Talk to Cirrus. They already make aircraft with ballistic airframe parachutes that can be deployed in the event of an accident, and they've been tested and work. Assuming you could work out clearing the propellor/rotor, adapting such a system would not be difficult.
Wait... That may be so, but it sure seems like your own government does a wonderful job of monitoring you quite on its own.
And the UK has stealth planes?
While it is a remote possibility that Ford's car factories could be shuttered permanently, I find it unlikely that their truck factories (which DO produce an excellent product) will be closed, even if Ford was purchased.
Chrysler is already dead. That Diamler-Chrysler "merger" was the death of the company, they are now just a nameplate to be bought and sold.
Ford can still turn the trainwreck around. They do still make the occasional shocker, look at the initial sales of the Focus and the Fusion. Ford's problem is that it is a quirky company with no memory. They quickly forget their mistakes, and are easily distracted. Perhaps their resurrection of the Taurus name suggests that Mullaly is changing this mentality, perhaps not. Realistically, Ford NEEDS to come out with the next bestselling CAR. They still hold the truck market, and that is all that is keeping them alive right now, albeit on life-support. They NEED to gamble, like they did in the 80's with the original Taurus.
You really believe that Ford will actually disappear? If things get bad enough for them, somebody will buy them, or the Feds will bail them out. Simply put, domestically owned domestic automobile production is a defense asset, and I don't believe the government will allow either Ford or GM to collapse.
If I were Toyota, I'd be cutting back US sales, because if things get bad enough for GM and Ford, both the unions AND the money will be lobbying for tariffs and other protective measures. And don't think Toyota's American plants will protect them, either. They will find a way to hit them. That is a risk you take when doing business on your competitor's home turf.
My advice to F-22 pilots:
1) Superglue a handheld GPS into your cockpit.
2) Carry a backup radio. Superglue this to your cockpit.
3) Remove your cockpit, and superglue it onto an A-10.
4) Fly safe. Carry superglue.
Wait, that doesn't make any sense...
You brought the waste with you when you got on the plane. The weight of the plane doesn't change if you move the waste to the toilet.
Is the loss of efficiency coming from the operational mechanism of the toilet? Drag due to frozen waste on the exterior?
Not everyone wants faster exposure times. Default faster exposure times would ruin many shots. Forget motion blur, water blur, etc... Everything would be a perfect freeze-frame. Of course, the consheepers would get razor sharp pictures of their sticky, chocolaty offspring.
Sure, we should be using metric for science, but why does the need for metric in science mean that everybody needs to use metric? Miles and miles per hour are our traditional travelling speed and distance units, and any argument that the common person using miles to measure something harms the economy is simply ridiculous. Science and daily life do not need to have the same unit of measurement.
Although the Ford hybrid system is very similar to Toyota's, Toyota is not directly supplying any components to Ford. Toyota and Ford have entered into a licensing agreement allowing Ford to use technology that had been patented by Toyota. Toyota welcomes the introduction of the Escape hybrid and Ford's effort to demonstrate and gain acceptance of this important environmental technology." - About.com (http://trucks.about.com/od/hybridcar/a/toyota_hyb rids.htm)
Looks like Ford was forced to license the technology from Toyota because it was dangerously close to something Toyota had already patented.
Yes, I know, but it was still a big deal for Ford, if you look at their usual pace of engine changes.
Plus, that still doesn't explain why an article about a GM electric car needed a headline bashing Ford.
Personally, I'd be thrilled if Ford would introduce a diesel Focus, Five Hundred, or Fusion, but I doubt it would ever happen because of the lack of public knowledge about diesel, and the emissions controls that are strangling new diesel cars in the US.
And I don't think plug-in hybrids will be a huge deal, not because the pollution is going somewhere else, but because people will find simply fueling the vehicle easier, and will (despite saving gas money) probably freak about their electric bills.
Okay, sure, GM is making another electric car they'll cancel. Why the Ford bashing? The Escape hybrid was a HUGE step for a company that rarely re-designs drivetrain platforms. Just look at how little the mechanics of the Crown Victoria have changed, or the more than a decade long run of the 3.0L Vulcan (Taurus, etc...) engine.
Furthermore, it isn't like they are sitting on their hands. They've introduced several new models, some of which are finally starting to show the reliability Ford drivers deserve.
It's fine to tout GM's electric car experiment, but why jump on Ford for no reason?
