I imagine it will be designed with typical suspension traits in mind: compression, rebound, and damping (on both compression and rebound strokes). When it approaches a slope, it's going to allow the ground to push the wheel up using the linear actuator to really fine tune the compression damping (the motors are not likely to "pull" the wheel in). However just like on a spring, the linear actuator is going to start providing increased resistance throughout the suspension travel to keep it from bottoming out. The advantage to this system is that you can vary the spring rate based on terrain and driver preferences.
It was bad enough when Google started illegal scanning copyrighted works.
No no no bad, stop this! I've read several posts in this discussion stating the problem started when Google started scanning. There is absolutely nothing wrong with somebody scanning materials they've legally acquired - it's called format shifting (paper->digital) and I don't want anybody getting the crazy notion that there is something wrong or shady about this practice.
There is no problem with scanning your own books - the problem is with the *redistribution* of these materials. Please keep that in mind. Hell, if Google goes ahead and scans every single thing they can for no other reason than to keep in their own private library - more power to them. At least that means there are copies *somewhere*. Eventually when there are no more hardbound copies of some text, there will still be a digital copy that could be made public.
If the GPL'd project gets abandoned and enters the public domain - is there any real value in keeping new derived works GPL? It isn't like there is a vibrant developer community there working on it. The benefit the GPL provides is continuous feedback to a developer community. If that community dries up, how is there any value in giving back?
Did you read TFS? Provided Tesla is correct in that the break down was indeed staged, all they want out of it is for the BBC to stop airing that episode. They aren't even looking for damages, and have already tried to get it corrected outside the courts.
This sort of thing is pretty much exactly what libel protects against. To make a computer analogy - suppose you designed a laptop with a newfangled battery giving it ten hours of use. A tech rag reviews it and stages it to power off after three hours even though the battery still has 70% charge - then claims the technology isn't ready for prime time. *Provided* your design worked and the problem was staged, it is a fairly clear case of libel. *Most* American lawyers would be salivating at the opportunity to collect damages, but these guys only want a correction broadcast and the bad review pulled. In this case it wouldn't be about trumpeting praise, merely stopping the spread of misinformation.
Of course, if it wasn't actually staged, then to hell with Tesla.
Listen, there were two separate instances where extreme gravity was translated through the stargate allowing it to suck all sorts of stuff through the incoming wormhole. In one case they used it to add enough matter to a star for it to supernova. I simply think this represents too much risk for us to attempt trash disposal via stargate at this time.
Amateurs, don't you know anything? Gravity is translated back through an incoming wormhole just like radio waves. If you open a gate into a sun the gravity would suck the entire planet right through!
You're going about it wrong (and missing the main threat to the power companies here...)
How big do you think a battery would have to be to supply electricity to your house or apartment for 8 hours at night? One of the great things about solar is that - in climates where they are workable - they decentralize power generation. Panels on your roof, a backup battery somewhere on your premises - or even better panels on your roof tied into the power grid allowing everybody to generate power during the day (when industrial and business demands are higher) and run from conventional power generation at night. It really bugs me how everybody looks for the "one true answer" when it comes to power generation when the more you diversify the more stable your power generation is going to be.
Actually, that last one is the jiffy lube law. Decent oil and filter should easily get you 5k or more between changes. OP is correct, we certainly have the technology to implement such a thing, but there is no way to make it cost effective.
Interesting timing. I bought and rooted a Nook last night. Then I installed Kindle from the android app store - more for shits and giggles than anything else. I didn't get the device for books, I wanted a cheap 7" tablet with capacitive touch. I may buy books down the road for it, and if I do I'll probably buy them from B&N simply because I appreciate the decent, cheap hardware and lack of significant barriers to rooting it.
I agree with money simply being a tool - however do you have a better system in mind? You can argue the evils of money until you're blue in the face, but without alternatives it's all a moot point.
Plus your AMG is probably putting a great deal of material *back* on the road whenever you take off from a stoplight, so clearly you should be paid for such a service!
