COMPUTER SCIENCE (2000 IG)
Chris Niswander of Tucson, Arizona, for inventing PawSense, software that detects when a cat is walking across your computer keyboard.
http://www.bitboost.com/pawsense/
finally!!! we've been trying to find solutions to possible security breach of a heard of cats getting loose in the office.
The trade off goes both ways. Having electrical systems eats ups energy like you said, but electrical systems typically weigh much less than mechanical systems, therefore making the vehicle lighter, therefore increasing fuel efficiency. So in a lot of cases in an electric car using electric systems ends up saving you power.
In a gasoline powered car the electric system is run off of the alternator which has very little effect on gas mileage (AC, maybe, being an exception). If you want to test it go out and run a tank of gas with your radio off and never use the power windows. They run a tank of gas with the radio on and use the power windows as much as possible...you won't see a difference in gas mileage, as long as all other conditions are the same.
Buying a car with rack-and-pinion steering, manual windows, no AC and radio would mean buying an old car, which in turn would mean worse gas mileage.
Was in a similar situation about a year ago. I was one for 4 team leaders that left a company together as a group for another company in the same industry. At the time we all felt that there was no way our current company could function well without us. We had all the knowledge and did most of the work (which was true) and that who ever they got to replace us would fail. Of course this wasn't true, sure it slowed them down for a bit having to let new people come up the learning curve, but they survived quite well.
A few thoughts to consider for your situation:
1) Why just quit? If you are going to quit you are going to need something new to do (start a new business, find a new job, win the lotto, etc) so why not work on this why you still have a job. In a sense build your new company or find a new job on your current employers dime. You'll get the same satisfaction for quitting later that you will now.
2) Consider legal action that your employer might take. Just because they don't have solid ground for a winnable case doesn't mean they won't pursue it, especially if you start a business with your own funds. How much would a 50,000$ in lawyer fees hurt them vs. how much it would it hurt you. If they are already going under that might not matter too much.
3) Consider how others in the company that are not part of the quitting group might react. I was very surprised how personally people took us leaving, even if it didn't really affect them in any way.
4) Consider burned bridges. You might not care too much about bridges back to your employer, but think about the bridges fires they may start for you. Will you still have a reputation to stand on with other prospective employers/customers.
5) Be sure of your co-quitters. Can you work with all of them if you did your own thing? All they people you can trust?
6) When you quit follow through with it. How will you react to 30% raise to stay at your current job?
Good luck to ya! If you are unhappy with your job and can find something better, Iâ(TM)d say go for it. I just wouldn't jump off a sinking ship until you have a new ship to land on.
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Yeh, but where would they find all the ugly actors to play the IT workers?!
COMPUTER SCIENCE (2000 IG) Chris Niswander of Tucson, Arizona, for inventing PawSense, software that detects when a cat is walking across your computer keyboard.
http://www.bitboost.com/pawsense/
finally!!! we've been trying to find solutions to possible security breach of a heard of cats getting loose in the office.
It cannot succeed except by destroying the Internet.
They have a team of experts now, maybe this is the new plan!
The trade off goes both ways. Having electrical systems eats ups energy like you said, but electrical systems typically weigh much less than mechanical systems, therefore making the vehicle lighter, therefore increasing fuel efficiency. So in a lot of cases in an electric car using electric systems ends up saving you power. In a gasoline powered car the electric system is run off of the alternator which has very little effect on gas mileage (AC, maybe, being an exception). If you want to test it go out and run a tank of gas with your radio off and never use the power windows. They run a tank of gas with the radio on and use the power windows as much as possible...you won't see a difference in gas mileage, as long as all other conditions are the same. Buying a car with rack-and-pinion steering, manual windows, no AC and radio would mean buying an old car, which in turn would mean worse gas mileage.
Was in a similar situation about a year ago. I was one for 4 team leaders that left a company together as a group for another company in the same industry. At the time we all felt that there was no way our current company could function well without us. We had all the knowledge and did most of the work (which was true) and that who ever they got to replace us would fail. Of course this wasn't true, sure it slowed them down for a bit having to let new people come up the learning curve, but they survived quite well.
A few thoughts to consider for your situation:
1) Why just quit? If you are going to quit you are going to need something new to do (start a new business, find a new job, win the lotto, etc) so why not work on this why you still have a job. In a sense build your new company or find a new job on your current employers dime. You'll get the same satisfaction for quitting later that you will now.
2) Consider legal action that your employer might take. Just because they don't have solid ground for a winnable case doesn't mean they won't pursue it, especially if you start a business with your own funds. How much would a 50,000$ in lawyer fees hurt them vs. how much it would it hurt you. If they are already going under that might not matter too much.
3) Consider how others in the company that are not part of the quitting group might react. I was very surprised how personally people took us leaving, even if it didn't really affect them in any way.
4) Consider burned bridges. You might not care too much about bridges back to your employer, but think about the bridges fires they may start for you. Will you still have a reputation to stand on with other prospective employers/customers.
5) Be sure of your co-quitters. Can you work with all of them if you did your own thing? All they people you can trust?
6) When you quit follow through with it. How will you react to 30% raise to stay at your current job?
Good luck to ya! If you are unhappy with your job and can find something better, Iâ(TM)d say go for it. I just wouldn't jump off a sinking ship until you have a new ship to land on.