Comment Re:flat as a pancake: invasion pending (Score 4, Insightful) 236
Change just for the sake of change is stupid, especially if the change is a step backwards in functionality.
Change just for the sake of change is stupid, especially if the change is a step backwards in functionality.
Are you really so dense ?
Technology exists for various brands of phones. They can pick one, pick several, let the customer choose, or wait for better standards that support all of them at the same time.
In each case, it's just a matter of picking off-the-shelf technology and sticking it in a car, which was the point of my first post.
Not at all. Just extra clarification.
No, we'll end up with beautiful icons that are hard to use.
Why not simply let the user choose what they want ? Personally, I don't really care what they look like, but once I'm used to a set of icons, I would prefer to keep it.
Current wireless charging is about 90% efficient in optimal conditions: close, well matched inductors, and no foreign metal objects.
Even 90% is a terrible waste for a car, when you can plug in a cable in just a few seconds.
It's hardly a car manufacturer's job to fix the incompatible charging standards.
First, we want to squeeze them dry, force them to ruin their economy to the point of no return and THEN dump them
No, we just want our money back.
but a weak currency for Greece means that, for things Greece does not need to import, it becomes cheaper to live.
For things that don't require any import, it stays the same when measured in the local currency. But even local stuff in the supermarket needs oil for transportation, and oil needs to be imported. So, even in local currency, many goods and services will go up in price.
I don't understand what you mean by this
I mean that if you get a paycheck in Drachmas, and the Drachma drops in value, your paycheck is effectively gone down when measured in euros. You can get the same effect by keeping euros, and just lowering the amount. The difference is psychological. People don't like it when the number on the paycheck drops. They don't mind it as much when the number stays the same, and the currency drops by an equal amount.
Taken to extremes it will mean hyperinflation and financial collapse but used judiciously it's a good economic tool.
I doubt that Greece with use it judiciously.
That means you can always run the printing presses to pay off your foreign debt
The current foreign debt is denominated in Euros. And for new debt, the problem is that every already knows they'll run the printing press to pay it off.
Poor economies need weak currencies to enable profitable exports.
Or they can use a strong currency, and lower their wages. One is psychologically easier than the other, but it amounts to the same thing in the end.
Well, the article was talking about charging the car
It was talking about both.
"Carmaker Daimler on Saturday announced a partnership with mobile technologies company Qualcomm Inc. to explore wireless recharging of mobile phones in cars as well as recharging of electric cars without cables."
Need is absolutely correct.
There's no need for our species to survive.
the banks are saved and taxpayers will pay the bill.
If you let the bank fall, the taxpayers who had accounts at the bank will pay the bill.
If Greece had their own currency, then them buying more from outside means they could just print ("borrow") more.
That doesn't really help. If they print more than they produce, the currency will drop in value.
If a thing's worth having, it's worth cheating for. -- W.C. Fields
