They say it's "cheating enabled by the internet", but how far doesn that definition go? When I use Wolfram Alpha to solve integrals that I can't be bothered to spend 15 minutes on, is that "cybercheating"?
Coca-Cola and Pepsi also both rely on trade secrets to keep their products unique and marketable. Would you have them publish their recipes in the favor of "market transparency"?
If your car's tires are specified to 147mph, then yes, they can go that fast. They're required to last at least 10 minutes at the rated speed.
Please stop using bad car analogies.
This ad by Subaru is one of the best I've seen in ages... Simply because the creative effort put into it is matched only by a few.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR3X9hJpbDo
I can't help but wonder if they didn't make early drafts as terrible as possible to see what we, the people, would cry out the most about. While there are simpler explanations, the obvious being that they responded in response to the public, simple explanations don't always work well in politics.
Ok, fine, I'll take off the tin foil hat now...
I may have missed it, but when did 3D printing get cheap? I've always known it as being a rather expensive, time-intensive process. I would think that would become a major barrier, unless they've made some significant advancement on that front (which they may have).
A Dell Mini 10 netbook fits in the smaller pouch of my backpack. If you want even smaller, try a PDA such as iPod touch or Archos 43.
This is hardly a reasonable argument; when is the last time you tried to carry a full graphing calculator in your pocket? Just because you can jam it in there doesn't mean it's a good idea for you to do so.
and how many hours of battery life do you get out of it?
A PDA can run for a whole day at an indoor brightness level.
My TI-89 can run a whole semester on one charge of its 4 AAA batteries, and I'm an engineering student, so I frequently use it 2-3 hours a day. Of course, you still want to carry spares. Last semester I had to take an exam with an old backup Casio scientific calculator because the 89's batteries were dead.
Suing a researcher for producing small quantities of your product in order to use it in his research wouldn't make financial sense. So unless the patent holder had a personal vendetta against the researcher, they wouldn't act on the infringement.
Ah. After some research I see that turbines seem to be around 40% efficient while diesel engines can be over 50%. I think the turbine efficiency was for converting heat to kinetic energy though which may not be a fair comparison for converting chemical energy to kinetic..
Both are forms of heat engines, so both comparisons would be in converting thermal energy into kinetic energy.
In the US, at least, the traditional braking system still has to be powerful enough to slow down the car without any concerns of failure, so a loss of electrical motor braking may be noticeable, but would only be likely to be catastrophic if you were pushing the limit and counting on that extra force to be there. And those situations already happen with traditional ICE cars when something in the driveline fails.
why not just buy a GPS device designed for motorcyclists? They've been around for a while, mount right to the handlebars, and have tons of rider-friendly features. Plus, you don't need a cellular data signal, which I'd think would be uncommon on roads where you'd honestly need GPS mapping. Of course, here I am assuming that this is something you need, and not something you just want for no good reason.
If you think Colbert is just goofy and doesn't attack the right in his show, you should sit down and study his recent interview with Laura Ingraham. He makes repeated attacks at her book (The Obama Diaries), calling it terrible writing with disgusting racial stereotypes, all while smiling and laughing. It's honestly incredible how effective he is at setting her off balance, to the point that she makes a weak attempt to change the topic near the end of the interview. That specific interview, in my mind, is truly one of the greatest demonstrations of his skill as a political satirist.
Actually, comparing FLOPS, about 10 Core i7 980 XE (107 GFLOPS) processors could handle the work of a GTX 285 (1062 GFLOPS). Add another one to orchestrate the whole mess, and you should be good to go. Of course, your latency will most likely be significantly increased...
This is a problem for people well educated in math, as well. I could do simple calculations like that much more quickly before learning all the different maths necessary for my engineering degree; now I have to think about it more, because things like mental division aren't the sort of thing I use every day. Generally, if I had to do those things on paper or in my head, I'd be wasting a lot of time.
Not likely. While the locations of item may be somewhat changed in windows 7, it's still within the same framework. Ubuntu changes where most everything is. Remember, people (i.e. large groups as a whole) don't like change.
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Now why does that sound like a terrible idea?
Probably because they've engineered the crap out of this car.
I wonder how the fuel used by this thing compares to the fuel wasted every morning in Los Angeles by idling cars in severe traffic jams...
They say it's "cheating enabled by the internet", but how far doesn that definition go? When I use Wolfram Alpha to solve integrals that I can't be bothered to spend 15 minutes on, is that "cybercheating"?
