Currently, I drive ~30 miles per day. I need to worry about fuel every 10-14 days. Given an 80-100 mile range for batteries, now I must stop and 'refuel' every 2 or 3 days to maintain a safe reserve.
Not necessarily a dealbreaker, but still an issue to take into account.
This points to governmental poverty, rather than the poor souls in the images. Poverty as in the city/national government not having the resources or desire to handle the trash problem.
3.8 meters/second average is not a windy area, infact it's a Class 1 [doe.gov] wind speed. There are many places in the U.S. that are Class 3 or better, and you'd get much different results from those areas.
People bitch about it, because we can't afford it. At $100k, the Tesla Roadster is priced out of the reach of 99% of Western buyers want or need. 99.9999% of worldwide buyers. Getting kick-ass performance in a basically limited run prototype is...ok, not easy, but a LOT easier than doing it at a price regular humans can afford. And for a lot of city dwellers...where the hell do I plug it in? An extension cord out the fourth floor apartment window won't cut it. A few years of infrastructure is needed.
This is a 'great' car. Fast, flashy, exotic. But not for the masses. Yet. And the masses are where the real difference comes in.
Yes...let's ass u me that the stated $250 build cost doesn't include any of the actual manufacturing and sustainability costs. We'll just blindly figure that the people actually building this have zero clue what they are doing, and are just yanking figures out of their ass.
Fine then, change the pricing model to a price/GB. Use a two tier system for amount uploaded and downloaded, and show this on the billing statement.
Now you are DIRECTLY paying for ads and patches. Buy a game or application online? Pay for it, and then pay to have it 'delivered'. Pay your ISP to deliver your local government information?
Visual Studio Express is free (as in beer) by design. Of course, it is a Microsoft product, so you have to be willing to contaminate your workstation with binaries from the Evul Kingdom.
And a 240 day license of the various MS server products is free as well.
Last year, on vacation at a beach resort, I happened upon the local Segway salesman/rental guy in a bar. He was going on and on about the benefits of his vehicles. I leaned in, and challenged him to a race. Him on the Seg, me on my bike. Beach to downtown and back...15 miles each way. And I am probably twice his age.
On Win machines you have to uninstall the prior version first. Fine. Except uninstalling also removes all associated libraries and CODECs. And then it requires a reboot. And only then can you install the new version. And then reboot. And then hunt down all the fucking CODECs.
I just moved up to 0.9.9 (XP Pro). No reboot either after uninstall of the previous 0.9.6, or install of the new.
No reboot at all.
We have three computers in my household. (Well, four, but the fourth is never used.) Any suggestions for an inexpensive wireless/wired router that will allow me to track how much bandwidth I use per month?
You already have it. Spare PC + ipCop = firewall, bandwidth logging, etc, etc.
At my current service level, it is 40Gb down, 15 up per month. Speeds of 10/2, which is quite consistent. The strange thing is, I know I exceed this regularly. And have never gotten any notice about it, or seen a throttling of speed.
1. He's not wearing the helmet 24/7 2. The laser pointer makes that a non-starter.
3. Far too much gadetry. The guy isn't a filmmaker on location, but rather a medic who may have a few spare minutes to grab some interesting/fun footage.
Any regular late model digital camera can shoot enough video to be interesting. Pick one that uses AA's, and he'll never be THAT far from new/recharged ones.
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Currently, I drive ~30 miles per day. I need to worry about fuel every 10-14 days.
Given an 80-100 mile range for batteries, now I must stop and 'refuel' every 2 or 3 days to maintain a safe reserve.
Not necessarily a dealbreaker, but still an issue to take into account.
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This points to governmental poverty, rather than the poor souls in the images.
Poverty as in the city/national government not having the resources or desire to handle the trash problem.
3.8 meters/second average is not a windy area, infact it's a Class 1 [doe.gov] wind speed. There are many places in the U.S. that are Class 3 or better, and you'd get much different results from those areas.
Yeah. You'd have ALL of them break.
I remember a quote from the former Indian prime minster Indira Gandhi - "Poverty is the biggest polluter."
Indeed. Images from Mumbai.
What is the justification for sales tax on an internet purchase?
"We want more money (because what we take from you already is being misused)".
you pay by usage for every other commodity, so why not bandwidth too?
Do we pay by the minute or hour of (digital) cable TV? No. So why then are other bits coming down the exact same wire any different?
