Every single hotel room I stayed in had a slot for the key. You walked in, put the key in the slot and the power came on to the room. If you took the key, you lost power. It was annoying trying to charge stuff, but how many times to people leave their rooms in the USA and leave a TV on, some lights, etc?
You know you can put a business card/membership card/whatever in there and it works?
Most hotels in the UK have this as well now, even those costing USD 500 a night for the cheapest room...
"There are two ways a truly civilised and advanced nation can be defined. One, it has a fleet of nuclear submarines, and two, it does not have the death penalty. That leaves you with France and Britain. And that’s about right. "
The other problem is that tests are expensive and failures tend to get noticed. If a new car engine prototype seizes up on the test track, it does not make the news.
Completely agreed but MadUndergrad states hes making an effort... If everyone shared the effort it would lower demand substantially, if theres enough demand, economically feasible solutions will find their way to market
If you ever took a ride in a car or airplane then you share a part in this. You need to grow a pair and take responsibility for your actions before you can expect BP execs to.
Everyone shares responsibility to some extent BP is the main culprit no doubt...
True that, collective blame is the fitting reply, but you cant expect people to say - Oh my god, this is my fault...
I just really hope there are no retro-active law changes, there have been too many in "democratic" nations of late - Really worries me. BP is to blame, but thered be no need and/or ability to drill this well if the price of oil (due to demand/cartels(OPEC)/etc...) was high enough to warrant the huge outlay required to develop this type of well...
Completely agreed with you on that... Natural seepage of a much greater scale occurs but this is SO localised and theres no-one to blame but BP... I have a friend that works there (European shipping division, nothing to do with exploration) and he couldnt give less of a fuck... Let alone being well informed on it (I follow the stock and developments much closer than he does).
I'd rather use iPhone OS, it's a far smoother user experience, but where am I going to find an iPhone with a 4-5" screen? or a physical keyboard? or running on a carrier other than AT&T?
As long as the battery life doesn't suffer I'm all for larger phones, as long as theyre thinner... I never got the "lighter" thing though, I like being able to feel the weight of something ive paid decent money for...
With the extra "niches" - take a look at the european car market to see that its happening in most sectors...
Some people will find them appealing and, though it may not be a huge market, it might be profitable due to better margins AND higher prices...
It's a phone with a larger and higher resolution screen than the Iphone. People will see it in a shop and go "ooooo, shiny!" and want it, most consumers have NO clue whatsoever about android versions...
All "papers" that I would need to carry around with me are non-existant. Either its a sheet or two of paper I can fold and fit in a pocket or it's work related and not allowed to leave the office (part of confidentiality agreement).
Drilling for oil will always be dangerous... It always has been... You're talking about drilling a hole into a pocked of superheated, high pressure, flammable fluid and gas... BP are a shambles though... Have nothing positive to say about them, bureacratic hellhole where nothing ever gets done quickly...
Otherwise I salute you... Though packaging could be replaced with papet...
Oil is ridiculously cheap given all its uses... A price of 10-20 times would cancel out its use in all its functions... (maybe only 4-5 times for transport... but I doubt it, petrol (gas) in the UK and most of europe is around £1.20 - i.e. $1.60 a litre, roughly 6-7 dollars a gallon and there hasn't been any noticable drop in driving...
Long term it should be a lot cheaper, but in the short term the raw cost of producing all the required batteries, etc to shift off petrol/diesel for transport is unfeasilbe with oil below a few hundred dollars a barrel...
Equate it to an underwater volcano - albeit a large one... Loads of relatively toxic (to current ecosystem) crap speweing from the seabed...
I'm just throwing a possibility out there, life is surprisingly quick to adapt and I like to think that it's a lot more resilient than most people think...
Yes, it is a catastrophe, people and animals have died as a result. A friend of mine works for BP and he doesn't give a sh*t, I do and am very bothered by the speed of the reaction.
But im quite happy with your label of me as an industy shill, when I was only speculating over a potential positive from this situation - I'm sorry but I try to look at all the possibilities and given the negativity of most of the rest of the posts I thought to inject a bit of the opposite...
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Every single hotel room I stayed in had a slot for the key. You walked in, put the key in the slot and the power came on to the room. If you took the key, you lost power. It was annoying trying to charge stuff, but how many times to people leave their rooms in the USA and leave a TV on, some lights, etc?
You know you can put a business card/membership card/whatever in there and it works?
Most hotels in the UK have this as well now, even those costing USD 500 a night for the cheapest room...
