I notice a difference of 5 or more mpg in the summer, just because the engine doesn't have to warm up from -30, and the drivetrain (transmission, half-shafts, wheel bearings, etc.) isn't frozen stiff.
Uh, sort of. This is probaly more dependent on the mechanical aspects of different cars more than a fundamental relationship with fuel economy and cool air.
Cold air is more dense. Dense air has more oxygen. Air with more oxygen needs less throttle to produce a given amount of power. Less throttle for a given power is pretty much the definition of better fuel economy.
There is a reason they sell COLD air intakes for increased performance in cars.
Now, there are of course other factors here. Colder temperatures mean your tires have lower pressure and that hurts fuel economy. Greese gets thick and may make car more sluggish. And yes, it is more difficult to get the car going so there will be some loss of fuel in that event.
There is a tendency for traffic to get denser over time anyway. Road widening tends to happen when the roads are getting so congested that traffic that _should_ be using that road is spilling over onto another (smaller) one.
There is also a tendancy for people to reproduce and create more people, who buy more cars, that together burn more gas.
Really, the analagy is still quite valid. Wider roads don't really make a difference because there are more cars trying to fit on them. Just as small improvements in average fuel economy won't counter large increases in the number of cars on the road. Some people forget to consider all the facts in an arguement.
Wind-Up Entertainment is a member of a certain association. I think the acronym stands for Recording Industry something or other of America or someting:)
What about Joe Sixpack who set up a wireless home network. Couldn't a lawyer reasonably argue that someone else could have been using his wireless network (thus his IP) without his knowledge or permission?
1000 Songs at ~15 songs per CD at ~$17 per CD => $1,133 in CD's would need to be purchased (plus tax). 3000 Songs at ~15 songs per CD at ~$17 per CD => $3,400 in CD's would need to be purchased (plus tax).
That, plus your court costs associated with fighting the charge.
The lawsuits are a reported ~$3000 each so I guess it depends on how many songs you are sharing. Word of the day is Extort
Supply and demand. If it is too expensive, DON'T BUY IT. If enough people don't buy it, price will go down. I agree $17 is a rip (and the low end really), but people must be paying it so they keep it that way.
I used to buy lots of CD's. Then I tried Napster for a bit. Then CD's / paid downloads became too expensive and other "free" downlaod methods are too complicated and unreliable. Now I listen to the radio. Talk mostly since music pretty much sucks these days.
I haven't purchased music in over 5 years. I don't download either. I just gave up.
As far as I know, E=mc^2 has been reasonably well supported through experimentation. Thus, if light is slowing down you could do this:
1) Convert some amount of mass into energy. 2) Wait. 3) Convert the energy in (1) back to more matter than you started with (since 'c' is now smaller). 4) Convert new (bigger) mass into MORE energy than you got after (1). 5) Run through the streets naked shouting "EURIKA!" because you have discovered perpetual motion. 6) PROFIT (no ??? needed!).
I think about it more as you would a scientific theory. A Theory becomes a Law when it is absolutely proven (very hard in most cases). A Theory is rejected when it is conclusively disproven. However until it is either proven or disproven it remains a theory. Most Theories forever remain just that, Theories.
Now, apply the Theory concept to Faith:
Believer says, "Faith is a Law." (Proof ???) Athiest says, "Faith is conclusively wrong." (Disproof ???) Agnostic says, "There are things in the world we do not fully understand. Faith addresses these things. Until someone proves or disproves what Faith implies I refuse to form any more of an opinion."
Actually, I'd say it is more like trying to by a car without an engine. Say I have an old Toyota with a perfectly good engine. Now I want a new Toyota but I just want to re-install my old engine in the new car. The car is useless without an engine so most people just want whatever comes standard, but there are always people that want a "better" engine in their car.
I'm not sure what my point is, but I think it is a better analgy.
I'm not sure about other poeple, but "start pressing buttons" is how I became good with computers. I think the real culprit is making computers too user friendly. Sort of like how most people can't do long division without a calculator. Make routine stuff too easy and people forget how to solve the real problems.
Okay, humor me and pretend that on September 11, 2001 this was the headline everyone woke up to:
"This morning, US fighter jets shot down four comercial airliners over the eastern seaboard. According to sources, it was believed that all four of the jets had been hijacked and that the hijackers had plans to use the planes as weapons to crash into buildings. It was believed that the world trade center was one of the targets..."
Now, using the same arguements that all the critics are using about invading Iraq think of what people would say...
"There was no proof that they would actually crash the planes. Why didn't anyone try to negotiate first."