I have to disagree. Sure the *most* efficient vehicles (hybrids) carry a premium, but one step below them you have the majority of cheap econo-boxes which come close very close in mileage without the extra cost. On top of this, look at the used markets - every new generation of cars is larger than the last (hence why manufacturers frequently create a new "economy" car when the last one bloated too much). A ten year old Civic or comparable will not set the buyer back much and is far from an "inefficient" vehicle.
Your point #2 is excellent, could not agree more when it comes to the discussion that the free/stolen product is much better than the bought and paid for product.... Your point #1; however, is oft repeated as an excuse for copying that really makes no sense. It's starting to bug me, so sorry for picking on you for it because I know it really isn't the point you are trying to get across here;)
If the music or movies are that bad, why would you download them in the first place? On top of that, there is such a ridiculous depth and breadth of music out there that there is bound to be something that all the "oh I hate new music" people would like. If there really isn't one, why not pick up some instruments or work with some local band to produce something to fill that niche? After all you may have an untapped market there to break into... But you can't, because that argument falls on its face when it comes to music. The barriers to entry are so low that anybody can record a song in their basement on affordable equipment and distribute it cheaply and easily. Honestly, I don't think there has been a better time on this planet for lovers of music.
Movies... OK you may have a point. Movies are awful and are significantly more expensive to produce. On the bright side, doing without frees up a lot of time for other pursuits!
It's not so much the term lengths - software can have just as long a development time as hardware as well as decent longevity (compare say the age of your favorite text editor with the age of your cell phone...). The problem is the abundance of pretty obvious innovations that get patented coupled with potentially huge consequences for infringement.
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hehehahahaha - you actually would consider conversing with your neighbors?!?!
Weirdo.
I imagine it will be designed with typical suspension traits in mind: compression, rebound, and damping (on both compression and rebound strokes). When it approaches a slope, it's going to allow the ground to push the wheel up using the linear actuator to really fine tune the compression damping (the motors are not likely to "pull" the wheel in). However just like on a spring, the linear actuator is going to start providing increased resistance throughout the suspension travel to keep it from bottoming out. The advantage to this system is that you can vary the spring rate based on terrain and driver preferences.
Thank goodness! I was lost in this car topic until somebody posted a decent computer analogy!
It was bad enough when Google started illegal scanning copyrighted works.
No no no bad, stop this! I've read several posts in this discussion stating the problem started when Google started scanning. There is absolutely nothing wrong with somebody scanning materials they've legally acquired - it's called format shifting (paper->digital) and I don't want anybody getting the crazy notion that there is something wrong or shady about this practice.
There is no problem with scanning your own books - the problem is with the *redistribution* of these materials. Please keep that in mind. Hell, if Google goes ahead and scans every single thing they can for no other reason than to keep in their own private library - more power to them. At least that means there are copies *somewhere*. Eventually when there are no more hardbound copies of some text, there will still be a digital copy that could be made public.
If the GPL'd project gets abandoned and enters the public domain - is there any real value in keeping new derived works GPL? It isn't like there is a vibrant developer community there working on it. The benefit the GPL provides is continuous feedback to a developer community. If that community dries up, how is there any value in giving back?
Did you read TFS? Provided Tesla is correct in that the break down was indeed staged, all they want out of it is for the BBC to stop airing that episode. They aren't even looking for damages, and have already tried to get it corrected outside the courts.
This sort of thing is pretty much exactly what libel protects against. To make a computer analogy - suppose you designed a laptop with a newfangled battery giving it ten hours of use. A tech rag reviews it and stages it to power off after three hours even though the battery still has 70% charge - then claims the technology isn't ready for prime time. *Provided* your design worked and the problem was staged, it is a fairly clear case of libel. *Most* American lawyers would be salivating at the opportunity to collect damages, but these guys only want a correction broadcast and the bad review pulled. In this case it wouldn't be about trumpeting praise, merely stopping the spread of misinformation.
