Yikes! How long is the warranty on Unicomp's keyboards?

When would you want to use the Windows key? Is Ctrl-Esc too difficult?

I agree that Apple's laptop keyboards are not very good but that's because laptops in general have crappy keyboards. I was reasonably impressed with the keys on the 13 inch unibody Macbook Pro (whereas the first generation Macbook Pros had lousy keyboards where the key tops would break off easily). Unless they have gotten worse with the new Retina models, I'd say the Apple laptops are among the least worst laptops for typing. What laptop keyboard do you like?

Not by common usage, at least where I come from.

The figures quoted for mileage range don't include the emergency range on any petrol car I'm aware of, and they try to fudge them as much as they can (eg: constant 55mph on a theoretically clear road). I'm assuming there's some sort of law about it, but I may be wrong.

Simon.

Fairy nuff. Since the conversation has descended this far. Fuck off and die you arrogant cunt, you're what the leprous weeping scab far up inside the arsehole of humanity dreams of ascending to. You could seriously do with at least some gorms and your problem (at least as far as this discussion goes) is that you're fucking wrong. Deal with it. The margin of error in what TG claim is way way less than that claimed by Shuckster^W Tesla - to within a very good approximation, the maths works out. TG were entirely justified in their claim, and your pathetic attempt to try and discredit it as extrapolation is belied by the fact that they were right.

Pulling random figures out of the air is, of course, exactly what you're accusing the presenters of doing, but apparently it's ok if you do it. Apparently you don't read what you write, either. Calling someone a prick is an accusation, idiot (and I mean idiot in the technical sense, for what it's worth).

Now the conversation has descended this low, I'll be marking you as "to be ignored". See ya.

Because that's what the chemistry dictates (we do chemistry in school, too). The power-release curve of the modern Lithium-ion cells used by Tesla are pretty much linear until the charge is *very* near depleted, at which point it *very* rapidly falls off. Once you're out of the linear phase of the curve, you're SOL.

The "gage" (sic) wasn't broken; the car didn't have 75% left, Tesla made no such claim (and boy would they have, if they could have).

As for being condescending, it seems like an appropriate response to a blatantly false accusation of dishonesty. Note that at least I didn't descend to calling someone a "prick" because I didn't like what they said...

Simon.

Would that be in the same way as a car's petrol gauge doesn't run out when it reads 'empty', and there's still a little in reserve ? And yet we don't say a petrol-fuelled car has a range of X(+Y) miles do we ? Why should that change for electric cars ?

At least you're posting under your own name in this thread. I can't quite believe how many anonymous cowards are writing long detailed argument posts. Seems very atypical of the site...

Simon.

In UK schools we teach this thing called "mathematics". We learn "algebra", and can form and solve simple equations before the minimum school-leaving age. It is therefore understood that everyone has the most basic grounding in mathematics that allows them to appreciate simple derivatives. Or even more simply...

charge at time (t=0) = X
charge at time (t=30 mins) = Y
charge at time (t=50 mins) = Z
plot the graph of charge vs time. It's a straight line. Read off the time value on the charge-axis intercept. That's how long it will last.

Simon. Sheesh.

Does the Mac Mini have an external power brick? If so you could decide not to use the supplied power brick and power many Mac Minis from a single low-voltage supply. That would surely cut heat and power usage.

I use Windows at 200% scaling (both XP and 7) and it looks fine in pretty much every application; where are you seeing problems?

What still-alive platform has a decent C compiler (crusty K&R ones don't count), but doesn't have a port of Perl?

There are flickers you don't consciously perceive but nonetheless tire your eyes after long use. To show the effect you'd need a large randomized controlled trial. That does not mean no effect exists.

[T221s] Yup, me too, and I have mounted them in portrait format. Here's a photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7500206@N08/6851350945/

I have 1920x1440 in a 19" screen.

Sounds lovely - is it a CRT? If not what's it called? (A few years back you could get 1600x1200 LCDs but everything has become letterbox since then.)

It depends which monitor you have. A good monitor will have a wide viewing angle along both axes, but it's true that many cheaper ones are not usable in portrait format.