"The only thing they found in the wreckage was pocket knives and box cutters. Are we supposed to believe that they took over the planes using only that? Come on, the people on the plane could have stopped them if that were all they had."
Now please, REALLY think about what your reaction would have been if this was how that day played out. Indeed the same critics of the Iraq war would have very similar arguements about this. However, we know how this one actually played out.
The main thing pay-per-song services have over "free" p2p services is ease of use and quality of downloads. Everyone knows they can probably get any of these songs for free (risking a lawsuit of course) but I for one am more than willing to pay to get a high quality, accurately tagged, fast download (I am NOT just saying this, I would gladly pay). So, since I chose to spend my money on a non-iPod mp3 player this ease of use is up in smoke. Therefore, I am no longer willing to pay for this.
Also, I don't dowload music nor do I buy CD's. I want to listen to music and have money to pay for it, but I won't pay more than it's worth.
- 40% of adults don't know that the Sun is a star.
- A child safety seat company got in trouble because their instructions were written above a FOURTH GRADE reading level (apparently the average reading level of adults).
The moral: Never assume the intelligence of the "average" person to be above the average 4th grader. It's sad, but "Type the numbers you see here:" is about a complicated a test you can give and expect a reasonable number of people to be able to pass it.
The story of two schoolmates, Netscape and IE. Netscape and IE grew up together, but all through school Netscape was smarter faster and generally well liked. IE was awkward and most people found him annoying. As they got older, however, IE's rich uncle decided he would do all he could to get IE to be more popular. To to this, IE's uncle spent millions on an all out campaign re-writing all the books in school and paying off all the teachers in order to make IE look smarter and in turn more popular. Sure, most people didn't like him all that much, but Netscape seemed to be having troubles with all the new books and really didn't shine quite as much. Netscape began to fall out of popularity.
Then, Netscapes rich uncle, AOL, stepped in to save the day. AOL took Netscape away from school for a while and gave him a new look. Plastic surgery, new cloths full of gadgets bright lights, big buttons, bells, wistles, and a big shiny 6.0 carat diamond earring. After this, Netscape came back to school with a bang. People said, "Ooh, check out Netscape, maybe he is still cool." However, once people started hanging out with Netscape and his new 6.0 carat diamond earring, they realized he was largely all show. On top of that, he was often confusing and it was annoying when he would bring out all his new gadgets at parties. People were once again turned off to Netscape, and since IE was the only other person at school that seemed to know how to get what he wanted from the teachers they decided he was cool enough to be the most popular kid in school. Sure, deep down no body really liked him but that really didn't matter.
Alas, Netscape moved away and soon most people forgot he even existed. Some time later, AOL and IE's rich uncle Bill became friends. AOL decided that IE really was a pretty cool kid. AOL decided that IE was so cool in fact, AOL gave his uncle Bill money to put IE through college. Then, one day, AOL ran into Netscape on the street. They got to talking and AOL said, "You know, you were a really good kid and a lot of people respected you." Netscape responded, "Thanks. Do you think you could help me get back on top?" AOL thought a minute and then said, "You might be onto something." AOL then proceeded to beat the crap out of Netscape and steal his cloths, money, and his entire identity leaving Netscape bleeding and crying, naked in the street. AOL returned home and gave all of Netscape's things to IE and told IE, "Now you can still be yourself but also you can get even further fame by pretending to be Netscape." IE got an evil grin on his face and realized that, with Netscape truley gone and with everyone thinking he was both IE and Netscape, he would no longer have to strive for anything. He could sit on his ass and annoy the hell out of everone and they would like it because they had no one else to turn to.
Come on, TV's, TV signals, radios, flouresent lights, cell phones, cordless phones, police radios, power lines, computer monitors, microwaves, remote car entry keys, satellites, two way "family" radios, baby monitors CB radios, GPS, ON-Star(R), dopplar radar, air traffic control, garage door openers, "Atomic" radio clocks, hairdryers, power saws, drills, copy machines, electric pencil sharpeners, radio controlled cars and airplanes, wildlife tracking collars, alarm systems, marine radios, aircraft navagation beacons, space communications, XM Satellite radio were all fine, but Wi-Fi is obviously too much for the poor children to handle. For the love of god, THINK OF THE CHILDREN.
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I notice a difference of 5 or more mpg in the summer, just because the engine doesn't have to warm up from -30, and the drivetrain (transmission, half-shafts, wheel bearings, etc.) isn't frozen stiff.
Uh, sort of. This is probaly more dependent on the mechanical aspects of different cars more than a fundamental relationship with fuel economy and cool air.
