Comment Re:Been done before (Score 1) 136
There's mocking because you can get a superior ebikes kit for less money that won't be full of proprietary components. That's not to say they won't make money, but there are better options out there
There's mocking because you can get a superior ebikes kit for less money that won't be full of proprietary components. That's not to say they won't make money, but there are better options out there
Electric bikes tend to be lousy bikes. Much better to convert a bike, but I'd go for a traditional system not the Copenhagen wheel full of proprietary crap.
In what sense, exactly, is killing the crew one time in sixty 'extremely safe'?
In the relative sense. How many private manned space flights have we had? How many have ended in death?
>> People are routinely killed around the world for being Christian. Do Christians need to get all in your face with Christian pride?
Uhh.. Yes
No they don't.
I couldn't disagree more.
The tough book will use far more power than the iPad so much harder to keep it running.
You don't want anything with mechanical fans to suck dirt into places
You want solid state. Flash might not last 100 years but mechanical drives definitely won't.
iPad in a good case would be far more useful than a laptop
You need to unlock your device. That's one pin unless you're crazy and don't protect your device. Then the optional pin for Google wallet.
Apple pay requires a fingerprint scan.
Pretty much doesn't cut it. With Google wallet you need to unlock your phone (entering that pin) and then potentially enter the Google wallet pin to authorize the transaction. So two pins versus none. Google wallet hasn't taken off because it's more hassle than using a credit card, which was the point.
Yeah my desktop is about 4 years old by now so I imagine it is not that efficient.
For the most part, Samsung doesn't really compete with Apple, Samsung competes with the many other manufacturers of Android phones. It's only in the flagship products (Galaxy, Note) where there is competition with Apple, but I don't think that these represent the bulk of Samsung's sales outside the USA.
I don't know their profit breakdown, but I would imagine that a disproportionate percentage of their profits come from flagship phones. The profit margin on the low end stuff is razor thin because they are competing with everyone else out there.
>> Why is wanking about power use such a big thing?
As you may be aware, power costs money.
My quad core desktop idle's at about 100W of usage. The mac mini uses about 11W at idle.
So, if it's on 12 hours a day for a year, my desktop costs me about $45 in power. The mini would cost about $5.
So over a 5 year lifespan of the equipment the mini saves about $200. Hence add that to the price of the desktop and you get a fair comparison.
>> Even Dell sells a 5K monitor today.
No they don't. They've announced one that isn't shipping.
Hmm, do I want a phone that I can run over with an excavator or one that does every single other thing better. While I do run over my phone almost daily, I think I'm going to go for the one that, you know, does everything else better.
Which idiot voted this nonsense up? Obviously there aren't 1.5 billion android phones sold per day, and Apple shares are not dropping, in fact they have been on an upward trend in the last 6 months.
The hardest part of climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
