But the euroweeny is way lighter than the Cummins, and cannot do anywhere near the work that the Cummins can do.
The right tool for the job. If you have to haul a trailer, your ecoweeny will not work. No matter how much you spout off. The fact that the Cummins requires urea proves that it is a very clean burning engine (just like the Powerstroke and Duramax). Your post is so full of logical fallacies and inconsistencies that it's not worth the bandwidth needed to download.
And, btw, you're coming off as an asshole. No one likes an asshole.
You spelled "ton" wrong too... at least, in the country that this discussion pertains to.
In order to make modern diesel engines run the cleanest (soot reduction, no unburned fuel) and get greater mileage, the engine is tuned (to run very lean) to the point that there is so much O2 that NOx is formed. The urea solution breaks the NOx back down to their nitrogen and oxygen components.
Requiring urea inherently indicates that the engine is running at maximum efficiency. So, if you want a diesel engine that is burning cleanly, you will purchase one with a urea requirement, or your logic suffers. Of course, you're an ignorant AC, so logic probably doesn't pertain...
No, no, no, fuel economy has nothing to do with it, according to the EPA. The trouble VW is in HIGHLIGHTS this fact.
When VW tunes the TDI to run at maximum fuel economy, it created more NOX. When they detune it (and the mileage drops from 50 to 30 MPG), the NOX goes away. Why? Because, a "properly" (read: efficiently) tuned TDI runs at such a high EGT that the nitrogen and oxygen are combined into NOX. When they detune, and lower the EGT, it isn't hot enough to form much NOX.
You cannot use fuel mileage in this arguement: it's not a logical answer in any way, shape, or form.
You can, however, use a power-tuned Cummins (or Duramax, or, maybe, a Powerstroke on a good day) rolling coal. That's a sure sign of higher EGT temps, thus most likely a higher than normal source of NOX. Not to mention lots of other stuff too; AND it ain't gettin' good mileage at that point. But, that's the point of rollin' coal, power, not mileage.
VW is getting slapped around by the EPA for making them look like fools, especially since they have to admit they can't figure out how VW did it (figure out when it was being tested, and automatically detuned the engine for the test). Considering the fine is 20 times as high as the GM ignition switch fine (a decade of prior knowledge by GM, over 120 lives lost and hundreds of injuries attributed), one has to wonder how idiotic the EPA must feel. Or, GM is just simply being protected.... Again...
And if anyone gets in the way of a semi or a train, even in an SUV, they're dead. So, by your logic, we should remove all semis from the roadways, and ensure that trains cannot physically come in contact with vehicles? Not arguing, just asking...
The two incidents have NOTHING to do with each other. VW supposedly changed the way that their diesel engines ran (in a way that has not yet been determined: guilty before proof?) to fool emissions testing. This suppressed "scandal" (which will go NOWHERE, because the big three have way, way too much power over our government) has to do with passenger safety!
But since you bring it up, how is a scam on the EPA worthy of an 18 BILLION dollar fine, when GM knowingly (for a decade!!!) had faulty ignition switches in hundreds of thousands of cars, causing over 100 deaths and many many more injuries, and was only fined 900 million??? Scamming the EPA is worth 20 times what lost lives are??!!!
Apparently, because no one seems to be up in arms about these safety suppressions either. Lives don't matter, but pulling one over on the EPA (supposedly: no one yet has come out with how it was done!) is uber important.
This country is becoming more screwed up every day.
Is film even used anymore? AFAIK, movies are now distributed digitally. 35mm film is extremely expensive to produce and ship, and has a relatively short life span. And, it's not controllable, like a digital system is (talking DRM here).
No, the revisionism is coming from those that fought to change the name.
If you did ANY research into this particular case, you would see that the school was given the name by the Lakota and Dakota tribes in the 60s, during a ceremony performed by the tribes themselves. The PC and revisionary actions were done by the nazi-like NCAA when it heavy-handedly forced UND to change it's nickname. Eventually, the tribes themselves were given the chance to enter their opinions into the record; one of them, the Spirit Lake tribe, held a tribe-wide vote and OVERWHELMINGLY chose to show support in keeping the nickname, in spite of what their tribal chairwoman felt; she changed her vote when she saw the outcome of the tribal vote. At the other tribe in question, the Three Affiliate Tribes, the members themselves were not allowed to vote; the tribal Chairman, in an obvious act of oppression of public opinion, right out of the dictator handbook, decided for the tribe (based on his own personal opinion) that the tribe would not support the name and would rescind the honor given to the school in the 60s, even stating that the tribal members do not know what was good for them but he did.
