“though that is becoming less common as the intelligence of the average American driver approaches that of a slightly-retarded parrot.”

Answer: The pontiac driver had about 10 feet to go from a probable 30 mph to zero. That’s *IF* they saw the lights, and have perfect response time instead of the average brake time of 2.3 seconds. On top of that the vehicle did slam on the breaks as evident by the front bumper noise diving. That cop car was not hit at…

Way to jump on the bandwagon before realizing the critique you’re replying to is illfounded because of reading comprehension. Maybe you need to consider what agenda you want to push and make sure you push it in a venue (or reply) that makes contextual sense?

I’ll just add that I love buying performance tires for my BMW E30. Slickest DOT tires cost me $450 for ALL FOUR. Gotta love 15" wheels (an “upgrade” from stock 14"!).

America depends on the sea for commerce as a nation with 53 percent of imports and 38 percent of exports delivered by sea and with global security interests as well that demand a need for a strong Navy

Not as big a risk as you’d think. Heat (and thus fire) is caused when the negative and positive side of the battery are connected through something that wasn’t designed to take the amps. It is unlikely (though not impossible) that YOU because the “path of least resistance” in that circuit. Likely the electricity is…

“it’s just an extra security measure”

Watched video. Heard guy in video say “Accerate zero to one hundred in 3.5 seconds”. Assumed mph like a dumbass. Audibly swore. Realized that was too fast, and that he meant 100kph. Meh, I’ll still take one :)

Quick reply, since i was just reading this prior to reading you post I’ll leave it here. Maybe this is what you mean by keeping you up at night, but this description appears to far exceed you estimates of anti-ship cruise missile total weight and warhead weight.

That’d be an interesting study to read, for sure. I think the current idea is that we’d rather shoot those missiles down than take the chance of letting them hit. If I were a sailer I’d want similar, since if a missile (or 10) impact there is almost no chance that you don’t lose lives, but if you can clear the skies…

One where math is wrong.

First off, awesome post. I’m only going to ask questions about certain parts and let the rest stand :-)

Ok, you’re thinking you’re fighting someone who has a nostalgic hardline for battleships, I’m sorry for the confusion.

Wait, what? First you argue that WWII ordinance is just as deadly as modern ordinance (agreeing with me), but then tell me to look up a list of ships (half of which aren’t battleships) in order to prove that, what? We should still have battleships? I’m really not sure what you’re arguing for here. Maybe if instead of…

Hey AdriftEngineer, because starting your post with “Actually no” maybe read my post again and make sure you understand my point? For example, this sentence is basically what you said:

I, too, love the Battleships of yesteryears. However here are a few points that I think are worth considering.

Now ask yourself why the evil men and terrorists hate us, and not say, Japan or Sweden. It’s not like there aren’t non-military means of archiving at least some of the same goals. Half the terror attacks in the US in the past 15 years have been by NATIVES. You can’t argue that taking care of our own people by keeping…

It seems to me that we (the US) spend an inordinate amount of our budget on the military, and a comparatively small amount on healthcare for our citizens.

Oh really? Do you measure most global companies by what your kid’s friends do? Last I checked Apple clocked a record quarter. Maybe the year over year isn’t going as well as hoped, but they are hardly struggling to sell phones :)

Yeah, the largestest drainers of battery power on mobile devices are: