Yeah, the skeeters came out after I was done. Interestingly, was developed by a guy that we used to race against on the c-scows (buddy melges who also owns the melges boat works; also a gold medal winner). Never went on that, but, I did occasionally go on a Nite (developed by another guy that we used to sail scows against). Never cared for that boat. If a nite tipped, I always felt like the mast would be tore off(or just have a stay be snapped), and half of your body was exposed. At least with the DN, you still have the nasty fall, but typically did not have to worry about the boat landing on you. Though I did hear of one guy on neighboring lake had his neck snapped from the fall. Thankfully, he died quickly.
I was just checking up on some of that. Lake Geneva (~15 miles north of where I grew up; wonder lake, ill) now has something called the skeeter that does 100 mph. I suspect that this vehicle may blow it away.
as to the vertical wind turbines, I have always been amazed that they those did not catch on in the city. Struck me as the way to go for places like Chicago (not called the windy city for no reason) or Milwaukee (Summer fest is one of the best things about that town).
growing up, we used to race a DN class iceboat. IceMice could do over 70 mph in a 30 mph wind. This is another 50 mph faster. Tip the craft on dirt, and you will know it.
That is false. I have seen LOADS of ideas that later become patents ONLY LATER. Back in 1981, I was actively working on a clothes dryer that used microwaves AND low pressure. I later saw that another company did the microwave idea and sold it to the navy for use on their boats. But they never figured out dropping the pressure. Cheap to run a vac pump esp across multiple dryers. To the best of my knowledge, it is still not patented.
For small quantities on a small system (using just a off design), I did not go through all this. BUT, I suspect that if the guy has a hit, and wants to scale up, he will in fact need all that you said.
It was suppose to have a centrifuge module added (CAM). It was designed SPECIFICALLY for growing life in varying Gs. From that we would know exactly how certain life will respond to the moon, mars, or even something in between so that we can design a ship for long term travel. It appears that NASA may have the shuttle thrust upon them for another year or two. If so, I would like to see us restore the CAM and put it up there. While the original module will not work (been exposed to the elements in japan), we have multiple modules that would work. Heck, we could put up a Sundancer or a BA-330 along with the centrifuge. Then move a number of the units from Columbus to the Bigelow and then put the centrifuge in Columbus. This is probably one of the single largest reasons to have the ISS. This kind of work can not be done on the moon. Of course, I would suspect power would be a problem. Russia no longer has their solar cells, and we are adding more power hogs with out increasing the cells.
Why do you think that an obviously underpowered unsafe gas car that is converted to almost certainly underpowered underranged STILL unsafe electric car will take on Tesla? Or that it would hurt Tesla's relationship with Mercedes?
Yeah, yeah, You are right. There is no spine. But one of the main functions of a chordate's is to have a neural cord. That same neural cord is left exposed in any of these crustaceans. Just hard to get to.
Those are resolvable problems. The third problem may not be though. Where I live there is a significant percentage of the population that will associate the Aptera with.. certain political leanings. One of my relatives is a mechanic. He says he's found bullet holes in planes on more than one occasion. It seems stupid people sometimes enjoy shooting at planes. No doubt that most of the drivers will be dems, but I suspect that with first crisis, that will change. Even the wealthy hate sending money from their pockets to others.
I am not surprised about the bullet holes. And it is not just stupid ppl. Many are just plain hateful and NEED to hate someone. Of course, that runs all over. Just the other day, Lula of Brazil blamed all the problems of the world on "white and blue-eye" ppl. What has amazed me is how few ppl called him on it.
that a number of studies have suggested this before, and every time, new evidence rips the studies apart. I really do wish that a DECENT study was done that really showed one way or another if they feel pain. But it appears that one group really does not do the work, while the other group really does not want to know. I have to say that I now prefer the preferred approach to cooking lobster (cold water, turned hot), since it appears that peta and others claim little chance of that being felt. Who knows. Perhaps, they will show that it is the most inhumane and a simpler approach would be better. Perhaps a simple knife to settle the spine.
Nope, doesn't mean that at all. There are already Linux companies making a profit.
