So in a group, you're not at the mercy of the top of curve so much as at the mercy of those at the bottom. Here in the US, Bush's appeal is somewhat an indication of this.
I finally understand why Gore received the most votes in 2000. Thanks for clearing that up!
It would appear that the submitter of the story is Phillip Torrone, the host of the MAKE blog (and apparently a Senior Editor?). I'd like to think that's not really the case: MAKE is really cool and this fuel cell is really lame. The worst part is that now I have that stupid "I am stuck on Band-Aid brand, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me" jingle running through my head.
I was thinking of something more along the lines of a cartoon showing a Politics & Science Cartoon Contest with a panel of celebrity judges determining the winner.
Folks - keep in mind the fact that an AC is often just that. Which might include bloodsuckers^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hlawyers from Columbus, OH or their spin doctors.
A brand new system with 4GB ram that could smoke your E450 in every possible way can be had for $600.
After adding in the dual-redundant power supplies, LOM (lights out management), 20 hot-swappable drive bays, and the ability to distribute Oracle processes across multiple processors, I'm thinking your figure is just a touch on the low side.
Okay, realistically the only thing that makes sense is that Dvorak felt lonely and needed to feel the nice warmth of a bunch of page hits (and ad revenue). Or maybe he really is a complete moron.
Regardless, I'd still like to see a DV-chip that a) requires Dvorak to pass a breathalyzer before being allowed to write any articles and b) requires readers to pass a breathalyzer before being allowed to view his articles.
I can't possibly be the only one who thinks this is a bunch of reactionary, emotional garbage slapped together for the sake of making a story. This story seems more worthy of a site like Technophobe or similar.
In my experience most people can't name much of anything. How many times have you had to suffer through someone brag about adding another 40 gigabytes of memory to their 3.2 megahertz CPU? And people are relying more and more on these crazy computers in every facet of their life! Few of them could even tell me what embedded CPU is in their ECU (assuming they knew what an ECU was). I mean, O M G!!! That's just crazy!!!
I'll bet these same people couldn't tell me what a master cylinder or calipers are either. That doesn't make hydraulic disc brakes a dangerous thing that people are too dependent upon.
Maybe we ought to hear a report from famed technologist F. Flinstone after test driving the new Rockcedes R-Class with an advanced, non-podiatric braking system.
I don't see why we can't get more stories about cool new uses of technology that are radically improving the driving experience. Like advances in electromechanical braking such as Siemens' new system. I can get technophobic drivel like this article by going no further than my local newspaper.
I'd just like to see an actual car that's been designed as a diesel-electric or gasoline-electric before I think it's a viable alternative to what we've got now.
I agree with you completely! These current "hybrids" just seem like such a hack-job. I have no admiration for the design of them. They strike me as someone's Senior Project gussied up into a production vehicle. The Prius is probably the worst of the bunch as far as that goes. If they'd taken some of the money they spent on typical Japanese gadgetry and put it into actually purpose-building a full, serial hybrid, they'd be doing a lot better in the mileage department (at least that's my opinion). Instead, they slapped in crap like the animated graphic showing where the power's going. Thank God these people don't have a dominant position in the operating system market. I'd just love to have an animated graphic running showing how my data is flowing about the hardware as I type this. The way I look at it, I can get a VW TDI vehicle that gets the same mileage with an engine that's going to last a good 200k miles (or more). Although, VWs quality has been falling dramatically as of late...
I drove my brother-in-law's 2006 Accord hybrid back in September and nearly got T-boned by a truck due to a serious design flaw in the damned thing. It's got a feature called "auto stop" that shuts off the engine when you're stopped for a period of time. It supposedly instantly starts the engine when you press the accelerator. Anyway, I was trying to get onto a highway with limited sight distance (a hill right before the intersection) and so when I finally had enough of a gap to get out, I punched the accelerator. As I did, a truck popped up over the hill. Wouldn't have been a big deal, but the car just sat there, not moving. By the time I had a chance to react to that unexpected event, the car had started and shot out into traffic, right across the path of the truck. I managed to get into the far lane, tires squealing, before I got hit, but it was pretty ugly. I have to wonder how long it will be before people start getting killed by this thing...
