And no, it's not even remotely crazy to put a charger at every parking spot. Did you know that in new construction bedrooms must have an outlet every 6 linear wall feet? Electric wiring isn't rocket science.
Right, because EV charging stations are just electrical outlets... ever priced an EV charging station? They cost several thousand dollars per station as opposed to $1.59 for an electrical outlet at Home Depot.
You know a Southwest ticket costs about the same as all of the gas you'll need to buy and will bring you to your destination much faster, right?
Then you just walk from the airport to your hotel, and then walk to your business meetings because you have no need for a car once you get to your destination, right?
If your gas guzzler runs out of fuel, you're fucked. If an electric vehicle with a solar panel runs out of energy, you just wait a little while.
Says the commenter that hasnâ(TM)t run the numbers for how long it would take to get a useful partial charge from âdecorativeâ(TM) solar panels on their roofs...
ICE automobiles donâ(TM)t run out of fuel on hillsides simply because the owner ensures they have sufficient fuel before heading off in the wilderness. For those times when a 30 gallon gas tank wonâ(TM)t suffice, carrying 5 gallon cans of gas is a popular solution - this is a non-problem.
Norway has the highest amount of electric vehicles on the planet per capita even though they're a major oil producer because they pay no taxes on EVs, meaning no VAT and no additional vehicle taxes that normal cars are subject to. Additionally, electric vehicles are not subject to road tolls. AT the same time, gas costs 2 dollars a litre, meaning 7,5 dollars a gallon, and that's cheap for Norway, the last time I was there it was higher.
So all we need to do is:
Slap huge vehicle taxes on non-electric cars, Impose a hefty VAT on non-electric vehicles, And tax gasoline until it is $7.50/gal?
THEN weâ(TM)ll start to see sales of electric vehicle increase? I canâ(TM)t imagine any unintended consequences from such market manipulations, can you?/sarcasm
No, you'll just sit in your rich white ivory tower and declare this and that are banned and charge fines and penalties which go back to people like you from people like me.
Worked for healthcare, where millions of Americans too poor to afford even subsidized healthcare coverage are forced to pay a fine... itâ(TM)s called the individual mandate.
I'm not entirely sure I like the verbiage though...ALL internal combustion engines?
You realize that includes leaf blowers and lawnmowers, right? And what about recreational and commercial boating - all currently rely on internal combustion engines...
You are trying too hard - AREDN to an Internet uplink. Easily-deplorable $100 nodes with a few dozen $1,000 nodes with strong sector antennas and a reliable backbone network - every element of which can be bought off Amazon.
The American Red Cross is likely looking for round-the-clock operators to staff about a dozen facilities in two or three shift âdaysâ(TM) - to augment/supplement the hams already on staff.
Iâ(TM)m sure some local hams are also assisting, but suspect most are busy trying to rebuild their lives.
As noted by others (perhaps at even more excessive length than me), it's reasonable to have different o/s and software environments for different uses.
Even inside the Linux Foundation?
Reminds me of when Sun railed against corporations using IBM computers, but ran their back-office on an IBM Mainframe complex...
Did you think maybe the computer used for the presentation wasn't his? I've been to a lot of conferences that required speakers to use the location's computers.
Follow the links, he was spotted using MacOS to create the slides AND present them.
Oh wait, it's Slashdot - nevermind - just make up any reasonable motivation and ignore any actual facts in the linked-to article.
why bother using something different to all the people in your organization to which the operating system does matter? Case in point there was no reason for Jim Zemlin to use Linux over Mac in his presentation so he just used Mac.
Did you forget that Jim Zemlin is President of the Linux Foundation? If Jim is using a MacOS laptop because that's what everyone in his organization uses, then that begs the question even harder - how can the Linux Foundation argue convincingly that Linux is poised to take over the desktop if the Linux Foundation can't/hasn't cut over their operations to Linux?
Seriously, people need to stop projecting their personal experiences onto whatever story they read and actually FOLLOW THE LINKS PROVIDED before replying! (I know, "Welcome to/")
Then that simply changes the question to why didn't the reporter comment on the fact that ALL PRESENTERS at the open source conference used a MacOS?
Your trying too hard too make an excuse, it is quite common for conference organizers to get a a podium with VGA/Audio jack at the podium for presenter laptops.
If you clicked on the link provided you would see that the person in question was seen using a MacOS TO CREATE THE SLIDES, not just present them.
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And no, it's not even remotely crazy to put a charger at every parking spot. Did you know that in new construction bedrooms must have an outlet every 6 linear wall feet? Electric wiring isn't rocket science.
Right, because EV charging stations are just electrical outlets... ever priced an EV charging station? They cost several thousand dollars per station as opposed to $1.59 for an electrical outlet at Home Depot.
Perhaps a âoegreater thanâ and âoeless thanâ pair would be filtered out by /. HTML parser?
You know a Southwest ticket costs about the same as all of the gas you'll need to buy and will bring you to your destination much faster, right?
Then you just walk from the airport to your hotel, and then walk to your business meetings because you have no need for a car once you get to your destination, right?
If your gas guzzler runs out of fuel, you're fucked. If an electric vehicle with a solar panel runs out of energy, you just wait a little while.
