Elon Musk is on record for saying that Tesla cars would drive themselves by the end of 2017, adding that it would mean full autonomy with a reliability greater than that of a human.
In my opinion, the reason why Apple and Google have pulled out is not that the technology does not work, but that it is not yet demonstrably sufficiently reliable, and that cheap sensors that make the technology both feasible and economic are not out yet.
Meanwhile the traditional car makers are content with a partnership with the likes of Mobileye just to exist in this space.
Personally I believe full car autonomy is feasible, safe and useful on highways, and has been for some time. I'm not sure about economic. The other use cases are not so clear cut.
Technically the Shuttle was a reusable rocket, so we know it works.
Reusable conventional rockets are an interesting concept. Engineers at NASA and ESA thought it would not be economical. NASA and ESA use a small number of large engines each time they send one of their rocket up, and so reusing them means firing one of the large engine for a long time (which damages them and requires significant amounts of fuel that would have been otherwise used to put satellite into orbit). A SpaceX rocket uses a large number of small engines, so letting one fire for longer in order to retrieve all the others makes more sense. Nonetheless these engines spend more time in space and experience a reentry, which may damage them.
AFAIK SpaceX hasn't yet tried to reuse any of the retrieved engine. They already have a less-than-stellar safety record so that is not surprising. I suspect the road to effective return on investment on the reusable rocket venture may be longer than anticipated.
Max speed was 90km/h. The tube looked sturdy. The spaceX took great care to emphasise safety. Out of 25 or so competitors, only 3 were allowed to try to go for the highest speed.
It's not disgust, it's impracticality. Young people no longer can pay for their university degree by working in stores. Unless you are a genius (rare), either your parents do it for you, or you are unlikely to ever reach the middle class. I'm not exactly sure what kind of future we offer our kids.
Loss of neurons due to aging has been shown to be a measurement error before.
Haug, H. (1985). Are neurons of the human cerebral cortex really lost during aging? A morphometric examination. In Senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (pp. 150-163). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Unfortunately the article is paywalled. However it says that there is no statistical evidence of neuron loss in healthy people due to aging. Previously widely reported loss was shown to be a systematic bias in measurement.
Yes there are significantly better Xeons around: look here. The best CPU you can buy for the mac pro is number 27 on that list. The top Intel proc has 20 cores compared to 12 and runs 50% faster.
Maybe you should read the actual report, written by people who run shelters all across the nation. Just one remark regarding your incorrect assumptions, not all children forced into prostitution are reported missing. Most are forced by family members...
Sure this small portion of road cost a pretty penny, but it is for testing. If it turns out to be durable and efficient, why not? One big problem with solar farms is that they take up a lot of space. Road are already eminent domain, to the space is available.
Healthcare is not a normal market. When people are really sick they will pay anything up to getting bankrupt so that they are treated. Normal people cannot shop around too much or wait a month or two for a better offer. So a little of collusion between healthcare providers will go a long way towards gouging "customers".
Everywhere else in the entire Western world, government have established single user pay systems. Even in America this is true for the elderly with Medicare. For the general population, the actual cost of care in the US is 2x or 3x more than everywhere else in the world. Why is that?
Healthcare is not like a new smartphone and market principles do not apply to every situations.
Since 2008, unemployment has been going steadily down, the trade deficit is back at year 2000 (or 1985) level, and debt has started going down again. The financial crisis of 2008, started at the end of GWB's term is what prompted the huge borrowing, and it wasn't Obama's doing. You have to be disingenuous to pretend the economy is worse now than in 2008.
There are lots of high hopes for these ventures already, but so far Musk hasn't gone beyond LEO or sold a car cheaper than $100k. The solar energy company, he acquired.
Musk is really brilliant but I think he gets bored too quickly. Finish what you started, you must.
I can't believe the number of Apple supporters here. Come on! Apple is like every large scoundrel with lawyers, not only do they make billions, they like to fake victim status. Frankly they are a disgrace and they need to be told off. Have you seen how they tread employees?
I get that some people here don't like governments to have money, but govs are pretty much free to raise any tax they want anyway. Like death, taxes are a fact of life. Either you and I pay it with our hard-earned cash or some enormous, selfish company selling unnecessary, luxury, first world items pay it. Which do you prefer ?
Disclaimer: I'm a happy Apple customer. I don't care if Apple raise their price by 5% to pay for this tax. They already do it anyway (see last touchy-feely MBP with same specs as a year earlier).
Does not compute. vcenter server appliance is a Linux virtual machine running on ESXi, which you access through a web browser. Using a Windows VM for that is definitely not required.
At the center of the Sun, fusion power is estimated by models to be about 276.5 watts/m3.[1] Despite its intense temperature, the peak power generating density of the core overall is similar to an active compost heap, and is lower than the power density produced by the metabolism of an adult human. The Sun is much hotter than a compost heap due to the Sun's enormous volume.[2]
Ref [1] here. Ref [2] this page, which is not very good; and a simple model here.
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Elon Musk is on record for saying that Tesla cars would drive themselves by the end of 2017, adding that it would mean full autonomy with a reliability greater than that of a human.
In my opinion, the reason why Apple and Google have pulled out is not that the technology does not work, but that it is not yet demonstrably sufficiently reliable, and that cheap sensors that make the technology both feasible and economic are not out yet.
