tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post2189397039223711774..comments2024-02-06T10:02:20.731-06:00Comments on EVTV.ME: Stone SoupJack Rickardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15936311474215791697noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-40957145690426978092011-10-16T20:32:48.963-05:002011-10-16T20:32:48.963-05:00@ Perin, if you think Atlas Shrugged is about rail...@ Perin, if you think Atlas Shrugged is about railroads, then you clearly only read the Amazon blurb before you posted. And, it's FICTION.<br /><br />Jack, here's a little article from today's NY Times about Leaf tinkerers. Maybe you already knew of these guys, but here you go:<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/automobiles/nissan-leafs-true-believers-wont-leave-well-enough-alone.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all<br /><br />Still getting caught up on shows...most of the way through August now....great job on everything!<br /><br />Best,<br />AlexAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489761192866964078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-18584261710424019892011-10-16T13:03:59.795-05:002011-10-16T13:03:59.795-05:00Heh, Stoners.Heh, Stoners.Dr. Righteoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07954877226583654920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-6244356644550012242011-10-16T09:06:01.854-05:002011-10-16T09:06:01.854-05:00took me about a day, but i think this is a story a...took me about a day, but i think this is a story about the power of community, however the sour turn at the end smells of the pitfalls of capitalism.<br />If we can capitalize these stones, we could be very rich.Joel Clemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842904945753324186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-88811544077354536072011-10-16T08:48:11.635-05:002011-10-16T08:48:11.635-05:00Good show this week Jack. I especially enjoyed yo...Good show this week Jack. I especially enjoyed your discussion of the new Panasonic cell Tesla will be using. <br /><br />I know you won't do it because they are too fiddly to deal with, but I'd love to see you have a go at making a small pack with those batteries. Maybe with the Smart car since it's so small. I appreciate that you already have plenty of other projects to be going on with and that you prefer the prismatics.<br /><br />I have been doing some back of the envelope calculations and I think you would be able to fit a load of batteries into an absurdly small space with them weighing only as much as an extra passenger. I'm imagining a very small 16KWhr pack just for nipping round town.<br /><br />The possibilities are exciting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-16858506080022533582011-10-15T23:18:57.430-05:002011-10-15T23:18:57.430-05:00If the only tool you have is a hanmer, all the pro...If the only tool you have is a hanmer, all the problems start to look like nails.Jack Rickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936311474215791697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-45888963558244916162011-10-15T20:56:52.530-05:002011-10-15T20:56:52.530-05:00Jack,
(Probably wasted on many. It's just a l...Jack,<br /><br />(Probably wasted on many. It's just a little doodle.) More like wasted on most and doodle away. It's great. Love to hear the responses. <br /><br />Ruckus,<br /><br />AC is fine which I love but for pure grunt power DC Brushed Can't be beat.Pete McWadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288980906309612950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-27067483559605459272011-10-15T18:14:28.435-05:002011-10-15T18:14:28.435-05:00oh, while I'm at it, F.. Brushed motors. They...oh, while I'm at it, F.. Brushed motors. They are for the dead. They just Spark out. <br /><br />Long lived brushless. <br /><br />They are the FUTURE!!!!!!Ruckushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446574975944978241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-66698926699148454762011-10-15T18:08:24.727-05:002011-10-15T18:08:24.727-05:00Ok, stone soup is good for kids story, but who the...Ok, stone soup is good for kids story, but who the f is Dan and why waste a whole blog on him? If he is lamo then no biggie, join the crowd. This blog is not about lamos, I built E-car despite lamos like Kois, etc... <br />write blog for future, not past. <br />cee U nxt convention.<br />Ruk<br />ps. EV JAG is awesome!!Ruckushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446574975944978241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-54206121796229236012011-10-15T14:01:43.594-05:002011-10-15T14:01:43.594-05:00Jack has a charmed pen. Having received "more...Jack has a charmed pen. Having received "more than 175 million acres of public land (an area more than one tenth of the whole United States and larger than Texas) from 1850 to 1871," railroads aren't exactly shining examples of free market capitalism, Alex. And I don't suppose Jack's knight had any problem with the bureaucracy which afforded him his suit of armor, attending perquisites and station. Heaven knows no crony capitalism has every benefited military-industrial complex contractors with the proverbial $1000 toilet seats! It takes a village to row, row row your boats gently down the stream...<br />Google Little Orphan "Annie Meets Mr. Am"Perin du Buluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948129381637534826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-17396169273234959012011-10-15T11:40:37.073-05:002011-10-15T11:40:37.073-05:00I'm hesitant to comment further. Some will en...I'm hesitant to comment further. Some will enjoy this. Probably wasted on many. It's just a little doodle.<br /><br />JackJack Rickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936311474215791697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-44541283577561223272011-10-14T21:47:53.098-05:002011-10-14T21:47:53.098-05:00Jack, this is very apropo for me right now. I'...Jack, this is very apropo for me right now. I'm reading "Atlas Shrugged" and this parable shares a common theme with that book. Thanks for posting!