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Perpetual Motion Delorean?
An anonymous reader writes "An electric-powered Delorean that can supposedly go "hundreds of miles" at speeds over 100MPH without stopping to recharge will be tested today beginning at 8am at the Nashville Superspeedway. They claim the vehicle uses 12 standard car batteries, so the invention appears to relate to recharging the batteries." I found a website offering current updates on the demonstration of this perpetual motion device: it appears they've suffered mechanical difficulties and cancelled the test.
I wonder if John Bedini (mentioned as a genius inventor in the article) bears any relation to Gary Bedini, inventor of the super gee-whiz-bang
Bedini Ultra-Clarifier which, in a nutshell, spins around CDs and DVDs between two magnets to "reduce the relaxation noise" and "polarize the polymer in such a way as to maximize the laser's ability to retrieve stored data."
Reading further into the product description is left as an exercise for the reader.
Disclaimer: I've sold high-end audio, I do believe that different pieces of equipment sound different, better cables maker better sound, LPs _can_ sonically outperform CDs, etc, but I _do_ draw the line somewhere. I don't freeze CDs, I don't put green markers on the edge of my CDs, and I sure as hell don't put Mpingo disks all over the freaking place (although there is something to be said for mechanical isolation of certain components within reason.)
Your post is an insidious attempt to use irony and cynicsm to lure people into complacency.
e /civil/dependable/motivated/etc. enough, and is searching far and wide for a cause (read scapegoat), his/her own closedmindedness notwithstanding, so as not to have to deal with the fact that the youth can think for themselves and some have genuinely determined using their own faculties that they do not give a flying fuck about the above?
The post undercuts all efforts at legitimate televised expression with ridicule. It makes readers think they are sophisticated by sneering at efforts to entertain the public. In reality, these people are just becoming bleating sheep.
Just look at a site like Slashdot.org, supposedly visited by intelligent people. Among some of these geeks, mere parrotting of anti-corporate sentiment passes for genuine cleverness. Sad they don't realize that they have surrendured the ability to think for themselves to what is largely a bunch of angsty anti-socials.
The enormous market of anti-corporate consumerist crap like Save The Whales mugs and lobby group memberships completes the circle. Aimless, sheeplike anti-corporate-drones become good little consumers and buy all the junk, lining the pockets of the profit-taking merchandising companies and special interests lobbyists even as they think buying a copy of No Logo from Amazon.com constitutes some kind of transgressive act. It is beyond sad.
WAKE UP! TURN OFF THE DAMNED COMPUTER!
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Ha, ha.... Only serious.
So, serisously, does Mr./Ms. Coward there:
- just like posting a good troll now and then?
- really hate the Simpsons?
- feel that the young people nowdays aren't moral/reverent/respectful/calm/friendly/charitabl
- have a contingency plan for continuing to power his/her reality distortion field, so that it can protect their ever-growing ego, now inflated several times over the legal limit?
Hopefully this stupid survey conducted by Ipsos-Reid will not cast doubt on the importance I see of a strong and supportive partnership with our brothers to the south.
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Quoting, Seven in ten (69%) Canadians think that the United States, because of its policies and actions in the Middle East and other parts of the world, bear some of the responsibility for the terrorist attacks on them, while 15% indicate that they believe that the U.S. bears all of the responsibility.
The question is overly broad and thus meaningless, additionally the timing is both inconsidered and just a cheap way of creating news by bashing Americans. Supporting a soverign nation (Israel) in its struggle for acceptance and a right to exist, and deploying military forces in Saudi Arabia when asked, does not constitute a justification for the cowardly act of September 11th.
For more information, here is an article, but more importantly, I think we should all Ipsos-Reid what we think of their "make news bullshit by bashing Americans" at
John Wright
Senior Vice-President
Ipsos-Reid Public Affairs
(416) 324-2900
To my American brothers, I am sorry for this type of survey, see to it that Ipsos-Reid doesn't do it again... Take the time, even if it is just a two-word email!
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