The reason why you can more easily get away without is that 1) you're in desert where the humidity is lower, which means that your body can more easily cool itself by sweating and 2) you're in a desert where it gets down to the 20's at night so it's not miserably hot when you're trying to sleep. I don't mind the heat so much during the day, but to sleep when it's 30C+ and 70% humidity and you'd want air conditioning too.
It'll last 10 hours if you draw 1kw from it the whole time. Maybe running the air conditioner off of it is a bad idea, but it'll easily run a modern fridge (about 1kwh/day) for 8 days, with enough power left over for a few lights and some occasional TV.
So you're saying I can remodel my bathroom for $30k(!), and increase the value of my home by $90k? Uhhh.... I don't think so. Your first number is about an order of magnitude too high, and your second and third numbers are flipped.
No kidding. If you're demanding that kind of speed at home, there's very few places in the US that you're going to be able to live. Even 50/5 is going to be somewhat limiting.
Self driving cars will make commutes much more tolerable, and make them faster by reducing traffic jams. Though ultimately the best thing would be to allow more telecommuting for those that have jobs that could allow it.
Well, that's how the 80% thing factored in. They had a pretty good idea what they were building, so they could start on the foundation while things like the placement of the the windows was still being worked out. As opposed to diving right and and starting to build something and then deciding later whether you're building a storage shed, an oil rig, a shopping mall, or a skyscraper.
Assuming a corporate Windows PC on a domain, he probably has no control over that. Even if he's a local admin the domain will still overwrite those settings. So he's stuck, other than going to IT and begging for an exception to the policy.
Or it could just be that they blast those postcards out to everyone, and they really have no idea what your mortgage is (or that you even have one). Kind of like how now that it's spring I'm getting all kind of lawncare services junkmail (I live in a condo).
As compared to the UI regressions on the Windows and Mac side over the past few years? Granted, some of the popular Linux desktops also have similar problems, but at least in the Linux world you have a choice as to what desktop you want to use.
By definition, PC is short for IBM Compatible Personal Computer, where the defining characteristic is the BIOS that allows it to boot DOS. Without that BIOS, it's not a PC. That rules out the TI-83, anything made by Apple, and almost everything in the mobile device market (I assume you mean phones and tablets, not laptops here).
The problem is that most of the time you're simply not going to have a nice clear cut dividing line (such as the end of WWII and all the GI's coming home) so it's always going to be a bit fuzzy. Personally, I think the whole attempt to pigeonhole people into "generations" is stupid anyway.
The current Pathfinder and the one from the early 2000's are completely different vehicles. The current one is car-based and it is basically bloated, heavy, oversized Altima. The previous Pathfinders were body-on-frame trucks and handle and drive very differently.
It has gotten better, the fit and finish of the newer vehicles is miles ahead of where it was 20 years ago. Check out what Consumer Reports has to say about the new Impala, it is better than the Toyota Camry in many ways.
It's not like the Camry is a lofty goal anymore, as Toyota has been decontenting their cars every time they redesign them for the past few design cycles. In many ways, Toyota is becoming like GM was in the sense that they're becoming complacent and assume that people will just buy whatever they produce because it has Toyota badges on it. Now, there are some exceptions (the Prius is a very innovative vehicle), but the Camry from 20 years ago was almost Lexus-like in terms of quality. I can't say the same for today's Camry.
"SUVs" may have existed that long, but until the early 80's a SUV were spartan, utilitarian, and very much a truck. You'd buy one because you needed a truck or because you needed a vehicle with serious off-road capability. It wasn't until the 80's with the introduction of the Jeep Cherokee, and similar vehicles like the Nissan Pathfinder and Ford Explorer that SUVs started getting plush and the idea of using a SUV as a family vehicle got started. And in the late 90's vehicles like the Lexus RX established the formula for the modern CUV, which has changed fairly little since then. Modern SUVs/CUVs are pretty far removed from the Jeep CJ.
Part of the problem is that the current crop of minivans are gigantic. It's no surprise that a Honda Odyssey is not getting better mileage than a Pilot, because the Odyssey is frickin' massive. If you want a modern equivalent of the short-wheelbase 80's Dodge Caravan you're not really going to find one, though there are 4 door hatches that have grown enough to be similar in size.
I can't think of a current SUV with a 4-banger, but that's because there's actually very few true SUVs left in the sense that they have a body on frame construction, and the ones that are left are mostly large (Suburban, etc.) You'd have to go used (and probably at least 20 years old) to find a SUV with a 4 cylinder engine. In the past you could get a 4 cylinder Pathfinder, Wrangler, Blazer. etc.
It's the pressure, not necessarily the weight of the vehicle. One of the stupidest things we've done in that regard is taxing large trucks by the number of axles they have. Because of this, trucks are designed with the minimum amount of axles and tires needed to hold up their weight increasing the pressure where they do touch the road. If they were designed to spread out the weight more they'd damage the roads a lot less.
Is that really what people want? Back in the 80's/early 90's the car manufacturers figured out that they can build a family vehicle out of a truck, and because it's classified as a truck they can sell it cheaper because it falls under a different set of rules. So the buyers went to the new car lot, saw the cheaper SUV parked next to the station wagon, and gee, they picked the SUV. Change the rules, and you might find what people "want" will change with it. It's not like SUVs would be banned or anything, they'll just no longer be artificially cheaper than they should be.
1. Volvo is a safe vehicle that meets fuel economy standards without getting an SUV exemption
Actually, you might like to know that Volvo hasn't sold a wagon in the US now for several years. All those wagon-like Volvo's are now SUV/CUV's and are classified as light trucks.
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Maybe Elon's plan is to sell batteries to people who aren't stupid enough to try and run an electric oven off of them?
