If it were up to Apple, half the problems that lusers see wouldn't exist. It's because you had to be an expert to use a IBM PC, but not to use an Apple PC.
Except lusers bought IBM PCs when they really needed Apple PCs.
Legendary events don't really mean much I think; to believe otherwise would suggest that a large tsunami has never hit the Indian subcontinent and the southeast Asia area before because the reaction of the locals tells us they've not had to react before.
I believe that cultural memory is very low, maybe no more than 3 or 4 generations, unless it is embedded into the daily lifestyle or an explicit lifestyle adjustment is made (such as early warning systems and educational mandates).
If a Hybrid gas electric can make 40% better mileage then the same technologies on a 50MPG diesel should push it into the 70MPG range easy.
Diesel is great and I would love to see Diesel hybrids. Even better would be diesel-steam-eletric hybrids!
Diesel as a compact, efficient, renewable energy source. Steam turbine as the efficient electric generator. Electric as the efficient drivetrain and braking system.
Shadow is on the dot when the hand is raised Shadow is no longer on the dot when the hand touches the ground Hand doesn't touch the dot when the hand on the ground
Are you objecting to the fact that your shadow isn't getting smaller?
If the sun is not perpendicular to the ground but low in the sky, say over your right shoulder, and it casts a shadow on the ground, when you move your hand towards the ground the shadow will necessarily move closer to you until it is directly under your hand.
The best way to visualize it: Imagine a dot on the ground. Cast a shadow on it from your hand. That shadow is the probable area where the future asteroid would be. As measurements become more accurate you would move your hand closer and closer to the ground. The probability goes up because the area of the shadow becomes smaller while the size of the dot on the ground (the Earth) remains the same. As the shadow continues shrinking then the probability of impact continues to go up until your hand gets so close to the ground that your hand touches (or misses) the dot..
At that point the shadow is either on the dot (impact) or it is off the dot (miss) and right now the shadow is off the dot (miss).
I only briefly considered it but enough that I trust the math. It's not that the estimates are unreliable, it's that the estimates are only as reliable as the measurements made, and as the measurements become increasingly accurate in number and value, so too the estimate.
So the first estimate was made with a small number of measurements: The theoretical 'circle' of probability was large and intersected quite well with the Earth. As more measurements are made, the probability circle gets smaller, but because the size of the Earth doesn't shrink the chance of impact go up; more of the volume of the probability circle coincides with the Earth.
Then as even more measurements are made the circle grows ever smaller until it is small enough that only the edge of the circle is now overlapping the Earth, and thus the chance of impact goes down.
It's all about where in the powerband that 20hp boost occurs.
If the 20hp is available (as it is in eletric motors) at the initial acceleration, that's the difference between 20hp at 0rpm vs 0hp at 0rpm.
But we shall see how the Hybrid Accord is received and if the Ricers have a field day with it's performance. Nothing is stopping them from plunking this IMA setup into a Civic!
the grandparent clearly meant counterfeiting as in specifically the illegal production of money. I will make sure you get another copy of that memo.
define obviously: Easily perceived or understood; quite apparent
define clearly: Plain or evident to the mind; unmistakable
The original poster was not clear or else I could not have made that mistake. The response used the word clearly in criticizing me, and the very meaning of the word clearly is 'unmistakable', yet the fact that I didn't understand means the grandparent was not clear at all and the responder isn't astute enough to properly use 'clearly'.
What the responder should have said is, "The grandparent probably meant counterfeiting as in specifically the illegal production of money."
But instead the word clearly was improperly used, along with the tongue in cheek comment, "I will make sure you get another copy of that memo," to which I had to snap back with my own criticism.
If something is clear than the use of the word 'clearly' is redundant. If something is not clear than the use of the word 'clearly' is stupid.
My use of the word "obviously" is clearly redundant, but used as a means of impugning the intelligence of my critic who thinks he's smart by being a smart-ass.
I don't think I agree that Hybrids won't take off with the middle class until it will save them money. The middle class buys lots of things that don't save them money.
I do agree that hybrids will be more successful when the hybrid premium goes down close to a regular car, though. But that's just a case of sticker shock; all cars have more or less expensive prices and therefore different classes of consumers.
There's another point where hybrids will become more attractive to consumers: When the eletric motor is used to improve performance without sacrificing mileage. See the 30mpg Hybrid Accord, the electric motor is used to boost acceleration that would not normally be available.
When you start seeing Ford Mustangs with 20hp electric motors to give you 0-60 times of 4 seconds, then we'll see a boost in hybrids:)
LA or San Jose for example, "around town" can mean over 100 miles as the bay area or Los Angeles area are essentially one giant city with freeways interspersed.
It may not be like that in the UK, I wouldn't know, but commuting here means 11 miles in 35 minutes on a freeway (that's about 20 miles an hour, perfect for a hybrid) of stop and go traffic.