The funny thing is that the Sioux tribes were not the original instigators for the removal of the name. It was a group of whites, and a few AIM instigators (including Russel Means), that pushed the issue.
Having a name that's actually an honor to a person or group is extremely rare.
Then, you should start a push to rid the world of the Fighting Irish, the Vikings, etc.
Viewing posts such as the "burning biomass is carbon neutral" and then reading about how the EPA has banned use of woodburning fireplaces and stoves because of emissions leads me to believe that either the EPA is overreaching, or the "burning biomass is carbon neutral" bunch is wrong.
Who to believe???
No wonder there's so much confusion and distrust over GW (or GCC, or whatever it's called now...)
To supplement your idea (which is logical and a very positive progression for this technology): this technology is in it's infancy. Google talks about the number of miles driven autonomously; that number is infinitesimal compared to the number of miles driven daily by humans. The start of your 20 year period is, IMHO, a minimum of 10 years away. The overcorrection issues discussed are simply a programming glitch; however, refining that behavior (if you can call it that?) will take time to polish and perfect.
Note that none of the autonomy has been at fault in any traffic accidents. That's a great record and a great start. It's also a very limited set of situations, as there aren't many of them out there. When they become more common and are put into less controlled situations, there may be more blame placed on their inability to adjust to circumstances and the strict adherence to rules. Even though, logically, strict adherence will be the legal requirement, but may not be the proper and safest response in reality.
This rule also potentially allows the alphabet agencies to require manufacturers to insert back doors for them, and eliminates the risk of the owner finding out or eliminating the access by changing the firmware. The manufacturers get protection from customer backlash and would be more willing to insert the back doors.
Win-win for everyone. Except, of course, the consumer. But since when has any government agency been accused of consumer advocacy?
Who remembers installing the Trumpet Winsock TCP/IP stack on Windows?.
Oh god, brrrr... Those were the bad old days. The move from IPX to IP was a nightmare. Now, however, it looks like IPv6 will have a lot of the simplicity that we lost in that transition. The good old days may be returning.
Look what happened to Yellowstone when the "more knowledgeable and learned white man" took over the "management" of the wildlife in the newly-designated park from the American Indians in the late 1800s. I understand that experimentation is an important step in the learning process, but to have the audacity to think that we can control something as complex as the climate of the planet is arrogance of the highest order.
Why does this species not learn from it's past mistakes???!!! Some things are just not meant to be controlled... others, such as the Yellowstone example, were under perfect control until the scientists screwed it up. Here it is, over 100 years later, and things still are not in balance there. And we want to apply that same thinking to the entire globe.
Plastic can be as strong and even stronger than aluminum if it has the same bends and lips in it.
But most are not. I looked at quite a few brands and models (thanks Best Buy!), and found that almost all of them were very flexible. I like flexible, in every place other than my laptop frame. Twisting circuit boards is not good for their long-term health, and my laptop goes everywhere with me.
I don't really care what is providing the rigidity to the frame, as long as the rigidity is there.
Likewise, looks are secondary to function, at least when it comes to my laptops. My MacBook Pro had (has) a Macally protective jacket over it, so the aluminum is not visible anyway. I want it to be fast and reliable, very unlike a supermodel.:)
Gotta agree here too... I think Lenovo is overlooked quite often. I've had a T430S that I got 3 years ago (or so, can't remember exactly) that has been absolutely bulletproof. When I specced it out (I-7, 16gB, 500gB), the only company (including Apple) that could compare was Alien, in a monster 17", heavy "laptop" that was twice the cost. I was moving from a MacBook Pro, and had a real hard time making that move because I enjoyed the MacBook so much, but now I am definitely a Lenovo fan, and until their quality takes a dump, will continue to be. It may not be an all metal case (which is what my fascination with the MacBook was all about), but it's as inflexible as the MacBook due to the internal metal frame, and that has stood up very well for me.
