Speak for yourself. I run both Windows 8 and Windows 7 machines, and my Windows 7 machines are demonstrably more stable and less buggy than my Windows 8 one. (Note: I say one because I've had such a piss-poor experience with Windows 8, which rapidly degrades in performance to the point of near-unusability. And even straight out of the box with a fresh install, it likes to do things such as take multiple *minutes* before task manager appears on a core i5 machine with 8GB of RAM and 50% CPU utilization or less. There's no way I'm buying another machine with Windows 8, let alone installing it on one. If I could downgrade to Win7 without needing to pay for an OS when I already paid for Win8, I'd do it in a heartbeat. And no, Linux is not an option for people who need to use real software.)
Windows 8 is a total dog, and has been from the day it shipped, even before one takes into account the absolutely godawful UI.
Suuuure you do. And there are plenty of owners around here, but I've not seen any of them do *any* of the things you claim are common, so I'm going to say they're figments of your imagination.
36mpg is also not what you get in a Smart car, driven properly. Last time I measured mileage and fuel consumption over 5 or 6 tanks of gas, I averaged more like 45-47mpg in mine, and I don't even try that hard.
Way to generalize. As it happens, I own a Smart (as well as another, larger vehicle). I own it in recognition of the fact that most of the time, my wife or I drive somewhere alone, and dragging along five seats and sheet metal weighing extra three quarters of a ton (yes, that's the difference between the curb weight of my Mazda6 wagon and my Smart convertible) simply doesn't make sense.
However, it is only *ever* parked in an actual parking space or on my own driveway, it has never been on a sidewalk, I never block crosswalks or even pull into them if there's somebody legitimately allowed to cross by the signal, I never ignore lights, and I have never driven the wrong way down a one-way street. In fact, I would be willing to place a bet that I am a more careful and law-abiding driver than you ever will be. And my wife doesn't do any of these things, either.
But in your world, because you've got a big, fat, imaginary bee in your bonnet, damaging random, innocent people's expensive vehicles is just fine? Well hopefully somebody keys your Hummer and pisses in the gas tank. You probably did something to deserve it, after all.
Not to mention that digital camera sensors -- especially the cheap ones that would almost certainly be used -- have limited dynamic range, limited low-light sensitivity, noticeable display lag, and issues with blooming when dealing with bright sources such as sunlight, and most LCD / OLED screens suffer from visibility issues (glare, too-weak backlighting, etc.) that simply don't exist for a mirror. Like much of Tesla's form-before-function design, this is a solution in search of a problem that simply doesn't exist.
I don't believe for one second they got even remotely near 3-4mpg difference from side mirrors, even if they were spectacularly badly-designed. The frontal area of the mirrors is microscropic compared to the frontal area of the car.
Using the same here, but sadly they've recently blocked tethering -- even if you're just tethering an Android tablet to your Android phone. (So effectively, simply increasing your screen size.) That rather kills the deal, for me -- unlimited data is pointless when you can only use that data on the phone itself.
That assumes it's even results of an actual survey, which is pretty debatable. What evidence do we have that they didn't simply make the whole thing up and publish a press release?
Just another sign of the demise of Slashdot. A clearly fake survey viral created solely to publicize a coupon website makes it to the front page of a site supposedly for people smart enough to know better than to fall for rubbish like this.
Could this any more obviously be a viral scam? No.
And nor could Slashdot any more obviously be a shadow of its former self.
The other innovation is flight simulation - many schools are getting new Redbird full motion simulators (cheap - something like $30K fully equipped).
I don't know where you got that figure from, but it's nonsense. A static, non-enclosed Redbird sim will set you back $29,800 - $37,295 depending on spec. For a static, enclosed sim you're talking $39,800 - $47,295.
You're not picking up a full-motion sim for less than $59,800, twice what you figure -- and it could run you up to $199,000 depending on the model.
Perhaps you're confusing the Redbird XWIND with a full-motion sim? That, you could pick up for $27,900 -- but at that price you're not getting full motion, just roll, yaw, and drift. You're also only getting a crosswind sim with no visuals, and almost no controls. And all of this is base pricing, before options.
Yes, actually. My current, homebuilt, sub-$1,500-when-new desktop is already two months past its third birthday, and it still runs absolutely everything like greased lightning. The only failure it has had in three years is a failed RAM stick (replaced free of charge -- forgot to mention that in my last post) and a faulty power supply fan (worked fine, but started making a clicking noise even after being cleaned -- likely a faulty bearing). The PSU was replaced free of charge, including free shipping in both directions. And the only upgrade the PC has had in that time is a second SSD added to replace the original, first-gen SSD it was built with, while the original SSD became a secondary drive.
And before that, my previous machine was an Acer notebook computer which passed 4.5 years of age before it was replaced -- not because it was failing or even too slow, but because I decided I wanted a desktop to complement my laptop, and the desktop became my primary machine.
