As an interesting note, an engine designed with ethanol in mind will actually produce more power than a gasoline vehicle of similar displacement. This is because, while ethanol has a lower energy density per volume of fuel, it has a much higher octane rating and a higher synchromatic reatio (you can burn more fuel for a particular volume of air.) So, you can design an engine to run at a much higher compression for better efficiency (more power from the same amount of fuel,) or you can design a turbo engine to run with more boost (useful in a flex fuel design.)
There are other issues with Ethanol, however. Some countries with a primarily agricultural economy are converting much of their production to produce bio-fuel. This is exasperating some of the world starvation issues.
Speaking as someone who was a "nice guy" all through highschool, it's the fault of the nice guy as well. Why buy the cow if the milk is free? If a "nice guy" is going to be a "good friend" and supply emotional support/fulfillment then the cute girl doesn't have to have that need met by her conceited prick boyfriend.
You are perpetuating the idea that girls do not enjoy sex, and merely perform it as an act to gain emotional support. "Why by the cow" can only be referring to having a meaningful relationship and engaging in sexual activity, where "the milk" refers to emotional support and friendship.
Although I can't say I've had the greatest of success in my own personal relationships, if I've learned anything it's that men and women really aren't so different. Women want a man they can trust and respect. They want attraction, and chemistry. That's what you want too, right?
So, how can she respect you if you have no will of your own? How can she trust you when all you say are the nice things about her, and are never completely honest with yourself, or with her?
Here's a crash test video of an F4 Phantom II Jet being crashed into a wall built to reactor containment vessel specifications. As you can see in the video, at 480MPH all the jet really manages to do is vaporize and gently nudge the wall.
If the actions of President Bush has taught us anything over the past 8 years, it's that voting most certainly is NOT pointless. Sure we voted for the wrong guy, but his administration's gross mismanagement of this country showed very clearly that the two parties are not by any means identical, and that your vote for a president can have a very real impact on the policies that are put into place.
At this point, I can only wish that we had an ineffective president who did not accomplish anything in the white house for the last 8 years. We would be a lot better off right now.
A racer interested in self preservation usually only reduces his speed by about 5%-10% of what is theoretically possible. Most motorcycle racers use lines that provide space to recover if they exceed traction limits, usually at the cost of position or lap times. Most racers use a delayed apex line that allows the driver to get on the throttle hard and early. If the vehicle does start to go out of control, there is usually plenty of room to recover.
Because exceeding the limits can be recovered, and because it usually reduces lap times, I highly doubt that being able to run near maximum speed would provide a significant advantage. After all, a casual gamer is just as likely as a racer to botch a corner and go off-line. If doing so hurts lap times badly enough, there is not a real advantage in getting so close to the edge.
The biggest advantage a simulated racer will have is that simulations tend to be a little watered down from reality, and are usually more predictable. Top gear had an excellent video on the matter, where Jeremy Clarkson attempted to beat his GT4 time in reality using the same car (Acura NSX) and course (Laguna Seca.) I'm sure you can find the video on YouTube.
The hypothesis is simplistic. I drag knee on my motorcycle at 110 mph. I guarantee my chance of fatality is much higher than that of a car driver. However, in practice, I do not drive as fast on a public road as I do a closed course, due to the drastically increased probability of unknown hazards.
That's an excellent point. I believe it's important to test the people you love, and do so on a regular basis.
With my last girlfriend, I sent her out with my best friend to see what would happen. Everything went great, and she was very faithful to me, so I knew I needed a bigger test.
So, I sent her down to a private Chip and Dale's party with her best friends. Even then, she wasn't tempted. Obviously, my test wasn't good enough for her.
To truly prove her faithfulness, I told her that she was a whore, cut her off from everyone she loved, and kicked her out of her home. After ignoring her pleas for love, I called her ex and told him to come take care of her, then let her stew for a month.
When she didn't return, I obviously knew she wasn't faithful enough for me.
I can start a phone company as well. I'll string some wires together with my neighbors, and call it pac-burning1. We will be competitive with Version.
The point I'm trying to make is that building an online auction website and competing with E-bay are very different things.
Tray Parker and Matt Stone did just this in an episode of South Park titled 'Super Best Friends'. The episode has raised controversy, not due to Jesus re-animating a statue of Jon Wilkes booth in order to shoot a rampaging Lincoln Monument in the head, but due to a fairly sympathetic portrayal of the prophet Muhammad.
Should we be more worried that being able to game for 18 hours straight is a requirement for you, or that your comment gained an "Insightful" moderation?
