AWD makes these things MUCH easier. Especially with new the new actively controlled differentials that they use.
Funnily enough, modern cars have variable throttles, they aren't just on or off. Try it -- if you push the throttle only half way down, you'll find the car accelerates slower. With a powerful car, you have the ability to break traction easily if desired, but you can still just drive more gently and retain it if you want! With a gutless car, you have to perform some violent maneuver just to break traction.
If you really think it's that simple to control a complicated dynamic system like this, you really have no idea about control theory and should stop commenting on it.
Yeah, he's one of the best- but he's doing that in a 500hp AWD car, not a 100HP FWD diesel station wagon, at speeds several times higher than what Stanford was doing.
It's a hell of a lot easier to pull off maneuvers like that in a powerful, lightweight, AWD car set up for sliding than it is in a family wagon....
Do you know anything about control theory? At all? It certainly doesn't sound like it. They're not just programming the car what to do and when, the car sees where the cones are and works it out for itself.
Oh, you really don't think that this would be a practical way to park cars in an everyday situation? Congratulations. They weren't doing it so that future generations of robotic vehicles could slide into parking spots all over the place, it was a fun exercise to further develop methods for modeling and controlling the cars movement in general.
It doesn't take much searching at all to find that UN projections predict that the world population could reach around 15 billion by 2100. That's the upper projection based on the assumption that demographic changes etc. don't cause a huge decrease in birth rates.
By accusing people of advocating eugenics and racism at the slightest mention of decreasing birth rates, it just sounds like you're scared of poorer countries breaking the cycle of poverty and being able to compete with your precious country.
So the spouse finds out they're being cheated on? Not a bad thing at all IMO, the guilty party deserved it. I didn't say it was harmless, it wouldn't be much of a prank if it were.
Oh come on, mean pranks are a part of life, and this is no different. Once the victim has worked out they have crabs they'll be able to get rid of them fairly easily and it wont have any lasting effects.
At the extreme end, yes that is what I mean. Obviously that isn't a good option, but neither is the other extreme. Coalitions need some sort of coherency, otherwise decisions can't be made at all -- even on the most basic and inconsequential issues. For example, imagine the situation if you removed the distinction within parliament of the governing coalition and the opposition -- it would be utter chaos.
That's pretty much what I pointed out in my second sentence. Because political parties can vary in more than one dimension, a one dimensional description doesn't work.
Too far left?! Your democrats would still be considered pretty far right in many countries..... More than anything else, this just shows that simple 'Left' and 'Right' are inadequate descriptors of political parties -- you need to describe them on at least two axes for it to even begin to makes sense.
The fact is that a 'perfect' democracy is mathematically impossible. Any system will always be a compromise between having everyones voices count and having an effective government with enough power to actually get things done. The UK's system is a reasonable compromise between those two extremes.
Why would you want to show off that you had someones keys? What would that prove? Who would care? I've had keys to a few of my ex's houses, simply because it saves a lot of hassle when you spend a lot of time at each other's places. If I went out to get pizza, I could let myself back in when I got back, instead of knocking and her having to come to the door. Nothing major, but it just makes sense and it doesn't have any downside that I can see.
Oh, and I've never had to have my locks changed, nor have any of my ex GFs, since I'm not a complete dick, and I don't go out with complete dicks, so we just give each others keys back. Pretty simple really.
Have you guys really never had a girlfriend? It's pretty normal to have keys to her house... In case she's in the shower when you get there... she's in bed.... she's not home and you have to pick up something you left there.... or maybe you want to get there before her and cook her dinner before she's home (yeah, right). If you don't trust your partner with keys to your house, there is something seriously wrong with your relationship!
The fact is that you still use petroleum based products -- whether you use more or less than the average person is beside the point. Also, you do realise that most plastic 'recycling' is not recycling at all.... It is generally reused to make crap like road surfaces etc., so that's the end of the line for it. It wont be reused again and again, thus it isn't recycled. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, it's better than landfills, but recycling doesn't really decrease your dependence on oil.
