I got the impression though that it could only do one height of jump, like when you see it jump off the top of the building. I was expecting a short hop to get it off the edge, but it cranks way back and catapults way up and off.
Huh? The jump off (@ 36 s) isn't even 1/4 the height of the jump up.
You are right about the peak demand problem, I found the same last time I wanted to rent a big SUV (which was of course on a holiday) - all gone. Smaller cars don't really have that problem because they are rented by business travelers, whose demand falls on holidays. Avis will even off you free weekend rentals if you rent with them enough - but of course who wants a rental car for two days over a non-holiday weekend?
1- Detroit builds a van by taking a car and stretching it. The resultant vehicle is overloaded on all the key parts, and therefore has a fraction of the lifespan of the original car
What? The Ford e350 has 80% of the US market for full-sized vans and a GVWR of 14,500 lbs (over triple the vehicle's own weight). They build school buses, ambulances, and motorhomes on that platform.
Anyways the same is true of any large vehicle, e.g. Suburban. I agree it must be a vicious cycle between high price and low demand.
I agree, except it's true of all jobs, because all performance measures are proxy measures to some degree. Even a straight commission salesman can earn a big commissions while screwing his company if he does it by making false promises to customers or undercutting others in the company to move up the ladder. All measures of "output" have unintended consequences.
You are, word for word, using the strategy Goebbels laid out. That is not a fallacy, that is a simple fact.
Actually you are incorrect. I assume you are referring to "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." He never actually said or wrote that. The link supplies the evidence, but the tipoff is that the quote is good to be true; real people never go around saying "hey, I'm evil!" because that's not how they see themselves.
But I look at how we use our minivan. On a normal day it never goes more than 50 miles. But then a few times per year we pack up everything and drive up to 800 miles in a day. This could work for us.
What I really think makes the most sense is owning a car for normal uses (an electric minivan for us) and renting something else for trips. But for some reason, renting a large vehicle is crazy expensive. For example, renting a E350 van from Avis is almost 3 times (2.8 to be precise) as expensive as an Impala, even though the MSRP is very close ($32K vs $27K, about 20% more for the van).
In order to change anything, it has to be enough for the offender to sit up and take notice. Now if only the officers in question were liable for 1% of the settlement, we would make some real progress.
after the spike of one-time purchases during the pregnancy, most purchases for actually raising a child are made from habits that can be influenced during the pregnancy.
Yes, women newly pregnant for the first time are highly desirable and targeted demographic. That link describes the lengths Target goes to in order to identify those women, even if they haven't told anybody yet (on facebook or otherwise). But after the spike of one-time purchases and brand adoption during the pregnancy, most of the purchases for actually raising a child are recurring and made from habit, so advertising is less effective.
The lack of Siri seems a bit annoying. Perhaps many people wouldn't use those features on it anyways, but it just rubs me the wrong way when manufacturers remove functionality they already have and could easily have included in order to segment the market or make sure people buy one of everything. For that matter removing features from cheaper models is somewhat reasonable, but the iPad is a premium product with a premium price.
They've done the studies. For you to offer nothing but your unfounded opinion as a counter-argument is absurd.
There is nothing wrong with gathering facts to inform policies, and there's nothing to say that all the results of the studies will eventually be reflected in the regulations. Study after study shows that hands-free cellphones are still a distraction, but there's no movement to ban them.
Patents are like movie scripts - most of them never go anywhere. If I were managing IBMs IP I would be more proud of selling 750 than being granted 6000, because it's an external validation of the quality, as opposed to quantity, of the patents. (And by "quality" in this case I really just mean "marketability," or "return on IBM's investment in research," as opposed to something harder to quantify, like scientific merit).
The linked article already says what insights they are gaining - they're measuring quantities never measured before. I think your real question is, "how can this be commercialized?" The answer is, nobody knows yet. But do you know how much basic science and engineering must be done before some opportunistic company can swoop in, put it in a shiny box, and become trillionaires selling it? These physicists aren't Exxon pumping oil from the ground. They're chloroplasts slowly producing biomass through photosynthesis, some of which will eventually become that oil.
Neither is legal. However, there is a big difference in consequence between the two groups, if a "cybercriminal" uses the information to raid my bank account whereas a "hactivist" does not.
I disagree with you on the causes of the crisis. But that aside, how would crowdsourcing actually work? It is different than micro-loans, because you agree ahead of time exactly what your return will be. Hollywood is driven largely by royalty and profit-sharing agreements, and has become famous for legally screwing people out of what they thought they were entitled to. If I send somebody $5000 for a share in some new website, but they're the only ones who know how many shares they're selling and they alone decide how much "profit" they're making (because there are no independent audits of the finances), aren't I really just signing up for however much they decide later to let me have?
I'm not sure which label he represents or co-opted, but what bothers me is how many people hear what he says - and like it. Whatever he is, he isn't alone.
Deep Blue and its descendants aren't exactly something a spectator could hide in their coat.
Pocket Fritz 4 achieved a higher Elo rating than any human, and that was on a PocketPC in 2009. And mobile hardware has evolved at an amazing pace since then.