I have had one issue with it (2 weeks after I got it): the touchpad took a dump. I called them, they set up a return/repair, and I had it back in my hands 2 days later. Where I live, that's positively incredible, since it takes a letter two days to get across town. Their customer service is superb.
Not worried about the whole Superfish issue... as soon as the laptop is in my hands I repartition and install Mint anyway.
The wireless video problem is a problem because HDMI doing 1080p is in the realm of 4Gbps, continuous. Of course it can be compressed to be transmitted without wires (hi there, ATSC!), but that always adds latency and (quite often horrific-looking) compression artifacts in the consumer realm.
There isn't anything left to discuss here.
Not quite yet. You can easily stream 1080P at an extremely reduced bw easily. VLC does it, for instance. You can achieve sub-10mbps and still have excellent resolution, with artifacts that only a very studied and experienced watcher will notice.
Making it a simple process is another matter entirely. Or, maybe it isn't. I haven't tried using a lot of the CLI options; one could probably use a web interface to browse the list of media (giving all sorts of possibilities with a mariadb and php), then use the VLC CLI command structure to play them... Hmmm...
The drone is pilotless. Shooting it down does *not* directly endanger a life.
Actually, more lives are in danger at 10 feet than at 100 or 400, as the angle of the shot to the ground will most likely be shallower. The higher the drone, the wider the shot-to-ground angle will be, relegating the extraneous shot to merely terminal velocity (harmless) rather than propelled.
That is what makes the drone different than the aircraft (whether a Cessna or a police helicopter). And, I don't care how good you are, you aren't going to get shotgun shot up to 3k feet to reach the helicopter. Now, break out the.30-06 or.308 (or larger, for that matter), and you might have a chance...
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But the euroweeny is way lighter than the Cummins, and cannot do anywhere near the work that the Cummins can do.
The right tool for the job. If you have to haul a trailer, your ecoweeny will not work. No matter how much you spout off. The fact that the Cummins requires urea proves that it is a very clean burning engine (just like the Powerstroke and Duramax). Your post is so full of logical fallacies and inconsistencies that it's not worth the bandwidth needed to download.
And, btw, you're coming off as an asshole. No one likes an asshole.
You spelled "ton" wrong too... at least, in the country that this discussion pertains to.
You don't understand what the urea is used for.
In order to make modern diesel engines run the cleanest (soot reduction, no unburned fuel) and get greater mileage, the engine is tuned (to run very lean) to the point that there is so much O2 that NOx is formed. The urea solution breaks the NOx back down to their nitrogen and oxygen components.
Wikipedia has a good article on the chemistry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Requiring urea inherently indicates that the engine is running at maximum efficiency. So, if you want a diesel engine that is burning cleanly, you will purchase one with a urea requirement, or your logic suffers. Of course, you're an ignorant AC, so logic probably doesn't pertain...
Well done.
So, still no proof. This is not news, it's another guess, and not a good one at that. Three words prove that: "...more than likely..."
Move on... there's nothing to see here.
And they all did. Problem solved.
No, no, no, fuel economy has nothing to do with it, according to the EPA. The trouble VW is in HIGHLIGHTS this fact.
When VW tunes the TDI to run at maximum fuel economy, it created more NOX. When they detune it (and the mileage drops from 50 to 30 MPG), the NOX goes away. Why? Because, a "properly" (read: efficiently) tuned TDI runs at such a high EGT that the nitrogen and oxygen are combined into NOX. When they detune, and lower the EGT, it isn't hot enough to form much NOX.
You cannot use fuel mileage in this arguement: it's not a logical answer in any way, shape, or form.
You can, however, use a power-tuned Cummins (or Duramax, or, maybe, a Powerstroke on a good day) rolling coal. That's a sure sign of higher EGT temps, thus most likely a higher than normal source of NOX. Not to mention lots of other stuff too; AND it ain't gettin' good mileage at that point. But, that's the point of rollin' coal, power, not mileage.
VW is getting slapped around by the EPA for making them look like fools, especially since they have to admit they can't figure out how VW did it (figure out when it was being tested, and automatically detuned the engine for the test). Considering the fine is 20 times as high as the GM ignition switch fine (a decade of prior knowledge by GM, over 120 lives lost and hundreds of injuries attributed), one has to wonder how idiotic the EPA must feel. Or, GM is just simply being protected.... Again...
