The RX-8 has 16/23 Cty/Hwy. Not great, but also not really any different than other comparable performance cars and is not classified as a gas guzzler.
The #1 problem with the rotary was meeting emissions requirements followed by seals wearing out. Mazda was the only one doing R&D on them through out and the only one in a position to produce them without massive investment in R&D to get them market ready. Mazda managed to solve the problems with the engine. Unfortunately the RX line has always been a misfit in their product lineup. Though certainly more affordable they had a hard time finding a significant customer base not unlike the GT-R, Viper, Corvette, etc.. They're more of a mascot, a source of pride than anything. The cars themselves were excellent and the RX-8 was certainly hard to match in handling even against far more expensive competitors.
All that said however, Mazda is NOT quitting the rotary business. The RX-8 is being retired only to be replaced with the next generation, RX-7. pics
I didn't say anything about Bitcoins being "that" strategy. However, you might find yourself surprised at their ultimate influence. Just because they aren't likely to be adopted by the mainstream doesn't mean they are without value. Already governments are getting a bit irritated by the black market's use of them. That they are being used ever increasingly in the criminal underground means there is significant value in them. Ruffle the right feathers and you'd might find some rather interesting consequences. It's not obvious but if you look hard enough you find that Anonymous and Lulz Sec have heated the seats of quite a few people enough that they're finally taking some measures to secure their systems as well as politicians looking at new information security regulation.
Interesting you should use a tank as an example. You realize that the Afghahnis were rather effective in stopping Soviet armor by dropping something so inconsequential as a bottle filled with fuel and a lit wick down their exhaust stacks. It is very possible to wage a successful campaign of asymmetric warfare against far more massive forces given proper strategy.
If you replace exam scores with GPA then it very much does apply. Very few will even look at someone fresh out of college unless their GPA is north of 3.5. Anyone can BS their way through an interview, but its far harder to BS your GPA and employers know that. Does a high GPA mean you'll be an excellent employee? Of course not, but it certainly stacks the odds in the employer's favor when it comes to understanding what kind of person they're dealing with.
When I was a kid I recall that the back of the bus was the "funnest" place to ride due to the excessive "bounciness" of it being located so far beyond the fulcrum of the rear axle. When I got a bit older it was still the "funnest" place but more for the difficulty it posed to the driver in supervising our activities with girls.
The system of rewards was clearly misconceived or your anecdotes are atypical. For instance, parents giving out cash rewards do not sound like lower income families which is largely were our education problems exist. If there is a reasonably fair system where students can receive feedback governed by performance in terms they appreciate--just as is the case in the "real world"--they will in large part "get it" and start applying themselves. Vague promises of distant rewards--such as getting a good paying job--are not easily grasped by kids and is especially difficult to keep in focus when they are surrounded by a culture of "immediate gratification" baby-boomer brats and their progeny.
You aren't seeing it, the big picture that is. This fellow is working in IT, not Wal-Mart, not McDonalds, he's an IT professional not a janitor. His paycheck reflects his hard work in developing himself into someone worthy of his paycheck. I assure you, if he had not developed himself through a measure of hard work then his lifestyle would reflect it. His apartment would be shabbier, so too his clothing, car, food, etc..
Grades were originally an attempt at measuring progress wherein a participating parent would address the child's performance with an appropriate response. Since large segments of our parenting population are no longer participating a replacement seems appropriate. Further, you seem to be losing your own point by no suggesting that everyone is "entitled" to rewards when the conversation was about rewards for performance. Minimal effort receive minimal reward (think McDonalds paycheck) where as strong effort receives significant reward (think white collar paycheck).
Easy, siphon it away from the prison system and law enforcement since the demand on them will not be as great because the children do not grow up to be worthless parasitic scum.
Well, SciFi has often solved the problem of "supportive parents" by removing the parents from the equation. If labeling students doesn't work and the unions won't let teachers be labeled, I suppose we could try their method. Label the parents and removing them for poor performance. We can just use the "doing it for the children" slogan to crush political dissent.
No, no, "W" for Wal-Mart. Make them wear t-shirts that have the http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ URL and undersigned with "future member" printed on them. Heck they might even get corporate sponsorship for the promotional program...
Reprogramming vs. retooling I suspect aren't a whole lot different if the process hasn't had its complexities abstracted away which I doubt they have been to any appreciable degree.
