It's corporate sponsorships. Nothing worse than a bunch of exhibits that have been designed to embellish Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, et al.'s image. And you have to pay for your ticket, on top of that..
Two nits to pick here: first of all what you are talking about is a variable number of active cylinders, a variable displacement engine actually changes the engine displacement without changing the number of active cylinders. Secondly, the idea of varying the number of active cylinders for efficiency is almost as old as the piston engine itself. No one has made one work reliably yet, so I'll consider it vaporware for now. For an idea as to how difficult this is to implement in practice, consider that we've got fully elctronically automated engines, hybrid powertrains and even Miller and Wankel designs all developed in the last 4 decades with no commercially produced variable active cylinder engines for automobiles yet.
False. Chrysler's Hemi engine can switch off four of its cylinders when needed. This feature will be debuted in the 300C and the Magnum, which I believe will be hitting showrooms right about now.
The GM LS2 has a feature called "Displacement on Demand" that can switch off four of the eight cylinders when needed. It is not used on the Corvette right now because of NVH issues in the chassis, but they expect to employ it in their "high feature" engines sometime in the future.
The Cadillac 4-6-8 was a horrible engine and gave the technology a bad name. But right now the technology seems to be working pretty well.
What are we doing wrong these days that programmers could get right in 1962? Why are we failing at these attempts at modernization, when we know for a fact that software engineering methods have advanced so much since then?
Every type of convenience we invent just makes us lazier. The car made us too lazy to walk anywhere. The remote control made us too lazy to get up and walk across the room. The microwave made us too lazy to cook. After this, will we be too lazy to think?
They could have purchased firewire hard drives instead, rather than going through the extra expense of the Apple branded firmware and designer casings.
Never once have I been anything but impressed with David Bowie and Peter Gabriel's foresight into issues surrounding the role of technology in people's lives. Their views are outspoken and profound, compared to the corporate slaves that make up so much of the entertainment industry. I am happy to see Gabriel taking the road less travelled for the sake of the common good.
Mr. Anonymous Coward is right. Frankel is a computer programmer whom we all can only hope to aspire to be. If we call Shaun Fanning a hero because he stole things en masse, we should throw ticker tape parades for the Mafia, because they're REALLY good at stealing!
What does Shaun bring to the table besides celebrity clout? I was unimpressed with the quality of Napster's code before it got big, and obviously he has not demonstrated any strength in growing a business or developing a revenue model. He was just in the right place at the right time, keen to exploit vagueries in ancient copyright statues.
This one will get tons of press because of Shaun's presence, but I wouldn't say that his role gives the company any more of a chance at succeeding.
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It's corporate sponsorships. Nothing worse than a bunch of exhibits that have been designed to embellish Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, et al.'s image. And you have to pay for your ticket, on top of that..
Two nits to pick here: first of all what you are talking about is a variable number of active cylinders, a variable displacement engine actually changes the engine displacement without changing the number of active cylinders. Secondly, the idea of varying the number of active cylinders for efficiency is almost as old as the piston engine itself. No one has made one work reliably yet, so I'll consider it vaporware for now. For an idea as to how difficult this is to implement in practice, consider that we've got fully elctronically automated engines, hybrid powertrains and even Miller and Wankel designs all developed in the last 4 decades with no commercially produced variable active cylinder engines for automobiles yet.
False. Chrysler's Hemi engine can switch off four of its cylinders when needed. This feature will be debuted in the 300C and the Magnum, which I believe will be hitting showrooms right about now.
The GM LS2 has a feature called "Displacement on Demand" that can switch off four of the eight cylinders when needed. It is not used on the Corvette right now because of NVH issues in the chassis, but they expect to employ it in their "high feature" engines sometime in the future.
The Cadillac 4-6-8 was a horrible engine and gave the technology a bad name. But right now the technology seems to be working pretty well.
The Veyron's W16 shatters transmissions like crazy. I'll believe the output and speed numbers when the vehicle actually comes out.
This will render that cool image retrieval system in Minority Report obsolete!
What are we doing wrong these days that programmers could get right in 1962? Why are we failing at these attempts at modernization, when we know for a fact that software engineering methods have advanced so much since then?
Why is the badger dead? Must be from the SNAKES A SNAKE OHHHHH A SNAKE..
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Oh well, at least they didn't write that atrocity Halloween H2O.
I can't wait until the class action lawsuits are filed.. the click-whirr of death from legions of iPod minis!
Hitachi has inherited an evil, evil legacy.
I wonder when the day will come when our computers have built-in singularities for mass data storage.
What does a luxury car manufacturer know about managing space stations? The gall of it all!
But the optical bus between the memory and the eye is only line-of-sight!
Every type of convenience we invent just makes us lazier. The car made us too lazy to walk anywhere. The remote control made us too lazy to get up and walk across the room. The microwave made us too lazy to cook. After this, will we be too lazy to think?
booga boo
and now you're getting sued, HerrVinny!
That's what happens when you outsource skilled labor to the Martians!
..that the "many eyes" tenet of open source really DOES work!
They could have purchased firewire hard drives instead, rather than going through the extra expense of the Apple branded firmware and designer casings.
Morrowind. Fantastic game, fantastic editing suite, massive detail, massive depth, beautiful scenic effects, great scripting.
Never once have I been anything but impressed with David Bowie and Peter Gabriel's foresight into issues surrounding the role of technology in people's lives. Their views are outspoken and profound, compared to the corporate slaves that make up so much of the entertainment industry. I am happy to see Gabriel taking the road less travelled for the sake of the common good.
Did you read the article about how Frankel stuck it to the man at AOL? That's heroic in my book.
Mr. Anonymous Coward is right. Frankel is a computer programmer whom we all can only hope to aspire to be. If we call Shaun Fanning a hero because he stole things en masse, we should throw ticker tape parades for the Mafia, because they're REALLY good at stealing!
+1, Funny
What does Shaun bring to the table besides celebrity clout? I was unimpressed with the quality of Napster's code before it got big, and obviously he has not demonstrated any strength in growing a business or developing a revenue model. He was just in the right place at the right time, keen to exploit vagueries in ancient copyright statues.
This one will get tons of press because of Shaun's presence, but I wouldn't say that his role gives the company any more of a chance at succeeding.
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