think u missed the point of my post. but, very interesting point you make. chips are fried. hmmmm.

reviving the boiled. sounds very medieval.

Reminds me of the chips that say "Oven Baked" on them. Let me know when they bake chips without an oven.

My Nissan Leaf is setup like this. It's got a nice big color screen for information but dedicated buttons surrounding the screen. The buttons mostly have preassigned functions although they are context dependent. I love that I can operate my audio without looking but can get loads of info if I choose to look.

Don't know if I could ever be happy with a touch screen in my car.

My 2015 Nissan Leaf does not have that. I think that was something only the first gen cars came with.

Such ignorance. I know from your comment you have never driven a Leaf.

It is very fast off the line. At least as fast as my Nissan Z. Slower than a family car? BWAHAHAHA.

0-60 mph times have NOTHING to do with how fast a car is off the line.

Funny that you should make that argument.

I also own a Nissan Z in addition to my Leaf. It's my fun car. A bit hypocritical I suppose but I enjoy them both.

My Leaf is faster than my Z off the line because it drops 100% torque (about 200 lb-ft) the instant you hit the pedal. Above 20-30mph the Z is much faster...but initial acceleration is less.

I drive an electric car. At low speeds, say under 20mph, people NEVER hear or see my car coming. These are also the speeds I'm typically driving at when pedestrians are around. People always meander in front of my car or jump in surprise when the turn and see me cruising past them a few feet to the side of them. I sometimes honk. I sometimes pause extra long. There is definitely a need to account for it.

At higher speeds, sure there's tire noise.

As a Leaf Electric car driver, I can say that the lack of engine noise is one of the primary benefits of an electric car.

I hear things on my commute that I didn't even know existed prior to my Leaf. I hear birds chirping, walk ways for the blind clicking, subtle details in my music, and occasionally, total silence. It's calming. It's also kinda cool to accelerate hard off the line (faster than most gas cars can do) with near silence.

The car does chirp externally when backing up, but it's not very audible from within the car. Perhaps a similar chirp when driving forward at a slow speed would work.

hoax is a deliberate attempt to mislead. calling it a hoax is absurd. it would be more appropriate for a vote on god. i.e. is christ a hoax.

the vote should be, is there sufficient evidence to accept it as highly likely to be true/valid.

next the will be voting on wether there is a god or not...and a room full of idiots believing in imaginary things doesn't make them real. scary precedent.

When i read the teacher's response, I immediately thought, well, he's comfortable teaching VB and so he is justifying it after the fact. If he was comfortable with Python, he'd be arguing the oppposite.

At the end of the day, I think Google wants the information about people's driving destinations, habits, etc. People will offer this to Google for discount car insurance. Google will use it to sell more appropriate ads and make more money. They will get this data as well with their automated cars, but it will be awhile before everyone is driving one.

Inversely, the most popular passwords will always be bad.

MSFT Surface tablets can be had for $200 to $400 which are better specs than most $200 Android tablets.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...

At $800 you were looking at the high end full on laptop Surface Pro...which really should be compared to ultra-books or Macbook Airs. In that comparo they are really pretty solid value for people who want a full PC in a tablet like profile.