I think he is saying that to get as much range as 15 gallons of gas, a car needs to carry 750kg of Lithium ion battery.

I suspect they meant "inherited".

The connectivity is needed so the images of the previous play(s) can be streamed to the device. (Currently they print this on copier papers and clip them together.) This way the coaches can teach the players what just happened and make adjustments to their game plan. You can usually see the Offensive Coordinator sit down with the QB in the sidelines going over these papers with a sketch pen.

While they likely won't keep this promise, I don't understand why this promise can't be kept.
Their announced model seems to be charge for data and not for calls or text. Why is this not viable?

No, DMCA has exceptions for law enforcement.

Possibly for the physical machines needing parts from eBay issue. I think their real problem is still needing to run on Windows 3.1, and once you address that (hopefully moving to something much more modern) you can solve the legacy machine part as well.

Ha! It is an abbreviation of Department of Electronics & Information TechnologY. Nice play on words.

> Other then Tesla, I don't really see other manufacturers really "getting it" I might be wrong, but I don't think it is the manufacturers' not "getting it", but that the cost to bring a longer range vehicle makes such a vehicle much less desirable currently. Having said that I hope the cost comes down soon enough that guys like me can actually afford a car like Tesla S.

I know we have a reputation for not R-ingTFA, but that is no reason to completely botch a URL.

Furthermore, how would you not riot over your government doing something like that to you?

That is a good question, and I think it really depends on how much you already have. If what you have is mostly worthless and you are on subsistence living, then such a devaluation makes no real impact. I suspect a large number of North Koreans might be in that situation. The only effect rioting will have might be getting you executed.

This is why you should always buy gold-plated Monster cables.

I am not sure if the story is really true or not, but it stopped being believable when it said "the manager called again after a few days to apologize". Really? He remembers the person who had come in a few days earlier complaining about (targeted, yes, but still) mass-mailed coupons? And he calls them to apologize again?

It would be nice to see managers like that at the stores I shop at.

I still support 7-bit ASCII, you insensitive clod!

It's just Microsoft that want to control the web in place of Adobe. Nothing will be gained for the user with this. That codec is managed by a patent pool.

SP3 is supposed to upgrade to 7 or 8 (though I think if you're already at 7 it leaves it alone).
SP3 DOES NOT upgrade IE.