And don't forget you also need educated people who understand both the technology and how to arrange an organization around it that puts that technology to good use for a practical purpose. The elite as we had in the middle ages had no reason to do this so we needed a radical change in politics in which normal people got more freedoms and more opportunities to develop themselves to get the industrial revolution.
My father's Astra has a USB port to which you can connect an iPod or iPhone via the cable that comes with it. You can then browse that device using the car's software. The iPod's interface is enough of an industry standard to expect that to be useful for the lifetime of the car, I think. I really like it that Opel didn't make an optional ipod connector but chose the more versatile option.
You need a lot more than a prototype of a steam engine for an industrial revolution. For starters you need a reliable way to make huge quantities of iron. For this you need enormous amounts of iron ore and coal (or another fuel). For these you need mines and the knowledge and technology to mine them. Furthermore you need other metals, wood, paint, and a whole lot of other chemicals and things, all readily available in huge quantities. If one of them misses you have a big problem. England is probably the only place in the world where all of these things were available in large quantities very close to each other.
Yep. Or they can pay the people who put their machines together double and make for a revolution in China. Not sure if that is really a good idea for the long term though.
I love the Tesla Roadster. Here in Enschede, a not so rich city in the east of the Netherlands, one is riding around and I always marvel at the thing. It looks nice and it's so silent! Finally a sports car that doesn't need to make its presence known by lots of useless noise.
That's our NS! Always having the interest of their passengers on their mind. And it was indeed a miracle that with the latest tiny frost period all other train companies than NS kept running smoothly. Unfortunately the situation will not change unless our politicians learn that running a country costs money and you can not go on expecting more for less, as they have been doing for the past twenty or more years.
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Who cares. Those units don't exist anyway. How many pascal are we talking about?
Exactly. I wouldn't want to work for people like that.
I know. It was meant as a joke but jokes like this don't work on nerds, it seems.
How can you play music when the hairs of the bow stick to the strings all the time?
And don't forget you also need educated people who understand both the technology and how to arrange an organization around it that puts that technology to good use for a practical purpose. The elite as we had in the middle ages had no reason to do this so we needed a radical change in politics in which normal people got more freedoms and more opportunities to develop themselves to get the industrial revolution.
But many cars already have a touchscreen or something similar nowadays.
My father's Astra has a USB port to which you can connect an iPod or iPhone via the cable that comes with it. You can then browse that device using the car's software. The iPod's interface is enough of an industry standard to expect that to be useful for the lifetime of the car, I think. I really like it that Opel didn't make an optional ipod connector but chose the more versatile option.
I read somewhere that hunter-gatherers where also healthier than the first settlers and had much more variety in food than even we do.
You need a lot more than a prototype of a steam engine for an industrial revolution. For starters you need a reliable way to make huge quantities of iron. For this you need enormous amounts of iron ore and coal (or another fuel). For these you need mines and the knowledge and technology to mine them. Furthermore you need other metals, wood, paint, and a whole lot of other chemicals and things, all readily available in huge quantities. If one of them misses you have a big problem. England is probably the only place in the world where all of these things were available in large quantities very close to each other.
And it had to be made from one block of aluminium. It took a long time before mankind was able to make aluminium.
That's why it took so long to invent the wheel.
Yep. Or they can pay the people who put their machines together double and make for a revolution in China. Not sure if that is really a good idea for the long term though.
I don't think we can speak of a winner here. But thanks for asking :).
Unfortunately, it also spits out garbage. The make-up of the equations it comes up with is wrong on many levels. It looks very unprofessional.
That was a brilliant discussion. ROFL!
If you had given a reason for your claim you might be considered Insightful, but now your post is just a stupid remark.
I love the Tesla Roadster. Here in Enschede, a not so rich city in the east of the Netherlands, one is riding around and I always marvel at the thing. It looks nice and it's so silent! Finally a sports car that doesn't need to make its presence known by lots of useless noise.
I live in the Netherlands and even I could see he didn't get there fair and square. But you're right: he got a lot of votes.
That's strange. You're right. I never noticed that before. Very inconvenient I must say.
That's our NS! Always having the interest of their passengers on their mind. And it was indeed a miracle that with the latest tiny frost period all other train companies than NS kept running smoothly. Unfortunately the situation will not change unless our politicians learn that running a country costs money and you can not go on expecting more for less, as they have been doing for the past twenty or more years.
You don't need a plugin for that. All tabs operate independently.
I would happily pay 20k to go to said stationary station for a few days.
I'd rather pay that to go to the deep sea and see interesting creatures. I can see the moon from here just fine.
Mod this Lunatic up because what he said is brilliant.
It's more like:
1. Announce build of a space elevator;
2. Attract investors so the price of your shares goes way up;
3. Sell company;
4. Profit!
That's what I always do. I never log into Google itself. But it would be nice if they were two separate things like in the old days.