Cold air is more dense. Dense air has more oxygen. Air with more oxygen needs less throttle to produce a given amount of power. Less throttle for a given power is pretty much the definition of better fuel economy.
There is a reason they sell COLD air intakes for increased performance in cars.
Now, there are of course other factors here. Colder temperatures mean your tires have lower pressure and that hurts fuel economy. Greese gets thick and may make car more sluggish. And yes, it is more difficult to get the car going so there will be some loss of fuel in that event.
There is a tendency for traffic to get denser over time anyway. Road widening tends to happen when the roads are getting so congested that traffic that _should_ be using that road is spilling over onto another (smaller) one.
There is also a tendancy for people to reproduce and create more people, who buy more cars, that together burn more gas.
Really, the analagy is still quite valid. Wider roads don't really make a difference because there are more cars trying to fit on them. Just as small improvements in average fuel economy won't counter large increases in the number of cars on the road. Some people forget to consider all the facts in an arguement.
Wind-Up Entertainment is a member of a certain association. I think the acronym stands for Recording Industry something or other of America or someting :)
Isn't it funny how NASA and the pr0n industry provide for a lot of technology improvements.
:) etc.)
Think about it, many features available on DVD's are most benificial for pr0n (e.g. zoom, multiple cameras, scene selection
So now we should hold people leagally resposnible for setting up a secure WIFI network at home?
What about Joe Sixpack who set up a wireless home network. Couldn't a lawyer reasonably argue that someone else could have been using his wireless network (thus his IP) without his knowledge or permission?
Let's see ...
1000 Songs at ~15 songs per CD at ~$17 per CD => $1,133 in CD's would need to be purchased (plus tax).
3000 Songs at ~15 songs per CD at ~$17 per CD => $3,400 in CD's would need to be purchased (plus tax).
That, plus your court costs associated with fighting the charge.
The lawsuits are a reported ~$3000 each so I guess it depends on how many songs you are sharing. Word of the day is Extort
Supply and demand.
If it is too expensive, DON'T BUY IT.
If enough people don't buy it, price will go down.
I agree $17 is a rip (and the low end really), but people must be paying it so they keep it that way.
I used to buy lots of CD's. Then I tried Napster for a bit. Then CD's / paid downloads became too expensive and other "free" downlaod methods are too complicated and unreliable. Now I listen to the radio. Talk mostly since music pretty much sucks these days.
I haven't purchased music in over 5 years. I don't download either. I just gave up.
Just my bitter $0.02.
arghh ... forgot 'Extrans' ... previous should have read ...
<comic_book_guy_voice> Best troll ever! </comic_book_guy_voice>
Best troll ever!
As far as I know, E=mc^2 has been reasonably well supported through experimentation. Thus, if light is slowing down you could do this:
1) Convert some amount of mass into energy.
2) Wait.
3) Convert the energy in (1) back to more matter than you started with (since 'c' is now smaller).
4) Convert new (bigger) mass into MORE energy than you got after (1).
5) Run through the streets naked shouting "EURIKA!" because you have discovered perpetual motion.
6) PROFIT (no ??? needed!).
I think about it more as you would a scientific theory. A Theory becomes a Law when it is absolutely proven (very hard in most cases). A Theory is rejected when it is conclusively disproven. However until it is either proven or disproven it remains a theory. Most Theories forever remain just that, Theories.
Now, apply the Theory concept to Faith:
Believer says, "Faith is a Law." (Proof ???)
Athiest says, "Faith is conclusively wrong." (Disproof ???)
Agnostic says, "There are things in the world we do not fully understand. Faith addresses these things. Until someone proves or disproves what Faith implies I refuse to form any more of an opinion."
Douglas Adams, is that you?
That is quite possibly the best post I have ever read. Thank you.
Actually, I'd say it is more like trying to by a car without an engine. Say I have an old Toyota with a perfectly good engine. Now I want a new Toyota but I just want to re-install my old engine in the new car. The car is useless without an engine so most people just want whatever comes standard, but there are always people that want a "better" engine in their car. I'm not sure what my point is, but I think it is a better analgy.
Actually, I think the end goal should be to get the end user to understand the product.
I'm not sure about other poeple, but "start pressing buttons" is how I became good with computers. I think the real culprit is making computers too user friendly. Sort of like how most people can't do long division without a calculator. Make routine stuff too easy and people forget how to solve the real problems.
That is quite literally the most pathetic excuse for humor I've ever seen.
Comic Book Guy, is that you?
Surely you must concur, this is the Worst Argument Ever!
