Whether or not you can drive 40 miles is irrelevant -- that's just a function of the size of the battery. The problem is the weakling 50kW generator cannot supply enough continuous current to actually function as an electric vehicle. It's a plugin hybrid with a large battery, nothing more, technologically. Of course for practical purposes, if it's worth an extra $15,000 or so to extend the range of your plugin Prius from 15 to 30 miles, then this information doesn't matter. But given that GM has been boasting the technological superiority of the Voltec platform and that it should be in its own class (extended range electric vehicle), this information matters.

(I'm a former Hybrid Electrical Vehicle Power Management Technical Consultant for a large defense contractor)

That's exactly the point -- the way that GM represented the Volt originally, I thought wow this is a bargain, a $40,000 purely electric driven car (e.g. a Tesla with a generator). But now, we learn that it's the same architecture as a Prius, but way more expensive.

Right. Clients could also get smarter and implement looking for "closer" peers (e.g. do a traceroute before attempting to connect, or consulting a GeoIP database). I suppose it's an extension off what Vuze and friends already do with prioritizing LAN peers.

A major issue with BitTorrent is that in general, clients are unaware of geographic distance, which can cause clients to pick peers that are unnecessarily burdensome on ISP's compared to a path that a CDN-backed distribution system would've chosen.

I've got a great idea! Why don't we have every slashdot reader go in and try to fix the broken link? Then the problem will correct itself in no time!

@wmbetts it's not?

No, this is actually the master key that you can use to generate vendor keys -- changing this key would break compatibility with existing HDCP equipment!

The design of the exam is not the problem -- if students have networking access to someone inside the exam room (or worse, outside the exam room), no matter how hard you make the exam, you are testing the brainpower of their lifelines, not them. This the 2010 version of "how do I prevent students from whispering to each other during a test", for which there is no straightforward solution short of "no electronics in the exam room".

"iPad sux -- amirite?"

Not Linux per se, but the same idea is implemented nicely on ZFS through its L2ARC: http://blogs.sun.com/brendan/entry/test

Did Microsoft write the article summary? *ducks*

what are they gonna do about the 3-app limit on this Vista machine I'm using at work?

DAMN! Watch out Ford, you've got competition!
(Haha joking, joking, don't kill me)

I know the MPAA is evil but sheesh, even for them, asking teachers to make dirty movies of themselves is a step too far!


*goes to read the summary*

A new Apple patent filing reveals plans to put a red/green LED around the Home button on the iPhone for diagnostic purposes.