Its a 1981 first gen RX-7. Peripheral ported 12A 2rotor (smallblock) motor 1.1lr, Borg Warner(tractor trailer) turbo trimmed running E85 fuel. The motor was peripheral ported. The motor was also pinned because they tend to twist/warp once you go above 500HP. The car went on an extreme diet to shave 600lb from the stock body weight including carbon fiber front clip. Its still a street car though. Bear in mind though the 4rotor you mentioned produces 600Hp normally aspirated out the box. The 761 Dyno run was at 37psi boost. We plan to upgrade to a 3 rotor eventually I already sourced the engine. BTW E85 is awesome magic fuel, after a run the engine still feels coool to the touch and it allows the boost to be pushed way up and run the engine leaner without detonation.
When I go to the track with mine and open the hood all the V8 drivers are ready to race. They see the tiny engine and just know they are going to spank it. When reality sets in and the big V8 gets spanked properly by my 1.1 liter rotary engine (in a Jap car) they start screaming about how rotaries suck and power to weight and blah blah but they lose. What they don't know is that I am squeezing 761HP out of a 1.1 liter in 1700 lb car. I am quick to tell them that it is a 1.1 liter engine though. And yes they are loud as hell not quieter. And I have never had an engine blown while racing. Build it properly and don't lean it out and you wont blow it that easily. I have seen rods go flying out of piston engines and catastrophic blower disasters from V8s though and yes waiting for those to clean up can be a drag.
Didn't you watch the latest keynote? Apple has 5% of the overall cellphone market. What are you talking about????
All your rant is prefectly legitimate whenever a company is in a position of monopoly. UIS law has provisions for this. Your rant is just not applicable to Apple.
Double standard my ass. Check your facts. People like iOS. Others like Android. Some like WP7. So what? Some are stupider than others? Give people some credit.
Skewing facts much?
5% worldwide cell phone market share is not the same thing as mobile OS market share in the US market which is what I was referring to. Here are the facts if you even care to see them. And if you want to see what it was around a year ago you can look here. Failure to do one's own research while faithfully swallowing keynote speeches is one sure way to be in the dark.
well in your case a printer analogy won't work either. And no you don't need a license to drive a car either. You only need a license to drive a car on public roads And yes you can even drive drunk on you own private property. You are clawing really hard to defend Apple here but keep trying. This constant stream of non-thinking Apple drones is amazing. Its very Scientology like.
If you dislike what is available in Apple's store or you have some philosophical disagreement with the way they do things, you are free to buy some other device.
And therein lies the rub. So Joe Public goes and buys a car, Takes it to the gas station to fill up and discovers that the pump at the gas station does not fit his car so he has to go to the dealer to fill up. Well he can just purchase another car right?. In the mean time people are running out to purchase these fancy new cars in droves, lines around the dealership and all. This fancy car is getting very popular. Eventually the Apple car company controls the marketplace and sells more mobile cars than any other single manufacturer. They influence the marketplace and the price of gas goes up up up. And your recourse is "You are free to buy some other vehicle" This is ridiculous.
I have no problem with what Apple restricts from being sold in their store. The problem is locking the device to only work with Apple's store and there is no other way to get content on the device without going through Apple's store.
The things I see mindless Apple drones fighting over themselves to defend Apple for are the same things they would bitch and scream about if say car companies did that with refueling. Double standard much?
Yes this is true. When I found out about this It made me realize that I can't put too much stock into the credibility of Top Gear anymore. They are a drama show not a reputable car review. They are also IMO the funniest auto show on TV. So while I will continue to watch them I wont take their words as fact.
Bassler was about 60 yards away when he was spotted, according to the sheriff. When he was 40 yards away, the SWAT team members shot at him and he fell to the ground.
"He was considered armed and dangerous," Allman said. "We believe there was seven shots fired. We believe all seven hit him."
First of all I am pro-America and I believe when you are in a foreign army, militia, or any other group attacking innocent people and tying to blow up planes etc. You are an enemy combatant. The notion that we should sit back and let them kill people and do nothing is just ridiculous. When a thug threatens the police they lose their 5th Amendment rights right there on the spot. They get shot and many times killed. If they survive the shooting they get dragged into court. When a thug threatens innocent civilians and is holed up many times they are shot and killed by the authorities. This happens every day in America. Whether you threaten us from a far or from near and the authorities have to take you out you deserve it. Wanted..Dead or Alive means exactly that.
