You may be able to cook the coil, but probably not the distributor. You would likely need enough energy to melt the sheet metal in the body of the car to fry an old distributor. It might be possible to fuse the points, but that would be enough energy to bbq the passanger.
Every Tesla vehicle includes internal walls between the battery modules, in addition to a firewall between the battery pack and the passenger compartment — enough shielding, in the event of a fire, to prevent pens and papers in the glove compartment from combusting
so, in case of a fire we should crawl into the glove box?
No but you can avoid the extra tickets when the police ask for your registration and proof of insurance.
"Yes officer, they are right there in that glowing red box. Please feel free to search the car while you're in there"
I hear you can get pregnant just by watching Netflix on an unpatched computer!
I don't know about that. But I did notice that ever since Silverlight got into my house the glue has disappeared from the bindings in all of my books. I thought it was a coincidence. But upon further consideration, I seem to be watching more movies from Netflix since the pages of my books keep falling out faster than I can read them.
There are plenty of people who own their apartments that I wouldn't call rich by any stretch. $60K per year may sound like a lot to many people, but parking spaces can go for $500/month. At 60$/ year, your take home is closer to $30K. A $1500/ month closet sized apartment will take $18K of that. Leaving you with $12K for everything else.
I think you might need to see a psychiatrist... I for one will be alive when the major changes take effect (within the next ten years
If you think the worst from climate change is going to be in the next 10 years, I think you are the one who should consider help. Not that I'm saying we should do nothing. But even if we stopped adding CO2 to the atmosphere tomorrow, it would take more than ten years for the full effect of what has been done to be realized.
To be somewhat blunt, I really don't care if part of NYC is under water as it is all over priced land owned by rich fat cats who can more than afford putting up a retaining wall or losing a piece of property.
Have you ever been to NYC? Yes, there are some insanely rich people living there. There are also a hell of a lot more poor. Contrary to what you seem to think, the streets are not paved with gold. In fact, they are closer to the surface of the moon.
When hundreds of people are dying daily from terrorist attacks involving airplanes there might be some argument. There aren't and there isn't any evidence to suggest that the TSA has ever even prevented an attack.
To add a little perspective. 3000 people died in the attacks on 9-11-01. A tragedy to be sure. Almost that many people died every month in car accidents in 2011. By the way, 2011 is the lowest number of traffic deaths since 1949. If you go back to 2001, 3000 people died in traffic deaths every 26 days.
I'm of the opinion that very few, if any, terrorist groups want to pull off an attack like Sept. 11 again. That kind of destruction and death toll did nothing good for them. The US attacked several countries, with the support of most of the worlds governments, and decimated the group who carried out those plans. The unsuccessful attacks have been much more fruitful from what I've seen. One guy fails to ignite a bomb in his shoes and we waste how many millions of hours of time per year taking off and putting on shoes. Another guy tries to set off a defective bomb in his underwear. How much more time and money is spent on back scatter scanners? How much additional ionizing radiation are people who fly exposed to? We really don't' know. We have the PR answers of what it is for one that is properly calibrated. But we don't know how often, or if those scanners are ever checked. There was only one study done regarding this, and it was by the TSA itself. The first, and only, independent study was cancelled. The TSA people don't even wear radiation badges. It's obvious to me that they aren't following what would be considered best practices by any other industry.
When hundreds of people are dying daily from terrorist attacks involving airplanes there might be some argument. There aren't and there isn't any evidence to suggest that the TSA has ever even prevented an attack.
To add a little perspective. 3000 people died in the attacks on 9-11-01. A tragedy to be sure. Almost that many people died ever
Yeah, tell us more of this nonsense.
A shotgun loaded with rocksalt can as easily kill one as it was loaded with lead.
So you did it? And you where lucky not to kill anyone? And now you are bragging about it?
Wow, impressive...
Not even close. It sounds more like he was the target than the shooter to me. I can also tell you first hand that it won't kill you, though it does sting like you wouldn't believe. And he is right, it's a lesson you don't soon forget.
Clam shells use up CO2 from the ocean and various minerals. So looking at the "age rings" like the rings of trees you get an idea how fast the clam was growing each year. And hence you get an idea about the sea water composition at that specific year in the area where the clam lived. However I could imagine the clam might have moved quite far over its life time.
