I've had 2 cars with HUD. Both C5 generation Corvettes, and the difference in windshield price is about 2x-3x as much for a HUD windshield vs non-HUD. I had to have the windshield replaced in my old C5 and it ran about $1500 for the HUD windshield, whereas a standard windshield was around $800 (no-deductible glass coverage is a no-brainer). Granted, these are not LASER setups, but it will still require different optical properties for the plastic layer in the glass compared to standard. Note that with current offerings, some polarized sunglasses greatly affect the appearance of the HUD.
I should have waited and found an STS with the HUD, as I find the lack of a HUD to be distracting now. It is very nice to see Speed, engine RPM and fuel level (or oil pressure or coolant temp) in your field of view as you drive. Adding navigation to such a setup would be nice, assuming it can only be set up while not in gear (as my current factory nav setup is).
I've not had the opportunity to drive a C6 with HUD yet, but it is improved over the version in my current C5 Z06 with the addition of G-force and more colors.
Once you've driven with a HUD, you don't like to drive without it, in my experience.
"This (central Illinois) may be the only place in the world where you can have snow storms, ice storms, rain, hail, sleet, and tornados all in the same week!"
We've had that in the same day here in MN; last spring, as a matter of fact. For interesting weather, there is a lot to be said for the upper midwest. Now, about the fault lines running through here... we're hosed when they let loose considering nothing here is built to withstand that sort of stress.
You fail to lump total spending together, because, you know, the states pay nearly all of the education expenses. For instance, here in MN, K-12 gets ~25% of the state budget.
You can massage numbers many ways, and only using the federal spending on education tells a very different story from how much is actually spent when you factor in state, local, and federal money.
I get a whopping 35 Watts used running SETI@home on my Mini... That is with a bus powered FW external HDD for Time Machine hooked up and not spinning down the disks when idle.
A Mac Mini uses nowhere near the power you claim, unless you've got a case where both cores, the GPU, the HDD, and the DVD Burner all all running full tilt at once; a pretty tough thing to do with the use described by the submitter, I'd say.
Funny, my Mac Mini (running SETI@home 24x7) uses about 35 Watts with both cores at 100%. That is with an external FW bus powered backup drive hooked up as well (which draws a few Watts by itself). APC might be lying to me about the draw, but somehow I doubt it.
Mind you, a Mini is still out of the projected price range anyway...
You are correct. I get the chance to see AFM readouts at work (you see some really cool shit in a fab), and this is a bit higher resolution that I'm used to seeing, but the "shadow" is something you'll frequently see.
I've never "seen" the substrate from AFM scans at work either.
Not all sports cars get shitty mileage.
My 2002 Corvette Z06 gets a combined 24MPG, and routinely hits 28-30MPG on long freeway trips. My previous Vette, a 2000 Z19 hardtop, averaged 25MPG, and got 33MPG on a trip from Phoenix to Minneapolis.
Both of the cars have 5.7L V8 motors and 6-speed manual transmissions. The Z gets worse mileage not because of the extra 50HP/TQ, but because it is geared shorter (roughly 250-350RPM higher at any speed in any gear).
I'm not claiming either car is excellent for fuel economy, but you can't say sports cars should be lumped in with trucks when it comes to fuel economy. Just because none of the import sports car makers have figured out how to make a lot of power and get decent mileage, is no reason to badmouth all sports cars. Qualify your statements.
2.5 hours? Maybe the norm for non-Apple notebooks, but decidedly below par for a good laptop.
Then again, I have a MacBook that gets 4.5 hours, and that is with the keyboard illumination turned on.
Apple notebooks may be pricey, but you get quality and long battery life from them.
LOL,
I'm typing this with my MacBook, which is also sitting next to a Thinkpad.
I'm also toying with the idea of cloning the Thinkpad into a VM and running VMWare fusion. It'll run faster than the T41 does, and would have more RAM & disk space... However, I doubt that the nanny-ware and other crap IT forces on us would work. That, and customers would not appreciate a camera in their fab.
As to the whole LCD in the apple bit, that is a bit much. Pure geek, to be sure, but utterly pointless.
No, I don't have to agree with apple yanking it. It didn't break any stipulations for having an app hosted.
Methinks it put Apple into an uncomfortable position since the app store runs in 1-click buy mode. I think they should disable 1-click buy (or make it an opt-in option), then put the app back up. Easy money for them.
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I've had 2 cars with HUD. Both C5 generation Corvettes, and the difference in windshield price is about 2x-3x as much for a HUD windshield vs non-HUD. I had to have the windshield replaced in my old C5 and it ran about $1500 for the HUD windshield, whereas a standard windshield was around $800 (no-deductible glass coverage is a no-brainer). Granted, these are not LASER setups, but it will still require different optical properties for the plastic layer in the glass compared to standard. Note that with current offerings, some polarized sunglasses greatly affect the appearance of the HUD.
