You won't find many old rice burners in Houston, TX. That's because in Harris (and surrounding) counties, cars that are 1995 and older (pre-OBD2) are subjected to the Accelerated Simulation Mode (ASM) test. Basically, the car is put under load via dynamometer to measure the exhaust as though it was driving under normal conditions on the road. This test has failed countless modded imports and domestics. The only time you see casual drag racing is with either an expensive sports car, or a teenager goofing off with a car that's pure stock. All other mods one older cars are just for show. The Type-R stockers alone provide more HP.
Yeah well, that's because a turbo dampens the sound as the turbine pulls energy form the exhaust pressure (by design). So these kids are opening up the backend to make it "fart" a lot louder.
From an exhaust note perspective, a NA engine sounds much better if it's tuned right. It's also important to take advantage of the scavenging effect for increase performance too.
You mean the leadership that's been in the tank for the Democrat Party? The same leadership that will no doubt blame a lack of IT budget for failing hard drives; the special ones that contain the most important email??!
Fair Tax baby! The IRS needs a massive restructuring, if not completely eliminated and replaced with something else along with tax system.
What stupid fuck would use an OBD2 dongle?! Yeah, goes it something goes bad and shorts the ECU (cause the dongle is cheap Chinese crap), I'm on the hook, not the insurance. You could file a claim =) Ohhh, the irony.
Just a few weeks ago, my agent wanted to give me a paperless discount, and that I could keep my proof of insurance card on my phone. Yeah, like I want to hand THAT over to the police officer that pulls me over. I told her that, and she was like "you know, I didn't think of that". Well honey, I did! FUCK NO!
What rebar??! And that's exactly the problem, the whole building would crumble in an earthquake! Perhaps it's a non-issue in Shanghai, but it is worth pointing out.
PRISM compliant devices. By legislation or under national security, the "clipper chip" ***WILL BE MANDATED**, and that to circumnavigate, disrupt, or disable would be a felony (no doubt). It would also release corporations from the undue burden of having to staff employees full-time to process subpoena requests and face liability.
This will be the new normal. People will accept it. Silicon Valley will have no choice.
Yes and no. True, McAfee does come as a PUP as does AVG (blasted toolbar that won't uninstall). But their retail versions are legitimate. Now whether or not both AVs are worth a damn is another matter entirely. But essentially yes, these AVs are quite two-faced about it depending on where it was sourced.
"The planet will be here for a long, long, LONG time after we’re gone, and it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, ’cause that’s what it does. It’s a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the earth will be renewed. And if it’s true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new paradigm: the earth plus plastic. The earth doesn’t share our prejudice toward plastic. Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees plastic as just another one of its children. Could be the only reason the earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself. Didn’t know how to make it. Needed us. Could be the answer to our age-old egocentric philosophical question, “Why are we here?
Perhaps a Montessori education is what you're advocating? Which I like, but God is it expensive! But then again, so is any school with a low student to teacher ratio; because that's what you're really paying for. Aside from being a good parent, if you're going to invest in your children's future, this would be one way of doing it.
Thank God for Texas! Fuck that sub-zero northern weather. I don't understand why people live like that. Ignorance that there's warmer climate??? Boggles my mind.
I do. Though my drive/s have a finite lifespan. So when I get to the point of using about 3/4th total storage capacity, it's time to replace them; proactively when possible.
Data migration and expanding RAID containers is a major PITA. I absolutely loath the task! Each time it takes longer and longer to transfer date as the growth of storage capacity has far outpaced disk throughput. Because of that, I'm placing all non-essential media (music, movies, games, ISO images..etc) into simple RAID1 or JBOD containers while only my core data (family photos, documents, bills, scanned receipts, etc) gets more hand holding; I have a separate redundant backup scheme for them.
I wouldn't mind a space sharing scheme on a LAN as a last tier form of storage in a corporate environment (complete with co-worker usage tracking), but not for the general anonymous public.
The idea of moral relativism is bullshit. Either you're a direct instigator, or you're having to react in defense (the victim). Even proponents of moral relativism haven't got a clue. What gives them the right to judge when they themselves have no standards by which to contrast with?