Okay, didn't mean to get pedantic on you - I've just been surprised by the lack of understanding from the/. crowd, let alone the general public. Having said that, a serial hybrid can also do away with the transmission completely which is also a big sink for frictional losses (and added weight). In essence, take a purpose built electric vehicle (the EV1 being the only production electric design from the ground up that I'm aware of) and add an engine to it. The other beautiful thing about this is that the engine itself only has to generate electricity, so the moving part count can be lower and the engine speed itself becomes less important since its only function is to generate electricity.
Engine efficiency comes from small engines running at constant speeds. That's already accomplished with the hybrids.
No, the serial hybrid posited by the parent poster (and that you're arguing against) has an engine running at constant speed. The current set of parallel hybrids are dual drive systems (in the case of the Prius) or inline boost (such as the Civic & Accord) systems. In all current (parallel) hybrids, the engine drives the car in exactly the same way as any other car on the road. The difference is that some of the energy for braking is supplied by the load of an electrical generator/battery combo, which is then later reused for acceleration. Additional optimizations come from using this captured braking energy to supply vehicle acceleration at low speeds or to provide accessory when stopped in traffic (for some models of hybrids). The only time the engine would potentially run at constant speed is while the vehicle is stopped and the energy demands (e.g., air conditioning) are great enough that the battery energy needs to be maintained.
And, yes, I realize this is a great simplification of things, but it seems that the general public is utterly ignorant of hybrid technology even though it's nothing new. Just new to the production automotive companies.
It's a shame GM hasn't resurrected the EV1 with a hybrid engine option. Oh yeah, that's right, it's an enormous conspiracy driven by Big Oil and those lazy, fat-cats in Detroit.
How much more can the music labels demand when even Microsoft won't go to market?
Even Microsoft? Even Microsoft? You've got to be kidding. Microsoft doesn't exactly have a history of being willing to pay for things. I'm sure if they could figure out a way of making shoddy covers of currently hot music, they would.
The real problem is most likely related to incompatibilities with their Intel software board. Maybe they should upgrade it to 4GHz of hard drive memory.
Great. I can only imagine that the lawfirm of Larry, Darl, & Darl are filing a new lawsuit demanding that all Firefox users pay SCO a $99 licensing fee for stolen intellectual property.
ZAP Announces Dealership in New Hampshire, Smart Car Americanized by ZAP Unveiled by McFarland Ford
July 26, 2005 07:00:51 (ET)
EXETER, N.H., July 26, 2005/PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- ZAP (PCX: ZP), pioneering the next generation of advanced transportation and energy technologies, announced that McFarland Ford of Exeter, New Hampshire has received a Smart Car Americanized by ZAP, one of the first dealers in the U.S. and the first in New England.
The Smart Car is the famous European micro-car that is one of the most fuel-efficient internal combustion cars in the world. More than 600,000 of the stylish, economical cars have been sold worldwide and ZAP has financed the Americanization of the Smart Car for the U.S. market at a time of record gas prices.
The Smart Car Americanized by ZAP is the first in a package of automobiles ZAP is creating to offer through its ZAP distribution network, specializing in fuel-efficient and advanced automotive technologies, according to ZAP CEO Steve Schneider.
McFarland Ford owner Sue McFarland said she first learned about the Smart Car a couple of years ago during a trip to Europe.
McFarland Ford's senior technician, Ralph Sargent, is scheduled to give a technical presentation on the Smart Car at the dealership today at 10 AM. In June, Sargent received a Level I technical certification on the Smart Car Americanized by ZAP as part of ZAP's efforts to provide full-service dealership support to its customers for the Smart Car and other ZAP Cars.
