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  1. Re:Orbiting the moon is exceptionally difficult on Communication Lost With Indian Moon Satellite · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No.

    The lumps of heavier density inside the moon caused localized areas of increased gravity which tries to pull the satellite down. There is no force, except that provided by any motors on board the satellite, that would sent it out towards space.

    What school of logic do you claim as an Alma Mata?

  2. Re:Stop Running Trade Deficits on IBM, Other Multinationals "Detaching" From the US · · Score: 1

    Clinton, PNTR, China and WTO.

    Let's leave the "evil right" out of this shall we? I'm soooooo very tired of people assigning bullshit political descriptors to policies that are being enacted by BOTH sides.

    Stop playing the damn blame game and start working towards a fix.

  3. Re:And the solution...? on IBM, Other Multinationals "Detaching" From the US · · Score: 1

    Past decade? You're going to have to go farther back than that. Look into steel mills and the textile industries.

  4. Re:Carter is Republican scapegoat for islam hate on IBM, Other Multinationals "Detaching" From the US · · Score: 1

    So we should give Carter a pass because he was a bumbling buffoon who kept pissing people off but meant well?

  5. Re:And the solution...? on IBM, Other Multinationals "Detaching" From the US · · Score: 1

    The Dems are better? Really?

    http://www.erpgenie.com/services-customercorner/outsourcing/35-democrats-take-outsourcing-tour-to-india

    For more please google Democrats outsourcing.

    They are ALL complicit and neither party is "better" than the other.

  6. Re:Vaporware on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    You've "cocked up" more than that. According to the review I posted the "Extra Urban" model gets the highest MPG at only 61.

    That's a long way from 80 and even FARTHER from your claimed 100. Since the discussion centered around the U.K. I assumed you were using Imperial Gallons. I presume that the review I linked to is also using Imperial gallons since it's U.K. based.

    Look, it's really simple. The maths simply do not work out for the load of bollocks you're trying to sell.

    In order to have the interior space and cargo area that you're talking about a vehicle has to be a given size. The larger the vehicle the more energy required to move it. The more people and luggage you add to a vehicle the more weight it has, again increasing the energy required to move it.

    Given the energy density of petrol or diesel and a rough idea of the weights involved it's easy to see that a claim of 100MPG is bunk. That is backed up by the review claiming only 61MPG for the best model.

    I have nothing against you personally but I am tired of overhyped fuel economy claims. That car doesn't get 100MPG, 80 MPG, or even 70MPG with four people plus luggage. The independent reviews bear this out.

    Please, have a good day.

  7. Re:50MPG WTF on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    Since you omitted the "In my opinion" in your own posts I understood the phrase to be implied.

    Tit for Tat.

    For anecdotal amusement my 01 Grand Prix GTP has 107,000 miles, my 01 Yukon has 109,000 miles and my '05 2500HD has 186,000 miles and none of those vehicles have ever needed more than a battery, alternator, or headlight bulbs.

    How many vehicles has Honda recalled now over faulty airbags?

  8. Re:50MPG WTF on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    GM makes the Corvette. It does not "suck ass".
    GM made the new GTO. It did not "suck ass".
    GM makes many, many, cars that do not "suck ass".

    That you are not aware of these cars says more about your awareness of the world around you and the sad state of GMs marketing department than it does about GMs cars.

  9. Re:Vaporware on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    Excuse me sir, but at where I live 87 octane IS mid-grade. Most pumps here have 85, 87, and 91. At this altitude, 6K+ feet, 91 provides no benefit except to cars with very powerful forced induction. 87, mid-grade, is less expensive and works just as well in 95% of cars that require premium. This includes my present Audi Quattro turbo, and my previous Grand Prix GTP with supercharger. Everything else I own gets fed 85 octane and likes it.

  10. Re:Vaporware on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    No, your buddies 750 doesn't get 90MPG. Even a 2010 model with fuel injection and a custom map doesn't get gas mileage that high. If you tried running it that lean it would fry the pistons. Your like the squid at bike night trying to convince the Hayabusa rider that their buddies ZX-750 once hit 200MPH...without being pushed out of an airplane.

    Yes, I'm also a motorcyclist and I KNOW your full of crap. Also, your 14K per year in riding doesn't impress me, I know people who double that. Additionally your FJR is useless when it snows or when you would like to travel with more than one additional family member.

    Still, your biggest blunder was the 90MPG statement. Thanks for the heads up that you are clueless.

  11. Re:Vaporware on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    There isn't a car on the road today that seats four comfortably, swallows volumes of luggage and gets 100MPG while running the air conditioning.

