If you've been on the highway recently in the US, and have a "slow it down" attitude, surely you've realized you're in the minority and either need to speed up to keep with the flow of traffic or keep your road hazard of a slow moving vehicle off the tollway/freeway.
So we should all do 30mph on the expressway because people die in motor vehicle accidents? What happens when death keeps occurring at 55mph crashes? I'm sorry for your loss, but that doesn't make anything else you've said in this thread right.
As another 25 year old, I can only hope that we keep learning exponentially and big problems (read: wars, nuclear winter, etc) don't get in the way of that.
Just the other day I read a Nature article on how scientists figured out how to stop the liver from aging in mice. This is only an example of medical research going on. Oh yes, I think "eternal" life is going to be within our grasp in 100 years. Biology isn't magic. It's just a really complex machine. And we've seemed to figure out physics (see: aircraft and space vehicles) pretty well.
Your comment reminded me of an article in BusinessWeek I saw this morning from a link in Gmail. It talked about small business people whining that their costs of doing business in China (they have their products manufactured there) was rising steeply because China is now enforcing environmental and labor laws. In business, you can only force your negative externalities somewhere else for so long before it comes back to bite. Better to just build your business model around your environment, and not fight against it.
Disclaimer: I'm a small business owner in the US who treats his customers and employees fairly. YMMV.
Toyota has sold their 1 millionth hybrid. Plus, they're selling so quickly, they can't keep them on the lots. I don't care if they offer SUVs or even giant pick up trucks (i.e. the sweet-ass Tundra) as long as their hybrids are selling so quickly. Behold! The invisible hand of the market! (note: Toyota actually idled their plant in San Antonio that builds Tundras due to no demand)
As of now, Tundra's are also being manufactured in Princeton, Indiana. Toyota plans to shift the production of the Tundra completely to San Antonio by November. There is a plan underway to have that plant be the production hub for the Toyota Highlander which is originally produced in Mississippi. The Mississippi plant will then be the new site for the highly demanded Toyota Prius. Toyota hopes that moving the production of the Prius will help with the increased demand of the gas-saving hybrids. There simply aren't enough to go around right now. A $23,000 Prius can be sold on Ebay today for almost $35,000. Americans want this car and Toyota is determined to bring it to us.
Perhaps you'd like to comment on the safety factor between your death trap '92 Geo and a safe '08 Prius. Also, hybrids have better performance than tiny economy cars using the same amount of fuel.
I'd like to point out that the method Nanosolar is using to make their "printed" solar cells is extremely energy efficient vs the method. They can run off huge sheets of solar cells for the energy cost of running a roller pulling the substrate and a pump pumping the nanoparticle material onto said substrate.
I live in Chicago and I wanted to see a Nine Inch Nails concert in Connecticut this Thursday. After all the problems with airlines (I use to travel for business constantly on United/AA), I instead rode my motorcycle 900 miles each way. F*ck the airlines.
Agreed. I've worked with an adult entertainment company (we host their sites) and shooting the shit the other day over a beer, they told me that they don't want to do stuff in HD because reality sets in (that even porn stars have average joe bodies up close).
Does that mean I can condense as much water out of the atmosphere as I like and the atmosphere will just evaporate it from somewhere else to make up the difference? Interesting.
1) If it's true your heart beating slower extends it's life, than it would pay to exercise to strenthen your heart. A stronger heart beats less at rest.
2) A restricted calorie diet helps you live longer because certain cells in your body can only reproduce so many times. Cells stop dividing because the telomeres, protective bits of DNA on the end of a chromosome, become shorter with each division and eventually can no longer protect the chromosome (quoted from Wikipedia).
3) If muscle cells can be coaxed through gene therapy to grow without the need to tear and than heal said cells, you wouldn't need to waste so much time doing useless exercise. The key is to find the genes/compounds that regulate metabolism and cellular growth, so you could have a healthy, fit body without wasting hours and hours a week running, bicycling, etc (unless you enjoy that thing, I'd prefer to be coding, designing electrical circuits, etc).
The $30K for the battery pack is Tesla's cost to assemble it, but I'm not sure what proportion is raw materials/R&D. Assuming the roughly 6800 Li-Ion cells in the pack were the entire cost, each cell would be costing them about $4/piece, but that's not the case. Their pack is extremely intelligent, having a babysitting system so the pack is already caring for the cells, even when the pack is out of the car or sitting in storage.
These are current cells you can purchase. I'm waiting for specs on their new cells, but an NDA is required. People can naysay all they want, lithium ion batteries are what is going to kickstart the electrification of transportation.
Hymotion, owned by A123systems, is selling a $10K battery pack (built using A123systems cells) for Prius owners that allows for upwards of 100mpg, but supplementing the traction battery with power from your home (you charge the battery pack at home, the Prius tries to use more electricity instead of gas). They currently have a waitlist of 200 people, with installs starting in a month. Obviously, demand exists if you have 200 people who are ready to spend the $10K.
