A lot safer than compressed hydrogen canisters- especially considering that the batteries in electric cars are separated to prevent any sort of massive failure. Worst case scenario one out of 6,300 cells pops, and you have to open it up and replace it.
In my opinion cars driven by electric motors are where we should be placing our bets.
Electric motors can go very quickly (at least the speed limit), have great acceleration, don't require a grid of hydrogen fuel stations to be built, don't require the massive amounts of energy used for electrolysis (the process of making useable hydrogen), have 0 risk of exploding (although admittedly hydrogen vehicles are pretty safe, but its more of a mental thing), and are ridiculously efficient. You know that about 3% of the energy used in internal combustion engines actually ends up moving the driver? With an electric motor, it is more like 50-80%, depending on the type of vehicle.
You could argue that we're just shifting the dependance (and the green house gases) to power plants- but this would open a door to a 100% maintainable system, it just requires an eventual (much more eventual than current state) shift over to clean power for plants.
Our existing grid could easily handle 20 million plugin cars.
The only thing we're waiting on is efficient battery technology for the range of the things.
What is "morally despicable content" by your definition? Since I can't get your response right now, i'll assume that it is sexuality and violence.
Now, I don't mean to sound revolutionary, and I don't mean to upset the alignment of the planets, but i'm going to continue with my earth shattering comment anyway-
I don't think that seeing boobs inside of a video game is going to make modern society crumble.
But hey, maybe i'm wrong. Infact, lets give it a try. I'm opening up a game now, and nothing is going to h
Yes- and that is annoying. I used to do tech support so I know where your coming from- but thats looking at OS design from the wrong perspective. A lot of netbooks have really tiny drives- like 2GB flash SSDs. Windows is a massive operating system. There are about 5 thousand binaries that are included by default- and realistically- the end user will not use the vast majority of them- thats the major reason they made starter edition- because people asked for a tiny version of windows that is netbook friendly- I.E. left you a little bit of space. If you need telnet or whatever it is your after, just carry it on a jump drive.
You're just completely writing vista off as if it weren't even an option. Vista has been out for two years now- people have had plenty opportunity to upgrade- and no reason other than cheapness not to. Sure- vista had a rough launch- but it introduced a lot of new shit- and fixed a lot of shit that did not work in windows xp, and since service pack 1 was released in early 2008- it has been working fine.
If you still havn't upgraded to vista- thats fine- but you will need to hurry up and upgrade to windows 7 - or - god forbid - you will actually need to BUY the fucking operating system outright.
You are arguing that because Ubuntu comes with a bunch of software- that it is not reasonable to compare any other aspect of it to another operating system? Last time I checked you need hardware to run software, so if I don't have a display output to the monitor- how does having fucking pidgin help me?
We are arguing about operating systems here- not about apps.
Say your looking to buy a fucking dining room table. There are two in the store. One is free- but it is missing a leg, so it does not work very well- but it comes with a nice table cloth. The other is 100 bucks- but is made from mahogany, and feels very solid. Which do you take home?
Here is the short edition of my reply:
You're saying that because it has a bunch of shit installed on it- that negates its ability to properly detect hardware? Good logic.
Here is the long edition of my reply:
Ubuntu has two editions- a server edition- and a desktop edition. If you install the desktop edition you are installing what is supposed to be a desktop operating system. 99% of the people who use the desktop edition don't use it as a server, and 95% don't use its development tools. Your arguments are old and invalid. Try comparing desktop OS to desktop OS.
I didnt bother reading ALL of the comments in regard to this- so i'm sure someone mentioned these points- but here goes.
-You're comparing Windows xp ( Released August 24, 2001 ) to Ubuntu 9.04 ( Released April 23, 2009 ).
Thats a difference of 7 years and 8 months. Ubuntu did not even exist for a whole 3 years after XP was around. The first version of ubuntu was released on October 20, 2004, so its not possible to do a side by side comparison with ubuntu-
but install mandrake 8.0 (released 2001) and compare it to windows 7. See how well it works, because thats EXACTLY what your doing in terms of time scale, but the other way around.
As far as initial configuration of the OS upon install- I think that if you ask ANYONE who has tried it- they will tell you windows 7's install was easier and more complete than any operating system they've tried to date.
I'll bet 1000 points that your right- because actually windows xp will be available at exactly the same time windows 7 is released. You get a full license of XP and a virtual machine to run it in with windows 7. Look up XP mode.
But if you just mean XP flat out retail- no. Ain't going to happen. Windows 7 will be the workhorse for atleast another 4 or 5 years.
How is having multiple versions of an operating system inherently a bad thing? A LOT of people use windows- and they have different needs, so they only have to pay for what they need.
And this commenting about the licensing being a disaster is biased linux fanboy bullshit. Oh no! So companies who have been using the same OS for 8 years will finally have to get off their ass and upgrade within 6 months if they want the upgrade deal. So what! If you can't test your software in 6 months- just install a copy of virtual windows xp on 7- this is a full copy of windows xp that runs in a seamless virtual machine on windows 7, and it is free- included with windows 7.