Nope never ever would I have expected the deployment of remote controlled anything to become suseptible to tamper. I also would have never ever expect the MIC to come up with anything other than hardened systems especially when human lives are on the line. This must have been a fluke...
I'm not qualified to really speak in depth on such matters but I'll try to pick at the margins based on my understanding. Physics as I understand it is all about "curve fitting." It's about finding mathematical explanations about observations and we've done a rather good job of it. But we are missing certain bits. The divide between quantum and classical physics for instance. Even certain aspects of our understanding quantum physics in general undergo occasional refinements. However, this isn't exactly where I was going with my post.
The modern scientific establishment is profoundly confident that there will be no "new physics" because it believes that it is measuring all that is measurable. To give an illustration to help understand what I mean consider a 2D graph. You have various points on this graph and you formulate an equation that runs through ever point. You conclude that you've come up with the mathematical explanation. New test points come along and you find the equation doesn't quite fit anymore. After some reformulation you find one that does fit and even upon further testing it still holds true. However, it includes some "magic numbers" to make things fit and the equation is pretty complicated. Later, someone comes along and realizes a new variable to be tested for. The equation is once again reworked to incorporate this new variable and suddenly the "magic" is gone, the equation is elegant, simple and everything fits perfectly. Once you move away from Newtonian physics these "magic numbers" start popping up everywhere and the math grows incredibly complex. These magic numbers and excessive complexities have created many a breeding ground for all sorts of alternative explanations. One of the most famous of which is "string theory." People are coming up with all kinds of more simple and elegant explanations by trying out adding extra variables, in this case spatial dimensions.
Whether or not Rossi and crew have stumbled upon evidence of such things is unlikely but repercussions in the scientific world would be profound and something I'm wishful for.
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That's the rub. Established science claims this is not possible. Rossi is claiming to have found a way to exploit a "new physics" that by all indications neither he nor his partner's understand. It is no small understatement to say that anyone claiming to have discovered "new physics" is going to receive extreme skepticism and derision. The modern science establishment has a confidence well beyond arrogance in such matters. So much so that even if such a discovery were made most nearly everyone would be scared to pursue it. It's hard not to wonder if/what has been discovered but never pursued. It would be truly a tragic loss to humanity if ever such a thing were to occur.
I guess we'll have to wait and see with Rossi, but for the sake of modern science I hope he does ultimately demonstrate the existence of new physics. We need such a discovery to kick people out of their complacency. I doubt very much we can close the book yet but we'll never fill in the missing pages with the present temperament of the science establishment. Einstein and his contemporaries were good but they weren't that good.
No, that's not quite as entertaining as taking people we disagree with to the public square and roasting them on a spit with arms outstretched in the symbol of our religion. The savory smell of barbecue is far more preferable to that of slow death and decay.
Fuel is ~$200,000 per launch, the rocket is ~$51,000,000. Even if they failed to recover the launcher 50% of the time... Even if they had to launch twice for every non-recoverable launcher they're still outclassing the non-reusable launcher on cost by two orders of magnitude. SpaceX would be brain dead to not try.
Wings are a b*tch on your MPGs when you're trying to reach orbit. The weight of all the extras needed for glider/airplane mode are a b*tch on your MPGs. Further, do you know that they aren't planning on using aero-dynamic drag to slow the vehicle down first before lighting the landing motors? I guarantee you that they are. Powered descent is far easier to steer than gliding on a parachute. Further, the chutes alone still won't be able to make terminal velocity 0 or at least close to enough to protect the hardware. You'll still need motors for final touch down regardless. If the engineers claim they can make it cheaper by adding the expense of chutes vs. a bit more fuel to burn off an extra ~100MPH or so of an ~200MPH terminal velocity of an ascent stage falling belly side down they'll do so. My guess though is it probably isn't worth the added complexity, and cost of components.
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The RX-8 has 16/23 Cty/Hwy. Not great, but also not really any different than other comparable performance cars and is not classified as a gas guzzler.
Don't worry. As usual someone isn't doing their research before posting.
