I saw a great documentary on this by Lucasfilms called "Howard the Duck" and I am prepared. Sure, they phonied it up a little bit, but the basics work for solar storms too. My Quackfu is second to no man!
Self-published books are looked down on for a reason.
I've "bought" some self-published stuff for $0 on amazon.
It's pretty bad.
It's basically as if the author had an idea for a story, put it down on paper, and submitted the pdf.
The stories have potential sometimes, but the writing is just bad.
A mix of short 4 word sentences and half a page run on sentences.
Descriptions that are just repeated every several pages. Whole books written in the format of:
I walked through the door. I looked at the guy. I said this. He said that. I walked back to the other place. I shot the alien. I picked him up.
The alien was gross and ugly. I carried him back to the first place.
Just because you self-publish doesn't mean you don't need an editor.
Be that as it may, those are not the people we are talking about here. The topic is published authors at particular publishing houses whining about the retail price placed on their books. Books which they could have easily published, using exactly the same words, without a "publisher."
Any author can publish nearly anything he wants through Kindle electronically, or CreateSpace in paper and he has control of the price at either one. Both have competitors too, like LightningSource, that have better access to dirt-world bookstores and provide electronic publishing services. If these authors want to be paid more per book, there is not a blessed thing stopping them from doing it right now.
So that is why they are slow, or completely worthless on my FOIA requests. They are busy sending NSLs to everybody under the sun instead of opening up a filing cabinet and hitting the scanner.
Well, having been in an (German) Army Helicopter unit the "tight interaction" between ground troops and flying units requires stuff that fixed-wing aircrafts are not really good at. They can't stand still in the air, the cant land vertically in tight spaces (without burning people with jet exhaust like a VTOL jet would) , etc...
Basically anything fast/long-range/big is usually handled by the air force planes (or helicopters), while slow/agile/close coordination with ground troops is handled by the army air corps. Usually with helicopters, although some planes are used by armies, like the Britten-Norman Defender by the British army.
Very true, and try getting the Air Force to support a JAAT (speaking late coldwar here) without 30 days notice or some BS. If you needed close air support, the Navy and the Marines needed to be nearby.
I heard that the army uses helicopters not because they want to but because they have to (Air Force having jurisdiction over planes existing since late 40s as a seperate branch) and that in many missions they use helicopters planes would actually be superior.
Is this true?
The Key West Agreement that formed the Air Force had a stipulation that the Army would not have any armed aircraft. Lather that was re-interpreted as no armed FIXED-WING aircraft.
Side note on the Cheyenne, the helicopter that was to be the scout helicopter for the Cheyenne attack aircraft evolved into the AH-1 Cobra. IIRC, the original scout helicopter for the Cobra was the OH-6, later replaced by the OH-58.
Yes, if only government had been more involved in that debacle, it would clearly have been much better.
Indeed, if only they had. Such as by preventing dumping waste in an inappropriate fashion for decades. But instead they were just doing what they were told, rather than thoroughly investigating the situation.
That would be the local government that had a map of all of the waste, that was stored in a manner well above existing standards, in the same area that the US Army and other government agencies were using substandard procedures and questionable accounting/maps, right? Also, the same local government that caused the first breech of the material by digging through the area to build a drainage system fo a new road.
the Massachusetts' State Fire Marshall, an early form of busybody bureaucrat, forced Goddard to move and this is merely a continuance of that grand governmet tradition.
Correction: my bad. The fire marshall only forced Goddard to move onto a military base, before he moved a few years later to New Mexico.
I wonder if these environmentalists have ever been to Florida. Where they launch lots of rockets. Where they launch rockets right next to a wildlife preserve.
Pretty sure quite a few of them go there to watch and cheer, then go home and say "not here!"
the Massachusetts' State Fire Marshall, an early form of busybody bureaucrat, forced Goddard to move and this is merely a continuance of that grand governmet tradition.
IE has been my last choice in a browser for well over a decade because almost anything else works better.
Have you tried IE in the last few years?
I have it right now, on my Win. 8.1 machine I mentioned in my OP. The only thing I use it for is logging in at Starbucks so Starbucks does not mess up my Chrome tabs from the last session. Sometimes I use it to report problems to MS. End of list.
