LIQUID cooled inline four single cam VW engines easily lasted longer (Rabbit, Scirocco. Caddy etc) but air-cooled flat four Beetle engines needed top end jobs long before that. Forged pistons don't wear longer, they withstand hot-rodding longer than cast because they are stronger. That has naught to do with bore wear.. No way the top end on an air-cooled VW was good for 300+K. The valves wouldn't last that long. I've owned and wrenched on both versions. When I sold my Scirocco it had over 400K on the engine and barely smoked. That block was designed as a diesel then sold in diesel, carbed, and Bosch mechanical injection versions. Dodge bought some for Omni too. It was a simple, brilliant design.
"Me, I have free access for home to the Microsoft suite of software as well as the Adobe software. Do I dump Final Cut 7 which has served me well for my home moves, and head to Adobe ?,"
Why dump? Your machine still does what you bought it to do and there's no rule preventing you from buying or building another PC for other OS.
Coal supporters are perfectly represented by these white trash. The sooner they lose their jobs the better. They wish to kill us indirectly by pollution so they deserve the same level of hate in return.
Remember them when Trump is gone and the GOP weakened. Remember they despise logic, reason and anyone not white. Remember they serve the Koch brothers. Remember they oppose net neutrality. Remember they approve of police brutality. Remember they drink beer while supporting cannabis prohibition. Remember they approve of lynching. Remember everything they want done to you if you aren't Christian Taliban.
It's easy enough to specify components which permit electric vehicles to climb steep grades. Because a niche case using buses NOT designed for greater TORQUE OUTPUT didn't work out, you assume it can't. Need more torque? Spec accordingly. Need more amps when negotiating very steep inclines? Run catenary power just like trolleys have used for over a century. Diesel-electric locomotives worked the Saluda Grade (look it up) for decades. There's no inherent electric motor limitation preventing buses from traversing equally steep or steeper city grades.
Environmental Control Systems ( you need cabin pressurization, not just heaters) use (literally) tons of compressor bleed air. I'll be curious to see how they manage that.
Slashdot stopped being News For Nerds when it became Dicedot, and nobody running the show today wants anything but revenue. The current audience are much less geeky than in the past. That golden age ended many years ago and it isn't coming back.
Expensive DRIVETRAIN maintenance EVERY YEAR??? What horrific turds have you bought (new) to give you that absurd idea? I've been a mechanic since the late 1970s would love to know the basis for your comment, because either you're a statistical outlier or clueless.
YOU chose most of that shit so you volunteered. I don't do IoT because it's stupidly vulnerable. I don't have a TV because television is a push content stupidity pump you should hate as much as I do. I use wired security cams not connected to the internet. My router is a repurposed PC. You could meter your power at home without an app. You chose hardware which prevents this.
I have none of your listed problems because I took care not to.
So I buy a slightly less expensive phone or get more use out of my current model. Big fucking deal. If toys are too expensive, choose a different toy. Flagship phones are not typically necessities and if they are for you, that's because you make plenty of money using them.
You will be blamed for any changes you make. Stupid bosses deserve to get what they ask for. Protect yourself, don't fall on your sword for someone guaranteed to yank it free then stick it in your back. Do your job, get paid, and hand off all problems to the magic company supposed to fix them. Let them own their failure!
When I learned to do repos my trainer proved alarms are nearly useless. If you drive into most parking lots with a tow truck the first thing you'll see is nervous looks from bystanders, but once they see it's not THEIR vehicle on the stinger they ignore you. Alarms were ignored and when we dragged 'em off private property (to release the e-brake and secure the wheels to the stinger) the cloud of tire smoke didn't matter either. Fun fact: Many repo drivers don't know what Claim of Delivery paperwork is or which counties require it for a repossession. In those counties mo driver is allowed on private property without Claim of Delivery paperwork which means even if they see a vehicle they are authorized to tow, it can't legally be moved without property owner or vehicle owner permission to access the vehicle. My repo bro knew this and when a driver parked on his lot without permission he called the cops. Next day he let another driver who didn't cop an attitude have the vehicle. :
" it costs the USA a lot more to get any measure of military might since it does not have a conscripted military"
Your military ignorance is showing. Modern war doesn't need a rotating pool of short timer cannon fodder. Modern war needs highly experienced fighters and technicians, MANY technicians. The last time the US tried conscription it was far worse than a failure, it was severely counterproductive. The All Volunteer Force (one of Donald Rumsfeld's notable accomplishments, not that anyone remembers his first time in office) was key in transitioning from the demoralized Hollow Force era to the skilled, experienced volunteers who fought Desert Storm and subsequent conflicts. It takes longer than a mere two or four year enlistment to make a skilled (for example) aircraft maintainer. Prime time in service for the people who get shit done is second or third enlistment. Junior and mid-grade NCOs are the backbone of the military.