Did your Canine teeth evolve alongside your male nipples and tailbone? Did you not also evolve the ability to make rational lifestyle decisions for yourself, and to overcome your animal nature?
Not trying to say that you're wrong for eating meat. But I would like to point out that this oft repeated argument is deeply flawed.
It's trivially easy to reject any email to dontreply@example.com at the mail-server or mail gateway. The total cost of doing so is a few bytes of bandwidth, and a TCP connection.
Speaking as someone who races motorcycles, in the USA it's safe far more often than it's legal.
With well maintained roads, it's would not be particularly dangerous to hit those speeds within the flow of traffic, on in the absence of traffic. Frankly, I would feel safer at 100MPH around focused drivers than I do around our current breed of latte drinking, cell phone talking, SUV driving, no-dozeing, 65MPH traffic.
As other people have pointed out, cruising speed is always somewhat below maximum speed. Generally a vehicle with a maximum speed of 100MPH can comfortably drive somewhere between 60 and 80 MPH. Reaching maximum speed usually requires flooring it far longer than most people feel comfortable. It also encourages drivers to maintain momentum in situations where it's really best to slow down.
"You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt."
-- Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Wait until the firesale of HD-DVD movies. Buy as many as you possibly can.
So long as you have movies to watch, your HD-DVD player will remain relevant. Since you can get them so cheaply, it makes sense to buy a whole bunch... By the time you're bored, the price of Blueray will be way down making the transition easier.
I don't know about you, but I use SMS people when I need it. I don't even give a second thought to the cost.
And neither do most teens, from what little I see of them.
A lot of people are very naive about the security provided by credit cards and checking accounts.
I used to run credit cards and EFT as part of a previous job, and I was responsible for setting up the system. The only thing I need for an electronic funds transfer is your bank routing and account numbers. All that information is available on a voided check.
The only security you have, is that it's difficult to complete these kinds of transactions anonymously. Bank fraud is a big deal if you are caught.
The same is true of credit cards. Your signature is a contract promising to pay. It protects the business against customers reversing charges on purchased goods. It is not used for authentication of any form.
when the clouds are positioned for coverage around the globe . ..
The alien mothership is in orbit here. If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate. Now, like all great plans, my strategy is so simple an idiot could have devised it.
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As an interesting note, an engine designed with ethanol in mind will actually produce more power than a gasoline vehicle of similar displacement. This is because, while ethanol has a lower energy density per volume of fuel, it has a much higher octane rating and a higher synchromatic reatio (you can burn more fuel for a particular volume of air.) So, you can design an engine to run at a much higher compression for better efficiency (more power from the same amount of fuel,) or you can design a turbo engine to run with more boost (useful in a flex fuel design.)
A great example of this is the Koenigsegg CCXR
There are other issues with Ethanol, however. Some countries with a primarily agricultural economy are converting much of their production to produce bio-fuel. This is exasperating some of the world starvation issues.
You dated yourself the moment you said "my 18 year old daughter." *grin*
You are perpetuating the idea that girls do not enjoy sex, and merely perform it as an act to gain emotional support. "Why by the cow" can only be referring to having a meaningful relationship and engaging in sexual activity, where "the milk" refers to emotional support and friendship.
Although I can't say I've had the greatest of success in my own personal relationships, if I've learned anything it's that men and women really aren't so different. Women want a man they can trust and respect. They want attraction, and chemistry. That's what you want too, right?
So, how can she respect you if you have no will of your own? How can she trust you when all you say are the nice things about her, and are never completely honest with yourself, or with her?
Here's a crash test video of an F4 Phantom II Jet being crashed into a wall built to reactor containment vessel specifications. As you can see in the video, at 480MPH all the jet really manages to do is vaporize and gently nudge the wall.
I think our reactors are safe.
If the actions of President Bush has taught us anything over the past 8 years, it's that voting most certainly is NOT pointless. Sure we voted for the wrong guy, but his administration's gross mismanagement of this country showed very clearly that the two parties are not by any means identical, and that your vote for a president can have a very real impact on the policies that are put into place.
At this point, I can only wish that we had an ineffective president who did not accomplish anything in the white house for the last 8 years. We would be a lot better off right now.
Have you ever raced? Because I have.
A racer interested in self preservation usually only reduces his speed by about 5%-10% of what is theoretically possible. Most motorcycle racers use lines that provide space to recover if they exceed traction limits, usually at the cost of position or lap times. Most racers use a delayed apex line that allows the driver to get on the throttle hard and early. If the vehicle does start to go out of control, there is usually plenty of room to recover.
