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#1: "We need some publicity. Maybe we can ride Hyperloop's hype coattails." #2: "Yeah, we could simulate it and talk about the results in technical sounding bu

#1: "We need some publicity. Maybe we can ride Hyperloop's hype coattails." #2: "Yeah, we could simulate it and talk about the results in technical sounding but vague terms that we can't be meaningfully challenged on. But what do think will get more publicity, saying it will work or that it won't? There's plenty of latitude in the specs for us to end up with either." #1: "That it will, of course. We want our customers to think they'll be validated by our software, not shot down. But make sure you provide a little advice so it's clear that we add value. And also hedge a bit so that just in case Hyperloop is a technical disaster, we don't look terrible." #2: "Sounds good. I'll call Bloomberg and see if they have any spots available for vacuous puff pieces." #1: "Was that a vacuum joke?"

NamTaf 13y ago
Ansys does not really need publicity. They're essentially the biggest multiphysics FE package out there. That said, Bloomberg news as an outlet to explain technical info is always doomed for failure.
- chad_oliver 13y ago
  Apple doesn't need publicity. They're essentially the biggest smartphone out there.
  - stirbot 13y ago
    You buy ANSYS because you need it, not because you were compelled by an advertisement to have the latest version.
neurotech1 13y ago
I'm under the distinct impression that the decision if the Hyperloop is built is less about technical details and more about project cost. It's not like the engineers working with Elon Musk are taking a break from designing rockets - oh wait - The engineers at spaceX build rockets that go into orbit.
- pintglass 13y ago
  > more about project cost And freedom. If you commute with a hyperloop, can you stop by the grocery store on the way home? Not easily. But beyond cost and freedom, there is practicality. For a while I wanted to take the bus to work, but it would take 4 hours to get there (including 10 miles walking) and only 30-40 minutes in a car. They would provide a bus to make it only 30-40 minutes if there were enough people like me to take the bus, but how do they know? They never asked. Here are the directions the government-sponsored online tool gave me for how to commute to work (miles rounded up): 03:04AM - start walk 8 miles from home address, 05:59AM - arrive at bus stop, 06:01AM - start first leg of bus trip, 06:15AM - stop first leg of bus trip, 06:17AM - start second leg of bus trip, 06:38AM - stop first leg of bus trip, 06:38AM - start walk 2 miles from stop, 07:09AM - arrive at work I could do that if I had a collapsible bike and could shower and change at work, but I can't (and won't).
  - JulianMorrison 13y ago
    You can't exactly park the train, or the passenger jet, and go get a coffee, either. Hyperloop isn't meant for that kind of short range travel.
    - pintglass 13y ago
      One of the things I read about high speed city to city travel is related to commuting, not just business travel. But yes, I was changing the subject to public transportation, which I think is a serious problem in the U.S.
  - gngeal 13y ago
    Have you considered using an electric scooter?
    - pintglass 13y ago
      Yes, and someone locally just got in a terrible accident on a scooter. Brain damaged for life and lucky he didn't die.
guiambros 13y ago
Do you seriously think that Musk 1) needs some cheap "publicity", or 2) he didn't do quite a bit of simulations before releasing the very first whitepaper? Again, this guy is sending rockets to space - and back. He has a couple of thousand rocket scientists and physicists at his disposal. Ansys is just getting to conclusions they have achieved long ago.
- icambron 13y ago
  > Do you seriously think that Musk 1) needs some cheap "publicity", or 2) he didn't do quite a bit of simulations before releasing the very first whitepaper? The dialog implies neither of those things. Edit: but also, yes, I think those things.

NamTaf 13y ago

Ansys does not really need publicity. They're essentially the biggest multiphysics FE package out there. That said, Bloomberg news as an outlet to explain technical info is always doomed for failure.

chad_oliver 13y ago
Apple doesn't need publicity. They're essentially the biggest smartphone out there.
- stirbot 13y ago
  You buy ANSYS because you need it, not because you were compelled by an advertisement to have the latest version.

neurotech1 13y ago

I'm under the distinct impression that the decision if the Hyperloop is built is less about technical details and more about project cost. It's not like the engineers working with Elon Musk are taking a break from designing rockets - oh wait - The engineers at spaceX build rockets that go into orbit.

pintglass 13y ago
> more about project cost And freedom. If you commute with a hyperloop, can you stop by the grocery store on the way home? Not easily. But beyond cost and freedom, there is practicality. For a while I wanted to take the bus to work, but it would take 4 hours to get there (including 10 miles walking) and only 30-40 minutes in a car. They would provide a bus to make it only 30-40 minutes if there were enough people like me to take the bus, but how do they know? They never asked. Here are the directions the government-sponsored online tool gave me for how to commute to work (miles rounded up): 03:04AM - start walk 8 miles from home address, 05:59AM - arrive at bus stop, 06:01AM - start first leg of bus trip, 06:15AM - stop first leg of bus trip, 06:17AM - start second leg of bus trip, 06:38AM - stop first leg of bus trip, 06:38AM - start walk 2 miles from stop, 07:09AM - arrive at work I could do that if I had a collapsible bike and could shower and change at work, but I can't (and won't).
- JulianMorrison 13y ago
  You can't exactly park the train, or the passenger jet, and go get a coffee, either. Hyperloop isn't meant for that kind of short range travel.
  - pintglass 13y ago
    One of the things I read about high speed city to city travel is related to commuting, not just business travel. But yes, I was changing the subject to public transportation, which I think is a serious problem in the U.S.
- gngeal 13y ago
  Have you considered using an electric scooter?
  - pintglass 13y ago
    Yes, and someone locally just got in a terrible accident on a scooter. Brain damaged for life and lucky he didn't die.

guiambros 13y ago

Do you seriously think that Musk 1) needs some cheap "publicity", or 2) he didn't do quite a bit of simulations before releasing the very first whitepaper? Again, this guy is sending rockets to space - and back. He has a couple of thousand rocket scientists and physicists at his disposal. Ansys is just getting to conclusions they have achieved long ago.

icambron 13y ago
> Do you seriously think that Musk 1) needs some cheap "publicity", or 2) he didn't do quite a bit of simulations before releasing the very first whitepaper? The dialog implies neither of those things. Edit: but also, yes, I think those things.