It would be more accurate to say the growth lines are affected due to changes in deposition rather than they use CO2 in their growth. There was an interesting paper in 2009 that showed that certain animals increased Ca deposition in the presence of high CO2 levels. Those were lobsters, shrimp, crabs, and limpets. The reason for this is still not understood. However clams showed a decrease. It also showed that this did not occur until atmospheric concentrations reached 1000ppm before either occurred. Current levels are
There was a paper in 2012 that showed increased CO2 levels increased dissolution of snail shells, but calcium deposition rates were not affected. Another paper in 2012 demonstrated that the growth lines are affected much more by salinity and temperature variations than CO2 levels.
I used to buy a lot of stuff from Sears. My shed and garage look like an advertisement for Craftsman. Sadly Even their tools have dipped in quality since being bought out by KMart. I know a few people who were pissed that they received a "made in China" replacement tool for one that was "made in the USA". I'm not as hung up on that. But when the original tool lasted for several decades and the replacement a few months, there's a problem.
The stores were dirty and disorganized the last time I was in one, which hasn't been for several months. In my area they also started closing at 7:00 or 8:00 pm, which has caused them to lose my business on several occasions. I'm not sure why anyone would trust their data in a place that they will never see when they can't even make the public areas of the store presentable. It's kind of sad to watch them die a slow death.
I believe I'm older than the average/. person by at least a full generation:) My mistake on the assumed first message in addition to confusing you with the previous discussion. It was a good discussion.
As much as I hate to admit it, I'm probably a little older than that. No problem on the assumption. Discussions on here tend to be more combative than they need to be. But I keep coming back because every now and then they are interesting, as this one was.
Slashdot Mirror
...it's older than thought itself!
More importantly, is it older than dirt?
I voted for the Tesla safety rating before I voted against it.
Was that so you could see what was in it?
Don't forget the crosshairs when linked to your fire arm.
They developed a bionic arm with a built in flamethrower?
million-dollar sol-air missiles (which they do not have).
Who's launching missiles from the sun? And at such a low cost?
So the distributor wouldn't stop working?
You may be able to cook the coil, but probably not the distributor. You would likely need enough energy to melt the sheet metal in the body of the car to fry an old distributor. It might be possible to fuse the points, but that would be enough energy to bbq the passanger.
I heard cedar chips keep silverfish, er, Silverlight out of your books.
The key part of the parent comment was:
--->Wake up, everyone: a lot of other countries are a lot worse and deserve your vitriol more.
Yes but, George Bush, republicans, NSA. USA... evil. We must not forget about this.
tfs:
Every Tesla vehicle includes internal walls between the battery modules, in addition to a firewall between the battery pack and the passenger compartment — enough shielding, in the event of a fire, to prevent pens and papers in the glove compartment from combusting
so, in case of a fire we should crawl into the glove box?
No but you can avoid the extra tickets when the police ask for your registration and proof of insurance.
"Yes officer, they are right there in that glowing red box. Please feel free to search the car while you're in there"
I hear you can get pregnant just by watching Netflix on an unpatched computer!
I don't know about that. But I did notice that ever since Silverlight got into my house the glue has disappeared from the bindings in all of my books. I thought it was a coincidence. But upon further consideration, I seem to be watching more movies from Netflix since the pages of my books keep falling out faster than I can read them.
There are plenty of people who own their apartments that I wouldn't call rich by any stretch. $60K per year may sound like a lot to many people, but parking spaces can go for $500/month. At 60$/ year, your take home is closer to $30K. A $1500/ month closet sized apartment will take $18K of that. Leaving you with $12K for everything else.
...the ship's capability to detect and intercept stealth aircraft was being put to the test.
I'd say they found it and I suppose you could say the Chancellorsville "intercepted" it too.
I think you might need to see a psychiatrist... I for one will be alive when the major changes take effect (within the next ten years
If you think the worst from climate change is going to be in the next 10 years, I think you are the one who should consider help. Not that I'm saying we should do nothing. But even if we stopped adding CO2 to the atmosphere tomorrow, it would take more than ten years for the full effect of what has been done to be realized.
To be somewhat blunt, I really don't care if part of NYC is under water as it is all over priced land owned by rich fat cats who can more than afford putting up a retaining wall or losing a piece of property.
Have you ever been to NYC? Yes, there are some insanely rich people living there. There are also a hell of a lot more poor. Contrary to what you seem to think, the streets are not paved with gold. In fact, they are closer to the surface of the moon.
There are so few terrorists its irrelevant.
When hundreds of people are dying daily from terrorist attacks involving airplanes there might be some argument. There aren't and there isn't any evidence to suggest that the TSA has ever even prevented an attack.
