Comments on: I’m probably not the first person to think this… http://blog.xcski.com/2008/06/20/im-probably-not-the-first-person-to-think-this Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:35:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Kevin T. Keith http://blog.xcski.com/2008/06/20/im-probably-not-the-first-person-to-think-this#comment-95037 Kevin T. Keith Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:49:31 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1383#comment-95037 What do you mean by "cost-effective"? Do you mean in terms of reduced operating costs vs. increased purchase price? Over what time period? What do you mean by “cost-effective”? Do you mean in terms of reduced operating costs vs. increased purchase price? Over what time period?

]]> By: David Parsons http://blog.xcski.com/2008/06/20/im-probably-not-the-first-person-to-think-this#comment-94630 David Parsons Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:23:32 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1383#comment-94630 A 65hp traction motor is nothing to sneeze at; my first-gen prius may take its own sweet time going from 30 to 60mph ("own sweet time" == 6-7 seconds,) but 0-30 is gratifyingly sportscarlike (burn rubber on dry pavement? Yes. Beat bicycles off the line? Yes.) and that's with a 45hp traction motor. I would find it difficult to believe that a 50% larger traction motor would result in worse performance. I don't know anything about the OLPC, but given that it either runs frankenOS or Windows it's not much like the Prius. The Prius works, and doesn't have a horribly bodged user interface. (The new Prii can be retrofitted as plug-in hybrids, which gives you an embarrassingly high MPG even without trying to hypermile, so it's sort of like frankenOS in that regard, but then again the first thing I did to my new Macbook Air was to kill goddamn vim dead and replace it with levee, so even the Mac isn't resistant to the itchy fingers of an impatient Unix programmer.) A 65hp traction motor is nothing to sneeze at; my first-gen prius may take its own sweet time going from 30 to 60mph (”own sweet time” == 6-7 seconds,) but 0-30 is gratifyingly sportscarlike (burn rubber on dry pavement? Yes. Beat bicycles off the line? Yes.) and that’s with a 45hp traction motor. I would find it difficult to believe that a 50% larger traction motor would result in worse performance.

I don’t know anything about the OLPC, but given that it either runs frankenOS or Windows it’s not much like the Prius. The Prius works, and doesn’t have a horribly bodged user interface.

(The new Prii can be retrofitted as plug-in hybrids, which gives you an embarrassingly high MPG even without trying to hypermile, so it’s sort of like frankenOS in that regard, but then again the first thing I did to my new Macbook Air was to kill goddamn vim dead and replace it with levee, so even the Mac isn’t resistant to the itchy fingers of an impatient Unix programmer.)

]]> By: Joe D http://blog.xcski.com/2008/06/20/im-probably-not-the-first-person-to-think-this#comment-94592 Joe D Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:40:24 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1383#comment-94592 Wendy thinks I should get a Triac ( http://www.greenvehicles.com/ ). I don't. Wendy thinks I should get a Triac ( http://www.greenvehicles.com/ ).

I don’t.

]]> By: rone http://blog.xcski.com/2008/06/20/im-probably-not-the-first-person-to-think-this#comment-94591 rone Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:43:37 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1383#comment-94591 And its owners tend to be insufferably smug. And its owners tend to be insufferably smug.

]]> By: Frank Ch. Eigler http://blog.xcski.com/2008/06/20/im-probably-not-the-first-person-to-think-this#comment-94590 Frank Ch. Eigler Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:01:51 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1383#comment-94590 JRH: brilliant. JRH: brilliant.

]]> By: JRH http://blog.xcski.com/2008/06/20/im-probably-not-the-first-person-to-think-this#comment-94589 JRH Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:53:33 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1383#comment-94589 A Mac has some pretty impressive horsepower. The Prius has none; it's a glorified golf cart. Maybe start with: the Prius is an OLPC. A Mac has some pretty impressive horsepower. The Prius has none; it’s a glorified golf cart.

Maybe start with: the Prius is an OLPC.

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