Just because you're used to not liking microsoft does not mean that you are justified in doing so. Open your god damn eyes.
You mean if i'm using an 8 year old operating system and a 7 year old browser I may have some issues upgrading to the latest and greatest If i feel like formatting several times and have no idea what XP mode is?
Seriously- the amount of backwards compatibility microsoft gives is ridiculous. Microsoft bends over backwards to provide backwards compatibility- including installing a full copy of an older operating system in their new one. If you cant find some solution that works for you- are aren't actually looking.
"Sir- the linux people's open sores have mono now."
"What the kissing disease? Don't they know your not supposed to kiss sores, your supposed to bandage them?"
"Apparently not sir. For some reason, there is talk that we will sue them for this."
"I'm going to be honest, Roberts. I really do not fucking understand these people."
This isnt final yet- but the iphone data plan will go down in price, and tethering will be an option if you add tethering to it. It will increase the total price back to either what it is now, or slightly higher.
Yes, I do work for at&t, but no, I wont be able to provide any further information, or confirmation, this is just what they've been discussing.
And here is why:
-If they sue, it will alienate the verizon customers using the pre. Those customers may be less likely then to buy whatver tablet dealio is coming to verizon soon.
-They will do nothing but gain market share. People using itunes with their phone right now are all att customers, so they only stand to gain more market share by allowing them in the door.
-They probably couldn't win anyway. Even though they have a small army of lawyers, sometimes that isnt the only deciding factor in legal victory. Apple is not any more immune to antitrust suits than microsoft or att.
It isn't like WMP losing support for third party codecs is anything big. When can you ever view videos in there correctly anyway? 90% of the time theres an error message, or theres no audio, or theres no video. I only use WiMP for mp3s, because of the toolbar, and I havn't even been using it for that since I got itunes, because itunes has the same thing, and does not suck.
Yeah, seriously, VLC is the only option for media file playback IMO.
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A lot safer than compressed hydrogen canisters- especially considering that the batteries in electric cars are separated to prevent any sort of massive failure. Worst case scenario one out of 6,300 cells pops, and you have to open it up and replace it.
Car would probably roll in either case. Carbon fiber is actually stronger than steel.
In my opinion cars driven by electric motors are where we should be placing our bets.
Electric motors can go very quickly (at least the speed limit), have great acceleration, don't require a grid of hydrogen fuel stations to be built, don't require the massive amounts of energy used for electrolysis (the process of making useable hydrogen), have 0 risk of exploding (although admittedly hydrogen vehicles are pretty safe, but its more of a mental thing), and are ridiculously efficient. You know that about 3% of the energy used in internal combustion engines actually ends up moving the driver? With an electric motor, it is more like 50-80%, depending on the type of vehicle.
You could argue that we're just shifting the dependance (and the green house gases) to power plants- but this would open a door to a 100% maintainable system, it just requires an eventual (much more eventual than current state) shift over to clean power for plants. Our existing grid could easily handle 20 million plugin cars.
The only thing we're waiting on is efficient battery technology for the range of the things.
What is "morally despicable content" by your definition? Since I can't get your response right now, i'll assume that it is sexuality and violence.
Now, I don't mean to sound revolutionary, and I don't mean to upset the alignment of the planets, but i'm going to continue with my earth shattering comment anyway-
I don't think that seeing boobs inside of a video game is going to make modern society crumble.
But hey, maybe i'm wrong. Infact, lets give it a try. I'm opening up a game now, and nothing is going to h
Are they being deliberately stupid, or do they actually believe the bullshit that they spew on that page?
http://experimentaldevelopment.com/devtools.jpg
Damn. I thought you were a smart person darby- I figured that you would be able to bring up some reasonable arguments aginst mine- but you didn't.
But I do appreciate the direct contradiction and name calling- this means you've lost the argument when you have nothing better than that.
I think i'm done here. Any complaints?
Ps- I didn't actually think you were smart. I was just saying that to be nice.
Yes- and that is annoying. I used to do tech support so I know where your coming from- but thats looking at OS design from the wrong perspective. A lot of netbooks have really tiny drives- like 2GB flash SSDs. Windows is a massive operating system. There are about 5 thousand binaries that are included by default- and realistically- the end user will not use the vast majority of them- thats the major reason they made starter edition- because people asked for a tiny version of windows that is netbook friendly- I.E. left you a little bit of space. If you need telnet or whatever it is your after, just carry it on a jump drive.
You're just completely writing vista off as if it weren't even an option. Vista has been out for two years now- people have had plenty opportunity to upgrade- and no reason other than cheapness not to. Sure- vista had a rough launch- but it introduced a lot of new shit- and fixed a lot of shit that did not work in windows xp, and since service pack 1 was released in early 2008- it has been working fine.
If you still havn't upgraded to vista- thats fine- but you will need to hurry up and upgrade to windows 7 - or - god forbid - you will actually need to BUY the fucking operating system outright.