That notebook, now 7 years and 7 months old, *still* works perfectly, and is still used as my tertiary machine. (I bought a newer laptop solely because I wanted a daylight-viewable LCD for the rare times when I want to work in direct sunlight.) The older laptop's quite capable of running a current Microsoft OS, as well, although I choose to run it on Windows 7. Note that it actually shipped with Windows XP, so it is already running two major releases of the OS after that it shipped with, and is capable of running three releases later with adequate performance.
And in that time it has had precisely zero components fail. The only maintenance it has had is the cooling fan cleaned once every 6-12 months. The only damage it has is completely cosmetic -- I accidentally left the hinged flash card compartment door open once when I shoved the laptop in its bag, and snapped the door off. The keyboard also has several keys that have changed from a matte to a glossy texture where my fingers strike them (indicative of just how much I use the thing), and the color of the silver palmrest has changed to reveal that of the black plastic beneath, where my palms touch it.
And I should point out here that these machines are used a LOT. I work from home, and I work hard. I also play hard. And most of that work or play takes place on these machines. They're used for easily 10+ hours a day average, 6.5 days a week, if not more.
So no, your Apples don't last longer. As I said, they last the same amount of time, or perhaps a bit less.
Also, if kept reasonably clean, a Mac will last way longer than the typical OEM box/laptop.
Is that from the ministry of made-up statistics? Because if so, I'd like to rebut with this, from the ministry of silly ministries -- I have multiple, perfectly-working Windows-based PC machines (both desktop and laptop) that are well over a decade old. In fact, the *only* component failures of any kind that I have had with my machines are hard disks, fans, and keyboards, all of which fail with identical frequency in Macs because they are the exact same components.
And then I re-read the headline. Shot too quick here, missed the fact it said "videos". I don't *think* Theta does those, although there's no reason it couldn't. (And there are other products already on the market which can.)
However, mod me down for being an idiot this time round; it's a fair cop.
* Montreal Metro -- autopilot with a trained person there to monitor, just as noted here. Also, on separate tracks with no route diversions to worry about, and no other traffic to contend with.
* Vancouver SkyTrain -- autopilot on separate tracks with no route diversions to worry about, and no other traffic to contend with
* Airport trains / monorails -- autopilot on separate tracks with no route diversions to worry about, and no other traffic to contend with
* Airline flights -- autopilot and sometimes autolanding, monitored by at least two highly-trained individuals. Route diversions and other traffic do exist, and modern aircraft will take diversions automatically as a last resort, but these systems are still manually configured by the pilots in different phases of flight, and usually the pilots take action long before they come into play.
So really, none of these examples are in the least bit relevant.
Came to say this. It is interesting in the exact same sense that it is interesting how Apple know exactly what type of operating system you install iTunes on. The AC submitter went all obvious troll in the last sentence.
Most likely, that's because -- like the majority of iOS coders who release Android apps, or at least it seems that way -- you've gone for the laziest possible port, forcing iOS interface paradigms on Android users, and ignoring the Android guidelines and paradigms.
In which case, good riddance. We don't want your lazy apps, we want apps designed by and for people who understand Android. We happily pay for those.
That whooshing sound was me missing the joke. Although I can perhaps be forgiven, bearing in mind the levels of rabid Tesla fanboyism around these parts.
My god, one person's battery failed completely? That's truly shocking! I've never heard of a battery failing before.
That is clearly a worse problem than every single Tesla Model S ever made sucking down 4.5KWh per day, every day, for months on end while Tesla sit on their fingers and do nothing to fix a problem that can apparently be fixed within hours of a single Tweet to the CEO.
And the fact that the "fixed" Tesla still sucks up enough power to drain the battery in any other car overnight, every night, for the rest of recorded time -- well, that's just the price of having a shiny car with no doorhandles or keys, right? Pretty trumps energy efficient and intelligently designed every time!
So you also didn't read my post, either. I didn't say that Australia had expensive broadband. I said it had *inexpensive* broadband, compared to the US. (But then, most places do.)
Grandparent suggested the US as a model for Australia to follow. I pointed out that the US is a cautionary tale, not a model to follow.
You didn't read your own article, did you? Google have nothing to do with that request for proposal, and the only mention of Google at all is that of Los Angeles Information Technology Agency GM Steve Reneker, who flat-out says what Google are offering with Google Fiber wouldn't be of interest as a proposal, even if they did offer it. (And they haven't, nor likely will they, as they've flat-out said they have no interest in a widespread rollout.)
