Dear AC, truth died long before Obama entered Harvard and the GOP should not only allow the White House to raise taxes, but they should insist that it be higher than what the Dems are asking because, as the party of fiscal conservatism, they should do everything in their power to reverse the damage caused by 8 years of Bush tax cuts and unfunded wars, one of which was started for demonstrably wrong-headed reasons.
The claimed wall_outlet-to-wheel efficiency is 86% so Tesla's numbers are much better than you calculate. But you're pulling a bait-and-switch by comparing to a hypothetical 40-50-60 mpg car to a Tesla and claiming you could do better for the same money?!?!?!?
The cost of the Tesla is not strictly because of its "fuel" efficiency - it's a fucking SPORTS car.
A Corvette ZR1 is a match for the Tesla's performance at roughly the same price but is rated at 14/21 mpg city/hwy.
Are you telling me you can tweak the ZR1 to 40 / 50 / 60 mpg without seriously diminishing its ass-kicking performance?
I don't know what country you live in but if it's the US, what are these high-mpg models and how well do they sell?
NEMA design B electric motors are 80 - 93% efficient from 1 - 125 HP at 1200 - 3600 RPM - what automotive engine presently in use in a passenger or sports car can match that?
Is this a religion full of angry teenagers? Constantly overreacting to slights against the precious prophet (who was only one of many)? I say some desensitization is in order.
Let's has a monthly slight against Muhammad that is widely publicized. Not racist insults against Muslims, no comments about towel heads or sand niggers, just humorous cartoons and documentaries about his life that uses the best available info with no pandering to either the Muslim faithful or those opposed to Islam - and not backing down to intimidation.
Keep this up for a few years - that should (I hope) exhaust all that misplaced fervor.
Are they playing Crysis WHILE reading Facebook? That's some serious multitasking.
My desktop's power consumption, incl 23" monitor varies from 150 - 170W, depending on usage. In sleep mode, it drops to 15W and will hibernate after 10 mins, falling to 3W
Let's not forget that it has to work and the admin has to know that it's working properly. This is not a trivial task. We use WinMagic's SecureDoc on 10,000+ Windows PCs and while it's worked pretty well, we've had a spate of unusual problems - users hibernating their laptops at the office, going home and then being unable to resume or thousands of PCs that were supposed to have only read-access to USB keys / external drives suddenly having full or partial write access.
There's also an overhead, significantly higher than what the vendor claims, that is clearly demonstrable between an encrypted and unecrypted PC - our best guess is an interaction with McAfee.
I don't know much about Cryosat - only heard about it recently but I hope it doesn't suffer from the same weakness described by Dr David Barber of Canada's University of Manitoba where measurements of volume / thickness were being confused by a thin 5cm layer that had formed over disconnected submerged lumps of thick multi-year ice.
Watch this hour-long talk he gives at "http://video.hint.no/mmt201v10/osc/?vid=55" , titled On Thin Ice: The Arctic and Climate Change. I learned more about Arctic Ice and how real scientists examine and evaluate the changing conditions than in all my previous reading.
That's quite a collection - I usually would have to visit 1/2 a dozen sites to get all that info. I find that the deniers are quick to discount any discussion of diminshed volume by claiming that it's all based on inaccurate computer models. I assume they mean to criticize PIOMAS.
With regard to the Arctic melt of recent years, the VOLUME has been on a steady downward trend with little to no recovery. Extent is probably the easiest to measure but, by itself, it can be very misleading and is heavily influenced by waves and winds.
The RadicalRightWingNutTeapublicans have tried several times in the last couple years to pass "personhood" laws that essentially state that when sperm touches egg, voila, instant homo sapiens with full rights and protections.
It would have to be clarified considerably better than "linking to copyrighted material". Otherwise you could be charged for a link to a public library.
Say, if linking to copyrighted stuff is criminal, why are Google and Microsoft still operating search engines?
Kucinich was the rep for Ohio's 10th district since '97 but the Teapublicans gerrymandered his district out of existence and forcing him to either retire or face off against Marcy Kaptur in her own, now larger, district.
Kaptur is a Democratic powerhouse, was offered the chance to be VP to Ross Perot, and has always gotten between 55%-75% in her 16 terms, finishing below 60% only 4 times.
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Dear AC, truth died long before Obama entered Harvard and the GOP should not only allow the White House to raise taxes, but they should insist that it be higher than what the Dems are asking because, as the party of fiscal conservatism, they should do everything in their power to reverse the damage caused by 8 years of Bush tax cuts and unfunded wars, one of which was started for demonstrably wrong-headed reasons.
Then, perhaps, truth can live again.
The claimed wall_outlet-to-wheel efficiency is 86% so Tesla's numbers are much better than you calculate. But you're pulling a bait-and-switch by comparing to a hypothetical 40-50-60 mpg car to a Tesla and claiming you could do better for the same money?!?!?!?