The #1 problem with the rotary was meeting emissions requirements followed by seals wearing out. Mazda was the only one doing R&D on them through out and the only one in a position to produce them without massive investment in R&D to get them market ready. Mazda managed to solve the problems with the engine. Unfortunately the RX line has always been a misfit in their product lineup. Though certainly more affordable they had a hard time finding a significant customer base not unlike the GT-R, Viper, Corvette, etc.. They're more of a mascot, a source of pride than anything. The cars themselves were excellent and the RX-8 was certainly hard to match in handling even against far more expensive competitors.
All that said however, Mazda is NOT quitting the rotary business. The RX-8 is being retired only to be replaced with the next generation, RX-7. pics
I didn't say anything about Bitcoins being "that" strategy. However, you might find yourself surprised at their ultimate influence. Just because they aren't likely to be adopted by the mainstream doesn't mean they are without value. Already governments are getting a bit irritated by the black market's use of them. That they are being used ever increasingly in the criminal underground means there is significant value in them. Ruffle the right feathers and you'd might find some rather interesting consequences. It's not obvious but if you look hard enough you find that Anonymous and Lulz Sec have heated the seats of quite a few people enough that they're finally taking some measures to secure their systems as well as politicians looking at new information security regulation.
Interesting you should use a tank as an example. You realize that the Afghahnis were rather effective in stopping Soviet armor by dropping something so inconsequential as a bottle filled with fuel and a lit wick down their exhaust stacks. It is very possible to wage a successful campaign of asymmetric warfare against far more massive forces given proper strategy.
If you replace exam scores with GPA then it very much does apply. Very few will even look at someone fresh out of college unless their GPA is north of 3.5. Anyone can BS their way through an interview, but its far harder to BS your GPA and employers know that. Does a high GPA mean you'll be an excellent employee? Of course not, but it certainly stacks the odds in the employer's favor when it comes to understanding what kind of person they're dealing with.
When I was a kid I recall that the back of the bus was the "funnest" place to ride due to the excessive "bounciness" of it being located so far beyond the fulcrum of the rear axle. When I got a bit older it was still the "funnest" place but more for the difficulty it posed to the driver in supervising our activities with girls.
The system of rewards was clearly misconceived or your anecdotes are atypical. For instance, parents giving out cash rewards do not sound like lower income families which is largely were our education problems exist. If there is a reasonably fair system where students can receive feedback governed by performance in terms they appreciate--just as is the case in the "real world"--they will in large part "get it" and start applying themselves. Vague promises of distant rewards--such as getting a good paying job--are not easily grasped by kids and is especially difficult to keep in focus when they are surrounded by a culture of "immediate gratification" baby-boomer brats and their progeny.
You aren't seeing it, the big picture that is. This fellow is working in IT, not Wal-Mart, not McDonalds, he's an IT professional not a janitor. His paycheck reflects his hard work in developing himself into someone worthy of his paycheck. I assure you, if he had not developed himself through a measure of hard work then his lifestyle would reflect it. His apartment would be shabbier, so too his clothing, car, food, etc..
Grades were originally an attempt at measuring progress wherein a participating parent would address the child's performance with an appropriate response. Since large segments of our parenting population are no longer participating a replacement seems appropriate. Further, you seem to be losing your own point by no suggesting that everyone is "entitled" to rewards when the conversation was about rewards for performance. Minimal effort receive minimal reward (think McDonalds paycheck) where as strong effort receives significant reward (think white collar paycheck).
Easy, siphon it away from the prison system and law enforcement since the demand on them will not be as great because the children do not grow up to be worthless parasitic scum.
Well, SciFi has often solved the problem of "supportive parents" by removing the parents from the equation. If labeling students doesn't work and the unions won't let teachers be labeled, I suppose we could try their method. Label the parents and removing them for poor performance. We can just use the "doing it for the children" slogan to crush political dissent.
No, no, "W" for Wal-Mart. Make them wear t-shirts that have the http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ URL and undersigned with "future member" printed on them. Heck they might even get corporate sponsorship for the promotional program...
Reprogramming vs. retooling I suspect aren't a whole lot different if the process hasn't had its complexities abstracted away which I doubt they have been to any appreciable degree.
Don't worry FOX news told him it was OK to be a racist scumbag. It's patriotic after all...
What is different between a sub or an aircraft that does not permit the technology developed for these applications directly portable to automobiles?
Nope never ever would I have expected the deployment of remote controlled anything to become suseptible to tamper. I also would have never ever expect the MIC to come up with anything other than hardened systems especially when human lives are on the line. This must have been a fluke...
