All you looking at the performance and gas milage of this car, have a look at what powers it. Sure there's an electric motor which gives you the fast 0-60, but if you look at the specifications page, you'll notice that all that electricity is powered by a Volkswagen TDI diesel engine.
This is the 1.2 liter Lupo engine. Without the electric motor it gets 78 miles to the gallon anyway! Now while cars with this engine aren't sold in the US, one can purchase a Golf or Jetta with a slightly larger 1.9 liter TDI which makes 50 MPG, and generates between 90-115 HP. (with a torque peak of 155 lb. ft. @ 1900 rpm) 0-60 is a pathetic 10s, but 0-40 is a phenomenal ~4 seconds, which I find easily leaves a Subaru WRX or a BMW M3 in the dust.
I love raining on environmentalist's parades. It turns out that diesel particulates are really, really bad for you - much more so than previously expected or understood. One researcher concluded there may be NO safe level of exposure to micro-fine particulates.
You miss the point. Biodiesel isn't just clean diesel, it's made from vegetable oil! (no oil drilling, refining, etc, involved.)
What's nice about it is that it doesn't have the toxic emissions and particulate matter you speak of. Read about it at biodiesel.org.
But if I had to pick a stronger side I would say it is the theaters (big chains mostly AMC, Harkins, etc.) have an edge. That is where the revenue is actually generated on the outset.
I believe the studios are winning. See this or Google movie theater chain bankruptcy for more info. You will find that in the past two years, 7 of the top 10 theater chains have filed for bankruptcy or have been sold off. It's pretty bleak.
While I have no stickers or toys, I do have four plants, a fountain, and a small sound system. (one workstation and three digital flat panels) I find it helps me not hate being in a corporate office so much.
I find that I am least happy when it's just me, some steelcase furniture, and a couple of machines. In these situations I burn out.
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Wireless earphones so I can listen to my mp3s without tripping in the cables, or hanging myself when I take out my coat. - etc...
The original 1997 film can be rented from NetFlix, and I highly recommend it.
I haven't seen this summer's US remake, but from what I've read, they've watered down the plot for Americans. I wish Katz had watched both and done a comparative review.
In some countries, when a corporation's liabilities exceed the value of the corporation, it *must* file for bankruptcy. In the last three months this happened to telecommunications provider Netia, a Nasdaq traded company that has managed to grow its revenue every year since formation. and by all accounts looks to have a promising future.
Because of accounting and laws though, this healthy company was legally compelled to file for bankruptcy and submit to reorganization.
Bankruptcy isn't necessarily a terrible thing, and as the parent post says, there is a good side. I imagine KPNQwest will weather this handily.
The full specifications page for the 9290 mentions that the phone has "GSM phase 2 signaling," but this doesn't tell me much. It must work on 1900 MHz because VoiceStream is selling it, but will it work on 900/1800 MHz too?
The standard should be increased to 25A or 30A in all rooms.
Switch to compact flourescent bulbs and you'll trip your breaker less often. My two 15A circuits were supporting 18 100W incandescant bulbs, which together drew around 12A. Since I replaced all the 100W bulbs with 25W flourescents, I haven't tripped the breakers once.
The scam generally works because someone in shipping will sign for the delivery, thinking that someone in IT actually authorized it. It is run in many places in the US.
"suffer from problems such as lock-ups, random reboots, and other compatability issues"
I'd say you have software issues. I've been running an Athlon 800 since October 2000, and it's absolutely rock solid. When I bought the machine from SYS, it ran WinME and locked up a few times a day. Less than a week later I blew ME away and replaced with 2000, everything was fine. I'm now running XP, and reboot about once a month when security patches require it.
The processor in your machine doesn't have squat to do with compatibility. It's all about the software.
You're absolutely right that coal travels by train! Do you know what fuels the trains? DIESEL! And where do we get our diesel? My automobile barely uses in a year a fraction of what one of those trains uses in five minutes to move your precious coal!
You must not have read my post. In Russia and Germany, trains are electrified. There's no diesel involved! The power is generated by coal, hydro, and nuclear facilities, which powers the trains.