ZAP recently announced the first deliveries of Smart Cars Americanized by ZAP to dealers in eight states as well as the beginning of its dealer service training and certification program.
McFarland Ford is located at 151 Portsmouth Ave in Exeter, New Hampshire. For more information, call 603-772-5953 or visit http://www.mcfarlandford.com
Slashdot Mirror
Perhaps. But my reference is funnier.
I finally understand why Gore received the most votes in 2000. Thanks for clearing that up!
But our's was way cooler... Shozbot! Nanoo nanoo.
It would appear that the submitter of the story is Phillip Torrone, the host of the MAKE blog (and apparently a Senior Editor?). I'd like to think that's not really the case: MAKE is really cool and this fuel cell is really lame. The worst part is that now I have that stupid "I am stuck on Band-Aid brand, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me" jingle running through my head.
I was thinking of something more along the lines of a cartoon showing a Politics & Science Cartoon Contest with a panel of celebrity judges determining the winner.
Apple Macintosh Portable
Apple Pippin
Just a thought...
Brit: Honestly? I did.
After adding in the dual-redundant power supplies, LOM (lights out management), 20 hot-swappable drive bays, and the ability to distribute Oracle processes across multiple processors, I'm thinking your figure is just a touch on the low side.
Wow. People must be immigrating to Denmark in droves! You'd think that would be problematic. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4276963.st m
Regardless, I'd still like to see a DV-chip that a) requires Dvorak to pass a breathalyzer before being allowed to write any articles and b) requires readers to pass a breathalyzer before being allowed to view his articles.
Actor Steven Baldwin stated in a press release this morning that he plans to move to France if Apple fails to deliver on the 1st.
In my experience most people can't name much of anything. How many times have you had to suffer through someone brag about adding another 40 gigabytes of memory to their 3.2 megahertz CPU? And people are relying more and more on these crazy computers in every facet of their life! Few of them could even tell me what embedded CPU is in their ECU (assuming they knew what an ECU was). I mean, O M G!!! That's just crazy!!!
I'll bet these same people couldn't tell me what a master cylinder or calipers are either. That doesn't make hydraulic disc brakes a dangerous thing that people are too dependent upon.
Maybe we ought to hear a report from famed technologist F. Flinstone after test driving the new Rockcedes R-Class with an advanced, non-podiatric braking system.
I don't see why we can't get more stories about cool new uses of technology that are radically improving the driving experience. Like advances in electromechanical braking such as Siemens' new system. I can get technophobic drivel like this article by going no further than my local newspaper.
I agree with you completely! These current "hybrids" just seem like such a hack-job. I have no admiration for the design of them. They strike me as someone's Senior Project gussied up into a production vehicle. The Prius is probably the worst of the bunch as far as that goes. If they'd taken some of the money they spent on typical Japanese gadgetry and put it into actually purpose-building a full, serial hybrid, they'd be doing a lot better in the mileage department (at least that's my opinion). Instead, they slapped in crap like the animated graphic showing where the power's going. Thank God these people don't have a dominant position in the operating system market. I'd just love to have an animated graphic running showing how my data is flowing about the hardware as I type this. The way I look at it, I can get a VW TDI vehicle that gets the same mileage with an engine that's going to last a good 200k miles (or more). Although, VWs quality has been falling dramatically as of late...
I drove my brother-in-law's 2006 Accord hybrid back in September and nearly got T-boned by a truck due to a serious design flaw in the damned thing. It's got a feature called "auto stop" that shuts off the engine when you're stopped for a period of time. It supposedly instantly starts the engine when you press the accelerator. Anyway, I was trying to get onto a highway with limited sight distance (a hill right before the intersection) and so when I finally had enough of a gap to get out, I punched the accelerator. As I did, a truck popped up over the hill. Wouldn't have been a big deal, but the car just sat there, not moving. By the time I had a chance to react to that unexpected event, the car had started and shot out into traffic, right across the path of the truck. I managed to get into the far lane, tires squealing, before I got hit, but it was pretty ugly. I have to wonder how long it will be before people start getting killed by this thing...
