High octane equals higher resistance to uncontrolled preignition (aka knock, or detonation). Higher resistance to preignition allows more advanced ignition timing. More advanced ignition equals higher cylinder pressures and longer burn duration. Higher cylinder pressure and longer burn duration allows more complete combustion and higher efficiency.
Modern vehicles with knock sensors can get greater efficiency from higher octane fuels due to their ability to keep ignition timing as advanced as possible without running into preignition.
Though it may not be obvious why to someone in a metropolitan area or Europe.
MPG is the more useful number when you need to figure out what the range of a vehicle is (and perhaps if you'll be able to reach the next station). In the western US it's not unheard of to find yourself 100 miles from any gas station.
This is about implementing the most technically elegant solution for printing from mobile devices, it's about keeping HP's printer business in the black.
Seeing as this is being pushed by the printer company who is worried over the fact that people are printing less, and not by the manufacturers of cell phones and web tablets that don't really have any reason to implement any kind of printing subsystem in their OS or applications; maybe that would explain the decision to use email?
The older I get, the more I realize that an efficient government is a nightmare. I'm not a fan of wastefulness, but impotence and gridlock is wonderful.
Obviously the Federal government still has a role to play; with things like national defense, diplomacy, regulating interstate commerce, and protecting the constitutional rights of citizens. That stuff is spelled out in the constitution.
The government of the United States was never supposed to be the top heavy behemoth it is today. At the time our nation was formed, the states of our federation were intended to be much more autonomous - for exactly the reasons outlined in the article.
Local issues and positions can't be handled fairly from a central authority. A country this big just can't be homogeneous enough for that to work.
Your comment seems to be based on a misunderstanding of what ideology means.
Ideology isn't fundamentally about what is, but what should be. That makes it a fundamentally subjective matter, and no living person can really refrain from having an ideology.
The problems you're pointing to are the result of dogmatic beliefs in how to make things be what a particular ideology says they should be.
You can't give people freedom, you can only help them to free themselves.
The problem with pointing to failed stated like Rwanda or Somalia as examples of why anarchy doesn't work is that they're full of people who didn't set themselves free. They're slaves who were unfortunate enough to have had their masters disappear on them, with the predictably ensuing chaos.
A people who choose for themselves to live as a society based on relationships of mutual consent and free of coercion would be an entirely different story.
Look, I'm a crazy anarchist (anarcho-capitalist specifically) and you're a statist tool. We're not going to come to an understanding, the ideological rift is too wide.
Why not just be honest and stop pretending that the money that was "taken" in tax was ever yours to begin with? Without the tax the system wouldn't work and you wouldn't have been able to earn the money. Such is the way of the world and it might as well be accepted.
It may work for you, but not everyone is eager to fall into line as a good sheep. The ethics of slavery just don't sit well with me.
I want to see a constant reminder of how much of my money is going to taxes with every transaction and on every receipt. As soon as taxes get rolled into price tags, they become less visible and easier to jack up. Same reason income tax withholding is evil - people lose track of how much is being stolen and get excited just to have the government give some of their money back to them.
The hate crime laws, now, as implemented, how are they censorship? You DO know that nothing in the laws criminalizes hate speech, right? They only provide higher penalties for actual violent crimes.
I wasn't aware what the the progressive left desires is perfectly reflected by current law, nor was I aware that the progressive left exists exlcusively within the United States.
There have been hate crime laws already enacted and struck down by the USSC ( example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._V._v._City_of_St._Paul ), and there are plenty of hate speech laws in other countries that wouldn't pass constitutional muster in the US.
I've seen quite a few members of the progressive left argue for silencing global warming deniers, and I'd call the majority of hate crime laws state censorship of ideas.
Lobbyists aren't always bad, they don't always achieve their goals by unscrupulous means, and they don't always represent corporate interests with tons of money to throw around.
Lobbyists are an exceptionally effective means for people to communicate with their elected representatives, being a sort of representative themselves. They can provide a clear voice for large groups of similarly minded people, who would otherwise be lost in the noise.
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Not all newer vehicles benefit from higher octane gas, but it's more than the Car Talk guys would have you believe.
It's not like that? It's exactly like that. Your car has made you into an idiot.
High octane equals higher resistance to uncontrolled preignition (aka knock, or detonation). Higher resistance to preignition allows more advanced ignition timing. More advanced ignition equals higher cylinder pressures and longer burn duration. Higher cylinder pressure and longer burn duration allows more complete combustion and higher efficiency.
Modern vehicles with knock sensors can get greater efficiency from higher octane fuels due to their ability to keep ignition timing as advanced as possible without running into preignition.
Though it may not be obvious why to someone in a metropolitan area or Europe.