Ubuntu is MOSTLY geared towards the desktop. If he is profitable, then the Linux desktop is profitable. If that is the case, the monopoly is broken.
what happens if *ubuntu becomes profitable? Most likely means that at least one major monopoly has been broken, and a number of truly competitive markets have been created.
The reason why the papers are failing is because they have not changed their business model. But RockymountainNews recently went under, and is now trying to make it as an on-line paper. They are still making horrible mistakes, BUT they are better than what they were.
back in 1994-95, I had an idea of converting tv signal to a video stream (ala sling media). Contacted a firm in Atlanta, and they were going to charge some 20K (guarenteed 3 boards, etc), but found a firm in HK that would do it for 5K. We opted to go with the 5K. Had issue after issue after issue with them. In the end, after spending 20K and still not having SQUAT from them, I called it quits. That is why Sling has a product and we did not. Otherwise, the unit would be different and it would have come from Colorado.
Do yourself a favor and do it local. Once you have the product selling, if you still feel like you can increase the margins by getting it done overseas, then and only then do it. Just keep in mind that Asia does not have the same laws and know it. Basically they will nickle and dime you to death. And for the states, I suggest knowing EXACTLY upfront what you need done. Shop around. They all have specialties of items that are one offs. There are a number of chips out there that will allow you to try various ideas.
One last thing. If you get your company going, if I may suggest, keep your engineers local. If you go over to Asia, any ideas you have will likely end up in some other product before yours is out the door.
Actually, that would be appropriate. The model T was the first affordable car. It is quit possible that Tesla's 3rd electric model will be affordable by the masses.
The hybrid Aptera still looks promising though. I think Tesla kinda blew it. The sportster is cool, I live near their HQ and see them all the time. It may end up as a very special collector car. Hmmm... the roadster might be a better investment than the company.
I am willing to bet, that their production line will be full for the first 3 years of this car.
As it is, the roadster is a total sell out even at double the price. Aptera? I am guessing that they will sell OK, but will not be years our for sales UNTIL the next oil crisis. At that time, the Atera's sales will occur quickly (just like the prius). But I would still guess that Tesla S will sell more in their first month, than Aptera sells in their first year. The simple fact is, that Aptera's price will appeal to lower sells, but the body style and the company will not. OTH, Musk is selling to those WITH LOADS OF MONEY. In addition, it is to their liking.
Actually, the battery tech that Tesla uses is not the type that burns or explodes. OTH, What is interesting is that GM IS buying from Korea and THEY ARE USING THAT TECH. This is the same group that had LOADS of batteries burn, and will be selling it to GM. GM is supposedly putting in a shield to protect the passengers. What I find interesting is that now we are looking at batteries that burn AND a gas tank in close proximity.
I wonder if Volt will be GM's pinto?
Personally, I would stick with Tesla or even mercedes who appears to be interested in keeping costs down, but safety up. GM, in fact, detroit, appear to want to keep costs down, but profits way up.
the company has a number of car dealers opening up all over the world. By 2011, I suspect that there will be more than enough that most ppl in the west will be within 200 miles of a center.
Think about it. This is a sedan and it costs 50K. If you afford a 50K car, then you WILL own several cars. To be honest, this car is not for everyone. But it will almost certainly be ideal for the 2'nd car.
With that said, I really wish that Tesla would have done a minivan first AND added the option for a trailer. The electrics have a limited range, and are better suited for the family car. A minivan will appeal to a lot of women who have 2-3 kids and want to haul dogs, grocery, etc. The trailer hitch is not to pull a regular load, but a mini trailer that contains a power source (say a ICE/generator or a fuel cell or a JTEP). That would encourage new add-ons by others.
Speaking of add-ons, HOEFULLY, the car should have a pluggable bus to encourage new cards to be built just for this. What they need is buy-in by other vendors.
