Sorry, I forgot to specify that it's an automatic transmission. I'm not sure of the exact setup it uses, but I'm pretty sure it's "shift-by-wire," or that when I select a different gear it is then controlled by the computer, not physically shifted by the lever.
As far as automatic transmissions go, Rovers can do some pretty strong engine braking. When off road, I never use the brakes, just shift into first and I will crawl down the hill.
I was in a rental Pontiac Grandam and threw it into reverse going 65 down the highway. It was an automatic, and when thrown into reverse it lurched, then coasted on as if in neutral. I had apparantly managed to stall the engine, so threw it in neutral and started it right back up again.
I still hold the title amongst friends as being the only one to have "stalled an automatic."
I've got a 97 Landrover Discovery, so not exactly a new car, but it does what you talk about. If you shift down to 1st while going at high speeds, it won't shift until you've decelerated enough to avoid damaging the engine. If you keep your foot on the gas, it won't ever shift down.
From the article: GPS instrument on the lava dome...suggest that the site moved a few inches northward Monday and Tuesday.
Looks like you also have to be sure you don't live in the path of an active volcano. At that rate Mount St. Helens could reach Canada in a few thousand years!
That PDF you pointed too didn't really give the best explanation, but a little searching and I found it described as the moon not orbiting around the earh, but instead the moon and the earth both rotating around their combined center mass. Therefore, neither is considered a "satellite" of the other. Meanwhile, they both orbit the sun.
Of course, most of the info out there was rather sketchy, mainly saying "they're a double planet system cause the moon is so big." You got me thinkin though..
I can't find anything about it, but for the life of me I seem to recall some device putting a solar panel behind the LCD screen. This device seems like a great application for that.
But good point on 6 hours not being much. I would see myself using this thing to hold topo maps with waypoints and taking notes on a multi-day hike. But after the first day I'll have to find one of those trees with the 120V outlet..
Sadly, this isn't too far from some current arguments for legalizing drugs. A big argument against legalized drugs has always been the dramatic increase in health care cost associated with addiction and side effects, and therefore a much larger burden on the tax payer.
But looking at tobacco, they've found that even though health care costs increase to treat patients with lung cancer and other smoking related illness, the taxpayer is no longer having to pay social security and medicare coverage for those individuals as they get older.
Essentially, the addicts will be reducing taxpayer burden by dying off earlier. Something to think about...
Also, I used to carry around pretty much the same assortment in high school, but found that a small pair of binoculars actually come in really handy. That and the Pentax Optio S digicam (fits in an Altoids tin) and you'll be ready to have "geek" yelled at you from just about anywhere. I always considered myself a boyscout (motto: always be prepared) who never went outside....
Come on, this is the oldest trick in the book. They announce a big shipment of plutonium going out, when the boat is really just carrying some harmless lead. The real plutonium is meanwhile thrown in the back of an SUV and driven down the highway.
Sure you can. The trick is to make sure you're not touching anything (e.g. ground). At least that's the part that's slowed me down so far. Every time I try and leave the ground I just end up back on it a short time later. (an interesting note: the longer the time period between being in contact with the ground, the more it hurts when I regain contact).
Ya know, I think you might have just stumbled onto why so many people with Honda Civics install ridiculously large, poorly tuned sub-woofers that point more bass outside the vehicle than inside. They're simply making up for the fact that 30mpg sounds terrible compared to 10mpg.
So....it's the car manufacturer's responsibility to limit the product you buy in order to protect you from yourself? I personally would never buy any vehicle that did such a thing.
And what about if your buddy slices through his wrist on a table saw and it's a good 30 miles down the freeway to the hospital? I haven't seen the law on paper, but I'm pretty sure you'll get some leniency there in the name of safety.
By the way, many new cars allow you to set an alarm that goes off if you exceed a certain speed. Or, would that still not be enough, and you'd like the vehicle to automatically downshift for you too?
Obviously what this shows is that Lucas is only good at making half-finished movies. By that logic, if we could just find a way to make sure Episode III never gets finished, it's bound to be a lot better than if it does get finished!
Why, this proves what many of you have been saying for a while, that the newer movies would have been better off never being made!
Nah, we'll just treat them like we did the past two rovers. Give them the resources to last an "expected" lifetime, then just keep expanding the mission parameters until they completely breakdown or the funding stops.
It'd be really cool too if they made most of their receivers portable, like so you're not stuck only listening to it in the car. Like, just have this little adaptor that the receiver can plug into, and you can quickly switch it between car, office, home. They could even make a boombox sorta thing!
Yeah, right, but when is a big company like XM gonna cater to the demands of their fans and customers....
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And never forget the value of the handy old credit card. A friend and I got started in lockpicking with some sets we got off ebay back in middle school, and by the end of high school were quite profficient.
But I've found now that just about any locked door that doesn't use a deadbolt can be opened much faster with a credit card. I keep three of varying thickness in my wallet depending on the situation. I use my ID badge at work to get into the conference rooms because it's quicker than pressing in the door code.
Also, two butter knives work pretty well too if you have a reasonable gap between the door and frame, just alternate force on them to "walk" the latch out. Best part is, you haven't touched the door handle at all, so it's about as non-invasive as you can get
I've kinda wondered how that lack of wind works when doing the free-fall runs in airplanes. When skydiving, you hit terminal velocity when the downwards acceleration force of gravity equals the upwards force of wind, and you start travelling at a constant velocity relative to eath.
