I cannot comprehend this: all the slashdot posts (and media coverage) say, "hyperloop is way better than high speed rail!". But that's not the right comparison. I have invented the flying bus(tm). It will carry 200+ passengers at 550 MPH top speed, and get you from LA to SF in about an hour. There's wi-fi, a drink if you have a coupon, and if you book ahead it costs less than $100.
in what ways are hyperloops better than air travel? I don't see any.
I think if you don't give notice then it raises red flags for your new employer. You could tell your new employer you'll start in two weeks, then tell your current employer to eff off, and then take two weeks for yourself (unpaid). But industries are so small that why would you want to burn bridges?
I read halfway down the 450+ comments, and I didn't see one person mentioned air travel. I can fly from SF to LA in an hour on a flying bus that goes 550MPH and carries 200+ people. There's wi-fi, it costs $100 if I book ahead, and I can get a free drink if I have a coupon.
all this to say, the hyperloop looks like a solution in search of a problem.
hivemind, what problem is solved by the hyperloop?
Events in the Middle-East begin, to me, to resemble the backstory to the late Iain M.Banks work. We've intervened in numerous ways in a society we don't really understand for a mixture of reasons in our own interests and also those which we perceived to be in the interests of the resident population.
And for cultural reasons we didnt comprehend, it's gone horribly wrong.
Alfred Pennyworth: You crossed the line first, sir. You squeezed them, you hammered them to the point of desperation. And in their desperation, they turned to a man they didn't fully understand.
dude, are you new here? if you have any stake in the article or summary, don't read the comments! You'll just be ripped apart by douchebags who are either armchair geniuses, grammar nazis, general trolls, or other. they love hearing a good idea and then tearing someone down. it's like a bar where bitter men gather to complain. they read news headlines aloud and bitch about them.
Only if their criteria for judgement measures against your own. Also, their judgement needs to matter to you.
well, if you're working retail, and you're trying to sell me something, I would hope that you're concerned about how your physical appearance affects your job!
most of your points are crap, but I'll respond to a couple.
3. I fail to see why we should be more concerned about driving away women, as opposed to any other demographic of people visiting the site.
very true, but the topic of this thread is women. it also applies to black people, gay people, gun rights advocates, gun restriction advocates, anybody. I'm not saying that we need "a black voice" on Slashdot. But someone may have an interesting take on an issue, but decline to post it because of all the GNAA trolls. and that is a loss for the entire community.
4. Unless you're claiming that the sexes are actually NOT equal, there is no diversity of opinion based solely on sex.
there's diversity of opinion based on bringing a large number of people who are engaged on an issue. and the OP and you are a downer to many people and we likely lose some voices. It's not a woman thing, don't you get that? before you retort, it turns off both men and women I'm sure.
5. No, not everybody has a mother.
Really? from a biological perspective or from a broken home perspective? I was thinking the former...
7. The word is "commentator", not "commenter".
I think of commentators as people who sit in on broadcasts for golf or election debates!
ok, that's all I got. Any replies, or should this be another dead end conversation?
fair enough, but you get the point. disregarding options:
* ipad
*ipad mini
*iphone
*macbook air 11"
*macbook air 13"
*macbook 13"
*macbook retina 13"
*macbook 15"
*macbook retina 15"
*mac mini
*imac (do these have different sizes?)
*apple TV
*cinema display (do these have different sizes?)
*mac pro
anything else that I"m missing? all software is at the mac app store and not sold on site. there's an accessory wall where I'm going to lump in the wireless stuff since it sits there. I listed 14 items, generously breaking out the screen sizes.
tbh i skim a lot, headlines and first couple paragraphs. all the important stuff is front weighted, and I can dive in if I want to learn more. I think this is what most people do.
it's the showroom approach, more of an education opportunity than trying to sell stuff. to be fair, both stores have a wall with phone cases, etc. but for the core products there are very few.
