Well, he's putting it into a parking orbit around Mars for now. The first human Mars mission will rendezvous with the car, load it into the spaceship, and bring it down so they can drive around on the surface.
Yeah, losing hundreds of millions all based on hype, no good can come of that, just look at companies like Amazon. Was a big hype during the dot com bubble, but now hardly anyone even remembers it.
I don't think they can do that. If anyone can download and compile the MacOS source code, and tweak it to run on different computers, Apple's hardware sales will go down the drain.
Yes, it would get rid of a lot of bugs. But it would also get rid of Apple itself. I'm not saying that would be a bad thing, just that it would be monumentally stupid.
If you enabled the root account and set a password, like you did, there is no problem. However, if you never set up the root account (like the vast majority of users), the dialog first rejects but then accepts the login after a few attempts. That's definitely a bug, and a very serious one because many people just put their laptop to sleep instead of shutting it down, which makes the login box the only remaining protection even if you have disk encryption enabled. Any thief can now open the lid, log in as root, and read your files.
Well, they did have a working prototype doing max acceleration 0-70 mph runs all night long without recharging. The numbers they quoted appeared to be real numbers for that prototype.
Unlike Porsche and others who display a stationary model and claim that it will be able to almost match the performance of current production Teslas, some day, when they actually manage to make it work.
I think Tesla did figure out something new, aren't quite able to mass produce it yet, but already did make it in very small volume and are now testing it. They may not make the 2020 deadline (it's still Tesla, after all) but I doubt it will be much later than that. They are getting a lot better at actually producing things, delays on Model 3 are only a couple of months and that's after accelerating the development by a whole year. I expect them to deliver the first token roadsters in december 2020 and start producing them for real in the second half of 2021.
Surely not all of the carbon absorbed by the tree is released again when it dies? Much of it just turns into soil. Sure, the rotting process will emit some CO2, but a whole lot will just build up in the thickening layer of biomass.
What if a hacker takes down an airplane, people find out in the media, and nobody wants to fly on that aircraft type anymore? Or with that company because it didn't apply a fix that existed? Does the insurance cover that? Now that's something that could bankrupt an airline.
And what's the price of a crash caused by hackers? Oh, right, that's not the same thing, the cost of a security fix is something you have to pay right now, while the price of a crash is only a potential cost in the future. Who cares about the latter even if it's orders of magnitude higher, right?
It is a lot noisier, though. My wife prefered me typing on the old 2010 MacBook Pro. But apart from that, it doesn't make such a big difference for me.
I like the touch bar, if only they wouldn't place critical non-reversible functions like "send mail" onto it. A quick accidental brush of a finger is enough to send an unfinished e-mail. I do, however love how you can adjust sound volume and screen brightness using the slider. Overall it's a great addition.
I lived in Arizona for six months, more than 20 years ago. I don't remember having to fill up the A/C with water, and it wasn't connected to a water feed either. Don't they use some kind of refrigerant gas that's easy to liquefy and that just goes through the system in a closed loop? Surely you can cool things without any water involved?
The air conditioning in an airplane certainly doesn't use any water. They are noisy as hell, but all they do is compress air (so it heats up), send it through a heat exchanger to cool it down, then let it expand again so it cools down below ambient temperatures. No water needed.
Sure, a heat exchanger can be made more efficient by spraying water onto it, but it's not a necessity.
Plenty of solar power to cool everything down. If you build the data center in a cooler climate, you still have to cool quite a bit but you may have long periods without solar. You may actually be better off with a reliably scorching hot sun powering A/C.
Water is probably the bigger problem, I think the GP is being overly optimistic, I would like to see a system that condenses enough water from the desert air to feed a small city. Not saying it can't be done, but I'd like to see it first.
In this case, you bought something for $100 which will return $100 and several coupons along the way. But now people don't want to pay $100 anymore, but only $95 to get the same coupons and $100 on expiration date. In other words, they want 5% more total yield on top of the coupons.
Yes, but fozzy1015 said it was currently trading at 95 cents on the dollar, to which gumbi west incorrectly replied that that meant a lower interest rate. Obviously if Tesla does better, the bonds will go up and interest rates down.
I'm afraid you got that the wrong way around. If investors want to pay less for the same bonds, that means they want a higher percentage return (same absolute return on lower investment). Next issues will also have to be priced lower (i.e. higher return) to attract any investors.
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Well, he's putting it into a parking orbit around Mars for now. The first human Mars mission will rendezvous with the car, load it into the spaceship, and bring it down so they can drive around on the surface.
So does Tesla, once they start selling half a million cars a year. Which is probably around 2019.
Yeah, losing hundreds of millions all based on hype, no good can come of that, just look at companies like Amazon. Was a big hype during the dot com bubble, but now hardly anyone even remembers it.
