Where I live in Canada, Propane is widely used as an alternative fuel, mostly by fleet vehicles. It's readily available and cheap. I don't know the specifics on how it compares environmentally to gasoline or diesel, but I believe it's very favourable, similar to natural gas (emissions wise). You can expect to get about 2/3's the range you would with gasoline.
To think this will end up as mass market technology is plain wrong. Can anyone really think that people will stop "speaking" into their phones? And for what, to evade cell phone static? Come on.
Usage of this technology will only really take off in very niche markets where there's an actual need, like those who's speach is affected frome one form or another. Those are the people who will really benefit from this. The implications there are incredible.
Now where's my Crystal Pepsi?
Oh I know. I had one of those too.
The difference with the PCjr was that with it's (higher rez) colour monitor, KQ1 was beautiful and crisp vs the C64 on then 20 year old B&W Sears tv.:-) No doubt the C64 had way more games, but it's KQ1 that did it for me.
The PCjr was of course a PC in a day where 90% of PC's lacked graphics period. Most were stuck with a monochrome hercules card and if you're (un)lucky, CGA. It even had a great wireless keyboard (later models)!
I thought I was the only one who experienced Kings Quest 1 on the PCjr! Great to see someone else who enjoyed it as much as I did!
At the time I couldn't believe the graphics of this game when everyone else was suffering with the standard PC version. Here we were with brilliant 16 colors and 3 channel (tandy) sound! I can still hear the bird chirping in the tree. That PCjr rocked.
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Where I live in Canada, Propane is widely used as an alternative fuel, mostly by fleet vehicles. It's readily available and cheap. I don't know the specifics on how it compares environmentally to gasoline or diesel, but I believe it's very favourable, similar to natural gas (emissions wise). You can expect to get about 2/3's the range you would with gasoline.
To think this will end up as mass market technology is plain wrong. Can anyone really think that people will stop "speaking" into their phones? And for what, to evade cell phone static? Come on. Usage of this technology will only really take off in very niche markets where there's an actual need, like those who's speach is affected frome one form or another. Those are the people who will really benefit from this. The implications there are incredible. Now where's my Crystal Pepsi?
Oh I know. I had one of those too. The difference with the PCjr was that with it's (higher rez) colour monitor, KQ1 was beautiful and crisp vs the C64 on then 20 year old B&W Sears tv. :-) No doubt the C64 had way more games, but it's KQ1 that did it for me.
The PCjr was of course a PC in a day where 90% of PC's lacked graphics period. Most were stuck with a monochrome hercules card and if you're (un)lucky, CGA. It even had a great wireless keyboard (later models)!
I thought I was the only one who experienced Kings Quest 1 on the PCjr! Great to see someone else who enjoyed it as much as I did! At the time I couldn't believe the graphics of this game when everyone else was suffering with the standard PC version. Here we were with brilliant 16 colors and 3 channel (tandy) sound! I can still hear the bird chirping in the tree. That PCjr rocked.
I like mods as much as the next person, but this is just plain Cracked!