What's wrong with using a normal average? If for some reason you're memory-constrained, you still only have to store 2 values, disregarding history:

y(0) = 0
y(n) = (y(n-1) * ((n - 1) / n)) + x(n) / n

While I don't specifically doubt the veracity of your post, the irony of it (in context with the GP) greatly amuses me :)

E-mail them to me!

They've still got plenty of blocks. They just don't have any 4x2 plates in gray (they need 2 to hold the next level in place correctly, and no, black won't work).

I'm aware of all of the legalities you raise; they were glossed over very succinctly by the blog post's representation of what she has said!

Why is it so hard to conceive that a nominee for anti-trust chief would also understand this, and use her terminology appropriately?

I guess I should have chewed up my requisite teaspoon of salt :)

Forgive me, but I completely fail to see how Google could be considered a monopoly. They offer services that are supported by their advertising revenue.

They collect information about you, yes - we all know this may be evil.

But anti-competitive? AFAIK, their only source of revenue is their advertising business. Are they under-selling ad pricing? My gut feeling is that their services exposure is such that people would probably pay some premium to advertise with Google versus other sites.

Unless my understanding is completely off-base, it almost sounds like you can become a monopoly to this person simply by being better at what you do.

Aerodynamics is definitely one factor, but these are designed to be much closer to a break-even car than something that could be mass-produced. They cost a huge amount of money, because the companies are looking for money to get to the next level of research for the batteries. The technology currently won't allow them to make a $25k car (even at 200HP; the motors are a very small part of the cost) at any volume which would provide positive returns.

It's very much an early-adopter market right now; once these companies get the battery tech worked out to be mass-produced cost-effectively (or when someone makes a spectacular breakthrough in a related area, like capacitors), you'll see your Corollas and Camrys coming out of the woodwork.

I believe the GP was saying the answer to your question is

the writer of the article is a shill for NVidia

The nice thing about hardware like these is you can call up newegg, order one, play with it for 15 days, and wipe and return it if it doesn't fit your needs. I don't know exactly what your timeline is (from the question it doesn't sounds particularly time-sensitive), but unless you need the last word today, just buy the different ones you're thinking about and try them out.

I can only wonder how wordpad of all programs can allow this over some self-made app that does the same thing?

It's easier to get someone to open a .wri or .doc file than a .exe file.