Everyone knows automobiles were endowed by the Creator with inalienable rights to have everyone get out of the fucking way.
Well, technically that's true. The "rights" of mass and momentum endowed by the Creator are absolutely inalienable (inviolable by man) as far as we know.
Legally, bicyclists come out a bit ahead of automobiles and a bit behind those of pedestrians when it comes to "rights". In some places, all bets are off...
I said Darwin (OS X's DOS) is UNIX-y. The GUI still rides on top. Don't know if anybody has run Darwin without the GUI. Can't run DOS anymore without its GUI.
Yeah, I kinda did. I was working the night shift the whole time. And now I remember something about them kissing and making up in '97... I was watching the Bulls then, well, not then, it was August..
:-) I think you're leaving out the symmetry thingy I brought up. Ah well... doesn't matter anymore, I've forgotten, myself. Anyway, thanks for the climatic money shot. If you want to keep at it, knock yourself out.
Yes, System 7 did it first. Before the dock, everything, including open application icons, was in the menu bar up top, and the desktop icons on the left. Microsoft inverted the screen, turned the letters right side up, and called it Windows 95. Right from the beginning you could see it was a clear cut copy. Of course everybody decided to just move on in 1997...
The fear of nuclear power is political and of course irrational. It obviously can be done safely. But it's still a lot of work. Solar? Please, you don't need a lot of square footage of panels to charge your car overnight... oh wait... ah, well, just shine some floodlights on them. I can assure you that the people who make these things are doing their best not to "saturate" the market and cause a price collapse. We needn't look upon incumbent interests so favorably. They need the illusion of scarcity to stay in business. Politics...
The price of fuel does not reflect its cost. Let's simply add up the total man hours/human effort from rock to finished product it takes to propel the vehicle. And remember, the sky's the limit for producing electricity. I would contend that the effort needed to extract it is far less than mining for coal and drilling for oil and gas. There is a big problem though. The market absolutely hates abundance... The oil industry is in a minor panic over it right now. Farmers are plowing under their crops and throwing milk into the ditch, to prevent a price collapse. Electricity can already be made to cheap to meter whenever we want, and we could pay a fixed price for infrastructure, but a commodity is a commodity...
We will let our friends on Wall Street determine when electric cars become ubiquitous. The tipping point is the margins, not price, not demand.
It's always a race... to the next stop light... Yes, electrics are fun. So are Jet Skis.. Outside of Venice, Italy Jet Skis aren't really that practical. Of course when the sea levels rise up sufficiently, that will all change.
The internal combustion shall always be a jalopy, or contraption. All still based on 18th century steam power. Pure Rube Goldberg, the monkey motion that goes on in these machines. When considering total cost of operation, in terms of the only thing that matters, human effort, the electric comes out way ahead. And unlike petroleum, it can be produced anywhere, and much more cleanly. But, internal combustion sounds so much cooler at the drag strip.
Yes, you're right! Arguing against war is pretty stupid, isn't it? It's all so nice and neat now. I guess keeping all those nasty pictures off the TV made a difference. Thank you for reminding me. I'll try to stop. I didn't mean to offend anyone's fantasies. So, please, if it makes you feel better go out and tell the world what a fool I am.
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Everyone knows automobiles were endowed by the Creator with inalienable rights to have everyone get out of the fucking way.
Well, technically that's true. The "rights" of mass and momentum endowed by the Creator are absolutely inalienable (inviolable by man) as far as we know.
Legally, bicyclists come out a bit ahead of automobiles and a bit behind those of pedestrians when it comes to "rights". In some places, all bets are off...
With guns?
Bike rage...
I said Darwin (OS X's DOS) is UNIX-y. The GUI still rides on top. Don't know if anybody has run Darwin without the GUI. Can't run DOS anymore without its GUI.
:-) You're the man.
Well, it is a Darwin GUI... Just as UNIX-y as Linux
Hell, the Mac finds links in the trash! You have to empty it to make it forget. Same for application preferences.
Did you sleep through the 1990s?
Yeah, I kinda did. I was working the night shift the whole time. And now I remember something about them kissing and making up in '97... I was watching the Bulls then, well, not then, it was August..
:-) I think you're leaving out the symmetry thingy I brought up. Ah well... doesn't matter anymore, I've forgotten, myself. Anyway, thanks for the climatic money shot. If you want to keep at it, knock yourself out.
the right! The Macs icons are on the right! So sorry!
Yes, System 7 did it first. Before the dock, everything, including open application icons, was in the menu bar up top, and the desktop icons on the left. Microsoft inverted the screen, turned the letters right side up, and called it Windows 95. Right from the beginning you could see it was a clear cut copy. Of course everybody decided to just move on in 1997...
Uh huh... Maybe you should take a gander at the original post...
my prejudices.. like yours are so well hidden, only from yourself maybe.
I was kinda surprised Microsoft didn't get sued. It was pure Mac without the finesse.
Somebody was facing a problem. He thought about the problem.
He looked at System 7
He proposed a solution. It worked.
Maybe I meant pre OS X
What's that thing over there on the Mac's menu bar?
The fear of nuclear power is political and of course irrational. It obviously can be done safely. But it's still a lot of work. Solar? Please, you don't need a lot of square footage of panels to charge your car overnight... oh wait... ah, well, just shine some floodlights on them. I can assure you that the people who make these things are doing their best not to "saturate" the market and cause a price collapse. We needn't look upon incumbent interests so favorably. They need the illusion of scarcity to stay in business. Politics...
Some PZEV ICE's have emissions that are cleaner than the outside air.
That's okay, we make up for it at the refinery and drilling platforms.
The only thing impeding electrics is politics
The price of fuel does not reflect its cost. Let's simply add up the total man hours/human effort from rock to finished product it takes to propel the vehicle. And remember, the sky's the limit for producing electricity. I would contend that the effort needed to extract it is far less than mining for coal and drilling for oil and gas. There is a big problem though. The market absolutely hates abundance... The oil industry is in a minor panic over it right now. Farmers are plowing under their crops and throwing milk into the ditch, to prevent a price collapse. Electricity can already be made to cheap to meter whenever we want, and we could pay a fixed price for infrastructure, but a commodity is a commodity...
We will let our friends on Wall Street determine when electric cars become ubiquitous. The tipping point is the margins, not price, not demand.
It would be fantastic to drive...
It's always a race... to the next stop light... Yes, electrics are fun. So are Jet Skis.. Outside of Venice, Italy Jet Skis aren't really that practical. Of course when the sea levels rise up sufficiently, that will all change.
The internal combustion shall always be a jalopy, or contraption. All still based on 18th century steam power. Pure Rube Goldberg, the monkey motion that goes on in these machines. When considering total cost of operation, in terms of the only thing that matters, human effort, the electric comes out way ahead. And unlike petroleum, it can be produced anywhere, and much more cleanly. But, internal combustion sounds so much cooler at the drag strip.
Say, how much electricity can you carry in a 2 gallon container?
Probably enough to transmit a signal to somebody with a generator, and the jumper cables.
Yes, you're right! Arguing against war is pretty stupid, isn't it? It's all so nice and neat now. I guess keeping all those nasty pictures off the TV made a difference. Thank you for reminding me. I'll try to stop. I didn't mean to offend anyone's fantasies. So, please, if it makes you feel better go out and tell the world what a fool I am.
*amazing*
I give up! You win!
Bla bla bla. I give witnesses. You give me wikipedia.