There are only three engines available in the Corvette lineup: LS3-420 HP, LS7-505 HP (ZO6), and LS9-620-630 HP (ZR1). There hasn't been a 6-cylinder offered in any Corvette since the '50s in any market. If you don't believe me, go look up Top Gear on YouTube. ZO6 and ZR1 also use an aluminum monocoque chassis to save weight that's transferred to heavy-duty suspension and drivetrain components.
Hey, I don't care what you're professor of and how many degrees you have, insulting students because they happen to be educated in Kansas is unacceptable for any person involved in academia. I happen to know some very talented science and math teachers in Kansas who do a damn good job of teaching their students, whether or not the state makes them add a disclaimer or compare evolution to "other" theories doesn't make a damn bit of difference. If anything, teaching students to think critically about what they are being taught IS the primary goal of the academic world, is it not?
Tell you what, you can keep your smart-ass attitude and your whole damn company out in Utah because we really don't need you in Kansas. If you're going to base your hiring criteria on what state someone went to high school in, you've got bigger problems than anyone in Kansas will ever have.
And no, I'm not a supporter of Intelligent Design or the State Board of Education's decision on the matter. I do, however, resent prejudice against students for something that doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things.
I have a 1991 S-10 sitting out on the street with over 180,000 miles on it. I've put a radiator and an ignition module on it in 14 years. Total of maybe $150. It needs a new water pump that will cost me $30. Back then the S-10 was about $3,000 less than a Toyota truck. I think I'm still ahead.
Oh, and my sister in Ohio has a 1994 Cavalier that still runs like a champ and has one little rust spot on the driver's side door. Not bad for a car that has hit three deer. The A/C doesn't work anymore, but hey, it's Cleveland, not Phoenix.
Toyotas are no more reliable than ANY American brand car these days. It's a myth perpetuated by Consumer Reports and people who've done nothing but buy Japanese branded cars for 15 years. Toyotas and Hondas have finally reached the point where there are just as many things that can go wrong with them as any American branded car. And they do go wrong.
Chevrolet is STILL the best-selling brand in America and outsells Toyota by more than 2 to 1. The Camry is a bulbous, ugly-ass abortion of a car that people buy because they have no brain to make an intelligient decision on their own without the help of Nader's Minions.
The real problem GM, Ford, and Chrysler face, and soon Hyundai and Kia will face, are the slimy dealers that sell their cars. People don't like BUYING Chevys because the dealers are slimeballs that try to take them for every penny. That's one reason why they did the Employee Pricing rather than incentives that dealers usually don't tell the consumer about and pocket the money. The dealers as they are now have got to go.
You have no idea what you're talking about at all. Sprint PCS is now in fact 'the real Sprint'. The employees all work on the same campus and use the same resources. I designed computer software that all the Sprint divisions, PCS, LDD, LTD, used everyday for common accounting purposes.
Back when Sprint PCS was first introduced, the subsidiary of Sprint that ran the PCS service was called Sprint Spectrum. It was a completely different group from the main company. They later merged that subsidiary back into the main company and now it is simply Sprint.
It's funny, the year I worked for Sprint they won some big award for best customer service. So what did they decide to do? Lay off all the good customer service people.
Then they decided to try and boost morale in a call center by eliminating the dress code and having movies playing on plasma screens all day. They won some other award for boosting morale while at the same time their customer service ratings went down the shitter. Best to worst in 7 months.
Wrong. They're moving to Reston to clean the place out. You really think they're going to flush the three-year-old Overland Park Campus down the toilet? Hell no. They laid off half the company just so everyone in Kansas City could fit on the campus. They're going to hand pick the people from Reston who'll remain to convert everything over to CDMA, then turn out the lights in Virginia.
Oh God, I almost just fainted. I worked for Sprint before I went to law school, and then I worked for Sears during law school. Why do the companies I work for get so fucked up?
The guild was going to kick Spielberg out a few years back if he didn't disassociate himself with the Boy Scouts of America and criticize their anti-gay policy.