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Yeah, the skeeters came out after I was done. Interestingly, was developed by a guy that we used to race against on the c-scows (buddy melges who also owns the melges boat works; also a gold medal winner). Never went on that, but, I did occasionally go on a Nite (developed by another guy that we used to sail scows against). Never cared for that boat. If a nite tipped, I always felt like the mast would be tore off(or just have a stay be snapped), and half of your body was exposed. At least with the DN, you still have the nasty fall, but typically did not have to worry about the boat landing on you. Though I did hear of one guy on neighboring lake had his neck snapped from the fall. Thankfully, he died quickly.
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I was just checking up on some of that. Lake Geneva (~15 miles north of where I grew up; wonder lake, ill) now has something called the skeeter that does 100 mph. I suspect that this vehicle may blow it away.
as to the vertical wind turbines, I have always been amazed that they those did not catch on in the city. Struck me as the way to go for places like Chicago (not called the windy city for no reason) or Milwaukee (Summer fest is one of the best things about that town).
growing up, we used to race a DN class iceboat. IceMice could do over 70 mph in a 30 mph wind. This is another 50 mph faster. Tip the craft on dirt, and you will know it.
That is false. I have seen LOADS of ideas that later become patents ONLY LATER. Back in 1981, I was actively working on a clothes dryer that used microwaves AND low pressure. I later saw that another company did the microwave idea and sold it to the navy for use on their boats. But they never figured out dropping the pressure. Cheap to run a vac pump esp across multiple dryers. To the best of my knowledge, it is still not patented.
For small quantities on a small system (using just a off design), I did not go through all this. BUT, I suspect that if the guy has a hit, and wants to scale up, he will in fact need all that you said.
It was suppose to have a centrifuge module added (CAM). It was designed SPECIFICALLY for growing life in varying Gs. From that we would know exactly how certain life will respond to the moon, mars, or even something in between so that we can design a ship for long term travel. It appears that NASA may have the shuttle thrust upon them for another year or two. If so, I would like to see us restore the CAM and put it up there. While the original module will not work (been exposed to the elements in japan), we have multiple modules that would work. Heck, we could put up a Sundancer or a BA-330 along with the centrifuge. Then move a number of the units from Columbus to the Bigelow and then put the centrifuge in Columbus. This is probably one of the single largest reasons to have the ISS. This kind of work can not be done on the moon. Of course, I would suspect power would be a problem. Russia no longer has their solar cells, and we are adding more power hogs with out increasing the cells.
What the hell are "primate peoples"?
I am quite sure that he meant primitive people; basically Window users.
Why do you think that an obviously underpowered unsafe gas car that is converted to almost certainly underpowered underranged STILL unsafe electric car will take on Tesla? Or that it would hurt Tesla's relationship with Mercedes?
Yeah, yeah, You are right. There is no spine. But one of the main functions of a chordate's is to have a neural cord. That same neural cord is left exposed in any of these crustaceans. Just hard to get to.
Those are resolvable problems. The third problem may not be though. Where I live there is a significant percentage of the population that will associate the Aptera with.. certain political leanings. One of my relatives is a mechanic. He says he's found bullet holes in planes on more than one occasion. It seems stupid people sometimes enjoy shooting at planes.
No doubt that most of the drivers will be dems, but I suspect that with first crisis, that will change. Even the wealthy hate sending money from their pockets to others.
I am not surprised about the bullet holes. And it is not just stupid ppl. Many are just plain hateful and NEED to hate someone. Of course, that runs all over. Just the other day, Lula of Brazil blamed all the problems of the world on "white and blue-eye" ppl. What has amazed me is how few ppl called him on it.
that a number of studies have suggested this before, and every time, new evidence rips the studies apart. I really do wish that a DECENT study was done that really showed one way or another if they feel pain. But it appears that one group really does not do the work, while the other group really does not want to know. I have to say that I now prefer the preferred approach to cooking lobster (cold water, turned hot), since it appears that peta and others claim little chance of that being felt. Who knows. Perhaps, they will show that it is the most inhumane and a simpler approach would be better. Perhaps a simple knife to settle the spine.
Nope, doesn't mean that at all. There are already Linux companies making a profit.
