These skaters have spent years practicing, and yet they spent just one month in the actual gear they would wear for the competition. And worse, some of them are making last-minute mods:
Years racing, means they know their shit, and ought to be in a position to judge a suit in less than a month. You might have some doubts after day one, but after day 5, if you are still reaching for your old gear, you know something ain't right. Its not their first rodeo.
And the Music industry isn't in a position to take on Google and Itunes and Amazon. Those three companies decide not to sell your crap-music, at your crap-prices, and you are pretty much dead in the water as a label.
Artists are getting smarter. They are starting to care about the license terms, and while they may release their first hits to a label more and more of them are declining to take long term contracts and trying the indi market.
I would think conservatives (like me) are a fan because Musk is an incredibly successful businessman, free market yadda yadda. He sells a good product, he makes successful companies, he shows how the private market is supposed to work.
The highlighted parts are EXACTLY why the liberals hate him
That, and because he is rich. The left doesn't want ANY OF THAT in America. None.
No, IE doesn't have a larger active user base. That is what these statistics are showing you.
IE may be more available, because its on almost every computer shipped. But it is not the most used browser. People avoid it. They don't USE it. They refuse to be among the "user base".
The page views measure usage, not availability, and clearly Chrome wins the page-views. And that is all that matters.
Or more likely they were bitching all of january about the new suites but too much money and sponsorships were on the line and the US Olympic committee just told them to shut up.
In most other sports you have quite a bit of leeway as to your sport clothing. As long as the colors pretty much match the team colors, nobody checks the labels and sizes.
Who the hell goes to the Olympics with untested gear, just hoping it will work?
Apparently no one. Regardless of what the summary says the linked articles say different:
Under Armour developed the skintight aerodynamic suit for the Sochi Games and it was pretested for specific conditions, including the sea-level altitude, that athletes would face there....
The suits were delivered to the team in January, when preliminary adjustments for fit and comfort were made for each athlete, Mr. Haley said. The company also sent a team of specialists to Sochi to make adjustments as needed. The U.S. team wore the suits in the past month for simulated race conditions, but the Games marked the first time in competition.
Any professional skater can tell you after a month of testing that your suit sucks. But chances are the US Olympic committee didn't want to listen. That clue was dropped by the coach:
U.S. national long-track team coach Ryan Shimabukuro declined to discuss the suits or Under Armour. "I'm not going to criticize them, even if I was allowed to," he said.
Well Streaming services for unlimited music still cost you around $10/mo. (regardless of which of the services you choose). So its not all ad supported any more.
Most of these services, and there are a boatload of them are all hovering around the same price. Some offer sales as well as streaming, others don't.
There is still the Free services that are ad supported.
Except this is a situation where some kind of a middle man is clearly required. Artists have neither the means nor the capacity to negotiate and manage licenses with dozens of different streaming services. And it simply wouldn't be worth it to them, because the per artist payout from a given service isn't significant enough to warrant the hassle of dealing with a licensing agreement. You could argue that a different middle man is needed, but simply eliminating the middle man isn't a valid solution to anything.
You missed the part where he said
Music streaming services simply need to form an association
You sign with an association once and done, and your music is syndicated to all the streamers or resellers. No long term contract, no signing away your rights forever.
The only problem would then to get access to studio sessions so that it didn't sound like it was recorded in a garage. There really isn't shortage of them either, (google will find studios in most mid size cities) but they can a bit expensive. So getting your first single out there may be a problem of money. But you don't have to sell your soul to a label to do that.
Without driving people to torrents and claiming the world is rife with piracy the record labels have no bogey man to haul out
Oh its much worse than that.
Here Itunes, Google, Pandora, and World Plus Dog have demonstrated to the music industry EXACTLY how they can reshape their business, both for streaming and for buying. They have handed them an entirely new business plan, and proven that it works.
