None of the car companies computed the cost of killing people vs. savings for safety features.
Except Ford, with their famous Pinto. Google for "Ford Pinto Memo" if you want to understand who invented the cost-benefits computation in the case of vehicular maiming/killing.
Anyway, my wife's 2007 Prius runs fine. Boring, but fine.
Did you really checked it? I'm pretty sure that your 2007 Prius has the same issue Woz is talking about. It involves increasing the car's speed using the cruise control. When you reach 83-84mph, watch out, 'cos one more button press will cause your car to go into WOT.
What is impressive is how accurate and stable the tracking mount must be. Some exposures are 4 hour long yet in the resulting photo the brightest spots don't have any trail.
There's no real reason why a scanning mirror need necessarily be unreliable.
Sure there is.
The DLP system uses the mirrors as switches. You know, ON/OFF. This "new" concept will have to precisely control the deflection angle all the time. I wonder how will they achieve this as the angular resolution and speed must be very high to not only be capable of resolve the pixels in the center of the screen but also to accommodate the pin cushion compensation...
This thing, if it's more than vaporware, will not work for in-home screens, where the distance between the mirror and the photosensitive grille is much smaller than the grille size.
Halogens get dismissed by prissy "green" zealots because, inconveniently, they're actually more efficient than the maligned incandescent (they run at a higher temperature, giving a better efficiency) while producing the best artificial light.
Even modern CFLs or power LEDs generate crappy light when compared to an ordinary halogen; except the sunlight, there's no better light for reading than halogen.
X is just a protocol for network- and device-transparent way of dealing with graphical display and interacting with the pointer and keyboard. What the polygons on screen are and how they interact with the pointer are the job of a different piece of software, named "window manager". The fact that back in 1986 the designers at MIT did not deem that other piece to be critical may seem ridiculous to you but you benefit from a 20 years hindsight.
IMNSHO, the only shortcomings of the original design were the lack of real-time and sound support, but again, this was 1986.
Can anyone state with a straight face that the light CCFLs make is as good as the one out of halogens or even incandescents? Reading printed material (you know, books) under CCFL lighting is still straining the eyes, despite all the recent marketing gimmicks ("daylight-like", "natural", "warm" etc).
Good thing the gov. people came to their senses and, while banning the regular incandescents, will still allow better-efficiency versions.
Toyota started selling the Prius in Japan in December 1997. This means that the hybrid's design started quite a few years before that, predating everything these Florida patent trolls came with.
The patent is relatively vague. Claims 1 through 21 would apply only to something that has electric 4WD, which is not the case with the Prius.
However, claim 22 does away with the requirement of powering electrically both front and rear axles; excluding this detail, this claim covers the generic concept of hybrid cars, e.g. all Prius generations.
Well, the issue here is that the fucked-up US PTO granted the patent in question, not that a few morons filed it. B.t.w., the filing date is May 2006, well after the second generation Prius cars hit the US market.
How can someone be granted a patent for something that is already mass-produced by someone else can be explain by either unlimited greed or stupidity or both.
The CIGS PV cell is called "thin film" because the photoelectric sandwich is deposited as thin layers on top of a GLASS plate. Oh, and they apparently are (very) moisture-sensitive, so having them last 20-25 years will be difficult.
I remember some studies where they removed all the lines and signs in some small towns in Europe and it resulted in many fewer accidents and an overall reduction in average driving speed. I really wish someone would try it in the US. We really need to remind our drivers that they are responsible for the safety of themselves and others.
I dare them to try this in Italy! The only drivers who would survive this experiment are the ones who have their car in the repair shop...
So you think that a SMART and a Hummer should be taxed the same for the same odo reading?
The Per-Mile Road Toll system, if used without considering the car weight (which directly influences the road wear), is a stupid one. At least the gasoline tax implicitly takes this into account both the miles driven and the car weight.
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None of the car companies computed the cost of killing people vs. savings for safety features.
Except Ford, with their famous Pinto. Google for "Ford Pinto Memo" if you want to understand who invented the cost-benefits computation in the case of vehicular maiming/killing.
Look at pre-contact Polynesian societies, for example: women weren't allowed in canoes [...]
I wonder how then they reached the islands. Strong open-water swimmers, maybe?
/me posting this listening to Beethoven's Grosse Fuge op.133 ;p.
His late string quartets are some of the best background music pieces for creative thinking.
Anyway, my wife's 2007 Prius runs fine. Boring, but fine.
