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  1. Need to do a SMART bill on FBI Kept Demanding Email Records Despite DOJ Saying It Needed a Warrant (theintercept.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Look, right now, many of these systems run Windows such as Bing. As such, Russia and China have FULL ACCESS to those e-mails. The idea of the US requiring a warrant to see an un-encrypted email, makes little sense. Basically, it puts us back.

    OTOH, if we require a warrant to get the encrypted email, as well as require it of the owner, then it will encourage emailers to encrypt everything. This is the smart thing to do.

  2. Nice, but what will change? on NASA Satellite Finds 39 Unreported Sources of Toxic Air Pollution (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, Middle East and Russia were 2 of the 3 main sources. Neither are going to change. Mexico MIGHT.

  3. Don't do it on Ask Slashdot: Why Do You Want a 'Smart TV'? · · Score: 1

    We have 1 smart TV, a samsung. I bought because I wanted to be able to deal with TV remotely over ethernet. Yet, what happens is that Samsung did not put their code in it for controlling the TV. Oddly, the CPU has the chips and ability, but Samsung decided to NOT include the code to do this. Why? Because they wanted a massive cost increase for that. Same interior, in terms of chipset, LED, etc. Basically, the only real differences is the code.

    Skip the smart TVs. They buy you NOTHING. Instead, keep the smarts over on a HDMI unit, which as chromecast. Cheap and easy to upgrade.

  4. Re: And yet, China's emissions will grow on 'Huge Wake Up Call': Third of Central, Northern Great Barrier Reef Corals Dead (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Trivial to get all nations to slow down their emissions. A simple time increasing tax on goods and services, based on where the worst part comes from, will cause all nations ( and states ) to change.

  5. And yet, China's emissions will grow on 'Huge Wake Up Call': Third of Central, Northern Great Barrier Reef Corals Dead (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, it amazes me that china will be allowed to continue growing their emission.

  6. Re:I would like a simpler electric car on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    not sure why it shortened it. I thought it was interesting. My own guess is that it was simply that he doubled the amount of electricity through the batteries. But, who knows. As it is, NiMH are dead for EV and only used in hybrids.

  7. Re:Model S shortcomings on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Please try that on a different card with Ext3 and see what happens. Then switch down to ext2. It sounds like a possible memory issue with reading dos fs.

  8. Re:Model S shortcomings on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    uh, that is NOT how tesla operates. They look for ALL BUGS and fix them. If you report one and they can not duplicate it, they will contact owner and try to get you to bring car in to see what is going on.
    Tesla is beyond a shadow of a doubt, the best car company going. They are what Rolls Royce used to be.

  9. Re:Model S shortcomings on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    thanx. Look forward to hearing what results you get.

  10. Re:Slams the door on his own leg? on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    why? Everybody that I know with these on-line rave about it.

  11. Re:I would like a simpler electric car on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    What map did you use? Also note that Tesla rarely puts their SCs in cities. Most of them are BETWEEN cities. After all, you are expected to charge most of the time, at home, at night.

  12. Re:I would like a simpler electric car on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    btw, I believe that nissan allow you to charge your tesla there.

  13. Re:I would like a simpler electric car on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    do you have a garage or a plug outside of your home? Then you have a charging station. We plug our tesla into a regular 120V outlet and it charges nightly.

    Now, as to your location, are you in America? And are you in a city, or a town? If town, not surprised. If outside of America and Europe, also not surprised.

    I am also guessing that you pulled up one of the maps for proprietary chargers.If you are in America, here is the federal map. As you can see, there are 13,000 STATIONS, with an average of around 2.5 outlets. These stations are growing at the rate of 1000 / year and accelerating.
    If you drive a tesla, then here is a map of what exists, what is being built, and what is undergoing approval.

    Now, what is missing is the large number of RV parks. Most every town has some form of an RV park. Nearly all will allow you to charge there.

  14. Re:I would like a simpler electric car on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    range anxiety is gone when you have at least 200 MPC and plenty of chargers. So many ppl grip about taking so long, but when you can get 80% in 20 minutes, for most ppl it means getting home easily on those once in a blue moon trips.

