As a former automotive engineer, I can say I didn't use my math much either. In fact engineering in my experience was mostly project management, the degree just gave you the background to work with everyone else.
I am not sure how many of the upper management have MBA's, but they do hire an awful lot into middle management. It is regularly at the top of the list for places new MBA's would like to work at.
The same for me (Mechanical Engineering undergrad). I think part of the problem stems from thinking that marketing == advertising. In fact if you are going to create any part of a business plan, I think it should be your marketing plan. It will force you to really think about your product, what features will bring the most value to your customers, and how to reach those customers.
Master's of Wine certainly can. Quality is part of the test, as is the ability to tell variety and region.
From http://www.mastersofwine.org/en/examination/index.cfm
Practical - three twelve-wine blind tastings, each lasting two and a quarter hours, in which wines must be assessed for variety, origin, winemaking, quality and style.
But there are significant tax savings when using a 401K or IRA, which combined with the long term makes it quite unlikely that savings will out perform.
I have the same problem with Americans thinking my accent is English, and vice versa. My accent was originally South African, but it has changed into some sort of weird hybrid.
Not to mention being influenced by French, Spanish, Portuguese, English, West African and native languages is hardly unique amongst the world's former colonies.
Well batteries are much much heavier and would likely be in the centre of the car for weight distribution, and you need to make the electrical connection. Changing a tyre during a race just takes a speed gun and one nut.
It is a Lotus Elise with different fascias and interior. And powertrain of course. Tesla isn't really a car company, they are a powertrain company and in my opinion they should stay that way. It is where their strengths are, building cars is hard and expensive, and lots of other companies do it well. What the current car companies don't do is electric powertrains and all the controls that go with that.
If you are eligible, you can look into working holiday visas (here is info on Australia's http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/working-holiday/462/). Rent a camper and follow the harvest. Just work a few weeks on a few weeks off.
Churchill was overweight and he wasn't too bad of a dresser. If you want to see more realistic examples than on the sartoralist then checkout the styleforums thread "what are you wearing today", mentioned elsewhere. Suits work best on someone who is around 5'9". I am quite tall, which means I can look a bit goofy if I wear the wrong things, but just like with being overweight, it is possible to put together a combination that looks good.
I like the idea of the startup visa, but as someone who has had an H1-B and dealt with US immigration, I have a feeling a startup visa will be anything but straightforward and easy to get.
I have been involved in automotive recalls as a quality engineer and believe it or not things have advanced in the last 40 years and this is no longer how recalls are handled. In fact the cost of the recall is usually one of the last things discussed after the decision has already been made.
If you are going fast, which presumably in this situation you are, your power steering isn't giving you much boost anyway. Losing power steering doesn't mean you lose steering, you probably wouldn't even notice it until you slowed down
I did a case study on this in a design class. The design talent at apple didn't change much, but the quality of finished designs coming out did. This had more to do with slashing all the changes between what a designer wants and what the finished product is. When you don't let every middle manager have their say and force a change, then end result is better. And Jobs with his dominating personality was able to make this happen
A limited slip differential solves most of this problem, and you don't have to worry about unlocking the diff when you are on dry road. (having a locked diff means the tyres will have to slip over the road when turning. On a dry road they won't slip as much and this can cause significant damage to various components)
Generally for internal accounting you will mark it up to a fair value anyway as it makes it easier to see where costs are allocated and which divisions are profitable, but doesn't change the overall profitability of the company
That's a good point, but cars are also much more reliable now so you don't have to know how to fix them. The same could be said for operating systems and computers in general.
This is a similar path to what has happened with cars. Most people used to know how to maintain their own car. Now you barely have to know how to pop the hood.