As a software developer, I hardly ever print anything out. Last time was maybe 6 months ago. The only paper on my desk right now is a notepad, 2 post-it note pads and an article about watermelon.
"Recognise" a state. lol. Whenever I hear that, I always picture a bunch of UN bureaucrats looking at an atlas and wondering what the names of most of the countries are.
The real point is that all this "mysterious" nation state did was to reveal to the US people what is actually going on inside the US political system. Personally i think they should be applauded.
"after hackers stole them from inside DNC servers and the personal email account of Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, John Podesta."
If the US has become such that revealing corruption is now seen as a bad thing to do then FSM help us all.
mclaren p1 is 3411 lbs (1547kg). laferrari is 3494 lbs. Assuming the
Even assuming the p100D doesn't weigh more than a P85D (which seems unlikely) the difference between a Tesla p100D and a Mclaren P1 is more than 9 average-weight women.
yes true its nice and low, but its still there. I could imagine that if the battery tech changes significantly, such that Tesla can shed about 2000 lbs, it will suddenly become a very real fight.
>> we have 34 years to get CO2 neutral (this is being sustainable with the atmosphere) or else we are fucked up.
Where did you get this from? Cite references please. I can personally remember that experts have been saying "we only have around 35 years" since the 70's, so I would have guessed that by now it would be much less than that.
I also suspect there is a real chance that we've already blown it and its being hushed up, in which case we are already doomed to runaway global warming.
As a Brit I've long suspected that in the UK at least, the ritual of elections is kept up just for appearances sake, and that its actually just an illusion of Democracy solely designed to keep the people placated. It appears that was also the intended purpose of the Brexit referendum, until it totally backfired on the then-government plans. I'd be VERY surprised if the beureaucrats in Whitehall aren't now taking the view that they learnt their lesson well and will no longer be trusting the people to make any more "dangerous" decisions.
This is just formalizing and bringing out into the open what has already actually been happening in secret for years.
My only concern is given what happens in secret is often beyond the law, if the law itself is beyond the edge of decency, how bad can/will the secret stuff become?
"the Model S already outpaces sold-out supercars with tiny production runs, such as Ferrari's $1.4 million LaFerrari, Porsche's $845,000 918 Spyder, and Bugatti's $2.3 million Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse"
"Tesla's seven-seat Model X SUV will also shed a 10th of a second, putting it on a par with a $1.15 million McLaren P1"
At least my definition of "on a par" means "not beaten by" ModelX P100D 2.54 10.78 155 P1 GTR 2.5 9.75 218
Also, all these are specs are based on straight-lne performance. Once you start throwing corners into the formula, the differences get MUCH bigger. Both Teslas are VERY heavy so will handle like shit relatively, meaning on twisties or a racetrack they will be no more than dots in the rear-view mirror of any of the other cars above.
Could this really be Google pulling an "embrace, extend, extinguish" maneuver on Microsoft? That would be awesome because payback is long overdue.
What with this, and the recent announcement that Microsoft have joined the Linux foundation as a Platinum member, I'm wondering what hideous love-child we will see emerge.
I'm desperately hoping that Google will at least have the sense to keep Microsoft completely away from the Android kernel and system.
>>...that is all true provided that we still stay in the parameter zone where a self-stabilizing effect of the atmosphere and biosphere persists.
I remember maybe 15 years ago it being said by most experts that we would only have a decade or two to significantly reduce emissions before we cross some point where global warming would become a runaway train that we couldn't stop. I'm wondering if the real reason that all these tech billionaires are playing with space vehicles is that they know something we don't. i.e. this has already happened.
Apparently the book "Stark" (written by the then-hip comedian Ben Elton in 1989) may actually have been scarily prescient rather than just a comedy that it was taken for at the time.
>> I'll be honest, your sources of information are pathetic at best, no better than the people you insult.
Well your assumption is pathetic at best, worse than the people you insult.
Actually I did focus on getting info from credible places, I used the internet as the mechanism to get it. The reason I said "the internet" rather than reference each place individually is a) because its missing the point b) because I don't remember everywhere I gathered info from c) If I did, it would be hundreds of references which would be too long to post.
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As a software developer, I hardly ever print anything out. Last time was maybe 6 months ago.
The only paper on my desk right now is a notepad, 2 post-it note pads and an article about watermelon.
"Recognise" a state. lol.
Whenever I hear that, I always picture a bunch of UN bureaucrats looking at an atlas and wondering what the names of most of the countries are.
I really hope for your sake that was sarcasm.
"you'll only be allowed to launch the more powerful app"
Hey Microsoft, please remind me: who owns my PC?
Proper football or what Americans call football?
The real point is that all this "mysterious" nation state did was to reveal to the US people what is actually going on inside the US political system. Personally i think they should be applauded.
"after hackers stole them from inside DNC servers and the personal email account of Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, John Podesta."
If the US has become such that revealing corruption is now seen as a bad thing to do then FSM help us all.
