Gates was the beneficiary of the most expensive business blunder in history. When IBM decided to enter the PC realm, they licensed an OS from Gates and a CPU from Intel. Gates obtained that OS from a local hobbyist who had named it QDOS for "Quick and Dirty Operating System." That PC was an immediate success based on the enormous cachet of IBM, which was overwhelmingly dominant in computing at the time. The door was opened for the many clone companies that entered the market; the rest is history.

Superchargers deliver 250 amps at 400 volts. Where would you suggest getting an extension cord that could handle that?

The chargers you are referring to aren't Tesla superchargers. Those don't get scattered around like the lower power chargers you frequently see and the appearance is quite distinctive.

Thanks for the insightful comments. I am a Tesla fan (I'm currently driving my third Model S) and I remain mystified why anti-Tesla/anti-Musk coverage is so prevalent. Even highly respected media outlets are way, way slanted against Tesla--the WSJ comes to mind. Thanks again.

Eyeroll...they improve acceleration via software updates, why not stopping distance?

How is that different from a driver's license or pilots license or firearms registration or...?

Nuclear testing in the atmosphere. We didn't have these storms until we stopped our nuclear tests. Direct evidence of cause and effect.

As my old friend Edsger Dijkstra once said "The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim."

This is standard procedure in the computer industry and has been since forever. I've driven Teslas for four years and I describe the car as a computer with wheels as peripherals. I'm convinced that this is the future of the auto industry so this will become standard practice. It's just much simpler from the software point of view to have a single code base.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance—that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

Yet CR reports customer satisfaction at 92%. The Model S (I'm a Model S owner) scores the highest customer satisfaction of any car. My Model S is so unreliable that I completely forgot to take it in for the recommended annual inspection. I've got an inspection booked for next week because I discovered I was out of windshield wiper fluid, the only user serviceable item, since I hadn't taken the car into the service center in eighteen months. Yep...a lemon--no doubt about it.

The article says that Tesla has "already issued a software update that owners can download..." The update is automatically delivered over the air directly to the car. The owner doesn't need to request anything.

Protective relaying looks towards the load end of the line. In case of problems, like a drag-line running into the power line, the relays trip the breaker between the source (generator) and the fault (drag-line.) Linemen can then safely effect necessary repairs on the isolate, dead power line. If the line is being backed by lots of solar systems that don't get tripped off, the linemen get electrocuted.

Most Uni researchers remember where they came from if their profit-making venture is successful. That's how engineering colleges get named. The University tends to receive much, much more than face value in such a deal.

As my friend Edsger Dijkstra once said "It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration."