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jermo
Why the all-caps title? It looks like your shouting.
wnevets
he probably copy and pasted it from the page.
rkrzr
I thought it was a play on "THIS IS SPARTA!". But copy-pasting seems more like it on second thought.
level09
I think it's a design decision, Proxima nova font looks great mostly when all caps
TazeTSchnitzel
But it can be done in CSS and have Properly Capitalised Text in the HTML.
gandalfu
Ouch.

  Error: EMFILE, too many open files   '/root/hyperloop/views/error.jade'
   at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:439:18)
   at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:290:15)
   at handleTemplateCache   (/root/hyperloop/node_modules/jade/lib/index.js:171:37)
   at Object.exports.renderFile (/root/hyperloop/node_modules/jade/lib/index.js:360:10)
   at View.exports.renderFile [as engine] (/root/hyperloop/node_modules/jade/lib/index.js:350:21)
   at View.render (/root/hyperloop/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:93:8)
   at EventEmitter.app.render (/root/hyperloop/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:530:10)
   at ServerResponse.res.render (/root/hyperloop/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:933:7)
   at /root/hyperloop/app.js:109:9
   at Layer.handle_error (/root/hyperloop/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:58:5)
slipstream-
Running as root? Really?
TazeTSchnitzel
Presumably so it can bind port 80 then shed privileges?
easytiger
Its just in the /root home dir, doesn't mean its running as root.
Rikishei
http://hyperlooptech.com/careers In the "Engineer - Test & development" position, one of the qualifications is: "Knowledge of database software such as Microsoft Excel" Not sure I want to get on a Hyperloop! =P
jeletonskelly
Accountants around the world are now going to start calling themselves Database Engineers.
robotnoises
Isn't this an Elon Musk venture? I see no mention of him on the website.
bsmith
As far as I know, he simply came up with the original idea and refined it with his engineers from both SpaceX & Tesla. He 'open sourced' all of it in hopes someone else would try and actually build it (perhaps with his help). I suppose this is the "someone else."
zamalek
As far as I know, following what you said, and nobody taking interest; Elon decided he would do 'something' which he never disclosed. I am leaning towards actual involvement here:

> Brogan BamBrogan (Interim CEO, CTO, Co-Founder): Prior to Hyperloop, Brogan was an early team member at SpaceX where he saw firsthand the power of a truly bold vision.

rkrzr
Interestingly the picture on the website shows a train car with a container and not with people. I wonder if they are focussing on cargo first and people later? It would seem to make things a lot easier in the beginning, since cargo is much less problematic to put into a closed tube for a while.