We carried a couple of 4' sections of 4"x4" posts for a variety of things. I do remember in one case being ordered to shove them in front of the front wheels (one each side) of a car on fire on a slope.

“to replace an earthquake-prone section of the city’s highway.”

That's weird. A significant portion of the air moved by these fans never goes through the base. The forced air comes out through the ring which, thanks to the Bernoulli Effect, creates a low pressure area in the center pulling more air through. That air going through the center is obviously not going to be cleaned by…

This is not actually a new concept. It goes back to the early days of automobiles as a substitute for the thermostat valve. I saw these on semi tractors, some were manual, but some were automatic based on the ambient temperature in the engine compartment using a purely mechanical system. That was back in the 1990's…

Good point. But the companies that do make trailers will get on board if there is demand. Some of the changes that are independent of the tractor will get put in if the users are willing to make the investment for the long term pay-off.

They are working on it. The common carrier OTR trucking industry runs on very thin margins. As this stuff proves it can save money in the long run it will be adapted. It will probably not look as polished as this, but you will see the changes. I remember in my youth (revealing my age) when cab-overs and flat faced…

Auto-GCAS saves F-16

The issue is that when auto-pilots get confused they just quit and expect the pilot to take over. The reason you might need something smarter than auto-pilot is the possibility that some thing or combination of things has happened that was not anticipated and the plane has to try to get back on the ground safely.

So if the guy in front of me is driving slow, I just stare at his rear view mirror?

If you read the article, you can override this by stomping the accelerator. I'm guessing it would be similar to the way cruise control shuts down when you hit the brakes.

I think most Verizon smartphones these days can accept a foreign SIM. I know the four phones my wife and I have had in the last 4 years all could. Granted it was only 3G speed on those SIMs.

If they could use just any helicopter then this program wouldn't have been a problem. At least part of the issue was the extensive modifications to the aircraft and the wide variety of requirements that were not all to be found in any one type in the inventory... Luxury, safety, defensive capabilities…

When I lived in the PacNW as a kid I would walk out into the back yard in the morning and pick wild blackberries for whatever I was having for breakfast (cereal, waffles, oatmeal, etc...). OTOH I did need to use some creative methods to keep the brambles under control.

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Is the apron there really pavers in a herringbone pattern? Seems like there might be more efficient ways to build it, but then I'm not a landscape architect or civil engineer.

lol. Not really the same thing. Although if you are arguing that it is the "Americanized" version of the same thing, than I wouldn't argue against that. Bigger boat, more people, faster but without so many turns and fewer obstacles. It is like the NZ one is F1 and this is NASCAR.

"Google could simply repurpose its entire Glass team as Google Glass (of Water), and help envision a better, brighter future for California."

"Didn't navy retired all those Pegasus and other hydrofoils already?"

It drops slightly to create a gap, then rotates open.

I didn't think that was a terrible movie. There was some bad acting, but the movie was intended as satire and I think it did a pretty good job of that, while giving a few good laughs. Would you like to know more?