Thanks for posting this.
Yes. Several times, and yes I still think reality is worse.
Thank goodness that Captain Pedantic and his faithful sidekick, Anal Boy are here to save us all from the dangers of possible misinterpretations.
mclaren p1 is 3411 lbs (1547kg). laferrari is 3494 lbs. Assuming the
Even assuming the p100D doesn't weigh more than a P85D (which seems unlikely) the difference between a Tesla p100D and a Mclaren P1 is more than 9 average-weight women.
yes true its nice and low, but its still there.
I could imagine that if the battery tech changes significantly, such that Tesla can shed about 2000 lbs, it will suddenly become a very real fight.
Private actually, but why would you think that?
Not really. Reality is much worse.
>> we have 34 years to get CO2 neutral (this is being sustainable with the atmosphere) or else we are fucked up.
Where did you get this from? Cite references please.
I can personally remember that experts have been saying "we only have around 35 years" since the 70's, so I would have guessed that by now it would be much less than that.
I also suspect there is a real chance that we've already blown it and its being hushed up, in which case we are already doomed to runaway global warming.
As a Brit I've long suspected that in the UK at least, the ritual of elections is kept up just for appearances sake, and that its actually just an illusion of Democracy solely designed to keep the people placated.
It appears that was also the intended purpose of the Brexit referendum, until it totally backfired on the then-government plans.
I'd be VERY surprised if the beureaucrats in Whitehall aren't now taking the view that they learnt their lesson well and will no longer be trusting the people to make any more "dangerous" decisions.
This is just formalizing and bringing out into the open what has already actually been happening in secret for years.
My only concern is given what happens in secret is often beyond the law, if the law itself is beyond the edge of decency, how bad can/will the secret stuff become?
"the Model S already outpaces sold-out supercars with tiny production runs, such as Ferrari's $1.4 million LaFerrari, Porsche's $845,000 918 Spyder, and Bugatti's $2.3 million Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse"
No it really doesn't. Not by a long way.
car, 0-60 1/4 mile top speed
P100D 2,5 11.8 155
LaFerrari 2.4 9.8 218
918 2.2 9.8 214
Veyron 2.4 9.9 255
"Tesla's seven-seat Model X SUV will also shed a 10th of a second, putting it on a par with a $1.15 million McLaren P1"
At least my definition of "on a par" means "not beaten by"
ModelX P100D 2.54 10.78 155
P1 GTR 2.5 9.75 218
Also, all these are specs are based on straight-lne performance. Once you start throwing corners into the formula, the differences get MUCH bigger.
Both Teslas are VERY heavy so will handle like shit relatively, meaning on twisties or a racetrack they will be no more than dots in the rear-view mirror of any of the other cars above.
>> There's no evidence that humans are causing global warming or that the warming is due to anything other than poorly sited instruments. Grow up.
How about you get a clue instead of just brainlessy insulting people as AC because you're too gutless to post as yourself and stand by your own words.
http://climate.nasa.gov/eviden...
https://www.skepticalscience.c...
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_w...
https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/T...
https://www.epa.gov/climate-ch...
"technicians determined that four out of the six computers showed symptoms of malware. ..The only problem? The computers were out of the box new."
The real question is why the other two didn't also detect that Windows was installed.
Oh dear god please no. .net sucks ass.
Could this really be Google pulling an "embrace, extend, extinguish" maneuver on Microsoft? That would be awesome because payback is long overdue.
What with this, and the recent announcement that Microsoft have joined the Linux foundation as a Platinum member, I'm wondering what hideous love-child we will see emerge.
I'm desperately hoping that Google will at least have the sense to keep Microsoft completely away from the Android kernel and system.
>> It's extremely unlikely that it will kill us all, or even a particularly large number of us.
It was also extremely unlikely that Trump would become president.
Cool.
Where's your credible proof that global warming isn't happening or at least that all human activity is having exactly zero affect on it?
>> ...that is all true provided that we still stay in the parameter zone where a self-stabilizing effect of the atmosphere and biosphere persists.
I remember maybe 15 years ago it being said by most experts that we would only have a decade or two to significantly reduce emissions before we cross some point where global warming would become a runaway train that we couldn't stop.
I'm wondering if the real reason that all these tech billionaires are playing with space vehicles is that they know something we don't. i.e. this has already happened.
Apparently the book "Stark" (written by the then-hip comedian Ben Elton in 1989) may actually have been scarily prescient rather than just a comedy that it was taken for at the time.
>> I'll be honest, your sources of information are pathetic at best, no better than the people you insult.
Well your assumption is pathetic at best, worse than the people you insult.
Actually I did focus on getting info from credible places, I used the internet as the mechanism to get it.
The reason I said "the internet" rather than reference each place individually is a) because its missing the point b) because I don't remember everywhere I gathered info from c) If I did, it would be hundreds of references which would be too long to post.