & annexing Canada, I would like to point out that it would pretty much guarantee that the Democrats would run both houses plus be in the white house for the next 100 years. Just something to consider: Canadian Conservative = American Democrat.
In the "Godfather Part II" the immigration officer is in a hurry and mixes up the last name and town of origin, in a few seconds with a stroke of the pen the family's name is changed. All kinds of things happen - birthdays are changed by purpose or accident, people flee Europe to avoid military draft, family memory often trumps official records.
It happened to me. My material grandfather came from the Netherlands and coming through Ellesmere Island the ship's manifest was misread - the 'ij' at the end of the name became 'y'. There had been rumors about the name change but this was the only real proof of what happened. It also allowed me to track down my Dutch ancestors all the way back to 1800.
Side note: The Dutch trump even the Germans when it comes to anal retentiveness of keeping family records. They have births, deaths & marriages for the entire country back to 1800. And the best part was that it was (is?) all searchable circa 2003. I haven't looked at my family tree at all since that time.
I agree with your discussion about steel, however I disagree on the use of coolant on aluminum. At a former employer we regularly cut 1/4" marine grade aluminum sheets without coolant on our CNC Router. I'm not familiar with 3 or 4 axis CNC milling machines but on our 2.5 D equipment we had no problems.
I realize to the KDE purists out there (all three of you?) this is a horrible thing, but seriously - so what? Libreoffice is the big dog in this space and there are other packages like Abiword which have more mindshare then KOffice.
I think Moore's law is becoming increasingly pointless to most of the world. It talks about speed, yet at this point few manufacturers are trying to win speed competitions. It's all about form factor and efficiency. To use a car analogy, the past number of years were the horsepower wars of the late 60s & early 70s. Now we have seen a switch to fuel (energy) economy as the main driver of development.
That being said, I think it's cool this is a possible future - it's not that be need more power, we need a different way of doing the job.
there's no profit for them in having dead accounts
I disagree on that point. I'm sure people who have died and whose pages are visited by others make them money by ad views. However, the optics of the situation from a marketing perspective far far outweighs the amount they make, so I agree overall with your post.
I would like to point out that publically-traded oil companies don't exactly hurt our citizens economically. Half the money is Alberta seems like it comes from the oil sands and they are one of the richest pronvinces (if not THE richest) in the country.
Fuck it, why do all of those things? Do what makes sense economically for this. If it can only feed North Africa & Europe economically, awesome. Half the governments in Africa are bat shit and are as stable as anti-matter? So what? Money talks, you know the rest.
Amigo, I owe you a beer - that is the best boiled down "Why you should give a fuck' post I've seen in a LONG time. And yeah, it makes me think life around the galaxy is darn near everywhere.
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Why is anyone surprised by this?
I'm a lapsed car enthusiast (I wrench on mountain bikes and my home now) and this is pretty obvious for a few reasons:
1) The average consumer doesn't care about additional handling and power. Never has.
2) Nowadays car groups handle about the same.
3) Kia would blow to doors off a 50s sports car on moguls and be right behind it in a straight line.
We are at the point of 'good enough'. Much like CDs have become good enough. Why push for more when you don't need it?
I'm a mechanical engineer by trade, and I haven't seen a load-transfer problem in a decade or better, so my eyes would glaze over as well. And I believe everyword. In one of my previous jobs I saw some of the most unholy and unworkable structural designs I could have imagined. It scared me how anyone could think they were acceptable. I think the breaking apart of the two specialties was a epic failure. My university had the two faculties merged for the first 20 or 30 years of it's existence.
Oh god no - never! :P
I will be the first one to acknowledge Engineers can epiccally fuck up. Lord knows I've done some big ones, although thankfully only money was lost, not lives. In fact, in Canada we have what is called The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer for all graduating engineers which is to remind ourselves of the consequences of what we do. In fact, during this ceremony we are given iron rings which (according to legend) are forged from the iron from a collapsed Quebec bridge.
It reminds me of a quote I heard in university: Architects make it pretty. Engineers make it work. Yes, it's a trollish quote but the more I deal with 'creative' types the more it's proven true.
Sorry, I'm already married. And I'm not mormon.