To add a little perspective. 3000 people died in the attacks on 9-11-01. A tragedy to be sure. Almost that many people died every month in car accidents in 2011. By the way, 2011 is the lowest number of traffic deaths since 1949. If you go back to 2001, 3000 people died in traffic deaths every 26 days.
I'm of the opinion that very few, if any, terrorist groups want to pull off an attack like Sept. 11 again. That kind of destruction and death toll did nothing good for them. The US attacked several countries, with the support of most of the worlds governments, and decimated the group who carried out those plans. The unsuccessful attacks have been much more fruitful from what I've seen. One guy fails to ignite a bomb in his shoes and we waste how many millions of hours of time per year taking off and putting on shoes. Another guy tries to set off a defective bomb in his underwear. How much more time and money is spent on back scatter scanners? How much additional ionizing radiation are people who fly exposed to? We really don't' know. We have the PR answers of what it is for one that is properly calibrated. But we don't know how often, or if those scanners are ever checked. There was only one study done regarding this, and it was by the TSA itself. The first, and only, independent study was cancelled. The TSA people don't even wear radiation badges. It's obvious to me that they aren't following what would be considered best practices by any other industry.
There are so few terrorists its irrelevant.
When hundreds of people are dying daily from terrorist attacks involving airplanes there might be some argument. There aren't and there isn't any evidence to suggest that the TSA has ever even prevented an attack.
To add a little perspective. 3000 people died in the attacks on 9-11-01. A tragedy to be sure. Almost that many people died ever
Yeah, tell us more of this nonsense. A shotgun loaded with rocksalt can as easily kill one as it was loaded with lead. So you did it? And you where lucky not to kill anyone? And now you are bragging about it? Wow, impressive ...
Not even close. It sounds more like he was the target than the shooter to me. I can also tell you first hand that it won't kill you, though it does sting like you wouldn't believe. And he is right, it's a lesson you don't soon forget.
Except for the cat two days ago who was blinded in one eye by a BB gun..
Was it a Red Ryder?
Clam shells use up CO2 from the ocean and various minerals. So looking at the "age rings" like the rings of trees you get an idea how fast the clam was growing each year. And hence you get an idea about the sea water composition at that specific year in the area where the clam lived. However I could imagine the clam might have moved quite far over its life time.
It would be more accurate to say the growth lines are affected due to changes in deposition rather than they use CO2 in their growth. There was an interesting paper in 2009 that showed that certain animals increased Ca deposition in the presence of high CO2 levels. Those were lobsters, shrimp, crabs, and limpets. The reason for this is still not understood. However clams showed a decrease. It also showed that this did not occur until atmospheric concentrations reached 1000ppm before either occurred. Current levels are
There was a paper in 2012 that showed increased CO2 levels increased dissolution of snail shells, but calcium deposition rates were not affected. Another paper in 2012 demonstrated that the growth lines are affected much more by salinity and temperature variations than CO2 levels.
I know you'll probably slap me for being pedantic, but it's Sears that bailed out K-Mart. Not the other way around.
You are mistaken, Kmart bought Sears.
Well that's much better than I would have guessed.
I used to buy a lot of stuff from Sears. My shed and garage look like an advertisement for Craftsman. Sadly Even their tools have dipped in quality since being bought out by KMart. I know a few people who were pissed that they received a "made in China" replacement tool for one that was "made in the USA". I'm not as hung up on that. But when the original tool lasted for several decades and the replacement a few months, there's a problem.
The stores were dirty and disorganized the last time I was in one, which hasn't been for several months. In my area they also started closing at 7:00 or 8:00 pm, which has caused them to lose my business on several occasions. I'm not sure why anyone would trust their data in a place that they will never see when they can't even make the public areas of the store presentable. It's kind of sad to watch them die a slow death.
Yes, but what if they put some really icky radar swallowing paint on their drone?
Good point. I hope that paint isn't water soluble. It could dissolve into the lake and make it disappear.
Canadian Bacon anyone?
I miss Micropolis.
I don't. I worked in data recovery back then, and we used to nickname them "Micrapolis" because we saw so many.
Well, they kept you in business then, didn't they? ;-)
I believe I'm older than the average /. person by at least a full generation :) My mistake on the assumed first message in addition to confusing you with the previous discussion. It was a good discussion.
As much as I hate to admit it, I'm probably a little older than that. No problem on the assumption. Discussions on here tend to be more combative than they need to be. But I keep coming back because every now and then they are interesting, as this one was.