The Hong Kong Boy Scouts organization is a completely different group than the Boy Scouts of America. The oath, law, rank, uniform, insignia, and value system are all different. I don't know if they let homos or atheists into their organization, which is a good bet considering they are a part of an atheist country, but there's no reason for this to degenerate into another Slashdot flame-fest of the Boy Scouts of America.
The merit badge program is simply designed to teach kids about IP and their responsibility to protect their own IP and that of other groups whose IP they use. It's not about telling kids to buy only Microsoft or SCO products and never touch Linux, it's about teaching kids how to apply the moral values they've been taught to the IP of others.
Again, regardless of what you think of the Boy Scouts of America, this article is not about that organization. If you want to express your feelings on how bigoted you think the BSA is for not wanting to associate their members with gays and atheists, go ahead, that's your right. But this is the wrong time, wrong place, and wrong subject to do it on. I suspect that this article was submitted merely to start a roast of the BSA for no reason. Congratulations, you've succeeded, although I'm not seeing any members leaving in droves yet.
I seem to remember a time about 20 years ago when people were still in awe of the Space Transportation System--the Space Shuttle. It was a miracle of science, technology, freedom, and capitalism. Now people like you are resigned to scrap the system like it's never been worth the price or the lives cost to build and sustain its mission.
The real world isn't Star Trek, people. We probably couldn't come up with a system today that is any less dangerous than the STS. The simple fact is that most people would still take a ride on the shuttle and would continue to support NASA. Most people don't see 2 accidents in 107 missions, they see 2 accidents in 25 years.
Astronauts are a different breed of people. They sign on to take risks that you could never comprehend. More astronauts have died from work-related injuries on the ground than have ever died in space. Ask any astronaut and they would have gladly taken the place of any of the STS-107 astronauts. It's what they do, and they gladly do it in the hope that maybe they'll discover some way to make the world a better place. They aren't pretending to make a difference behind a cubicle wall or suckling on the corporate vine like most of the drones that visit this website. They live and die the dreams of all of us and if you don't like it, tough, because the rest of us will gladly continue to "mandate" that the government continue to explore our piece of the frontier.
Well, we could go back to using B-17s and atomic weapons to blast giant holes in your crappy little country and kill a lot more people in the process. Would that make you happier?
Not so easy. It would require a complete redesign of the entire landing gear system and compartments. The reason why they never designed the LG for remote deployment was in case of a systems failure that would cause the doors to open too early causing loss of the vehicle.
Also, if I remember correctly, the shuttle's solar panels are deployed from the cargo bay, which would be impossible to deploy while docked with the ISS. At very least, it would make it impractical to move the shuttle into a more favorable attitude for good exposure to the sun.
Um, the space shuttle doesn't use solar panels. They have to have the bay doors open to keep the heat exchangers for all the systems cool at all times while in orbit, even while attached to the ISS. That brings up yet another issue, the docking port for the ISS is also attached to the shuttle's main airlock, which is accessible only if the CBDs are open. The shuttle does not dock via the main cabin door on the side--there is no airlock there and it is actually padlocked for the duration of the mission. So as you can see, the shuttle must indeed keep the CBDs open to prevent overheating and actually be able to dock with the ISS.
There are many reasons why you'd want to scuttle the Discovery before the Atlantis launched. The biggest two are the need to keep the ISS in orbit for the 30 days it would probably take to get Atlantis up there, and the other is to prevent a collision with an orbiter that may be potentially out of control from the ground.
Gee, I guess buying that Honda wasn't such a good idea, then. Who knew all the yuppies buying those foreign cars would eventually have such an effect on the US economy?
GM is still the world's largest automaker. The problem is GM North America. If GM turned out the lights on GM-NAO and bought either Toyota North America or American Honda, there wouldn't be a problem anymore, except for those few million workers and retirees (like my father) out of jobs and/or retirement health care and benefits.
But enough doomsday thinking. I'm going to go buy a Hyundai made by robots in Korea because it's cheaper and of similar quality. Why support the local guys when we can just get Universal Healthcare and Welfare passed when Hillary wins the presidency in 2008?