You can think of the environment like an investment vehicle: The payback is in the order of magnitude of lifetimes and isn't strictly monetary in value.
The question becomes then: What are you 'saving' when you buy a car that pollutes more? Essentially, what are your priorities?
My decision has, unfortunately, been decided by safety more than anything else. Cars are dangerous, so I will rate safety over environmentalism, but environmentally safe cars over performance.
That means Volvos >> Toyotas >> Chevrolets for me.
Except Volvos AREN'T cheaper, so it's not about saving money. It's about saving my life.
And Toyotas aren't cheaper than Chevrolets. It's not about saving my money, but saving my lungs (asthma and allergies).
It's tough too, since necessarily better cars are more expensive cars.
But synergy: the action of 2 or more agents (e.g., drugs) working together to produce an effect greater than the combined effect of the same agents used separate
So isn't the term "Hybrid Synergy Drive" accurate?
They didn't make up a word, or lie, or misuse the word at all.
The combination of the petrol engine to provide power and the electric motor to provide drive and low speed motoring create a driving experience better than either alone. If that isn't synergy, what is?
There are only three standards right now: MP3 due to historical reasons AAC due to the popularity of iPods/iTunes WMA due to the overwhelming presence of Windows
So we have three well documented standards and one open unsupported codec.
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If you made the Insight a diesel vehicle then you'd immediately get two benefits:
30% higher energy density, or an additional 30% boost in mileage (so 80mpg!)
Diesel is renewable
If it were up to Apple, half the problems that lusers see wouldn't exist. It's because you had to be an expert to use a IBM PC, but not to use an Apple PC.
Except lusers bought IBM PCs when they really needed Apple PCs.
Legendary events don't really mean much I think; to believe otherwise would suggest that a large tsunami has never hit the Indian subcontinent and the southeast Asia area before because the reaction of the locals tells us they've not had to react before.
I believe that cultural memory is very low, maybe no more than 3 or 4 generations, unless it is embedded into the daily lifestyle or an explicit lifestyle adjustment is made (such as early warning systems and educational mandates).
Imagine everything good about your diesel cars.
Then make them hybrid!
If a Hybrid gas electric can make 40% better mileage then the same technologies on a 50MPG diesel should push it into the 70MPG range easy.
Diesel is great and I would love to see Diesel hybrids. Even better would be diesel-steam-eletric hybrids!
Diesel as a compact, efficient, renewable energy source.
Steam turbine as the efficient electric generator.
Electric as the efficient drivetrain and braking system.
So what's the problem?
Dot on the ground
Moving shadow
Moving hand
Shadow is on the dot when the hand is raised
Shadow is no longer on the dot when the hand touches the ground
Hand doesn't touch the dot when the hand on the ground
Are you objecting to the fact that your shadow isn't getting smaller?
If the sun is not perpendicular to the ground but low in the sky, say over your right shoulder, and it casts a shadow on the ground, when you move your hand towards the ground the shadow will necessarily move closer to you until it is directly under your hand.
That's only true if the sun and your hand are perpendicular to the ground!
See my post for an idea of how the math works.
The best way to visualize it: Imagine a dot on the ground. Cast a shadow on it from your hand. That shadow is the probable area where the future asteroid would be. As measurements become more accurate you would move your hand closer and closer to the ground. The probability goes up because the area of the shadow becomes smaller while the size of the dot on the ground (the Earth) remains the same. As the shadow continues shrinking then the probability of impact continues to go up until your hand gets so close to the ground that your hand touches (or misses) the dot..
At that point the shadow is either on the dot (impact) or it is off the dot (miss) and right now the shadow is off the dot (miss).
You can do one of two things:
Trust the math
Do the math
I only briefly considered it but enough that I trust the math. It's not that the estimates are unreliable, it's that the estimates are only as reliable as the measurements made, and as the measurements become increasingly accurate in number and value, so too the estimate.
So the first estimate was made with a small number of measurements: The theoretical 'circle' of probability was large and intersected quite well with the Earth. As more measurements are made, the probability circle gets smaller, but because the size of the Earth doesn't shrink the chance of impact go up; more of the volume of the probability circle coincides with the Earth.
Then as even more measurements are made the circle grows ever smaller until it is small enough that only the edge of the circle is now overlapping the Earth, and thus the chance of impact goes down.
It's all about where in the powerband that 20hp boost occurs.
If the 20hp is available (as it is in eletric motors) at the initial acceleration, that's the difference between 20hp at 0rpm vs 0hp at 0rpm.
But we shall see how the Hybrid Accord is received and if the Ricers have a field day with it's performance. Nothing is stopping them from plunking this IMA setup into a Civic!
