The Australian (and many overseas variants) of the prius as the switch that tells it to prefer battery power. I have managed around 5 kms on EV mode without the engine starting. There are acceleration, battery state of charge, and top speed limits to remain in EV mode. I believe this is mainly to increase battery life.
I'm fairly certain the limitation of 8 miles for the version they are now testing, is because it is just a prius with a power plug. They might have added some extra batteries to allow that range at higher speeds (my 5 km jaunts are at fairly low speeds and low levels of acceleration).
The existing prius has two Motor/Generators, which are in fact needed for the CVT transmission. I think they call it "a 50 KW electric motor" to avoid befuddling people. Also, there are a couple of good reasons not to go with hub motors. In a parallel hybrid, you can get greater efficiency from the ICE drive train if it can drive the wheels directly (thus avoid an electrical conversion step). Secondly, unsprung weight is an issue with a hub motor. In fact, Tesla motors elaborated on this, stating that four wheel drives were the only place hub motors *might* make sense.
I have examined some energy flow diagrams from the prius, showing energy conversion losses in all parts of the energy transfer, and it is interesting to say the least. It certainly gives perspective on the series vs parallel hybrid debate. Your proposal that the powertrain should be all electric, and an onboard ICE should be used as generator only is actually proposing a series hybrid. Toyota studied the problem before deciding to go with a parallel setup, knowing that the ICE would be still driving the car most of the time, and the extra conversion loss of putting all the petrol energy through a generator, outweighs the flexibility benefits. (BTW the power steering and A/C compressor in the Prius *are* electric. So is the brake vacuum booster. In fact, I'm not sure there is anything in the car using the mechanical output of the ICE except the motor generators, and the differential).
I think your taking the right approach by focusing on OS agnostic applications. I found all my needs were easily satisfied by linux when I found myself not playing so many games any more.
I do believe, as far as "plugging the cable in the back, and right click to say what to share", there are distros that do this now. I believe KDE even has a built in file sharing mechanism now (although it may only work with other KDE machines?).
Luckily I've never been terribly artistic, so I really don't have a need for Photo Paint and so on.
I find it really hard to check my 20 suitcases of burnt DVDs onto a flight..... I'm not sure exactly why this is difficult, but I usually end up in an RV of some kind.
P.S. why do Americans call it an RV, when it is so unlikely to be remote from a power source for an extended time. It is also unlikely to be able to drive down a road that is remote from anywhere....
Also, what is an SUV? Should it not be a "Luggage Capacity Vehicle", or "People carrying vehicle"? What is sporty about a huge behemoth that handles poorly? What is utilitarian about something that carries luggage worse than a trailer, and wastes space carrying people?
On average you get 95%-98% back per play. If you keep playing with that sort of a payback ratio, the slot machine always ends up with all your money, just at an average rate of 2-5% per play. Some plays it takes 100% of your gamble, sometimes it takes -10000% of your gamble (you can dream), but it will average 2%-5%.
I think your confusing two factors here. The machines payout only a small percentage of plays (1-2%), but in order to give the player there is a real win here, on these occasions they payout 50% to 10000% of the gamble, giving a payout rate of 90-98% of what goes into the machine. So you put $1 in 100 times, and you win 50c twice, $1 once, and 95$ once, so you actually lost $2, but that one spin where you won $95 you feel pretty good. Of course, it could be 100 people each putting in 1$, in which case the guy who gets the $95 feels good, but the average payout rate is still a large percentage of what went in. A high turnover and low profit margin is still profitable.
I don't think they need to have a machine that does 105%, because this stuff is all based on probabilities anyway, so individual spins can always be lucky.
There is a good chance one person blows $100, and another pulls it back out at a 98% payout ratio, so some users will always get lucky. If you set the machine to 105%, it is likely you'd only have a fraction of an extra person who got lucky.
I dunno, do slot machines have a lucky door prize? I'm I unable to enter a casino if I've never played one, and thus I don't know whether or not they have such a lucky door prize? Do they register money input in dollars and cents so I can confirm the amount was registered correctly, or do they use a confusing conversion scheme?
After all that, why is it my responsibility to check for someone elses fuck up when I'm persuing a leisure activity?
Perhaps there should be a standard for SSL SMTP that is widely used, falling back to normal SMTP where needed.... Anyone who cares enough would have their mail server on SSL to stop "snooping".
It would also prevent a lot of schoolkids getting on email..... My first address was a hotmail address, and there's no way I had $20 to stump up for it.
They have said "opens worldwide" for a lot of movies in the past. This just means it opens *somewhere* worldwide on that date. There are very few movies simultaneously released (and available to watch) worldwide. Kind of like (as I understand it) the world series baseball, which only had American teams...
Of course if businesses are forced to pay for the new benefits, some of them may move to neighboring countries.... I think you may be overestimating the mobility of things. Services still need to be supplied to the people living where they are. Obviously this is not going to keep mail order, and other distance working companies in the state.
yep, there are more and more companies offering "Barebones" DIY laptops... Add ram CPU, video modules... The hardware is modular, not quite as much range as for desktops.... And you have to take into account not just what sort of performance you need from the machine, but how much power your components use... But yeah, you can do this now.
Are you saying morally or legally? If there is legislation that allows a particular agency of the government to stand in a parking lot, and take $5 license fees for five finger discounting, it makes it legal.
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The Australian (and many overseas variants) of the prius as the switch that tells it to prefer battery power. I have managed around 5 kms on EV mode without the engine starting. There are acceleration, battery state of charge, and top speed limits to remain in EV mode. I believe this is mainly to increase battery life. I'm fairly certain the limitation of 8 miles for the version they are now testing, is because it is just a prius with a power plug. They might have added some extra batteries to allow that range at higher speeds (my 5 km jaunts are at fairly low speeds and low levels of acceleration).
