OK, in the "e-drive" mode, you're on pure electric (for 16 miles), and the "78 miles/gallon" figure that they've stamped on it comes from the fuel used to charge up the batteries using a 500-horsepower, 3.6-liter V-8? Let's just say I'm skeptical.
The other modes (Hybrid, Sport Hybrid, and Race Hybrid) sound interesting, but consider:
You're not getting 78 MPG in any of those modes
If you've got a 500-horsepower, 3.6-liter V-8 under the hood, do you really need a "push to pass" button?
Ahhh, who cares - just park one in my driveway, and let me do an in-depth product test!
Try making the thermoelectrics demonstrate the thermal grill illusion and you can convince the holder that he's been burned. I touched one of these at the Museum of Science & Industry, and I still remember it decades later.
OK, here comes the flood of post about...errmm...adult gaming.
Remember, it says, "these solid-state devices are easy to incorporate into objects of reasonable size,"
Might be true, but look at the #1 book over the last month: The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana. It's not just random downloading, people are being selective!
I'm surprised. According to Project Gutenberg, there were 2.8 million books downloaded from their site in the past 30 days. Maybe this chart gives us a clue - only about 5% of those downloads were in Kindle format.
So, it is the biggest, and affects hundreds of thousands of people (myself included).
Just because it's the biggest spill ever, and nations from around the world (who have had spills of their own to deal with) offer help, we should say NO because the EPA doesn't like them spewing oily water (even though the oily water comes from the watery oil they are sucking up)?
Nice try, but I'm not falling for it. You say the EPA gives out waivers all the time? In this case? In a day?
You mention the "whale" which is a brand-new ship for skimming oil - never been tested until now. I'm glad they got a shot (after a couple of months of using dispersants). What about all of the TESTED methods that weren't given a chance, even though they were sitting there ready to go months ago? Try this for an example: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/38810/
Yep, I'll keep railing against the EPA, and BP, and cheering on those who try to help.
This is not the first oil spill in the world. There are companies who do ocean oil cleanup all the time, but can't do it in the U.S. because of EPA regulations. You see, according to the EPA, any water dumped INTO the gulf can't have > 15ppm of oil. A skimmer will suck up oil and water, separate them, then discharge the water. If they can get 90% of the oil out, that's good, right? In the rest of the world, yes. In the world controlled by the EPA, no - they'd rather leave 100% of the oil in the water, rather than allow a skimmer to get most of it.
If you suck dirty water out of the gulf, and put back not-so-dirty water, isn't that better than leaving ALL the dirty water there? Hello, EPA? How long did it take them to waive this STUPID regulation?
Sure, TFA says Light Peak is a replacement for USB, HDMI, etc., but you don't have to think in terms of those soon-to-be-obsolete implementations.
Using optical instead of electronic signaling in high-speed interfaces has great advantages. You said it yourself - USB and HDMI cables have to be really short. When you have electrons racing down the wire at high speeds, they tend to crash into the end of the cable with a BANG! (causing reflections, RFI and lots of nasty problems). Optical signals can be boosted enough so that longer run-lengths are possible, without the problems found in electronic signaling.
Parallel? In electronics, we've moved past that. When you only ADD lines, but MULTIPLY your problems as you increase speed, parallel signaling loses its luster.
If we solve the issue of optical connections (it has to be cheap, reliable AND fast), we could even implement parallel optical pathways, and data rates would skyrocket!
Of course old school techniques are faster. We don't drop old school because we want better performance, we drop it because we're lazy, and want easier ways to get the job done!
Maybe TFA was poorly worded, but can't we give it some thought? How about, "what if Oracle bought your favorite FOSS?
Right now, VirtualBox is the coolest piece of software I use. It is incredibly full-featured, and insanely useful. Oracle has recently put their paws on it, so what's it going to mean? Fewer updates? No more source releases? Super expensive licensing fees?
I'm holding my breath, but it would have been cool to discuss such possibilities here...if only you'd play the game.
It looks like someone's been fiddling with the wayback machine again.
In other news, the government bailout of the buggy-whip industry is costing the taxpayers BILLIONS!
I'm willing to bet you have watched a CGI scene, not known it was CGI, and thought it was completely real. Sure, when Neo falls off the skyscraper, you knew that was CGI, so you could say, "that looks fake." There are more subtle uses of CGI (Gary Sinise's missing legs in "Forrest Gump") that most people think are completely real-looking, and don't even suspect CGI. Now don't go using Forrest Gump meets JFK as a bad example - I'm in 100% agreement there!
With the worldwide glut of computing power out there, why would you want to spend all that time and effort setting things up in the real world?
How long will it be before someone takes the power of BOINC (http://boinc.berkeley.edu/) grid computing, and the talent of those who made 405: The movie (http://www.405themovie.com/Home.asp) and produce something beyond anything Hollywood has dreamed of?
...and now you know why Michael Dell was talking about taking the company private a few weeks ago. It's only an issue for PUBLIC companies. A private company can take all the rebates they want, and no disclosure is required.
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The other modes (Hybrid, Sport Hybrid, and Race Hybrid) sound interesting, but consider:
Ahhh, who cares - just park one in my driveway, and let me do an in-depth product test!
Try making the thermoelectrics demonstrate the thermal grill illusion and you can convince the holder that he's been burned. I touched one of these at the Museum of Science & Industry, and I still remember it decades later.
OK, here comes the flood of post about...errmm...adult gaming. Remember, it says, "these solid-state devices are easy to incorporate into objects of reasonable size,"
Wow, someone who reads /. and doesn't know the difference between a day and a month! Fascinating.
