USPS is cheaper and faster for small packages as well. Most UPS stuff I get from West coast (I live in Upstate NY) ususally takes 5 business days with ground shipping, USPS has it there in 2-3, for less cost than the FedEx/UPS ground services.

I can write an autopilot software in less time than it takes to set up a personal webpage. while(flying){ trueHeading = poleGPS; desiredHeading = lookUpPreDefinedRoot(); headingError = trueHeading-desiredHeading; yawInput = Kp*headingError; } end while Add in some other terms for speed tracking, etc if you like :)

As a PhD student in engineering, at a Uni with 20+ other PhD students in Mechanical engineering alone, I disagree with your assessment.

Which is a lot of hassle for the companies, which most of the time they don't want to do

Yup, no good engineering research comes from universities.... Oh, wait ...

FORTRAN?

Electric cars aren't fast, they accelerate quickly. Big difference.

They have a right to free speech, but we have a right not to be harassed. Freedom of speech means that you can stand on your individual soapbox and say what you like; but I always have the option to walk away if I don't like what you're saying. This is the equivalent of said soap box-er following me around and constantly shouting their message in my ear (pocket).

Once you've driven a powerful electric car, you'll change your mind. Oh and electric motors still have "horsepower," and things comparable to cylinders like "number of stators/rotors."

So then developers who take the time to develop apps and make their money on ads get nothing for their development work? And you're proud of this?

I believe it's pronounced "Mechanical Engineer" not "Programmer"...

Data acquisition apps, displaying data on your PC...

As an engineering grad student, I have found (at least at my University) that the grad professors are horrendous at explaining material, and most of the "clarification" I get from asking them questions just leads me back to books/ the Inter-tubes. I have taken a Coursera course and it worked very well (HCI). That being said, the material was no-where near as difficult as the advanced engineering courses I'm referencing, so who knows how that more difficult material would compare in an online setting....

You don't understand what "autocross" is, do you?

When the blog says that the FSAE car makes "thrust with the nosecone" you know the author doesn't have a clue what he's talking about....