MPG is the more useful number when you need to figure out what the range of a vehicle is (and perhaps if you'll be able to reach the next station). In the western US it's not unheard of to find yourself 100 miles from any gas station.
This is about implementing the most technically elegant solution for printing from mobile devices, it's about keeping HP's printer business in the black.
Seeing as this is being pushed by the printer company who is worried over the fact that people are printing less, and not by the manufacturers of cell phones and web tablets that don't really have any reason to implement any kind of printing subsystem in their OS or applications; maybe that would explain the decision to use email?
Tell me these will use at least a whitelist to determine which emails get printed. I don't need a stack of full color Viagr@ spam in my printer tray.
The older I get, the more I realize that an efficient government is a nightmare. I'm not a fan of wastefulness, but impotence and gridlock is wonderful.
Obviously the Federal government still has a role to play; with things like national defense, diplomacy, regulating interstate commerce, and protecting the constitutional rights of citizens. That stuff is spelled out in the constitution.
The government of the United States was never supposed to be the top heavy behemoth it is today. At the time our nation was formed, the states of our federation were intended to be much more autonomous - for exactly the reasons outlined in the article.
Local issues and positions can't be handled fairly from a central authority. A country this big just can't be homogeneous enough for that to work.
Your comment seems to be based on a misunderstanding of what ideology means.
Ideology isn't fundamentally about what is, but what should be. That makes it a fundamentally subjective matter, and no living person can really refrain from having an ideology.
The problems you're pointing to are the result of dogmatic beliefs in how to make things be what a particular ideology says they should be.
The money collected from the meters may not amount to much, but the revenue from parking tickets for lapsed meters is spectacular.
That works great right up to the point where some girl with a thing for nerds decides to jump you.
Don't laugh, it could happen to you (it's not likely of course, but it is possible).
You can't give people freedom, you can only help them to free themselves.
The problem with pointing to failed stated like Rwanda or Somalia as examples of why anarchy doesn't work is that they're full of people who didn't set themselves free. They're slaves who were unfortunate enough to have had their masters disappear on them, with the predictably ensuing chaos.
A people who choose for themselves to live as a society based on relationships of mutual consent and free of coercion would be an entirely different story.
Look, I'm a crazy anarchist (anarcho-capitalist specifically) and you're a statist tool. We're not going to come to an understanding, the ideological rift is too wide.
You think you're presenting a side of the argument that I haven't heard before?
This may be hard to fathom, but not everyone believes that government control and compulsory taxation are necessary to have a functioning society.
Answer me this, how is compulsory taxation qualitatively different from extortion by organized crime?
Why not just be honest and stop pretending that the money that was "taken" in tax was ever yours to begin with? Without the tax the system wouldn't work and you wouldn't have been able to earn the money. Such is the way of the world and it might as well be accepted.
It may work for you, but not everyone is eager to fall into line as a good sheep. The ethics of slavery just don't sit well with me.
Don't be afraid of a little self promotion. I like supporting authors and publishers that aren't dicks.
What are your books and who is your publisher?
I want to see a constant reminder of how much of my money is going to taxes with every transaction and on every receipt. As soon as taxes get rolled into price tags, they become less visible and easier to jack up. Same reason income tax withholding is evil - people lose track of how much is being stolen and get excited just to have the government give some of their money back to them.
Whoever the blame lies with, my choice is the same - I don't buy DRM.
Who? I've never seen anyone on the left call for silencing anyone.
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=32abc0b0-802a-23ad-440a-88824bb8e528
The hate crime laws, now, as implemented, how are they censorship? You DO know that nothing in the laws criminalizes hate speech, right? They only provide higher penalties for actual violent crimes.
I wasn't aware what the the progressive left desires is perfectly reflected by current law, nor was I aware that the progressive left exists exlcusively within the United States.
There have been hate crime laws already enacted and struck down by the USSC ( example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._V._v._City_of_St._Paul ), and there are plenty of hate speech laws in other countries that wouldn't pass constitutional muster in the US.
Almost all my ebooks come from Baen. They may cost a little more, but they are 100% free of Apple-style dickery, including DRM.
I've seen quite a few members of the progressive left argue for silencing global warming deniers, and I'd call the majority of hate crime laws state censorship of ideas.
Lobbyists aren't always bad, they don't always achieve their goals by unscrupulous means, and they don't always represent corporate interests with tons of money to throw around.
Lobbyists are an exceptionally effective means for people to communicate with their elected representatives, being a sort of representative themselves. They can provide a clear voice for large groups of similarly minded people, who would otherwise be lost in the noise.
Just because a lobbyist has no legal authority doesn't mean they're powerless or without influence.
Did you learn everything about politics and government from Schoolhouse Rock?
Sure, but they don't need to worry about that in China.