Obivously
the grandparent clearly meant counterfeiting as in specifically the illegal production of money. I will make sure you get another copy of that memo.
define obviously: Easily perceived or understood; quite apparent
define clearly: Plain or evident to the mind; unmistakable
The original poster was not clear or else I could not have made that mistake. The response used the word clearly in criticizing me, and the very meaning of the word clearly is 'unmistakable', yet the fact that I didn't understand means the grandparent was not clear at all and the responder isn't astute enough to properly use 'clearly'.
What the responder should have said is, "The grandparent probably meant counterfeiting as in specifically the illegal production of money."
But instead the word clearly was improperly used, along with the tongue in cheek comment, "I will make sure you get another copy of that memo," to which I had to snap back with my own criticism.
If something is clear than the use of the word 'clearly' is redundant. If something is not clear than the use of the word 'clearly' is stupid.
My use of the word "obviously" is clearly redundant, but used as a means of impugning the intelligence of my critic who thinks he's smart by being a smart-ass.
I don't think I agree that Hybrids won't take off with the middle class until it will save them money. The middle class buys lots of things that don't save them money.
:)
I do agree that hybrids will be more successful when the hybrid premium goes down close to a regular car, though. But that's just a case of sticker shock; all cars have more or less expensive prices and therefore different classes of consumers.
There's another point where hybrids will become more attractive to consumers: When the eletric motor is used to improve performance without sacrificing mileage. See the 30mpg Hybrid Accord, the electric motor is used to boost acceleration that would not normally be available.
When you start seeing Ford Mustangs with 20hp electric motors to give you 0-60 times of 4 seconds, then we'll see a boost in hybrids
The grandparent wasn't clear or else I would have grokked.
You obviously don't understand the meaning of the word 'clearly'.
Isn't that what 'piracy' is, counterfeiting?
So the current headline should really say, "Operation Fastlink Nets 1000s in Counterfeiting Sting' or something?
Or is it because of some obscure cost/packaging/distribution reason that this isn't technically counterfeiting?
LA or San Jose for example, "around town" can mean over 100 miles as the bay area or Los Angeles area are essentially one giant city with freeways interspersed.
It may not be like that in the UK, I wouldn't know, but commuting here means 11 miles in 35 minutes on a freeway (that's about 20 miles an hour, perfect for a hybrid) of stop and go traffic.
You get 27.7 mpg with your Phaeton V10 Tdi.
If it were a hybrid diesel you'd get 45+mpg.
That's the frenzy.
So if you take a Japanese car that would normally get 30mpg and make it a hybrid, you now get a car that gets 55mpg.
You can think of the environment like an investment vehicle: The payback is in the order of magnitude of lifetimes and isn't strictly monetary in value.
The question becomes then: What are you 'saving' when you buy a car that pollutes more? Essentially, what are your priorities?
My decision has, unfortunately, been decided by safety more than anything else. Cars are dangerous, so I will rate safety over environmentalism, but environmentally safe cars over performance.
That means Volvos >> Toyotas >> Chevrolets for me.
Except Volvos AREN'T cheaper, so it's not about saving money. It's about saving my life.
And Toyotas aren't cheaper than Chevrolets. It's not about saving my money, but saving my lungs (asthma and allergies).
It's tough too, since necessarily better cars are more expensive cars.
But synergy:
the action of 2 or more agents (e.g., drugs) working together to produce an effect greater than the combined effect of the same agents used separate
So isn't the term "Hybrid Synergy Drive" accurate?
They didn't make up a word, or lie, or misuse the word at all.
The combination of the petrol engine to provide power and the electric motor to provide drive and low speed motoring create a driving experience better than either alone. If that isn't synergy, what is?
Open yes, but standard no.
There are only three standards right now:
MP3 due to historical reasons
AAC due to the popularity of iPods/iTunes
WMA due to the overwhelming presence of Windows
So we have three well documented standards and one open unsupported codec.
So by your own logic the only 'open standard' is ogg.
Ogg is certainly open, but not 'standard' by any stretch of the imagination.
MP3 is also, using the same logic as applies to AAC, an 'open standard'.
So what format do you believe is an open standard?
I dunno. The rumor is that Apple is seeking to hit the $149 or $199 price point.
Can that compete if it does 80% of what your Mbox does?
Well, don't forget their harddrive mp3 player.
Apple doesn't have to be first (though they sometimes are), Apple wants to be the best (and sometimes they are at that, too).
Laws only govern people insofar as people obey them.
See traffic laws to see many many instances where you are proved wrong.
What does being a musician have anything to do with dual Cinema displays or dual 2.5GHz CPUs?
Does two 20" LCDs make music sound better?
Does two CPUs make composition easier?
What's wrong with a single CPU single LCD iMac?
It's like saying, "I'm a product manager and interested in a Ferrari Mondale, but won't get it. "
Duh. Then don't get the most expensive car/computer. Get something sensible!