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Huh? The jump off (@ 36 s) isn't even 1/4 the height of the jump up.
You are right about the peak demand problem, I found the same last time I wanted to rent a big SUV (which was of course on a holiday) - all gone. Smaller cars don't really have that problem because they are rented by business travelers, whose demand falls on holidays. Avis will even off you free weekend rentals if you rent with them enough - but of course who wants a rental car for two days over a non-holiday weekend?
What? The Ford e350 has 80% of the US market for full-sized vans and a GVWR of 14,500 lbs (over triple the vehicle's own weight). They build school buses, ambulances, and motorhomes on that platform.
Anyways the same is true of any large vehicle, e.g. Suburban. I agree it must be a vicious cycle between high price and low demand.
I agree, except it's true of all jobs, because all performance measures are proxy measures to some degree. Even a straight commission salesman can earn a big commissions while screwing his company if he does it by making false promises to customers or undercutting others in the company to move up the ladder. All measures of "output" have unintended consequences.
Actually you are incorrect. I assume you are referring to "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." He never actually said or wrote that. The link supplies the evidence, but the tipoff is that the quote is good to be true; real people never go around saying "hey, I'm evil!" because that's not how they see themselves.
What I really think makes the most sense is owning a car for normal uses (an electric minivan for us) and renting something else for trips. But for some reason, renting a large vehicle is crazy expensive. For example, renting a E350 van from Avis is almost 3 times (2.8 to be precise) as expensive as an Impala, even though the MSRP is very close ($32K vs $27K, about 20% more for the van).
The taxpayers are also the voters. They deserve to pay until they take notice and send a message to their government.
In order to change anything, it has to be enough for the offender to sit up and take notice. Now if only the officers in question were liable for 1% of the settlement, we would make some real progress.
Yes, that's what "brand adoption" means.
Oh, and don't shop at stores.
Yes, women newly pregnant for the first time are highly desirable and targeted demographic. That link describes the lengths Target goes to in order to identify those women, even if they haven't told anybody yet (on facebook or otherwise). But after the spike of one-time purchases and brand adoption during the pregnancy, most of the purchases for actually raising a child are recurring and made from habit, so advertising is less effective.
Studies like this are for people who like a little more detail and hard facts than "DUH, CHINA=BAD"
The lack of Siri seems a bit annoying. Perhaps many people wouldn't use those features on it anyways, but it just rubs me the wrong way when manufacturers remove functionality they already have and could easily have included in order to segment the market or make sure people buy one of everything. For that matter removing features from cheaper models is somewhat reasonable, but the iPad is a premium product with a premium price.
There is nothing wrong with gathering facts to inform policies, and there's nothing to say that all the results of the studies will eventually be reflected in the regulations. Study after study shows that hands-free cellphones are still a distraction, but there's no movement to ban them.
What makes you think the triangle representing the car wouldn't be moving smoothly across the 3-second-update map?
Patents are like movie scripts - most of them never go anywhere. If I were managing IBMs IP I would be more proud of selling 750 than being granted 6000, because it's an external validation of the quality, as opposed to quantity, of the patents. (And by "quality" in this case I really just mean "marketability," or "return on IBM's investment in research," as opposed to something harder to quantify, like scientific merit).
The linked article already says what insights they are gaining - they're measuring quantities never measured before. I think your real question is, "how can this be commercialized?" The answer is, nobody knows yet. But do you know how much basic science and engineering must be done before some opportunistic company can swoop in, put it in a shiny box, and become trillionaires selling it? These physicists aren't Exxon pumping oil from the ground. They're chloroplasts slowly producing biomass through photosynthesis, some of which will eventually become that oil.
Who's to say even this particular guy will be a winner, in the long run? How much did he lose before and after his miracle month?
Neither is legal. However, there is a big difference in consequence between the two groups, if a "cybercriminal" uses the information to raid my bank account whereas a "hactivist" does not.
I disagree with you on the causes of the crisis. But that aside, how would crowdsourcing actually work? It is different than micro-loans, because you agree ahead of time exactly what your return will be. Hollywood is driven largely by royalty and profit-sharing agreements, and has become famous for legally screwing people out of what they thought they were entitled to. If I send somebody $5000 for a share in some new website, but they're the only ones who know how many shares they're selling and they alone decide how much "profit" they're making (because there are no independent audits of the finances), aren't I really just signing up for however much they decide later to let me have?
I'm not sure which label he represents or co-opted, but what bothers me is how many people hear what he says - and like it. Whatever he is, he isn't alone.
Wow, I wonder if anybody is exploring this for communicating with or detecting submarines.
Canon NoteJet 486. It even offered an "optional facsimile modem."
How do you know? Cape Cod isn't a single person. Maybe the people who don't want a wind farm anywhere near it are the "drill baby drill!" crowd.
Pocket Fritz 4 achieved a higher Elo rating than any human, and that was on a PocketPC in 2009. And mobile hardware has evolved at an amazing pace since then.