In confrontation and war, if you don't choose sides, a side will be chosen for you.
Depends. For many, the death penalty ensure absolute closure for the victim of the criminal whom has just been executed. Never mind the fact that person was behind bars; for the remote possible specter of the criminal making its way back to the victim again is a living torment. The death penalty makes that an impossibility for it's a final judgement on Earth.
Which is why "sanitary alignment" is necessary. For example, the paper towel waste bin should be right next to the door handle in that it's in close proximity and doesn't obstruct opening the door. The whole idea being that if you must touch the door knob/handle, you do so with the paper towel before you reach other and toss it into the bin. Of course, if the bathroom was designed properly, either a door isn't required (like in an a large airport), or it doesn't require anyone to touch it.
Can someone explain to me why the world is up in arms about diesel fuel but calmly ignoring the fact that gasoline engines produce just as much soot, but with finer (and thus more hazardous) particulates?
Since the late 90s, gasoline engines have advanced to the point where the exhaust is cleaner than air it ingests. To be fair, that metric was true around the introduction of the Honda ZLEV when older cars were still belching out unclean exhaust. All newer vehicles from mid 2000s on up employ similar technologies to ensure that just pure water vapor and CO2 remains. If you could ice-pack the exhaust, you could theoretically collect the water condensation and drink it!!!
My favorite is when seeing a (seemingly) healthy person get out of a car from a previous hard athletic workout, with a smoothy in hand, and proceed to walk into the Target store. This car is allowed for handicapped parking.
Either this person is borrowing the car of a person who truly is handicapped, or the entire system of what defines someone as handicapped is more broken then they are.
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You won't find many old rice burners in Houston, TX. That's because in Harris (and surrounding) counties, cars that are 1995 and older (pre-OBD2) are subjected to the Accelerated Simulation Mode (ASM) test. Basically, the car is put under load via dynamometer to measure the exhaust as though it was driving under normal conditions on the road. This test has failed countless modded imports and domestics. The only time you see casual drag racing is with either an expensive sports car, or a teenager goofing off with a car that's pure stock. All other mods one older cars are just for show. The Type-R stockers alone provide more HP.
Accelerated Simulation Mode
Yeah well, that's because a turbo dampens the sound as the turbine pulls energy form the exhaust pressure (by design). So these kids are opening up the backend to make it "fart" a lot louder.
From an exhaust note perspective, a NA engine sounds much better if it's tuned right. It's also important to take advantage of the scavenging effect for increase performance too.
-Dusts off my Palm Pilot-
Old friend, you will have new found life!
Reducing the tax code is like asking royalty to reduce their power and influence. Since when do the vile corrupted perform seppuku?
You mean the leadership that's been in the tank for the Democrat Party? The same leadership that will no doubt blame a lack of IT budget for failing hard drives; the special ones that contain the most important email??!
Fair Tax baby! The IRS needs a massive restructuring, if not completely eliminated and replaced with something else along with tax system.
What stupid fuck would use an OBD2 dongle?! Yeah, goes it something goes bad and shorts the ECU (cause the dongle is cheap Chinese crap), I'm on the hook, not the insurance. You could file a claim =) Ohhh, the irony.
Just a few weeks ago, my agent wanted to give me a paperless discount, and that I could keep my proof of insurance card on my phone. Yeah, like I want to hand THAT over to the police officer that pulls me over. I told her that, and she was like "you know, I didn't think of that". Well honey, I did! FUCK NO!
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1. Burger King isn't healthy by nature; don't expect that to ever change.
2. The fact customers are refilling their drinks vs. having them filled behind the counter (either soda or water) supports the first statement.
We call it hazard pay.
What rebar??! And that's exactly the problem, the whole building would crumble in an earthquake! Perhaps it's a non-issue in Shanghai, but it is worth pointing out.
PRISM compliant devices. By legislation or under national security, the "clipper chip" ***WILL BE MANDATED**, and that to circumnavigate, disrupt, or disable would be a felony (no doubt). It would also release corporations from the undue burden of having to staff employees full-time to process subpoena requests and face liability.
This will be the new normal. People will accept it. Silicon Valley will have no choice.
