"The meter is not your property and hacking it without authorization is illegal. "
My business and political masters don't need to _respect_ laws, so I don't either. I don't have any moral obligation to them since they have none to me.
I can choose to WEIGH the risk/benefit tradeoffs of obediance, then do what I will.
"I don't know how attentive the average person is, but if I picked-up a power strip and it weighed twice as much as others, I'd be very suspiscious that something was off with it (maybe something fell in?)"
They'd think it was higher quality because it weighed more.
That whole post is a fine argument not to do a hybrid...at all.
"Looking like" an SUV but not being able to DO what SUVs do due to the sacrifices made for economy is pointless.
If you are going to slash weight by using a microcar or a qaud, then get rid of the two extra wheels, and do a motorcycle instead, or do it as a three-wheeler so as to licence is as a cycle.
That won't need to be hybrid, just lightweight. You can get rid of the "hybrid" complexity, gear it tall, and use an internal combustion engine tuned for economy.
"I have yet to see anything about this cybersecurity bill that does not involve centralization (reducing resilience) or regulation (reducing diversity and thus making attacks more effective because more widespread),"
Not unless you replaced them with MUCH heavier custom bumpers. Modern, thin truck/SUV "bumpers" don't do shit to protect you and bend easily. I've replaced plenty of them for customers as they bend easily.
The crush zones in the frame and body do protect you.
"I'll just go ahead and throw my gas on the fire and suggest a microturbine with a (very) large capacitor, which is how freight trains work. *ducks* Enjoy!"
Capstone make turbine gensets for things like datacenter backup. They might be a potential sponsor.
"50 years ago if you had more then two kids you just crammed them in whereever."
Fifty years ago, the "SUV" was called a "station wagon" and they often had MORE room than modern SUVs.
The large SUV exists because CAFE regulations hammered the "station wagon" market so those wanting one had to switch to truck-based platforms. Trucks were viewed as tools for work, and station wagons at tools of leisure.
I've often used Ford station wagons and town cars as engine donors for pickup trucks. The 460 in my F250 came from one.
Expeditions are plentiful in good cosmetic condition with blown engines or transmissions. They are common in salvage so you (ask a used car dealer if you can attend an auction with him, buy lunch, lurk and learn!) have a good shot at getting one at auction for cheap. We slaughter them for pickup truck parts since there is much overlap.
Use a 2WD version for simplicity.
Make sure you have a TITLE, transferred to you and recorded at DMV, before you start. No title? No drive on street. Short version: Do not fuck around with titles.
Expys are roomy so you have scope for interior redesign. Neatly remove the interior and dash (LOTS of info on the internet with pics, pickup truck info applies too) and on sites like fordtrucks.com. Post a thread in their forums.
(For the interior and dash, get a set of 1/4" drive SIX POINT metric Craftsman sockets and buy a 5.5mm if it doesn't contain one. This applies to any SUV. About twenty bucks.)
They are well understood. You don't need to fuck around with "SUV" problems when you are building a hybrid.
While the stock engine is annoying to remove, you won't be putting it back. Remove the intake manifold etc for clearance.
The engine bay is roomy because the stock engine is wide. You will be installing an inline diesel engine so you will have ample room to work and to locate accessories.
ADD outside outlets for 220 and 110 single phase! SUVs are often used for work trucks and that's a terrific feature anyone can use on jobsite or camping.
Use a much larger drive motor or motors than you need, because if you undersize those you are fucked. You can't add more juice if the drive motors won't take it.
Get someone onboard who can WELD and fabricate steel properly. Most of the work will be MIG, but it's not stuff for a little Harbor Freight welding machine. Visit weldingweb.com and lurk then post if any questions. Good folks are there, but lurk before posting so you can better articulate your questions.
Wear proper PPE such as gloves, earplugs, and FACE SHIELDS when cutting and grinding! It sounds dry and boring, but get everyone on the same page re: safety. Experienced people injure themselves often enough. Noobs can learn the right way the first time instead of bleeding!
A good cordless toolkit including Sawzall, impact wrench, drill and circular saw (you can put thin abrasive cutoff wheels in those, not the thick shit at the chain stores, I use 6" diameter cutoff wheels) will make your life MUCH easier. A 6" corded angle grinder (NOT 4.5") to run cutoff wheels is IMO a must. Metabo make good ones.
Properly CLAMP all lines and wiring and protect against chafing. Cushion clamps/"Adel clamps" are your friends and cheap on Ebay.
Have a master power disconnect safety switch to cut all battery power for safe maintenance.
Have fun, and USE the vast resources of the internet because most of your potential problems have probably been solved elsewhere. You can integrate solutions into a nice package instead of thrashing.
"And cop to the fact that cleaning up other people's chaotic lives is expensive"
It is often impossible.Have the courage to write off disruptive and bullying students.