I should have waited and found an STS with the HUD, as I find the lack of a HUD to be distracting now. It is very nice to see Speed, engine RPM and fuel level (or oil pressure or coolant temp) in your field of view as you drive. Adding navigation to such a setup would be nice, assuming it can only be set up while not in gear (as my current factory nav setup is).
I've not had the opportunity to drive a C6 with HUD yet, but it is improved over the version in my current C5 Z06 with the addition of G-force and more colors.
Once you've driven with a HUD, you don't like to drive without it, in my experience.
GM has used throttle-by-wire since at least 1997; that is when the Corvette got the system.
"This (central Illinois) may be the only place in the world where you can have snow storms, ice storms, rain, hail, sleet, and tornados all in the same week!"
We've had that in the same day here in MN; last spring, as a matter of fact. For interesting weather, there is a lot to be said for the upper midwest. Now, about the fault lines running through here... we're hosed when they let loose considering nothing here is built to withstand that sort of stress.
You must not know the difference between a Trojan and a Virus.
Open the code they stole? Not likely...
Try more like 14% to education in fiscal 2009 and 13% to defense. http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/index.php#usgs302a
You fail to lump total spending together, because, you know, the states pay nearly all of the education expenses. For instance, here in MN, K-12 gets ~25% of the state budget.
You can massage numbers many ways, and only using the federal spending on education tells a very different story from how much is actually spent when you factor in state, local, and federal money.
Never used a Mac I guess?
I get a whopping 35 Watts used running SETI@home on my Mini... That is with a bus powered FW external HDD for Time Machine hooked up and not spinning down the disks when idle.
A Mac Mini uses nowhere near the power you claim, unless you've got a case where both cores, the GPU, the HDD, and the DVD Burner all all running full tilt at once; a pretty tough thing to do with the use described by the submitter, I'd say.
Funny, my Mac Mini (running SETI@home 24x7) uses about 35 Watts with both cores at 100%. That is with an external FW bus powered backup drive hooked up as well (which draws a few Watts by itself). APC might be lying to me about the draw, but somehow I doubt it.
Mind you, a Mini is still out of the projected price range anyway...
This is right out of The Fifth Element. Excellent!
You are correct. I get the chance to see AFM readouts at work (you see some really cool shit in a fab), and this is a bit higher resolution that I'm used to seeing, but the "shadow" is something you'll frequently see.
I've never "seen" the substrate from AFM scans at work either.
Not all sports cars get shitty mileage. My 2002 Corvette Z06 gets a combined 24MPG, and routinely hits 28-30MPG on long freeway trips. My previous Vette, a 2000 Z19 hardtop, averaged 25MPG, and got 33MPG on a trip from Phoenix to Minneapolis. Both of the cars have 5.7L V8 motors and 6-speed manual transmissions. The Z gets worse mileage not because of the extra 50HP/TQ, but because it is geared shorter (roughly 250-350RPM higher at any speed in any gear). I'm not claiming either car is excellent for fuel economy, but you can't say sports cars should be lumped in with trucks when it comes to fuel economy. Just because none of the import sports car makers have figured out how to make a lot of power and get decent mileage, is no reason to badmouth all sports cars. Qualify your statements.
2.5 hours? Maybe the norm for non-Apple notebooks, but decidedly below par for a good laptop. Then again, I have a MacBook that gets 4.5 hours, and that is with the keyboard illumination turned on. Apple notebooks may be pricey, but you get quality and long battery life from them.
LOL, I'm typing this with my MacBook, which is also sitting next to a Thinkpad. I'm also toying with the idea of cloning the Thinkpad into a VM and running VMWare fusion. It'll run faster than the T41 does, and would have more RAM & disk space... However, I doubt that the nanny-ware and other crap IT forces on us would work. That, and customers would not appreciate a camera in their fab. As to the whole LCD in the apple bit, that is a bit much. Pure geek, to be sure, but utterly pointless.
Parallax and redshift perhaps?
Never tried throwing a grenade into an emergence hole, eh?
No, I don't have to agree with apple yanking it. It didn't break any stipulations for having an app hosted. Methinks it put Apple into an uncomfortable position since the app store runs in 1-click buy mode. I think they should disable 1-click buy (or make it an opt-in option), then put the app back up. Easy money for them.
SAP is bad enough without a bunch of Microsoft crap thrown on top of it... Seriously. SAP = crap.
You do know that DVD has higher picture and sound quality than a lasersidc right?
Last I checked, Canada is in the Americas :)