"There is simply no need ever to be able to do a standing quarter mile in less than 10 seconds on the road"
I can think of one. Somebody's shooting at you. In that situation, I'd happily take any amount of acceleration as long as I can steer it. But there must be a break-even cost between increasing acceleration and having bullet-resistance.
Don't know about lopey V8s or burbling boxers, but in all likelihood people like what they remember from childhood, unless they pay attention and realize some of it wasn't so nice. Burbling V8s sound terrible unless you use a crossover exhaust. Flat-crank V8s found in Ferraris and the last Lotus Esprit, that's entirely different. Here's one that'll get some hate mail... V-twins top the heap of ugly noisemakers. Bang-bang... bang-bang...bang-bang... all that's missing is the chitty-chitty.
Then the producer of my previous set of tires will be in the clear. Lucky for me there's a guy in town who shaves them down to round. That's how it works, right? You buy something that doesn't violate patents, and then modify it to work like it should.
Good points, but even the 50s were an economic roller coaster. Except for the Great Depression, people tend to forget the economic lows after a couple of decades unless they lost their job during one. In addition to everyone other than white males suffering, most people who shared views out of alignment with the era's "traditional values" in any way were mistreated. One of the persecutionists eventually occupied the White House. Not that I'd return the percent of GDP spent on infrastructure to 1950s levels, but it has been terribly low recently and you're right, such spending employs people, redistributes income, and generally pumps up economic activity to the benefit of, well, most.
There's also been significant revision of how people felt at the time. People who weren't alive then remember the 50s from Happy Days and Grease and other nostalgic shows. I'm serious. Apparently there was no pollution, no child abuse, no cancer, no serious accidents, no infidelity, no drug abuse, no workplace problems, no mental illness, and nothing else bad that we realize always did happen to WASPs as well as anyone else. I guess Rizzo's boyfriend was worried about pregnancy, but even that didn't occur.
I'm personally more likely to be revisionist about the 60s, but it's hard to ignore that people died in Vietnam and in the struggles for civil rights.
I know, let's go back to the 20s! Nobody's around now to tell us we have it wrong! Everybody had fun in speakeasies and the Great War was over and the stock market was soaring and we drove around everywhere in automobiles and listened to riveting shows on radio!
I see a lot of arguments about the means, but what about the goal? Where did Scott & Brill get the idea that higher education's primary goal is to feed GDP or reduce unemployment? Certainly increasing employment opportunities makes sense, but what happened to the idea that a better educated citizenry has all sorts of benefits beyond increased economic activity?
This is primarily intended to lower the cost of employing STEMs by increasing the supply. But lower salaries will not encourage more students to study STEM fields.
Slashdot dropped this for some reason...
110F at 30%. I've spent enough time in MI in winter, and it IS grey. And no, if the water isn't above 80F, the lifestyle I like cannot be bought in Detroit at any price.
"Tar baby" seems a very apt term to me, in the sense that Uncle Remus meant it. And that's some mighty sticky, long-lasting tar.
Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, Al Shebab, Shish Kebab, they're all just labels. No one says you can't be members of A, B, and C simultaneously or at different times, switching whenever it's convenient. We can only assign blame for certain to those individuals directly involved in the attack on the embassy. Treat it like the crime it was, and hunt them down. Difficult? Sure, but it demonstrates to others the desire to punish the guilty rather than anyone that talked to them.
Good point. I have to wonder if the mfr of Stingers is really behind this. You can only sell so many to an army that isn't constantly using them. Hot wars generate a lot more revenue.
Well, no, I can't finance the same lifestyle in Detroit at any price. It's not available in Michigan. For those who like what I consider bad weather, go for it, by all means. But aside from the bombed-out Detroit proper, the area is bitterly cold and grey in winter without a break. Living there year-round is not for everyone no matter how much they clean it up. Cities in cold climes grew 60-120 years ago because it was easier to generate heat than escape it, but now the warmer climes have A/C, so such places will never again see their former glory.
Some people like that climate. That's wonderful. They might love it there.
When I read about the Google cars that drive around with a human behind the wheel just in case, I KNOW that in the real world, people will be reading the newspaper, watching videos, taking naps, anything BUT monitoring what the car is doing. Usually aircraft only encounter heavy traffic near ports, while autos encounter it everywhere, and even on the empty back roads, a deer might just jump out from the ditch unexpectedly. I love the idea of having my car take me to work, but I don't trust that I'll pay attention the entire time. If I did, why would having the car drive be of much use? I suppose the likely middle ground is that the car drives, but there are a multitude of independent sensors and alarms that engage the human in potentially dangerous situations. I don't trust that the other guy is going to wake up in time.