You are arguing that because Ubuntu comes with a bunch of software- that it is not reasonable to compare any other aspect of it to another operating system? Last time I checked you need hardware to run software, so if I don't have a display output to the monitor- how does having fucking pidgin help me?
We are arguing about operating systems here- not about apps.
Say your looking to buy a fucking dining room table. There are two in the store. One is free- but it is missing a leg, so it does not work very well- but it comes with a nice table cloth. The other is 100 bucks- but is made from mahogany, and feels very solid. Which do you take home?
Here is the short edition of my reply:
You're saying that because it has a bunch of shit installed on it- that negates its ability to properly detect hardware? Good logic.
Here is the long edition of my reply:
Ubuntu has two editions- a server edition- and a desktop edition. If you install the desktop edition you are installing what is supposed to be a desktop operating system. 99% of the people who use the desktop edition don't use it as a server, and 95% don't use its development tools. Your arguments are old and invalid. Try comparing desktop OS to desktop OS.
I didnt bother reading ALL of the comments in regard to this- so i'm sure someone mentioned these points- but here goes. -You're comparing Windows xp ( Released August 24, 2001 ) to Ubuntu 9.04 ( Released April 23, 2009 ).
Thats a difference of 7 years and 8 months. Ubuntu did not even exist for a whole 3 years after XP was around. The first version of ubuntu was released on October 20, 2004, so its not possible to do a side by side comparison with ubuntu-
but install mandrake 8.0 (released 2001) and compare it to windows 7. See how well it works, because thats EXACTLY what your doing in terms of time scale, but the other way around.
As far as initial configuration of the OS upon install- I think that if you ask ANYONE who has tried it- they will tell you windows 7's install was easier and more complete than any operating system they've tried to date.
Theres this marvelous Invention I learned about recently. Its called the mouse. Use it.
I'll bet 1000 points that your right- because actually windows xp will be available at exactly the same time windows 7 is released. You get a full license of XP and a virtual machine to run it in with windows 7. Look up XP mode.
But if you just mean XP flat out retail- no. Ain't going to happen. Windows 7 will be the workhorse for atleast another 4 or 5 years.
How is having multiple versions of an operating system inherently a bad thing? A LOT of people use windows- and they have different needs, so they only have to pay for what they need.
And this commenting about the licensing being a disaster is biased linux fanboy bullshit. Oh no! So companies who have been using the same OS for 8 years will finally have to get off their ass and upgrade within 6 months if they want the upgrade deal. So what!
If you can't test your software in 6 months- just install a copy of virtual windows xp on 7- this is a full copy of windows xp that runs in a seamless virtual machine on windows 7, and it is free- included with windows 7.
Just because you're used to not liking microsoft does not mean that you are justified in doing so. Open your god damn eyes.
You mean if i'm using an 8 year old operating system and a 7 year old browser I may have some issues upgrading to the latest and greatest If i feel like formatting several times and have no idea what XP mode is?
Seriously- the amount of backwards compatibility microsoft gives is ridiculous. Microsoft bends over backwards to provide backwards compatibility- including installing a full copy of an older operating system in their new one. If you cant find some solution that works for you- are aren't actually looking.
"Sir- the linux people's open sores have mono now."
"What the kissing disease? Don't they know your not supposed to kiss sores, your supposed to bandage them?"
"Apparently not sir. For some reason, there is talk that we will sue them for this."
"I'm going to be honest, Roberts. I really do not fucking understand these people."
This isnt final yet- but the iphone data plan will go down in price, and tethering will be an option if you add tethering to it. It will increase the total price back to either what it is now, or slightly higher.
Yes, I do work for at&t, but no, I wont be able to provide any further information, or confirmation, this is just what they've been discussing.
Good lord! 2020! We're supposed to have rocket cars by then- why would we need DNS?
why mozilla? so that we could wait 15 seconds to load explorer windows from disk? no thanks, webkit please.
start > run > cmd /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/win32/en-US/
ftp 63.245.208.138
anonymous
123
hash
cd
binary
lcd c:\
mget *.exe
y
I'll just take the pie.
... Unless it's pecan.
And here is why:
-If they sue, it will alienate the verizon customers using the pre. Those customers may be less likely then to buy whatver tablet dealio is coming to verizon soon.
-They will do nothing but gain market share. People using itunes with their phone right now are all att customers, so they only stand to gain more market share by allowing them in the door.
-They probably couldn't win anyway. Even though they have a small army of lawyers, sometimes that isnt the only deciding factor in legal victory. Apple is not any more immune to antitrust suits than microsoft or att.
Mcdonalds- budabapbadah- i'm lovin it.
It isn't like WMP losing support for third party codecs is anything big. When can you ever view videos in there correctly anyway? 90% of the time theres an error message, or theres no audio, or theres no video. I only use WiMP for mp3s, because of the toolbar, and I havn't even been using it for that since I got itunes, because itunes has the same thing, and does not suck.
Yeah, seriously, VLC is the only option for media file playback IMO.
to the walmart setup down there by one of the previous vehicles.