I'm not klutzy, but once in Arizona, viewing the Meteor Crater, I had a choice of either dropping my DSLR or my squirming toddler, due to the squirming. I opted for the former, in a split second decision, and the camera fell into the crater. I was able to retrieve it, but it was broken. Instead of buying a new one, I fixed it. Myself. This is Slashdot, not Housewife Consumers' Journal. Some sharp edges I filed down, looks a bit beat up, but I still use it.
Some products are better to repair than to replace, like the monitor I'm using now--7 year old 1600x1200--hard to replace with anything more than 1080 rows (damn you, HDTV!). Started taking 5 minutes of warm up time to be usable. Then I learned the problem was due to old (bulging) capacitors. So $0.50 of capacitors later, and 30 minutes of desoldering/soldering it's good as new...
Sometimes I think the fraud in warranties is by the dealer *against the manufacturer* !!!
A few weeks after taking delivery of my Prius, I noted a wind noise at high speed near the right rear passenger door. I guessed it was the rubber seal, and told the dealer, who promptly agreed and replaced it under warranty, no oil change receipts necessary. But the problem wasn't fixed. Then I realized the noise was coming from the fan that cools the hybrid battery--i.e. working properly as designed...
I've already had a big downturn--the news item elicited me to investigate my settings, and I found I wasn't using spamhaus properly... Now I am... Kind of an analogue to the Streisand effect...
Just keep releasing rumours about crazy products in the pipe line:
1. TV you talk at. Check, Samsung already made one. Anyone buy it? 2. Watch with battery life about 1/1000th of a normal one. In the pipeline... 3. ??????
Bull fucking shit. Still want to believe this liar? Do your own research. Google "intangible drilling costs" and "oil depletion allowance" (and there are more, if you care to dig deeper). These are *NOT* "afforded to all kinds of industries." Any attempt to claim otherwise is a BIG FAT LIE.
"A tax deduction and a government subsidy arenâ(TM)t the same." No, they are exactly the same.
Oil companies aren't getting loans--they're getting huge piles of cash for free. If those who believe that Government has no right to pick a company to loan money to, they should start with the loans that don't get paid back.
> They are already practical from a use standpoint, now it's just cost. My commute is only 10 miles and my wife's is only 5, so we'll be prime candidates.
You might want to consider something like a Nissan Leaf. I drove one as a rental for a month when someone rear-ended my Prius. Really nice. Plugged it in whenever I arrived home. No other concerns.
> I'm saying that your usage of the quick-charge stations is completely dependent on their survival.
Well this is just silly. Most places don't have them, and they are only of value for long day trips, yet Tesla hasn't had any difficulty selling their cars... I don't need to be the 100th person to note here that most people rarely need to drive over 250 miles a day, and that there are simple solutions when such people do need them. I estimate that of my family's two vehicles, one of them (30k odometer) has never been more than 100 miles from home and the other has only about 2-3% of its miles in this scenario...
Why is there some assumption that an EV must outperform gas cars in every single use case?
Think Sweden. Plenty of trees. Swedes like it when people think of their country as high tech, but mining and forestry are still much bigger industries there...
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> He was not guilty under a just law - he was guilt because the law was unjust...
Well said.
Me too... Time to fire up ktorrent...
Mod coward loser.
Mod parent bigot.
I'm not klutzy, but once in Arizona, viewing the Meteor Crater, I had a choice of either dropping my DSLR or my squirming toddler, due to the squirming. I opted for the former, in a split second decision, and the camera fell into the crater. I was able to retrieve it, but it was broken. Instead of buying a new one, I fixed it. Myself. This is Slashdot, not Housewife Consumers' Journal. Some sharp edges I filed down, looks a bit beat up, but I still use it.
Some products are better to repair than to replace, like the monitor I'm using now--7 year old 1600x1200--hard to replace with anything more than 1080 rows (damn you, HDTV!). Started taking 5 minutes of warm up time to be usable. Then I learned the problem was due to old (bulging) capacitors. So $0.50 of capacitors later, and 30 minutes of desoldering/soldering it's good as new...
Not everything broken needs replacing...
Sometimes I think the fraud in warranties is by the dealer *against the manufacturer* !!!
A few weeks after taking delivery of my Prius, I noted a wind noise at high speed near the right rear passenger door. I guessed it was the rubber seal, and told the dealer, who promptly agreed and replaced it under warranty, no oil change receipts necessary. But the problem wasn't fixed. Then I realized the noise was coming from the fan that cools the hybrid battery--i.e. working properly as designed...
Every drop a steel ball on a concrete floor? It will bounce for minutes!
I've already had a big downturn--the news item elicited me to investigate my settings, and I found I wasn't using spamhaus properly... Now I am... Kind of an analogue to the Streisand effect...
I've tried Portman 'n grits... Meh...
... didn't like, no, didn't like it one bit...
Yes, I own the rights. If you are making use of Ossifer(TM) brand sky water, you must pay me $1.00/gallon.
"As much as" == "up to" == "you'll never get close to this but it's a nice idea for marketing purposes"....
Just keep releasing rumours about crazy products in the pipe line:
1. TV you talk at. Check, Samsung already made one. Anyone buy it?
2. Watch with battery life about 1/1000th of a normal one. In the pipeline...
3. ??????
... is what's keeping my wife safe and alive...
Work bottom-up, don't approach it top-down.
Bull fucking shit. Still want to believe this liar? Do your own research. Google "intangible drilling costs" and "oil depletion allowance" (and there are more, if you care to dig deeper). These are *NOT* "afforded to all kinds of industries." Any attempt to claim otherwise is a BIG FAT LIE.
"A tax deduction and a government subsidy arenâ(TM)t the same." No, they are exactly the same.
And GM's loan payback more than offsets, blah blah blah...
These are investments in the economy that pay off in more way that mere bank-style loans.
Thought I made clear that such people should start complaining about the massive cash handouts to the oil industry first.
Oil companies aren't getting loans--they're getting huge piles of cash for free. If those who believe that Government has no right to pick a company to loan money to, they should start with the loans that don't get paid back.
Apparently his boss is Terry Childs...
> They are already practical from a use standpoint, now it's just cost. My commute is only 10 miles and my wife's is only 5, so we'll be prime candidates.
You might want to consider something like a Nissan Leaf. I drove one as a rental for a month when someone rear-ended my Prius. Really nice. Plugged it in whenever I arrived home. No other concerns.
> I'm saying that your usage of the quick-charge stations is completely dependent on their survival.
Well this is just silly. Most places don't have them, and they are only of value for long day trips, yet Tesla hasn't had any difficulty selling their cars... I don't need to be the 100th person to note here that most people rarely need to drive over 250 miles a day, and that there are simple solutions when such people do need them. I estimate that of my family's two vehicles, one of them (30k odometer) has never been more than 100 miles from home and the other has only about 2-3% of its miles in this scenario...
Why is there some assumption that an EV must outperform gas cars in every single use case?
Nor electrical outlets.
You shouldn't be surprised at being labeled a "troll" when you talk about Tesla's demise as a fait accompli...
Think Sweden. Plenty of trees. Swedes like it when people think of their country as high tech, but mining and forestry are still much bigger industries there...