I would envision something like a space suit, with chain mail over Kevlar to resist bladed weapon puctures and bullets. It would not need to be airtight, but would allow a slight overpressure for nuclear/biological/chemical survival, something like armored firefighter turnout gear with SCBA, with an armored helmet with facemask.
Interesting, so your Fallout character hasn't gotten Power Armor MK2 yet? Back in reality, this seems like something that would really slow you down when you're trying to vacate whichever area it is that's now populated by zombies, mutants, robots, sharknados, etc.
But you know who seems to be really obsessed with meat? Vegetarians.
For people who don't like meat, they seem to eat a lot of vegetables that are mashed up and shaped to look like meat. [In his "vegetarian" voice]: "I find meat repulsive. I'll have a veggie burger with fake bacon, and can you serve it to me dressed like a cow? I don't like meat; I just like to call meat late at night and hang up. Let's drive by meat's house. Does meat ever ask about me? [singing] I don't care! I ain't missin' you at all...missin' youuuuuu...."
You never see that the other way: [meat eater's voice]: "I will have the steak and can you make it taste like tofu?"
Even experienced lawyers can't necessarily tell you what's legal or illegal outside of their particular specialties.
There's a simple enough reason for this. Every single year we add thousands of state laws and hundreds of federal laws.
Try ploughing a field in a developing country where you can't afford kerosene for a tractor and then you'll appreciate the value of a cow!(*)
Assuming by cow you actually mean a castrated male cow (commonly known as an 'Ox') I quite agree. As an added bonus it fertilizes the fields while you plow them.
I have to wonder why they'd even consider carbon fiber for body panels on a production vehicle (which this not)
CF is lighter and stronger (but far less flexible!) than fiberglass, but it's certainly not lighter than plastic. Plastic body panels are not OMG new technology, we've had them in a number of production vehicles since the 1980's.
One only need to look at the City of Boston to see the full force of the Militarized Police State. One man, wounded and half dead, and the whole town goes Apeshit poo flinging crazy. Martial Law.
Actually, that shows that they've calmed down quite a bit since 2007 when they locked down the city over freaking lite-brite toys used to advertise a movie. Instead of Boston recognizing that they wildly overreacted, Turner Broadcasting ended up publicly apologizing and paying 2 million dollars to the city.
We can already make silicon faster than we do, electromigration is why we don't. Switching to a different wafer material doesn't change the fact that we still have to interconnect the transistors somehow.
IMO There was nothing really wrong with WebOS either, or BeOS, or plenty of other operating systems that crashed and burned over the years. Outside of niche markets (ie. the people here) you need major players to buy in or nothing will come of it but tears and bankruptcy.
There are plenty of devices with full CM support. If you don't own one, how is that their fault exactly?
I'm happy to see this become a priority for them, that was one of the big downsides to switching to CM on my phone, which fortunately for me was not a deal breaker, and they did eventually patch it.
I look forward to seeing my 8MP camera actually start taking pictures that look like 8MP and not 2MPish, but the switch was totally worth it even sans-camera. More speed, better UI, upgraded android version, fixed my bluetooth host functionality, etc.
Anything else is going to be priced either very close to the iPad, not be worth a damn performance-wise, or in some cases even have a higher pricetag.
Take a look at the (soon to be discontinued) Nook HD+. I won't say the stock interface is as nice as the iPad but performance, battery life and screen resolution are very good...all for about 1/3 the price.
That said, I would not be surprised if Apple isn't selling these at a very significant discount over retail, just like they did 'back in the day' with the Apple II.
was driving around a car that was 12 years old at one point, but I still tried to make sure it was being maintained properly, and that any replacement parts were the proper parts as proscribed by the manufacturer.
OEM Catalytic converter (x2) = $2400 + installation
Quality Aftermarket converter (x1) = $500 installed
Emissions Results? Pretty much identical.
California (CARB) mandates exactly which parts you must have on your car, even on things which have no negative effects on emissions instead of simply checking the emissions results and calling it a day.
I'll grant that, and this is where I'm confused. Here, it's done by a mechanic and if you fail an emissions test (which you need in order to renew the plate), they give you a list of deficiencies, and ask if you want them to fix it or will fix it yourself.