Ubuntu is MOSTLY geared towards the desktop. If he is profitable, then the Linux desktop is profitable. If that is the case, the monopoly is broken.
what happens if *ubuntu becomes profitable? Most likely means that at least one major monopoly has been broken, and a number of truly competitive markets have been created.
Jack Rabbit and Antelope. We have them here in the west :)
The reason why the papers are failing is because they have not changed their business model. But RockymountainNews recently went under, and is now trying to make it as an on-line paper. They are still making horrible mistakes, BUT they are better than what they were.
back in 1994-95, I had an idea of converting tv signal to a video stream (ala sling media). Contacted a firm in Atlanta, and they were going to charge some 20K (guarenteed 3 boards, etc), but found a firm in HK that would do it for 5K. We opted to go with the 5K. Had issue after issue after issue with them. In the end, after spending 20K and still not having SQUAT from them, I called it quits. That is why Sling has a product and we did not. Otherwise, the unit would be different and it would have come from Colorado.
Do yourself a favor and do it local. Once you have the product selling, if you still feel like you can increase the margins by getting it done overseas, then and only then do it. Just keep in mind that Asia does not have the same laws and know it. Basically they will nickle and dime you to death. And for the states, I suggest knowing EXACTLY upfront what you need done. Shop around. They all have specialties of items that are one offs. There are a number of chips out there that will allow you to try various ideas.
One last thing. If you get your company going, if I may suggest, keep your engineers local. If you go over to Asia, any ideas you have will likely end up in some other product before yours is out the door.
the car will not be made UNTIL 2011. Musk still has to obtain a 350-400M loan from the feds to even start BUILDING the PLANT, let alone the car.
Actually, that would be appropriate. The model T was the first affordable car. It is quit possible that Tesla's 3rd electric model will be affordable by the masses.
The hybrid Aptera still looks promising though. I think Tesla kinda blew it. The sportster is cool, I live near their HQ and see them all the time. It may end up as a very special collector car. Hmmm... the roadster might be a better investment than the company.
I am willing to bet, that their production line will be full for the first 3 years of this car. As it is, the roadster is a total sell out even at double the price. Aptera? I am guessing that they will sell OK, but will not be years our for sales UNTIL the next oil crisis. At that time, the Atera's sales will occur quickly (just like the prius). But I would still guess that Tesla S will sell more in their first month, than Aptera sells in their first year. The simple fact is, that Aptera's price will appeal to lower sells, but the body style and the company will not. OTH, Musk is selling to those WITH LOADS OF MONEY. In addition, it is to their liking.
Actually, the battery tech that Tesla uses is not the type that burns or explodes. OTH, What is interesting is that GM IS buying from Korea and THEY ARE USING THAT TECH. This is the same group that had LOADS of batteries burn, and will be selling it to GM. GM is supposedly putting in a shield to protect the passengers. What I find interesting is that now we are looking at batteries that burn AND a gas tank in close proximity.
I wonder if Volt will be GM's pinto?
Personally, I would stick with Tesla or even mercedes who appears to be interested in keeping costs down, but safety up. GM, in fact, detroit, appear to want to keep costs down, but profits way up.
That pretty much requires a bigger car, or a 3rd row holding 2. With that being a small back end, how do they do that?
it has a heat pump, which does both heating and AC.
the company has a number of car dealers opening up all over the world. By 2011, I suspect that there will be more than enough that most ppl in the west will be within 200 miles of a center.
Think about it. This is a sedan and it costs 50K. If you afford a 50K car, then you WILL own several cars. To be honest, this car is not for everyone. But it will almost certainly be ideal for the 2'nd car.
With that said, I really wish that Tesla would have done a minivan first AND added the option for a trailer. The electrics have a limited range, and are better suited for the family car. A minivan will appeal to a lot of women who have 2-3 kids and want to haul dogs, grocery, etc. The trailer hitch is not to pull a regular load, but a mini trailer that contains a power source (say a ICE/generator or a fuel cell or a JTEP). That would encourage new add-ons by others.
Speaking of add-ons, HOEFULLY, the car should have a pluggable bus to encourage new cards to be built just for this. What they need is buy-in by other vendors.