My first car was an early Chevy Beretta with a bit less than 100 HP.
100 American HP isn't comparable to 100 European HP.
American engine designers are reknowned for making massive engines with very little HP but lots of torque.
Mainly because Americans want the power at low revs and it's hard to put HP there. Europeans don't mind revving the engine a bit more when needed so Euro engines tend to put the power higher at the top of the rev. range and get better HP figures (but less torque and better overall mileage because they can use smaller engines).
Bottom line: Saying "100HP" doesn't really mean much.
PS: The USA's style would be far better served by putting diesel engines in their SUVs...just sayin'.
Butt ugly, $40,000+ and a mere 100 mile range. They will sell about 4 of these.
Hah! People have said that about every massively-overpriced, butt-ugly car that ever came out of Munich. It never stopped any of them from selling to people who have more money than car knowledge. People buy cars based on the badge stuck to it (just like clothes, shoes, and every other overpriced "luxury" item you can think of).
I'm betting it falls off...otherwise it'd be in the video.
I quite like the design - it seems to cope with different terrain quite well (but the ride wouldn't be smooth if you were sat on it). I think it needs active hinges in the legs for the next version though.
Because imitating each others' howls would sound like a very confusing thing to do.
Um, they don't call each other, they just listen to know who else is in the area.
PS: This is a junk article that's just tagging along on the dolphin story (which is interesting/new). Pretty much all group animals can recognize others by sound (parents/babies need to find each other in crowds).
Back when I got cable I was upset because I couldn't a-la-carte the channels I really wanted so I was stuck paying for a bunch of shit I had no interest in watching.
That's the real problem with cable - 200 channels but only about one channel's worth of programs that are worth watching.
PPV might work but they normally want to charge you for the 200 channels then pay extra for the good stuff. This business model isn't going to change so long as there's enough stupid people out there.
What they did not account for is that drivers saw the lines and would slow down; by the time they went by the radar they were again doing the speed limit.
So much for traffic drones.
Ummmm, that's a success. The point is to get people to slow down, not to write tickets.
If you're watching from the air you could just paint white lines one the road which are ten seconds apart at whatever the speed limit is. Take less than 10 seconds between them, you're speeding and they have it on video.
Before the slashdot pedants chime in: No, you wouldn't pull somebody over for 9.9 seconds. You'd only pull people over if they were clearly less than 10 seconds or braked sharply after crossing the first line. The first case for speeding, the second for driving without due care and attention (or whatever they call it over there).
No, it means investing in them is slightly dumber than we all knew it was yesterday.
Every time I read these stories I wonder if I'm doing the right thing by not investing in the continued stupidity of other people. It seems a more reliable investment than any others I've made recently.
Even LZW compression is fairly obvious to a skilled programmer. I remember there were several similar compression algorithms around at the time it was patented. It's not an especially good algorithm, it's just more famous (mostly thanks to the patent wars that surrounded it).
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If you want something fun, buy an M3 or an M5.
Yeah, I'm feeling frivolous today. I'll just pop out and get one of those.
(MR2 driver...)
Eh?
My first car was an early Chevy Beretta with a bit less than 100 HP.
100 American HP isn't comparable to 100 European HP.
American engine designers are reknowned for making massive engines with very little HP but lots of torque.
Mainly because Americans want the power at low revs and it's hard to put HP there. Europeans don't mind revving the engine a bit more when needed so Euro engines tend to put the power higher at the top of the rev. range and get better HP figures (but less torque and better overall mileage because they can use smaller engines).
Bottom line: Saying "100HP" doesn't really mean much.
PS: The USA's style would be far better served by putting diesel engines in their SUVs...just sayin'.
MSRP is over 40,000 dollars.
Not out of BMW's standard price range, and if you count the money from the gas you're NOT buying, it's probably a net gain very quickly.
Don't worry. There's people out there who pay $40,000 for a suit, or a handbag with matching shoes.
Butt ugly, $40,000+ and a mere 100 mile range. They will sell about 4 of these.
Hah! People have said that about every massively-overpriced, butt-ugly car that ever came out of Munich. It never stopped any of them from selling to people who have more money than car knowledge. People buy cars based on the badge stuck to it (just like clothes, shoes, and every other overpriced "luxury" item you can think of).