The reason why you can more easily get away without is that 1) you're in desert where the humidity is lower, which means that your body can more easily cool itself by sweating and 2) you're in a desert where it gets down to the 20's at night so it's not miserably hot when you're trying to sleep. I don't mind the heat so much during the day, but to sleep when it's 30C+ and 70% humidity and you'd want air conditioning too.
It'll last 10 hours if you draw 1kw from it the whole time. Maybe running the air conditioner off of it is a bad idea, but it'll easily run a modern fridge (about 1kwh/day) for 8 days, with enough power left over for a few lights and some occasional TV.
So you're saying I can remodel my bathroom for $30k(!), and increase the value of my home by $90k? Uhhh.... I don't think so. Your first number is about an order of magnitude too high, and your second and third numbers are flipped.
No kidding. If you're demanding that kind of speed at home, there's very few places in the US that you're going to be able to live. Even 50/5 is going to be somewhat limiting.
Self driving cars will make commutes much more tolerable, and make them faster by reducing traffic jams. Though ultimately the best thing would be to allow more telecommuting for those that have jobs that could allow it.
Well, that's how the 80% thing factored in. They had a pretty good idea what they were building, so they could start on the foundation while things like the placement of the the windows was still being worked out. As opposed to diving right and and starting to build something and then deciding later whether you're building a storage shed, an oil rig, a shopping mall, or a skyscraper.
Assuming a corporate Windows PC on a domain, he probably has no control over that. Even if he's a local admin the domain will still overwrite those settings. So he's stuck, other than going to IT and begging for an exception to the policy.
Or you could just hibernate the machine and the end of the day and resume at the start of the next day.
Or it could just be that they blast those postcards out to everyone, and they really have no idea what your mortgage is (or that you even have one). Kind of like how now that it's spring I'm getting all kind of lawncare services junkmail (I live in a condo).
As compared to the UI regressions on the Windows and Mac side over the past few years? Granted, some of the popular Linux desktops also have similar problems, but at least in the Linux world you have a choice as to what desktop you want to use.
Changing the Windows DPI setting works on Windows 2000. Some applications may or may not play nicely with it though. What are you using, Windows 95?
Sony's MiniDisc pretty much bombed in the US but was fairly popular in Asia, especially in Japan, until about the mid-2000's or so.
By definition, PC is short for IBM Compatible Personal Computer, where the defining characteristic is the BIOS that allows it to boot DOS. Without that BIOS, it's not a PC. That rules out the TI-83, anything made by Apple, and almost everything in the mobile device market (I assume you mean phones and tablets, not laptops here).
No they aren't PCs unless you can upgrade all the way to DOS.
Actually, they are most likely to be exported after the crushing stage, to places like China where the steel is recycled.
The problem is that most of the time you're simply not going to have a nice clear cut dividing line (such as the end of WWII and all the GI's coming home) so it's always going to be a bit fuzzy. Personally, I think the whole attempt to pigeonhole people into "generations" is stupid anyway.
The current Pathfinder and the one from the early 2000's are completely different vehicles. The current one is car-based and it is basically bloated, heavy, oversized Altima. The previous Pathfinders were body-on-frame trucks and handle and drive very differently.
It's not like the Camry is a lofty goal anymore, as Toyota has been decontenting their cars every time they redesign them for the past few design cycles. In many ways, Toyota is becoming like GM was in the sense that they're becoming complacent and assume that people will just buy whatever they produce because it has Toyota badges on it. Now, there are some exceptions (the Prius is a very innovative vehicle), but the Camry from 20 years ago was almost Lexus-like in terms of quality. I can't say the same for today's Camry.
"SUVs" may have existed that long, but until the early 80's a SUV were spartan, utilitarian, and very much a truck. You'd buy one because you needed a truck or because you needed a vehicle with serious off-road capability. It wasn't until the 80's with the introduction of the Jeep Cherokee, and similar vehicles like the Nissan Pathfinder and Ford Explorer that SUVs started getting plush and the idea of using a SUV as a family vehicle got started. And in the late 90's vehicles like the Lexus RX established the formula for the modern CUV, which has changed fairly little since then. Modern SUVs/CUVs are pretty far removed from the Jeep CJ.
Part of the problem is that the current crop of minivans are gigantic. It's no surprise that a Honda Odyssey is not getting better mileage than a Pilot, because the Odyssey is frickin' massive. If you want a modern equivalent of the short-wheelbase 80's Dodge Caravan you're not really going to find one, though there are 4 door hatches that have grown enough to be similar in size.
I can't think of a current SUV with a 4-banger, but that's because there's actually very few true SUVs left in the sense that they have a body on frame construction, and the ones that are left are mostly large (Suburban, etc.) You'd have to go used (and probably at least 20 years old) to find a SUV with a 4 cylinder engine. In the past you could get a 4 cylinder Pathfinder, Wrangler, Blazer. etc.
It's the pressure, not necessarily the weight of the vehicle. One of the stupidest things we've done in that regard is taxing large trucks by the number of axles they have. Because of this, trucks are designed with the minimum amount of axles and tires needed to hold up their weight increasing the pressure where they do touch the road. If they were designed to spread out the weight more they'd damage the roads a lot less.
Is that really what people want? Back in the 80's/early 90's the car manufacturers figured out that they can build a family vehicle out of a truck, and because it's classified as a truck they can sell it cheaper because it falls under a different set of rules. So the buyers went to the new car lot, saw the cheaper SUV parked next to the station wagon, and gee, they picked the SUV. Change the rules, and you might find what people "want" will change with it. It's not like SUVs would be banned or anything, they'll just no longer be artificially cheaper than they should be.
Actually, you might like to know that Volvo hasn't sold a wagon in the US now for several years. All those wagon-like Volvo's are now SUV/CUV's and are classified as light trucks.