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Speak for yourself. I run both Windows 8 and Windows 7 machines, and my Windows 7 machines are demonstrably more stable and less buggy than my Windows 8 one. (Note: I say one because I've had such a piss-poor experience with Windows 8, which rapidly degrades in performance to the point of near-unusability. And even straight out of the box with a fresh install, it likes to do things such as take multiple *minutes* before task manager appears on a core i5 machine with 8GB of RAM and 50% CPU utilization or less. There's no way I'm buying another machine with Windows 8, let alone installing it on one. If I could downgrade to Win7 without needing to pay for an OS when I already paid for Win8, I'd do it in a heartbeat. And no, Linux is not an option for people who need to use real software.)
Windows 8 is a total dog, and has been from the day it shipped, even before one takes into account the absolutely godawful UI.
Suuuure you do. And there are plenty of owners around here, but I've not seen any of them do *any* of the things you claim are common, so I'm going to say they're figments of your imagination.
If there's one thing a 2CV does not provide, it is comfort.
36mpg is also not what you get in a Smart car, driven properly. Last time I measured mileage and fuel consumption over 5 or 6 tanks of gas, I averaged more like 45-47mpg in mine, and I don't even try that hard.
Way to generalize. As it happens, I own a Smart (as well as another, larger vehicle). I own it in recognition of the fact that most of the time, my wife or I drive somewhere alone, and dragging along five seats and sheet metal weighing extra three quarters of a ton (yes, that's the difference between the curb weight of my Mazda6 wagon and my Smart convertible) simply doesn't make sense.
However, it is only *ever* parked in an actual parking space or on my own driveway, it has never been on a sidewalk, I never block crosswalks or even pull into them if there's somebody legitimately allowed to cross by the signal, I never ignore lights, and I have never driven the wrong way down a one-way street. In fact, I would be willing to place a bet that I am a more careful and law-abiding driver than you ever will be. And my wife doesn't do any of these things, either.
But in your world, because you've got a big, fat, imaginary bee in your bonnet, damaging random, innocent people's expensive vehicles is just fine? Well hopefully somebody keys your Hummer and pisses in the gas tank. You probably did something to deserve it, after all.
Once you check in, you're in the airline's system.
That's not how it works, or even remotely so.
Not to mention that digital camera sensors -- especially the cheap ones that would almost certainly be used -- have limited dynamic range, limited low-light sensitivity, noticeable display lag, and issues with blooming when dealing with bright sources such as sunlight, and most LCD / OLED screens suffer from visibility issues (glare, too-weak backlighting, etc.) that simply don't exist for a mirror. Like much of Tesla's form-before-function design, this is a solution in search of a problem that simply doesn't exist.
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I don't believe for one second they got even remotely near 3-4mpg difference from side mirrors, even if they were spectacularly badly-designed. The frontal area of the mirrors is microscropic compared to the frontal area of the car.
Using the same here, but sadly they've recently blocked tethering -- even if you're just tethering an Android tablet to your Android phone. (So effectively, simply increasing your screen size.) That rather kills the deal, for me -- unlimited data is pointless when you can only use that data on the phone itself.
That assumes it's even results of an actual survey, which is pretty debatable. What evidence do we have that they didn't simply make the whole thing up and publish a press release?
Just another sign of the demise of Slashdot. A clearly fake survey viral created solely to publicize a coupon website makes it to the front page of a site supposedly for people smart enough to know better than to fall for rubbish like this.
Could this any more obviously be a viral scam? No.
And nor could Slashdot any more obviously be a shadow of its former self.
The other innovation is flight simulation - many schools are getting new Redbird full motion simulators (cheap - something like $30K fully equipped).
I don't know where you got that figure from, but it's nonsense. A static, non-enclosed Redbird sim will set you back $29,800 - $37,295 depending on spec. For a static, enclosed sim you're talking $39,800 - $47,295.
You're not picking up a full-motion sim for less than $59,800, twice what you figure -- and it could run you up to $199,000 depending on the model.
Perhaps you're confusing the Redbird XWIND with a full-motion sim? That, you could pick up for $27,900 -- but at that price you're not getting full motion, just roll, yaw, and drift. You're also only getting a crosswind sim with no visuals, and almost no controls. And all of this is base pricing, before options.
That makes two of us. Guess the "7-digit newcomers" comment was way off base, eh MachineShedFred?
Would that be Elbert Einstain you speak of?
Yes, actually. My current, homebuilt, sub-$1,500-when-new desktop is already two months past its third birthday, and it still runs absolutely everything like greased lightning. The only failure it has had in three years is a failed RAM stick (replaced free of charge -- forgot to mention that in my last post) and a faulty power supply fan (worked fine, but started making a clicking noise even after being cleaned -- likely a faulty bearing). The PSU was replaced free of charge, including free shipping in both directions. And the only upgrade the PC has had in that time is a second SSD added to replace the original, first-gen SSD it was built with, while the original SSD became a secondary drive.