actually I fibbed, because I'm a little embarrassed about it. i dropped $300 on a time capsule, and I still feel not sure about it. it works great with my macs and I like having effortless backups. Srsly, what percentage of people do hourly backups? but honestly it's about $100 too expensive. I already have an apple tv so I don't need another one. it's an awesome device and it works well and plugs into itunes. i rent an itunes movie every week or two.
that being said, the apple store was still super dodgy. big dissapointment and they hsould really consider their strategy after ron johnson left. For the MS store, I think there's a huge benefit for product education. i learned a lot. i dare you to call me a shill, but if I didn't have an iPhone and apple ecosystem i'd probably get a lumia windows 8.
nothing wrong with having a tattoo or something discretely hidden, but when you get tattoos on your face, neck, lower arms, lower legs, then wear tshirt and shorts, it says something about you and is the first thing to introduce yourself. so you have to be ready for people to judge you based on your tattoos, and I think it shows poor judgement and life decisions.
I have to be fair to M$S: I was at costa mesa mall to buy an apple tv. the apple store was crap but the microsoft store was a really nice shopping experience. made the apple store look like walmart. at the apple store it was a bunch of people unshaven with arm sleeve tattoos? when did they start allowing this? also there's like 10 SKUs on the floor. The MS store had a laptop section, a tablet section, a phone section, an xbox section, even had a makerbot there. probably 100+ SKUs.
It's not that my attention span is short, it's that I can absorb info like a fire hose, while real time video is a trickle. I can type faster than conversation speed as well. Given the mods on my original comment, I think many people agree with me!
I hate video. Too real-time. Like TV news, I can read the majority of nyt.com in the space of the evening news. I assume the video is about switchgrass, can anybody confirm?
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I cannot comprehend this: all the slashdot posts (and media coverage) say, "hyperloop is way better than high speed rail!". But that's not the right comparison. I have invented the flying bus(tm). It will carry 200+ passengers at 550 MPH top speed, and get you from LA to SF in about an hour. There's wi-fi, a drink if you have a coupon, and if you book ahead it costs less than $100.
in what ways are hyperloops better than air travel? I don't see any.
I think if you don't give notice then it raises red flags for your new employer. You could tell your new employer you'll start in two weeks, then tell your current employer to eff off, and then take two weeks for yourself (unpaid). But industries are so small that why would you want to burn bridges?
But if we get rid of the crackers, what will we have with our cheese?
We'll lose weight on the south beach diet.
I read halfway down the 450+ comments, and I didn't see one person mentioned air travel. I can fly from SF to LA in an hour on a flying bus that goes 550MPH and carries 200+ people. There's wi-fi, it costs $100 if I book ahead, and I can get a free drink if I have a coupon.
all this to say, the hyperloop looks like a solution in search of a problem.
hivemind, what problem is solved by the hyperloop?
Events in the Middle-East begin, to me, to resemble the backstory to the late Iain M.Banks work. We've intervened in numerous ways in a society we don't really understand for a mixture of reasons in our own interests and also those which we perceived to be in the interests of the resident population. And for cultural reasons we didnt comprehend, it's gone horribly wrong.
Alfred Pennyworth: You crossed the line first, sir. You squeezed them, you hammered them to the point of desperation. And in their desperation, they turned to a man they didn't fully understand.
LOLWUT? telephone spam is way better than email spam because you can tell the telemarketers to fuck off.
Eyes pinched closed, fingers in their ears, going 'nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye' .
there you go!
the best way to get by is to assume that the internet is a military installation, and you have temporary guest access.
I just hope an editor can fix that first link
bahaha you're definitely new here!
dude, are you new here? if you have any stake in the article or summary, don't read the comments! You'll just be ripped apart by douchebags who are either armchair geniuses, grammar nazis, general trolls, or other. they love hearing a good idea and then tearing someone down. it's like a bar where bitter men gather to complain. they read news headlines aloud and bitch about them.
chuckle, nice.
