Elon Musk - news and discussion
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pocketscience
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It's genius isn't it. At this rate he should be able to invent public transport in about 20 years time.
He might be on to something - drive-through public transportation is probably the only kind that would ever get wide acceptance in somewhere like LA.
I think it's more a technology development thing hidden in the guise of a transport development. Needing lifts at each entry / exit is daft, that would be the limiting factor. But he will need to tunnel on Mars when / if he finally gets there and he needs lightweight, small tunneling machines.
elbows
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His legal defence against libel appears to involve the idea that he is well known for talking complete shite, so people that read his comments wouldn't have believed them.
Musk tries to dismiss 'pedo' libel claim
It's a good thing his credibility isn't floated on the stock exchange.
Musk tries to dismiss 'pedo' libel claim
It's a good thing his credibility isn't floated on the stock exchange.
gosub
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what happens when a car breaks down?
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Surely the "I was just chatting shit" defence has been done before?
hash tag
Books, not bombs
Without going through the entire thread...out of weird and wacky ideas can be born some reasonable and logical ones and to get those logical ones you need to push boundaries.
Imagine what people thought of early steam locomotives going a few MPH, horseless carriages, not to mention many of the mad things that people like the Brunel's tried; the Thames Tunnel,
the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the atmospheric railway, tunneling generally Etc.
Imagine what people thought of early steam locomotives going a few MPH, horseless carriages, not to mention many of the mad things that people like the Brunel's tried; the Thames Tunnel,
the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the atmospheric railway, tunneling generally Etc.
editor
hiraethified
Yes, but an underground system that only works with his own brand of car and can only carry a handful of passengers per vehicle is clearly fucking ridiculous.
gosub
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Tbf Brunel s coachs and locos were the only thing that fitted3 the gauge of Brunel s railway
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hiraethified
Yes. And then people learnt that it was a fucking stupid idea so adopted affordable, standardised mass transit systems. How anyone can cheer on what amounts to a private, exclusive and expensive transport system designed only for those who drive a certain brand of car is beyond me.
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hiraethified
Broad gauge was brilliant but a LOT more expensive to build. Standard gauge was a more sensible compromise, although I wish we'd built the infrastructure so it could carry taller carriages.
gosub
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Well he only did the car in space coz nobody would give him a payload...Hadn't't thought about it til some else on this thread mentioned it ...but if he's planning on drilling Mars he'll need practice....The cave thing makes a bit more sense. I say sense Chris Morris must be jibbering wreck
hash tag
Books, not bombs
I appreciate it's a much bigger scale, but it's like what apple do with smart watches, phones, music players etc etc. It's nigh on impossible to rip my CDs to an iPhone I believe. There are bits of safety equipment that comes in different sizes and fittings that should really be standardised. I can't remember for my life, what it is
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hiraethified
The car in space was just a brilliant advert for the car.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
The car did have a practical use: Boilerplate (spaceflight) - Wikipedia
Although the choice of a Tesla Roadster does of course have the dual purpose of promoting Musk's brand. Le sigh.
Although the choice of a Tesla Roadster does of course have the dual purpose of promoting Musk's brand. Le sigh.
mauvais
on reddit or something
It wasn't an advert for the car, which hasn't been sold for ages. Maybe an advert for Tesla as a whole.
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hiraethified
Well, for the brand then.
ferrelhadley
There is no love between us anymore.
City Council urged to seize Musk's O'Hare express offer or risk having him walk
The breakthrough they are seeking is the drop the cost of tunnel boring, the applications they are creating press buzz about are almost incidental.
Dropping the cost of tunnel boring to a third of their current value (their supposed aim) and suddenly a huge number of well healed cities will be at your door with infrastructure projects, from road tunnels to sewage.
Same as people spend so much time arguing about whether you can colonise Mars or not they miss that all the infrastructure for asteroid mining is being built at the expense of various communications and earth resources satellite consumers. Right now the final mating tests and paper work is being produced on a manned capsule that if it passes these tests could have an unmanned test flight by late January and a crewed flight to ISS by June.
Teardown figures from UBS and Munro Associates gave the production costs of Tesla Model 3 at between $38 000 (UBS) and $28000 (Munro). Roughly at the level of the average cost of a new car in the US.
He may not be the new Edison, but he does seem to be able to spot a gap in the market and companies that have a very good shot at profiting from them.
The breakthrough they are seeking is the drop the cost of tunnel boring, the applications they are creating press buzz about are almost incidental.
Dropping the cost of tunnel boring to a third of their current value (their supposed aim) and suddenly a huge number of well healed cities will be at your door with infrastructure projects, from road tunnels to sewage.
Same as people spend so much time arguing about whether you can colonise Mars or not they miss that all the infrastructure for asteroid mining is being built at the expense of various communications and earth resources satellite consumers. Right now the final mating tests and paper work is being produced on a manned capsule that if it passes these tests could have an unmanned test flight by late January and a crewed flight to ISS by June.
Teardown figures from UBS and Munro Associates gave the production costs of Tesla Model 3 at between $38 000 (UBS) and $28000 (Munro). Roughly at the level of the average cost of a new car in the US.
He may not be the new Edison, but he does seem to be able to spot a gap in the market and companies that have a very good shot at profiting from them.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Where are they piling up the spoil ?
FridgeMagnet
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Pretty easy actually as both the input and output formats are open standards. (You would find it quite hard to do just with a phone admittedly as it is hard to connect phones to cd drives.)
19force8
For the avoidance of faith
Actually, California has an excellent "Don't be such a twat" law [can't remember the real title] that allows someone being sued for libel to get vexatious or silly claims chucked out before they get bankrupted by legal fees. So Musky boy might actually stand a chance on this one.
tim
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