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  1. Re:Had to be said on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What are these other easy ways this sort of thing could be funded?

    No one said rich people are doing anything good, merely that their money is being used to do good. If they are buying it just to support tesla, then I would think they are doing something good though.

    While extreme inequality sucks, I don't see any possible solution to that particular issue. No society has so far been able to solve it or even come close.

  2. Re:Had to be said on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 1

    Dammit, slashdot add an edit button already.

    That was supposed to be
    "nor do I tend to take loans for them".

  3. Re:Had to be said on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 1

    Yes, 70k is still a lot of money for a car. That puts you well into luxury cars.

    I was thinking more like half that price would be a point were I could buy in. Mind you, I do not lease cars, or do I tend to take loans for them.

  4. Re:Had to be said on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 5, Informative

    Define acceleration needs please.
    Is 0-60 in 5.6 not good enough? What would be?

    The Tesla S looks very nice. So it looks like range is the last remaning issue.

    The cost is comparable to other comparable luxury sedans.

    Hydrogen is absolute bullshit, it embrittles metal, it escapes through everything and the fuel cells that use it need platinum which means the fuel cell costs more than the car you want to buy. Hydrogen was the fossil fuel industry just blowing smoke up your ass. This is because hydrogen comes from steam reformation of natural gas. It is not produced in any "green" way industrially.

    The recharge time is not 30 minutes for 100 miles. It is 30 minutes for 80% of 300miles. This will only get better.

  5. Re:Better Place on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 1

    You don't buy a pack at all. You buy a car without one and rent the packs. In an ideal world anyway.

    They only need enough packs to do 30 minutes worth of battery swaps. Beyond that they can start recycling them as they will be charged.

  6. Re:Had to be said on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 1

    You can buy one right now for 57,400. I was thinking I would buy one when they are maybe $40,000 and get the range of the current $80,000 model. Then hopefully the profit they make off the car I buy can help to create ever cheaper versions.

  7. Re:Had to be said on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Model S is only about 1 second slower to 60 than a vette.

    The Model S is an attractive car, looks actually a lot like an Aston Martin to me.

    The old roadster was a slower Elise, the Model S is a big improvement.

  8. Re:Who is going to pay for the roads on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 1

    Or just use the odometer like they do during the yearly inspection.

    No tracking needed, and data that is already collected!

  9. Re:Huge increase in total travel time on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 1

    Which is why it does not take hours to charge a modern electric car. These quick chargers can do that job in about 30 minutes.

  10. Re:Had to be said on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 2

    I was thinking 10,000 would be a better target for a car. Maybe $1000 for something like a tata.

  11. Re:Huge increase in total travel time on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I misunderstood.
    Around here the limits are 55-65 and most folks are doing 65-75.

  12. Re:Huge increase in total travel time on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not a lot of grass under the Nevada Desert.

    Perfect is the enemy of Good.
    Even killing a little grass is a hell of a lot better than burning gasoline.

  13. Re:Huge increase in total travel time on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 1

    Why is 3 hours of driving dangerous?

    Are we now supposed to stop every hour for a break?

  14. Re:Had to be said on Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is how everything works. The first airline passengers could have easily taken a week off work to travel from NYC to London.

    I am glad rich folks are buying teslas for vanity, hopefully that will fund a car I can afford. Then hopefully my purchase will help to create a car everyone can afford.

  15. Re:NSFW Search Results on Shuttleworth: Trust Us, We're Trying to Make Shopping Better · · Score: 1

    They are adds, and yes most offices will stay clear of ubuntu for other reasons.

    I have never seen an office where they rollout an unmodified install. The cost of dealing with those exceeds the ease of use for more than even a couple machines.

  16. Re:Cows eat Grass on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 1

    Hockey is a timed game, played in periods of 20 minutes. It also has lots of stopping, for icing, for illegal hits, when the goalie grabs the puck, etc. Football has a lot of stopping and not all players on on the field at once. A game might be 1.5 hours, but odds are you are not on the field that whole time. I did play both of these games in highschool.

    I am no expert, but you are simply pulling numbers out of your ass.

  17. Re:Cows eat Grass on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 1

    Sorry I ignored the calories burned just by being alive, claiming that this is 2500 still only removes one of those insane amounts of sports playing or cuts both in half.

    Even 5 periods and 2.5 hours of football are more than professionals do.

  18. Re:Cows eat Grass on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 1

    The amount of calories burned in a single 20 minute period for a 170 lb. athlete is 206 calories. Your child will not burn that many as he probably does not weigh 170lbs.

    Sorry, there is no way the kid burned 5000 calories. That would take 10 hockey periods(assuming they play 20 minute periods), 5 hours of football and 2.5 hours of mowing the lawn with a pushmower. That would mean he is exercising for at least 10.5 hours. I think you are making shit up.

  19. Re:NSFW Search Results on Shuttleworth: Trust Us, We're Trying to Make Shopping Better · · Score: 1

    In an office that deb would be removed from the standard desktop image.

    No one ever rolls out stock settings in an office.

  20. Re:Cows eat Grass on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 1

    I was not concerning myself with that. I think you could get pretty close though, assuming large grazing lands could be recreated. Think of the bison herds that existed 200 years ago.

  21. Re:Buy local on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 1

    Your comments would be better direct at the GP than me.

    I mentioned the real advantage not being taste but health.

  22. Re:Cows eat Grass on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 0

    Please stop feeding your kids garbage if you think 1 4oz burger is not enough. If you can't afford to feed them, you probably should not have them.

    The burger is not the only calories there, the bun adds at least 100 more likely 2 plus toppings and the salad I suggested.

    According to the USDA 3oz is a normal serving. You might want to talk to them instead of me.

    The caloric needs of a child very active 6 year old are only 1800kcal per day.

    Far more kids are overweight than underweight in the USA, and I can guess which your children are.

  23. Re:NSFW Search Results on Shuttleworth: Trust Us, We're Trying to Make Shopping Better · · Score: 1

    Small children see breasts all the time, that is after all how very small children are nourished.

    I can not speak to the values of your potential clients.

    Why is it that this bug was raised for sexual content and not voilent content? Do you really think procreation and other normal activities are more dangerous for a child to be exposed too than violence?

  24. Re:Computers Weren't Meant to Exist Either on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So far the free market has not done that. I doubt it ever will, the free market tends to prefer cheap and fast over good. When we had a free market in medicine we had snake oil being sold.

    The lowest information actors will be sacrificed over and over, and not for the gain of the rest of society, but for the gain of the wealthiest few.

  25. Re:Cows eat Grass on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 0

    You think these kids are getting that beef?

    No, the fat kids that steal their lunches are getting it.