Says the commenter that hasnâ(TM)t run the numbers for how long it would take to get a useful partial charge from âdecorativeâ(TM) solar panels on their roofs...
ICE automobiles donâ(TM)t run out of fuel on hillsides simply because the owner ensures they have sufficient fuel before heading off in the wilderness. For those times when a 30 gallon gas tank wonâ(TM)t suffice, carrying 5 gallon cans of gas is a popular solution - this is a non-problem.
Norway has the highest amount of electric vehicles on the planet per capita even though they're a major oil producer because they pay no taxes on EVs, meaning no VAT and no additional vehicle taxes that normal cars are subject to. Additionally, electric vehicles are not subject to road tolls. AT the same time, gas costs 2 dollars a litre, meaning 7,5 dollars a gallon, and that's cheap for Norway, the last time I was there it was higher.
So all we need to do is:
Slap huge vehicle taxes on non-electric cars,
Impose a hefty VAT on non-electric vehicles,
And tax gasoline until it is $7.50/gal?
THEN weâ(TM)ll start to see sales of electric vehicle increase? I canâ(TM)t imagine any unintended consequences from such market manipulations, can you? /sarcasm
No, you'll just sit in your rich white ivory tower and declare this and that are banned and charge fines and penalties which go back to people like you from people like me.
Worked for healthcare, where millions of Americans too poor to afford even subsidized healthcare coverage are forced to pay a fine... itâ(TM)s called the individual mandate.
I'm not entirely sure I like the verbiage though...ALL internal combustion engines?
You realize that includes leaf blowers and lawnmowers, right? And what about recreational and commercial boating - all currently rely on internal combustion engines...
At a cost of what per minute?
Itâ(TM)s cheaper and easier to deploy hams in shelters, just adds one more mouth to feed, one more soul to find a cot at the shelter.
Easily deployable, not deplorable - damn autocorrect.
You are trying too hard - AREDN to an Internet uplink. Easily-deplorable $100 nodes with a few dozen $1,000 nodes with strong sector antennas and a reliable backbone network - every element of which can be bought off Amazon.
The American Red Cross, the organization putting out the request, is American - and what difference does it make where they come from?
Think multiple three week rotations...
What? We canâ(TM)t help Puerto Rico because we arenâ(TM)t also addressing every other impacted region simultaneously?
The American Red Cross is likely looking for round-the-clock operators to staff about a dozen facilities in two or three shift âdaysâ(TM) - to augment/supplement the hams already on staff.
Iâ(TM)m sure some local hams are also assisting, but suspect most are busy trying to rebuild their lives.
Breeding low-emission cattle would also make it cheaper to raise cattle -- and improve the quality of meat.
Exactly how does cow flatulence make it more expensive to raise cattle, such that low-emission cows would be "cheaper to raise"?
Exactly how do low-emission cows beef "improve the quality of meat"?
And have you used the keyboard on the most recent MBPs? It's the single worst keyboard I have ever used in my life.
Said the person that it too young to have ever tried to type on a Commodore PET, Atari 400, Sinclair ZX81, or IBM PCjr.
As noted by others (perhaps at even more excessive length than me), it's reasonable to have different o/s and software environments for different uses.
Even inside the Linux Foundation?
Reminds me of when Sun railed against corporations using IBM computers, but ran their back-office on an IBM Mainframe complex...
The "It's FOSS" link has a tweet claiming he was spotted creating the presentation slides on a MacOS laptop.
Did you think maybe the computer used for the presentation wasn't his? I've been to a lot of conferences that required speakers to use the location's computers.
Follow the links, he was spotted using MacOS to create the slides AND present them.
Oh wait, it's Slashdot - nevermind - just make up any reasonable motivation and ignore any actual facts in the linked-to article.
Was that an itanium laptop? I'd love to hear more about your running a presentation off a laptop running a server chip.
His ORGANIZATION is the Linux Foundation, does no one there use Linux on their desktop?
why bother using something different to all the people in your organization to which the operating system does matter? Case in point there was no reason for Jim Zemlin to use Linux over Mac in his presentation so he just used Mac.
Did you forget that Jim Zemlin is President of the Linux Foundation? If Jim is using a MacOS laptop because that's what everyone in his organization uses, then that begs the question even harder - how can the Linux Foundation argue convincingly that Linux is poised to take over the desktop if the Linux Foundation can't/hasn't cut over their operations to Linux?
Sun's Scott McNealy cared - he cared a lot.
He was spotted creating the slides on a MacOS laptop - does the union control of all activities in a convention hall knows no bounds!
Seriously, people need to stop projecting their personal experiences onto whatever story they read and actually FOLLOW THE LINKS PROVIDED before replying! (I know, "Welcome to /")
Then that simply changes the question to why didn't the reporter comment on the fact that ALL PRESENTERS at the open source conference used a MacOS?
Your trying too hard too make an excuse, it is quite common for conference organizers to get a a podium with VGA/Audio jack at the podium for presenter laptops.
If you clicked on the link provided you would see that the person in question was seen using a MacOS TO CREATE THE SLIDES, not just present them.