And if anyone gets in the way of a semi or a train, even in an SUV, they're dead. So, by your logic, we should remove all semis from the roadways, and ensure that trains cannot physically come in contact with vehicles? Not arguing, just asking...
Of course this would be brought up.
The two incidents have NOTHING to do with each other. VW supposedly changed the way that their diesel engines ran (in a way that has not yet been determined: guilty before proof?) to fool emissions testing. This suppressed "scandal" (which will go NOWHERE, because the big three have way, way too much power over our government) has to do with passenger safety!
But since you bring it up, how is a scam on the EPA worthy of an 18 BILLION dollar fine, when GM knowingly (for a decade!!!) had faulty ignition switches in hundreds of thousands of cars, causing over 100 deaths and many many more injuries, and was only fined 900 million??? Scamming the EPA is worth 20 times what lost lives are??!!!
Apparently, because no one seems to be up in arms about these safety suppressions either. Lives don't matter, but pulling one over on the EPA (supposedly: no one yet has come out with how it was done!) is uber important.
This country is becoming more screwed up every day.
I fully understand why A/C... :)
Yeah, and wages were $2.00 an hour... Perspective.
Is film even used anymore? AFAIK, movies are now distributed digitally. 35mm film is extremely expensive to produce and ship, and has a relatively short life span. And, it's not controllable, like a digital system is (talking DRM here).
No, the revisionism is coming from those that fought to change the name.
If you did ANY research into this particular case, you would see that the school was given the name by the Lakota and Dakota tribes in the 60s, during a ceremony performed by the tribes themselves. The PC and revisionary actions were done by the nazi-like NCAA when it heavy-handedly forced UND to change it's nickname. Eventually, the tribes themselves were given the chance to enter their opinions into the record; one of them, the Spirit Lake tribe, held a tribe-wide vote and OVERWHELMINGLY chose to show support in keeping the nickname, in spite of what their tribal chairwoman felt; she changed her vote when she saw the outcome of the tribal vote. At the other tribe in question, the Three Affiliate Tribes, the members themselves were not allowed to vote; the tribal Chairman, in an obvious act of oppression of public opinion, right out of the dictator handbook, decided for the tribe (based on his own personal opinion) that the tribe would not support the name and would rescind the honor given to the school in the 60s, even stating that the tribal members do not know what was good for them but he did.
The funny thing is that the Sioux tribes were not the original instigators for the removal of the name. It was a group of whites, and a few AIM instigators (including Russel Means), that pushed the issue.
Having a name that's actually an honor to a person or group is extremely rare.
Then, you should start a push to rid the world of the Fighting Irish, the Vikings, etc.
But, yet, this...
Viewing posts such as the "burning biomass is carbon neutral" and then reading about how the EPA has banned use of woodburning fireplaces and stoves because of emissions leads me to believe that either the EPA is overreaching, or the "burning biomass is carbon neutral" bunch is wrong.
Who to believe???
No wonder there's so much confusion and distrust over GW (or GCC, or whatever it's called now...)
To supplement your idea (which is logical and a very positive progression for this technology): this technology is in it's infancy. Google talks about the number of miles driven autonomously; that number is infinitesimal compared to the number of miles driven daily by humans. The start of your 20 year period is, IMHO, a minimum of 10 years away. The overcorrection issues discussed are simply a programming glitch; however, refining that behavior (if you can call it that?) will take time to polish and perfect.
Note that none of the autonomy has been at fault in any traffic accidents. That's a great record and a great start. It's also a very limited set of situations, as there aren't many of them out there. When they become more common and are put into less controlled situations, there may be more blame placed on their inability to adjust to circumstances and the strict adherence to rules. Even though, logically, strict adherence will be the legal requirement, but may not be the proper and safest response in reality.
It will be an interesting time.
Either follow the money, or follow the power...
This rule also potentially allows the alphabet agencies to require manufacturers to insert back doors for them, and eliminates the risk of the owner finding out or eliminating the access by changing the firmware. The manufacturers get protection from customer backlash and would be more willing to insert the back doors.