And before that, my previous machine was an Acer notebook computer which passed 4.5 years of age before it was replaced -- not because it was failing or even too slow, but because I decided I wanted a desktop to complement my laptop, and the desktop became my primary machine.
That notebook, now 7 years and 7 months old, *still* works perfectly, and is still used as my tertiary machine. (I bought a newer laptop solely because I wanted a daylight-viewable LCD for the rare times when I want to work in direct sunlight.) The older laptop's quite capable of running a current Microsoft OS, as well, although I choose to run it on Windows 7. Note that it actually shipped with Windows XP, so it is already running two major releases of the OS after that it shipped with, and is capable of running three releases later with adequate performance.
And in that time it has had precisely zero components fail. The only maintenance it has had is the cooling fan cleaned once every 6-12 months. The only damage it has is completely cosmetic -- I accidentally left the hinged flash card compartment door open once when I shoved the laptop in its bag, and snapped the door off. The keyboard also has several keys that have changed from a matte to a glossy texture where my fingers strike them (indicative of just how much I use the thing), and the color of the silver palmrest has changed to reveal that of the black plastic beneath, where my palms touch it.
And I should point out here that these machines are used a LOT. I work from home, and I work hard. I also play hard. And most of that work or play takes place on these machines. They're used for easily 10+ hours a day average, 6.5 days a week, if not more.
So no, your Apples don't last longer. As I said, they last the same amount of time, or perhaps a bit less.
Also, if kept reasonably clean, a Mac will last way longer than the typical OEM box/laptop.
Is that from the ministry of made-up statistics? Because if so, I'd like to rebut with this, from the ministry of silly ministries -- I have multiple, perfectly-working Windows-based PC machines (both desktop and laptop) that are well over a decade old. In fact, the *only* component failures of any kind that I have had with my machines are hard disks, fans, and keyboards, all of which fail with identical frequency in Macs because they are the exact same components.
And then I re-read the headline. Shot too quick here, missed the fact it said "videos". I don't *think* Theta does those, although there's no reason it couldn't. (And there are other products already on the market which can.)
However, mod me down for being an idiot this time round; it's a fair cop.
Seriously, there is nothing new here. The Ricoh Theta shoots 360-degree still panoramas and is available today.
https://theta360.com/en/
Oh, and it costs $100 less.
So:
* Montreal Metro -- autopilot with a trained person there to monitor, just as noted here. Also, on separate tracks with no route diversions to worry about, and no other traffic to contend with.
* Vancouver SkyTrain -- autopilot on separate tracks with no route diversions to worry about, and no other traffic to contend with
* Airport trains / monorails -- autopilot on separate tracks with no route diversions to worry about, and no other traffic to contend with
* Airline flights -- autopilot and sometimes autolanding, monitored by at least two highly-trained individuals. Route diversions and other traffic do exist, and modern aircraft will take diversions automatically as a last resort, but these systems are still manually configured by the pilots in different phases of flight, and usually the pilots take action long before they come into play.
So really, none of these examples are in the least bit relevant.
Came to say this. It is interesting in the exact same sense that it is interesting how Apple know exactly what type of operating system you install iTunes on. The AC submitter went all obvious troll in the last sentence.
Most likely, that's because -- like the majority of iOS coders who release Android apps, or at least it seems that way -- you've gone for the laziest possible port, forcing iOS interface paradigms on Android users, and ignoring the Android guidelines and paradigms.
In which case, good riddance. We don't want your lazy apps, we want apps designed by and for people who understand Android. We happily pay for those.
That whooshing sound was me missing the joke. Although I can perhaps be forgiven, bearing in mind the levels of rabid Tesla fanboyism around these parts.
My god, one person's battery failed completely? That's truly shocking! I've never heard of a battery failing before.
That is clearly a worse problem than every single Tesla Model S ever made sucking down 4.5KWh per day, every day, for months on end while Tesla sit on their fingers and do nothing to fix a problem that can apparently be fixed within hours of a single Tweet to the CEO.
And the fact that the "fixed" Tesla still sucks up enough power to drain the battery in any other car overnight, every night, for the rest of recorded time -- well, that's just the price of having a shiny car with no doorhandles or keys, right? Pretty trumps energy efficient and intelligently designed every time!
So you also didn't read my post, either. I didn't say that Australia had expensive broadband. I said it had *inexpensive* broadband, compared to the US. (But then, most places do.)
Grandparent suggested the US as a model for Australia to follow. I pointed out that the US is a cautionary tale, not a model to follow.
You didn't read your own article, did you? Google have nothing to do with that request for proposal, and the only mention of Google at all is that of Los Angeles Information Technology Agency GM Steve Reneker, who flat-out says what Google are offering with Google Fiber wouldn't be of interest as a proposal, even if they did offer it. (And they haven't, nor likely will they, as they've flat-out said they have no interest in a widespread rollout.)