    The Note doesn't either and I'm calling you out on it. http://www.carpages.co.uk/nissan/nissan-note-review-part-1-24-05-06.asp

    You sir are either a liar or ignorant. Either way no one should be listening to you.

  12. Re:Come on GM, at least make the lie BELIEVABLE on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    Is the Leaf a full sized four door sedan? What if you want to drive more than 100 miles?

  13. Re:stagnation of gasoline? on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    Fuel Stabilizer. Power sports enthusiasts solved this problem decades ago. Sta-bil is available almost everywhere and it works.

  14. Re:Lets look at this on Twitter Offline Due To DDoS · · Score: 1

    "When online social networking's been around for several generations, maybe we'll be able to decide."

    I think we've hit the "several generations" mark and we can conclusively say that online social networking is a plus to society.

    You need to understand that "online social networking" has been happening since DARPA started hooking facilities up several decades ago. The jonny come lately sites like MS, FB, and Twitter are simply the newest and shiniest versions of what started back in the '60s.

    If you think I'm wrong go back into the archives and see what kinds of traffic DARPA-net was passing.

  15. Re:WTF? on School System Considers Jamming Students' Phones · · Score: 1

    When did adults start acting responsibly?

  16. Re:No case on Student Suing Amazon For Book Deletions · · Score: 1

    While not punishable as a crime you could almost surely pursue a civil case for what you described.

  17. Re:You're stupid! on Arizona Considers Selling Capitol Buildings · · Score: 1

    Yeah, if you only you could do that: http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/article/2399

    Here's somewhere to start though:

    ADOT spends 4 million a year on Public Relations consultants.

    Why does the Arizona Department of Transportation need to spend 4 Million dollars a year on Public Relations?

  18. Re:Take back the seconds on David Pogue Wants to Take Back the Beep · · Score: 1

    I'm a consultant. I am frequently called by people who have never called me before OR by people calling from within a large company where every desk doesn't have an assigned D.I.D.

    When I miss a call the caller I.D. is frequently of no use. Either it doesn't tell me which one of the 300 users called me, or I don't recognize the Caller ID information.

    The other place where caller I.D. falls down is when my phone doesn't ring at all, leaving the handset with no indication that a call was missed.

    In all three instances VM is the best telephony solution available.

  19. Re:Does it ... on Asus Launches Eee PC T91, a Touch-Screen Tablet Netbook · · Score: 1

    That ai.com device sure looks interesting. The only reason I don't pre-order one right this minute is because of how shaky their OS build out is. They're essentially releasing a product before it's ready and saying "Trust us to make it work right later.".

    Since I don't know anything about them or their product, and having been burned one time too many, $400 is an awful lot of trust to extend.

    What bites is since I live in the M.o.N. (Middle of Nowhere) it may be years before I get to put my hands on one, if I ever do.

    Wish there was a way to see it, touch it, and goof with it to verify the hardware and see how polished their software build is.

  20. Re:I don't get the hysteria over Google Voice on Google Voice Apps Arrive For Android and Blackberry · · Score: 1

    It would be even better if they had number porting. This is the only thing keeping me from making heavy use of GV.

  21. Re:Problem with wind and solar? on Expanding the Electricity Grid May Be a Mistake · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I happen to agree with you but the devil's advocate in me replies that they said the same thing about the Buffalo.

  22. Re:Radio vs Pandora on Pandora Wants Radio Stations To Pay For Music, Too · · Score: 1

    I can do that now with my Windows Mobile smartphone and an internet data plan AND I live in the middle of nowhere Wyoming.

  23. Re:The web is NOT the OS on Google Announces Chrome OS, For Release Mid-2010 · · Score: 1

    No, but they're close to a monopoly for online APPLICATIONS so the MS Antitrust trial is possibly relevant. If they 'enhance' their online apps to entice people to use their OS then it's the same thing, only reversed.

    Again, I'm not saying that they're their now but it's seeable.

  24. Re:Anyone... on Eye In the Sky For City Crime Fighting · · Score: 1

    They likely won't know if they are being shot at unless they are hit. Rifle reports really aren't that loud at distance, even less so when the listener and the rifle are at different elevations.

  25. Re:I guess I should prepare for extinction then on Standalone GPS Receivers Going the Way of the Dodo · · Score: 1

    Your statement may be true anecdotally but logically you must acknowledge that they're commonly used in planes, trains, boats, smart bombs, nuclear missiles, and on ATVs. :)