Yet still they seem content to press CDs, and let someone else manage the on line sales without lifting a finger, yet all the while moaning about piracy, and raping the artists.
As soon as the artists decide to go direct to Google and iTunes the Labels are done, and good riddance to them.
Yes, but this is a rear drive car, with batteries amidship. There is no damage to the rear or the battery areas. All the glass is intact.
There is nothing in the front of the tesla that could start that fire other than the power steering assist motor. If that got hot enough to ignite what ever was in the boot (front trunk) you could have a small fire, but not one this big.
The first link states "another Tesla Model S has burst into flames -- this time, while parked". However his cited source makes no such statement. He added that part all by himself.
Just looking at the pictures you can tell it wasn't the car that was burning. It was something else in the garage.
Why? Electrical fires are rather common. Especially when homeowner decides to put in his own tesla charging circuit and couldn't tell an electrical code from a line of python.
Or the fire was caused by a cigarette left burning on the seat, or some other owner-caused action that would have happened in any car.
The fire didn't engulf the car. The top of the car is unburned. If the fire started inside the car the roof would be devoid of paint, and all windows would be gone.
The wall in front of the car and the overhead ceiling of the garage was extensively damaged. Just look at the pictures in the linked article.
A short circuit in the radio for instance can cause a fire that's independent of the battery or charger.
No evidence the car was actually involved at all. The car roof isn't even burned. They haven't even bothered to open the car door. They yanked down a ton of sheet rock looking for fire. The firemen are looking at the wall and floor.
If anything, its probably the home handyman wiring installed (unprofessionally) to handle the Tesla charging.
"In fact, the Toronto fire department says the fire didn't originate in the battery, the charging system, the adapter or electrical receptacle since all of those components weren't touched by the fire"
maybe the fire was cause by something in the garage adjacent to the car?
Looking at the pictures, you see that from all appearances, the car itself wasn't even involved. It simply happened to be there.
The fire department has torn down large amounts of sheet rock, trying to get at the fire, which says they thought it it was in the walls, or the ceiling. This sounds like an electrical fire, or something hot enough to possibly have ignited the studs behind the sheet rock, so they have to tear it down to make sure. The firemen are paying no attention to the car, they are looking as something on the wall or floor in front of the car.
I'm thinking arson or a can of lawn mower gas leaked.
Another instance of there being a fire on the same city block as a Tesla and the press rushing to report it.
I searched/skimmed the NSF paper, and it wasn't obvious that they took any pains to define astrology for their interviewees. So you very well may be right; good job.
Exactly what I thought, but there was no chance of making that point in the prior post due to the overwhelming piling on of "Dumb Americans" posts.
Still confusing that term isn't smart, but not recognizing that people "skim" when reading or listening to poll questions is equally dumb.
Then again, mechanical turk is hardly something to attract the Average American, or the Average Adult Human for that matter. It is already pre-selected for reasonably educated people who are at least quite computer literate.
Because the internet is totally seductive, not to mention incredibly useful, and even people in government begin to change their minds. This already happened in china, and russia, and all the former soviet states. When the leaders themselves change their minds, the rest will follow. Besides, the time is ripe. The old guard is OLD. Raul is 82.
There are precisely two countries in the world locked into the dictator model of communist states, North Korea, and Cuba, and neither allows their people to see the internet.
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Olympic Rules.
These skaters have spent years practicing, and yet they spent just one month in the actual gear they would wear for the competition. And worse, some of them are making last-minute mods:
Years racing, means they know their shit, and ought to be in a position to judge a suit in less than a month. You might have some doubts after day one, but after day 5, if you are still reaching for your old gear, you know something ain't right. Its not their first rodeo.
Doesn't mean they were untested.
And simulated races are raced the exact same way as competition. The only difference is you are usually racing against your team-mates.
It turns out there is also a DC to DC converter behind the passenger side front wheel.
That should be de-energized when the car is off.