But when you're in an airplane that's in a dive, the airplane is going to reach terminal velocity and stop accelerating much sooner than you are while inside the plane. In other words, relative to earth, both plane and person are getting the same acceleration force from gravity. But the plane is getting a much greater upwards drag force from all the wind.
So wouldn't the person in the plane start travelling faster than the airplane, since the airplane is shielding the person from the effects of wind?
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As far as automatic transmissions go, Rovers can do some pretty strong engine braking. When off road, I never use the brakes, just shift into first and I will crawl down the hill.
I still hold the title amongst friends as being the only one to have "stalled an automatic."
I've got a 97 Landrover Discovery, so not exactly a new car, but it does what you talk about. If you shift down to 1st while going at high speeds, it won't shift until you've decelerated enough to avoid damaging the engine. If you keep your foot on the gas, it won't ever shift down.
Good point, the Iraq war might only be half over by then...
Looks like you also have to be sure you don't live in the path of an active volcano. At that rate Mount St. Helens could reach Canada in a few thousand years!
That PDF you pointed too didn't really give the best explanation, but a little searching and I found it described as the moon not orbiting around the earh, but instead the moon and the earth both rotating around their combined center mass. Therefore, neither is considered a "satellite" of the other. Meanwhile, they both orbit the sun.
Of course, most of the info out there was rather sketchy, mainly saying "they're a double planet system cause the moon is so big." You got me thinkin though..
But good point on 6 hours not being much. I would see myself using this thing to hold topo maps with waypoints and taking notes on a multi-day hike. But after the first day I'll have to find one of those trees with the 120V outlet..
Point 1) Mars has an atmosphere.
Point 2) The moon isn't a planet.
Other than that you're completely right.
As I understand it, the main obstacle with a power plant on the moon is the prohibitive cost of all those extension cords back to earth.
But looking at tobacco, they've found that even though health care costs increase to treat patients with lung cancer and other smoking related illness, the taxpayer is no longer having to pay social security and medicare coverage for those individuals as they get older.
Essentially, the addicts will be reducing taxpayer burden by dying off earlier. Something to think about...
Not to mention it'll be just as hard to pick a standard for these "levels" as it is to pick a standard for benchmarks.
Also, I used to carry around pretty much the same assortment in high school, but found that a small pair of binoculars actually come in really handy. That and the Pentax Optio S digicam (fits in an Altoids tin) and you'll be ready to have "geek" yelled at you from just about anywhere. I always considered myself a boyscout (motto: always be prepared) who never went outside....
Oh shit, I just disturbed myself by knowing that.
Come on, this is the oldest trick in the book. They announce a big shipment of plutonium going out, when the boat is really just carrying some harmless lead. The real plutonium is meanwhile thrown in the back of an SUV and driven down the highway.
Sure you can. The trick is to make sure you're not touching anything (e.g. ground). At least that's the part that's slowed me down so far. Every time I try and leave the ground I just end up back on it a short time later. (an interesting note: the longer the time period between being in contact with the ground, the more it hurts when I regain contact).
Ya know, I think you might have just stumbled onto why so many people with Honda Civics install ridiculously large, poorly tuned sub-woofers that point more bass outside the vehicle than inside. They're simply making up for the fact that 30mpg sounds terrible compared to 10mpg.
And what about if your buddy slices through his wrist on a table saw and it's a good 30 miles down the freeway to the hospital? I haven't seen the law on paper, but I'm pretty sure you'll get some leniency there in the name of safety.
By the way, many new cars allow you to set an alarm that goes off if you exceed a certain speed. Or, would that still not be enough, and you'd like the vehicle to automatically downshift for you too?
Liten Again: Each episode will be available for 7 days following the Thursday evening repeats.
So looks like we'll all be in luck.
Well, I went ahead and asked. And yep, looks like they have a three year contract that started in 2002, so it'll be up within a year.
So you must be the guy who voted for John Worldpeace.
Why, this proves what many of you have been saying for a while, that the newer movies would have been better off never being made!
Yeah, right, but when is a big company like XM gonna cater to the demands of their fans and customers....
And never forget the value of the handy old credit card. A friend and I got started in lockpicking with some sets we got off ebay back in middle school, and by the end of high school were quite profficient.
But I've found now that just about any locked door that doesn't use a deadbolt can be opened much faster with a credit card. I keep three of varying thickness in my wallet depending on the situation. I use my ID badge at work to get into the conference rooms because it's quicker than pressing in the door code.
Also, two butter knives work pretty well too if you have a reasonable gap between the door and frame, just alternate force on them to "walk" the latch out. Best part is, you haven't touched the door handle at all, so it's about as non-invasive as you can get
But when you're in an airplane that's in a dive, the airplane is going to reach terminal velocity and stop accelerating much sooner than you are while inside the plane. In other words, relative to earth, both plane and person are getting the same acceleration force from gravity. But the plane is getting a much greater upwards drag force from all the wind.
So wouldn't the person in the plane start travelling faster than the airplane, since the airplane is shielding the person from the effects of wind?
Or maybe I need to take physics again...