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I think these comparisons are useful.

You are comparing cars that don't really compete, yet the Tesla matches or outperforms them. I personally like to know that it's faster than X or better equipped than Y or drives better than Z.

It's so hard to judge things like this from a low-res video. You need to be in it and actually drive it to judge.

That being said, the reviewer mentions that the interior and exterior is on the same level as the AM, yet the AM feels dated.

You should use the reply link directly below the comment you're replying to. This helps keep things organized :)

Just a warning: some of the other posts are NSFW...

The logo does not guarantee success or failure. Lots of huge companies have horrid logos...

I believe you're missing the point. This is not another way to get spam, but to save some money on something you're interested in but did not yet purchase it.

I am not sure I agree. Many major online retailers do this and are very successful. Promotions can be site-wide or category sales, individual items, certain brands, offering mail-in-rebates, etc.

Done right, it is wildly successful.

The inventor of the diesel engine based his design on the fire piston technology.

A professor in college once told me that if you can't explain a technology, you might as well assume it's magic.

Homeschooling a child can help but it can also harm them. It really depends on the parents, the child, the style of education.

There is no one-size-fits-all in this case.

One thing I fear for my children is that homeschooling may rob them of vital social skills that can't easily be taught at home. But with the right social network (large family / friends), this can also be addressed.

Ah, I understand now. I was referring to minor features that will take a long time to implement. I understand that you can't release just a splash screen.

In every product, there core features, then there are minor / convenience features. Let's say you have a "search" feature. That is a core part of the app / product / service. Some features that you can probably put off are: "advanced search", "refinement search", or even "sorting results". All of these are convenient, but you may want to have the app in store without these features.

Well, I am young, so I may go through something like this again. But at the moment, I was totally against it.

Now, when something like this comes up again, I learned enough to PLAN through it better. Realistic deadlines will make any work place a better place to be.

I believe you are referring to the app store guidelines. The article mentions the android market place.

From what I understood from the article:

- You can iterate quickly on android. If you notice that people don't care for your app, you can stop at the splash screen I assume. Or stop when you've added enough features that and yet no one is downloading.

- When you release on android, it's almost instant. This means that you don't test it as well as you should because you know you can always patch it tomorrow.

I don't agree with this.

Basically the author thinks that you can test the market if a particular idea / app is worth making by releasing on Android first. The problem is that the android users will most likely hate the UI and the bugs as it will probably be thrown together.

When releasing an app on iOS, you don't have to include ALL features, you can release an app that is well designed and functions well with limited functionality. Then add features as you need to.

That's what we did when we released our app. We released for iOS first and then for android, but we gradually added features as needed or wanted.

Or they may have experience with people that walk in and declare all code as "insecure" and "dangerous" or "unusable". They usually promise the world and deliver a small fraction, if even that.

Then, for the next 9 months delay the "1 month" project week after week. The product owners love this one. It cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars to get to square one again.

And all of this happening to a product that wasn't released yet.

At the end, the developer quit and everyone in the company agreed that it was good to see them leave.

I don't know if this will inconvenience the one customer unless they bought it used. Someone with connections to the counterfeiters would have owned that valid product for some short period of time and probably kept it.

Whenever something like that happens, this is my reference: http://developerexcuses.com

Is it correct to assume a Texas resident may order one from another dealer and drive it home? Can they just drive it home and legally have it registered in Texas?

We tend to forget that Microsoft ALREADY did what these "startups" did. MSFT already pushed the envelope and changed the way we use technology in our day to day lives.

There is (probably) only so much change one company / person can do. Even if there is additional potential, in the end companies will seek profit and stability.

Correct. But the quicker you stop working with legacy code, the quicker the cutoff can be.

Even automotive manufacturers have to supply parts for cars they manufactured for X number of years after the final production. I hope new 2014 cars don't include parts from the 1940's era for "compatability" reasons.

Regardless of the geographic location you call home, I believe that it's not "if" but "when" the government will remove your freedom. They may do this out of "political", "religious", or any other "reason" they see fit.

The truth is that the world is changing.

People do stupid things.

You give people power and it's only a matter of time when something can go wrong.

On a similar note: many hospitals can and will negotiate your bill after the fact. A family member has had procedures performed that cost in excess of $20k, but was able to negotiate the bill to less than $5k. Although I am not sure if this is the norm.

I'm not a health-care professional, so I don't know: But wouldn't you be able to not tell the hospital that you have insurance? Pretend like you don't have any from the beginning? Or can this backfire?

Usually, apple tries to improve firmware speed after they add features. I found that staying updated is the best policy.

I believe the point was that WP is lagging behind the times. A developer that works with modern frameworks and looks at the WP codebase will quickly ask themselves "Why"...

There is always a "backwards compatible" argument that pops up, but the solution is simple: persons that dont want to upgrade from their 2002 PHP installation can use legacy WP. Everyone that wants a new WP site can just do so using modern server software.

I think you misunderstood my comment regarding the internet. Many people think that just having a website will magically triple their business revenue. That's plainly not true.

The internet is a medium. Just as any medium used to deliver and communicate to users, you have to utilize it correctly.

Yes, your guess is correct. Also, we're not talking about $5, we're talking a few hundred dollars for the whole trip.

Honestly, I would find a better place to work and live. When you live paycheck to paycheck with a good salary, you're going to become tired very soon.

Adding the internet into the mix doesn't make anything better. The reason why this "website" grew was because of the human aspect.

Regarding travel agents: when I booked my honeymoon, my travel agent was able to get me a better price than an hour on the internet. Not only that, but she was even able to personally recommend hotels and activities.