Best guess this EV would cost around 45K USD.
Hah! That's just the price to get you in the door. I bet the real price will be closer to $60,000 when you add a few "options".
Have you seen latest prices on 256Gb USB sticks?
Similar capacity, less hassle, available right now....
Why is a government interfering with private entities' ability to price things differently in different countries?
Because dem entities are trying to use the government's laws to sue people over importing the products from other countries where it's cheaper.
I'm betting it falls off...otherwise it'd be in the video.
I quite like the design - it seems to cope with different terrain quite well (but the ride wouldn't be smooth if you were sat on it). I think it needs active hinges in the legs for the next version though.
And the way you know that the only mechanisms for cancer are ionizing radiation and heating is... what exactly?
Fail.
Cancer requires DNA damage. There's lots of ways to damage DNA but device only has (low power) heating and non-ionizing radiation.
(...also cellphones, routers, etc. None of those devices are injecting you with chemicals or producing particulate radiation!)
Plead guilty to destroying evidence and convicted of manslaughter ... and no one will go to jail.
Yep.
If the order was given to destroy data then there HAS to be a person who gave that order. It's time they were hunted down.
Presumably it's the same person who's now telling them to plead guilty (and save his ass from further investigation).
Metric or Imperial?
Because imitating each others' howls would sound like a very confusing thing to do.
Um, they don't call each other, they just listen to know who else is in the area.
PS: This is a junk article that's just tagging along on the dolphin story (which is interesting/new). Pretty much all group animals can recognize others by sound (parents/babies need to find each other in crowds).
Basically, its all about the money.
...and we'll have to put up with this so long as there's enough gullible people out there (ie. forever).
Back when I got cable I was upset because I couldn't a-la-carte the channels I really wanted so I was stuck paying for a bunch of shit I had no interest in watching.
That's the real problem with cable - 200 channels but only about one channel's worth of programs that are worth watching.
PPV might work but they normally want to charge you for the 200 channels then pay extra for the good stuff. This business model isn't going to change so long as there's enough stupid people out there.
"Rights" are whatever people can afford to bribe congress to approve.
Watching The Walking Dead doesn't make me want to buy a Hyundai SUV.
Maybe not you personally, but you know what brand of SUV they drive in that show so the advertising worked.
Wow, I finally have a reason to like/admire Bill Gates....
You really haven't seen what he's been doing with his money for the last couple of decades?
Start here: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/
A thing called the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/
What they did not account for is that drivers saw the lines and would slow down; by the time they went by the radar they were again doing the speed limit.
So much for traffic drones.
Ummmm, that's a success. The point is to get people to slow down, not to write tickets.
If you're watching from the air you could just paint white lines one the road which are ten seconds apart at whatever the speed limit is. Take less than 10 seconds between them, you're speeding and they have it on video.
Before the slashdot pedants chime in: No, you wouldn't pull somebody over for 9.9 seconds. You'd only pull people over if they were clearly less than 10 seconds or braked sharply after crossing the first line. The first case for speeding, the second for driving without due care and attention (or whatever they call it over there).
No, it means investing in them is slightly dumber than we all knew it was yesterday.
Every time I read these stories I wonder if I'm doing the right thing by not investing in the continued stupidity of other people. It seems a more reliable investment than any others I've made recently.
What's the obsession people have with turning everything into daylight?
Humans can see quite well in low light. You miss out on a lot of stuff if you're constantly worrying about where the nearest light switch is.
Even LZW compression is fairly obvious to a skilled programmer. I remember there were several similar compression algorithms around at the time it was patented. It's not an especially good algorithm, it's just more famous (mostly thanks to the patent wars that surrounded it).
If you want "non-obvious" you need to go to something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrows%E2%80%93Wheeler_transform
Radical thinking like that is worthy of a patent IMHO (although that algorithm wasn't patented...go figure)
There are many ways to invalidate a patent.
Yes, but are there any cheap+easy ways?
The cad files or what ever they are to the object as source code is to a binary.
They're exploiting his work to promote their product. The "how" doesn't matter.