People tend to forget that the very reason the USSR was placing missiles in Cuba was because they DIDN’T have a credible ICBM/SLBM strike capability. If there had been a nuclear exchange, like you said - The US would suffer, but survive, while Europe would burn and everything man-made in Russia would be reduced to a…
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Were we actually supposed to be worried for Yuria? I mean, it was obviously just a clock. We all know that now...
I read it and I agree with RossW. Yeah, the L16 does some interesting things (like the after-the-fact focal length change) but I don’t know that the extra capability it offers over a $350 Canon P&S makes it worth the gigantic jump in price.
A rev limiter won’t prevent the engine from being over-spun if you are going 80, think you have selected 4th gear but actually grabbed 2nd, and let out the clutch. It’s the drivetrain turning the engine, and cutting fuel and/or spark won’t do anything to prevent the over-rev.
Came here to say this. You beat me to it. “Money shift” is a phrase second only to “spontaneous dry sump conversion” in my automotive vocabulary.
Ok, this is a bit of a straw man, but still completely possible. Let’s say I have a car that I’ve been restoring in my garage. Haven’t driven it on the street, but now it’s done, and I need to get it inspected. So I grab my flatbed trailer and tow it to the shop, dropping it in their parking lot so I can get my…
Hey, I have an idea! The local jurisdiction could just get inspection records from the state, and automatically send tickets to everyone they day their inspections expire, and every day after that until they get their new sticker! Think of all the law enforcement time that would save...
Project Pluto. Mach 3 nuclear ramjet cruise missile. They actually successfully ground-tested the engine. Eventually everyone had a “what the fuck are we doing?” moment and the project was canceled.
If we’re talking production longevity, the Iron Duke four cylinder is in the running, too. And yet it’s a crap engine, from a performance standpoint.
The Modular family is a failure compared to the Gen III/IV SBC in every respect but one - horsepower per liter of displacement. It’s physically larger. It’s far more complex, and more expensive. It doesn’t deliver an advantage in fuel economy. It requires more RPM to develop the same horsepower. It’s technology for…
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When the gun fires, the breech (the end inside the SP gun turret) is sealed, of course. Most modern tank and artillery pieces then employ some sort of pressurization system to blow as much of the remaining smoke out the muzzle before the breech opens, to keep the environment inside as clean as possible. You can also…
“Can I have a Coke?”
I stopped reading the second you told people to try on helmets in a brick and mortar store, then buy from an online retailer (unless, of course, it was one of your personally blessed stores).
No, it was definitely piston... I remember that they made a plot point of it in one episode, talking about how it had less power but better endurance than the turbine-powered model.
Also, there’s sensors in the seats to determine if the seat belt buzzer needs to go off — use that, too! If the seat is unoccupied and the engine/wheel speed is over 0, that’s a big vote that the car is on a dyno.
Maybe in your nostalgia fog, you forgot that Miss Piggy used to fucking hit Kermit all the time...
Love your stuff, Tyler.
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