The cost of the Tesla is not strictly because of its "fuel" efficiency - it's a fucking SPORTS car.
A Corvette ZR1 is a match for the Tesla's performance at roughly the same price but is rated at 14/21 mpg city/hwy.
Are you telling me you can tweak the ZR1 to 40 / 50 / 60 mpg without seriously diminishing its ass-kicking performance?
I don't know what country you live in but if it's the US, what are these high-mpg models and how well do they sell?
NEMA design B electric motors are 80 - 93% efficient from 1 - 125 HP at 1200 - 3600 RPM - what automotive engine presently in use in a passenger or sports car can match that?
You just flunked the literacy test. If anyone has any explaining to do, that would be you.
I suspect anyone who's seen Dreamcatcher will be leery of using a worm-based toilet
Obviously, it's number 2.
I hear you - I have zero tolerance for those kinds of retailer shenanigans.
The big stores are still using that old trick? Used to be done for all the electronics back in the 80s.
Is this a religion full of angry teenagers? Constantly overreacting to slights against the precious prophet (who was only one of many)?
I say some desensitization is in order.
Let's has a monthly slight against Muhammad that is widely publicized. Not racist insults against Muslims, no comments about towel heads or sand niggers, just humorous cartoons and documentaries about his life that uses the best available info with no pandering to either the Muslim faithful or those opposed to Islam - and not backing down to intimidation.
Keep this up for a few years - that should (I hope) exhaust all that misplaced fervor.
Are they playing Crysis WHILE reading Facebook? That's some serious multitasking.
My desktop's power consumption, incl 23" monitor varies from 150 - 170W, depending on usage.
In sleep mode, it drops to 15W and will hibernate after 10 mins, falling to 3W
I waited too long before registering; probably would have been well under 10k if I'd signed up as I was a regular visitor starting in early '98
So we now have Richard "Martian" Branson vs Newton "Moonbase" Gingrich? FIGHT!!
Of course the way things are going it's likely that either India or China will win both those races.
Let's not forget that it has to work and the admin has to know that it's working properly.
This is not a trivial task.
We use WinMagic's SecureDoc on 10,000+ Windows PCs and while it's worked pretty well, we've had a spate of unusual problems - users hibernating their laptops at the office, going home and then being unable to resume or thousands of PCs that were supposed to have only read-access to USB keys / external drives suddenly having full or partial write access.
There's also an overhead, significantly higher than what the vendor claims, that is clearly demonstrable between an encrypted and unecrypted PC - our best guess is an interaction with McAfee.
They'd best be careful - I think Penn Jillette has a patent on those.
I don't know much about Cryosat - only heard about it recently but I hope it doesn't suffer from the same weakness described by Dr David Barber of Canada's University of Manitoba where measurements of volume / thickness were being confused by a thin 5cm layer that had formed over disconnected submerged lumps of thick multi-year ice.
Watch this hour-long talk he gives at "http://video.hint.no/mmt201v10/osc/?vid=55" , titled On Thin Ice: The Arctic and Climate Change.
I learned more about Arctic Ice and how real scientists examine and evaluate the changing conditions than in all my previous reading.
Well worth your time to sit through this.
That's quite a collection - I usually would have to visit 1/2 a dozen sites to get all that info.
I find that the deniers are quick to discount any discussion of diminshed volume by claiming that it's all based on inaccurate computer models.
I assume they mean to criticize PIOMAS.
With regard to the Arctic melt of recent years, the VOLUME has been on a steady downward trend with little to no recovery. Extent is probably the easiest to measure but, by itself, it can be very misleading and is heavily influenced by waves and winds.
Currently, if you don't pay your taxes, they can seize your stuff.
So instead of paying the shit tax, just go shit on the lawn at city hall.
Romney and Ryan should run on the slogan "Trickle down economics means golden showers for everyone"
(Thank you, Daily Show)
I believe it was Bill Maher who said that Republicans love children, until they're born.
The RadicalRightWingNutTeapublicans have tried several times in the last couple years to pass "personhood" laws that essentially state that when sperm touches egg, voila, instant homo sapiens with full rights and protections.
I know who he is, hence my comment
Ah, the biblical knowledge paradigm.
Thanks. Made my day with that one.
But I now have a bit of hate for SQLite, which is otherwise a great product.
It would have to be clarified considerably better than "linking to copyrighted material".
Otherwise you could be charged for a link to a public library.
Say, if linking to copyrighted stuff is criminal, why are Google and Microsoft still operating search engines?
Kucinich was the rep for Ohio's 10th district since '97 but the Teapublicans gerrymandered his district out of existence and forcing him to either retire or face off against Marcy Kaptur in her own, now larger, district.
Kaptur is a Democratic powerhouse, was offered the chance to be VP to Ross Perot, and has always gotten between 55%-75% in her 16 terms, finishing below 60% only 4 times.