Usually studded winter tyres are less compliant with the road, thus having a greater effective diameter, even if their nominal diameter is about the same as summer tyres on the same car.
Nonsense; any miniscule gains in fuel efficiency (due to negligibly taller gearing) are going to be greatly offset due to increased rolling resistance.
I've driven in the US and the standard of driving is absolutely shocking.
Sure it is... but to the best of my knowledge, there's still no biometric way to test for stupid no matter how much we're willing to act like sheep and bend over for our "shepherds" (Q - slightly off topic - : Why do shepherds wear flowing robes? A: 'Cause sheep can hear a zipper from a mile way...).
there is little to no lane discipline
Half our population is on meds; I'm all for addressing that one but I'm afraid you'll have to deal with the pharmaceutical industry; that's their bag...:p
I saw about 3 people indicate during my entire time
All right, this is how I know you're full of shit; at least 1/3rd of our drivers indicate at least 2/3rd's of the time and that's damn near an actual fact.:p
people will cut you off with little or no warning
They're just calling your bluff; that's what your horn is for. A big 4-ton SUV (with a half-ton front bumper) comes in even more handy (See? there's a legitimate need for those things after all!);)
people also slow down and stop with no warning
That's the meds; see above...
people push in, block intersections
Like I was saying, those big vehicles do come in handy...
completely disregard the lights (yellow means gun it, red means gun it more as you've missed the yellow).
Have you times those yellow lights?? We're trying to dodge the Tax Man; man... and if our own timing should be a bit off - or worse - and we end up "running a red" - well, our coordination is hardly on point; half of us are overly medicated and the other half... well, have you seen Idiocracy?:)
The masses will believe that electric cars are dangerously subject to spontaneous burning
As they say, "a fool and his money soon go separate ways" - although I tend to find that money and brains are seldom related, I'm tempted to think that those dumb and gullible enough to [form their worldview and sense of reality from media sources] would be unlikely to have retained any of their wealth long enough to be in a position to contemplate purchasong a Model S...:p
I understand where you're coming from but I suspect your point is philosophical (rather than financial) in nature; this distinguishing of income into wages (reasonable, morally acceptable) and profits (greed) strikes me as rather... pointless and pedantic.
Why would the US government risk egg on their faces and a further highlight the degradation of American Ideals for nothing?
Good question. I assume, however, that's it's purely rhetorical in nature since those pulling the puppet strings of [those running the government] sure seem to believe they've got an adequate reason...:)
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Female Software Engineers May Be Even Scarcer Than We Thought
In these admittedly "androgynous time" we live in... how can we really be sure who's who?? :p
lazily read
Holy shit, as I live and breathe; correct usage of a fucking adverb (never thought I'd see that again...).
Some geeks REALLY need to get out and get laid...
And what, risk reproducing?! I think NOT...
That's about 20 years out of date.
So is the vast majority of their military tech...
At 1.6GHz, L4 latencies are 50-60ns which is significantly higher than the L3 but just half the speed of main memory.
Don't you mean "but less than half the latency of main memory?"
Usually studded winter tyres are less compliant with the road, thus having a greater effective diameter, even if their nominal diameter is about the same as summer tyres on the same car.
Nonsense; any miniscule gains in fuel efficiency (due to negligibly taller gearing) are going to be greatly offset due to increased rolling resistance.
Drones are not fully-automated killing machines.
And exactly how long do you expect that to last?
but nobody has any idea what happened to the Maui team. The only clue left at the scene was a nearly-empty glass of pina colada
Japanese tourists (have you seen how they get when a little alcohol's added to the mix??).
That's pretty old; how many FLOPS?
And as appropriate organisms, my vote goes for: Lawyers, politicians and lobbyists, in that order.
They'll need clergy to minister to their spiritual needs...
The ancient genomes
At first, I read that as "the ancient gnomes..."
You could probably take a low-flying one down with a trebuchet.
With a trebuchet, you could send one in a variety of directions. :p
I've driven in the US and the standard of driving is absolutely shocking.
Sure it is... but to the best of my knowledge, there's still no biometric way to test for stupid no matter how much we're willing to act like sheep and bend over for our "shepherds" (Q - slightly off topic - : Why do shepherds wear flowing robes? A: 'Cause sheep can hear a zipper from a mile way...).
there is little to no lane discipline
Half our population is on meds; I'm all for addressing that one but I'm afraid you'll have to deal with the pharmaceutical industry; that's their bag... :p
I saw about 3 people indicate during my entire time
All right, this is how I know you're full of shit; at least 1/3rd of our drivers indicate at least 2/3rd's of the time and that's damn near an actual fact. :p
people will cut you off with little or no warning
They're just calling your bluff; that's what your horn is for. A big 4-ton SUV (with a half-ton front bumper) comes in even more handy (See? there's a legitimate need for those things after all!) ;)
people also slow down and stop with no warning
That's the meds; see above...
people push in, block intersections
Like I was saying, those big vehicles do come in handy...
completely disregard the lights (yellow means gun it, red means gun it more as you've missed the yellow).
Have you times those yellow lights?? We're trying to dodge the Tax Man; man... and if our own timing should be a bit off - or worse - and we end up "running a red" - well, our coordination is hardly on point; half of us are overly medicated and the other half... well, have you seen Idiocracy? :)
The masses will believe that electric cars are dangerously subject to spontaneous burning
As they say, "a fool and his money soon go separate ways" - although I tend to find that money and brains are seldom related, I'm tempted to think that those dumb and gullible enough to [form their worldview and sense of reality from media sources] would be unlikely to have retained any of their wealth long enough to be in a position to contemplate purchasong a Model S... :p
This is what I love about China. They're completely up front about who they are.
Gotta love evil when it's upfront about itself, right? Right??
...and tanks...
Those are admittedly some pretty impressive vehicles... but virtually none of them qualify, in fact, as tanks.
I understand where you're coming from but I suspect your point is philosophical (rather than financial) in nature; this distinguishing of income into wages (reasonable, morally acceptable) and profits (greed) strikes me as rather... pointless and pedantic.
Why would the US government risk egg on their faces and a further highlight the degradation of American Ideals for nothing?
Good question. I assume, however, that's it's purely rhetorical in nature since those pulling the puppet strings of [those running the government] sure seem to believe they've got an adequate reason... :)
Pedantically you may be correct.
In my defense, I was trying to be funny (I hardly expected to be modded insightful though I suppose I do have my moments here and there). :)
You really live up to your username, don't you... :p
beneath the surface of western Antarctica
They're lying: every part of Antarctica lies to the north.
:p
...to weed out the burner phones from the high-quality ones.
What do you want to bet those "high quality" numbers quickly become a target for telemarketers to plunder? :p
Oklahoma is the only state I've found that commonly has ethanol-free gas available (but good luck finding anything higher than 91 octane).
There's no grand conspiracy out to get you.
No, of course there isn't it, nor has there ever been... and if you say it, it certainly must be so. :)
I'm just not confident enough will be awake in time to prevent some very very bad things from happening in a very short time.
And in the unlikely event that enough do, there'll be plenty of autonomous bots to put them back to sleep (*cough* dirt nap *cough*)...