In Europe it's called the Opel Ampera-e. Same car.
I don't think they can do that. If anyone can download and compile the MacOS source code, and tweak it to run on different computers, Apple's hardware sales will go down the drain.
Yes, it would get rid of a lot of bugs. But it would also get rid of Apple itself. I'm not saying that would be a bad thing, just that it would be monumentally stupid.
It will be settled, no doubt.
If you enabled the root account and set a password, like you did, there is no problem. However, if you never set up the root account (like the vast majority of users), the dialog first rejects but then accepts the login after a few attempts. That's definitely a bug, and a very serious one because many people just put their laptop to sleep instead of shutting it down, which makes the login box the only remaining protection even if you have disk encryption enabled. Any thief can now open the lid, log in as root, and read your files.
Well, they did have a working prototype doing max acceleration 0-70 mph runs all night long without recharging. The numbers they quoted appeared to be real numbers for that prototype.
Unlike Porsche and others who display a stationary model and claim that it will be able to almost match the performance of current production Teslas, some day, when they actually manage to make it work.
I think Tesla did figure out something new, aren't quite able to mass produce it yet, but already did make it in very small volume and are now testing it. They may not make the 2020 deadline (it's still Tesla, after all) but I doubt it will be much later than that. They are getting a lot better at actually producing things, delays on Model 3 are only a couple of months and that's after accelerating the development by a whole year. I expect them to deliver the first token roadsters in december 2020 and start producing them for real in the second half of 2021.
Surely not all of the carbon absorbed by the tree is released again when it dies? Much of it just turns into soil. Sure, the rotting process will emit some CO2, but a whole lot will just build up in the thickening layer of biomass.
Yes, but will it do 250 on Mars?
OK, let's get them started:
500 mile range at 250 mph means you have to stop every two hours, that's pathetic compared to gasoline cars.
(OK, I'm outta here, have fun)
They share a lot of subsystems, so probably yes.
What if a hacker takes down an airplane, people find out in the media, and nobody wants to fly on that aircraft type anymore? Or with that company because it didn't apply a fix that existed? Does the insurance cover that? Now that's something that could bankrupt an airline.
And what's the price of a crash caused by hackers? Oh, right, that's not the same thing, the cost of a security fix is something you have to pay right now, while the price of a crash is only a potential cost in the future. Who cares about the latter even if it's orders of magnitude higher, right?
That's great, thank you!
It is a lot noisier, though. My wife prefered me typing on the old 2010 MacBook Pro. But apart from that, it doesn't make such a big difference for me.
I like the touch bar, if only they wouldn't place critical non-reversible functions like "send mail" onto it. A quick accidental brush of a finger is enough to send an unfinished e-mail. I do, however love how you can adjust sound volume and screen brightness using the slider. Overall it's a great addition.
I lived in Arizona for six months, more than 20 years ago. I don't remember having to fill up the A/C with water, and it wasn't connected to a water feed either. Don't they use some kind of refrigerant gas that's easy to liquefy and that just goes through the system in a closed loop? Surely you can cool things without any water involved?
The air conditioning in an airplane certainly doesn't use any water. They are noisy as hell, but all they do is compress air (so it heats up), send it through a heat exchanger to cool it down, then let it expand again so it cools down below ambient temperatures. No water needed.
Sure, a heat exchanger can be made more efficient by spraying water onto it, but it's not a necessity.
Plenty of solar power to cool everything down. If you build the data center in a cooler climate, you still have to cool quite a bit but you may have long periods without solar. You may actually be better off with a reliably scorching hot sun powering A/C.
Water is probably the bigger problem, I think the GP is being overly optimistic, I would like to see a system that condenses enough water from the desert air to feed a small city. Not saying it can't be done, but I'd like to see it first.
In this case, you bought something for $100 which will return $100 and several coupons along the way. But now people don't want to pay $100 anymore, but only $95 to get the same coupons and $100 on expiration date. In other words, they want 5% more total yield on top of the coupons.
Yes, but fozzy1015 said it was currently trading at 95 cents on the dollar, to which gumbi west incorrectly replied that that meant a lower interest rate. Obviously if Tesla does better, the bonds will go up and interest rates down.
I'm afraid you got that the wrong way around. If investors want to pay less for the same bonds, that means they want a higher percentage return (same absolute return on lower investment). Next issues will also have to be priced lower (i.e. higher return) to attract any investors.
Yeah, other cars never catch fire.
Your article is about one fire in 2014. There have been a (very) few others, but Teslas actually have a much lower rate of fires compared to ICE cars.
No, better pick something that has the same shape regardless of temperature.
Even worse, if someone sees you take a picture of, say, that particular keychain doll you have, they can go onto amazon and order the same item.
Which often boils down to the same thing. Where can I buy a mosquito laser, for example?