The fact that there are no disc-shaped aircraft in the skies today How did we prove this again?
Probably proved impracticable. Higher cost over contemprary designs, reliability, serviceablity, things like that. Just strap a saddle on a turbine engine, tape on some wings and you're off and flying.
Well, dropping a subframe is no big deal, but I wouldn't want to have to do it a lot. I had it off my 240SX a couple times for differential swaps and I've half-dropped it on my 300SD to replace the rear springs.
The big v8 that you're referring to doesn't have any motor mounts up top to hold it in place when you drop that subframe is my understanding, so it's "remove the engine and transmission", which gets involved with disconnecting a boatload of stuff that has to be attached to the body. As you indicate "not fun". I'm unclear if the factory engines had top side support or not, but seeing as how it was effectively a FWD drivetrain (lifted out something else as I recall), I wouldn't be surprised.
I do agree that the Fiero was possibly one of the most underrated pieces from GM at the time. I do wish the i4 that they'd put in it wasn't so anemic. It might have really given the MR2 a run for it's money. Except for the entire "GM quality" thing. The 80s were not a good time for NA manufacturers in the quality department.
I had my Fiero, built to order with everything but about two accessories. The day I picked it up and drove it home from the dealership I wondered why the stick shifted so badly. That was the beginning of the end of the love affair with the car. The rear brakes would freeze because the springs for expanding the caliper were weak (garage mechanic explained this to me) plus the gooseneck the parking brake cable went through was prone to seizing up due to corrosion (Michigan and its fabulous road salt.) Leaky sunroof, mysterious fasteners falling out from under the dash, interior shreading because it was installed too taut. The final straw was a borken headbolt at 30,025 miles, 25 over warranty for the powertrain. On an engine rated for 4,500 RPM red-line I was exasperated (my other car, a 1965 Olds with a 425 ci V8 redlined at 5,500 RPM, bit of a difference in build quality there) There were tales of common engine fires and cracked blocks, though I never experienced either of those.
The epitaph of the Fiero was: Brilliant design, but killed by the bean-counters who shopped around GM for the components to put it together. The MR2 was done correctly and utterly punished GM for their failings. As I understand the power train for the Fiero was designed by engineers to be all new and purposefully built for that car (which would have made it legend), but rumor was the Corvette team worried it would draw off sales, so the FWD power train of the Chevy Citation was worked to install backward and the stick operate the transmission by cable, which is largely why shifting gears in the 4 spd was such a pain.
Rather than do the job right, GM did it the GM way and Fiero became a running joke, which eventually closed the plant and ended the run of a car which had so much promise.
I just got my old girl primered and re-upholstered and I'm thinking a new engine would really make her kick ass.
Is your 'old girl' a rear-engine design? If not, you may be out of luck...
Firebirds of that era were front engine. I think Pontiac made anything but the Fiero with front engine and the Fiero is a frightening drive with the engine it had (I whipped out a few times in mine and it always spun around with the rear of the car going in the direction of travel. Couldn't sell that thing fast enough.)
It was fun, some of the flame-wars, the me-toos, attacks of the sillies, etc. All about 20 years before/. came along. Funny how anonymity on a network produces such similar behavior in completely independent groups separated by time.
"we joke that Iranian government is terribly inept, but would they really be so thick as to think blocking gmail had any meaningful impact on those who created/supported the video?"
The answer to your supposedly rhetorical question is a resounding "YES". You have incredibly naive and amazing faith in politicians and bureaucrats.
The three morons who created the video originally titled it "Innocence of Bn Laden", it was a half-witted attempt to smoke out would-be terrorists in a Los Angeles theatre they had rented for 1 showing which nobody attended.
It's run by the Republican Guard. They let the mullahs and ayatollah go on thinking they run things, also leave civilian stuff to them, too, but the hard decisions on nuclear research, cracking skulls, rigging elections, that's done by the Republican Guard. If the religious establishment think they really run things, try reigning in the Republican Guard and see what happens.
How about some id on each wireless access point, which can be tracked through the service providers in the region? Doesn't sound unreasonable, particularly if law enforcement is provided with the necessary tools and training.