I'm not qualified to really speak in depth on such matters but I'll try to pick at the margins based on my understanding. Physics as I understand it is all about "curve fitting." It's about finding mathematical explanations about observations and we've done a rather good job of it. But we are missing certain bits. The divide between quantum and classical physics for instance. Even certain aspects of our understanding quantum physics in general undergo occasional refinements. However, this isn't exactly where I was going with my post.
The modern scientific establishment is profoundly confident that there will be no "new physics" because it believes that it is measuring all that is measurable. To give an illustration to help understand what I mean consider a 2D graph. You have various points on this graph and you formulate an equation that runs through ever point. You conclude that you've come up with the mathematical explanation. New test points come along and you find the equation doesn't quite fit anymore. After some reformulation you find one that does fit and even upon further testing it still holds true. However, it includes some "magic numbers" to make things fit and the equation is pretty complicated. Later, someone comes along and realizes a new variable to be tested for. The equation is once again reworked to incorporate this new variable and suddenly the "magic" is gone, the equation is elegant, simple and everything fits perfectly. Once you move away from Newtonian physics these "magic numbers" start popping up everywhere and the math grows incredibly complex. These magic numbers and excessive complexities have created many a breeding ground for all sorts of alternative explanations. One of the most famous of which is "string theory." People are coming up with all kinds of more simple and elegant explanations by trying out adding extra variables, in this case spatial dimensions.
Whether or not Rossi and crew have stumbled upon evidence of such things is unlikely but repercussions in the scientific world would be profound and something I'm wishful for.
Even better. It applies to us!
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This transit stimulates artistic creativity, spiritual inclinations, and romantic interests. Rules and restrictions are relaxed and there is compassion for the less fortunate.
I can't help you there but I've got a hot time from their website, it's a good time to meet females!
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Communications flow smoothly now. Feelings and emotions are expressed naturally. It's a good time for meetings with females.
That's the rub. Established science claims this is not possible. Rossi is claiming to have found a way to exploit a "new physics" that by all indications neither he nor his partner's understand. It is no small understatement to say that anyone claiming to have discovered "new physics" is going to receive extreme skepticism and derision. The modern science establishment has a confidence well beyond arrogance in such matters. So much so that even if such a discovery were made most nearly everyone would be scared to pursue it. It's hard not to wonder if/what has been discovered but never pursued. It would be truly a tragic loss to humanity if ever such a thing were to occur.
I guess we'll have to wait and see with Rossi, but for the sake of modern science I hope he does ultimately demonstrate the existence of new physics. We need such a discovery to kick people out of their complacency. I doubt very much we can close the book yet but we'll never fill in the missing pages with the present temperament of the science establishment. Einstein and his contemporaries were good but they weren't that good.
The claim is to "fuse" hydrogen with nickle to produce copper plus heat with a net positive energy return.
No, that's not quite as entertaining as taking people we disagree with to the public square and roasting them on a spit with arms outstretched in the symbol of our religion. The savory smell of barbecue is far more preferable to that of slow death and decay.
Fuel is ~$200,000 per launch, the rocket is ~$51,000,000. Even if they failed to recover the launcher 50% of the time... Even if they had to launch twice for every non-recoverable launcher they're still outclassing the non-reusable launcher on cost by two orders of magnitude. SpaceX would be brain dead to not try.
Fuel is ~$200,000/launch compared to a ~$51,000,000 rocket. Do the math then explain their fallacy of thinking to us.
Wings are a b*tch on your MPGs when you're trying to reach orbit. The weight of all the extras needed for glider/airplane mode are a b*tch on your MPGs. Further, do you know that they aren't planning on using aero-dynamic drag to slow the vehicle down first before lighting the landing motors? I guarantee you that they are. Powered descent is far easier to steer than gliding on a parachute. Further, the chutes alone still won't be able to make terminal velocity 0 or at least close to enough to protect the hardware. You'll still need motors for final touch down regardless. If the engineers claim they can make it cheaper by adding the expense of chutes vs. a bit more fuel to burn off an extra ~100MPH or so of an ~200MPH terminal velocity of an ascent stage falling belly side down they'll do so. My guess though is it probably isn't worth the added complexity, and cost of components.