Meanwhile the traditional car makers are content with a partnership with the likes of Mobileye just to exist in this space.
Personally I believe full car autonomy is feasible, safe and useful on highways, and has been for some time. I'm not sure about economic. The other use cases are not so clear cut.
Technically the Shuttle was a reusable rocket, so we know it works.
Reusable conventional rockets are an interesting concept. Engineers at NASA and ESA thought it would not be economical. NASA and ESA use a small number of large engines each time they send one of their rocket up, and so reusing them means firing one of the large engine for a long time (which damages them and requires significant amounts of fuel that would have been otherwise used to put satellite into orbit). A SpaceX rocket uses a large number of small engines, so letting one fire for longer in order to retrieve all the others makes more sense. Nonetheless these engines spend more time in space and experience a reentry, which may damage them.
AFAIK SpaceX hasn't yet tried to reuse any of the retrieved engine. They already have a less-than-stellar safety record so that is not surprising. I suspect the road to effective return on investment on the reusable rocket venture may be longer than anticipated.
metal on metal conduction ?
Max speed was 90km/h. The tube looked sturdy. The spaceX took great care to emphasise safety. Out of 25 or so competitors, only 3 were allowed to try to go for the highest speed.
Overall it seemed a very safe contest.
It's not disgust, it's impracticality. Young people no longer can pay for their university degree by working in stores. Unless you are a genius (rare), either your parents do it for you, or you are unlikely to ever reach the middle class. I'm not exactly sure what kind of future we offer our kids.
The issue is likely social. Read into it what you want.
As an author, I can confirm that the typical royalty is $1 per copy. Try to get rich on that.
Well played :-)
The USB-C dock comes complete with terrible reviews...
Loss of neurons due to aging has been shown to be a measurement error before.
Haug, H. (1985). Are neurons of the human cerebral cortex really lost during aging? A morphometric examination. In Senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (pp. 150-163). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Unfortunately the article is paywalled. However it says that there is no statistical evidence of neuron loss in healthy people due to aging. Previously widely reported loss was shown to be a systematic bias in measurement.
Yes there are significantly better Xeons around: look here. The best CPU you can buy for the mac pro is number 27 on that list. The top Intel proc has 20 cores compared to 12 and runs 50% faster.
Maybe you should read the actual report, written by people who run shelters all across the nation. Just one remark regarding your incorrect assumptions, not all children forced into prostitution are reported missing. Most are forced by family members...
An offer you can't refuse
Sure this small portion of road cost a pretty penny, but it is for testing. If it turns out to be durable and efficient, why not? One big problem with solar farms is that they take up a lot of space. Road are already eminent domain, to the space is available.
Healthcare is not a normal market. When people are really sick they will pay anything up to getting bankrupt so that they are treated. Normal people cannot shop around too much or wait a month or two for a better offer. So a little of collusion between healthcare providers will go a long way towards gouging "customers".
Everywhere else in the entire Western world, government have established single user pay systems. Even in America this is true for the elderly with Medicare. For the general population, the actual cost of care in the US is 2x or 3x more than everywhere else in the world. Why is that?
Healthcare is not like a new smartphone and market principles do not apply to every situations.
And what is the cause of obesity?
Since 2008, unemployment has been going steadily down, the trade deficit is back at year 2000 (or 1985) level, and debt has started going down again. The financial crisis of 2008, started at the end of GWB's term is what prompted the huge borrowing, and it wasn't Obama's doing. You have to be disingenuous to pretend the economy is worse now than in 2008.
Look, it is not rational. People hate HRC, that's it. There is no point in arguing.
See SpaceX and NASA. Spot on.
There are lots of high hopes for these ventures already, but so far Musk hasn't gone beyond LEO or sold a car cheaper than $100k. The solar energy company, he acquired.
Musk is really brilliant but I think he gets bored too quickly. Finish what you started, you must.
I can't believe the number of Apple supporters here. Come on! Apple is like every large scoundrel with lawyers, not only do they make billions, they like to fake victim status. Frankly they are a disgrace and they need to be told off. Have you seen how they tread employees?
I get that some people here don't like governments to have money, but govs are pretty much free to raise any tax they want anyway. Like death, taxes are a fact of life. Either you and I pay it with our hard-earned cash or some enormous, selfish company selling unnecessary, luxury, first world items pay it. Which do you prefer ?
Disclaimer: I'm a happy Apple customer. I don't care if Apple raise their price by 5% to pay for this tax. They already do it anyway (see last touchy-feely MBP with same specs as a year earlier).
Does not compute. vcenter server appliance is a Linux virtual machine running on ESXi, which you access through a web browser. Using a Windows VM for that is definitely not required.
Sodium fire propagating to the core? Would make Tchernobyl look like a walk in the park.
By models:
At the center of the Sun, fusion power is estimated by models to be about 276.5 watts/m3.[1] Despite its intense temperature, the peak power generating density of the core overall is similar to an active compost heap, and is lower than the power density produced by the metabolism of an adult human. The Sun is much hotter than a compost heap due to the Sun's enormous volume.[2]
Ref [1] here.
Ref [2] this page, which is not very good; and a simple model here.
It does make sense because your other full time job provides you with retirement, health and other social benefits. Uber does none of that.