Great, so you stipulate that one fact but:
"with the hopes of getting 10-20 years (and 250,000+ miles) out of your vehicle, then you might actually save money in the long run, assuming roughly equal wear-and-tear and part replacement needs for hybrid and conventional vehicles."
Since hybrids include ALL of the same mechanicals as a conventional vehicle PLUS the battery/generator componentry, how can you possibly math this one out?
Nice analysis, but like most of these type of analyses, they ignore some important factors:
Environmental cost of manufacturing NiMH batteries $ Cost of replacing batteries at end of useful life (which is likely before the vehicle's useful life is over) Environmental cost of disposal of NiMH batteries (likely 2 sets per vehicle during useful life, 100 pounds+ each set) That's a lot of heavy metals to dispose of.
Gee, a potential security risk in an OS that isn't anywhere near release.
Yeah, that'll impact...lemme count....uh...carry the one...NOBODY.
How about writing about something a bit more relevant instead of wasting cycles speculating about security risks that may/may not exist in components that may/may not be included in an OS that is due for release in what...3 years or so?
Defense if Federal budget $ Education is primarily State budget $ (we don't have federalized education). I know in my town, we spend approx. $10k/student.
Lets go with a smaller figure...$5k per student. Lets underestimate and go with 20,000,000 school age students.
I just stayed in that same hotel 2 weeks ago (eisenhower blvd). Their deal is now $9.95 with all local and US long distance included for 245 hours (12pm to 12pm).
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Great, so you stipulate that one fact but: "with the hopes of getting 10-20 years (and 250,000+ miles) out of your vehicle, then you might actually save money in the long run, assuming roughly equal wear-and-tear and part replacement needs for hybrid and conventional vehicles." Since hybrids include ALL of the same mechanicals as a conventional vehicle PLUS the battery/generator componentry, how can you possibly math this one out?
>>with the hopes of getting 10-20 years (and 250,000+ miles) out of your vehicle, then you might actually save money in the long run
Well it's a good thing that the battery packs last for 10-20 years.
Oh, they don't?
They only last 5-7 years?
And they cost how much?
Oh crap...I gotta revise that cost/benefit spreadsheet.
Nice analysis, but like most of these type of analyses, they ignore some important factors:
Environmental cost of manufacturing NiMH batteries
$ Cost of replacing batteries at end of useful life (which is likely before the vehicle's useful life is over)
Environmental cost of disposal of NiMH batteries (likely 2 sets per vehicle during useful life, 100 pounds+ each set) That's a lot of heavy metals to dispose of.
>>Some 97 million households still have at least one VCR, according to the International Recording Media Association.
:-)
I have three....count 'em THREE VCRs still plugged in, taking power and giving me the time very reliably.
With 2 Tivos, when was the last time a VCR tape actually spun in one of these 3 decks? Over 3 years ago.
The tapes are loud, look like crap, and are unwieldy on the shelf. I don't even know where I buried the tapes.
Why don't DVD players display the time on the front? Then I could get rid of the clock/VCRs
They get no appreciation from me until they fix my @#^%$ automatic cupholder!
Gee, a potential security risk in an OS that isn't anywhere near release.
Yeah, that'll impact...lemme count....uh...carry the one...NOBODY.
How about writing about something a bit more relevant instead of wasting cycles speculating about security risks that may/may not exist in components that may/may not be included in an OS that is due for release in what...3 years or so?
I've heard a (traditional airplane) pilot who took a few helicopter lessons refer to it as "ten thousand components doing their best to come apart".
It has very little to do with security.
It has everything to do with making money from forcing the users to use the Verizon network to send their pictures.
All that, and no built in wifi, no SD card wifi drivers in sight (and none under development)?
I'll pass.
I found a different firmware that says it will change my CDRom into a CDWriter...lets load that and....
Have you tried the Iomega Rev?
35GB Native capacity
Up to 90GB with compression
Hard disk speeds
ATAPI and USB interfaces
Good stuff
Defense if Federal budget $
Education is primarily State budget $ (we don't have federalized education).
I know in my town, we spend approx. $10k/student.
Lets go with a smaller figure...$5k per student.
Lets underestimate and go with 20,000,000 school age students.
Do the math and show me how we spend less.
$953/computer / 6 years = $158 per year.
If this includes SQL, etc, all future releases, its likely a good deal as far as MS licensing costs go.
We're supposed to feel good about AOL allowing AIM users to message to another AOL proerty (ICQ?)
Gee..that makes me all warm inside.
What happenned to AOL's commitment to open their platform to message to other systems? Like MSN/Yahoo/etc.
As I recall, that commitment was made as a part of the approval for the (now drastically failed) AOLTW merger.
That was the WMP9 upgrade, not SP1
What is the XP SP1 reference supposed to mean? I don't recall SP1 restricting anything
If you are a longtime serier 1 owner, you also would know that the memory/cpu have really been stretched to the limit.
:-)
They've already thrown VBR, and additional wishlist capabilities (as well as others).
Unfortunately, they haven't found a way to upgrade the 33Mhz Series 1 chip or the 32MB or Series 1 RAM over a phoneline
I must be a bit confused. Which features has Tivo removed from my system?
I can't think of one.
Quiet!
/.!!
You aren't allowed to mention ANY Microsoft products in a favorable light on
The VPN capability of the Tungsten-C is PPTP only....no IPSec capability.
Is this really useful?
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay. php?s=f867ee8b74033b3ee90a5c787563b51c&forumid =3
it looks like for Par Per View, a 90 minute timeshift window would be enforced.
All other TV sounds like it wont have the same restrictions.
It sucks.
>>They're basically a service that sits and reads firewall logs for you.
Umm..not exactly. They monitor Intrusion detection as well...far more chatter than a firewall.
Autocorrelation is required and used to filter out noise from real attacks.
I just stayed in that same hotel 2 weeks ago (eisenhower blvd). Their deal is now $9.95 with all local and US long distance included for 245 hours (12pm to 12pm).
Enjoy!
>>...so he's protesting logging, and logging the experience
Actually, he's protesting logging and logging the protest.
If they were spending 5 hours on each hard drive setup, I'd agree.
Most likely, one installation was done, and subsequent drives are done with an image utility.
This makes it the time worth far less, and the profit far higher.