I would wager that this vehicle is more like a Lotus Elise
The vehicle will be built by Lotus. In fact the designers were wooed away from Lotus and Tesla had to sign an agreement not to steal any more workers in order to have Lotus build the car.
Looks like the company that is manufacturing the batteries has replaced graphite with a "Lithium Titanium Oxide" that they've tested and claim doesn't have the smoking, venting, or explosive problems of normal lithium ion batteries. Here is a link to a rather informative article about the battery technology that will be used in the Tesla:
I mean based on the stuff I've read about the founders of the company and a lot of the people who have invested in it (i.e. Elon Musk, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, etc.) I feel I'll wait and see before passing any judgement.
Its human nature to want to look to the future and right now Google is one of the biggest "buzz" generators there is. Look at Slashdot or digg as an example, find a story with the word Google and it will probably hit the main page. CNN is using a combination of the desire to "predict" the future and the biggest attention generating company (right now) to generate a little web traffic.
I suggest that everyone take a look at this article http://world.honda.com/news/2005/4050629.html. I know it is a press release and somewhat biased, but there is some good info in the article. It explains a lot about how the family is going to be refueling their FCX and the reasons behind the lease. For example, California has an initiative running to make hydrogen fueling stations open to the public:
The Spallino family, living in the Los Angeles area, will be among the first individuals to begin utilizing the first of California's Hydrogen Highway refueling stations, a statewide infrastructure build out underway to offer hydrogen refueling station access to private individuals.
I'm sorry but if copyright holders are "being robbed of the fruit of their efforts", then why am I paying a "tax" on all burnable media to be given directly to the copyright holders to cover the cost of my inevitable downloading. Just a thought.
I happen to work for an auto manufacturer and there was serious thought given to included an in house developed RFID type device in each vehicle that would allow the dealer to immediately gain access to critical information about the car (VIN, etc.) when you went in for scheduled maintenance. Interestingly enough the idea was scrapped due to concerns about customer privacy, so now the vehicles are being equipped with OnStar instead.
I agree having DRM forced onto iTunes customers isn't great, but at least (as far as I know) Apple's DRM is the least restrictive of all the other music stores. Take Napster for example. Sometimes it is better to live with the lesser of two evils.
I don't think the big screen is right for our loveable friends from Springfield. I have watched the Simpsons faithfully for years and they are great, but part of what makes the show great is it's half-hour format. We geat great, yet simple plots filled with wit and satire and a cast of characters to rival any other show on television. South Park woked on the big screen only because the show is crazy and beter suits the TV to movie role. Matt Groening is smart to not take chances with something that already works well and doesn't need any drastic changes.
It is unlikely that Microsoft can and will release the Windows source code. Microsoft has contracted out and incorporated so many other companies' code into windows that for the source to be released they would need their approval or remove the code all together. I believe that Microsoft has once again spoke without thinking first. Suprise, suprise.
The survey clearly reflects how Microsoft has embedded itself into society. If after all the evidence people are still in favor of not breaking up Microsoft then clearly Microsoft is a bigger monopoly than ever thought. Show people something better (Linux). Let them know that there are alternatives to the Redmond giant and that survey will have different results.
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I mean based on the stuff I've read about the founders of the company and a lot of the people who have invested in it (i.e. Elon Musk, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, etc.) I feel I'll wait and see before passing any judgement.All of which will have to be put down in order to turn on the vehicles lights!
I'm sorry but if copyright holders are "being robbed of the fruit of their efforts", then why am I paying a "tax" on all burnable media to be given directly to the copyright holders to cover the cost of my inevitable downloading. Just a thought.
I happen to work for an auto manufacturer and there was serious thought given to included an in house developed RFID type device in each vehicle that would allow the dealer to immediately gain access to critical information about the car (VIN, etc.) when you went in for scheduled maintenance. Interestingly enough the idea was scrapped due to concerns about customer privacy, so now the vehicles are being equipped with OnStar instead.
I agree having DRM forced onto iTunes customers isn't great, but at least (as far as I know) Apple's DRM is the least restrictive of all the other music stores. Take Napster for example. Sometimes it is better to live with the lesser of two evils.
Can it be a possible first post!!
By the way I have been using AMD for a long time now and it reflects well on Intel that they finally have to play catch up.
I don't think the big screen is right for our loveable friends from Springfield. I have watched the Simpsons faithfully for years and they are great, but part of what makes the show great is it's half-hour format. We geat great, yet simple plots filled with wit and satire and a cast of characters to rival any other show on television. South Park woked on the big screen only because the show is crazy and beter suits the TV to movie role. Matt Groening is smart to not take chances with something that already works well and doesn't need any drastic changes.
It is unlikely that Microsoft can and will release the Windows source code. Microsoft has contracted out and incorporated so many other companies' code into windows that for the source to be released they would need their approval or remove the code all together. I believe that Microsoft has once again spoke without thinking first. Suprise, suprise.
The survey clearly reflects how Microsoft has embedded itself into society. If after all the evidence people are still in favor of not breaking up Microsoft then clearly Microsoft is a bigger monopoly than ever thought. Show people something better (Linux). Let them know that there are alternatives to the Redmond giant and that survey will have different results.