How about they get the version that came with Win. 8 working right before moving on to bigger, better things? IE has been my last choice in a browser for well over a decade because almost anything else works better.
They are a lot easier on a car, at least from my experience. When I got the Charger, it got about 5 MPG (and I measured it) PLUS the idle was so low it could barely run the good turn signal! After a refresher from the old guys at the hobby shop, I was able to tune it by ear close enough. Tuning it with a vacuum gauge is the proper way I need to remember how to do next.
Mobil 1 is not good for any vehicle with flat tappets, their zinc levels are too low. you are harming your cam in your engines by using Mobil 1, you need a high zinc oil like a diesel oil or use a zinc additive.
Not planning to run flat tappet. Just about the only original part that will stay in this engine is the block. Going with roller cam/lifters, stroker crank, forged pistons and rods, aluminum heads, aluminum six-pack intake, ceramic coated stainless headers, etc. Wait, one original tried and true that might stay is the original 1972 electronic ignition, but still leaning to coil-near-plug setup. There is a zinc additive for people running flat tappets, but I thought that was for brake-in? Learn new stuff every day, which is the cool thing about every day!
Your 72 charger would be a LOT faster if you set it up to use E85. It's octane is as high as racing gas, so a lot of racers use it and are saving a ton of cash.
So shave the heads and buy all E85 safe plastics and rubber for it and enjoy 13:1 compression and buttloads of power for dirt cheap.
She is a street car, not a strip car. Looking for more of a continental/pro touring feel rather than a filling shaking 1972 feel, lol. I don't need high octane unless I have high compression. Sure, I will need higher than 87 if I am above 10:1, but since nearly all of my use will be below 3,000 RPM it is probably not much of an issue. But as I said earlier, all of the "rubber" in the fuel system will be E85 safe anyway. IIRC, don't all the new Holley carbs come that way anyway now? If not I guess I'll have to do a gasket and seal swap. The heads I like are 63cc combustion chamber. Edelbrock keeps promising a tighter one in their catalog, but they still haven't produced one. Subject to change, but right now I plan for the new pistons to come up to the deck, and the bore and stroke will be modified a wee bit too;)
My Charger has a 904 Torqueflight automatic from the factory. Sticking with the same bell housing, upgrading a few of the internals. Its big brother the 747 was the first automatic to be faster than a straight shift and the 904s handled excess of 500 HP on drag strips all day and night, back in the day.
" bacteria growing in it within a week due to the ethanol being a great thriving place for it."
You apparently don't know biology either. In "the real world" alcohol is actually used as an antiseptic (ie a compound which KILLS various microbes) From 12 year old bottles of scotch, to vodka, wine, and even that sterilizing cotton swab the doc uses before a shot, ethanol kills bugs dead.
Maybe you're thinking of diesel fuel or even gasoline - which can host notable bacterial colonies?
Have fun with it. So many people doing restorations go with upgrades. But yeah, if you are keeping it low RPM and low compression, there's no reason for FI.
Yep, but not exactly "low" compression, at least not as low as the 1972 factory version of that engine. But it will be kept in pump gas compression range, 10:1 11:1 ish I think. Most of my driving, she will be running on the center 2bbl. anyway, the only time I anticipate opening up the outboards is passing on the highway.
The tax issue is with diesel fuel. All gas sold has the road taxes included, even if so.d at marinas. You can, if you are fueling your boat, collect the receipts and submit for a refund of the road taxes.
Marina fuel is usually more expensive because of the significantly higher costs of moving the fuel from the tank up on shore to the tank in the boat.
I guess that might have been the issue, people claiming marina receipt gas that they used in their cars, or something.
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I saw a great documentary on this by Lucasfilms called "Howard the Duck" and I am prepared. Sure, they phonied it up a little bit, but the basics work for solar storms too. My Quackfu is second to no man!
