I did read the link thankyouverymuch. All it said is that we should have fast charging batteries 'real soon now' but made no specific claims of success or practicality. Nor did it say that those fast charging batteries would be able to survive deep cycles, have long life spans, be safe for the environment, etc.
It also offered 'possible battery replacement' but stated it was rather infeasible.
Far from being a thorough explaination of why electric cars are practical it was more of a pie-in-the-sky prediction about future battery technology...
4) As for electric cars, there are a lot of myths. Here they are, all broken down for you.
I don't care how fast electric cars can go, or how quiet they are, or even how much torque the have. The show-stopper has and continues to be charge time and range. Range isn't long enough for charge time to not matter, and charge time is too short that the limite range is an issue.
I don't care how many smelly hippies claim all they need is 20 miles a day. That's not nearly good enough for public consumption.
Until the battery problems are solved then electric cars are a pipe dream. It seems like there is progress being made here. I wish that work would be highlighted more. But I fear it's often glossed over because the makers of these cars realize it's the deal-breaker and they still haven't fixed it.
You must be young though. It seems most people of my generation and younger go through a phase where they think they're so clever believing (any) God does not exist, and that anyone who believes in such a higher power is an idiot. I went through it. Then I look at my children and think there's no way they came about without some touch of divinity.
You misunderstand what 'belief' means... Not believing in a god != believing there is no god.
Yes, you almost might as well just use telnet or rlogin.
Sorta. If you're on a private network sending a 4Gig ISO (or other large file/files) why do you need the data to be encrypted? Encrypting credentials is sufficient.
Passing laws quickly is a bug, not a feature. It allows for hastilly written bills and for knee-jerk reactions to push through legislation that is crap at best and detrimental to society at worst.
I can think of no law that needs to be passed quickly, not should there ever be laws passed quickly.
While I agree with your sentiment we must remember that a police state rarely happens over night. It's a slow process that is initiated by the people. Folks seem to have forgotten that they ned to protect their own rights, not ask the government to do it for them...
This is like watching people trying to interpret a fortune teller's reading. Everyone hears what they want. That's why he *doesn't* give straight answers. You can disagree with a straight answer.
He's a politician. He sucks as much as any of 'em.
Ugh. You're everything that's wrong with people. "Please government take care of me!"
People don't have health care because it's expensive. Like I said. But those with it get good care. I defy you to prove otherwise. All the government is going to add is a bunch of beurocratic morons in between you and those profiteering middlemen.
Slashdot Mirror
It also offered 'possible battery replacement' but stated it was rather infeasible.
Far from being a thorough explaination of why electric cars are practical it was more of a pie-in-the-sky prediction about future battery technology...
For real right? And I was all like "Oh no" and they were all like "Yah way!" I was like so bummed.
Yes, it is. Who said that?
I don't care how fast electric cars can go, or how quiet they are, or even how much torque the have. The show-stopper has and continues to be charge time and range. Range isn't long enough for charge time to not matter, and charge time is too short that the limite range is an issue.
I don't care how many smelly hippies claim all they need is 20 miles a day. That's not nearly good enough for public consumption.
Until the battery problems are solved then electric cars are a pipe dream. It seems like there is progress being made here. I wish that work would be highlighted more. But I fear it's often glossed over because the makers of these cars realize it's the deal-breaker and they still haven't fixed it.
we won't touch those dirty condoms.
I can't say I blame them...
You must be young though. It seems most people of my generation and younger go through a phase where they think they're so clever believing (any) God does not exist, and that anyone who believes in such a higher power is an idiot. I went through it. Then I look at my children and think there's no way they came about without some touch of divinity.
You misunderstand what 'belief' means... Not believing in a god != believing there is no god.
Are you joking? After 8 years of George W. Bush the Democrats could run a vampire proposing a "blood for oil" bill against McCain and expect to win.
G.W. has done more to smear the Republican party than President since Nixon...
Because CNN *can* fire him does not mean they *should*. Wrong is wrong, even if it's legal. This sort of stuff is getting retarded.
The biggest problem with Lenovo since IBM is they've added a "Windows" key to the keyboard.
First thing I pry off....
Yes, you almost might as well just use telnet or rlogin.
Sorta. If you're on a private network sending a 4Gig ISO (or other large file/files) why do you need the data to be encrypted? Encrypting credentials is sufficient.
Fail.
They may not be Anonymous, but a lot of them resemble Guy Fawkes.
Wait... Which religion are you talking about again?
That's right, not one.
I can think of no law that needs to be passed quickly, not should there ever be laws passed quickly.
That was terrible... It read like something written in middle-school. I want my 15 minutes back.
Everybody who does something you don't agree with is not necessarilly your enemy BTW.
Otherwise all those 'we really did land on the Moon' nuts have been trying to 'convert' everybody to their 'faith' for some time...
WTF? Probably, but it isn't.
While I agree with your sentiment we must remember that a police state rarely happens over night. It's a slow process that is initiated by the people. Folks seem to have forgotten that they ned to protect their own rights, not ask the government to do it for them...
Nobody uses the exact value anyway...
This is like watching people trying to interpret a fortune teller's reading. Everyone hears what they want. That's why he *doesn't* give straight answers. You can disagree with a straight answer. He's a politician. He sucks as much as any of 'em.
The strawman is in that I didn't support any of those 'solutions' yet you argued as though I had.
People don't have health care because it's expensive. Like I said. But those with it get good care. I defy you to prove otherwise. All the government is going to add is a bunch of beurocratic morons in between you and those profiteering middlemen.
Way to straw-man. Nearly a perfect example.