I hate getting out in the winter to fuel my car, so I'm going to open the remote-release gas cap and let the gasoline pump squirt fuel at it. Only a gallon or so per visit will be lost. No biggie.
I'm guessing the iYot's glass breaks much sooner than it should. Same goes for the hull. Aluminum is more appropriate for AAVs and jonboats. But I guess 7 or 8 knots would be OK for it.
I disagree with the comment about looking like a 3rd grader drew it. 3rd graders generally do much better than that. The Navy's experimental stealth ship was more graceful in appearance. I can just hear Old Money snickering something about the Nouveau Riche.
Moving, but not abandoning. Part of the problem is that many people can't seem to imagine a world where fuel and energy comes from a multitude of sources. Not 5% yet? OK, shoot for 1% with biodiesel from algae while going for 1% with ethanol from switchgrass. The nice thing about algal fuels is that they're compatible with existing engines. No chicken-and-egg problem. We've been spoiled by having fuel for almost any ICE vehicle available at every freeway exit, no planning ahead necessary.
Reminds me of a different Harvey—Keitel's character in National Treasure. "Somebody has to go to prison."
Maybe they should be in prison, I don't know the case details, but it seems odd that forecasters go to jail yet drillers and frackers whose activities most likely occasionally trigger quakes go on with business as usual.
High school science classes spend considerable time on measurement, conversions, scientific method, lab procedures, hypotheses, etc. That's the part that everyone needs. If the kid wants to give speeches instead of learn the scientific method, then by all means, go ahead and join 95% of the politicians out there who don't have anything meaningful to say because they never learned how to analyze or interpret anything. Is it really 95%? He'll have to understand some quantitative procedures to answer that intelligently.
True, but color printers do leave fingerprints so the Secret Service can determine on which machines currency was printed. Will 3D printer mfrs make 3D printers that leave fingerprints? I'm guessing so. Another good reason to roll your own. Of course, forensics will probably be able to identify the DNA in trace shed skin cells embedded in the prints...
Well, Rock Creek (nearby town is Whitsett), where Lenovo is locating, has another tenant of note: Red Oak Brewery. Probably within scootering distance, too. A small family-owned Italian restaurant near there sells pizza by the slice. Only the slices come from pizzas over 3' in diameter.
"Cancelled out" depends on what you value. Money-wise, maybe so. But I'd much rather have an intact head and broken bones than vice versa, regardless of the relative medical costs.
Taking that to the logical extreme, if anyone mass-produced comfy efficient recumbent bikes (read "not lowracers", though I like them, and neither sit-up-straight varieties), many could experience the lack of hand, back, shoulder, butt, and/or neck pains that every style of wedgie bike causes some of us to one degree or another. Some are available at not much more than nice road bikes, but that means well over $1,000, something many of us won't spend on a bike. Make a $500 SWB recumbent with wide-range hub gearing and a little stowage-behind-the-seat capacity and sell it at Costco.
Depends on the state in the US, but in mine, bicycles generally have equivalent rights and responsibilities as autos. Some highways are marked as "no bicycles" and on many expressways you'd have to be self-destructive or stupid to bike on, but on most bicycles are entitled to the full lane's width and legally should ride within the lane. Motorists generally pass cyclists in no-passing zones (myself included when it's safe to do so). It's so common that most motorists think they have that right at any time. I do see a lot of cyclists riding two abreast on rural roads with very little traffic, which is legal here. They usually go single-file when cars approach to allow motorists to more easily pass. Motorcyclists often ride two abreast on congested multilane highways. I can't say whether this practice results in a net increase or decrease in motorcyclists' safety. Any increase in visibility or blocking of unsafe passing attempts is easily offset by a few hate-filled pickup/SUV drivers intent on running two-wheelers off the road.
Unfortunately, they usually didn't get it from the GAO (or whatever it's called these days) they fund, whose studies often have surprisingly decent analyses. Not that the studies would remain decent if legislators voted based on them. I suspect one reason they're often OK is because nobody thinks legislators are going to make decisions based on them.
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"There is simply no need ever to be able to do a standing quarter mile in less than 10 seconds on the road"
I can think of one. Somebody's shooting at you. In that situation, I'd happily take any amount of acceleration as long as I can steer it. But there must be a break-even cost between increasing acceleration and having bullet-resistance.