Yeah when they park a suv outside you house and blow it up, or blow you the hell up with underwear bombs and when you are on a plane or laser printer bombs all because of fucking religion then we'll see.
How the hell do you know that there is no evidence? Do you work for the CIA? This was purely a self defense action. This moron was traveling with the other moron that made the underwear bomb that they tried to blow up an airliner with and the printer cartridge bomb. I take it in your world the CIA will put all their evidence online so that you can certify their evidence. You sir are so full of shit it oozes through your pores and leaves brown on everything you touch.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger
If You are in a militia on a foreign battle field sending underwear bombers to kill us and you endup getting killed then I'm sorry but that is totally legal.
Sorry did not create the site. However if you are concerned about software patents it is a petition you can sign. I know geeks don't have lobbyists or massive legal departments. All we got is a flimsy petition but its a way to get our voices heard non the less.
This is about PUBLIC information. They would not even discuss what public patents were being violated. It is not common practice to sign an NDA to disclose public information. Sign a NDA to disclose to me what patents I am violating? And you think this is right? Patents filed are public and the reason for patents to begin with is to make information public. Forcing people to sign NDA so you can tell them which public patents are being violated is underhanded and egregious. I don't see how you can support this particular activity.
I quote Barnes And Noble statement on the matter below
At the meeting, Microsoft alleged that the Nook infringed six patents purportedly owned by Microsoft. Microsoft had prepared claim charts purportedly detailing the alleged infringement but insisted that it would only share the detailed claim charts if Barnes & Noble agreed to sign a non-disclosure agreement (“NDA”) that would cover the claim charts as well as all other aspects of the parties’ discussions. Noting that the patents were public and that the infringement allegations pertained to Barnes & Noble’s public product, Barnes & Noble refused to sign an NDA.
Insisting that an NDA was necessary, Microsoft discussed the alleged infringement on a high level basis only. Microsoft nevertheless maintained that it possessed patents sufficient to dominate and entirely preclude the use of the Android Operating System by the Nook. Microsoft demanded an exorbitant royalty (on a per device basis) for a license to its patent portfolio for the Nook device and at the end of the meeting Microsoft stated that it would demand an even higher per device royalty for any device that acted “more like a computer” as opposed to an eReader.
After sending the proposed license agreement, Microsoft confirmed the shockingly high licensing fees Microsoft was demanding, reiterating its exorbitant per device royalty for Nook, and for the first time demanding a royalty for Nook Color which was more than double the per device royalty Microsoft was demanding for Nook. On information and belief, the license fees demanded by Microsoft are higher than what Microsoft charges for a license to its entire operating system designed for mobile devices, Windows Phone 7.
You completely miss the point. The NDA is required before even entering to negotiations. The NDA is about PATENTS which are public information. Telling people to sign a NDA so they cannot discuss public information is part of a delberate attempt to keep alleged infringement secret from the Linux community so that they can extort money from anyone that produces a Linux device or computer from TomTom to Buffalo to ACER and others. Your support for this egregious activity is telling.
Can't we just get rid of patents now? I mean, it's more and more clear that this just won't work. Never mind that it was not what 'copyright' was invented for.
Asking Slashdot is not going to help however if you really want to help end software patents you can help us by
signing this petition.
Do you know what the patents are? How exactly are you qualified to call this extortion if you have no insight as to the facts of the situation?
What it is? Its a systematic campaign against open source code and free software in general and Linux in particular. What Microsoft is doing is using using software-patents to bludgeon open source and Linux. They have threatened for years now that if they find themselves losing in the marketplace they will sue successful open source projects out of the marketplace and the way to do so is with software-patents. And this is what they are doing.
I think what the OP is saying is that the tactics MS are using are akin to mobster-like tactics.
Microsoft approaches open source company:-
Microsoft: "What a nice open source business you have here buy you know the marketplace is a dangerous neighborhood."
Microsoft: "You should pay us for protection."
Store Owner: "Protection? from who?"
Microsoft: "Well...From us mainly, If you don't pay us for protection you will face our massive legal department and endless lawyer fees."
Microsoft: "Oh and sign this NDA you cannot discuss the details with anyone get it."