Of course, if it wasn't actually staged, then to hell with Tesla.
As long as your idealistic movement isn't attached to a political party... R or D really only determines the industry they are tied to these days.
Listen, there were two separate instances where extreme gravity was translated through the stargate allowing it to suck all sorts of stuff through the incoming wormhole. In one case they used it to add enough matter to a star for it to supernova. I simply think this represents too much risk for us to attempt trash disposal via stargate at this time.
You still didn't answer my question!!
Amateurs, don't you know anything? Gravity is translated back through an incoming wormhole just like radio waves. If you open a gate into a sun the gravity would suck the entire planet right through!
I am so watching Back to the Future tonight.
Can you conjure up the winner of the NCAA tournament for me in that crystal ball?
You're going about it wrong (and missing the main threat to the power companies here...)
How big do you think a battery would have to be to supply electricity to your house or apartment for 8 hours at night? One of the great things about solar is that - in climates where they are workable - they decentralize power generation. Panels on your roof, a backup battery somewhere on your premises - or even better panels on your roof tied into the power grid allowing everybody to generate power during the day (when industrial and business demands are higher) and run from conventional power generation at night. It really bugs me how everybody looks for the "one true answer" when it comes to power generation when the more you diversify the more stable your power generation is going to be.
Actually, that last one is the jiffy lube law. Decent oil and filter should easily get you 5k or more between changes. OP is correct, we certainly have the technology to implement such a thing, but there is no way to make it cost effective.
Interesting timing. I bought and rooted a Nook last night. Then I installed Kindle from the android app store - more for shits and giggles than anything else. I didn't get the device for books, I wanted a cheap 7" tablet with capacitive touch. I may buy books down the road for it, and if I do I'll probably buy them from B&N simply because I appreciate the decent, cheap hardware and lack of significant barriers to rooting it.
Feel better?
I agree with money simply being a tool - however do you have a better system in mind? You can argue the evils of money until you're blue in the face, but without alternatives it's all a moot point.
Plus your AMG is probably putting a great deal of material *back* on the road whenever you take off from a stoplight, so clearly you should be paid for such a service!
Because *you* want to drive on a dirt track to work?
I have to disagree. Sure the *most* efficient vehicles (hybrids) carry a premium, but one step below them you have the majority of cheap econo-boxes which come close very close in mileage without the extra cost. On top of this, look at the used markets - every new generation of cars is larger than the last (hence why manufacturers frequently create a new "economy" car when the last one bloated too much). A ten year old Civic or comparable will not set the buyer back much and is far from an "inefficient" vehicle.
Your point #2 is excellent, could not agree more when it comes to the discussion that the free/stolen product is much better than the bought and paid for product.... Your point #1; however, is oft repeated as an excuse for copying that really makes no sense. It's starting to bug me, so sorry for picking on you for it because I know it really isn't the point you are trying to get across here ;)
If the music or movies are that bad, why would you download them in the first place? On top of that, there is such a ridiculous depth and breadth of music out there that there is bound to be something that all the "oh I hate new music" people would like. If there really isn't one, why not pick up some instruments or work with some local band to produce something to fill that niche? After all you may have an untapped market there to break into... But you can't, because that argument falls on its face when it comes to music. The barriers to entry are so low that anybody can record a song in their basement on affordable equipment and distribute it cheaply and easily. Honestly, I don't think there has been a better time on this planet for lovers of music.
Movies... OK you may have a point. Movies are awful and are significantly more expensive to produce. On the bright side, doing without frees up a lot of time for other pursuits!
It's not so much the term lengths - software can have just as long a development time as hardware as well as decent longevity (compare say the age of your favorite text editor with the age of your cell phone...). The problem is the abundance of pretty obvious innovations that get patented coupled with potentially huge consequences for infringement.
Rolling blackouts to keep peak power usage within their current capacity - just like California had, only this time not due to greed and incompetence.
Didn't we already invade Libya in that one Paulie Shore movie?
Oh man... I need some mod points :P