It's not just "a stigma," there are many real problems with using wood in cars. It needs coatings to prevent it from absorbing water and rotting, which it will still happily do as soon as that coating is breached. It's an equal-opportunity absorber which will pick up other smelly and flammable chemicals from the car just as well - when using woods and fabrics you always have to be careful to avoid setting up something that could become a torch waiting for an ignition source. On that topic, without special treatments it will burn quite nicely. Without other treatments- or again if the treatment is compromised, it will biodegrade at a speed which will become a problem within the lifetime of the car. And finally as a material there is almost nowhere you could use wood where a metal, plastic or modern composite wouldn't do a much better job.
So remind me again why the hell you'd want to use this stuff in a car? Even when I see racers building underbody aero parts from wood it makes me cringe...
So you haven't read anything about how the NSA shifted focus to domestic monitoring after the recession started? It may not be a top priority for the military on a whole but it is a top intelligence priority.
And here's the link just in case you want to read it:
The problem is that the kind of suspension that can handle significant downforce wouldn't do well on a landspeeder, and if you start generating a meaningful amount of drag it means you've made an air brake...
The difference is that now we have a whole generation that is unemployed on a massive scale, with inequality and automation sqeezing the populace ever tighter, and computer models telling us that the shit is indeed going to hit the fan:
You don't want downforce on a landspeed car, adding downforce is almost like dragging the brakes as far as they're concerned. Also air brakes make the vehicle they're attached to squirm around a little - not a problem on a fighter jet or a supercar, but a big problem on a vehicle travelling at speeds you don't want to be on the ground for and that can't turn worth a damn at any speed.
I'm sure it already uses a parachute. Usually these kinds of cars use eddy current brakes to slow to the point that the chutes can be opened, then after the parachutes have done most of their work they use conventional friction brakes to come to a complete stop.
Throughout history, political campaigns and speech have never had extra protections. Never. If anything there are probably more "protections" now than ever before, since actual lynching, actual witch hunts, and applying social pressure solely because someone is the "wrong" race or religion are now frowned upon. We even apply social pressure to people who try to enact bigoted oppression, bringing the discussion full-circle.
Was the system doomed from the start, or is something different now?
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It's not just "a stigma," there are many real problems with using wood in cars. It needs coatings to prevent it from absorbing water and rotting, which it will still happily do as soon as that coating is breached. It's an equal-opportunity absorber which will pick up other smelly and flammable chemicals from the car just as well - when using woods and fabrics you always have to be careful to avoid setting up something that could become a torch waiting for an ignition source. On that topic, without special treatments it will burn quite nicely. Without other treatments- or again if the treatment is compromised, it will biodegrade at a speed which will become a problem within the lifetime of the car. And finally as a material there is almost nowhere you could use wood where a metal, plastic or modern composite wouldn't do a much better job.
So remind me again why the hell you'd want to use this stuff in a car? Even when I see racers building underbody aero parts from wood it makes me cringe...
Not the whole effect, but the hypothesis of a sudden runaway release...at least that's good news.
Actually it would be a good idea to use up methane clathrates, to prevent this from ever happening:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I thought 4 was only a bad luck number in China, because the word for '4' sounds like the word for 'death.'
-1 Offtopic or +5 Funny? XD
Came here to say this
There have been a few other Descent-like games before and after.
Good luck with that.
Send a hot woman to walk naked in front of a frat house holding up a "do not take pics" sign and see if that works. Same idea.
I think this is the most blatantly evil thing Google has ever done, am I wrong?
So you haven't read anything about how the NSA shifted focus to domestic monitoring after the recession started? It may not be a top priority for the military on a whole but it is a top intelligence priority.
And here's the link just in case you want to read it:
http://www.theguardian.com/env...
The problem is that the kind of suspension that can handle significant downforce wouldn't do well on a landspeeder, and if you start generating a meaningful amount of drag it means you've made an air brake...
It's also fun to Play Conservatroll
Don't know, but he will definitely be there for the first deployment with lotion and tissue...
Not all of them. For example I think Newt Gingrich honestly believes the things he says :-P
Addendum: Whoops I didn't notice the "peaceful" part...no guarantees on that.
The difference is that now we have a whole generation that is unemployed on a massive scale, with inequality and automation sqeezing the populace ever tighter, and computer models telling us that the shit is indeed going to hit the fan:
http://www.wired.com/2013/04/c...
If you even skim defense news you'll also see that the US military is putting a lot of priority on "handling" unrest inside the US.
Or if you can't afford the book, just read everything on conservapedia.com!
I'd say if you have another 10-15 years of life left in you, you will, no matter where you live.
I think you listed them in ascending order of likelihood.
Maybe 5 is "he was just playing us for suckers on the campaign trail."
You don't want downforce on a landspeed car, adding downforce is almost like dragging the brakes as far as they're concerned. Also air brakes make the vehicle they're attached to squirm around a little - not a problem on a fighter jet or a supercar, but a big problem on a vehicle travelling at speeds you don't want to be on the ground for and that can't turn worth a damn at any speed.
I'm sure it already uses a parachute. Usually these kinds of cars use eddy current brakes to slow to the point that the chutes can be opened, then after the parachutes have done most of their work they use conventional friction brakes to come to a complete stop.
For a second I thought they were "gutting" it in a good way.
How naive of me :-(
Very high-end landspeed cars usually use eddy current brakes and only have friction brakes for coming to a complete stop.
More "mundane" (like up to 700kph) landspeed cars use conventional friction brakes - after parachutes have done most of the work of course.
So I assume he shits out gold bars for a living?
Throughout history, political campaigns and speech have never had extra protections. Never. If anything there are probably more "protections" now than ever before, since actual lynching, actual witch hunts, and applying social pressure solely because someone is the "wrong" race or religion are now frowned upon. We even apply social pressure to people who try to enact bigoted oppression, bringing the discussion full-circle.
Was the system doomed from the start, or is something different now?
That's great, but I dunno if it's worth living in SLC :-P