[Info-vax] Intel junk...Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 01/06/2018 05:27 PM, nospam wrote:
> In article <fbd0j4Fu54eU2 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon
> <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>>> Pre-heating the cabin essentially means that you've turned on the car
>>>> remotely. However, this is only possible if the car starts which, of
>>>> course, often requires the batteries to be heated.
>>>
>>> for a gas powered vehicle, the engine must be running.
>>>
>>> not true for an electric vehicle.
>>>
>>
>> True, it just uses some of that electricity that you need to get from
>> one place to another.  So much for driving range.  I haven't looked
>> lately as I am not in the market for any kind of electric vehicle
>> but the last time I looked the all electrics I saw didn't even have
>> enough driving range for my daily commute.
> 
> how far is your daily commute?
> 
> you'd need to be driving on the order of 100 miles *each* way for it to
> be an issue.
> 

See my last post.  My commute was 60-70 miles and the
majority of cars that normal working class people can
actually afford barely make that.

bill