Because exceeding the limits can be recovered, and because it usually reduces lap times, I highly doubt that being able to run near maximum speed would provide a significant advantage. After all, a casual gamer is just as likely as a racer to botch a corner and go off-line. If doing so hurts lap times badly enough, there is not a real advantage in getting so close to the edge.
The biggest advantage a simulated racer will have is that simulations tend to be a little watered down from reality, and are usually more predictable. Top gear had an excellent video on the matter, where Jeremy Clarkson attempted to beat his GT4 time in reality using the same car (Acura NSX) and course (Laguna Seca.) I'm sure you can find the video on YouTube.
Glad to see someone understood. :)
The hypothesis is simplistic. I drag knee on my motorcycle at 110 mph. I guarantee my chance of fatality is much higher than that of a car driver. However, in practice, I do not drive as fast on a public road as I do a closed course, due to the drastically increased probability of unknown hazards.
(Seriously: Closed course, semi-professional driver.)
He probably spends 14 hours a day working in order to pay for his wife's gas. :)
That's an excellent point. I believe it's important to test the people you love, and do so on a regular basis.
With my last girlfriend, I sent her out with my best friend to see what would happen. Everything went great, and she was very faithful to me, so I knew I needed a bigger test.
So, I sent her down to a private Chip and Dale's party with her best friends. Even then, she wasn't tempted. Obviously, my test wasn't good enough for her.
To truly prove her faithfulness, I told her that she was a whore, cut her off from everyone she loved, and kicked her out of her home. After ignoring her pleas for love, I called her ex and told him to come take care of her, then let her stew for a month.
When she didn't return, I obviously knew she wasn't faithful enough for me.
The slut.
(/irony)
The second rule of litigation is, "Don't p*** off the judge."
(With apologies to Tyler Durden.)
I can start a phone company as well. I'll string some wires together with my neighbors, and call it pac-burning1. We will be competitive with Version. The point I'm trying to make is that building an online auction website and competing with E-bay are very different things.
Yes, blame Canada.
Tray Parker and Matt Stone did just this in an episode of South Park titled 'Super Best Friends'. The episode has raised controversy, not due to Jesus re-animating a statue of Jon Wilkes booth in order to shoot a rampaging Lincoln Monument in the head, but due to a fairly sympathetic portrayal of the prophet Muhammad.
Should we be more worried that being able to game for 18 hours straight is a requirement for you, or that your comment gained an "Insightful" moderation?
Did your Canine teeth evolve alongside your male nipples and tailbone? Did you not also evolve the ability to make rational lifestyle decisions for yourself, and to overcome your animal nature?
Not trying to say that you're wrong for eating meat. But I would like to point out that this oft repeated argument is deeply flawed.
It's trivially easy to reject any email to dontreply@example.com at the mail-server or mail gateway. The total cost of doing so is a few bytes of bandwidth, and a TCP connection.
Speaking as someone who races motorcycles, in the USA it's safe far more often than it's legal.
With well maintained roads, it's would not be particularly dangerous to hit those speeds within the flow of traffic, on in the absence of traffic. Frankly, I would feel safer at 100MPH around focused drivers than I do around our current breed of latte drinking, cell phone talking, SUV driving, no-dozeing, 65MPH traffic.
As other people have pointed out, cruising speed is always somewhat below maximum speed. Generally a vehicle with a maximum speed of 100MPH can comfortably drive somewhere between 60 and 80 MPH. Reaching maximum speed usually requires flooring it far longer than most people feel comfortable. It also encourages drivers to maintain momentum in situations where it's really best to slow down.
"You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt."
-- Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Someone pointed out a rather elegant solution...
Wait until the firesale of HD-DVD movies. Buy as many as you possibly can.
So long as you have movies to watch, your HD-DVD player will remain relevant. Since you can get them so cheaply, it makes sense to buy a whole bunch... By the time you're bored, the price of Blueray will be way down making the transition easier.
I must be defective.
I don't know about you, but I use SMS people when I need it. I don't even give a second thought to the cost. And neither do most teens, from what little I see of them.
A lot of people are very naive about the security provided by credit cards and checking accounts.
I used to run credit cards and EFT as part of a previous job, and I was responsible for setting up the system. The only thing I need for an electronic funds transfer is your bank routing and account numbers. All that information is available on a voided check.
The only security you have, is that it's difficult to complete these kinds of transactions anonymously. Bank fraud is a big deal if you are caught.
The same is true of credit cards. Your signature is a contract promising to pay. It protects the business against customers reversing charges on purchased goods. It is not used for authentication of any form.
: )
Sadly, it's the same here...