Yeah...but for most people "facebook" includes all the flash games, etc. I don't know many facebook users who don't play them.
Same with email...in theory it's only 2k of text per message but most people I know have hundreds of megs of pps files in their inbox. A modem isn't going to cut it for them.
For most people "Email" means logging in and downloading a bunch of humorous and/or motivatinal PPS files so they're not too far off the mark when they say 3mbps minimum.
...like the giant albatross that it is. It serves no useful purpose but it's soaking up all of NASA's budget, budget that could be spent on more interesting/useful stuff like the Mars rovers.
If a diesel makes it to 500k it will have saved you so much in fuel costs compared to gasoline that you can afford to throw it away and still make a massive profit.
Plus I'm not so sure the difference "complexity" is anything like you claim. Modern diesels are computer controlled so they're a lot cleaner then the old ones and don't need anywhere near as much extra hardware to meet smog standards.
Diesels are perfect for American SUVs. American drivers are conditioned to expect grunt at low revs, which gasoline engines are terrible at delivering (you need a big thirsty V8 to do it). Diesel engines are much more suited to American expectations so you can have a smaller engine ans get double the savings in economy.
If you start extracting diesel from Algae then it will be much cleaner and more consistent than petroleum-diesel and you can probably get rid of all the emissions-control junk which is needed for diesel engines today.
I was with you up to where you said "smooth power" bat after that it was just drivel.
*Most* four cylinder engines are "lackluster" because they were designed that way - to use less gas. I've had a few four cylinder sporty cars and there was no problem at all (eg. my current MR2). Even the lackluster ones are capable of 100mph which is more than you need "long haul". In fact a big thirsty V8 is exactly what you DON'T want for long haul driving - fill it up every 200 miles or so? No thanks.
A lightweight V6 is as smooth as a big heavy V8. and a V6 seems to be good enough for real engineers. Most Europeans laugh at the lack of power the Americans manage to get out of a monster V8.
The only reason those V8s were still around is so that non-engineers could put them in their cars at weekends. Maybe this will force the amateurs to find out about other ways to get the job done (instead of just 'burn more gas').
Best of all would be if the USA could find out about diesel/biodiesel engines. They're perfect for big heavy SUVs. .
Look again at the bit where it says "battery life"....
In the real world outside Slashdot not everybody is hung up on their 3dMark scores. In fact very few people are, judging by the fact that Intel GPUs outsell both NVIDIA and ATI combined.
Something like 50-60% of new cars sold in Europe for the last few years are diesel. Nobody seems to see a problem with them.
nb. This figure applies to luxury cars (Mercedes, BMW, etc) as well. The rich people aren't seeing a problem either (in fact diesels are very good for long-haul highway driving).
Diesel engines would be a far better match than gasoline for American tastes (ie. lots of torque at low revs), I can't imagine why they don't use them.
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Wrist clamps in the armrests would have prevented 9/11.
Yeah...but for most people "facebook" includes all the flash games, etc. I don't know many facebook users who don't play them.
Same with email...in theory it's only 2k of text per message but most people I know have hundreds of megs of pps files in their inbox. A modem isn't going to cut it for them.
Currently around 60% of new Euro-cars are diesels.
Oh, those poor Europeans ... how do they ever make it to the shops for groceries without a three ton SUV with V8 gas guzzler?
For most people "Email" means logging in and downloading a bunch of humorous and/or motivatinal PPS files so they're not too far off the mark when they say 3mbps minimum.
I used Facebook on a 56k modem the other day...didn't take long to uncheck "automatically load images".
I logged into Yoville for a laugh and it took 20 minutes to enter the first room, so, yeah, it's not too far off.
Um, that'd be "on the smart card that you stick into your decoder".
...like the giant albatross that it is. It serves no useful purpose but it's soaking up all of NASA's budget, budget that could be spent on more interesting/useful stuff like the Mars rovers.
You're using new words that your grandparents didn't know but you don't see yourself as an uneducated English-mangler, you see yourself as 'correct'.
Your grandparents use words that their grandparents would have frowned upon.
Shakespeare is one of the greatest English writers ever but his words are incomprehensible to most people.
Your grandkids will use words that mean nothing to you.
It's called language...it'll change irregardless of what you think. Get over it.
All the best encryption systems publish their source code. Real cryptographers don't trust closed source.
If a diesel makes it to 500k it will have saved you so much in fuel costs compared to gasoline that you can afford to throw it away and still make a massive profit.
Plus I'm not so sure the difference "complexity" is anything like you claim. Modern diesels are computer controlled so they're a lot cleaner then the old ones and don't need anywhere near as much extra hardware to meet smog standards.
Diesels are perfect for American SUVs. American drivers are conditioned to expect grunt at low revs, which gasoline engines are terrible at delivering (you need a big thirsty V8 to do it). Diesel engines are much more suited to American expectations so you can have a smaller engine ans get double the savings in economy.
If you start extracting diesel from Algae then it will be much cleaner and more consistent than petroleum-diesel and you can probably get rid of all the emissions-control junk which is needed for diesel engines today.
A V-shaped engine is also slightly smoother because the inertial forces of the pistons aren't all going in the same direction.
I was with you up to where you said "smooth power" bat after that it was just drivel.
*Most* four cylinder engines are "lackluster" because they were designed that way - to use less gas. I've had a few four cylinder sporty cars and there was no problem at all (eg. my current MR2). Even the lackluster ones are capable of 100mph which is more than you need "long haul". In fact a big thirsty V8 is exactly what you DON'T want for long haul driving - fill it up every 200 miles or so? No thanks.
A lightweight V6 is as smooth as a big heavy V8. and a V6 seems to be good enough for real engineers. Most Europeans laugh at the lack of power the Americans manage to get out of a monster V8.
The only reason those V8s were still around is so that non-engineers could put them in their cars at weekends. Maybe this will force the amateurs to find out about other ways to get the job done (instead of just 'burn more gas').
Best of all would be if the USA could find out about diesel/biodiesel engines. They're perfect for big heavy SUVs.
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Who cares about the CPU? Gimme more pixels, preferably non-glossy.
Have people still not figured out that the glossy screens are crap ... or does the magpie syndrome still dominate purchasing decisions?
If you buy this one there's another one waiting in the wings to piss you off after you buy it.
Look again at the bit where it says "battery life"....
In the real world outside Slashdot not everybody is hung up on their 3dMark scores. In fact very few people are, judging by the fact that Intel GPUs outsell both NVIDIA and ATI combined.
The absolute last thing I want when I'm coding is a manager sat behind me making 'jokes'...
How hard can it be to stop doing it after you've been hauled before two tribunals?
You *are* breaking the law....
Good luck with that.....
Then the impedences will sort themselves out (headphone manufacturers will all have to hit the sweet spot if they want any customers).
It's called audio compression and technically it's not a change in volume.
Instead of fiddling with the levl, just hit mute.
Or even better, stop watching it. BitTorrent has it all without adverts.
If you have boom-car owners as parents then hearing is the least of your problems.
...and the only conclusion ever reached by sociologists is: "Some do, some don't!"
Something like 50-60% of new cars sold in Europe for the last few years are diesel. Nobody seems to see a problem with them.
nb. This figure applies to luxury cars (Mercedes, BMW, etc) as well. The rich people aren't seeing a problem either (in fact diesels are very good for long-haul highway driving).
Diesel engines would be a far better match than gasoline for American tastes (ie. lots of torque at low revs), I can't imagine why they don't use them.
This time they're the defendent so they're not allowed to mysteriously 'drop' the case. They can be forced to go to trial.
Yeah, movies is where the real science is at.