If you chose DeVry over A&M or TT, you definitely passed DeVry's entrance exams. Do you honestly expect us to believe that shit? Did you choose the $99,700 because six figures just sounded too unbelievable?
Sounds to me like someone didn't get into A&M or TT, and wound up going to DeVry in Dallas.
Just Google the phrase "except in Nebraska". Thousands of websites, from warranty disclaimers to various age restrictions on contests to bicameral legislature will pop up that include the magic words, "except in Nebraska". Nebraska doesn't allow for voluntary disclaiming implied warranties, you must be 21 to participate in most contests, and they have a unicameral (one Senate, no House) legislature.
I'm graduating from law school here in three months and then I'll be able to get as far away from this God-forsaken Husker Nation as possible. Go Sooners!
I propose a simple test for you. Give your heart and mind to Jesus and you will feel his presence as he guides your life. He is always with you, whether you deny his existence or not, and he will always love you and guide you, no matter how you try to deny him or test his existence.
BTW, the evolution of behavior is NOT the same as evolution and transformation of one species into another.
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There are only three engines available in the Corvette lineup: LS3-420 HP, LS7-505 HP (ZO6), and LS9-620-630 HP (ZR1). There hasn't been a 6-cylinder offered in any Corvette since the '50s in any market. If you don't believe me, go look up Top Gear on YouTube. ZO6 and ZR1 also use an aluminum monocoque chassis to save weight that's transferred to heavy-duty suspension and drivetrain components.
You are a dumbass. Go buy your me-too Toyondassan and blow it out your ass.
Tell you what, you can keep your smart-ass attitude and your whole damn company out in Utah because we really don't need you in Kansas. If you're going to base your hiring criteria on what state someone went to high school in, you've got bigger problems than anyone in Kansas will ever have.
And no, I'm not a supporter of Intelligent Design or the State Board of Education's decision on the matter. I do, however, resent prejudice against students for something that doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things.
I'm just wondering which engine you had. GM hasn't made an engine with a timing BELT since 1985...
They do not have the ability to kill the engine, which would be even more dangerous anyway. You know nothing of what you are talking about.
Oh, and my sister in Ohio has a 1994 Cavalier that still runs like a champ and has one little rust spot on the driver's side door. Not bad for a car that has hit three deer. The A/C doesn't work anymore, but hey, it's Cleveland, not Phoenix.
Toyotas are no more reliable than ANY American brand car these days. It's a myth perpetuated by Consumer Reports and people who've done nothing but buy Japanese branded cars for 15 years. Toyotas and Hondas have finally reached the point where there are just as many things that can go wrong with them as any American branded car. And they do go wrong.
Chevrolet is STILL the best-selling brand in America and outsells Toyota by more than 2 to 1. The Camry is a bulbous, ugly-ass abortion of a car that people buy because they have no brain to make an intelligient decision on their own without the help of Nader's Minions.
The real problem GM, Ford, and Chrysler face, and soon Hyundai and Kia will face, are the slimy dealers that sell their cars. People don't like BUYING Chevys because the dealers are slimeballs that try to take them for every penny. That's one reason why they did the Employee Pricing rather than incentives that dealers usually don't tell the consumer about and pocket the money. The dealers as they are now have got to go.
Yeah, because scientists have done a great job with ethics in the past...Manhattan Project, Tuskegee Syphillis, African vaccine research...
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You have no idea what you're talking about at all. Sprint PCS is now in fact 'the real Sprint'. The employees all work on the same campus and use the same resources. I designed computer software that all the Sprint divisions, PCS, LDD, LTD, used everyday for common accounting purposes. Back when Sprint PCS was first introduced, the subsidiary of Sprint that ran the PCS service was called Sprint Spectrum. It was a completely different group from the main company. They later merged that subsidiary back into the main company and now it is simply Sprint.
Then they decided to try and boost morale in a call center by eliminating the dress code and having movies playing on plasma screens all day. They won some other award for boosting morale while at the same time their customer service ratings went down the shitter. Best to worst in 7 months.