Only if their criteria for judgement measures against your own. Also, their judgement needs to matter to you.
well, if you're working retail, and you're trying to sell me something, I would hope that you're concerned about how your physical appearance affects your job!
commentators are the guys who sit in on golf broadcasts or election debate coverage! LOL on the GP
3. I fail to see why we should be more concerned about driving away women, as opposed to any other demographic of people visiting the site.
very true, but the topic of this thread is women. it also applies to black people, gay people, gun rights advocates, gun restriction advocates, anybody. I'm not saying that we need "a black voice" on Slashdot. But someone may have an interesting take on an issue, but decline to post it because of all the GNAA trolls. and that is a loss for the entire community.
4. Unless you're claiming that the sexes are actually NOT equal, there is no diversity of opinion based solely on sex.
there's diversity of opinion based on bringing a large number of people who are engaged on an issue. and the OP and you are a downer to many people and we likely lose some voices. It's not a woman thing, don't you get that? before you retort, it turns off both men and women I'm sure.
5. No, not everybody has a mother.
Really? from a biological perspective or from a broken home perspective? I was thinking the former...
7. The word is "commentator", not "commenter".
I think of commentators as people who sit in on broadcasts for golf or election debates!
ok, that's all I got. Any replies, or should this be another dead end conversation?
fair enough, but you get the point. disregarding options:
* ipad
*ipad mini
*iphone
*macbook air 11"
*macbook air 13"
*macbook 13"
*macbook retina 13"
*macbook 15"
*macbook retina 15"
*mac mini
*imac (do these have different sizes?)
*apple TV
*cinema display (do these have different sizes?)
*mac pro
anything else that I"m missing? all software is at the mac app store and not sold on site. there's an accessory wall where I'm going to lump in the wireless stuff since it sits there. I listed 14 items, generously breaking out the screen sizes.
tbh i skim a lot, headlines and first couple paragraphs. all the important stuff is front weighted, and I can dive in if I want to learn more. I think this is what most people do.
it's the showroom approach, more of an education opportunity than trying to sell stuff. to be fair, both stores have a wall with phone cases, etc. but for the core products there are very few.
actually I fibbed, because I'm a little embarrassed about it. i dropped $300 on a time capsule, and I still feel not sure about it. it works great with my macs and I like having effortless backups. Srsly, what percentage of people do hourly backups? but honestly it's about $100 too expensive. I already have an apple tv so I don't need another one. it's an awesome device and it works well and plugs into itunes. i rent an itunes movie every week or two.
that being said, the apple store was still super dodgy. big dissapointment and they hsould really consider their strategy after ron johnson left. For the MS store, I think there's a huge benefit for product education. i learned a lot. i dare you to call me a shill, but if I didn't have an iPhone and apple ecosystem i'd probably get a lumia windows 8.
nothing wrong with having a tattoo or something discretely hidden, but when you get tattoos on your face, neck, lower arms, lower legs, then wear tshirt and shorts, it says something about you and is the first thing to introduce yourself. so you have to be ready for people to judge you based on your tattoos, and I think it shows poor judgement and life decisions.
I have to be fair to M$S: I was at costa mesa mall to buy an apple tv. the apple store was crap but the microsoft store was a really nice shopping experience. made the apple store look like walmart. at the apple store it was a bunch of people unshaven with arm sleeve tattoos? when did they start allowing this? also there's like 10 SKUs on the floor. The MS store had a laptop section, a tablet section, a phone section, an xbox section, even had a makerbot there. probably 100+ SKUs.
All the better reason to go around with your mobile phone turned off until you need to use it or wish to check messages.
but then people couldn't call you? which is a key feature?
It's not that my attention span is short, it's that I can absorb info like a fire hose, while real time video is a trickle. I can type faster than conversation speed as well. Given the mods on my original comment, I think many people agree with me!
Somebody modded this down, but it made me chuckle.
I hate video. Too real-time. Like TV news, I can read the majority of nyt.com in the space of the evening news. I assume the video is about switchgrass, can anybody confirm?
haven't you ever heard of being asymptomatic?