Someone else has already mentioned the rotary Nortons (of which there were several models - I've ridden the Commander, and can tell you the engine was terrific).
There have been a few others that I've been aware of: Hercules Wankel 2000 (aka the "DKW 2000"). Don't know anything about it apart from the name, it was German (mid 70s), and rotary.
Suzuki RE-5. (mid 70s) Happened to bump into the chairman of the RE-5 owners club at a motorway services one day. That was the only one I've ever physically seen.
Van Veen OCR 1000 (I've Never actually _seen_ one, but I understand it's basically a NSU engine sledge-hammered into a Moto Guzzi frame by a crazy Dutchman)
Apparently Yamaha build a rotary prototype around the same time, but I don't think it ever saw production.
All very interesting from an engineering POV, but I'll stick with my 1984 Kawasaki 750 Turbo if it's all the same to you:)
Not to mention MASSIVE kudos to Honda for selling the Insight (in the UK, and hence - by induction - everywhere else) for less than it costs them to actually make it.
> As a PS2 developer, doing a PAL port is a headache i'd rather not think about.
I'd be happy to just be able play some of the NTSC releases over here in the UK, since my TV can handle NTSC just fine. Of course, if you're serious about offering gamers the best experience you'd want to offer them the better resolution that PAL offers...;)
I have no idea when they ditched iLink, but it's a real shame - Multi-console Gran Turismo 3 rocked in multi-player (one driver per console) mode. But in single player mode, it was about the best console gaming experience I've ever come across - the additional consoles became the left/right side views out of the car (and, I assume, if you had enough PS2s and screens you'd get the full 360 degree effect - sadly the time I tried it we'd only got 3 PS2s we could lay our hands on. Which is really sad, because we had a very large number of 42" NEC flatscreens kicking around the office...)
The first season (Now widely referred to as "The Primary Phase") was six episodes (often referred to as "fits", as that's how they were billed in the BBC listings magazine way back then), there was a "one off special" ( Beeblebrox at the offices of the guide - "Don't try to outwierd me three eyes, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal"), and the Seconddary Phase season was five fits.
Dogs are good, but I have a friend lives in Maine has an even better deterrant - a pair of bobcats. Given the choice of facing down an angry doberman, or an angry bobcat - I'd take the dog every time...
I read pretty much daily, and metamod almost every time I read. The really interesting this is that just a few hours after I made that posting, I had mod points. I'll leave it as an excercise for the reader as to whether "coincidence" is fact or fiction;)
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So is the authour of the parent of this post - "Anonymous Coward" is very definatly a known troll...
> my wife wont let me near her mac..
:)
That's not Mac nerds being protective of their hardware - that's a woman not trusting a man
Unfortunatly, some moron DROPPED the LoC in the middle of the Atlantic - which is why they need to rescan it all...
> Americans will continue to be unaware of their rights...
More accurately 'Americans will continue to allow themselves to be stripped of their rights'.
And which bit is it you think you flip to transpose 'D' (0x44) to 'B' (0x42)?
There are 10 types of people. Those that understand binary and those that don't.
And Larry Flynt is a publisher with very strong views on freedom of the press. Yes, I'm well aware of who both of them are...
> I think the concept of an overpressure release valve is well understood by automotive engineers.
And the marketing types will probably decide that the cost of such a valve is higher than paying out damages in lawsuits when people are injured...
Someone else has already mentioned the rotary Nortons (of which there were several models - I've ridden the Commander, and can tell you the engine was terrific).
:)
There have been a few others that I've been aware of:
Hercules Wankel 2000 (aka the "DKW 2000"). Don't know anything about it apart from the name, it was German (mid 70s), and rotary.
Suzuki RE-5. (mid 70s) Happened to bump into the chairman of the RE-5 owners club at a motorway services one day. That was the only one I've ever physically seen.
Van Veen OCR 1000 (I've Never actually _seen_ one, but I understand it's basically a NSU engine sledge-hammered into a Moto Guzzi frame by a crazy Dutchman)
Apparently Yamaha build a rotary prototype around the same time, but I don't think it ever saw production.
All very interesting from an engineering POV, but I'll stick with my 1984 Kawasaki 750 Turbo if it's all the same to you
Not to mention MASSIVE kudos to Honda for selling the Insight (in the UK, and hence - by induction - everywhere else) for less than it costs them to actually make it.
Isn't Larry Laffer the secret identity of Super Hero Larry Flynt? Or is it the other way around - I can never get that one straight...
That's the display department....
> you really think it will be the same in 60 years when you die???
In 60 years, I expect to have been vastened by Heechee technology
> How long have you been not a bot. :)?
I hate to say it - but you sound like a therapist....
> What if deleting all of your hardcore porn is destroying your family's last image of you?
Or, worse still - destroying your last image of your family...
> As a PS2 developer, doing a PAL port is a headache i'd rather not think about.
;)
I'd be happy to just be able play some of the NTSC releases over here in the UK, since my TV can handle NTSC just fine. Of course, if you're serious about offering gamers the best experience you'd want to offer them the better resolution that PAL offers...
I have no idea when they ditched iLink, but it's a real shame - Multi-console Gran Turismo 3 rocked in multi-player (one driver per console) mode. But in single player mode, it was about the best console gaming experience I've ever come across - the additional consoles became the left/right side views out of the car (and, I assume, if you had enough PS2s and screens you'd get the full 360 degree effect - sadly the time I tried it we'd only got 3 PS2s we could lay our hands on. Which is really sad, because we had a very large number of 42" NEC flatscreens kicking around the office...)
> I have twelve of the original radio shows..
That's the lot.
> are there six to a season or am I missing some?
The first season (Now widely referred to as "The Primary Phase") was six episodes (often referred to as "fits", as that's how they were billed in the BBC listings magazine way back then), there was a "one off special" (
Beeblebrox at the offices of the guide - "Don't try to outwierd me three eyes, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal"), and the Seconddary Phase season was five fits.
Glad to be of service!
> God, his cat.
Actually, his cat was called "The Lord", not God. I know this since one of MY cats is named after him (and yes, the other one is called Schroedinger).
> The odds of that happening are extremely low
As, I suspect, are the odds of surviving such a shoot-out if it happens.
Dogs are good, but I have a friend lives in Maine has an even better deterrant - a pair of bobcats. Given the choice of facing down an angry doberman, or an angry bobcat - I'd take the dog every time...
> What I want is one of the talking alarms that count down until the alarm
ED209 (from Robocop) - now THAT'S my idea of a talking security system...
> I just smile a bit when I hear about pints
So do I. Beer comes in pints. Beer makes me smile...
I read pretty much daily, and metamod almost every time I read. ;)
The really interesting this is that just a few hours after I made that posting, I had mod points. I'll leave it as an excercise for the reader as to whether "coincidence" is fact or fiction
> translate AIMlish into English.
Since when have the Amish been using IM clients?
> close all accounts and keep money under the mattress.
:)
Damn. If I tried to keep all my money under my mattress, I'd need a much higher bedroom ceiling