What are they doing in California that's different than that?
You're not allowed to take your car to a mechanic to get a smog test for one thing. Older vehicles must go to a test only station, if it fails you get a piece of paper with the results and you take it to a mechanic who looks over the car and guesses whether he's fixed it or not. (since they're not allowed to test it themselves)
It was indeed my check engine light, and regardless of it working (or not), my car's actual emissions were fine.
Old cars were never designed to pass the load (dyno) tests California now requires. They can generally be made to do it but even a mildly degraded catalyst or the wrong thermostat (for example) can cause you to fail an inspection.
I don't drive a new(ish) car you insensitive bastard.
Is that the law now? I mean I can only assume that's why they crushed so many of them via "Cash for Clunkers" a few years back.
Cars can fail smog checks for lots of reasons, my favorite was when it failed due to a light on my dashboard being burnt out (ie. nothing to do with emissions). Good times.
The US does have some industry, but it is not relevant to the employment and purchasing power of the average citizen. Back in 1960, a substantial portion of the populace earned a solid living employed in these sectors.
Spot on. If you look at a modern factory in the US today we have robots doing pretty much all of the work. You've got Jose running the forklift and Bill in accounting and that's pretty much it. If companies couldn't do that for their product they outsourced it...and now we're all working at Starbucks or selling wheat futures. Go team USA.
It may have been $50 + a retest fee, I can't recall anymore.
Any older car will require an 'EVAP' test, that normally adds another 7-10 bucks to the cost.
You also have to go to special 'test only' stations, which are both A. more expensive and B. unable to diagnose what actually caused it to fail the test.
I wish someone at the NSA would pull the PRISM data for every member of congress, all federal judges, the supreme court judges, newspaper/television reporters and release the information to the public. It is just meta data, nothing important or privacy violating.
I'm sure they have (for 'leverage'), but you'll never see it.
This isn't new, Hoover did the exact same thing with the FBI. What's new is the technology enabling it to store information on EVERYONE vs a few random communist sympathizers and MLK.
Really? Which ones? Once upon a time that may well have been true, but you can buy a pretty decent car from anyone nowadays, even the British.(*)
Also, said great pay and benefits are no longer available in many cases. People who were grandfathered in may still have them but the people joining up now certainly don't.
(*) FYI, Gung Ho wasn't intended as a documentary.
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Interesting, so your Fallout character hasn't gotten Power Armor MK2 yet? Back in reality, this seems like something that would really slow you down when you're trying to vacate whichever area it is that's now populated by zombies, mutants, robots, sharknados, etc.
I like meat, I do.
But you know who seems to be really obsessed with meat? Vegetarians.
For people who don't like meat, they seem to eat a lot of vegetables that are mashed up and shaped to look like meat. [In his "vegetarian" voice]: "I find meat repulsive. I'll have a veggie burger with fake bacon, and can you serve it to me dressed like a cow? I don't like meat; I just like to call meat late at night and hang up. Let's drive by meat's house. Does meat ever ask about me? [singing] I don't care! I ain't missin' you at all...missin' youuuuuu...."
You never see that the other way: [meat eater's voice]: "I will have the steak and can you make it taste like tofu?"
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What he said x 5
Even experienced lawyers can't necessarily tell you what's legal or illegal outside of their particular specialties.
There's a simple enough reason for this. Every single year we add thousands of state laws and hundreds of federal laws.
Sadly, you'd be wrong. Cheap injection molded plastic > this, by a long shot.
It's required to be classified as an ox, but yes, that's not strictly required in order to use one as a draft animal.
It has some advantages since it generally makes them calmer and easier to control, particularly if you're using teams (pairs) of oxen.
Assuming by cow you actually mean a castrated male cow (commonly known as an 'Ox') I quite agree. As an added bonus it fertilizes the fields while you plow them.
I have to wonder why they'd even consider carbon fiber for body panels on a production vehicle (which this not)
CF is lighter and stronger (but far less flexible!) than fiberglass, but it's certainly not lighter than plastic. Plastic body panels are not OMG new technology, we've had them in a number of production vehicles since the 1980's.