  15. Re: I would like a simpler electric car on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, Tesla fully agrees with you on avoiding proprietary. They gave full free access to their patents so as to avoid that . The only condition is that they not be trolled in return. So far the other car makers, except Chinese , are not taking it up. Now as to the standard, the rest of the world was developing level 2, when he was developing AND implementing his DC fast charger. The other companies then developed chademo and CSS. IOW, he had a free, open sourced charger going, when the rest decided to develop closed systems. Speaks volumes. As to distance not a problem, down the road. Tesla will make available a battery that u rent that gives 500 mpc. It is a 90 second swap. However, this is not top priority. The reason is that Tesla did 1 station in CA, and nobody used it. Everybody wanted the free charging, and to spend their money on a meal. But, once 3 is out, and possibly, the Y, Tesla will install swaps and make larger packs available . Keep in mind that with nightly charging, you do not need, nor want, a massive pack. 250-300 mpc is really a decent daily amount.

  16. Re: How Many Times Can You Recycle? on SpaceX Successfully Lands A Falcon 9 Rocket At Sea For The Third Time (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Designed for 30 uses. But we will see.

  17. Re: I would like a simpler electric car on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    So many issues there. With Tesla, by end of 2016, they will have a supercharger every 200 miles of highway in America. IOW, with S X , we can charge for free and drive anywhere in America. No planning needed. Other car makers do not have that. In fact, no other EVs can go cross country without being forced to use level 2, which will mean 6 hrs or charging or more. Pretty sad. Now, with S/X, we need ~60 minutes for a full refuel. That is true. Interestingly, it only requires 20 min. To get 170 mpc, or 3/4 fill. Otoh, that is after having driven more than 4 hrs. Most ppl will fuel up, and then eat, or relax. So this works out. Finally, I am hearing that model 3 will do a full charge in 30, possibly 20, minutes.

  18. Re:I would like a simpler electric car on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    what freedom are you giving up?

  19. Re:I would like a simpler electric car on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 2

    Dropping the battery to 1-2% each day, WILL use it up quickly. Doing it occasionally, like 1x / month, and you will hardly notice it. Our MS-85 is set for 220 MPC normally. WHen we go to the mountains, we set it for 240. WHen it was new, it got 250+, but within a month or so, it drops down a couple of %. After that, it is supposed to stay at that level until around 100K miles.

    And if you are driving more than 250-300 miles / day, then Tesla IS NOT FOR YOU. Not yet, anyways. Basically, you want to drive less than 1/2 of this / day. Say 125 miles or less. Of course, the average American drives less than 32 miles / day. And out here in the west, we drive around 60 miles / day. If I still lived 100 miles away from work, then a low-end MS would not be a good choice.

  20. Re:Slams the door on his own leg? on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    The doors are self closing, BUT, they actually close fairly slow. The only way that he could have that issue is if he was 90+, arthritic, and then was trying to be hit by it.

  21. Re:Model S shortcomings on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    must have been fixed. We had a USB flash with an ext2 FS on it and a good 15 gb of data on it and the screen never had issues. Since my wife is in love with slacker, I took it out.

  22. Re:I would like a simpler electric car on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    old prius batteries are NiMH. As such, they have low energy density, but do have long lifetime if taken care of. But note that the cars with 600K miles ran the battery until it was 0. A friend of mine has a prius that he had modified for plug-in. Each day at work, he plugs in, and each night. Now, with less than 250K miles on his car, he is at less than 50% capacity.

    OTOH, Tesla appears to be long lasting. A dozen of the early MSs have hit 200K miles and they are in the 85-90% capacity. At this rate, they will likely drive them until they hit around 300-400K and then buy new batteries.

  23. Re:I would like a simpler electric car on Model X Owner Files Lemon Law Suit Against Tesla, Claims Car Is Unsafe To Drive (bgr.com) · · Score: 2

    I know. The issue with the ICE is that you spend SOOO much time having maintenence, such as oil, as well as fuel. It is a pain having to pamper it.
    OTOH, with tesla, you simply set a control that says to fill the battery up to 80%, and then plug-in nightly. My wife now swears at me if she is driving the highlander and has to deal with the gas stations. I can not blame her. THe amount of work and pampering that an ICE vehicle needs is ludicrous. Sadly, loads of idiots will run around screaming that it is not pampering and not work, or a waste of money, while ignoring the fact that my wife puts in a fraction of the time taking care of her tesla.
    Her only issues is that we have seen the far right extremists key a tesla and others that will run up and actually kick them. Total morons.

  24. Actually, that is a pretty good rule on Apple Not Allowed To Open Stores In India (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I think that requiring stores to sell a % of goods from the local market makes good sense.

  25. Re: And then those employees burn down your rest on Former McDonald's USA CEO: $35K Robots Cheaper Than Hiring at $15 Per Hour (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope. That is true for CFA, but not mcd.