A friend of mine is setting up to build high end, high performance sports cars based around Volkswagon turbo diesel engines. They'll go for about $80k US.
His target market? The biodiesel oriented economy buyer. Economy is relative and often only in the mind of the buyer.
. . . it's because they have magnets in their heads. ..
The magnet is the earth. Not all birds have the iron to make use of it for navigation; apparently relying on good ole VFR. Navigation methods do not address the metaissue of why they fly south.
During the 1955 Mille Millia Stirling Moss overhauled a twin engine prop plane with this Mercedes 300SLR.
One of the causes of on duty death among police officers is crashing in high speed chases. Their equipment is not equal to some of the serious speed hardware out there among the public.
Sure, there's the roadblock thingy, but haven't you ever seen Smokey and the Bandit?
The largest silicon chips approach a billion devices at a cost of $0.0001 cent per device.
And that's why LCD displays cost about a buck.
What is the manufacturing efficiency of carbon fibre?
The carbon fiber in a thirty dollar fishing pole is measured in kilometers. In this device the carbon fiber elements are measured in microns. Only one device per scanline is needed.
As per my first sentence generally manufacturing costs swamp materials costs when building per unit, but as per my fourth sentence a 1024x768 display would require 768 elements, rather than 786,432.
Don Vesco (died 2002), holder of multiple motorcycle speed records and current holder of the wheel driven LSR, once boasted that he could drive a motorcycle from NYC to LA in 5 1/2 hours, if . ..he got lucky with all the lights.
No idea why that record held so long for diesel. ..
It's pretty simple really; lack of interest. It takes someone to put in the time and spend the money and it's not one of your sexier targets.
For the production outfits like Volkswagon there's also very little promotional value in streamliners and virtually none for custom engined cars. They've got to hop up what they sell to imply that's what you're buying.
Funny thing is that after she actually went to work in her field she suddenly discovered that. ..she didn't like people and went back to school for a second undergraduate degree in computer science.
I have been the subject of their violation (my case in the 60s helped spur the legal homeschooling programs of my state), my family and I have helped a number of minors leave home and I have appeared in family court as a friend on their behalf in those instances when a complaint was filed before they turned 16 and left home (after 16 no such complaint can even be filed). I have read all of the relevant code in my state, a fair bit of case and at least some of the relevant code in all of my neighboring states.
If you are not in school, but cannot be declared truant; and are not at home, but cannot be declared runaway, you are. . .
Free.
Law is what law can legally enforce.
At that point the parent/child relationship must be negotiated, just as spouses must negotiate their relationships. That is not to say that a parent does not have a great deal of coercive power in this negotiation, but that's what it is, coercive power, not a matter of law.
Coercive power can be used sparingly and wisely. ..or not.
Indeed? And, from what do you suppose a teen derives such rights?
Local law. You clearly need to read some of your own.
I think you'll find that minors come into most or all of the rights you cite at . ..16. They can drop out of school at 16 because. ..the juvenile authorities no longer have jurisdiction over them and the criminal authorities only have jurisdiciton over them for criminal code issues.
Hence if a minor leaves the house without "permission" there is no authority for the parent to turn to.
The only legal recourse minors have for such rules is to seek legal emancipation.
In my particular state this does not even exist, because the minor already has the relevant rights without court intervention. In states that have emancipation it is not simply a matter of the minor obtaining rights (they already have many), but the method by which the parents are obsolved of responsibility, which is a different legal issue.
My first car, bought when I was 16, was paid for with my own money, earned at my own full time job. Same for the insurance. My license was at my parent's behest, but not my car.
The teen is legally the parents responsibility.
This is likely true, but not necessarily. And a seperate issue. In any case the teen almost certainly has the right to come and go as s/he pleases at 16, whether the parent realizes this or not.
Slashdot Mirror
That comment is so quintessentially Slashdot.
:)
Thank you, I tried.
KFG
A friend of mine is setting up to build high end, high performance sports cars based around Volkswagon turbo diesel engines. They'll go for about $80k US.
His target market? The biodiesel oriented economy buyer. Economy is relative and often only in the mind of the buyer.
KFG
From here, they fly North for the winter.
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I didn't say anything about winter.
. . . it's because they have magnets in their heads. .
The magnet is the earth. Not all birds have the iron to make use of it for navigation; apparently relying on good ole VFR. Navigation methods do not address the metaissue of why they fly south.
KFG
the player would have to play using headphones in order to hear any sound. :-)
Oh that's easy to fix, just hook it up to a loudspeaker 8 inches across with a kilo of magnet.
Nothing wrong with the idea of an iBass of course. The neighbors seem to appreciate mine for some reason.
KFG
And the WMD thing is from an old meme
It's easy to tell jokes to kids, they don't even know why birds fly south.
KFG
When is someone going to make a loudspeaker that doesn't have to be 8 inches across with a kilo of magnet to get anywhere near a full range sound?
.awwww, you know the rest.
As soon as they can make a violin that sounds like a double bass. I canna change the. .
KFG
It is an acronym . . . not a word.
Laser, radar, scuba. . .
KFG
He knows what it means. He's talking about what it means. I mean, at least I think that's the mean of it. Don't be mean.
