So you would say anything you want at the top of your voice in a movie theater while the movie is going? Or do you agree there are certain times you just can't say anything you want?
I'm not in the US and safety regulations don't allow convertible car seats like that. All of ours are fairly big and bulky. This leads me to believe your convertible ones were less save than they could have been in the event of an accident.
There are a vast number of people here that think camera plus a computer automatically means an infallible device. I mean it can think faster than a human so it has to be able to do everything right? Even be safe in situations where a pedestrian pops out just in front and someone has to get injured.
The fact is, all these no car ownership ideas are asking for the kind of future world where people have to pay for the privilege of moving about and are restricted to certain zones if they can't afford it. Not to mention having every movement tracked.
The top end vehicle price for most Americans is currently $19K. That's pretty much the magic point. Maybe if you factor in gas savings they will be able to afford a bit more but not much.
Because a person's boat isn't going to BE on the marina's boat trailer? It is going to be on the trailer it can be stored on for the winter? Or will there be an automated crane to move the automated boat onto the automated boat trailer?
Sounds fairly far fetched. how is the truck going to be in the right place to service everyone on the highway going from random point A to random point B? Also, how long will the charge stop be compared to a gasoline fill? Will the hotels all have an EV charger in every spot or once getting to my destination will I need to fight the other travelers for the three chargers available? I'm not saying it's not doable, but there are certainly be many problems to be solved.
No, I'm complaining that the little but of customizing you can do seems to always be required. If I could choose to customize the menus so they would just show all options at all times rather than having to play hide and go seek pressing keys on each menu I would do that in a shot. But it would be even better if it just came with an expert mode that you configured once and it made it that way.
IF I wanted to rent a car I would rest a car right now and save on all that wear and tear in my current car! The fact is, my kids make a mess and I would never have them in a rental for a long period of time. Much more comfortable in my own car.
Recently there was an article on slashdot indicating most American families could not afford more than $19,000 for a car so you are already pretty close to the top end.
I don't care how convienent or cheap it is. If I buy a vehicle, I buy it with all uses in mind. If a vehicle is going to be limited to short trips then I can't spend money on it, period.
Anything short of having a vehicle waiting in your driveway just the way you left it (ie with your carseats, glasses, kleenex, music, etc) is not 'freedom', it's oppression. They will probably be tracking where you go on top of it.
Will there even be enough charging stations for people to travel all lengths of highway in North America with EVs? Assuming they're willing to stop that long to charge every 400 miles. Do we think this will be a solved problem for semi-trailers in that time?
The last clothing store I went to had one person working the floor and register. Are they going to staff with 1/3 of a person? They will be making the same profit, so what will be their motivation to cut their poor person into pieces?
That's irrelevant, the fact that H-1Bs are used at all automatically means that we are a scarce resource by their very definition. Companies are only allowed to use an H-1B if they cannot find anyone locally.
Might I add, for an operating system that supposedly 'just works' it is rather ironic that I need to go into prefs far more than I do even for any Linux distro I have used.
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So you would say anything you want at the top of your voice in a movie theater while the movie is going? Or do you agree there are certain times you just can't say anything you want?
I'm not in the US and safety regulations don't allow convertible car seats like that. All of ours are fairly big and bulky. This leads me to believe your convertible ones were less save than they could have been in the event of an accident.
Yes because car companies will suddenly stop wanting to make as much profit as they do today.
There are a vast number of people here that think camera plus a computer automatically means an infallible device. I mean it can think faster than a human so it has to be able to do everything right? Even be safe in situations where a pedestrian pops out just in front and someone has to get injured.
The fact is, all these no car ownership ideas are asking for the kind of future world where people have to pay for the privilege of moving about and are restricted to certain zones if they can't afford it. Not to mention having every movement tracked.
Yes just like taxi cabs are today, I'm sure. And equally as clean.
Well, wait until those young people have twins or triplets. Installing multiple car seats every ride isn't going to be an option for most people.
The top end vehicle price for most Americans is currently $19K. That's pretty much the magic point. Maybe if you factor in gas savings they will be able to afford a bit more but not much.
Because a person's boat isn't going to BE on the marina's boat trailer? It is going to be on the trailer it can be stored on for the winter? Or will there be an automated crane to move the automated boat onto the automated boat trailer?
Sounds fairly far fetched. how is the truck going to be in the right place to service everyone on the highway going from random point A to random point B? Also, how long will the charge stop be compared to a gasoline fill? Will the hotels all have an EV charger in every spot or once getting to my destination will I need to fight the other travelers for the three chargers available? I'm not saying it's not doable, but there are certainly be many problems to be solved.
No, I'm complaining that the little but of customizing you can do seems to always be required. If I could choose to customize the menus so they would just show all options at all times rather than having to play hide and go seek pressing keys on each menu I would do that in a shot. But it would be even better if it just came with an expert mode that you configured once and it made it that way.
IF I wanted to rent a car I would rest a car right now and save on all that wear and tear in my current car! The fact is, my kids make a mess and I would never have them in a rental for a long period of time. Much more comfortable in my own car.
How about we just do what we do with everything else; allow people their freedom and penalize them if they hurt someone with it.
Recently there was an article on slashdot indicating most American families could not afford more than $19,000 for a car so you are already pretty close to the top end.
Not many people spend $20K plus on a film camera, nor are cameras critical to personal freedom as personal vehicles are.
I have twins. No WAY would we have installed two car seats EVERY TIME. Wasn't going to happen.
You're lucky your zipcar club doesn't have anyone who shits on the seats yet.
I don't care how convienent or cheap it is. If I buy a vehicle, I buy it with all uses in mind. If a vehicle is going to be limited to short trips then I can't spend money on it, period.
Anything short of having a vehicle waiting in your driveway just the way you left it (ie with your carseats, glasses, kleenex, music, etc) is not 'freedom', it's oppression. They will probably be tracking where you go on top of it.
Won't the ICE vehicles being bought today last at least 8 years?
Will there even be enough charging stations for people to travel all lengths of highway in North America with EVs? Assuming they're willing to stop that long to charge every 400 miles. Do we think this will be a solved problem for semi-trailers in that time?
The last clothing store I went to had one person working the floor and register. Are they going to staff with 1/3 of a person? They will be making the same profit, so what will be their motivation to cut their poor person into pieces?
That's irrelevant, the fact that H-1Bs are used at all automatically means that we are a scarce resource by their very definition. Companies are only allowed to use an H-1B if they cannot find anyone locally.
Might I add, for an operating system that supposedly 'just works' it is rather ironic that I need to go into prefs far more than I do even for any Linux distro I have used.
Thanks, I will probably do that. How do I make it just show function keys all the time?