Did you really checked it? I'm pretty sure that your 2007 Prius has the same issue Woz is talking about. It involves increasing the car's speed using the cruise control. When you reach 83-84mph, watch out, 'cos one more button press will cause your car to go into WOT.
n-e-v-e-r, e-v-e-r slam your Honda's door!
Just for my curiosity, how many times have you changed the fuel pump on your car?
Though, I would imagine primarily big readers buy Kindles, not people who are practically illiterate (read: iPad owners)
Wow, the Apple fanboys' feelings are hurt so they mod the parent "Troll"... Way to go, you've just proven AC's point!
What Google forgot to mention is that each reward will be subtracted from the paycheck of the developer who wrote the offending code.
What is impressive is how accurate and stable the tracking mount must be. Some exposures are 4 hour long yet in the resulting photo the brightest spots don't have any trail.
Knowledge = Work / Money
Solve for Money:
Knowledge = Work / Money
# Multiply both sides by Work
Work * Knowledge = Work / Money * Work
# Work / Money * Work = Money, so:
Work * Knowledge = Money
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Money = Work * Knowledge
don't you wish slashdot had a "remove my comment" feature? now you're stuck with this very embarrassing post (brain fart or lack of caffeine?) :-)
There's no real reason why a scanning mirror need necessarily be unreliable.
Sure there is.
The DLP system uses the mirrors as switches. You know, ON/OFF. This "new" concept will have to precisely control the deflection angle all the time. I wonder how will they achieve this as the angular resolution and speed must be very high to not only be capable of resolve the pixels in the center of the screen but also to accommodate the pin cushion compensation...
This thing, if it's more than vaporware, will not work for in-home screens, where the distance between the mirror and the photosensitive grille is much smaller than the grille size.
Halogens get dismissed by prissy "green" zealots because, inconveniently, they're actually more efficient than the maligned incandescent (they run at a higher temperature, giving a better efficiency) while producing the best artificial light.
Even modern CFLs or power LEDs generate crappy light when compared to an ordinary halogen; except the sunlight, there's no better light for reading than halogen.
It is significant because it shoots down the "afterburn" myth.
Despite your low slashdot ID, you're really confused regarding X(11) matters.
X is just a protocol for network- and device-transparent way of dealing with graphical display and interacting with the pointer and keyboard. What the polygons on screen are and how they interact with the pointer are the job of a different piece of software, named "window manager". The fact that back in 1986 the designers at MIT did not deem that other piece to be critical may seem ridiculous to you but you benefit from a 20 years hindsight.
IMNSHO, the only shortcomings of the original design were the lack of real-time and sound support, but again, this was 1986.
Can anyone state with a straight face that the light CCFLs make is as good as the one out of halogens or even incandescents? Reading printed material (you know, books) under CCFL lighting is still straining the eyes, despite all the recent marketing gimmicks ("daylight-like", "natural", "warm" etc).
Good thing the gov. people came to their senses and, while banning the regular incandescents, will still allow better-efficiency versions.
Toyota started selling the Prius in Japan in December 1997. This means that the hybrid's design started quite a few years before that, predating everything these Florida patent trolls came with.
The patent is relatively vague. Claims 1 through 21 would apply only to something that has electric 4WD, which is not the case with the Prius.
However, claim 22 does away with the requirement of powering electrically both front and rear axles; excluding this detail, this claim covers the generic concept of hybrid cars, e.g. all Prius generations.
Well, the issue here is that the fucked-up US PTO granted the patent in question, not that a few morons filed it. B.t.w., the filing date is May 2006, well after the second generation Prius cars hit the US market.
How can someone be granted a patent for something that is already mass-produced by someone else can be explain by either unlimited greed or stupidity or both.
The CIGS PV cell is called "thin film" because the photoelectric sandwich is deposited as thin layers on top of a GLASS plate. Oh, and they apparently are (very) moisture-sensitive, so having them last 20-25 years will be difficult.
can't believe anyone plays so stupidly at competition level...
The cretin is the one who cannot assess the situation properly because he won't try to look at it from the other party's perspective. That means you!
I remember some studies where they removed all the lines and signs in some small towns in Europe and it resulted in many fewer accidents and an overall reduction in average driving speed. I really wish someone would try it in the US. We really need to remind our drivers that they are responsible for the safety of themselves and others.
I dare them to try this in Italy! The only drivers who would survive this experiment are the ones who have their car in the repair shop...
So you think that a SMART and a Hummer should be taxed the same for the same odo reading?
The Per-Mile Road Toll system, if used without considering the car weight (which directly influences the road wear), is a stupid one. At least the gasoline tax implicitly takes this into account both the miles driven and the car weight.
you're probably dyslexic... Discover starts with 6011