KFG
You have to go to here and click on the link.Otherwise you get a WMD parody.
Oh, hey, cool. Thanks for the heads up on that one. I would have missed it otherwise.
KFG
Max speed of an AH-64 is 184 mph.
During the 1955 Mille Millia Stirling Moss overhauled a twin engine prop plane with this Mercedes 300SLR.
One of the causes of on duty death among police officers is crashing in high speed chases. Their equipment is not equal to some of the serious speed hardware out there among the public.
Sure, there's the roadblock thingy, but haven't you ever seen Smokey and the Bandit?
KFG
The largest silicon chips approach a billion devices at a cost of $0.0001 cent per device.
And that's why LCD displays cost about a buck.
What is the manufacturing efficiency of carbon fibre?
The carbon fiber in a thirty dollar fishing pole is measured in kilometers. In this device the carbon fiber elements are measured in microns. Only one device per scanline is needed.
As per my first sentence generally manufacturing costs swamp materials costs when building per unit, but as per my fourth sentence a 1024x768 display would require 768 elements, rather than 786,432.
KFG
KFG
Don Vesco (died 2002), holder of multiple motorcycle speed records and current holder of the wheel driven LSR, once boasted that he could drive a motorcycle from NYC to LA in 5 1/2 hours, if . . .he got lucky with all the lights.
KFG
No idea why that record held so long for diesel. . .
It's pretty simple really; lack of interest. It takes someone to put in the time and spend the money and it's not one of your sexier targets.
For the production outfits like Volkswagon there's also very little promotional value in streamliners and virtually none for custom engined cars. They've got to hop up what they sell to imply that's what you're buying.
And diesel buyers are economy buyers.
KFG
So, what's with the headline and summary?
"Journalism."
KFG
First it says Indiana, then it says Arkansas. I AM SO CONFUSED!
You think you're confused? Just think about the poor people who set out for Evansville and wound up in Ft. Smith.
KFG
If you ask me the only, solution is open-source voting machines . . .
I've invented one already. I call it "A piece of paper and a crayon."
KFG
. . .I have not read Ayn's books.
Her books are not to be tossed lightly aside, they are to be hurled with great force. But I suppose you've got to figure that for yourself.
KFG
Funny thing is that after she actually went to work in her field she suddenly discovered that. . .she didn't like people and went back to school for a second undergraduate degree in computer science.
KFG
Have you read the cumpulsory education laws?
.or not.
I have been the subject of their violation (my case in the 60s helped spur the legal homeschooling programs of my state), my family and I have helped a number of minors leave home and I have appeared in family court as a friend on their behalf in those instances when a complaint was filed before they turned 16 and left home (after 16 no such complaint can even be filed). I have read all of the relevant code in my state, a fair bit of case and at least some of the relevant code in all of my neighboring states.
If you are not in school, but cannot be declared truant; and are not at home, but cannot be declared runaway, you are. . .
Free.
Law is what law can legally enforce.
At that point the parent/child relationship must be negotiated, just as spouses must negotiate their relationships. That is not to say that a parent does not have a great deal of coercive power in this negotiation, but that's what it is, coercive power, not a matter of law.
Coercive power can be used sparingly and wisely. .
KFG
Senior Design Anthropologist? What does she do? Dig through old Commodore PET and TRS-80 computers looking for clues to the outgrowth of the Internet?
Anthropology is the study of existing culture. Digging up artifacts is archeology. The study of prehistoric culture is paleoanthropology.
Sorry, once upon a time I went and married an anthropologist. She could be a bit touchy on the subject.
None of which makes her job description any less doofey.
KFG
*shakes head* Child abuse?
Maybe if you throw it at her head or something? I'm sure the idea is at least tempting.
KFG
Indeed? And, from what do you suppose a teen derives such rights?
.16. They can drop out of school at 16 because. . .the juvenile authorities no longer have jurisdiction over them and the criminal authorities only have jurisdiciton over them for criminal code issues.
Local law. You clearly need to read some of your own.
I think you'll find that minors come into most or all of the rights you cite at . .
Hence if a minor leaves the house without "permission" there is no authority for the parent to turn to.
The only legal recourse minors have for such rules is to seek legal emancipation.
In my particular state this does not even exist, because the minor already has the relevant rights without court intervention. In states that have emancipation it is not simply a matter of the minor obtaining rights (they already have many), but the method by which the parents are obsolved of responsibility, which is a different legal issue.
KFG
If the 16-year-old "adult" (hah!) wants to live in the parents' house, s/he can live by the parents' rules.
Parents have rules as well.
KFG
The car is legally the parents responsibility.
My first car, bought when I was 16, was paid for with my own money, earned at my own full time job. Same for the insurance. My license was at my parent's behest, but not my car.
The teen is legally the parents responsibility.
This is likely true, but not necessarily. And a seperate issue. In any case the teen almost certainly has the right to come and go as s/he pleases at 16, whether the parent realizes this or not.
Teach your parents well.
KFG
Have you read Interview with the Fountainhead by Ayn Rice?
Radical capitalist vampires? No, I haven't, but I think I might like to.
KFG