For them Apple products are disposably cheap. They don't need to upgrade parts because they replace obsolete computers. They don't need to work on their own hardware. They get the user experience they desire. They love their machines or they wouldn't be repeat customers.
It really is that simple.
I've never wanted an Apple machine because my use case does not need that operating system or the severely limited hardware which goes with it. Apple doesn't need my custom and I don't need their hardware.
Good. The more pain Apdows and Winple inflict on customers, the better for alternatives.
I never bothered with Apple products because I resent their business model. I tolerate Windows to run AutoCAD etc but those installs live in VMs. Eventually that won't be necessary as Wine, Crossover etc catch up.
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"Those engines lasted 350K miles and more. "
LIQUID cooled inline four single cam VW engines easily lasted longer (Rabbit, Scirocco. Caddy etc) but air-cooled flat four Beetle engines needed top end jobs long before that. Forged pistons don't wear longer, they withstand hot-rodding longer than cast because they are stronger. That has naught to do with bore wear.. No way the top end on an air-cooled VW was good for 300+K. The valves wouldn't last that long. I've owned and wrenched on both versions.
When I sold my Scirocco it had over 400K on the engine and barely smoked. That block was designed as a diesel then sold in diesel, carbed, and Bosch mechanical injection versions. Dodge bought some for Omni too. It was a simple, brilliant design.
"Me, I have free access for home to the Microsoft suite of software as well as the Adobe software.
Do I dump Final Cut 7 which has served me well for my home moves, and head to Adobe ?,"
Why dump? Your machine still does what you bought it to do and there's no rule preventing you from buying or building another PC for other OS.
Coal supporters are perfectly represented by these white trash. The sooner they lose their jobs the better. They wish to kill us indirectly by pollution so they deserve the same level of hate in return.
Remember them when Trump is gone and the GOP weakened.
Remember they despise logic, reason and anyone not white.
Remember they serve the Koch brothers.
Remember they oppose net neutrality.
Remember they approve of police brutality.
Remember they drink beer while supporting cannabis prohibition.
Remember they approve of lynching.
Remember everything they want done to you if you aren't Christian Taliban.
Competing systems provide REDUNDANCY.
If you've three alternative GPS signals and one is shut down, you still have two alternative systems.
It's easy enough to specify components which permit electric vehicles to climb steep grades. Because a niche case using buses NOT designed for greater TORQUE OUTPUT didn't work out, you assume it can't.
Need more torque? Spec accordingly.
Need more amps when negotiating very steep inclines? Run catenary power just like trolleys have used for over a century.
Diesel-electric locomotives worked the Saluda Grade (look it up) for decades. There's no inherent electric motor limitation preventing buses from traversing equally steep or steeper city grades.
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"But now we overtly let the industry run the government."
Think of it as cutting out the middleman.
"But if he's got some "terrorist data" to move around, why would he physically carry it?"
Because sneakernetting doesn't get you a JDAM visit in the middle of the night. Taliban used sneakernet for that very reason.
The internet cannot ever be considered secure (let's not pretend otherwise) so using it is asking to get whacked.
Environmental Control Systems ( you need cabin pressurization, not just heaters) use (literally) tons of compressor bleed air.
I'll be curious to see how they manage that.
"Stop collecting my data, assholes."
Noted.
Slashdot stopped being News For Nerds when it became Dicedot, and nobody running the show today wants anything but revenue.
