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  1. Re: Thunderf00t alreay debunked this fraud on Hyperloop One Announces 11 Possible US Routes, Completes Vegas Test Track (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    nope. Heck, they do this now with Large Hadron Collider.
    In fact, there are a number of companies that deal with this that say it is a none issue.

  2. Re:Will never happens on Hyperloop One Announces 11 Possible US Routes, Completes Vegas Test Track (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    lets see.
    A loading tube where passengers get into cars. Door ahead of car(s) opens. The cars go into the variable length tube area. In doing so, it will push the majority of air that is in the tube out.
    So, now door closes, and values open into another side tube that was previously evacuated (which has pumps always working to lower the pressure for the next car). Most air rushes out, values close, and several pumps start working on evacuating the rest.
    With the little bit that was left, it is gone in a minute or two. 2nd door in front opens and car(s) enter the main tube and leave.

    Issues solved.

  3. Re:Will never happens on Hyperloop One Announces 11 Possible US Routes, Completes Vegas Test Track (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    LOL.
    Only if it is leaking. And with no leaks, no big deal.

  4. Re:Will never happens on Hyperloop One Announces 11 Possible US Routes, Completes Vegas Test Track (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    yeah, it is not like they will just keep the moisture and air out of the tubes all the time.

  5. Re: Thunderf00t alreay debunked this fraud on Hyperloop One Announces 11 Possible US Routes, Completes Vegas Test Track (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    yeah, I can see why you remain AC. I would too after putting such BS out there.

  6. Re:Will never happens on Hyperloop One Announces 11 Possible US Routes, Completes Vegas Test Track (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    500 mph? Yes, that is what today's turbojets do.
    Thankfully, hyperloop does a minimum, not a max, of 700 mph.
    So, quite a bit faster.
    And quit a bit cheaper in terms of energy.

  7. Seriously, large Chinese companies have a habit of seeing ideas/technology elsewhere and then filing patent claim in China. It is quite possible that these can be taken out, esp the OS and UI ones

  8. Those who are just.

  9. Re:It's the VIDEO STREAMING folks whom want NN on Roku Has Hired a Team of Lobbyists As it Gears Up For a Net Neutrality Fight (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Actually, Google, facebook, Microsoft, and even Apple all want net neutrality. Basically, is it the ONLY way to make things competitive. Otherwise, suppliers will be forced to pay these companies to allow them to compete.

  10. They are wasting their money on Roku Has Hired a Team of Lobbyists As it Gears Up For a Net Neutrality Fight (recode.net) · · Score: 2

    Far better would be for Twitter, Facebook, Apple, maybe even Microsoft, to invest in Google's fiber as well as SpaceX's Sat projects. In doing so, they can then expand the projects in HUGE ways and attack the companies that remove net neutrality.
    It would be cheaper and more certain than having GOPs do the right things.

  11. Samsung vs Tesla. on Samsung Electronics Spent $10.2 Billion On Marketing Last Year (yonhapnews.co.kr) · · Score: 1

    Tesla purposely does not market but instead applies all of their money into R&D, and esp into expanding markets.
    Samsung, like so many other companies, has stalled because it is now ran by MBAs and is becoming worthless. THey have no choice but to do massive advertisement.

  12. Re: I can't wait... on Musk Trolls Shorts as Tesla's Value Hits Record, Passes Ford (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    To tell you the truth, I hope that you are right on that. It would mean at least some competition for Tesla. But, I doubt it. As it is, the only place that other car makers have an edge currently, is the interior. And that will likely change in the next 6 months.

  13. In America, just in March, Tesla MS and MX are outselling all other hybdrids and EVs.
    MS and MX combined account for more than 1/3 of all EVs and hybrids sold.

    In fact, In North America, MS outsells all of its direct competitors COMBINED.
    MX is now working up the scale and before the end of this will be the number 1 in its class. It will likely take more work to outsell all of them combined, but that is coming.

    And Tesla is looking to put in an assembly line in Europe, since EUrope, like most other nations, will prefer to buy locally made.

  14. Re:I can't wait... on Musk Trolls Shorts as Tesla's Value Hits Record, Passes Ford (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    VW/Audi/etc are not going to produce a decent EV for another 3 years. Worse, based on what Germany has produced SO FAR in their e-gulf and I3, etc they will continue to produce CRAP.

  15. Re:I can't wait... on Musk Trolls Shorts as Tesla's Value Hits Record, Passes Ford (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    first off, VW, Audi, etc are junk. PURE JUNK. MB, VW, Audi, etc still have so many issues and are SOOO expensive to fix. Worse, the dealers for these places SUX.
    Secondly, when looking at an interior, you should look at Volvo's. Blows the doors off MB's S class, A lexus, any Audi, Caddy, etc. Well, Tesla hired the guy that designed all that at volvo.
    The model 3 is about to get the same interior that MS has TODAY. And within a year, the interior of M[SX] is going to be massively upgraded.

  16. Re:I can't wait... on Musk Trolls Shorts as Tesla's Value Hits Record, Passes Ford (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    there is a reason why the average EV does not come close to Tesla's performance. It is because they use small numbers of LARGE cells, so, are not able to produce the energy.
    Apple will have no choice but to follow the same suite, OR they will have to make robotics similar to what Tesla has, but Audi is not doing that.
    So, no, Apple will not have the performance of a Tesla. In addition, I doubt that even their apps that will attempt to copy Tesla's screen, will come close to it.

  17. How soon for nation to depend on bitcoin? on Bitcoin Becomes Legal Payment Option In Japan, Prices Spike (investopedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, it might be interesting to see some small nation switch to bitcoin for its money. It would allow ppl to see exactly what their gov is up to.

  18. Re:I can't wait... on Musk Trolls Shorts as Tesla's Value Hits Record, Passes Ford (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    so far, it appears that Google has dropped theirs and Apple is now headed towards working with Audi.
    And Audi is not a threat to Tesla.

  19. What is all of Ford's asembly lines? They are a mixture of humans and robots that build expensive heavey steel ICE vehicles. These lines are going to drop by more than 50% within 2 years. And the equiqpment, which most is dedicated to ICE production, will become WORTHLESS.
    OTOH, Tesla should be over .5M cars by end of 2018. In addition, they will be growing quite fast. And all of their equipment is geared for making EVs.

  20. Make a movie called Horrible Bosses 3? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With a Terrible Tech Manager? · · Score: 1

    That should solve everything.

  21. Re:And you don't think they will make up stuff on Computer Programmers May No Longer Be Eligible For H-1B Visas [Update] (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    If anybody is being replaced by an H1B, they need to look into what conditions the H1B replaced them on.
    Gut feeling says that a number of companies, including MicroSoft, IBM, and of course, the Indian outsourcers, will be lying through their teeth.
    BUT, to replace somebody with an H1B now, they will have have to prove that said person is superior and gets paid more.

  22. Re: Nuclear? on Westinghouse Files For Bankruptcy, In Blow To Nuclear Power (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    O did not accelerate. Nothing he has done has impacted coal one way or another.

  23. it used to be this way in America. Oddly, in other nations, many of their billionaires DO work towards helping their citizens.

  24. They are the ones that approved selling this info. If they have no issue with selling your and mine SSN, then I have no problem posting theirs. Yeah, not sure that I would want to go after their kids /GKs. While these GOP are pure trash, it was not their kids/GK that did this.

  25. easy enough to find. Match up the towns that these reps/senators live in that hit the gofundme or perhaps their own polical sites. And yeah, the majority of these ppl WILL go look to see what is happening with gofundme.