Catch up on stories from the past week (and beyond) at the Slashdot story archive

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Re:Spoiler alert (Score 1) 72

Yeah, sheesh, what a spoiler! At least he's getting around to it faster in the movies than in the books. Man, I was REALLY getting tired of that series when I finally finished it. Or did I just give up on it? Can't remember, not interested enough to find out.

Comment Re:To all you younglings 'round here (Score 1) 113

Fully agree. I was just starting out in programming then, had a good handle on BASIC, 8088 assembly language, etc., but couldn't afford the MS licensing :-( Turbo Pascal gave it all to me, esp. the easy integration of assembly language when you really needed the tightness or speed. Loved it, did some wonderful stuff in TP. Thanks, Phil, ever so much!

Comment 2.2% ??? (Score 1) 239

The Hell! I've been using Firefox faithfully since it first came out (can't even remember how long ago that was!). I wonder what the problem is: I've never had a complaint, really.

Comment Re:Are you kidding me? (Score 1) 195

[quote]* Higher unsprung mass: the wheels become significantly heavier. This causes a wide range of worse handling problems (both ride feel and safety), inertia keeps the wheels from responding as quickly to changes in the road.
The motor isn't inside the wheel.[/quote]

I worry about that unsprung mass too. Sure, the motor isn't inside the wheel (yet), but all that gear reduction stuff is. That wheel will be significantly heavier. But maybe unsprung mass isn't all that important in "normal" vehicles, just in the high-end stuff, racing cars, situations where the sprung wheel really has to move a LOT.

Slashdot Top Deals

Congratulations! You are the one-millionth user to log into our system. If there's anything special we can do for you, anything at all, don't hesitate to ask!

Working...