And it doesn't understand me, it usually just pisses me off, rather than cures my speech.:-/
Unless you want me to speak very loud and slow to everyone!
automated POS: "would you like to... say yes for option one"
me: "yes"
robot: "I'm sorry, I didn't understand that, please repeat"
me: "YES"
robot: " I'm sorry, I didn't understand that, please repeat... or press 1 for yes, 2 for no"
If you're going for an economical model, they still make Yugos. Last time I was out there, they were $7k out the door, tax paid. I'm sure you could talk them into making an electric for a premium;)
I don't think 99.5% of americans *want* to drive an economical box though, whether they say they do or not.
I go through $80 of gas every second week; so roughly $2k a year. So going by the other reply, of $6k in parts, that's 3 years just for parts - not counting the cost of charging the batteries, or the labour to install the kit. Throw that all in, and I'm thinking we're looking at 6+ years to break even, vs. just buying gas.
I just don't see electric as feasible, especially in my (-40 for several months) climate. Diesel or booze are the only feasible options I see for the near future, until we stumble on some much more efficient and *cheap* batteries.
Bit of a stretch there, I've always found the IBM laptops (esp. the T series) to be the best money can buy. Mind you, I haven't bought one after the chinese takeover, so I'm not sure how they are now.
I guess it depends if you'd rather "think different" or operate a tank. I'll take the tankpad.
Yeah, what do these run anyways? I've got cash riding on ancient RCA 1802 / COSMAC. The mil seemed to like them, I suppose because they were available in sapphire / rad hard, iirc.
The bulk of servicing cost is labour, and when you're doing the labour, fixing stuff can still be cheaper.;-)
Not just servicing, but hacking and such is going to be a lot more of a pain if the traces vaporize when you look at them sideways.
I'm not sure what this is marketed as, for prototyping? Fast prototypes would be nice. But the vast majority of electronics are mass produced stuff, where the physical cost of the PCB is a small portion of the overall circuitry, with components, labour, and R&D being the real cost. I can't see printing traces of silver being cheaper than the existing methods. Maybe I'm missing something.
Well pulling cable is going to get pretty pricey if you have 20 different outfits doing it.
Are you going to be able to pay $small_ISP $20k to rip up the street and pull you a run of fibre?
But once you do, your neighbour can get it for $1k, so the rest of the street will naturally follow suit, rather than going to a different ISP and also having to put down the initial $20k.
Having a bunch of different ISPs serving different houses on the same block really isnt feasible.
I think, ideally, the last mile would be municipally owned, and they then lease the lines to $small_ISP of your choice, at a flat rate. That's the only way I can see a bunch of ISPs working out.
Western Union *just* quit offering telegrams a year or two ago.
"Effective 2006-01-27, Western Union will discontinue all Telegram and Commercial Messaging services. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you, and we thank you for your loyal patronage. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact a customer service representative."
I think the telex system is still running though, so it sorta still exists...
But since the late 60's, i think they just use normal phone lines & bell-103 modems, so i guess that's evolving.
*if* normal folk come across this, I'm sure big outfits will just spin the EFF as some anti-corporate evil pinko deal... And the sheep will go for it, too.
I always enjoyed the part about the chip needing 6.3V AC for the filament, like an old vacuum tube; always cracks me up. The "amount of pins left vs. socket insertions" is gold too.
I think I printed it and caught a few people on it in the past, or rather, it took them far too long to clue in that it's a joke. And I'm not talking about grandparents, but people in the field.:-)
Depends on the gear... From a halt, I think you'd need a damn steep hill to have enough potential energy to spin an engine in first or reverse.
top gear, not so much.
On my car for example, the final drive is 3.79:1, and first is 3.6:1.
So in first, you need to spin the engine 3.6 * 3.79 = 13.64 times to spin the wheel once. Lots of work.
On the otherhand, fifth is 0.73:1, so you need to spin the engine 0.73 * 3.79 = 2.76 times... substantially less work.
Then of course the valves opening and closing makes the load change depending on position, probably several fold, I think this non-linear resistance would make it difficult to move more than a partial revolution.
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I assume at the end of the six years the batteries will be dead, and the car has another 6 years of depreciation, and rust, general wear, etc, on it.
Me too. I've always thought of it as superior to utorrent. Never tried the windows port though, so I don't know how good it is.
And it doesn't understand me, it usually just pisses me off, rather than cures my speech. :-/
Unless you want me to speak very loud and slow to everyone!
automated POS: "would you like to... say yes for option one"
me: "yes"
robot: "I'm sorry, I didn't understand that, please repeat"
me: "YES"
robot: " I'm sorry, I didn't understand that, please repeat... or press 1 for yes, 2 for no"
[furiously presses 1]
That isn't counting labour.
;)
If you're going for an economical model, they still make Yugos. Last time I was out there, they were $7k out the door, tax paid. I'm sure you could talk them into making an electric for a premium
I don't think 99.5% of americans *want* to drive an economical box though, whether they say they do or not.
I wasn't trolling, I'm seriously curious.