It would be cheaper to just print 7 times on 7 different printers. All seven ok? Sounds good, go with it.
Whatever happened to the idea of voting logic?
I'm holding out for the cutout on the back of a cereal box.
Do you believe that the dizziness has more to do with tracking latency, 3D display perspective, or a combination of both?
Yes and no. True, McAfee does come as a PUP as does AVG (blasted toolbar that won't uninstall). But their retail versions are legitimate. Now whether or not both AVs are worth a damn is another matter entirely. But essentially yes, these AVs are quite two-faced about it depending on where it was sourced.
Some AVs will detect and remove PUPs (Possible Unwanted Programs).
http://www.pcworld.com/article...
"The planet will be here for a long, long, LONG time after we’re gone, and it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, ’cause that’s what it does. It’s a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the earth will be renewed. And if it’s true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new paradigm: the earth plus plastic. The earth doesn’t share our prejudice toward plastic. Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees plastic as just another one of its children. Could be the only reason the earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself. Didn’t know how to make it. Needed us. Could be the answer to our age-old egocentric philosophical question, “Why are we here?
Plastic asshole.”
-George Carlin
Perhaps a Montessori education is what you're advocating? Which I like, but God is it expensive! But then again, so is any school with a low student to teacher ratio; because that's what you're really paying for. Aside from being a good parent, if you're going to invest in your children's future, this would be one way of doing it.
Thank God for Texas! Fuck that sub-zero northern weather. I don't understand why people live like that. Ignorance that there's warmer climate??? Boggles my mind.
I do. Though my drive/s have a finite lifespan. So when I get to the point of using about 3/4th total storage capacity, it's time to replace them; proactively when possible.
Data migration and expanding RAID containers is a major PITA. I absolutely loath the task! Each time it takes longer and longer to transfer date as the growth of storage capacity has far outpaced disk throughput. Because of that, I'm placing all non-essential media (music, movies, games, ISO images..etc) into simple RAID1 or JBOD containers while only my core data (family photos, documents, bills, scanned receipts, etc) gets more hand holding; I have a separate redundant backup scheme for them.
I wouldn't mind a space sharing scheme on a LAN as a last tier form of storage in a corporate environment (complete with co-worker usage tracking), but not for the general anonymous public.
Such as, who leaked the ISO out of N.Korea?
The idea of moral relativism is bullshit. Either you're a direct instigator, or you're having to react in defense (the victim). Even proponents of moral relativism haven't got a clue. What gives them the right to judge when they themselves have no standards by which to contrast with?
In confrontation and war, if you don't choose sides, a side will be chosen for you.
Depends. For many, the death penalty ensure absolute closure for the victim of the criminal whom has just been executed. Never mind the fact that person was behind bars; for the remote possible specter of the criminal making its way back to the victim again is a living torment. The death penalty makes that an impossibility for it's a final judgement on Earth.
Which is why "sanitary alignment" is necessary. For example, the paper towel waste bin should be right next to the door handle in that it's in close proximity and doesn't obstruct opening the door. The whole idea being that if you must touch the door knob/handle, you do so with the paper towel before you reach other and toss it into the bin. Of course, if the bathroom was designed properly, either a door isn't required (like in an a large airport), or it doesn't require anyone to touch it.
Can someone explain to me why the world is up in arms about diesel fuel but calmly ignoring the fact that gasoline engines produce just as much soot, but with finer (and thus more hazardous) particulates?
Since the late 90s, gasoline engines have advanced to the point where the exhaust is cleaner than air it ingests. To be fair, that metric was true around the introduction of the Honda ZLEV when older cars were still belching out unclean exhaust. All newer vehicles from mid 2000s on up employ similar technologies to ensure that just pure water vapor and CO2 remains. If you could ice-pack the exhaust, you could theoretically collect the water condensation and drink it!!!
My favorite is when seeing a (seemingly) healthy person get out of a car from a previous hard athletic workout, with a smoothy in hand, and proceed to walk into the Target store. This car is allowed for handicapped parking.
Either this person is borrowing the car of a person who truly is handicapped, or the entire system of what defines someone as handicapped is more broken then they are.