I don't know if this one is actually true, but I've seen quite a few of these stories pop up, none of which ended up being true. In fact, our town had one, but there was no military base anywhere near, but in spite of that, the Air Force still got blamed.
Just change your batteries.
In Maryland, before we got the darned electronic voting machines, our county had scantron forms. You filled in the mark with a marker, and fed it into the R2-D2esque machine, which collected the votes electronically. I don't see what the problem with this system was. It has a paper trail with the original paper ballot, and an electronic counting system. Why did we change? Because of the neat-o factor? Sheesh.
Thanks poster, but if I wanted to ignore the dangers of our world and bury my head in the sand like an ostrich, I'd join the Democratic Party.
- or -
Thanks poster, but if I wanted to run around screaming like Chicken Little that the sky was falling, while meanwhile smoking a joint, I'd join the Green Party.
- or -
Thanks poster, but if I wanted to pretend I wasn't a Democrat or Republican to avoid argument, I'd be a Libertarian./Slashdot is an Equal Opportunity Insultor.
Correction: "He illegally made $1.3M selling stuff on the internet while still in college. How many millions did -you- illegally make in college?"
I don't care how much he made in college. He entered a country on a visa whose terms did not allow for him to work/make money in that country. He violated a law of the land, and not even an unfair one. If a country is decent enough to allow you to enter their borders, occupy a seat that one of their citizens could have used, all so that you can learn from them and then go homeand most likely put one of their workers out of the job, THEN PLEASE OBEY THE LAW.
He's and idiot because he couldn't act like a decent, law-abiding human being while he was a guest in another land.
I'm fairly certain they have immigration lawyers in Japan. Something tells me he was more than aware he couldn't make money while there. Not exactly like Japan is a dictatorship with harsh penalties for bizarre crimes, either. Poor baby.
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Talk to Cirrus. They already make aircraft with ballistic airframe parachutes that can be deployed in the event of an accident, and they've been tested and work. Assuming you could work out clearing the propellor/rotor, adapting such a system would not be difficult.
Wait... That may be so, but it sure seems like your own government does a wonderful job of monitoring you quite on its own. And the UK has stealth planes?
While it is a remote possibility that Ford's car factories could be shuttered permanently, I find it unlikely that their truck factories (which DO produce an excellent product) will be closed, even if Ford was purchased. Chrysler is already dead. That Diamler-Chrysler "merger" was the death of the company, they are now just a nameplate to be bought and sold. Ford can still turn the trainwreck around. They do still make the occasional shocker, look at the initial sales of the Focus and the Fusion. Ford's problem is that it is a quirky company with no memory. They quickly forget their mistakes, and are easily distracted. Perhaps their resurrection of the Taurus name suggests that Mullaly is changing this mentality, perhaps not. Realistically, Ford NEEDS to come out with the next bestselling CAR. They still hold the truck market, and that is all that is keeping them alive right now, albeit on life-support. They NEED to gamble, like they did in the 80's with the original Taurus.
You really believe that Ford will actually disappear? If things get bad enough for them, somebody will buy them, or the Feds will bail them out. Simply put, domestically owned domestic automobile production is a defense asset, and I don't believe the government will allow either Ford or GM to collapse.
If I were Toyota, I'd be cutting back US sales, because if things get bad enough for GM and Ford, both the unions AND the money will be lobbying for tariffs and other protective measures. And don't think Toyota's American plants will protect them, either. They will find a way to hit them. That is a risk you take when doing business on your competitor's home turf.
My advice to F-22 pilots: 1) Superglue a handheld GPS into your cockpit. 2) Carry a backup radio. Superglue this to your cockpit. 3) Remove your cockpit, and superglue it onto an A-10. 4) Fly safe. Carry superglue.
Oh... I see. Go before you get on. Right. Nevermind.
Wait, that doesn't make any sense... You brought the waste with you when you got on the plane. The weight of the plane doesn't change if you move the waste to the toilet. Is the loss of efficiency coming from the operational mechanism of the toilet? Drag due to frozen waste on the exterior?
Yeah, but we could, like, pop the magma bubble and all die. OMG!!! Didn't U C t3h shows?
Not everyone wants faster exposure times. Default faster exposure times would ruin many shots. Forget motion blur, water blur, etc... Everything would be a perfect freeze-frame. Of course, the consheepers would get razor sharp pictures of their sticky, chocolaty offspring.
