I'd love to fuel the conspiracy of "lab escape", but it's far more likely to be a simple random mutation.
The rapid population growth is mostly due to humans scattering them across the global. (i.e. farmers throwing them in their rice fields as a source of food.)
All too true. Too much of the "product" is a bunch of horrible, bloated JAVA. And way too many "solutions" are collections of acquisitions bolted together poorly.
I'm also basing it on the US dollar cost of common cars, and power. Depending on where you are in the US, even those numbers change. (eg. power in Alaska is rather expensive [link)
Go ask NASA about "space dust". Specifically, that space shuttle window with a piece of space dust 2/3 - 3/4 of the way through it. At 25,000mph, even the head of pin can do a tremendous amount of damage.
Actually, if you run the numbers, the break-even is around 20yrs. 2018 Civic EX-L vs 2017 Leaf SV/SL (chosen at random) driven 50mi/day for 300days/yr. The ~14k$ difference will buy a lot of gas and oil changes. Brakes and tires will be about the same between them. If driven to the Leaf's limit (~200mi/day), that number comes down to 4-5yrs, but after a few years of this, the Leaf will no longer have a 200mi range. The Civic will be just fine. (I've seen many go beyond 300k with nothing but oil changes.)
Don't need one. With a high enough resolution flat bed scanner, we have software that can "play" it back from the image. (the same basic technology as today's laser based turntables.)
MySpace was too much of a cesspool. People were too free to customize it into complete shit. Facebook, as annoying as it is, you always know what you're going to get on any page/wall. (i.e. no damned midi/mp3 playing in the background that you can't shut-the-fuck-off.)
Everybody is making such a huge deal out of this. Apple's answer is a simple, "We can't do shit for the phone, but here's his iCloud backup, and all his iCloud and iDrive files."
#2... almost certainly NOT. There is no interface to retrieve the encryption key; it's not even accessible by anything other than the crypto engine. I'll have to re-read the docs on the security system, but I don't recall the security enclave being updatable without unlocking the device.
The audio ads aren't that bad. Yes, they play them far too often, but it's less than broadcast radio. A 30s spot every 30min is perfectly acceptable. When they start spamming me with 2min ads (!!!!), and ads every 10-15min, it's time to delete the BS.
For me, the last straw is the completely unusable UI because the asshats have to spam you with ad after ad after ad if you so much as look at the UI. You cannot interact with the damn thing without it filling the screen with bloody ads. And to make matters worse, I have to force restart the app multiple times a day because it just won't resume playing or has "lost connection".
That, too, is a huge NIMBY issue. In the 70's and 80's there was a plan for transportation and long-term storage. But, you guessed it, as soon as the facility was ready to accept materials there was a whole lot of bitching about it. They didn't bitch about the billions in Uncle Sam's money poured into the region to build and staff the place.
"to code" isn't the problem. All the NIMBY crap from the people living within 50mi of the place is the problem. Massive smoke belching coal plant is fine, but a small (relatively speaking) nuke plant... OH NO YOU DON'T.
Every university I knew was already pushing Linux heavily well before Oracle took over. Oracle wants to be paid for everything, so sunsolve and docs had to go away.
IMO, Solaris 10 is where Solaris died. "smf" (*cough*systemd*cough*) absolutely fucking NO.
A lot of hardware is actually designed and built by Fujitsu. (I've wormed my way through Fujitsu's sites to get updates before, since the greedy bastards at Oracle require a support contract to even download drivers.)
Except no one uses SPARC hardware to do any of that stuff. It's all common Intel x86 based systems, which Oracle did actually make. Unfortunately, everything Oracle makes (made) is somewhat over-engineered, and way overpriced. There are far cheaper x86 hardware vendors.
Oracle has always been mostly a software giant. I'm surprised the hardware side of Sun Microsystems has lasted as long as it has.
Tesla modules cannot "rewire themselves". Individual cells are connected in parallel via low current fuse wires. The hope is the fuse will open if there's ever anything wonky in any individual cell. There are a few thermistors in the pack going to the mini-BMS board in the module; that board is *part* of the BMS, not a free running BMS in itself.
Hobbyists should follow this design. However, we've all seen the idiots welding dozens of batteries together with strips that could carry hundreds of amp before failing. And of course, no one bothers with the expense or complexity of a real BMS. The only thing keeping 99% of these people alive is the internal safety valves in commercial cells. (Tesla cells do not have those!)
Any dealer in the car's original market, perhaps. NA dealers are unlikely to have the systems to pair a JAPAN market key/car. Sure, the owner could've gone to Japan, but they'd need to bring that car with them.
Indeed. Plus, Toyota hybrids use NiMH, which you technically can't overcharge. And there's thermal sensors preventing overheating -- and thus "fire". Li-Ion based systems have the BCM built into the battery module, and it's 100% independent from the ECU. If it's a plug-in hybrid, then the BCM will be running when the ECU isn't.
This story is just a bunch of BS about people losing a key for a foreign car that can't be replaced out-of-market. Of course they can't get a Canadian Toyota dealership to replace it; the thing doesn't exist in NA. It's entirely likely the tools to do it don't exist in Canada. (obviously, outside the hacker community.)
Like those cheap OBDII bluetooth dongles? I fired up my tablet in the driveway once and saw four of those damned things. (having VW specific tools, I could totally fuck with the neighbor's car.)
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I'd love to fuel the conspiracy of "lab escape", but it's far more likely to be a simple random mutation.
The rapid population growth is mostly due to humans scattering them across the global. (i.e. farmers throwing them in their rice fields as a source of food.)