I go through $80 of gas every second week; so roughly $2k a year.
So going by the other reply, of $6k in parts, that's 3 years just for parts - not counting the cost of charging the batteries, or the labour to install the kit. Throw that all in, and I'm thinking we're looking at 6+ years to break even, vs. just buying gas.
I just don't see electric as feasible, especially in my (-40 for several months) climate. Diesel or booze are the only feasible options I see for the near future, until we stumble on some much more efficient and *cheap* batteries.
Bit of a stretch there, I've always found the IBM laptops (esp. the T series) to be the best money can buy.
Mind you, I haven't bought one after the chinese takeover, so I'm not sure how they are now.
I guess it depends if you'd rather "think different" or operate a tank. I'll take the tankpad.
and the whole electric drive-train, is going to be cheaper than paying for gas?
I'm having a hard time believing that, but I suppose it depends how much you drive.
Hell, wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a new electric than to retrofit it?
it was that easy to kill facebook.
I prefer grain that has rotten egg like quality to it.
But really, I can't see there being enough anything in the exhaust to make a big difference. I'm not quite understanding the setup here.
Maybe because diesel+fertilizer = bomb, then
diesel - bomb = fertilizer?
hmm, nope, that would be negative fertilizer. I'm out of ideas.
Yeah, what do these run anyways? I've got cash riding on ancient RCA 1802 / COSMAC. The mil seemed to like them, I suppose because they were available in sapphire / rad hard, iirc.
I'm assuming they had a dedicated line, which doesn't have to play by the normal phoneline rules ( i.e. 300Hz-3kHz BW limit ).
I think they'd still need a bunch of repeaters to make 50k from SRI to LA though; That's a couple hundred miles isn't it?
The bulk of servicing cost is labour, and when you're doing the labour, fixing stuff can still be cheaper. ;-)
Not just servicing, but hacking and such is going to be a lot more of a pain if the traces vaporize when you look at them sideways.
I'm not sure what this is marketed as, for prototyping? Fast prototypes would be nice. But the vast majority of electronics are mass produced stuff, where the physical cost of the PCB is a small portion of the overall circuitry, with components, labour, and R&D being the real cost. I can't see printing traces of silver being cheaper than the existing methods. Maybe I'm missing something.
Electronics are going to be even more of a pain in the ass to service.
I can't see it being terribly reliable either.
Well pulling cable is going to get pretty pricey if you have 20 different outfits doing it.
Are you going to be able to pay $small_ISP $20k to rip up the street and pull you a run of fibre? But once you do, your neighbour can get it for $1k, so the rest of the street will naturally follow suit, rather than going to a different ISP and also having to put down the initial $20k.
Having a bunch of different ISPs serving different houses on the same block really isnt feasible.
I think, ideally, the last mile would be municipally owned, and they then lease the lines to $small_ISP of your choice, at a flat rate. That's the only way I can see a bunch of ISPs working out.
Or rather, competition is reduced by a natural (mono | duo)poly in most areas, and current regulation prevents utter ridiculousness, but isn't enough.
Why not skip the emulation, and just run the ancient IBM electromagnetic tabulators..?
That depends on the nature of the flaw, though.
You could feed the ballots through 8 machines that all give you the same, but *wrong*, result.
JTAG adaptor is included?
That's great, most outfits charge $99+ for that alone.
Western Union *just* quit offering telegrams a year or two ago.
"Effective 2006-01-27, Western Union will discontinue all Telegram and Commercial Messaging services. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you, and we thank you for your loyal patronage. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact a customer service representative."
I think the telex system is still running though, so it sorta still exists...
But since the late 60's, i think they just use normal phone lines & bell-103 modems, so i guess that's evolving.
*if* normal folk come across this, I'm sure big outfits will just spin the EFF as some anti-corporate evil pinko deal...
And the sheep will go for it, too.
kind of a choir preach type deal, no?
But regardless, open is a good thing.
I don't see much use for it though.
I was having a hard time sleeping, waking up with cold sweats, worried sick.
Looks like i can finally get some rest.
I always enjoyed the part about the chip needing 6.3V AC for the filament, like an old vacuum tube; always cracks me up. The "amount of pins left vs. socket insertions" is gold too.
:-)
I think I printed it and caught a few people on it in the past, or rather, it took them far too long to clue in that it's a joke. And I'm not talking about grandparents, but people in the field.
Depends on the gear... From a halt, I think you'd need a damn steep hill to have enough potential energy to spin an engine in first or reverse.
top gear, not so much.
On my car for example, the final drive is 3.79:1, and first is 3.6:1.
So in first, you need to spin the engine 3.6 * 3.79 = 13.64 times to spin the wheel once. Lots of work.
On the otherhand, fifth is 0.73:1, so you need to spin the engine 0.73 * 3.79 = 2.76 times...
substantially less work.
Then of course the valves opening and closing makes the load change depending on position, probably several fold, I think this non-linear resistance would make it difficult to move more than a partial revolution.
Right, I agree.
The part I don't understand is, why are they spinning it as "long range" & "a wifi killer" then?