There are other fluids than water that can sustain a semicolloidal solution or carry sediments. I assume that scientists now have to figure out what fluid flowed, rather than simply assuming that it had to be water.
Zap it with a laser and conduct at spectrum analysis on it and see what elements pop up.
Without proclaiming any expertise, I'd say that the erosion and eddy patterns left behind would be informative, since they would be indicative of the viscosity of the liquid. The pattern of sediment would drop hints towards its density. Water, CO2 and other highly-vaporous substances would not leave much, if any discernible residue or precipitate compared many other fluids. Some fluids would react with certain payload elements, other with different payload elements (in the structural meaning of the term "element", not the chemical one).
There's a lot you can learn just ogling the pictures.
THEN zap it with a laser!
Routinely you will find H20 bonded in some sediments where water has passed for a length of time, sans life, there will be less (to none) of the familiar compounds of Earth. It likely was water, but when and how much is certainly an interest, though it likely boiled off into space, thanks to Mars' weak gravity.
There are other fluids than water that can sustain a semicolloidal solution or carry sediments. I assume that scientists now have to figure out what fluid flowed, rather than simply assuming that it had to be water.
Zap it with a laser and conduct at spectrum analysis on it and see what elements pop up.
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With my luck he will impact my jet, as I fly cross country tomorrow.
The fact that there are no disc-shaped aircraft in the skies today
How did we prove this again?
Probably proved impracticable. Higher cost over contemprary designs, reliability, serviceablity, things like that. Just strap a saddle on a turbine engine, tape on some wings and you're off and flying.
Well, dropping a subframe is no big deal, but I wouldn't want to have to do it a lot. I had it off my 240SX a couple times for differential swaps and I've half-dropped it on my 300SD to replace the rear springs.
The big v8 that you're referring to doesn't have any motor mounts up top to hold it in place when you drop that subframe is my understanding, so it's "remove the engine and transmission", which gets involved with disconnecting a boatload of stuff that has to be attached to the body. As you indicate "not fun". I'm unclear if the factory engines had top side support or not, but seeing as how it was effectively a FWD drivetrain (lifted out something else as I recall), I wouldn't be surprised.
I do agree that the Fiero was possibly one of the most underrated pieces from GM at the time. I do wish the i4 that they'd put in it wasn't so anemic. It might have really given the MR2 a run for it's money. Except for the entire "GM quality" thing. The 80s were not a good time for NA manufacturers in the quality department.
I had my Fiero, built to order with everything but about two accessories. The day I picked it up and drove it home from the dealership I wondered why the stick shifted so badly. That was the beginning of the end of the love affair with the car. The rear brakes would freeze because the springs for expanding the caliper were weak (garage mechanic explained this to me) plus the gooseneck the parking brake cable went through was prone to seizing up due to corrosion (Michigan and its fabulous road salt.) Leaky sunroof, mysterious fasteners falling out from under the dash, interior shreading because it was installed too taut. The final straw was a borken headbolt at 30,025 miles, 25 over warranty for the powertrain. On an engine rated for 4,500 RPM red-line I was exasperated (my other car, a 1965 Olds with a 425 ci V8 redlined at 5,500 RPM, bit of a difference in build quality there) There were tales of common engine fires and cracked blocks, though I never experienced either of those.
The epitaph of the Fiero was: Brilliant design, but killed by the bean-counters who shopped around GM for the components to put it together. The MR2 was done correctly and utterly punished GM for their failings. As I understand the power train for the Fiero was designed by engineers to be all new and purposefully built for that car (which would have made it legend), but rumor was the Corvette team worried it would draw off sales, so the FWD power train of the Chevy Citation was worked to install backward and the stick operate the transmission by cable, which is largely why shifting gears in the 4 spd was such a pain.
Rather than do the job right, GM did it the GM way and Fiero became a running joke, which eventually closed the plant and ended the run of a car which had so much promise.
I just got my old girl primered and re-upholstered and I'm thinking a new engine would really make her kick ass.
Is your 'old girl' a rear-engine design? If not, you may be out of luck...