Funny, seems fine to me, and I'm no linux expert. It had some stability issues around 9.04, but 9.10 is pretty darn good. I'm running it on an old original P4 and it's snappier than windows XP was (which was still pretty good really). Also, I'm not aware of any situation where you can't edit the config files rather than use the GUI if that is what you prefer (I tend to do this for some things out of habit).
Hrmm, I actually think The GIMP is one of the greatest names ever. I love the look on people's faces when I suggest they try The GIMP for image editing. Why can't software have a sense of humour?
In general, only very small or old prop driven aircraft use reciprocating engines. Anything slightly larger and/or newer are turbo-prop engines -- a gas turbine engine very similar to the turbo-fan engines found on bigger jets.
I'm sick of hearing about brakes that don't work -- it simply isn't true on a car with even remotely well maintained brakes. Yes, if you continue down the road at full throttle using your brakes to keep you at a constant speed, they will eventually heat up and lose effectiveness. However, if you simply stop the car as normal, they have no trouble at all. This is the safest method to stop ANY car with a stuck throttle, including cars with no computers whatsoever. Putting the gearbox in neutral will likely result in the destruction of the engine, and turning the engine off will result in a loss of power steering, which can be quite a disadvantage in larger cars. I have performed this maneuverer in a modified early 80's Subaru ~150bhp with the standard tiny disks at the front and DRUMS at the rear. There was no drama whatsoever. I simply slowed the car reasonably quickly (nothing violent at all) and pulled to the side of the road.
Funny how many people are jumping on my comment as if I were proclaiming that a dictatorship is the solution to all the worlds problems. If you read it again, you'll see that I said nothing of the sort. I posed no solution to the problem, I merely pointed out that there was a problem, and to rectify the problem, some change would need to take place. I don't profess to have the answer, and I doubt there is a simple answer.
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AWD makes these things MUCH easier. Especially with new the new actively controlled differentials that they use.
Funnily enough, modern cars have variable throttles, they aren't just on or off. Try it -- if you push the throttle only half way down, you'll find the car accelerates slower. With a powerful car, you have the ability to break traction easily if desired, but you can still just drive more gently and retain it if you want! With a gutless car, you have to perform some violent maneuver just to break traction.
If you really think it's that simple to control a complicated dynamic system like this, you really have no idea about control theory and should stop commenting on it.
No, you missed the point, the car works it out itself -- you can move the cones wherever you want and it'll park between them.
Yeah, he's one of the best- but he's doing that in a 500hp AWD car, not a 100HP FWD diesel station wagon, at speeds several times higher than what Stanford was doing.
It's a hell of a lot easier to pull off maneuvers like that in a powerful, lightweight, AWD car set up for sliding than it is in a family wagon....
Do you know anything about control theory? At all? It certainly doesn't sound like it. They're not just programming the car what to do and when, the car sees where the cones are and works it out for itself.
Wait -- Has the American auto industry ever had good days?
Oh, you really don't think that this would be a practical way to park cars in an everyday situation? Congratulations. They weren't doing it so that future generations of robotic vehicles could slide into parking spots all over the place, it was a fun exercise to further develop methods for modeling and controlling the cars movement in general.
It doesn't take much searching at all to find that UN projections predict that the world population could reach around 15 billion by 2100. That's the upper projection based on the assumption that demographic changes etc. don't cause a huge decrease in birth rates.
By accusing people of advocating eugenics and racism at the slightest mention of decreasing birth rates, it just sounds like you're scared of poorer countries breaking the cycle of poverty and being able to compete with your precious country.
Absolutely not, No, and I wish.
So the spouse finds out they're being cheated on? Not a bad thing at all IMO, the guilty party deserved it. I didn't say it was harmless, it wouldn't be much of a prank if it were.
Oh come on, mean pranks are a part of life, and this is no different. Once the victim has worked out they have crabs they'll be able to get rid of them fairly easily and it wont have any lasting effects.
I think you need to look up what the word 'orbit' means.....
At the extreme end, yes that is what I mean. Obviously that isn't a good option, but neither is the other extreme. Coalitions need some sort of coherency, otherwise decisions can't be made at all -- even on the most basic and inconsequential issues. For example, imagine the situation if you removed the distinction within parliament of the governing coalition and the opposition -- it would be utter chaos.
