Some people are slow to move on. I know people that actually read paper books too. If you watch flea markets there are still people that buy 8 track tapes. I remember when 8 track came out and it sucked then. Nothing like listening to a song and having the damn player change track right in the middle of it.
If you want to watch something multiple times you can just rip it to disk. I gave all my DVDs away. One hard drive holds an entire drawer full of DVDs with room to spare.
The thing that burns me up about all this is that with everyone screaming for the government to "DO SOMETHING," the fact is that they aren't even trying to prosecute people for blatant violations of the law. There should be a lot of bank executives serving 20+ year sentences right now but they all get a pass for some reason. It's like the 9/11 fiasco. All those people who had all the info to stop the attacks and failed to do their jobs. Did anyone get fired? Nah! Let's pass a bunch of laws to strangle the American people's freedom. I guess they're right. It's our fault for electing idiots.
Seriously they aren't that bad.....but then they aren't worth what they cost either. Kind of like most products that are overpriced like all these chinese made shoes with Nike and other high cost brands on them that cost about 30 times what the actual cost of producing them is. Everything is that way. Overpriced cars, motorcycles, clothes, etc. Brand names sell. Who knows this better than Apple? They claim a premium on hardware that is certainly overpriced compared to most peecees even if they do have the bonus of not being saddled with Windows.
MS will not allow this. Look for them to give China whatever they have to, including a few billion in bribes to keep Linux from becoming the official OS.
All modern bombers are designed to make low-level entry. The B-52 was originally designed for high altitude bombardment but later was given terrain following radar and other upgrades to enable low level attack. The B-1B has much more speed but really when you're down in the dirt it's all sub sonic anyway. We had a B-1 do a pass over the high school stadium here one year for Indepence Day celebration. He rolled across the north side of town on his way to the stadium which sits on the Southern side of the city. The damn thing busted windows all across the flight path and he never exceeded the sound barrier. They make so much noise it's incredible. I was glad when the noisy things went to Texas.
They do have plans in effect to deal with air defenses. A portion of any attack will be targeted on the anti-air assets. Of course in a full scale nuclear assault ICBM's from both land bases and subs plus sub launched cruise missiles will be utilized as well. A lot to deal with. MAD makes a mess.
It's big slow and ugly but it still fulfills it's mission perfectly. It's the ultimate bombing platform. Sure you can't use it at will unless you have air supremacy but once you do it's the single most economical way to destroy someone.
Nice to think that these contracts go to the lowest bidder. I wonder why they went organic as it makes no sense any way you look at it. From a money standpoint it's more expensive. From a practical standpoint it doesn't work as good. It's almost so stupid as to seem like sabotage. If it was the other way around it would make sense as contractors are always looking for a way to shave costs.
I don't know that his cause is to blame. All causes have some idiot followers who jump on the bandwagon without any intellectual thought. Just along for the ride and parroting what he hears instead of thinking and responding intelligently. There are pros and cons to nuclear power but I have to say that this concerns cold war refuse and not modern commercial waste.
They've been making the leaf for a few years now. Initial cost is converting the system to electric. Once you've got the basic system laid out and debugged it's just a matter of tweaking it from then on. The big cost then is the damn batteries. I'd bet that Nissan has a better source for batteries than Fiat-Chrysler. Especially when you consider the volume the leaf is sold at. I think Fiat-Chrysler just said screw it for now and are doing the minimum necessary to comply with the government requirements. Once Tesla, Nissan and others pave the way they'll get on board fully. It requires too much capital to be a trail blazer.
I have a lot of Craftsman stuff my Dad gave me back in the 70's and like you say it's obviously better quality than the stuff they sell today. The Snap-On stuff we have at work seems top notch but I can't afford that kind of price. It's not that good, nothing is worth those kinds of prices to me.
The Nissan Leaf specs are similar to the 500e and the MSRP is in the same range. I guess Nissan engineers suck too? Maybe someone at Tesla is actually a genius. I don't know how they do it but still and all if it was easy everyone would be doing it.
I'm thinking 63MPG is pretty impressive. My daughter had a little bity scion xA back around 2004 and it got just over 30MPG on the highway with me driving. I thought that sucked hard considering my big Mercury Grand Marquis got 24MPG highway and I felt like I was sitting on my living room sofa versus the cramped and painful little xA. If I could get 63MPG it might make the suffering worth while.
I've bought Chrysler products in the past and gotten good use out of them. For the money they were good buys. I had a CV joint go out pretty early on one of them due to a torn boot that I didn't catch in time. They saw lots of hard usage and served well. I hear this extremism from people all the time "those are garbage!" when a manufacturer is below par for a standard. All in all though just because a car is not at the same level as another doesn't make it junk. The average qualtiy has risen greatly in the past 3 decades and most cars sold today will provide many miles and years of good service. I choose not to pay a premium for cars that are priced way too high for what they are. It's like tools. Snap-On makes great tools and they may be better than craftsman tools but they aren't better enough to justify the 400% or better price premium. Good enough is good enough.
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Some people are slow to move on. I know people that actually read paper books too. If you watch flea markets there are still people that buy 8 track tapes. I remember when 8 track came out and it sucked then. Nothing like listening to a song and having the damn player change track right in the middle of it.
If you want to watch something multiple times you can just rip it to disk. I gave all my DVDs away. One hard drive holds an entire drawer full of DVDs with room to spare.