Nothing escapes the notice of Major Asshole.
Nor General Chaos.
Delivers 1/2 the requirements.
Price?
Refuel time?
Both lacking, so far.
Yes...it is a little hotrod. OK, now show me the other parts.
1. Americas love of gas-based vehicles
No, they(we) don't. We like the performance gasoline gives.
100mph top speed
0-60 in 12 seconds
300 mile range
here's the kicker....15 minute 'recharge' time, available anywhere.
Under $30,000
Give me those specs, and I don't care if it runs on pureed unicorn horn.
People bitch about it, because we can't afford it. At $100k, the Tesla Roadster is priced out of the reach of 99% of Western buyers want or need. 99.9999% of worldwide buyers. ...ok, not easy, but a LOT easier than doing it at a price regular humans can afford.
Getting kick-ass performance in a basically limited run prototype is
And for a lot of city dwellers...where the hell do I plug it in? An extension cord out the fourth floor apartment window won't cut it. A few years of infrastructure is needed.
This is a 'great' car. Fast, flashy, exotic. But not for the masses. Yet. And the masses are where the real difference comes in.
Yes. An actual fold out/slideout keyboard. For instance, that's what the PSP needed from the start...a dedicated keyboard.
It's too big. Cut the size in half and add mobile broadband options in addition to wifi.
So...a slightly larger iPhone or iTouch, without the AT&T or Apple tethering.
Yes...let's ass u me that the stated $250 build cost doesn't include any of the actual manufacturing and sustainability costs.
We'll just blindly figure that the people actually building this have zero clue what they are doing, and are just yanking figures out of their ass.
Fine then, change the pricing model to a price/GB. Use a two tier system for amount uploaded and downloaded, and show this on the billing statement.
Now you are DIRECTLY paying for ads and patches.
Buy a game or application online? Pay for it, and then pay to have it 'delivered'.
Pay your ISP to deliver your local government information?
No thanks.
Microsoft are the richest corporation on the planet (to my knowledge)
Not even close. 1/2 the size of Exxon, smaller than Walmart or Procter & Gamble.
Visual Studio Express is free (as in beer) by design. Of course, it is a Microsoft product, so you have to be willing to contaminate your workstation with binaries from the Evul Kingdom.
And a 240 day license of the various MS server products is free as well.
Last year, on vacation at a beach resort, I happened upon the local Segway salesman/rental guy in a bar. He was going on and on about the benefits of his vehicles. I leaned in, and challenged him to a race. Him on the Seg, me on my bike. Beach to downtown and back...15 miles each way. And I am probably twice his age.
He quickly changed the subject.
On Win machines you have to uninstall the prior version first. Fine. Except uninstalling also removes all associated libraries and CODECs. And then it requires a reboot. And only then can you install the new version. And then reboot. And then hunt down all the fucking CODECs.
I just moved up to 0.9.9 (XP Pro). No reboot either after uninstall of the previous 0.9.6, or install of the new.
No reboot at all.
We have three computers in my household. (Well, four, but the fourth is never used.)
Any suggestions for an inexpensive wireless/wired router that will allow me to track how much bandwidth I use per month?
You already have it. Spare PC + ipCop = firewall, bandwidth logging, etc, etc.
Cox cable (Hampton Roads) has download/upload bandwidth caps based on what level of service you have.
At my current service level, it is 40Gb down, 15 up per month. Speeds of 10/2, which is quite consistent.
The strange thing is, I know I exceed this regularly. And have never gotten any notice about it, or seen a throttling of speed.
oops, I did it now.
Furthermore, the problem is only barely attributable to social conservatives, as a great many liberal democrats love this nanny-state stuff.
Truer words were never spoken.
How good is UAV radar?,br>
Apparently, as good as a U-2.
Sure $1400 doesn't seem too shabby, but if you live on base/post (as is assumed here) you don't get allowances for housing and food
$1400 is base pay. Housing and rations are on top of that.
Deployed to SWA is ALWAYS 'living on-base'.
Um, no.
1. He's not wearing the helmet 24/7
2. The laser pointer makes that a non-starter.
3. Far too much gadetry. The guy isn't a filmmaker on location, but rather a medic who may have a few spare minutes to grab some interesting/fun footage.
Any regular late model digital camera can shoot enough video to be interesting. Pick one that uses AA's, and he'll never be THAT far from new/recharged ones.