That's pretty much what I pointed out in my second sentence. Because political parties can vary in more than one dimension, a one dimensional description doesn't work.
Oh, and I wasn't only referring to Europe....
Too far left?! Your democrats would still be considered pretty far right in many countries..... More than anything else, this just shows that simple 'Left' and 'Right' are inadequate descriptors of political parties -- you need to describe them on at least two axes for it to even begin to makes sense.
The fact is that a 'perfect' democracy is mathematically impossible. Any system will always be a compromise between having everyones voices count and having an effective government with enough power to actually get things done. The UK's system is a reasonable compromise between those two extremes.
Why would you want to show off that you had someones keys? What would that prove? Who would care? I've had keys to a few of my ex's houses, simply because it saves a lot of hassle when you spend a lot of time at each other's places. If I went out to get pizza, I could let myself back in when I got back, instead of knocking and her having to come to the door. Nothing major, but it just makes sense and it doesn't have any downside that I can see.
Oh, and I've never had to have my locks changed, nor have any of my ex GFs, since I'm not a complete dick, and I don't go out with complete dicks, so we just give each others keys back. Pretty simple really.
Bu don't EVER let the GF know that her keys (and hence, in her mind, herself) have been deemed to be disposable.
Or you could just break a window, it's really quite a bit easier than checking every rock on the section to see if it's hollow.
Have you guys really never had a girlfriend? It's pretty normal to have keys to her house... In case she's in the shower when you get there... she's in bed.... she's not home and you have to pick up something you left there.... or maybe you want to get there before her and cook her dinner before she's home (yeah, right). If you don't trust your partner with keys to your house, there is something seriously wrong with your relationship!
The fact is that you still use petroleum based products -- whether you use more or less than the average person is beside the point. Also, you do realise that most plastic 'recycling' is not recycling at all.... It is generally reused to make crap like road surfaces etc., so that's the end of the line for it. It wont be reused again and again, thus it isn't recycled. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, it's better than landfills, but recycling doesn't really decrease your dependence on oil.
Kubuntu isn't even remotely usable.
Funny, seems fine to me, and I'm no linux expert. It had some stability issues around 9.04, but 9.10 is pretty darn good. I'm running it on an old original P4 and it's snappier than windows XP was (which was still pretty good really). Also, I'm not aware of any situation where you can't edit the config files rather than use the GUI if that is what you prefer (I tend to do this for some things out of habit).
Hrmm, I actually think The GIMP is one of the greatest names ever. I love the look on people's faces when I suggest they try The GIMP for image editing. Why can't software have a sense of humour?
In general, only very small or old prop driven aircraft use reciprocating engines. Anything slightly larger and/or newer are turbo-prop engines -- a gas turbine engine very similar to the turbo-fan engines found on bigger jets.
I'm sick of hearing about brakes that don't work -- it simply isn't true on a car with even remotely well maintained brakes. Yes, if you continue down the road at full throttle using your brakes to keep you at a constant speed, they will eventually heat up and lose effectiveness. However, if you simply stop the car as normal, they have no trouble at all. This is the safest method to stop ANY car with a stuck throttle, including cars with no computers whatsoever. Putting the gearbox in neutral will likely result in the destruction of the engine, and turning the engine off will result in a loss of power steering, which can be quite a disadvantage in larger cars. I have performed this maneuverer in a modified early 80's Subaru ~150bhp with the standard tiny disks at the front and DRUMS at the rear. There was no drama whatsoever. I simply slowed the car reasonably quickly (nothing violent at all) and pulled to the side of the road.
Funny how many people are jumping on my comment as if I were proclaiming that a dictatorship is the solution to all the worlds problems. If you read it again, you'll see that I said nothing of the sort. I posed no solution to the problem, I merely pointed out that there was a problem, and to rectify the problem, some change would need to take place. I don't profess to have the answer, and I doubt there is a simple answer.
Well, if we're going to be uncouth about it: perhaps you should grow a brain. That might allow you to appreciate a little humour now and then.