They also have a regenerative brake unit up there, but unless you came flying down the "Toronto Mountain", I can't see that getting that hot.
The counter argument has already been made up-thread, by myself and others.
The suits WERE TESTED. If you had bothered to read TFA you would have known that.
Wait, What?
Several companies are already doubling as a label.
Look here: https://play.google.com/artist...
And here: https://www.apple.com/itunes/w...
http://www.tunecore.com/index/...
And the Music industry isn't in a position to take on Google and Itunes and Amazon. Those three companies decide not to sell your crap-music, at your crap-prices, and you are pretty much dead in the water as a label.
Artists are getting smarter. They are starting to care about the license terms, and while they may release their first hits to a label more and more of them are declining to take long term contracts and trying the indi market.
less-than-stellar safety record
Nobody has ever died it a Tesla.
I would think conservatives (like me) are a fan because Musk is an incredibly successful businessman, free market yadda yadda. He sells a good product, he makes successful companies, he shows how the private market is supposed to work.
The highlighted parts are EXACTLY why the liberals hate him
That, and because he is rich. The left doesn't want ANY OF THAT in America. None.
No, IE doesn't have a larger active user base. That is what these statistics are showing you.
IE may be more available, because its on almost every computer shipped. But it is not the most used browser. People avoid it. They don't USE it. They refuse to be among the "user base".
The page views measure usage, not availability, and clearly Chrome wins the page-views. And that is all that matters.
Or more likely they were bitching all of january about the new suites but too much money and sponsorships were on the line and the US Olympic committee just told them to shut up.
In most other sports you have quite a bit of leeway as to your sport clothing. As long as the colors pretty much match the team colors, nobody checks the labels and sizes.
How about sadly untrue, but still serves for an an excuse to dump on Americans.
Who the hell goes to the Olympics with untested gear, just hoping it will work?
Apparently no one. Regardless of what the summary says the linked articles say different:
Under Armour developed the skintight aerodynamic suit for the Sochi Games and it was pretested for specific conditions, including the sea-level altitude, that athletes would face there. ...
The suits were delivered to the team in January, when preliminary adjustments for fit and comfort were made for each athlete, Mr. Haley said. The company also sent a team of specialists to Sochi to make adjustments as needed. The U.S. team wore the suits in the past month for simulated race conditions, but the Games marked the first time in competition.
Any professional skater can tell you after a month of testing that your suit sucks. But chances are the US Olympic committee didn't want to listen.
That clue was dropped by the coach:
U.S. national long-track team coach Ryan Shimabukuro declined to discuss the suits or Under Armour. "I'm not going to criticize them, even if I was allowed to," he said.
I'm betting there was bitching all along.
Some people like to have a choice of music other than what the station manage wants to foist on you.
These streaming services mentioned in this article aren't chock-full-of-ads, and you can tailor your listening to what you want.
Well Streaming services for unlimited music still cost you around $10/mo. (regardless of which of the services you choose).
So its not all ad supported any more.
Most of these services, and there are a boatload of them are all hovering around the same price. Some offer sales as well as streaming, others don't.
There is still the Free services that are ad supported.
Except this is a situation where some kind of a middle man is clearly required. Artists have neither the means nor the capacity to negotiate and manage licenses with dozens of different streaming services. And it simply wouldn't be worth it to them, because the per artist payout from a given service isn't significant enough to warrant the hassle of dealing with a licensing agreement. You could argue that a different middle man is needed, but simply eliminating the middle man isn't a valid solution to anything.
You missed the part where he said
Music streaming services simply need to form an association
You sign with an association once and done, and your music is syndicated to all the streamers or resellers.
No long term contract, no signing away your rights forever.
The only problem would then to get access to studio sessions so that it didn't sound like it was recorded in a garage.
There really isn't shortage of them either, (google will find studios in most mid size cities) but they can a bit expensive.
So getting your first single out there may be a problem of money. But you don't have to sell your soul to a label
to do that.