Oh great, now I'll end up with a camera with a stuck or hot pixel and be totally screwed. Thanks, progress.
Sure, we should be using metric for science, but why does the need for metric in science mean that everybody needs to use metric? Miles and miles per hour are our traditional travelling speed and distance units, and any argument that the common person using miles to measure something harms the economy is simply ridiculous. Science and daily life do not need to have the same unit of measurement.
"Small consolation for the millions of affected microbes.[..]
/There, fixed that for you.
That you just killed typing that message. And that you will now kill after realizing how disgusting your keyboard is.
Here's a decent answer to the question:
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"Is Ford using the Toyota hybrid system?:
Although the Ford hybrid system is very similar to Toyota's, Toyota is not directly supplying any components to Ford. Toyota and Ford have entered into a licensing agreement allowing Ford to use technology that had been patented by Toyota. Toyota welcomes the introduction of the Escape hybrid and Ford's effort to demonstrate and gain acceptance of this important environmental technology."
- About.com (http://trucks.about.com/od/hybridcar/a/toyota_hy
Looks like Ford was forced to license the technology from Toyota because it was dangerously close to something Toyota had already patented.
Yes, I know, but it was still a big deal for Ford, if you look at their usual pace of engine changes. Plus, that still doesn't explain why an article about a GM electric car needed a headline bashing Ford. Personally, I'd be thrilled if Ford would introduce a diesel Focus, Five Hundred, or Fusion, but I doubt it would ever happen because of the lack of public knowledge about diesel, and the emissions controls that are strangling new diesel cars in the US. And I don't think plug-in hybrids will be a huge deal, not because the pollution is going somewhere else, but because people will find simply fueling the vehicle easier, and will (despite saving gas money) probably freak about their electric bills.
Okay, sure, GM is making another electric car they'll cancel. Why the Ford bashing? The Escape hybrid was a HUGE step for a company that rarely re-designs drivetrain platforms. Just look at how little the mechanics of the Crown Victoria have changed, or the more than a decade long run of the 3.0L Vulcan (Taurus, etc...) engine. Furthermore, it isn't like they are sitting on their hands. They've introduced several new models, some of which are finally starting to show the reliability Ford drivers deserve. It's fine to tout GM's electric car experiment, but why jump on Ford for no reason?
You didn't think your cunning post all the way through, did you?
Dude, that story gave me a raging clue. /BAD TROLL.
I don't know if this one is actually true, but I've seen quite a few of these stories pop up, none of which ended up being true. In fact, our town had one, but there was no military base anywhere near, but in spite of that, the Air Force still got blamed. Just change your batteries.
Interestingly, the (now lame-duck) Republican governor wanted us to switch back, and the Democrats blocked the move.
In Maryland, before we got the darned electronic voting machines, our county had scantron forms. You filled in the mark with a marker, and fed it into the R2-D2esque machine, which collected the votes electronically. I don't see what the problem with this system was. It has a paper trail with the original paper ballot, and an electronic counting system. Why did we change? Because of the neat-o factor? Sheesh.
I like aminal crackers.
Thanks poster, but if I wanted to ignore the dangers of our world and bury my head in the sand like an ostrich, I'd join the Democratic Party. - or - Thanks poster, but if I wanted to run around screaming like Chicken Little that the sky was falling, while meanwhile smoking a joint, I'd join the Green Party. - or - Thanks poster, but if I wanted to pretend I wasn't a Democrat or Republican to avoid argument, I'd be a Libertarian. /Slashdot is an Equal Opportunity Insultor.
And yes, I recognize the irony of any typographical errors in a post calling somebody an idiot.
Correction: "He illegally made $1.3M selling stuff on the internet while still in college. How many millions did -you- illegally make in college?" I don't care how much he made in college. He entered a country on a visa whose terms did not allow for him to work/make money in that country. He violated a law of the land, and not even an unfair one. If a country is decent enough to allow you to enter their borders, occupy a seat that one of their citizens could have used, all so that you can learn from them and then go homeand most likely put one of their workers out of the job, THEN PLEASE OBEY THE LAW. He's and idiot because he couldn't act like a decent, law-abiding human being while he was a guest in another land.
I'm fairly certain they have immigration lawyers in Japan. Something tells me he was more than aware he couldn't make money while there. Not exactly like Japan is a dictatorship with harsh penalties for bizarre crimes, either. Poor baby.