And the electric RAV4 probably still has more torque......
The existing prius has two Motor/Generators, which are in fact needed for the CVT transmission. I think they call it "a 50 KW electric motor" to avoid befuddling people. Also, there are a couple of good reasons not to go with hub motors. In a parallel hybrid, you can get greater efficiency from the ICE drive train if it can drive the wheels directly (thus avoid an electrical conversion step). Secondly, unsprung weight is an issue with a hub motor. In fact, Tesla motors elaborated on this, stating that four wheel drives were the only place hub motors *might* make sense. I have examined some energy flow diagrams from the prius, showing energy conversion losses in all parts of the energy transfer, and it is interesting to say the least. It certainly gives perspective on the series vs parallel hybrid debate. Your proposal that the powertrain should be all electric, and an onboard ICE should be used as generator only is actually proposing a series hybrid. Toyota studied the problem before deciding to go with a parallel setup, knowing that the ICE would be still driving the car most of the time, and the extra conversion loss of putting all the petrol energy through a generator, outweighs the flexibility benefits. (BTW the power steering and A/C compressor in the Prius *are* electric. So is the brake vacuum booster. In fact, I'm not sure there is anything in the car using the mechanical output of the ICE except the motor generators, and the differential).
I think your taking the right approach by focusing on OS agnostic applications. I found all my needs were easily satisfied by linux when I found myself not playing so many games any more. I do believe, as far as "plugging the cable in the back, and right click to say what to share", there are distros that do this now. I believe KDE even has a built in file sharing mechanism now (although it may only work with other KDE machines?). Luckily I've never been terribly artistic, so I really don't have a need for Photo Paint and so on.
I find it really hard to check my 20 suitcases of burnt DVDs onto a flight..... I'm not sure exactly why this is difficult, but I usually end up in an RV of some kind. P.S. why do Americans call it an RV, when it is so unlikely to be remote from a power source for an extended time. It is also unlikely to be able to drive down a road that is remote from anywhere.... Also, what is an SUV? Should it not be a "Luggage Capacity Vehicle", or "People carrying vehicle"? What is sporty about a huge behemoth that handles poorly? What is utilitarian about something that carries luggage worse than a trailer, and wastes space carrying people?
They are rigged to favour the house *on average* you are still gambling on any given play.
On average you get 95%-98% back per play. If you keep playing with that sort of a payback ratio, the slot machine always ends up with all your money, just at an average rate of 2-5% per play. Some plays it takes 100% of your gamble, sometimes it takes -10000% of your gamble (you can dream), but it will average 2%-5%.
I think your confusing two factors here. The machines payout only a small percentage of plays (1-2%), but in order to give the player there is a real win here, on these occasions they payout 50% to 10000% of the gamble, giving a payout rate of 90-98% of what goes into the machine. So you put $1 in 100 times, and you win 50c twice, $1 once, and 95$ once, so you actually lost $2, but that one spin where you won $95 you feel pretty good. Of course, it could be 100 people each putting in 1$, in which case the guy who gets the $95 feels good, but the average payout rate is still a large percentage of what went in. A high turnover and low profit margin is still profitable.
I don't think they need to have a machine that does 105%, because this stuff is all based on probabilities anyway, so individual spins can always be lucky. There is a good chance one person blows $100, and another pulls it back out at a 98% payout ratio, so some users will always get lucky. If you set the machine to 105%, it is likely you'd only have a fraction of an extra person who got lucky.
I dunno, do slot machines have a lucky door prize? I'm I unable to enter a casino if I've never played one, and thus I don't know whether or not they have such a lucky door prize? Do they register money input in dollars and cents so I can confirm the amount was registered correctly, or do they use a confusing conversion scheme? After all that, why is it my responsibility to check for someone elses fuck up when I'm persuing a leisure activity?
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Perhaps there should be a standard for SSL SMTP that is widely used, falling back to normal SMTP where needed.... Anyone who cares enough would have their mail server on SSL to stop "snooping".
It would also prevent a lot of schoolkids getting on email..... My first address was a hotmail address, and there's no way I had $20 to stump up for it.
Can't the pr0n site have two humans do the same captcha and use that as a cross check?
When I grow up, I'm going to be the best damn ditch digger I can be!
They have said "opens worldwide" for a lot of movies in the past. This just means it opens *somewhere* worldwide on that date. There are very few movies simultaneously released (and available to watch) worldwide. Kind of like (as I understand it) the world series baseball, which only had American teams...
And now gas is too expensive to waste it driving back there ;-)
I doubt the energy required to heat the fuel to expand it would be cheaper than the fuel saved by making each gallon 2% larger.
If there's not enough profit in it, why are they doing it? Isn't that a basic rule of capitalism? Supply and Demand and all that.....
so 3.15 cents a gallon difference..... So on a 20 gallon tank, 61.5 cents..... I'm pretty sure people aren't going to care that much.
Of course if businesses are forced to pay for the new benefits, some of them may move to neighboring countries.... I think you may be overestimating the mobility of things. Services still need to be supplied to the people living where they are. Obviously this is not going to keep mail order, and other distance working companies in the state.
yep, there are more and more companies offering "Barebones" DIY laptops... Add ram CPU, video modules... The hardware is modular, not quite as much range as for desktops.... And you have to take into account not just what sort of performance you need from the machine, but how much power your components use... But yeah, you can do this now.
Are you saying morally or legally? If there is legislation that allows a particular agency of the government to stand in a parking lot, and take $5 license fees for five finger discounting, it makes it legal.
It's cool, I have a strong UV light source in my garage.
Not invented as far as public statements from the military go... They might have developed it, and not let on for 30 years.