Self-published books are looked down on for a reason. I've "bought" some self-published stuff for $0 on amazon. It's pretty bad. It's basically as if the author had an idea for a story, put it down on paper, and submitted the pdf. The stories have potential sometimes, but the writing is just bad. A mix of short 4 word sentences and half a page run on sentences. Descriptions that are just repeated every several pages. Whole books written in the format of: I walked through the door. I looked at the guy. I said this. He said that. I walked back to the other place. I shot the alien. I picked him up. The alien was gross and ugly. I carried him back to the first place.
Just because you self-publish doesn't mean you don't need an editor.
Be that as it may, those are not the people we are talking about here. The topic is published authors at particular publishing houses whining about the retail price placed on their books. Books which they could have easily published, using exactly the same words, without a "publisher."
Any author can publish nearly anything he wants through Kindle electronically, or CreateSpace in paper and he has control of the price at either one. Both have competitors too, like LightningSource, that have better access to dirt-world bookstores and provide electronic publishing services. If these authors want to be paid more per book, there is not a blessed thing stopping them from doing it right now.
OK. I'll be in front of the Oyster House in a Marine uniform with 6 of my buddies.
This is a version of cosplay that they could have done better with you as a consultant in the film Philadelphia.
FUCK BETA
Is she hot?
In a mechanical sort of way, yea I'd say so.
So that is why they are slow, or completely worthless on my FOIA requests. They are busy sending NSLs to everybody under the sun instead of opening up a filing cabinet and hitting the scanner.
Well, having been in an (German) Army Helicopter unit the "tight interaction" between ground troops and flying units requires stuff that fixed-wing aircrafts are not really good at. They can't stand still in the air, the cant land vertically in tight spaces (without burning people with jet exhaust like a VTOL jet would) , etc...
Basically anything fast/long-range/big is usually handled by the air force planes (or helicopters), while slow/agile/close coordination with ground troops is handled by the army air corps. Usually with helicopters, although some planes are used by armies, like the Britten-Norman Defender by the British army.
Very true, and try getting the Air Force to support a JAAT (speaking late coldwar here) without 30 days notice or some BS. If you needed close air support, the Navy and the Marines needed to be nearby.
I heard that the army uses helicopters not because they want to but because they have to (Air Force having jurisdiction over planes existing since late 40s as a seperate branch) and that in many missions they use helicopters planes would actually be superior.
Is this true?
The Key West Agreement that formed the Air Force had a stipulation that the Army would not have any armed aircraft. Lather that was re-interpreted as no armed FIXED-WING aircraft.
Side note on the Cheyenne, the helicopter that was to be the scout helicopter for the Cheyenne attack aircraft evolved into the AH-1 Cobra. IIRC, the original scout helicopter for the Cobra was the OH-6, later replaced by the OH-58.
If those servers would have studied engineering instead of history, they probably would not be servers and not be suffering from broken hearts.
Centuries of mob rats can attest to this. Interesting that it can jump species in this manner.
Yes, if only government had been more involved in that debacle, it would clearly have been much better.
Indeed, if only they had. Such as by preventing dumping waste in an inappropriate fashion for decades. But instead they were just doing what they were told, rather than thoroughly investigating the situation.
That would be the local government that had a map of all of the waste, that was stored in a manner well above existing standards, in the same area that the US Army and other government agencies were using substandard procedures and questionable accounting/maps, right? Also, the same local government that caused the first breech of the material by digging through the area to build a drainage system fo a new road.
This is not movie material. Bring me back something bigger.
the Massachusetts' State Fire Marshall, an early form of busybody bureaucrat, forced Goddard to move and this is merely a continuance of that grand governmet tradition.
Correction: my bad. The fire marshall only forced Goddard to move onto a military base, before he moved a few years later to New Mexico.
I wonder if these environmentalists have ever been to Florida. Where they launch lots of rockets. Where they launch rockets right next to a wildlife preserve.
Pretty sure quite a few of them go there to watch and cheer, then go home and say "not here!"
the Massachusetts' State Fire Marshall, an early form of busybody bureaucrat, forced Goddard to move and this is merely a continuance of that grand governmet tradition.
IE has been my last choice in a browser for well over a decade because almost anything else works better.
Have you tried IE in the last few years?
