you could always build a second parallel tube amirite
― HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
yeah but I think the total flight numbers are only like 1.x million
there are probably at least a million people each day commuting into LA and SF combined right? an affordable half hour hyperloop trip between the two (not to mention connectors to other less expensive cities) would lead to a lot more commuters.
― wk, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
is there space for segways in it?
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
driving segways into the hyperloop with my google glasses
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
I think it's very healthy to be skeptical of all new technologies. The idea is not to shot down anything new for the sake of it, but to remain cautious of the implications and in this specific case, the feasibility of the new technology.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
― wk, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 5:05 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You mean people actually living in one and working in the other on a daily basis? I doubt it, only because both are such expensive cities, so the main reason to choose living in one and working in the other would be taste. The commuters from the valley etc aren't going to pack up and move to SF just because they can tube to work.
― HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
well it opens up the possibility. the valley is probably way cheaper than anywhere in the bay area, so if somebody there gets a job in San Jose and they can get there in almost the same amount of time it takes to drive downtown, then why not?
― wk, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2)Posted: August 13, 2013, 7:17:15 PMThis sounds neat. Anyone speculating as to whether it will work or not right now is completely full of shit -- you have nothing to base your opinion on yet.
where as yr opinion is based on the fact that it sounds neat lol
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
lasertrain sounds neater, so basically musk can gobble these
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not speculating as to whether it will actually work
― HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
there's way neater completely untested ideas out there
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
having a press conference to present a scifi idea is what people are making fun of
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
he even pretends to know how much it will cost
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
lol
i blame snowden
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
Guys, I have this awesome idea and am pretty sure I can put one in every major airport for like $40-50 tops.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01729/star_1729224c.jpg
― Here's the storify, of a lovely ladify (Phil D.), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 00:48 (eleven years ago) link
i already made that joek
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
HYPERCUBE
― failed skirty tropes (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
funny how billionaires always end up in hubris
― the rofflestomper (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
i've drawn a big elastic band that will be able to shoot people across country at Mach 4 let's do this
― failed skirty tropes (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
― lag∞n, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 11:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
like what
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
who the hell is this Elon Musk guy to estimate the cost of an engineering project
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
he's no ilxor that's for sure
― darraghmac, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
well i haven't FP'd him yet so
― failed skirty tropes (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
oooh i bet he could come up with a better system than fp
― darraghmac, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
like it would only take like 2, 3 tops to ban a fucker
― darraghmac, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
say what you want about this guy, at least he made the hyperloops run on time
― failed skirty tropes (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
admittedly it's impressive that he's had success in software, auto manufacturing, and aerospace, but isn't a massive public works project like this a different thing altogether?
― wk, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:20 (eleven years ago) link
Don't forget solar.
― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
I think it was entirely reasonable for him to give a cost estimate at this press conference xp
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:28 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not sure the tesla and space x count as engineering triumphs
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
dude is a genius entrepreneur, not a genius engineer
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
well i guess space x is pretty cool but not cheaper or better than nasa, the tesla is like 100k
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
I think it's pretty reasonable to be skeptical of a figure that's almost 1/10th of what's being spent on actual proven existing technology.
― wk, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:30 (eleven years ago) link
Well ya thats why he thinks his idea is better
― darraghmac, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:31 (eleven years ago) link
Cracking up at article that bolstered dudes cred with "Tony stark is partially based on him in the popular im movies!"
― you're better off in a supersonic jet (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:31 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, make believe ideas do tend to be better and cheaper than messy reality.
― wk, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
Wwtsd
― you're better off in a supersonic jet (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
wtsiw
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
Actually SpaceX is considerably cheaper than NASA. NASA even agrees: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/586023main_8-3-11_NAFCOM.pdf
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 04:30 (eleven years ago) link
that's because they're organizationally leaner, not because they've invented a cheaper spacecraft
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 13:34 (eleven years ago) link
http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/loopy-ideas-are-fine-if-youre-an-entrepreneur/
― iatee, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
well sure that's fine for elon
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 9:13 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
estimate
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
lasertrain will only cost $1 because light is free
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
lose organizational fat with this one weird trick
― MAVEN! (Matt P), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
i admit the only reason i'm in this thread at all is i love saying Elon Musk in my head after every post
― MAVEN! (Matt P), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
no one's real name sounds more like a cologne
― HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
ELON MUSK...by fabergé
― you're better off in a supersonic jet (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 15:14 (eleven years ago) link