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Comment Re:No emission (Score 1) 491

I am. I know that a power plant is a lot more efficient, but I don't think it's easier to make the plant cleaner than individual cars. If a power plant has an 80% or even 90% efficiency and a car has 30%, the power plant still emits a significant amount, compared to cars with combustion engines. From discussions, especially when politicians are involved, you could think that electrical cars are emission free. They are not.

Btw, the future of cars is synthetic gasoline created by solar panels, not electricity.

Comment Re:At home too (Score 1) 185

There's nothing easy about getting various H/W setup on Linux even with the best distro.

I disagree. I have a standard Dell laptop, I put linux on it, no problem. Same with previous three laptops, various makes, never an issue.

Comment At home too (Score 4, Insightful) 185

They should teach these people how to install linux on their home computers too. It's less confusing to have one os (all linux) than two (linux in the office, windows at home). Maybe even give them a free linux laptop for the home. They can afford that because of the license fee savings for not using windows.

Comment Re:This helmet scares me. (Score 1) 126

I ride a GSX-R1000. On the street, sometimes on the track. The site says the helmet has a "quick release chin strap". So it's not safe. On the track, a double D is required. I want a double D strap always. That made me want to find more info, but there's surprisingly little info on the quality of the helmet itself. Apparently, it's a cheap helmet. But at $1500, what does the extra $150 matter to make it a safe helmet? I would love to have a helmet with the gadgets that Skully gives us, but not at the cost of safety. What's the use of a heads up display after your skull broke in a crash?

Comment Re:I am not colorblind (Score 0) 267

"afaik" because you don't know how other people see colors. Maybe you see orange very well, and you call it "orange", but other people see fifty different shades of orange. Then you're color blind but you don't know. Or whatever.

Comment Re:Different colors (Score 1) 267

I thought different pupil sizes are a rare condition. My oldest son has different size pupils when it's a little dark. One pupil gets more than twice the size of the other. This has changed a little when he almost lost an eye during a soccer match.

Comment Re:Different colors (Score 1) 267

I guess no two eyes are the same, that goes for one person's eyes too. I see colors more bright with one eye than the other. At the tennis court, one with orange gravel, my left eye sees the gravel as a faded orange, while the right eye sees it as bright orange.

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