It's not really increased power, either. It's increased intensity, which is power/area.
Coca-Cola and Pepsi also both rely on trade secrets to keep their products unique and marketable. Would you have them publish their recipes in the favor of "market transparency"?
If your car's tires are specified to 147mph, then yes, they can go that fast. They're required to last at least 10 minutes at the rated speed. Please stop using bad car analogies.
This ad by Subaru is one of the best I've seen in ages... Simply because the creative effort put into it is matched only by a few. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR3X9hJpbDo
I can't help but wonder if they didn't make early drafts as terrible as possible to see what we, the people, would cry out the most about. While there are simpler explanations, the obvious being that they responded in response to the public, simple explanations don't always work well in politics. Ok, fine, I'll take off the tin foil hat now...
I think it's fair to say that most campus police forces are poorly utilized. This is just an exceptionally bad case.
I may have missed it, but when did 3D printing get cheap? I've always known it as being a rather expensive, time-intensive process. I would think that would become a major barrier, unless they've made some significant advancement on that front (which they may have).
How do you fit that netbook in your pocket
A Dell Mini 10 netbook fits in the smaller pouch of my backpack. If you want even smaller, try a PDA such as iPod touch or Archos 43.
This is hardly a reasonable argument; when is the last time you tried to carry a full graphing calculator in your pocket? Just because you can jam it in there doesn't mean it's a good idea for you to do so.
and how many hours of battery life do you get out of it?
A PDA can run for a whole day at an indoor brightness level.
My TI-89 can run a whole semester on one charge of its 4 AAA batteries, and I'm an engineering student, so I frequently use it 2-3 hours a day. Of course, you still want to carry spares. Last semester I had to take an exam with an old backup Casio scientific calculator because the 89's batteries were dead.
Suing a researcher for producing small quantities of your product in order to use it in his research wouldn't make financial sense. So unless the patent holder had a personal vendetta against the researcher, they wouldn't act on the infringement.
Both words can be used as either a verb or noun. The specific usage here is still wrong, but if we're going to be grammar trolls, let's do it right.
Ah. After some research I see that turbines seem to be around 40% efficient while diesel engines can be over 50%. I think the turbine efficiency was for converting heat to kinetic energy though which may not be a fair comparison for converting chemical energy to kinetic..
Both are forms of heat engines, so both comparisons would be in converting thermal energy into kinetic energy.
In the US, at least, the traditional braking system still has to be powerful enough to slow down the car without any concerns of failure, so a loss of electrical motor braking may be noticeable, but would only be likely to be catastrophic if you were pushing the limit and counting on that extra force to be there. And those situations already happen with traditional ICE cars when something in the driveline fails.
why not just buy a GPS device designed for motorcyclists? They've been around for a while, mount right to the handlebars, and have tons of rider-friendly features. Plus, you don't need a cellular data signal, which I'd think would be uncommon on roads where you'd honestly need GPS mapping. Of course, here I am assuming that this is something you need, and not something you just want for no good reason.
Can't the iPhone can already do HDR photos?
Careful, those physicists have arsenals of powerful lasers at their disposal...
If you think Colbert is just goofy and doesn't attack the right in his show, you should sit down and study his recent interview with Laura Ingraham. He makes repeated attacks at her book (The Obama Diaries), calling it terrible writing with disgusting racial stereotypes, all while smiling and laughing. It's honestly incredible how effective he is at setting her off balance, to the point that she makes a weak attempt to change the topic near the end of the interview. That specific interview, in my mind, is truly one of the greatest demonstrations of his skill as a political satirist.
This would basically be a written and broadcast media, so it's libel. Slander is for spoken word.
Actually, comparing FLOPS, about 10 Core i7 980 XE (107 GFLOPS) processors could handle the work of a GTX 285 (1062 GFLOPS). Add another one to orchestrate the whole mess, and you should be good to go. Of course, your latency will most likely be significantly increased...
This is a problem for people well educated in math, as well. I could do simple calculations like that much more quickly before learning all the different maths necessary for my engineering degree; now I have to think about it more, because things like mental division aren't the sort of thing I use every day. Generally, if I had to do those things on paper or in my head, I'd be wasting a lot of time.
Not likely. While the locations of item may be somewhat changed in windows 7, it's still within the same framework. Ubuntu changes where most everything is. Remember, people (i.e. large groups as a whole) don't like change.
Sounds like a great reason to drive over 30 mph in cities... If I want the car to stop, I'll tell it to.
Really?