Actually, I have an Electric Pickup Truck. 1995 Ford F-250 SuperCab Longbed 4WD.
Converted it myself.
Very useful for making those trips to the lumber yard.
When I upgrade to a LiIon pack of some type, I'll also have enough range to use use it for most of my other driving needs as well.
http://john.casadelgato.com/Electric-Vehicles/1995-Ford-F-250
After the release of FireFox a few weeks ago, it started crashing. A LOT. While browsing my morning web comics, about 1/4 of the sites would cause it to crash.
I tried disabling most of my plugins/addons - didn't help.
I just gave up on it. FF has been getting slower and buggier with each release.
So, "man -k somecommand" does a full text search of all the man pages for that specific string?
That is so much more intuitive than "help somecommand".
Of course, I could probably do a "man man" to read all the possible options for the "man" command. Of course, for many commands there is a long involved description of the history of the command before the options appear, and then no examples of the options and their results.
The whole Linux Mindset to documentation can be summed up in the phrase "use the man page".
Yeah, right. Man pages are only semi-useful if you ALREADY KNOW WHAT COMMAND YOU NEED.
Trying to FIND the command to do something is nearly impossible.
Almost as bad as trying to find out how to configure something. (just edit the twiddly.da config file in the googly.plex directory, note that the syntax is completely different from every other config file on the system.)
Sorry, power plants have MUCH better exhaust scrubbers than cars do. I'm not near my references right now, but last I checked, the Well-to-Wheel efficiency of an EV was around 70mpg.
Of course the Fool Cell vehicle will be considerably worse - which is what we are comparing to here - not ICE cars.
Plus, there ARE other sources of electricity than oil.
Admittedly, you do have to get used to a quiet vehicle and not changing the oil, and not stopping at gas stations.
Wow, a Fuel Cell ($$$$) bike that has almost caught up with a pure Electric vehicle. Except that it's top speed is lower, it costs more to build, and is far more difficult to refuel.
Yup, Fuel Cells are the future!
The only reason Fuel Cells are being pushed so hard is that they retain the Big Company infrastructure needed to use them. You will need a large distribution network if you want to refuel lots of cars, AND you will need to produce all that hyrdrogen - which will likely be made from oil.
EV's can do it now at lower cost than Fool Cells, but for some reason are being ignored. (Or actively discouraged - like GM crushing the quite nice EV1's.)
Generally, motorcycles get pretty lousy mileage when compared to a car.
My BMW K100 (1000cc) gets only 35mpg. Many cars get far better mileage - admittedly with far less acceleration.
It exists, and the market is growing quite nicely.
I work for a company (Myrio - see http://www.myrio.com ) that makes IPTV products.
TIVO like capabilities, Video on Demand, etc...
What features do YOU want in the box?
I've had DirecTV in the Seattle area for years. LOTS of rain and clouds. The only times I've lost signal is when the rain and clouds were so thick that it was dark at noon. Usually I had other problems occupying my attention at those times...:-\
I recently added a DirecTIVO (HDRV3) and added a 160GB drive to it. This makes a GREAT setup. Anytime I sit down, there is something that I WANT to see on. I do get NASA TV as well.
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They seem to be also doing their best to make Skype unusable on Macs. Probably hoping that people will want Skype more than they want to use a Mac.
Actually, I have an Electric Pickup Truck. 1995 Ford F-250 SuperCab Longbed 4WD. Converted it myself. Very useful for making those trips to the lumber yard. When I upgrade to a LiIon pack of some type, I'll also have enough range to use use it for most of my other driving needs as well. http://john.casadelgato.com/Electric-Vehicles/1995-Ford-F-250
After the release of FireFox a few weeks ago, it started crashing. A LOT. While browsing my morning web comics, about 1/4 of the sites would cause it to crash. I tried disabling most of my plugins/addons - didn't help. I just gave up on it. FF has been getting slower and buggier with each release.
So, "man -k somecommand" does a full text search of all the man pages for that specific string? That is so much more intuitive than "help somecommand". Of course, I could probably do a "man man" to read all the possible options for the "man" command. Of course, for many commands there is a long involved description of the history of the command before the options appear, and then no examples of the options and their results.
The whole Linux Mindset to documentation can be summed up in the phrase "use the man page". Yeah, right. Man pages are only semi-useful if you ALREADY KNOW WHAT COMMAND YOU NEED. Trying to FIND the command to do something is nearly impossible. Almost as bad as trying to find out how to configure something. (just edit the twiddly.da config file in the googly.plex directory, note that the syntax is completely different from every other config file on the system.)
Sorry, power plants have MUCH better exhaust scrubbers than cars do. I'm not near my references right now, but last I checked, the Well-to-Wheel efficiency of an EV was around 70mpg. Of course the Fool Cell vehicle will be considerably worse - which is what we are comparing to here - not ICE cars. Plus, there ARE other sources of electricity than oil. Admittedly, you do have to get used to a quiet vehicle and not changing the oil, and not stopping at gas stations.
Wow, a Fuel Cell ($$$$) bike that has almost caught up with a pure Electric vehicle. Except that it's top speed is lower, it costs more to build, and is far more difficult to refuel. Yup, Fuel Cells are the future! The only reason Fuel Cells are being pushed so hard is that they retain the Big Company infrastructure needed to use them. You will need a large distribution network if you want to refuel lots of cars, AND you will need to produce all that hyrdrogen - which will likely be made from oil. EV's can do it now at lower cost than Fool Cells, but for some reason are being ignored. (Or actively discouraged - like GM crushing the quite nice EV1's.)
Generally, motorcycles get pretty lousy mileage when compared to a car. My BMW K100 (1000cc) gets only 35mpg. Many cars get far better mileage - admittedly with far less acceleration.
It exists, and the market is growing quite nicely. I work for a company (Myrio - see http://www.myrio.com ) that makes IPTV products. TIVO like capabilities, Video on Demand, etc... What features do YOU want in the box?
I've had DirecTV in the Seattle area for years. LOTS of rain and clouds. The only times I've lost signal is when the rain and clouds were so thick that it was dark at noon. Usually I had other problems occupying my attention at those times... :-\
I recently added a DirecTIVO (HDRV3) and added a 160GB drive to it. This makes a GREAT setup. Anytime I sit down, there is something that I WANT to see on. I do get NASA TV as well.
i.e. It's just like an electric car, but more complex and less efficient.
I think I'll stick with my Electric.