In the States, yes, diesel engines haul coal to power plants. But even then, diesel engines, invented to run on peanut oil, run just fine (and very efficiently) on any sort of vegetable oil. It's sold in the US as "B20" diesel, or biodiesel. No engine adaptation, no changes whatsoever. It's a perfect substitute. (see biodiesel.org)
The countries you cite are unfortunate examples for your arguement, as they would be little affected by the disappearance of petrolium:
Nigeria: Petrol money goes to western companies (such as Shell/BP/ExxonMobile/etc) and to a minor amount the (unspeakably corrupt) Nigerian government. The well-paid workers are imported. A few tens of thousands out of 130 million workers are directly employed by the petrol industry. Less than 10% of Nigerians have anything to do with industry, and over 70% of workers are directly involved with agriculture. (and not the type of agriculture that depends heavily on gas powered tractors!)
Russia: Money from petrol quickly exits the country via channels such as the Bank of New York and BCCI. (past examples. I could care less who they're using now. probably CitiBank!) Transportation of goods is largely by train, of which 40,000 km is electrified, powered by coal, hydro-electric, and nuclear power. People would lose jobs, factories would shut down, but none of the 145 million people in Russia would starve if petrol disappeared suddenly.
Saudi Arabia: With a workforce of 7 million out of 23 million inhabitants, and a very small percentage of those workers involved in Oil, the Saudis wouldn't lose too many jobs. The 5 million foreign workers employed by the Saudis just might. I would expect some serious trouble in Saudi Arabia, as their electricity is 100% oil fired. And I wouldn't expect them to be eating too well without petrol, as they import a substantial amount of food. But of all places in the world, Saudi Arabia is the most dependant on oil.
Germany: As in Russia, electrified trains for transportation, coal and nuclear power. Heavily mechanized agriculture would come to a standstill for about ten minutes until the Germans started dumping corn and soybean oil into their tractor's diesel engines. If you think anyone in Germany would starve, you haven't been to Germany!
So that about sums that up. Final points: Coal travels by train everywhere I've ever been. Even in the USA. All facts obtained from the CIA World Factbook. Kill your automobile. Thank you.
How about this one. The local city hall of your city has determined that 5% of the drivers in your city account for 70% of the traffic, therefore, they have decided to start charging those drivers a driving tax for using the roads more than the average driver does.
Thank god! More power to them! This is a much better idea than excise taxes, which penalize car owners for having expensive cars, even if they don't drive them! Why the hell should I pay $200/year excise tax on my nice car that I spend very little time in, while the guy next door is charged $25/year for his POS jeep that he spends his entire life in?
I drive less than 20 miles a week, so I really think I should contribute less to the maintenance of roads than someone who drives 300 miles a week.
I guess I should move to Northern Europe. The US is not a particulary egalitarian place to live.
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Good stuff! I think I'm going to try some of their biological paint remover. I absolutely hate methelyne chloride (Zip Strip) and I have quite a bit of paint removal to do.
In other words, a world previously capable of supporting 6+ billion can suddenly only support a couple hundred million. (And the sweeping plagues and lack of primitive-type distribution mechanisms may leave only tens of millions around the world. My local farmers could never support this area.)
Your lack of knowledge of the world outside "your local area" is disturbing.
I have lived in places in the past five years that sustain large populations using horses and ploughs to plant, and sickles and baskets to harvest. Horses and carts transport the food.
I have lived in places where electrified trains (powered by coal fired power plants) provide 80% of the transportation of goods from country to city. And on New Year's Eve 1999 I knew I'd have transportation the next day no matter what, as there were coal fired steam engines standing by in major cities in the event of grid failure.
Most of the population of this world is not directly dependant on gasoline! I would be surprised that if in the event of the disappearance of all natural oil reserves the world lost more than a few hundreds of million people in the time it would take to switch to alternate fuel sources.
Get out of your American fucking backyard and realize that the rest of the world will not stop when there's no more gas for their Ford Excursion, lawnmower, powerboat, and RV generator.
How would you get them here without diesel engined ships?
This is Slashdot, so I'll throw techcnology at your arguement.
One of the nice things about diesel engines is that they'll combust many things besides diesel fuel. vegetable oil, for one. Google biodiesel for more information. I plan to road trip this summer with biodiesel in my TDi Golf IV.
Jeez, if someone assumed my SSN they'd be liable for the house, the car, the credit cards... sounds kind of nice! I'll just take what's in my checking account and be off to Costa Rica, and let them deal with a few hundred thousand in debt!:-)
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All you looking at the performance and gas milage of this car, have a look at what powers it. Sure there's an electric motor which gives you the fast 0-60, but if you look at the specifications page, you'll notice that all that electricity is powered by a Volkswagen TDI diesel engine.