Win-win for everyone. Except, of course, the consumer. But since when has any government agency been accused of consumer advocacy?
Why did you AC this? It's right on and you should be getting credit...
Who remembers installing the Trumpet Winsock TCP/IP stack on Windows?.
Oh god, brrrr... Those were the bad old days. The move from IPX to IP was a nightmare. Now, however, it looks like IPv6 will have a lot of the simplicity that we lost in that transition. The good old days may be returning.
Very forcefully agree.
Look what happened to Yellowstone when the "more knowledgeable and learned white man" took over the "management" of the wildlife in the newly-designated park from the American Indians in the late 1800s. I understand that experimentation is an important step in the learning process, but to have the audacity to think that we can control something as complex as the climate of the planet is arrogance of the highest order.
Why does this species not learn from it's past mistakes???!!! Some things are just not meant to be controlled... others, such as the Yellowstone example, were under perfect control until the scientists screwed it up. Here it is, over 100 years later, and things still are not in balance there. And we want to apply that same thinking to the entire globe.
Plastic can be as strong and even stronger than aluminum if it has the same bends and lips in it.
But most are not. I looked at quite a few brands and models (thanks Best Buy!), and found that almost all of them were very flexible. I like flexible, in every place other than my laptop frame. Twisting circuit boards is not good for their long-term health, and my laptop goes everywhere with me.
I don't really care what is providing the rigidity to the frame, as long as the rigidity is there.
Likewise, looks are secondary to function, at least when it comes to my laptops. My MacBook Pro had (has) a Macally protective jacket over it, so the aluminum is not visible anyway. I want it to be fast and reliable, very unlike a supermodel. :)
Gotta agree here too... I think Lenovo is overlooked quite often. I've had a T430S that I got 3 years ago (or so, can't remember exactly) that has been absolutely bulletproof. When I specced it out (I-7, 16gB, 500gB), the only company (including Apple) that could compare was Alien, in a monster 17", heavy "laptop" that was twice the cost. I was moving from a MacBook Pro, and had a real hard time making that move because I enjoyed the MacBook so much, but now I am definitely a Lenovo fan, and until their quality takes a dump, will continue to be. It may not be an all metal case (which is what my fascination with the MacBook was all about), but it's as inflexible as the MacBook due to the internal metal frame, and that has stood up very well for me.
I have had one issue with it (2 weeks after I got it): the touchpad took a dump. I called them, they set up a return/repair, and I had it back in my hands 2 days later. Where I live, that's positively incredible, since it takes a letter two days to get across town. Their customer service is superb.
Not worried about the whole Superfish issue... as soon as the laptop is in my hands I repartition and install Mint anyway.
This! Although, the book was way better, as usual.
The wireless video problem is a problem because HDMI doing 1080p is in the realm of 4Gbps, continuous. Of course it can be compressed to be transmitted without wires (hi there, ATSC!), but that always adds latency and (quite often horrific-looking) compression artifacts in the consumer realm.
There isn't anything left to discuss here.
Not quite yet. You can easily stream 1080P at an extremely reduced bw easily. VLC does it, for instance. You can achieve sub-10mbps and still have excellent resolution, with artifacts that only a very studied and experienced watcher will notice.
Making it a simple process is another matter entirely. Or, maybe it isn't. I haven't tried using a lot of the CLI options; one could probably use a web interface to browse the list of media (giving all sorts of possibilities with a mariadb and php), then use the VLC CLI command structure to play them... Hmmm...
What makes a drone at 400 any different?
The drone is pilotless. Shooting it down does *not* directly endanger a life.
Actually, more lives are in danger at 10 feet than at 100 or 400, as the angle of the shot to the ground will most likely be shallower. The higher the drone, the wider the shot-to-ground angle will be, relegating the extraneous shot to merely terminal velocity (harmless) rather than propelled.
That is what makes the drone different than the aircraft (whether a Cessna or a police helicopter). And, I don't care how good you are, you aren't going to get shotgun shot up to 3k feet to reach the helicopter. Now, break out the .30-06 or .308 (or larger, for that matter), and you might have a chance...
Freakin' bingo! Give this post more points!
Citation? AC troll.