I agree. The major problem was the hurry with which the competition went to market. Apple spent *years* refining the iPad before attempting to sell it. HP and others tried to clone it in half a year, and predictably most of them failed. The survivors will be releasing second-generation tablets soon, and that is when I will judge the strength of the iPad's competition.
If the overall fuel cell is cool, then the local hot spot is either quite small or not very hot. Either case is easy to handle. As I said, you have to assume non-stupid engineering.
Well, you have to assume non-stupid engineering. If there are local hot spots in a fuel cell, we have any number of ways to move out the excess heat. At the very minimum, we can do what was done in your gasoline car: we can put a honking big radiator next to the engine.
Such ugly measures probably won't be necessary, simply because there is a lot less overall heat to worry about. So yes, a fuel cell should run much cooler, per watt of output power, than an engine that uses gasoline explosions.
[An inexpensive storage method] is exactly what they haven't found
You are jumping to conclusions, aren't you? The expense of Chen's method depends on how much platinum he uses. Without knowing the quantity, you can't conclude that his method is costly.
And you manipulate the conversation by attempting to label anyone the "idle rich".
You really don't understand what I wrote, do you? I said that "most" of the truly rich are idle, and showed why.
Those who have amassed their fortunes have sacrficed more and commited more than you are probably capable.
I respect those who made their own fortunes. That, however, describes a microscopic minority of the rich. The overwhelming majority of the wealthy are trust fund babies who inherited their money and do basically nothing with their lives.
You are a useful idiot indeed -- useful to the rich, even as they sneer at you for being such a fool as to do their public relations for them while they are robbing you blind.
Bill Gates... Steve Jobs... built their own fortunes
As I said (I am the poster you responded to), the rich people you love so much consider you a useful idiot. And you have just proven it. You didn't really understand, did you, when I wrote that "most" of them are idle.
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I agree. The major problem was the hurry with which the competition went to market. Apple spent *years* refining the iPad before attempting to sell it. HP and others tried to clone it in half a year, and predictably most of them failed. The survivors will be releasing second-generation tablets soon, and that is when I will judge the strength of the iPad's competition.
If the overall fuel cell is cool, then the local hot spot is either quite small or not very hot. Either case is easy to handle. As I said, you have to assume non-stupid engineering.
Well, you have to assume non-stupid engineering. If there are local hot spots in a fuel cell, we have any number of ways to move out the excess heat. At the very minimum, we can do what was done in your gasoline car: we can put a honking big radiator next to the engine.
Such ugly measures probably won't be necessary, simply because there is a lot less overall heat to worry about. So yes, a fuel cell should run much cooler, per watt of output power, than an engine that uses gasoline explosions.
You are jumping to conclusions, aren't you? The expense of Chen's method depends on how much platinum he uses. Without knowing the quantity, you can't conclude that his method is costly.
You really don't understand what I wrote, do you? I said that "most" of the truly rich are idle, and showed why.
Those who have amassed their fortunes have sacrficed more and commited more than you are probably capable.
I respect those who made their own fortunes. That, however, describes a microscopic minority of the rich. The overwhelming majority of the wealthy are trust fund babies who inherited their money and do basically nothing with their lives.
You are a useful idiot indeed -- useful to the rich, even as they sneer at you for being such a fool as to do their public relations for them while they are robbing you blind.
As I said (I am the poster you responded to), the rich people you love so much consider you a useful idiot. And you have just proven it. You didn't really understand, did you, when I wrote that "most" of them are idle.