:-)
This is the 1.2 liter Lupo engine. Without the electric motor it gets 78 miles to the gallon anyway! Now while cars with this engine aren't sold in the US, one can purchase a Golf or Jetta with a slightly larger 1.9 liter TDI which makes 50 MPG, and generates between 90-115 HP. (with a torque peak of 155 lb. ft. @ 1900 rpm) 0-60 is a pathetic 10s, but 0-40 is a phenomenal ~4 seconds, which I find easily leaves a Subaru WRX or a BMW M3 in the dust.
(Yeah, that's me in my diesel Golf playing "the fast and the furious" on the streets of Boston twice a day.)
I love raining on environmentalist's parades. It turns out that diesel particulates are really, really bad for you - much more so than previously expected or understood. One researcher concluded there may be NO safe level of exposure to micro-fine particulates.
You miss the point. Biodiesel isn't just clean diesel, it's made from vegetable oil! (no oil drilling, refining, etc, involved.)
What's nice about it is that it doesn't have the toxic emissions and particulate matter you speak of. Read about it at biodiesel.org.
But if I had to pick a stronger side I would say it is the theaters (big chains mostly AMC, Harkins, etc.) have an edge. That is where the revenue is actually generated on the outset.
I believe the studios are winning. See this or Google movie theater chain bankruptcy for more info. You will find that in the past two years, 7 of the top 10 theater chains have filed for bankruptcy or have been sold off. It's pretty bleak.
I'm sorry, did that sound burnt out?
:-)
Yes, it did.
While I have no stickers or toys, I do have four plants, a fountain, and a small sound system. (one workstation and three digital flat panels) I find it helps me not hate being in a corporate office so much.
I find that I am least happy when it's just me, some steelcase furniture, and a couple of machines. In these situations I burn out.
Wireless earphones so I can listen to my mp3s without tripping in the cables, or hanging myself when I take out my coat.
- 15 bluetooth headset.
- etc...
I imagine you could do this with the bluetooth interface, a la Ericsson's http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=ERIC_HBH
The original 1997 film can be rented from NetFlix, and I highly recommend it.
I haven't seen this summer's US remake, but from what I've read, they've watered down the plot for Americans. I wish Katz had watched both and done a comparative review.
A Euopean company just bought America's second largest beer brewing and distributing company
I believe that South African Breweries Plc is a South African company. Their stock may trade in London, but this doesn't make them European!
In some countries, when a corporation's liabilities exceed the value of the corporation, it *must* file for bankruptcy. In the last three months this happened to telecommunications provider Netia, a Nasdaq traded company that has managed to grow its revenue every year since formation. and by all accounts looks to have a promising future.
Because of accounting and laws though, this healthy company was legally compelled to file for bankruptcy and submit to reorganization.
Bankruptcy isn't necessarily a terrible thing, and as the parent post says, there is a good side. I imagine KPNQwest will weather this handily.
The full specifications page for the 9290 mentions that the phone has "GSM phase 2 signaling," but this doesn't tell me much. It must work on 1900 MHz because VoiceStream is selling it, but will it work on 900/1800 MHz too?
Forget Q3 for benchmarking, I think performance of a system should be measured by how it holds up under Slashdotting. :-)
The standard should be increased to 25A or 30A in all rooms.
Switch to compact flourescent bulbs and you'll trip your breaker less often. My two 15A circuits were supporting 18 100W incandescant bulbs, which together drew around 12A. Since I replaced all the 100W bulbs with 25W flourescents, I haven't tripped the breakers once.
The scam generally works because someone in shipping will sign for the delivery, thinking that someone in IT actually authorized it. It is run in many places in the US.
How about a pack of Chaser [doublechaser.com] pills to prevent hangovers?
Hey, is this stuff any good?
"suffer from problems such as lock-ups, random reboots, and other compatability issues"
I'd say you have software issues. I've been running an Athlon 800 since October 2000, and it's absolutely rock solid. When I bought the machine from SYS, it ran WinME and locked up a few times a day. Less than a week later I blew ME away and replaced with 2000, everything was fine. I'm now running XP, and reboot about once a month when security patches require it.
The processor in your machine doesn't have squat to do with compatibility. It's all about the software.
You're absolutely right that coal travels by train! Do you know what fuels the trains? DIESEL! And where do we get our diesel? My automobile barely uses in a year a fraction of what one of those trains uses in five minutes to move your precious coal!
You must not have read my post. In Russia and Germany, trains are electrified. There's no diesel involved! The power is generated by coal, hydro, and nuclear facilities, which powers the trains.