Don't know about lopey V8s or burbling boxers, but in all likelihood people like what they remember from childhood, unless they pay attention and realize some of it wasn't so nice. Burbling V8s sound terrible unless you use a crossover exhaust. Flat-crank V8s found in Ferraris and the last Lotus Esprit, that's entirely different. Here's one that'll get some hate mail... V-twins top the heap of ugly noisemakers. Bang-bang... bang-bang...bang-bang... all that's missing is the chitty-chitty.
Then the producer of my previous set of tires will be in the clear. Lucky for me there's a guy in town who shaves them down to round. That's how it works, right? You buy something that doesn't violate patents, and then modify it to work like it should.
Good points, but even the 50s were an economic roller coaster. Except for the Great Depression, people tend to forget the economic lows after a couple of decades unless they lost their job during one. In addition to everyone other than white males suffering, most people who shared views out of alignment with the era's "traditional values" in any way were mistreated. One of the persecutionists eventually occupied the White House. Not that I'd return the percent of GDP spent on infrastructure to 1950s levels, but it has been terribly low recently and you're right, such spending employs people, redistributes income, and generally pumps up economic activity to the benefit of, well, most.
There's also been significant revision of how people felt at the time. People who weren't alive then remember the 50s from Happy Days and Grease and other nostalgic shows. I'm serious. Apparently there was no pollution, no child abuse, no cancer, no serious accidents, no infidelity, no drug abuse, no workplace problems, no mental illness, and nothing else bad that we realize always did happen to WASPs as well as anyone else. I guess Rizzo's boyfriend was worried about pregnancy, but even that didn't occur.
I'm personally more likely to be revisionist about the 60s, but it's hard to ignore that people died in Vietnam and in the struggles for civil rights.
I know, let's go back to the 20s! Nobody's around now to tell us we have it wrong! Everybody had fun in speakeasies and the Great War was over and the stock market was soaring and we drove around everywhere in automobiles and listened to riveting shows on radio!
I see a lot of arguments about the means, but what about the goal? Where did Scott & Brill get the idea that higher education's primary goal is to feed GDP or reduce unemployment? Certainly increasing employment opportunities makes sense, but what happened to the idea that a better educated citizenry has all sorts of benefits beyond increased economic activity?
This is primarily intended to lower the cost of employing STEMs by increasing the supply. But lower salaries will not encourage more students to study STEM fields.
Slashdot dropped this for some reason... 110F at 30%. I've spent enough time in MI in winter, and it IS grey. And no, if the water isn't above 80F, the lifestyle I like cannot be bought in Detroit at any price.
Relax. I'm saying it's not for me. Some like it hot. I like anything from 60F to 95F at 90% humidity, and up to 110F at
Then again, 50 years from now Great Lakes states might be downright balmy.
I see "drivers" frequently holding a newspaper across the steering wheel. But maybe it's just to catch the drips from the lunch they're eating.
"Tar baby" seems a very apt term to me, in the sense that Uncle Remus meant it. And that's some mighty sticky, long-lasting tar.
Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, Al Shebab, Shish Kebab, they're all just labels. No one says you can't be members of A, B, and C simultaneously or at different times, switching whenever it's convenient. We can only assign blame for certain to those individuals directly involved in the attack on the embassy. Treat it like the crime it was, and hunt them down. Difficult? Sure, but it demonstrates to others the desire to punish the guilty rather than anyone that talked to them.
Good point. I have to wonder if the mfr of Stingers is really behind this. You can only sell so many to an army that isn't constantly using them. Hot wars generate a lot more revenue.
Well, no, I can't finance the same lifestyle in Detroit at any price. It's not available in Michigan. For those who like what I consider bad weather, go for it, by all means. But aside from the bombed-out Detroit proper, the area is bitterly cold and grey in winter without a break. Living there year-round is not for everyone no matter how much they clean it up. Cities in cold climes grew 60-120 years ago because it was easier to generate heat than escape it, but now the warmer climes have A/C, so such places will never again see their former glory.
Some people like that climate. That's wonderful. They might love it there.
When I read about the Google cars that drive around with a human behind the wheel just in case, I KNOW that in the real world, people will be reading the newspaper, watching videos, taking naps, anything BUT monitoring what the car is doing. Usually aircraft only encounter heavy traffic near ports, while autos encounter it everywhere, and even on the empty back roads, a deer might just jump out from the ditch unexpectedly. I love the idea of having my car take me to work, but I don't trust that I'll pay attention the entire time. If I did, why would having the car drive be of much use? I suppose the likely middle ground is that the car drives, but there are a multitude of independent sensors and alarms that engage the human in potentially dangerous situations. I don't trust that the other guy is going to wake up in time.