Wrong. They're moving to Reston to clean the place out. You really think they're going to flush the three-year-old Overland Park Campus down the toilet? Hell no. They laid off half the company just so everyone in Kansas City could fit on the campus. They're going to hand pick the people from Reston who'll remain to convert everything over to CDMA, then turn out the lights in Virginia.
Oh God, I almost just fainted. I worked for Sprint before I went to law school, and then I worked for Sears during law school. Why do the companies I work for get so fucked up?
The guild was going to kick Spielberg out a few years back if he didn't disassociate himself with the Boy Scouts of America and criticize their anti-gay policy.
The merit badge program is simply designed to teach kids about IP and their responsibility to protect their own IP and that of other groups whose IP they use. It's not about telling kids to buy only Microsoft or SCO products and never touch Linux, it's about teaching kids how to apply the moral values they've been taught to the IP of others.
Again, regardless of what you think of the Boy Scouts of America, this article is not about that organization. If you want to express your feelings on how bigoted you think the BSA is for not wanting to associate their members with gays and atheists, go ahead, that's your right. But this is the wrong time, wrong place, and wrong subject to do it on. I suspect that this article was submitted merely to start a roast of the BSA for no reason. Congratulations, you've succeeded, although I'm not seeing any members leaving in droves yet.
Really? When have you seen people sent to prison for taking bathtub pictures of their babies? Name one case.
The real world isn't Star Trek, people. We probably couldn't come up with a system today that is any less dangerous than the STS. The simple fact is that most people would still take a ride on the shuttle and would continue to support NASA. Most people don't see 2 accidents in 107 missions, they see 2 accidents in 25 years.
Astronauts are a different breed of people. They sign on to take risks that you could never comprehend. More astronauts have died from work-related injuries on the ground than have ever died in space. Ask any astronaut and they would have gladly taken the place of any of the STS-107 astronauts. It's what they do, and they gladly do it in the hope that maybe they'll discover some way to make the world a better place. They aren't pretending to make a difference behind a cubicle wall or suckling on the corporate vine like most of the drones that visit this website. They live and die the dreams of all of us and if you don't like it, tough, because the rest of us will gladly continue to "mandate" that the government continue to explore our piece of the frontier.
Flamebait Turd.
Not so easy. It would require a complete redesign of the entire landing gear system and compartments. The reason why they never designed the LG for remote deployment was in case of a systems failure that would cause the doors to open too early causing loss of the vehicle.
Um, the space shuttle doesn't use solar panels. They have to have the bay doors open to keep the heat exchangers for all the systems cool at all times while in orbit, even while attached to the ISS. That brings up yet another issue, the docking port for the ISS is also attached to the shuttle's main airlock, which is accessible only if the CBDs are open. The shuttle does not dock via the main cabin door on the side--there is no airlock there and it is actually padlocked for the duration of the mission. So as you can see, the shuttle must indeed keep the CBDs open to prevent overheating and actually be able to dock with the ISS.
There are many reasons why you'd want to scuttle the Discovery before the Atlantis launched. The biggest two are the need to keep the ISS in orbit for the 30 days it would probably take to get Atlantis up there, and the other is to prevent a collision with an orbiter that may be potentially out of control from the ground.
30 pages is about right for the average law review article, isn't it?
GM is still the world's largest automaker. The problem is GM North America. If GM turned out the lights on GM-NAO and bought either Toyota North America or American Honda, there wouldn't be a problem anymore, except for those few million workers and retirees (like my father) out of jobs and/or retirement health care and benefits.
But enough doomsday thinking. I'm going to go buy a Hyundai made by robots in Korea because it's cheaper and of similar quality. Why support the local guys when we can just get Universal Healthcare and Welfare passed when Hillary wins the presidency in 2008?
Sounds to me like someone didn't get into A&M or TT, and wound up going to DeVry in Dallas.
I'm graduating from law school here in three months and then I'll be able to get as far away from this God-forsaken Husker Nation as possible. Go Sooners!
BTW, the evolution of behavior is NOT the same as evolution and transformation of one species into another.