Okay, humor me and pretend that on September 11, 2001 this was the headline everyone woke up to:
"This morning, US fighter jets shot down four comercial airliners over the eastern seaboard. According to sources, it was believed that all four of the jets had been hijacked and that the hijackers had plans to use the planes as weapons to crash into buildings. It was believed that the world trade center was one of the targets..."
Now, using the same arguements that all the critics are using about invading Iraq think of what people would say...
"There was no proof that they would actually crash the planes. Why didn't anyone try to negotiate first."
"The only thing they found in the wreckage was pocket knives and box cutters. Are we supposed to believe that they took over the planes using only that? Come on, the people on the plane could have stopped them if that were all they had."
Now please, REALLY think about what your reaction would have been if this was how that day played out. Indeed the same critics of the Iraq war would have very similar arguements about this. However, we know how this one actually played out.
The main thing pay-per-song services have over "free" p2p services is ease of use and quality of downloads. Everyone knows they can probably get any of these songs for free (risking a lawsuit of course) but I for one am more than willing to pay to get a high quality, accurately tagged, fast download (I am NOT just saying this, I would gladly pay). So, since I chose to spend my money on a non-iPod mp3 player this ease of use is up in smoke. Therefore, I am no longer willing to pay for this.
Also, I don't dowload music nor do I buy CD's. I want to listen to music and have money to pay for it, but I won't pay more than it's worth.
- 40% of adults don't know that the Sun is a star.
- A child safety seat company got in trouble because their instructions were written above a FOURTH GRADE reading level (apparently the average reading level of adults).
The moral: Never assume the intelligence of the "average" person to be above the average 4th grader. It's sad, but "Type the numbers you see here:" is about a complicated a test you can give and expect a reasonable number of people to be able to pass it.
The story of two schoolmates, Netscape and IE. Netscape and IE grew up together, but all through school Netscape was smarter faster and generally well liked. IE was awkward and most people found him annoying. As they got older, however, IE's rich uncle decided he would do all he could to get IE to be more popular. To to this, IE's uncle spent millions on an all out campaign re-writing all the books in school and paying off all the teachers in order to make IE look smarter and in turn more popular. Sure, most people didn't like him all that much, but Netscape seemed to be having troubles with all the new books and really didn't shine quite as much. Netscape began to fall out of popularity.
Then, Netscapes rich uncle, AOL, stepped in to save the day. AOL took Netscape away from school for a while and gave him a new look. Plastic surgery, new cloths full of gadgets bright lights, big buttons, bells, wistles, and a big shiny 6.0 carat diamond earring. After this, Netscape came back to school with a bang. People said, "Ooh, check out Netscape, maybe he is still cool." However, once people started hanging out with Netscape and his new 6.0 carat diamond earring, they realized he was largely all show. On top of that, he was often confusing and it was annoying when he would bring out all his new gadgets at parties. People were once again turned off to Netscape, and since IE was the only other person at school that seemed to know how to get what he wanted from the teachers they decided he was cool enough to be the most popular kid in school. Sure, deep down no body really liked him but that really didn't matter.
Alas, Netscape moved away and soon most people forgot he even existed. Some time later, AOL and IE's rich uncle Bill became friends. AOL decided that IE really was a pretty cool kid. AOL decided that IE was so cool in fact, AOL gave his uncle Bill money to put IE through college. Then, one day, AOL ran into Netscape on the street. They got to talking and AOL said, "You know, you were a really good kid and a lot of people respected you." Netscape responded, "Thanks. Do you think you could help me get back on top?" AOL thought a minute and then said, "You might be onto something." AOL then proceeded to beat the crap out of Netscape and steal his cloths, money, and his entire identity leaving Netscape bleeding and crying, naked in the street. AOL returned home and gave all of Netscape's things to IE and told IE, "Now you can still be yourself but also you can get even further fame by pretending to be Netscape." IE got an evil grin on his face and realized that, with Netscape truley gone and with everyone thinking he was both IE and Netscape, he would no longer have to strive for anything. He could sit on his ass and annoy the hell out of everone and they would like it because they had no one else to turn to.
Come on, TV's, TV signals, radios, flouresent lights, cell phones, cordless phones, police radios, power lines, computer monitors, microwaves, remote car entry keys, satellites, two way "family" radios, baby monitors CB radios, GPS, ON-Star(R), dopplar radar, air traffic control, garage door openers, "Atomic" radio clocks, hairdryers, power saws, drills, copy machines, electric pencil sharpeners, radio controlled cars and airplanes, wildlife tracking collars, alarm systems, marine radios, aircraft navagation beacons, space communications, XM Satellite radio were all fine, but Wi-Fi is obviously too much for the poor children to handle. For the love of god, THINK OF THE CHILDREN.