The thing that burns me up about all this is that with everyone screaming for the government to "DO SOMETHING," the fact is that they aren't even trying to prosecute people for blatant violations of the law. There should be a lot of bank executives serving 20+ year sentences right now but they all get a pass for some reason. It's like the 9/11 fiasco. All those people who had all the info to stop the attacks and failed to do their jobs. Did anyone get fired? Nah! Let's pass a bunch of laws to strangle the American people's freedom. I guess they're right. It's our fault for electing idiots.
I think he meant "cleaner than."
Compared to life in the cesspools that pass for prisons I'd consider the death penalty a better option.
Watch out for the Hound!
You would think the banks would ha e an obligation to protect investors' money.
Seriously they aren't that bad.....but then they aren't worth what they cost either. Kind of like most products that are overpriced like all these chinese made shoes with Nike and other high cost brands on them that cost about 30 times what the actual cost of producing them is. Everything is that way. Overpriced cars, motorcycles, clothes, etc. Brand names sell. Who knows this better than Apple? They claim a premium on hardware that is certainly overpriced compared to most peecees even if they do have the bonus of not being saddled with Windows.
MS will not allow this. Look for them to give China whatever they have to, including a few billion in bribes to keep Linux from becoming the official OS.
All modern bombers are designed to make low-level entry. The B-52 was originally designed for high altitude bombardment but later was given terrain following radar and other upgrades to enable low level attack. The B-1B has much more speed but really when you're down in the dirt it's all sub sonic anyway. We had a B-1 do a pass over the high school stadium here one year for Indepence Day celebration. He rolled across the north side of town on his way to the stadium which sits on the Southern side of the city. The damn thing busted windows all across the flight path and he never exceeded the sound barrier. They make so much noise it's incredible. I was glad when the noisy things went to Texas.
Hell, I'd love to make 87 dollars an hour too!
I do believe they've upgraded to Vista!
I imagine they'll replace it with an autonomous aircraft around then. Manned warcraft will most likely be well on the way out by then.
They do have plans in effect to deal with air defenses. A portion of any attack will be targeted on the anti-air assets. Of course in a full scale nuclear assault ICBM's from both land bases and subs plus sub launched cruise missiles will be utilized as well. A lot to deal with. MAD makes a mess.
Actually it's more like 500 knots at 300 feet. Under the radar is what it excels at.
It's big slow and ugly but it still fulfills it's mission perfectly. It's the ultimate bombing platform. Sure you can't use it at will unless you have air supremacy but once you do it's the single most economical way to destroy someone.
Nice to think that these contracts go to the lowest bidder. I wonder why they went organic as it makes no sense any way you look at it. From a money standpoint it's more expensive. From a practical standpoint it doesn't work as good. It's almost so stupid as to seem like sabotage. If it was the other way around it would make sense as contractors are always looking for a way to shave costs.
I don't know that his cause is to blame. All causes have some idiot followers who jump on the bandwagon without any intellectual thought. Just along for the ride and parroting what he hears instead of thinking and responding intelligently. There are pros and cons to nuclear power but I have to say that this concerns cold war refuse and not modern commercial waste.
It's not about you. You fail to understand your place as a consumer. You spend money and they fuck you. I can't make it any simpler for you.
They've been making the leaf for a few years now. Initial cost is converting the system to electric. Once you've got the basic system laid out and debugged it's just a matter of tweaking it from then on. The big cost then is the damn batteries. I'd bet that Nissan has a better source for batteries than Fiat-Chrysler. Especially when you consider the volume the leaf is sold at. I think Fiat-Chrysler just said screw it for now and are doing the minimum necessary to comply with the government requirements. Once Tesla, Nissan and others pave the way they'll get on board fully. It requires too much capital to be a trail blazer.
I have a lot of Craftsman stuff my Dad gave me back in the 70's and like you say it's obviously better quality than the stuff they sell today. The Snap-On stuff we have at work seems top notch but I can't afford that kind of price. It's not that good, nothing is worth those kinds of prices to me.
The Nissan Leaf specs are similar to the 500e and the MSRP is in the same range. I guess Nissan engineers suck too? Maybe someone at Tesla is actually a genius. I don't know how they do it but still and all if it was easy everyone would be doing it.
I'm thinking 63MPG is pretty impressive. My daughter had a little bity scion xA back around 2004 and it got just over 30MPG on the highway with me driving. I thought that sucked hard considering my big Mercury Grand Marquis got 24MPG highway and I felt like I was sitting on my living room sofa versus the cramped and painful little xA. If I could get 63MPG it might make the suffering worth while.
I've bought Chrysler products in the past and gotten good use out of them. For the money they were good buys. I had a CV joint go out pretty early on one of them due to a torn boot that I didn't catch in time. They saw lots of hard usage and served well. I hear this extremism from people all the time "those are garbage!" when a manufacturer is below par for a standard. All in all though just because a car is not at the same level as another doesn't make it junk. The average qualtiy has risen greatly in the past 3 decades and most cars sold today will provide many miles and years of good service. I choose not to pay a premium for cars that are priced way too high for what they are. It's like tools. Snap-On makes great tools and they may be better than craftsman tools but they aren't better enough to justify the 400% or better price premium. Good enough is good enough.
If you see no problem with it then start your own car company. If the shit was trivial everyone would be doing it.