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If you've been on the highway recently in the US, and have a "slow it down" attitude, surely you've realized you're in the minority and either need to speed up to keep with the flow of traffic or keep your road hazard of a slow moving vehicle off the tollway/freeway.
So we should all do 30mph on the expressway because people die in motor vehicle accidents? What happens when death keeps occurring at 55mph crashes? I'm sorry for your loss, but that doesn't make anything else you've said in this thread right.
As another 25 year old, I can only hope that we keep learning exponentially and big problems (read: wars, nuclear winter, etc) don't get in the way of that.
Or a head jar, a la Futurama
Just the other day I read a Nature article on how scientists figured out how to stop the liver from aging in mice. This is only an example of medical research going on. Oh yes, I think "eternal" life is going to be within our grasp in 100 years. Biology isn't magic. It's just a really complex machine. And we've seemed to figure out physics (see: aircraft and space vehicles) pretty well.
Some use rulers other than pay to measure their career success.
Disclaimer: I'm a small business owner in the US who treats his customers and employees fairly. YMMV.
Thanks for mentioning the book. Just bought it on Amazon. Looking forward to reading it =)
I'm also a member =)
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/870875/toyota_plans_to_shut_san_antonio_plant.html
As of now, Tundra's are also being manufactured in Princeton, Indiana. Toyota plans to shift the production of the Tundra completely to San Antonio by November. There is a plan underway to have that plant be the production hub for the Toyota Highlander which is originally produced in Mississippi. The Mississippi plant will then be the new site for the highly demanded Toyota Prius. Toyota hopes that moving the production of the Prius will help with the increased demand of the gas-saving hybrids. There simply aren't enough to go around right now. A $23,000 Prius can be sold on Ebay today for almost $35,000. Americans want this car and Toyota is determined to bring it to us.
Emphasis mine.
Perhaps you'd like to comment on the safety factor between your death trap '92 Geo and a safe '08 Prius. Also, hybrids have better performance than tiny economy cars using the same amount of fuel.
I'd like to point out that the method Nanosolar is using to make their "printed" solar cells is extremely energy efficient vs the method. They can run off huge sheets of solar cells for the energy cost of running a roller pulling the substrate and a pump pumping the nanoparticle material onto said substrate.
Cue the whiners.
You can't copyright the price of a product.
I live in Chicago and I wanted to see a Nine Inch Nails concert in Connecticut this Thursday. After all the problems with airlines (I use to travel for business constantly on United/AA), I instead rode my motorcycle 900 miles each way. F*ck the airlines.
Agreed. I've worked with an adult entertainment company (we host their sites) and shooting the shit the other day over a beer, they told me that they don't want to do stuff in HD because reality sets in (that even porn stars have average joe bodies up close).
Does that mean I can condense as much water out of the atmosphere as I like and the atmosphere will just evaporate it from somewhere else to make up the difference? Interesting.
The only real solution is DNSSEC, and hell will freeze over before that gets widely implemented.
Long haul 802.11g it is then.
I agree completely.
Any chance you could have someone from your coop email me info on the process behind forming one?
1) If it's true your heart beating slower extends it's life, than it would pay to exercise to strenthen your heart. A stronger heart beats less at rest.
2) A restricted calorie diet helps you live longer because certain cells in your body can only reproduce so many times. Cells stop dividing because the telomeres, protective bits of DNA on the end of a chromosome, become shorter with each division and eventually can no longer protect the chromosome (quoted from Wikipedia).
3) If muscle cells can be coaxed through gene therapy to grow without the need to tear and than heal said cells, you wouldn't need to waste so much time doing useless exercise. The key is to find the genes/compounds that regulate metabolism and cellular growth, so you could have a healthy, fit body without wasting hours and hours a week running, bicycling, etc (unless you enjoy that thing, I'd prefer to be coding, designing electrical circuits, etc).
You sir, are a glass half full kind of person. Kudos.
The $30K for the battery pack is Tesla's cost to assemble it, but I'm not sure what proportion is raw materials/R&D. Assuming the roughly 6800 Li-Ion cells in the pack were the entire cost, each cell would be costing them about $4/piece, but that's not the case. Their pack is extremely intelligent, having a babysitting system so the pack is already caring for the cells, even when the pack is out of the car or sitting in storage.
Hymotion, owned by A123systems, is selling a $10K battery pack (built using A123systems cells) for Prius owners that allows for upwards of 100mpg, but supplementing the traction battery with power from your home (you charge the battery pack at home, the Prius tries to use more electricity instead of gas). They currently have a waitlist of 200 people, with installs starting in a month. Obviously, demand exists if you have 200 people who are ready to spend the $10K.
http://www.a123systems.com/hymotion/products/faqs