Jeremy Clarkson:
"There are two ways a truly civilised and advanced nation can be defined. One, it has a fleet of nuclear submarines, and two, it does not have the death penalty. That leaves you with France and Britain. And that’s about right. "
What sort of car are you running? 1 horsepower = 750 watt - what sort of efficiencies are we talking about here?
Isn't that brown hole?
The other problem is that tests are expensive and failures tend to get noticed. If a new car engine prototype seizes up on the test track, it does not make the news.
Neither does success...
Completely agreed but MadUndergrad states hes making an effort... If everyone shared the effort it would lower demand substantially, if theres enough demand, economically feasible solutions will find their way to market
How about I re-iterate
If you ever took a ride in a car or airplane then you share a part in this. You need to grow a pair and take responsibility for your actions before you can expect BP execs to.
Everyone shares responsibility to some extent BP is the main culprit no doubt...
True that, collective blame is the fitting reply, but you cant expect people to say - Oh my god, this is my fault...
I just really hope there are no retro-active law changes, there have been too many in "democratic" nations of late - Really worries me. BP is to blame, but thered be no need and/or ability to drill this well if the price of oil (due to demand/cartels(OPEC)/etc...) was high enough to warrant the huge outlay required to develop this type of well...
Completely agreed with you on that... Natural seepage of a much greater scale occurs but this is SO localised and theres no-one to blame but BP... I have a friend that works there (European shipping division, nothing to do with exploration) and he couldnt give less of a fuck... Let alone being well informed on it (I follow the stock and developments much closer than he does).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RuaqCZIEGQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RuaqCZIEGQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GhdJOQRQBc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awqKY1e09LM&NR=1 Theres a LOT of it going on...
You piss on them and see how they react??
I thought the average device was 6.5"...
I'd rather use iPhone OS, it's a far smoother user experience, but where am I going to find an iPhone with a 4-5" screen? or a physical keyboard? or running on a carrier other than AT&T?
China.
As long as the battery life doesn't suffer I'm all for larger phones, as long as theyre thinner... I never got the "lighter" thing though, I like being able to feel the weight of something ive paid decent money for...
With the extra "niches" - take a look at the european car market to see that its happening in most sectors...
Some people will find them appealing and, though it may not be a huge market, it might be profitable due to better margins AND higher prices...
It's a phone with a larger and higher resolution screen than the Iphone. People will see it in a shop and go "ooooo, shiny!" and want it, most consumers have NO clue whatsoever about android versions...
I. Do. Not. Want. To. Carry. A. Bag.
I WILL get drunk and I WILL lose it.
Pockets solve that problem.
All "papers" that I would need to carry around with me are non-existant. Either its a sheet or two of paper I can fold and fit in a pocket or it's work related and not allowed to leave the office (part of confidentiality agreement).
Make it 2 inches smaller so I can fit it into a jacket pocket and id be sold...
Requiring a bag to carry it makes it redundant
Does anything eat or could eat those little buggers?
Drilling for oil will always be dangerous... It always has been... You're talking about drilling a hole into a pocked of superheated, high pressure, flammable fluid and gas... BP are a shambles though... Have nothing positive to say about them, bureacratic hellhole where nothing ever gets done quickly...
Come on, potash is dropped over plants, not oil.
Otherwise I salute you... Though packaging could be replaced with papet...
Oil is ridiculously cheap given all its uses... A price of 10-20 times would cancel out its use in all its functions... (maybe only 4-5 times for transport... but I doubt it, petrol (gas) in the UK and most of europe is around £1.20 - i.e. $1.60 a litre, roughly 6-7 dollars a gallon and there hasn't been any noticable drop in driving...
Long term it should be a lot cheaper, but in the short term the raw cost of producing all the required batteries, etc to shift off petrol/diesel for transport is unfeasilbe with oil below a few hundred dollars a barrel...
There has never been an UNRESTRICTED free market. There never will be...
I hate printers too
Ahh...
Equate it to an underwater volcano - albeit a large one... Loads of relatively toxic (to current ecosystem) crap speweing from the seabed...
I'm just throwing a possibility out there, life is surprisingly quick to adapt and I like to think that it's a lot more resilient than most people think...
Yes, it is a catastrophe, people and animals have died as a result. A friend of mine works for BP and he doesn't give a sh*t, I do and am very bothered by the speed of the reaction.
But im quite happy with your label of me as an industy shill, when I was only speculating over a potential positive from this situation - I'm sorry but I try to look at all the possibilities and given the negativity of most of the rest of the posts I thought to inject a bit of the opposite...
Apologies for upsetting you sir