The difference between Microsoft's tactics here and those of a Mobster is mobsters threaten to shut you down with violence.
Microsoft threatens to do that by driving you bankrupt in court.
The end result is the same.
What Microsoft is doing is running a campaign to own other people's code through software-patents. Even if your code is totally different from them you still have to pay them for protection. This is the future. look for Microsoft and Apple to continue this trend. Where will it end up? Could this lead to the patenting of full applications? I wish i knew the answer to that. They are already filing software-patents on features of applications so I guess its not out of the question.
Iraq debacle? You mean the successful invasion of Iraq for the purpose of deposing the convicted mass murderer and general crackpot Saddam Hussein,
You probably should turn of Fox News Channel. The President and his administration did not sell the war to the American people "For the purpose of deposing Saddam Hussein."
after receiving proper authorization in the US gov't, international approval in the UN, and including a large multinational force?
Cheney through Bush LIED to the world claiming weapons of mass destruction. "There are stockpiles we know where they are" "Mobile chemical factories"
"Niger aluminum tubes" etc etc the list goes on and on. All a bunch of lies.
You mean the debacle that has resulted in less than 4800 allied deaths in 8 years?
That is the number being diseminated by Fox News. But if you get your head out of Fox News nether regions you will see the more accurate figures here
The debacle where the Iraqi people are no longer under the thumb of the fascist Ba'ath party and out of the revolutions happening in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Syria, etc... has the best bet for a fair and reasonable government?
But I guess none of that counts since Bush did it.
Do you have any proof that the Iraq war triggered the Arab spring? You have no clue what fascism is. The ba'ath party is an autocratic regime. I don't know how corporations play a part in propping up that regime. The Syrian people are still under the thumb of the Ba'ath party how many American lives should we sacrifice to free Syria from the Ba'ath party there? How about you be the first American to invade Syria? And what about the regime in Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe, North Korea, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, Eritrea, Turkmenistan and others. How much should we tax the American people to depose these murderous dictators? How much American lives should be sacrificed?
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Its a 1981 first gen RX-7. Peripheral ported 12A 2rotor (smallblock) motor 1.1lr, Borg Warner(tractor trailer) turbo trimmed running E85 fuel. The motor was peripheral ported. The motor was also pinned because they tend to twist/warp once you go above 500HP. The car went on an extreme diet to shave 600lb from the stock body weight including carbon fiber front clip. Its still a street car though. Bear in mind though the 4rotor you mentioned produces 600Hp normally aspirated out the box. The 761 Dyno run was at 37psi boost. We plan to upgrade to a 3 rotor eventually I already sourced the engine. BTW E85 is awesome magic fuel, after a run the engine still feels coool to the touch and it allows the boost to be pushed way up and run the engine leaner without detonation.
When I go to the track with mine and open the hood all the V8 drivers are ready to race. They see the tiny engine and just know they are going to spank it. When reality sets in and the big V8 gets spanked properly by my 1.1 liter rotary engine (in a Jap car) they start screaming about how rotaries suck and power to weight and blah blah but they lose. What they don't know is that I am squeezing 761HP out of a 1.1 liter in 1700 lb car. I am quick to tell them that it is a 1.1 liter engine though. And yes they are loud as hell not quieter. And I have never had an engine blown while racing. Build it properly and don't lean it out and you wont blow it that easily. I have seen rods go flying out of piston engines and catastrophic blower disasters from V8s though and yes waiting for those to clean up can be a drag.
Didn't you watch the latest keynote? Apple has 5% of the overall cellphone market. What are you talking about????
All your rant is prefectly legitimate whenever a company is in a position of monopoly. UIS law has provisions for this. Your rant is just not applicable to Apple.
Double standard my ass. Check your facts. People like iOS. Others like Android. Some like WP7. So what? Some are stupider than others? Give people some credit.
Skewing facts much?
5% worldwide cell phone market share is not the same thing as mobile OS market share in the US market which is what I was referring to. Here are the facts if you even care to see them. And if you want to see what it was around a year ago you can look here. Failure to do one's own research while faithfully swallowing keynote speeches is one sure way to be in the dark.
well in your case a printer analogy won't work either. And no you don't need a license to drive a car either. You only need a license to drive a car on public roads And yes you can even drive drunk on you own private property. You are clawing really hard to defend Apple here but keep trying. This constant stream of non-thinking Apple drones is amazing. Its very Scientology like.