There is no reason to tolerate a Hellmouth where thugs (be they jock thugs or hood rats or anything else) disrupt the students who are there to learn. Letting the trash abuse and drag down the good students is cruel and unjustifiable.
The US focuses many resources on low performers when it should be nurturing the best performers instead. Oddly, Americans appreciate SPORTS competition, but don't quite get that supporting our best academic competitors is far more beneficial for society.
"One suggestion to Slashdot readers. If you're in a situation like this, do your best to use your phone to record what's happening without being noticed. That'll help the good guy in the dispute. You might even practice what you should do, from starting up a camera app to perhaps slipping it in a shirt pocket with the lens able to see everything that's happening."
Good idea, and you might even get a viral video out of it.
In this context, the definition of "girls" has been expanded (for obvious humanitarian reasons) to include practical, more ethical substitutes such as Fleshlights and warm liver.
BTW, anyone can download a clean LEGAL.iso from digitalriver since it's the license key that matters. No point in warezing unless you like the package.
So DON'T send them work, which is what e-waste represents to THEM.
The choice of overpopulation means that there will never be good, safe jobs for everyone.
Industrial Revolutions are paid for in blood just like armed revolutions, sometimes with more casualties.
We EUSians are sitting pretty because our predecessors were expendable. They died in the mines, on the railroads, in the fields they sharecropped, and in industrial accidents. When it became affordable to take better care of workers in DEVELOPED societies, things changed.
Slashdot Mirror
"IT support is becoming less and less of a highly skilled job."
Not even close. Auto mechanics requires far MORE skill and broader knowledge of theory than it did forty years ago.
I don't need catharsis by venting. I get it by lying instead. :-)
People are vulnerable to manipulation by cleverly applied praise. Hone that tool and use it smoothly. Praise is doesn't cost a thing.
"The meter is not your property and hacking it without authorization is illegal. "
My business and political masters don't need to _respect_ laws, so I don't either. I don't have any moral obligation to them since they have none to me.
I can choose to WEIGH the risk/benefit tradeoffs of obediance, then do what I will.
"I don't know how attentive the average person is, but if I picked-up a power strip and it weighed twice as much as others, I'd be very suspiscious that something was off with it (maybe something fell in?)"
They'd think it was higher quality because it weighed more.
That whole post is a fine argument not to do a hybrid...at all.
"Looking like" an SUV but not being able to DO what SUVs do due to the sacrifices made for economy is pointless.
If you are going to slash weight by using a microcar or a qaud, then get rid of the two extra wheels, and do a motorcycle instead, or do it as a three-wheeler so as to licence is as a cycle.
That won't need to be hybrid, just lightweight. You can get rid of the "hybrid" complexity, gear it tall, and use an internal combustion engine tuned for economy.
Better yet, just keep them off the internet. Not everything should be on the internet.
"I have yet to see anything about this cybersecurity bill that does not involve centralization (reducing resilience) or regulation (reducing diversity and thus making attacks more effective because more widespread),"
Mod parent up!
If he doesn't like the terms, he can scrap his game or disclose the problems with every sale.
I dislike MSFT, but they owe him nothing.
"Real bumpers."
Not unless you replaced them with MUCH heavier custom bumpers. Modern, thin truck/SUV "bumpers" don't do shit to protect you and bend easily. I've replaced plenty of them for customers as they bend easily.
The crush zones in the frame and body do protect you.
Green hydro is quite practical without fucking up rivers.
Check these folks out, especially the antique but highly effective machine tools and power generation components they use!
http://www.frenchriverland.com/machine_shop.htm
Five hundred bucks IS in the "impulse buy" range for many consumer goods.
A hundred or two hundred bucks nowadays won't get you many tools of any sort.
"I'll just go ahead and throw my gas on the fire and suggest a microturbine with a (very) large capacitor, which is how freight trains work. *ducks* Enjoy!"
Capstone make turbine gensets for things like datacenter backup. They might be a potential sponsor.
"50 years ago if you had more then two kids you just crammed them in whereever."
Fifty years ago, the "SUV" was called a "station wagon" and they often had MORE room than modern SUVs.
The large SUV exists because CAFE regulations hammered the "station wagon" market so those wanting one had to switch to truck-based platforms. Trucks were viewed as tools for work, and station wagons at tools of leisure.
I've often used Ford station wagons and town cars as engine donors for pickup trucks. The 460 in my F250 came from one.
Expeditions are plentiful in good cosmetic condition with blown engines or transmissions. They are common in salvage so you (ask a used car dealer if you can attend an auction with him, buy lunch, lurk and learn!) have a good shot at getting one at auction for cheap. We slaughter them for pickup truck parts since there is much overlap.
Use a 2WD version for simplicity.
Make sure you have a TITLE, transferred to you and recorded at DMV, before you start. No title? No drive on street. Short version: Do not fuck around with titles.
Expys are roomy so you have scope for interior redesign. Neatly remove the interior and dash (LOTS of info on the internet with pics, pickup truck info applies too) and on sites like fordtrucks.com. Post a thread in their forums.