<br /><br />Alex VieiraAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489761192866964078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-82685512339245645552011-10-14T16:42:18.604-05:002011-10-14T16:42:18.604-05:00Worryingly, Padraic it proves beyond any doubt tha...Worryingly, Padraic it proves beyond any doubt that the people who dictate the lives of others are all numbties.<br /><br />It's not the loudness of the single vehicle that is the issue, its the relatively louder noise that fills the whole area. A big truck travelling the other way will drown out *any* cars engine/exhaust/tyre noise. Nobody has suggesting cyclists run 300W speakers as suggested for EV's in that paper for the same reason.<br /><br />Fools rush in..... They have already made up a law over this in the USA.Andyjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910687437796998340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-35059573636721138752011-10-14T14:57:45.884-05:002011-10-14T14:57:45.884-05:00Doing researh for something completely different, ...Doing researh for something completely different, but came accross this http://www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/680300009.html <br />No idead what's in it, I haven't read it, but somebody might find it interesting, or vexing.Padraichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291206974255668481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-90267289746747544042011-10-14T12:31:49.476-05:002011-10-14T12:31:49.476-05:00: )
Jack, the parable of the talents is about spir...: )<br />Jack, the parable of the talents is about spiritual gifts, not the accumulation of mammon.<br />it's about savings in the bank that never crashes.<br />Jesus died penniless but he made a killing in the spiritual market.<br /><br />but there is some truth to your meaning too. you are doing quite well in many waysDan Frederiksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506872737104553923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-67958072501121084532011-10-14T08:41:25.225-05:002011-10-14T08:41:25.225-05:00Maybe you are right Mr. Rickard. The stones in Dan...Maybe you are right Mr. Rickard. The stones in Dan's hands might end up doing no harm but in doing so, do no good onto others.<br /><br />Or maybe I'm talking through my stones. SHE seems to think so.Andyjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910687437796998340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-74645166244426936712011-10-14T07:54:36.513-05:002011-10-14T07:54:36.513-05:00Andyj:
And why not? Does he not DESERVE the ston...Andyj:<br /><br />And why not? Does he not DESERVE the stones? Should they not really already BE his stones? In fact, in a way, he has really already earned the stones. And indeed, did not the goodly knight somehow manage to steal the stones from his very mouth? Such an unfair world. That some would have stones and so many have NO STONES.<br /><br />Dan has NO STONES. And so really by rights, he SHOULD have the goodly knights stones.<br /><br />THEN AT LAST he will have the stones. And then HE can work the magic of the stones.<br /><br />The problem is, the stones aren't magic. And Dan can never work the stones. All he can do is eat the stones. And kill the knight. And have nothing.<br /><br />To him that hath, even more shall be given and in abundance. And to him that hath not, even that that he hath shall be taken away....<br /><br />For those with an ear to hear...Jack Rickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936311474215791697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-19102997030771544022011-10-14T06:15:33.256-05:002011-10-14T06:15:33.256-05:00Dan, is it you who is now slitting the throat of t...Dan, is it you who is now slitting the throat of the goodly knight?Andyjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910687437796998340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-66305096198286212982011-10-14T06:01:06.482-05:002011-10-14T06:01:06.482-05:00a stone soup show eh : )
it's not a bad vision...a stone soup show eh : )<br />it's not a bad vision. but perhaps you can season the soups with your wealth and speed things along, even more than before. something about a camel and a needle hole : )Dan Frederiksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506872737104553923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-46386455281828051692011-10-13T23:33:56.833-05:002011-10-13T23:33:56.833-05:00And the Mayor pushed through the "Stone Soup ...And the Mayor pushed through the "Stone Soup Recovery and Reinvestment Act" by assuring that everyone would have access to stone soup. But then only his friends were awarded the contracts, and after a short time (and hefty contributions back to the Mayor's re-election fund) his friends went bankrupt, and could offer no soup.<br /><br />The Mayor said that these great citizens (the ones who so poorly operated their businesses) were too big to fail. Another Stone Soup Act was pushed through, the Mayor's campaign fund grew, and his friends gave themselves bonuses and went yachting. The taxes increased as the soup stopped flowing.<br /><br />With great compassion, the Mayor addressed the citizenry. "In these tough times, what we need is another, bigger Stone Soup Act..."GoFigurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776115346834304716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6676835811534572362.post-62427739629136916482011-10-13T16:53:46.331-05:002011-10-13T16:53:46.331-05:00Are you sure this version of the story comes from ...Are you sure this version of the story comes from England? Sounds more like Washington D.C. to me.Dr. Righteoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07954877226583654920noreply@blogger.com