Check this patent out for a good idea of what I'm trying to get at: Patent 6,199,519 - FREE-PISTON ENGINE.
No, the serial hybrid posited by the parent poster (and that you're arguing against) has an engine running at constant speed. The current set of parallel hybrids are dual drive systems (in the case of the Prius) or inline boost (such as the Civic & Accord) systems. In all current (parallel) hybrids, the engine drives the car in exactly the same way as any other car on the road. The difference is that some of the energy for braking is supplied by the load of an electrical generator/battery combo, which is then later reused for acceleration. Additional optimizations come from using this captured braking energy to supply vehicle acceleration at low speeds or to provide accessory when stopped in traffic (for some models of hybrids). The only time the engine would potentially run at constant speed is while the vehicle is stopped and the energy demands (e.g., air conditioning) are great enough that the battery energy needs to be maintained.
And, yes, I realize this is a great simplification of things, but it seems that the general public is utterly ignorant of hybrid technology even though it's nothing new. Just new to the production automotive companies.
It's a shame GM hasn't resurrected the EV1 with a hybrid engine option. Oh yeah, that's right, it's an enormous conspiracy driven by Big Oil and those lazy, fat-cats in Detroit.
Woz Still Loyal Apple Zealot
From the article: "...I love every part of the Apple world. The whole world of Apple works together."
Last I heard, the rabbi who wrote the whole thing down (Moses) was dead. But hey, it's probably worth a try.
African or European?
Beyond that, the rest seems like reshashing...
Even Microsoft? Even Microsoft? You've got to be kidding. Microsoft doesn't exactly have a history of being willing to pay for things. I'm sure if they could figure out a way of making shoddy covers of currently hot music, they would.
The real problem is most likely related to incompatibilities with their Intel software board. Maybe they should upgrade it to 4GHz of hard drive memory.
Great. I can only imagine that the lawfirm of Larry, Darl, & Darl are filing a new lawsuit demanding that all Firefox users pay SCO a $99 licensing fee for stolen intellectual property.
That should have been obvious to me, but it wasn't. Sorry for being slow on the uptake there.
July 26, 2005 07:00:51 (ET)
EXETER, N.H., July 26, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- ZAP (PCX: ZP), pioneering the next generation of advanced transportation and energy technologies, announced that McFarland Ford of Exeter, New Hampshire has received a Smart Car Americanized by ZAP, one of the first dealers in the U.S. and the first in New England.
The Smart Car is the famous European micro-car that is one of the most fuel-efficient internal combustion cars in the world. More than 600,000 of the stylish, economical cars have been sold worldwide and ZAP has financed the Americanization of the Smart Car for the U.S. market at a time of record gas prices.
The Smart Car Americanized by ZAP is the first in a package of automobiles ZAP is creating to offer through its ZAP distribution network, specializing in fuel-efficient and advanced automotive technologies, according to ZAP CEO Steve Schneider.
McFarland Ford owner Sue McFarland said she first learned about the Smart Car a couple of years ago during a trip to Europe.
McFarland Ford's senior technician, Ralph Sargent, is scheduled to give a technical presentation on the Smart Car at the dealership today at 10 AM. In June, Sargent received a Level I technical certification on the Smart Car Americanized by ZAP as part of ZAP's efforts to provide full-service dealership support to its customers for the Smart Car and other ZAP Cars.
ZAP recently announced the first deliveries of Smart Cars Americanized by ZAP to dealers in eight states as well as the beginning of its dealer service training and certification program.
McFarland Ford is located at 151 Portsmouth Ave in Exeter, New Hampshire. For more information, call 603-772-5953 or visit http://www.mcfarlandford.com