The current audience are much less geeky than in the past. That golden age ended many years ago and it isn't coming back.
They already can.
You just need a bidet, actuators and a programmable controller.
You suck as a troll. Go back to 4chan and lurk moar.
Expensive DRIVETRAIN maintenance EVERY YEAR??? What horrific turds have you bought (new) to give you that absurd idea? I've been a mechanic since the late 1970s would love to know the basis for your comment, because either you're a statistical outlier or clueless.
"Legal tender for all debts public and private" means nothing if no company accepts cash.
YOU chose most of that shit so you volunteered. I don't do IoT because it's stupidly vulnerable. I don't have a TV because television is a push content stupidity pump you should hate as much as I do. I use wired security cams not connected to the internet. My router is a repurposed PC. You could meter your power at home without an app. You chose hardware which prevents this.
I have none of your listed problems because I took care not to.
" Pretty much all phones will be affected."
So I buy a slightly less expensive phone or get more use out of my current model. Big fucking deal. If toys are too expensive, choose a different toy. Flagship phones are not typically necessities and if they are for you, that's because you make plenty of money using them.
You will be blamed for any changes you make.
Stupid bosses deserve to get what they ask for. Protect yourself, don't fall on your sword for someone guaranteed to yank it free then stick it in your back.
Do your job, get paid, and hand off all problems to the magic company supposed to fix them. Let them own their failure!
When I learned to do repos my trainer proved alarms are nearly useless. If you drive into most parking lots with a tow truck the first thing you'll see is nervous looks from bystanders, but once they see it's not THEIR vehicle on the stinger they ignore you.
Alarms were ignored and when we dragged 'em off private property (to release the e-brake and secure the wheels to the stinger) the cloud of tire smoke didn't matter either.
Fun fact:
Many repo drivers don't know what Claim of Delivery paperwork is or which counties require it for a repossession. In those counties mo driver is allowed on private property without Claim of Delivery paperwork which means even if they see a vehicle they are authorized to tow, it can't legally be moved without property owner or vehicle owner permission to access the vehicle. My repo bro knew this and when a driver parked on his lot without permission he called the cops. Next day he let another driver who didn't cop an attitude have the vehicle. :
" it costs the USA a lot more to get any measure of military might since it does not have a conscripted military"
Your military ignorance is showing. Modern war doesn't need a rotating pool of short timer cannon fodder. Modern war needs highly experienced fighters and technicians, MANY technicians. The last time the US tried conscription it was far worse than a failure, it was severely counterproductive. The All Volunteer Force (one of Donald Rumsfeld's notable accomplishments, not that anyone remembers his first time in office) was key in transitioning from the demoralized Hollow Force era to the skilled, experienced volunteers who fought Desert Storm and subsequent conflicts. It takes longer than a mere two or four year enlistment to make a skilled (for example) aircraft maintainer. Prime time in service for the people who get shit done is second or third enlistment. Junior and mid-grade NCOs are the backbone of the military.
Col. Heinl (RIP) was a highly respected Marine historian. This is what conscription got the US: https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~...
For them Apple products are disposably cheap.
They don't need to upgrade parts because they replace obsolete computers.
They don't need to work on their own hardware.
They get the user experience they desire.
They love their machines or they wouldn't be repeat customers.
It really is that simple.
I've never wanted an Apple machine because my use case does not need that operating system or the severely limited hardware which goes with it. Apple doesn't need my custom and I don't need their hardware.
Not if their goal is demographic war. Just because right-wing paranoids noticed that first does not make it untrue.
Good. The more pain Apdows and Winple inflict on customers, the better for alternatives.
I never bothered with Apple products because I resent their business model. I tolerate Windows to run AutoCAD etc but those installs live in VMs. Eventually that won't be necessary as Wine, Crossover etc catch up.
Truth. I never bother with online activation and I prefer not to connect my Windows VMs to the internet.
I don't have to pay the ludicrously large cable bills. No one does, nor streaming bills either.
Just say no. That easy. Get a life instead.
End consumers are increasingly fond of Android.
Google could easily afford to make Android a desktop OS. I find it suspicious that's not happening.