All too true. Too much of the "product" is a bunch of horrible, bloated JAVA. And way too many "solutions" are collections of acquisitions bolted together poorly.
Or how many are still functional? (answer: their output is a lot lower than it used to be.)
I'm also basing it on the US dollar cost of common cars, and power. Depending on where you are in the US, even those numbers change. (eg. power in Alaska is rather expensive [link)
Go ask NASA about "space dust". Specifically, that space shuttle window with a piece of space dust 2/3 - 3/4 of the way through it. At 25,000mph, even the head of pin can do a tremendous amount of damage.
Yeap... fuel cells are expensive, and jump-starting a hydrogen economy is a huge mess.
Actually, if you run the numbers, the break-even is around 20yrs. 2018 Civic EX-L vs 2017 Leaf SV/SL (chosen at random) driven 50mi/day for 300days/yr. The ~14k$ difference will buy a lot of gas and oil changes. Brakes and tires will be about the same between them. If driven to the Leaf's limit (~200mi/day), that number comes down to 4-5yrs, but after a few years of this, the Leaf will no longer have a 200mi range. The Civic will be just fine. (I've seen many go beyond 300k with nothing but oil changes.)
Or... he's exactly what Uber is supposed to be: a ride SHARING system. "I'm at the airport headed downtown; let's see who wants a ride."
Don't need one. With a high enough resolution flat bed scanner, we have software that can "play" it back from the image. (the same basic technology as today's laser based turntables.)
Google is a bad choice. They're the internet equivalent of a 3yo. They're very easily bored. And the slightly shiny thing has them walking away.
MySpace was too much of a cesspool. People were too free to customize it into complete shit. Facebook, as annoying as it is, you always know what you're going to get on any page/wall. (i.e. no damned midi/mp3 playing in the background that you can't shut-the-fuck-off.)
Everybody is making such a huge deal out of this. Apple's answer is a simple, "We can't do shit for the phone, but here's his iCloud backup, and all his iCloud and iDrive files."
#2... almost certainly NOT. There is no interface to retrieve the encryption key; it's not even accessible by anything other than the crypto engine. I'll have to re-read the docs on the security system, but I don't recall the security enclave being updatable without unlocking the device.
The audio ads aren't that bad. Yes, they play them far too often, but it's less than broadcast radio. A 30s spot every 30min is perfectly acceptable. When they start spamming me with 2min ads (!!!!), and ads every 10-15min, it's time to delete the BS.
For me, the last straw is the completely unusable UI because the asshats have to spam you with ad after ad after ad if you so much as look at the UI. You cannot interact with the damn thing without it filling the screen with bloody ads. And to make matters worse, I have to force restart the app multiple times a day because it just won't resume playing or has "lost connection".
That, too, is a huge NIMBY issue. In the 70's and 80's there was a plan for transportation and long-term storage. But, you guessed it, as soon as the facility was ready to accept materials there was a whole lot of bitching about it. They didn't bitch about the billions in Uncle Sam's money poured into the region to build and staff the place.
"to code" isn't the problem. All the NIMBY crap from the people living within 50mi of the place is the problem. Massive smoke belching coal plant is fine, but a small (relatively speaking) nuke plant... OH NO YOU DON'T.
Every university I knew was already pushing Linux heavily well before Oracle took over. Oracle wants to be paid for everything, so sunsolve and docs had to go away.
IMO, Solaris 10 is where Solaris died. "smf" (*cough*systemd*cough*) absolutely fucking NO.
A lot of hardware is actually designed and built by Fujitsu. (I've wormed my way through Fujitsu's sites to get updates before, since the greedy bastards at Oracle require a support contract to even download drivers.)
Except no one uses SPARC hardware to do any of that stuff. It's all common Intel x86 based systems, which Oracle did actually make. Unfortunately, everything Oracle makes (made) is somewhat over-engineered, and way overpriced. There are far cheaper x86 hardware vendors.
Oracle has always been mostly a software giant. I'm surprised the hardware side of Sun Microsystems has lasted as long as it has.
Tesla modules cannot "rewire themselves". Individual cells are connected in parallel via low current fuse wires. The hope is the fuse will open if there's ever anything wonky in any individual cell. There are a few thermistors in the pack going to the mini-BMS board in the module; that board is *part* of the BMS, not a free running BMS in itself.
Hobbyists should follow this design. However, we've all seen the idiots welding dozens of batteries together with strips that could carry hundreds of amp before failing. And of course, no one bothers with the expense or complexity of a real BMS. The only thing keeping 99% of these people alive is the internal safety valves in commercial cells. (Tesla cells do not have those!)
Any dealer in the car's original market, perhaps. NA dealers are unlikely to have the systems to pair a JAPAN market key/car. Sure, the owner could've gone to Japan, but they'd need to bring that car with them.
Remove the battery. Duh.
Indeed. Plus, Toyota hybrids use NiMH, which you technically can't overcharge. And there's thermal sensors preventing overheating -- and thus "fire". Li-Ion based systems have the BCM built into the battery module, and it's 100% independent from the ECU. If it's a plug-in hybrid, then the BCM will be running when the ECU isn't.
This story is just a bunch of BS about people losing a key for a foreign car that can't be replaced out-of-market. Of course they can't get a Canadian Toyota dealership to replace it; the thing doesn't exist in NA. It's entirely likely the tools to do it don't exist in Canada. (obviously, outside the hacker community.)
Unfortunately, they already are. Because so many components are on the CAN bus, replacing them without special tools isn't possible.
Like those cheap OBDII bluetooth dongles? I fired up my tablet in the driveway once and saw four of those damned things. (having VW specific tools, I could totally fuck with the neighbor's car.)