In the States, yes, diesel engines haul coal to power plants. But even then, diesel engines, invented to run on peanut oil, run just fine (and very efficiently) on any sort of vegetable oil. It's sold in the US as "B20" diesel, or biodiesel. No engine adaptation, no changes whatsoever. It's a perfect substitute. (see biodiesel.org)
The countries you cite are unfortunate examples for your arguement, as they would be little affected by the disappearance of petrolium:
Nigeria: Petrol money goes to western companies (such as Shell/BP/ExxonMobile/etc) and to a minor amount the (unspeakably corrupt) Nigerian government. The well-paid workers are imported. A few tens of thousands out of 130 million workers are directly employed by the petrol industry. Less than 10% of Nigerians have anything to do with industry, and over 70% of workers are directly involved with agriculture. (and not the type of agriculture that depends heavily on gas powered tractors!)
Russia: Money from petrol quickly exits the country via channels such as the Bank of New York and BCCI. (past examples. I could care less who they're using now. probably CitiBank!) Transportation of goods is largely by train, of which 40,000 km is electrified, powered by coal, hydro-electric, and nuclear power. People would lose jobs, factories would shut down, but none of the 145 million people in Russia would starve if petrol disappeared suddenly.
Saudi Arabia: With a workforce of 7 million out of 23 million inhabitants, and a very small percentage of those workers involved in Oil, the Saudis wouldn't lose too many jobs. The 5 million foreign workers employed by the Saudis just might. I would expect some serious trouble in Saudi Arabia, as their electricity is 100% oil fired. And I wouldn't expect them to be eating too well without petrol, as they import a substantial amount of food. But of all places in the world, Saudi Arabia is the most dependant on oil.
Germany: As in Russia, electrified trains for transportation, coal and nuclear power. Heavily mechanized agriculture would come to a standstill for about ten minutes until the Germans started dumping corn and soybean oil into their tractor's diesel engines. If you think anyone in Germany would starve, you haven't been to Germany!
So that about sums that up. Final points: Coal travels by train everywhere I've ever been. Even in the USA. All facts obtained from the CIA World Factbook. Kill your automobile. Thank you.
perhaps you'd like to explain to me how you would store a TeraWatt-hour for later useage in a nominally efficient way.
Use it to drive a very big flywheel in a vacuum. (look here)
Use it to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Recombine when necessary. (look here)
Both are nominally efficient.
How about this one. The local city hall of your city has determined that 5% of the drivers in your city account for 70% of the traffic, therefore, they have decided to start charging those drivers a driving tax for using the roads more than the average driver does.
Thank god! More power to them! This is a much better idea than excise taxes, which penalize car owners for having expensive cars, even if they don't drive them! Why the hell should I pay $200/year excise tax on my nice car that I spend very little time in, while the guy next door is charged $25/year for his POS jeep that he spends his entire life in?
I drive less than 20 miles a week, so I really think I should contribute less to the maintenance of roads than someone who drives 300 miles a week.
I guess I should move to Northern Europe. The US is not a particulary egalitarian place to live.
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Good stuff! I think I'm going to try some of their biological paint remover. I absolutely hate methelyne chloride (Zip Strip) and I have quite a bit of paint removal to do.
I have lived in places in the past five years that sustain large populations using horses and ploughs to plant, and sickles and baskets to harvest. Horses and carts transport the food.
I have lived in places where electrified trains (powered by coal fired power plants) provide 80% of the transportation of goods from country to city. And on New Year's Eve 1999 I knew I'd have transportation the next day no matter what, as there were coal fired steam engines standing by in major cities in the event of grid failure.
Most of the population of this world is not directly dependant on gasoline! I would be surprised that if in the event of the disappearance of all natural oil reserves the world lost more than a few hundreds of million people in the time it would take to switch to alternate fuel sources.
Get out of your American fucking backyard and realize that the rest of the world will not stop when there's no more gas for their Ford Excursion, lawnmower, powerboat, and RV generator.
One of the nice things about diesel engines is that they'll combust many things besides diesel fuel. vegetable oil, for one. Google biodiesel for more information. I plan to road trip this summer with biodiesel in my TDi Golf IV.
Good lord man! I referenced the US FTC in my post! "last time I checked" is not like a direct reference. Go check it!
You're not liable for $500 if you don't report within a 2 day limit. You're liable for $50 per card, MAX.
Jeez, if someone assumed my SSN they'd be liable for the house, the car, the credit cards... sounds kind of nice! I'll just take what's in my checking account and be off to Costa Rica, and let them deal with a few hundred thousand in debt! :-)