I have it right now, on my Win. 8.1 machine I mentioned in my OP. The only thing I use it for is logging in at Starbucks so Starbucks does not mess up my Chrome tabs from the last session. Sometimes I use it to report problems to MS. End of list.
How about they get the version that came with Win. 8 working right before moving on to bigger, better things? IE has been my last choice in a browser for well over a decade because almost anything else works better.
Groovy! The first one that came up on Google was for a motorcycle.
They are a lot easier on a car, at least from my experience. When I got the Charger, it got about 5 MPG (and I measured it) PLUS the idle was so low it could barely run the good turn signal! After a refresher from the old guys at the hobby shop, I was able to tune it by ear close enough. Tuning it with a vacuum gauge is the proper way I need to remember how to do next.
Mobil 1 is not good for any vehicle with flat tappets, their zinc levels are too low. you are harming your cam in your engines by using Mobil 1, you need a high zinc oil like a diesel oil or use a zinc additive.
Not planning to run flat tappet. Just about the only original part that will stay in this engine is the block. Going with roller cam/lifters, stroker crank, forged pistons and rods, aluminum heads, aluminum six-pack intake, ceramic coated stainless headers, etc. Wait, one original tried and true that might stay is the original 1972 electronic ignition, but still leaning to coil-near-plug setup. There is a zinc additive for people running flat tappets, but I thought that was for brake-in? Learn new stuff every day, which is the cool thing about every day!
Your 72 charger would be a LOT faster if you set it up to use E85. It's octane is as high as racing gas, so a lot of racers use it and are saving a ton of cash. So shave the heads and buy all E85 safe plastics and rubber for it and enjoy 13:1 compression and buttloads of power for dirt cheap.
She is a street car, not a strip car. Looking for more of a continental/pro touring feel rather than a filling shaking 1972 feel, lol. I don't need high octane unless I have high compression. Sure, I will need higher than 87 if I am above 10:1, but since nearly all of my use will be below 3,000 RPM it is probably not much of an issue. But as I said earlier, all of the "rubber" in the fuel system will be E85 safe anyway. IIRC, don't all the new Holley carbs come that way anyway now? If not I guess I'll have to do a gasket and seal swap. The heads I like are 63cc combustion chamber. Edelbrock keeps promising a tighter one in their catalog, but they still haven't produced one. Subject to change, but right now I plan for the new pistons to come up to the deck, and the bore and stroke will be modified a wee bit too ;)
My Charger has a 904 Torqueflight automatic from the factory. Sticking with the same bell housing, upgrading a few of the internals. Its big brother the 747 was the first automatic to be faster than a straight shift and the 904s handled excess of 500 HP on drag strips all day and night, back in the day.
" bacteria growing in it within a week due to the ethanol being a great thriving place for it."
You apparently don't know biology either. In "the real world" alcohol is actually used as an antiseptic (ie a compound which KILLS various microbes) From 12 year old bottles of scotch, to vodka, wine, and even that sterilizing cotton swab the doc uses before a shot, ethanol kills bugs dead.
Maybe you're thinking of diesel fuel or even gasoline - which can host notable bacterial colonies?
Oh yea? Microbial contamination of fuel ethanol fermentations
Ethanol-loving bacteria accelerate cracking of pipeline steels Plus what the guy with the motorcycle upthread is complaining about.
Have fun with it. So many people doing restorations go with upgrades. But yeah, if you are keeping it low RPM and low compression, there's no reason for FI.
Yep, but not exactly "low" compression, at least not as low as the 1972 factory version of that engine. But it will be kept in pump gas compression range, 10:1 11:1 ish I think. Most of my driving, she will be running on the center 2bbl. anyway, the only time I anticipate opening up the outboards is passing on the highway.
The tax issue is with diesel fuel. All gas sold has the road taxes included, even if so.d at marinas. You can, if you are fueling your boat, collect the receipts and submit for a refund of the road taxes.
Marina fuel is usually more expensive because of the significantly higher costs of moving the fuel from the tank up on shore to the tank in the boat.
I guess that might have been the issue, people claiming marina receipt gas that they used in their cars, or something.