Actually, that shows that they've calmed down quite a bit since 2007 when they locked down the city over freaking lite-brite toys used to advertise a movie. Instead of Boston recognizing that they wildly overreacted, Turner Broadcasting ended up publicly apologizing and paying 2 million dollars to the city.
We can already make silicon faster than we do, electromigration is why we don't. Switching to a different wafer material doesn't change the fact that we still have to interconnect the transistors somehow.
They're all evil, but some are more evil (and have significantly better cell coverage) than others. AT&T certainly has the evil part down but....
IMO There was nothing really wrong with WebOS either, or BeOS, or plenty of other operating systems that crashed and burned over the years. Outside of niche markets (ie. the people here) you need major players to buy in or nothing will come of it but tears and bankruptcy.
There are plenty of devices with full CM support. If you don't own one, how is that their fault exactly?
I'm happy to see this become a priority for them, that was one of the big downsides to switching to CM on my phone, which fortunately for me was not a deal breaker, and they did eventually patch it.
I look forward to seeing my 8MP camera actually start taking pictures that look like 8MP and not 2MPish, but the switch was totally worth it even sans-camera. More speed, better UI, upgraded android version, fixed my bluetooth host functionality, etc.
Keith: Ready to form Voltron! Activate interlocks! Dyna-therms connected. Infra-cells up; mega-thrusters are go!
Keith: Let's go, Voltron Force!
Keith: Form feet and legs; form arms and body; and I'll form the head!
Brute force - if it doesn't work, you're just not using enough
Take a look at the (soon to be discontinued) Nook HD+. I won't say the stock interface is as nice as the iPad but performance, battery life and screen resolution are very good...all for about 1/3 the price.
That said, I would not be surprised if Apple isn't selling these at a very significant discount over retail, just like they did 'back in the day' with the Apple II.
Ironically, when my car failed it's smog last I wasn't able to drive it and I borrowed my brother's '65 Dodge until I could get it repaired properly.
OEM Catalytic converter (x2) = $2400 + installation
Quality Aftermarket converter (x1) = $500 installed
Emissions Results? Pretty much identical.
California (CARB) mandates exactly which parts you must have on your car, even on things which have no negative effects on emissions instead of simply checking the emissions results and calling it a day.
You're not allowed to take your car to a mechanic to get a smog test for one thing. Older vehicles must go to a test only station, if it fails you get a piece of paper with the results and you take it to a mechanic who looks over the car and guesses whether he's fixed it or not. (since they're not allowed to test it themselves)
It was indeed my check engine light, and regardless of it working (or not), my car's actual emissions were fine.
Old cars were never designed to pass the load (dyno) tests California now requires. They can generally be made to do it but even a mildly degraded catalyst or the wrong thermostat (for example) can cause you to fail an inspection.
I don't drive a new(ish) car you insensitive bastard. Is that the law now? I mean I can only assume that's why they crushed so many of them via "Cash for Clunkers" a few years back.
Cars can fail smog checks for lots of reasons, my favorite was when it failed due to a light on my dashboard being burnt out (ie. nothing to do with emissions). Good times.
Spot on. If you look at a modern factory in the US today we have robots doing pretty much all of the work. You've got Jose running the forklift and Bill in accounting and that's pretty much it. If companies couldn't do that for their product they outsourced it...and now we're all working at Starbucks or selling wheat futures. Go team USA.
It may have been $50 + a retest fee, I can't recall anymore.
Any older car will require an 'EVAP' test, that normally adds another 7-10 bucks to the cost.
You also have to go to special 'test only' stations, which are both A. more expensive and B. unable to diagnose what actually caused it to fail the test.
I'm sure they have (for 'leverage'), but you'll never see it.
This isn't new, Hoover did the exact same thing with the FBI. What's new is the technology enabling it to store information on EVERYONE vs a few random communist sympathizers and MLK.
Please let us not forget the $70 bi-yearly smog inspections (which become yearly if you happen to fail one). God I hate this state.
Really? Which ones? Once upon a time that may well have been true, but you can buy a pretty decent car from anyone nowadays, even the British.(*)
Also, said great pay and benefits are no longer available in many cases. People who were grandfathered in may still have them but the people joining up now certainly don't.
(*) FYI, Gung Ho wasn't intended as a documentary.