If you dislike what is available in Apple's store or you have some philosophical disagreement with the way they do things, you are free to buy some other device.
And therein lies the rub. So Joe Public goes and buys a car, Takes it to the gas station to fill up and discovers that the pump at the gas station does not fit his car so he has to go to the dealer to fill up. Well he can just purchase another car right?. In the mean time people are running out to purchase these fancy new cars in droves, lines around the dealership and all. This fancy car is getting very popular. Eventually the Apple car company controls the marketplace and sells more mobile cars than any other single manufacturer. They influence the marketplace and the price of gas goes up up up. And your recourse is "You are free to buy some other vehicle" This is ridiculous.
I have no problem with what Apple restricts from being sold in their store. The problem is locking the device to only work with Apple's store and there is no other way to get content on the device without going through Apple's store.
The things I see mindless Apple drones fighting over themselves to defend Apple for are the same things they would bitch and scream about if say car companies did that with refueling. Double standard much?
except you totally missed the point. The point the OP made was you cannot view porn with iPhone apps Now explain exactly how do you do that?
its probably a system similar to team viewer et al but probably peer to peer in which case would probably work over https.
er not if you buy Motorola.
Wow you sure displayed utter ignorance here. wow Just WOW!
Yes this is true. When I found out about this It made me realize that I can't put too much stock into the credibility of Top Gear anymore. They are a drama show not a reputable car review. They are also IMO the funniest auto show on TV. So while I will continue to watch them I wont take their words as fact.
Bassler was about 60 yards away when he was spotted, according to the sheriff. When he was 40 yards away, the SWAT team members shot at him and he fell to the ground. "He was considered armed and dangerous," Allman said. "We believe there was seven shots fired. We believe all seven hit him."
First of all I am pro-America and I believe when you are in a foreign army, militia, or any other group attacking innocent people and tying to blow up planes etc. You are an enemy combatant. The notion that we should sit back and let them kill people and do nothing is just ridiculous. When a thug threatens the police they lose their 5th Amendment rights right there on the spot. They get shot and many times killed. If they survive the shooting they get dragged into court. When a thug threatens innocent civilians and is holed up many times they are shot and killed by the authorities. This happens every day in America. Whether you threaten us from a far or from near and the authorities have to take you out you deserve it. Wanted..Dead or Alive means exactly that.
Yeah when they park a suv outside you house and blow it up, or blow you the hell up with underwear bombs and when you are on a plane or laser printer bombs all because of fucking religion then we'll see.
How the hell do you know that there is no evidence? Do you work for the CIA? This was purely a self defense action. This moron was traveling with the other moron that made the underwear bomb that they tried to blow up an airliner with and the printer cartridge bomb. I take it in your world the CIA will put all their evidence online so that you can certify their evidence. You sir are so full of shit it oozes through your pores and leaves brown on everything you touch.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger
If You are in a militia on a foreign battle field sending underwear bombers to kill us and you endup getting killed then I'm sorry but that is totally legal.
Sorry did not create the site. However if you are concerned about software patents it is a petition you can sign. I know geeks don't have lobbyists or massive legal departments. All we got is a flimsy petition but its a way to get our voices heard non the less.
I quote Barnes And Noble statement on the matter below
At the meeting, Microsoft alleged that the Nook infringed six patents purportedly owned by Microsoft. Microsoft had prepared claim charts purportedly detailing the alleged infringement but insisted that it would only share the detailed claim charts if Barnes & Noble agreed to sign a non-disclosure agreement (“NDA”) that would cover the claim charts as well as all other aspects of the parties’ discussions. Noting that the patents were public and that the infringement allegations pertained to Barnes & Noble’s public product, Barnes & Noble refused to sign an NDA. Insisting that an NDA was necessary, Microsoft discussed the alleged infringement on a high level basis only. Microsoft nevertheless maintained that it possessed patents sufficient to dominate and entirely preclude the use of the Android Operating System by the Nook. Microsoft demanded an exorbitant royalty (on a per device basis) for a license to its patent portfolio for the Nook device and at the end of the meeting Microsoft stated that it would demand an even higher per device royalty for any device that acted “more like a computer” as opposed to an eReader. After sending the proposed license agreement, Microsoft confirmed the shockingly high licensing fees Microsoft was demanding, reiterating its exorbitant per device royalty for Nook, and for the first time demanding a royalty for Nook Color which was more than double the per device royalty Microsoft was demanding for Nook. On information and belief, the license fees demanded by Microsoft are higher than what Microsoft charges for a license to its entire operating system designed for mobile devices, Windows Phone 7.