Might be true, but look at the #1 book over the last month: The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana. It's not just random downloading, people are being selective!
I'm surprised. According to Project Gutenberg, there were 2.8 million books downloaded from their site in the past 30 days. Maybe this chart gives us a clue - only about 5% of those downloads were in Kindle format.
Can I use it just until I need glasses?
Why do I get that sick feeling that the heat from this discussion will only make the global warming problem worse?
So, it is the biggest, and affects hundreds of thousands of people (myself included).
Just because it's the biggest spill ever, and nations from around the world (who have had spills of their own to deal with) offer help, we should say NO because the EPA doesn't like them spewing oily water (even though the oily water comes from the watery oil they are sucking up)?
To misquote... nothing to do with it, my ass!
Nice try, but I'm not falling for it. You say the EPA gives out waivers all the time? In this case? In a day? You mention the "whale" which is a brand-new ship for skimming oil - never been tested until now. I'm glad they got a shot (after a couple of months of using dispersants). What about all of the TESTED methods that weren't given a chance, even though they were sitting there ready to go months ago? Try this for an example: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/38810/
Yep, I'll keep railing against the EPA, and BP, and cheering on those who try to help.
This is not the first oil spill in the world. There are companies who do ocean oil cleanup all the time, but can't do it in the U.S. because of EPA regulations. You see, according to the EPA, any water dumped INTO the gulf can't have > 15ppm of oil. A skimmer will suck up oil and water, separate them, then discharge the water. If they can get 90% of the oil out, that's good, right? In the rest of the world, yes. In the world controlled by the EPA, no - they'd rather leave 100% of the oil in the water, rather than allow a skimmer to get most of it.
If you suck dirty water out of the gulf, and put back not-so-dirty water, isn't that better than leaving ALL the dirty water there? Hello, EPA? How long did it take them to waive this STUPID regulation?
Sure, TFA says Light Peak is a replacement for USB, HDMI, etc., but you don't have to think in terms of those soon-to-be-obsolete implementations.
Using optical instead of electronic signaling in high-speed interfaces has great advantages. You said it yourself - USB and HDMI cables have to be really short. When you have electrons racing down the wire at high speeds, they tend to crash into the end of the cable with a BANG! (causing reflections, RFI and lots of nasty problems). Optical signals can be boosted enough so that longer run-lengths are possible, without the problems found in electronic signaling.
Parallel? In electronics, we've moved past that. When you only ADD lines, but MULTIPLY your problems as you increase speed, parallel signaling loses its luster.
If we solve the issue of optical connections (it has to be cheap, reliable AND fast), we could even implement parallel optical pathways, and data rates would skyrocket!
but being old doesn't necessarily guarantee it will always be faster all of the time, as your comment implies.
Yes, being old does guarantee it will always be faster. Now all you kids get off my lawn!
Of course old school techniques are faster. We don't drop old school because we want better performance, we drop it because we're lazy, and want easier ways to get the job done!
Maybe TFA was poorly worded, but can't we give it some thought? How about, "what if Oracle bought your favorite FOSS? Right now, VirtualBox is the coolest piece of software I use. It is incredibly full-featured, and insanely useful. Oracle has recently put their paws on it, so what's it going to mean? Fewer updates? No more source releases? Super expensive licensing fees? I'm holding my breath, but it would have been cool to discuss such possibilities here...if only you'd play the game.
commonly used by millions of patients to treat chronic heart conditions, epilepsy, diabetes, obesity, and even depression.
Of course, the #1 software used to treat depression (even though it doesn't work) is Facebook. Does that mean they need to go open source?
And Facebook is also the #1 software used to cause chronic heart conditions, diabetes, obesity (and very successfully, thank you).
The government of Cuba has banned the import, use and possession of plastic bottles.
Cmdr Taco, do you realize maybe half of Slashdot audience is *NOT* from the USA?
Why? Is the State of Arizona's efforts to curb illegal immigration working that well?
How many passengers sit down in those oh-so-comfy airplane seats, buckle in and quietly say, "Oh god, PLEASE don't let this airplane fall apart!"
If god chooses not to listen, should SWA be held liable?
C'mon, does anyone really think that 99.7% of all torrent traffic is illegal? Everyone knows that the REAL number is 99.99%.
It looks like someone's been fiddling with the wayback machine again. In other news, the government bailout of the buggy-whip industry is costing the taxpayers BILLIONS!
So in "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" when that truck hit that cow, you thought they really killed a cow with a truck?
No, it was 2 guys in a cow suit. Sadly, one of the guys died filming that scene, but the guy who played the ass-end of the cow survived.
I'm willing to bet you have watched a CGI scene, not known it was CGI, and thought it was completely real. Sure, when Neo falls off the skyscraper, you knew that was CGI, so you could say, "that looks fake." There are more subtle uses of CGI (Gary Sinise's missing legs in "Forrest Gump") that most people think are completely real-looking, and don't even suspect CGI. Now don't go using Forrest Gump meets JFK as a bad example - I'm in 100% agreement there!
With the worldwide glut of computing power out there, why would you want to spend all that time and effort setting things up in the real world? How long will it be before someone takes the power of BOINC (http://boinc.berkeley.edu/) grid computing, and the talent of those who made 405: The movie (http://www.405themovie.com/Home.asp) and produce something beyond anything Hollywood has dreamed of?
...and now you know why Michael Dell was talking about taking the company private a few weeks ago. It's only an issue for PUBLIC companies. A private company can take all the rebates they want, and no disclosure is required.