Without driving people to torrents and claiming the world is rife with piracy the record labels have no bogey man to haul out
Oh its much worse than that.
Here Itunes, Google, Pandora, and World Plus Dog have demonstrated to the music industry EXACTLY how they can reshape their business, both for
streaming and for buying. They have handed them an entirely new business plan, and proven that it works.
Yet still they seem content to press CDs, and let someone else manage the on line sales without lifting a finger, yet all the while moaning about piracy,
and raping the artists.
As soon as the artists decide to go direct to Google and iTunes the Labels are done, and good riddance to them.
Yes, but this is a rear drive car, with batteries amidship. There is no damage to the rear or the battery areas. All the glass is intact.
There is nothing in the front of the tesla that could start that fire other than the power steering assist motor. If that got hot enough to ignite
what ever was in the boot (front trunk) you could have a small fire, but not one this big.
Actually I did, And I traced it to the source.
The first link http://www.thecarconnection.co... got all its information from the second link.
The first link states "another Tesla Model S has burst into flames -- this time, while parked".
However his cited source makes no such statement. He added that part all by himself.
Just looking at the pictures you can tell it wasn't the car that was burning. It was something else in the garage.
Why?
Electrical fires are rather common. Especially when homeowner decides to put in his own tesla charging circuit and couldn't tell an electrical code from a line of python.
Or the fire was caused by a cigarette left burning on the seat, or some other owner-caused action that would have happened in any car.
The fire didn't engulf the car. The top of the car is unburned. If the fire started inside the car the roof would be devoid of paint, and all windows
would be gone.
The wall in front of the car and the overhead ceiling of the garage was extensively damaged. Just look at the pictures in the linked article.
Sounds more likely the home owner knows exactly what caused the fire.
A short circuit in the radio for instance can cause a fire that's independent of the battery or charger.
No evidence the car was actually involved at all. The car roof isn't even burned. They haven't even bothered to open the car door.
They yanked down a ton of sheet rock looking for fire. The firemen are looking at the wall and floor.
If anything, its probably the home handyman wiring installed (unprofessionally) to handle the Tesla charging.
Why are they assuming it was started by the car?
"In fact, the Toronto fire department says the fire didn't originate in the battery, the charging system, the adapter or electrical receptacle since all of those components weren't touched by the fire"
maybe the fire was cause by something in the garage adjacent to the car?
Looking at the pictures, you see that from all appearances, the car itself wasn't even involved. It simply happened to be there.
The fire department has torn down large amounts of sheet rock, trying to get at the fire, which says they thought it it was in the walls, or
the ceiling. This sounds like an electrical fire, or something hot enough to possibly have ignited the studs behind the sheet rock, so they
have to tear it down to make sure.
The firemen are paying no attention to the car, they are looking as something on the wall or floor in front of the car.
I'm thinking arson or a can of lawn mower gas leaked.
Another instance of there being a fire on the same city block as a Tesla and the press rushing to report it.
I searched/skimmed the NSF paper, and it wasn't obvious that they took any pains to define astrology for their interviewees. So you very well may be right; good job.
Exactly what I thought, but there was no chance of making that point in the prior post due to the overwhelming piling on of "Dumb Americans" posts.
Still confusing that term isn't smart, but not recognizing that people "skim" when reading or listening to poll questions is equally dumb.
Then again, mechanical turk is hardly something to attract the Average American, or the Average Adult Human for that matter. It is already pre-selected for reasonably educated people who are at least quite computer literate.
Because the internet is totally seductive, not to mention incredibly useful, and even people in government begin to change their minds. This already happened in china, and russia, and all the former soviet states. When the leaders themselves change their minds, the rest will follow. Besides, the time is ripe. The old guard is OLD. Raul is 82.
There are precisely two countries in the world locked into the dictator model of communist states, North Korea, and Cuba, and neither allows their people to see the internet.