Agreed. Currently on my MP3 player is Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Airbourne, Gretchen Wilson, Miranda Lambert, Sugarland & the Megamind soundtrack. I haven't thrown on AC/DC or The Tragically Hip as yet, but that is coming. Same with Ke$ha & the Black Eyed Peas' newest album.
I agree with everything you say but I don't think that was what the GP post asked. It could work as a type of mesh, and it could certainly solve the issue with broadband making it to almost everyone who purchases electricity, but I wonder about the difficulty of running internet over unshielded wire that is already at 15+ kV bare minimum. I honestly think OTA internet (like the type which is being put in place here) is the future.
Actually, I AM one of those people. It's cool to go from Circus to Wish You Were Here to Telephone.
And yes, I'm pretty cracked.
I don't want us to declare war on Columbia, Cambodia, and Canada, because they all "sound the same"
If you guys end up invading & annexing Canada, I would like to point out that it would pretty much guarantee that the Democrats would run both houses plus be in the white house for the next 100 years. Just something to consider: Canadian Conservative = American Democrat.
Well played Sir. Well Played.
Their job is to protect us. Let's not make it anymore difficult.
What the hell is the ICE protecting me from? Bootleg copies of Kanye West?
I was just going to reply 'Two words: Open Office' to the parent but yours is much better.
In the "Godfather Part II" the immigration officer is in a hurry and mixes up the last name and town of origin, in a few seconds with a stroke of the pen the family's name is changed. All kinds of things happen - birthdays are changed by purpose or accident, people flee Europe to avoid military draft, family memory often trumps official records.
It happened to me. My material grandfather came from the Netherlands and coming through Ellesmere Island the ship's manifest was misread - the 'ij' at the end of the name became 'y'. There had been rumors about the name change but this was the only real proof of what happened. It also allowed me to track down my Dutch ancestors all the way back to 1800.
Side note: The Dutch trump even the Germans when it comes to anal retentiveness of keeping family records. They have births, deaths & marriages for the entire country back to 1800. And the best part was that it was (is?) all searchable circa 2003. I haven't looked at my family tree at all since that time.
Agreed. Honestly the best site for porn I have EVER found is Flickr. You can find ANYTHING that you like on there.
God that movie sucked. Loved the Mustang though, even if I'm a Mopar fan.
I agree with your discussion about steel, however I disagree on the use of coolant on aluminum. At a former employer we regularly cut 1/4" marine grade aluminum sheets without coolant on our CNC Router. I'm not familiar with 3 or 4 axis CNC milling machines but on our 2.5 D equipment we had no problems.
I realize to the KDE purists out there (all three of you?) this is a horrible thing, but seriously - so what? Libreoffice is the big dog in this space and there are other packages like Abiword which have more mindshare then KOffice.
Sadly, I was being serious. *facepalm*
Actually, I hated The Wall - beyond 'Another Brick (pt 2)' I found it dry and tedious. I much prefer Dark Side of the Moon & Wish You Were Here.
Meh, after this it should be 'Onyx Otter'
I think Moore's law is becoming increasingly pointless to most of the world. It talks about speed, yet at this point few manufacturers are trying to win speed competitions. It's all about form factor and efficiency. To use a car analogy, the past number of years were the horsepower wars of the late 60s & early 70s. Now we have seen a switch to fuel (energy) economy as the main driver of development.
That being said, I think it's cool this is a possible future - it's not that be need more power, we need a different way of doing the job.
there's no profit for them in having dead accounts
I disagree on that point. I'm sure people who have died and whose pages are visited by others make them money by ad views. However, the optics of the situation from a marketing perspective far far outweighs the amount they make, so I agree overall with your post.
I would like to point out that publically-traded oil companies don't exactly hurt our citizens economically. Half the money is Alberta seems like it comes from the oil sands and they are one of the richest pronvinces (if not THE richest) in the country.
Fuck it, why do all of those things? Do what makes sense economically for this. If it can only feed North Africa & Europe economically, awesome. Half the governments in Africa are bat shit and are as stable as anti-matter? So what? Money talks, you know the rest.
Amigo, I owe you a beer - that is the best boiled down "Why you should give a fuck' post I've seen in a LONG time. And yeah, it makes me think life around the galaxy is darn near everywhere.
Awesome.