(For the interior and dash, get a set of 1/4" drive SIX POINT metric Craftsman sockets and buy a 5.5mm if it doesn't contain one. This applies to any SUV. About twenty bucks.)
They are well understood. You don't need to fuck around with "SUV" problems when you are building a hybrid.
While the stock engine is annoying to remove, you won't be putting it back. Remove the intake manifold etc for clearance.
The engine bay is roomy because the stock engine is wide. You will be installing an inline diesel engine so you will have ample room to work and to locate accessories.
ADD outside outlets for 220 and 110 single phase! SUVs are often used for work trucks and that's a terrific feature anyone can use on jobsite or camping.
Use a much larger drive motor or motors than you need, because if you undersize those you are fucked. You can't add more juice if the drive motors won't take it.
Get someone onboard who can WELD and fabricate steel properly. Most of the work will be MIG, but it's not stuff for a little Harbor Freight welding machine. Visit weldingweb.com and lurk then post if any questions. Good folks are there, but lurk before posting so you can better articulate your questions.
Wear proper PPE such as gloves, earplugs, and FACE SHIELDS when cutting and grinding! It sounds dry and boring, but get everyone on the same page re: safety. Experienced people injure themselves often enough. Noobs can learn the right way the first time instead of bleeding!
A good cordless toolkit including Sawzall, impact wrench, drill and circular saw (you can put thin abrasive cutoff wheels in those, not the thick shit at the chain stores, I use 6" diameter cutoff wheels) will make your life MUCH easier. A 6" corded angle grinder (NOT 4.5") to run cutoff wheels is IMO a must. Metabo make good ones.
Properly CLAMP all lines and wiring and protect against chafing. Cushion clamps/"Adel clamps" are your friends and cheap on Ebay.
Have a master power disconnect safety switch to cut all battery power for safe maintenance.
Have fun, and USE the vast resources of the internet because most of your potential problems have probably been solved elsewhere. You can integrate solutions into a nice package instead of thrashing.
"It is cheaper to have it delivered than drive around with an extra ton or two of vehicle everyday."
Which is why I own more than one vehicle. SUVs (or in my case, pickup trucks) don't burn gas when they aren't moving.
"Minivans are a better option than a full size van or an SUV. Better seating, more flexible, easier to drive and better mileage."
Depends on use. They aren't good at towing large trailers or boats.
"One can purchase a full size spare and doing so is cheaper than buying an SUV for the option of a full size spare."
Strongly agree. Ebay is a good place to find matching spare wheels, and if you get a flat the odds of fucking up your aluminum rim are considerable.
"The point of sport is exercising your body for the fun and health benefits."
That's what's called an "asserted conclusion".
If we are to judge by the MONEY flow, the point of "sport" is to ENTERTAIN the audience and make a profit.
I'd be fine with an "enhanced" category. As with automobile drag racing, don't run what you can't afford to blow up.
The sack around a Chivas Regal bottle doesn't make the booze taste better, but the CUSTOMER pays for it and is pleasured thereby.
That sack has sold a lot of booze...
"And cop to the fact that cleaning up other people's chaotic lives is expensive"
It is often impossible.Have the courage to write off disruptive and bullying students.
There is no reason to tolerate a Hellmouth where thugs (be they jock thugs or hood rats or anything else) disrupt the students who are there to learn. Letting the trash abuse and drag down the good students is cruel and unjustifiable.
The US focuses many resources on low performers when it should be nurturing the best performers instead. Oddly, Americans appreciate SPORTS competition, but don't quite get that supporting our best academic competitors is far more beneficial for society.
"One suggestion to Slashdot readers. If you're in a situation like this, do your best to use your phone to record what's happening without being noticed. That'll help the good guy in the dispute. You might even practice what you should do, from starting up a camera app to perhaps slipping it in a shirt pocket with the lens able to see everything that's happening."
Good idea, and you might even get a viral video out of it.
Note to self:
Copy/pasting "pate" may have unforseen results after submittal...
In this context, the definition of "girls" has been expanded (for obvious humanitarian reasons) to include practical, more ethical substitutes such as Fleshlights and warm liver.
Anyone for some pÃté later?
Of course.
BTW, anyone can download a clean LEGAL .iso from digitalriver since it's the license key that matters. No point in warezing unless you like the package.
That makes it all even more amusing.
It would be interesting to know who buys these.
So DON'T send them work, which is what e-waste represents to THEM.
The choice of overpopulation means that there will never be good, safe jobs for everyone.
Industrial Revolutions are paid for in blood just like armed revolutions, sometimes with more casualties.
We EUSians are sitting pretty because our predecessors were expendable. They died in the mines, on the railroads, in the fields they sharecropped, and in industrial accidents. When it became affordable to take better care of workers in DEVELOPED societies, things changed.
It is NICE that those XP PCs help pay for the phones!