Firebirds of that era were front engine. I think Pontiac made anything but the Fiero with front engine and the Fiero is a frightening drive with the engine it had (I whipped out a few times in mine and it always spun around with the rear of the car going in the direction of travel. Couldn't sell that thing fast enough.)
Good for you... Coffee is bad for you... Coffee is good for you... Coffee is bad for you...
Coffee is making me sea sick.
Which is why I switched to tea ... which is good for you ... which is bad for you .. which is good for you ...
Whatever is in the cupboard...
Whatever looks kinda clean...
I don't have time to mess around, I have to get on the road to work, the less time fooling around means quicker start to avoid the crush.
It was fun, some of the flame-wars, the me-toos, attacks of the sillies, etc. All about 20 years before /. came along. Funny how anonymity on a network produces such similar behavior in completely independent groups separated by time.
This bacteria refines gold compounds.
Shocking - can't tell the difference between Alchemy and Chemistry. Ignorance is rampant.
"we joke that Iranian government is terribly inept, but would they really be so thick as to think blocking gmail had any meaningful impact on those who created/supported the video?"
The answer to your supposedly rhetorical question is a resounding "YES". You have incredibly naive and amazing faith in politicians and bureaucrats.
The three morons who created the video originally titled it "Innocence of Bn Laden", it was a half-witted attempt to smoke out would-be terrorists in a Los Angeles theatre they had rented for 1 showing which nobody attended.
It's run by the Republican Guard. They let the mullahs and ayatollah go on thinking they run things, also leave civilian stuff to them, too, but the hard decisions on nuclear research, cracking skulls, rigging elections, that's done by the Republican Guard. If the religious establishment think they really run things, try reigning in the Republican Guard and see what happens.
Remember that quite a few powerful companies have built their fortune on abusing the patent system.
Yeah, those law firms aren't about to throw away their meal ticket ... or were you referring to someone else?
'nuff said...
What?!? Next you'll be wanting toilet paper!
Foosball table
Beer vending machine.
Secret passageways
Escape hatch.
I have a feeling the committee may strangle it, unless they are very carefully chosen as people who can work together.
Racsim? That's the new medieval torture virtual reality device, right?
I think unlimited campaign spending launching super PAC commercials is the modern equivalent or mideval torture.
How about some id on each wireless access point, which can be tracked through the service providers in the region? Doesn't sound unreasonable, particularly if law enforcement is provided with the necessary tools and training.
Applause!
Much better than that goofball sheriff in Aridzona.
Women need less money because they tend to marry men who earn more than they do on average.
For men it's the reverse -- they need more because they tend to marry women who earn less than they do on average.
Well state, Mr. Ozzie Nelson.
Really, this was no surprise years ago, but is disappointing to see it still going on.
He's now Commodore Burrito or Angleburt Hinkydink or Mohammed Jolly or Fred Flagstone...
There are other fluids than water that can sustain a semicolloidal solution or carry sediments. I assume that scientists now have to figure out what fluid flowed, rather than simply assuming that it had to be water.
Zap it with a laser and conduct at spectrum analysis on it and see what elements pop up.
Without proclaiming any expertise, I'd say that the erosion and eddy patterns left behind would be informative, since they would be indicative of the viscosity of the liquid. The pattern of sediment would drop hints towards its density. Water, CO2 and other highly-vaporous substances would not leave much, if any discernible residue or precipitate compared many other fluids. Some fluids would react with certain payload elements, other with different payload elements (in the structural meaning of the term "element", not the chemical one).
There's a lot you can learn just ogling the pictures.
THEN zap it with a laser!
Routinely you will find H20 bonded in some sediments where water has passed for a length of time, sans life, there will be less (to none) of the familiar compounds of Earth. It likely was water, but when and how much is certainly an interest, though it likely boiled off into space, thanks to Mars' weak gravity.
So we spend billions to look at dirt !!
On Soviet Red Planet water finds YOU!
There are other fluids than water that can sustain a semicolloidal solution or carry sediments. I assume that scientists now have to figure out what fluid flowed, rather than simply assuming that it had to be water.
Zap it with a laser and conduct at spectrum analysis on it and see what elements pop up.
Rover could have been washed away.
Launch, fly 54.6 million kilometers, land, drown. No profit in that.