I hate getting out in the winter to fuel my car, so I'm going to open the remote-release gas cap and let the gasoline pump squirt fuel at it. Only a gallon or so per visit will be lost. No biggie.
10% loss is unacceptable.
I'm guessing the iYot's glass breaks much sooner than it should. Same goes for the hull. Aluminum is more appropriate for AAVs and jonboats. But I guess 7 or 8 knots would be OK for it.
I disagree with the comment about looking like a 3rd grader drew it. 3rd graders generally do much better than that. The Navy's experimental stealth ship was more graceful in appearance. I can just hear Old Money snickering something about the Nouveau Riche.
Moving, but not abandoning. Part of the problem is that many people can't seem to imagine a world where fuel and energy comes from a multitude of sources. Not 5% yet? OK, shoot for 1% with biodiesel from algae while going for 1% with ethanol from switchgrass. The nice thing about algal fuels is that they're compatible with existing engines. No chicken-and-egg problem. We've been spoiled by having fuel for almost any ICE vehicle available at every freeway exit, no planning ahead necessary.
Do prisoners get gelato? If so, I'm forecasting quakes!
Reminds me of a different Harvey—Keitel's character in National Treasure. "Somebody has to go to prison."
Maybe they should be in prison, I don't know the case details, but it seems odd that forecasters go to jail yet drillers and frackers whose activities most likely occasionally trigger quakes go on with business as usual.
High school science classes spend considerable time on measurement, conversions, scientific method, lab procedures, hypotheses, etc. That's the part that everyone needs. If the kid wants to give speeches instead of learn the scientific method, then by all means, go ahead and join 95% of the politicians out there who don't have anything meaningful to say because they never learned how to analyze or interpret anything. Is it really 95%? He'll have to understand some quantitative procedures to answer that intelligently.
True, but color printers do leave fingerprints so the Secret Service can determine on which machines currency was printed. Will 3D printer mfrs make 3D printers that leave fingerprints? I'm guessing so. Another good reason to roll your own. Of course, forensics will probably be able to identify the DNA in trace shed skin cells embedded in the prints...
Oops, make that more like 6'. The slices hang off the sides of large pizza pans.
Well, Rock Creek (nearby town is Whitsett), where Lenovo is locating, has another tenant of note: Red Oak Brewery. Probably within scootering distance, too. A small family-owned Italian restaurant near there sells pizza by the slice. Only the slices come from pizzas over 3' in diameter.
"Cancelled out" depends on what you value. Money-wise, maybe so. But I'd much rather have an intact head and broken bones than vice versa, regardless of the relative medical costs.
Taking that to the logical extreme, if anyone mass-produced comfy efficient recumbent bikes (read "not lowracers", though I like them, and neither sit-up-straight varieties), many could experience the lack of hand, back, shoulder, butt, and/or neck pains that every style of wedgie bike causes some of us to one degree or another. Some are available at not much more than nice road bikes, but that means well over $1,000, something many of us won't spend on a bike. Make a $500 SWB recumbent with wide-range hub gearing and a little stowage-behind-the-seat capacity and sell it at Costco.
Depends on the state in the US, but in mine, bicycles generally have equivalent rights and responsibilities as autos. Some highways are marked as "no bicycles" and on many expressways you'd have to be self-destructive or stupid to bike on, but on most bicycles are entitled to the full lane's width and legally should ride within the lane. Motorists generally pass cyclists in no-passing zones (myself included when it's safe to do so). It's so common that most motorists think they have that right at any time. I do see a lot of cyclists riding two abreast on rural roads with very little traffic, which is legal here. They usually go single-file when cars approach to allow motorists to more easily pass. Motorcyclists often ride two abreast on congested multilane highways. I can't say whether this practice results in a net increase or decrease in motorcyclists' safety. Any increase in visibility or blocking of unsafe passing attempts is easily offset by a few hate-filled pickup/SUV drivers intent on running two-wheelers off the road.
Unfortunately, they usually didn't get it from the GAO (or whatever it's called these days) they fund, whose studies often have surprisingly decent analyses. Not that the studies would remain decent if legislators voted based on them. I suspect one reason they're often OK is because nobody thinks legislators are going to make decisions based on them.