You completely miss the point. The NDA is required before even entering to negotiations. The NDA is about PATENTS which are public information. Telling people to sign a NDA so they cannot discuss public information is part of a delberate attempt to keep alleged infringement secret from the Linux community so that they can extort money from anyone that produces a Linux device or computer from TomTom to Buffalo to ACER and others. Your support for this egregious activity is telling.
There is a petition to end software-patents you can help us by signing this petition.
you can help us by signing this petition.
you can help us by signing this petition.
Can't we just get rid of patents now? I mean, it's more and more clear that this just won't work. Never mind that it was not what 'copyright' was invented for.
Asking Slashdot is not going to help however if you really want to help end software patents you can help us by signing this petition.
Yes, more details on the patents would be appreciated but the companies involved with these deals must be given more information
What the fuck are you talking about? Microsoft is not giving the information to anyone unless they sign a NDA for public information.
Do you know what the patents are? How exactly are you qualified to call this extortion if you have no insight as to the facts of the situation?
What it is? Its a systematic campaign against open source code and free software in general and Linux in particular. What Microsoft is doing is using using software-patents to bludgeon open source and Linux. They have threatened for years now that if they find themselves losing in the marketplace they will sue successful open source projects out of the marketplace and the way to do so is with software-patents. And this is what they are doing.
I think what the OP is saying is that the tactics MS are using are akin to mobster-like tactics.
Microsoft approaches open source company:-
Microsoft: "What a nice open source business you have here buy you know the marketplace is a dangerous neighborhood."
Microsoft: "You should pay us for protection."
Store Owner: "Protection? from who?"
Microsoft: "Well...From us mainly, If you don't pay us for protection you will face our massive legal department and endless lawyer fees."
Microsoft: "Oh and sign this NDA you cannot discuss the details with anyone get it."
The difference between Microsoft's tactics here and those of a Mobster is mobsters threaten to shut you down with violence.
Microsoft threatens to do that by driving you bankrupt in court.
The end result is the same.
What Microsoft is doing is running a campaign to own other people's code through software-patents. Even if your code is totally different from them you still have to pay them for protection. This is the future. look for Microsoft and Apple to continue this trend. Where will it end up? Could this lead to the patenting of full applications? I wish i knew the answer to that. They are already filing software-patents on features of applications so I guess its not out of the question.
Iraq debacle? You mean the successful invasion of Iraq for the purpose of deposing the convicted mass murderer and general crackpot Saddam Hussein,
You probably should turn of Fox News Channel. The President and his administration did not sell the war to the American people "For the purpose of deposing Saddam Hussein."
after receiving proper authorization in the US gov't, international approval in the UN, and including a large multinational force?
Cheney through Bush LIED to the world claiming weapons of mass destruction. "There are stockpiles we know where they are" "Mobile chemical factories" "Niger aluminum tubes" etc etc the list goes on and on. All a bunch of lies.
You mean the debacle that has resulted in less than 4800 allied deaths in 8 years?
That is the number being diseminated by Fox News. But if you get your head out of Fox News nether regions you will see the more accurate figures here
The debacle where the Iraqi people are no longer under the thumb of the fascist Ba'ath party and out of the revolutions happening in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Syria, etc... has the best bet for a fair and reasonable government?
But I guess none of that counts since Bush did it.
Do you have any proof that the Iraq war triggered the Arab spring? You have no clue what fascism is. The ba'ath party is an autocratic regime. I don't know how corporations play a part in propping up that regime. The Syrian people are still under the thumb of the Ba'ath party how many American lives should we sacrifice to free Syria from the Ba'ath party there? How about you be the first American to invade Syria? And what about the regime in Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe, North Korea, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, Eritrea, Turkmenistan and others. How much should we tax the American people to depose these murderous dictators? How much American lives should be sacrificed?