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Comment Re: High Aspirations (Score 1) 65

a) I think you are guessing on that number. All I know is that most people I know have had to drive that much in one day. Granted it probably happens more in Canada as our major cities seemed to have formed around 8 hours of driving apart. According to AI if you are traveling in winter and you lose a conservative 20% of range, you aren't going any further than 620 km. Add to that strong headwinds if it is stormy. The worst thing is that you won't find out about that until you have already set out and made your reservation for the night.

b) No one forces me to take breaks. I generally travel with my wife. We stop at Subway or a grocery store on the way out and put it in a cooler. We switch off if we need to. If you go to restaurants then you are just a victim in other ways. You are paying for services to pass the time.

c) Why does it matter if it is regular? All that should matter is that I don't want the hassle of renting a car and anyway it's much less expensive to use my own. Rental inventories are commonly all booked up weeks in advance.

d) I simply can't afford it. My wife gets one week of vacation and I need to do all I can with that week. I'm glad you are financially comfortable, can pay more for a vehicle up front, have time for doing all the traveling you want, all the charging you want, and to stop along the way. But your view is an entitled one because other people are just trying to do what they can with the meager vacation they have on a minimum budget.

Besides, i raised my kids and paid for their education in research fields that directly help the environment. I consider myself on a surplus. Notice how I can express myself without hurling insults.

Comment In other news (Score 1) 63

The descendants of Ogg have renewed the ongoing lawsuit against the descendants of Zogg alleging that Ogg dropped a rock on Zoggs foot in a cave one fine day and it was really ouchie! Anthropologists are working around the clock trying to restore the cave paintings documenting the original complaint made to the tribal chief in 30,001 BCE.

Comment Re:Flock (Score 1) 42

Thanks, but unfortunately some of the information there is wrong or misleading. For example, what they call a "GPS module" is actually just an active antenna, basically a GNSS antenna with a built in LNA.

The bigger issue is that there are a lot of modules that we don't know the contents of. For example, the NimbeLink Skywire LTE modem contains a Sierra Wireless modem, which itself is made from parts from another company. Maybe Chinese, maybe not. Incidentally, the GNSS receiver is likely in there too. Combined cellular, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GNSS modules are quite common.

Comment Re: Oh go fuck yourself (Score 1) 97

It's true that Donald Trump is very afraid. Look at the tirades he goes on every time someone says something against him.. he could just ignore it but he can't help himself. Look at the illogical things he does. He is afraid of Canada's tariffs (which he agreed to in first term) so while criticizing Canada for some industry specific tariffs that every country has including the US he starts his own tariffs that eclipse any tariffs in place and starts a trade war without caring what it means for Americans. Those massive over reactions come from fear.

Comment Re:a path-traversal attack (Score 1) 74

There doesn't need to be a standard, they can just use USB vendor defined endpoints, or a USB HID vendor defined report. Then the standard WinUSB and HID APIs work, and no driver is required. Plug it in, Windows recognizes it and attaches the appropriate generic USB driver, and the RGB control software sends whatever data is likes.

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