You could say they are Dodging their customers.

Mk 41 tech here.

“and consumers turn their nose up at brand loyalty to get the best bargain possible.”

A year ago most people didn’t even know it was possible to send an email on a plane. 15 years ago you swiped your credit card and payed like $7/minute to call your friends and tell them you’re on an airplane. Now high speed internet, streaming video and email should just be free?

This was an Iraqi Intelligence built can taken from al-Qaeda in Iraq Knights of the Silencers assassination squad. They aimed off the rear sight and the bullet goes right down the barrel and into the target. It was used for “Step up” assassinations... as some have said walk right behind the victim and put it in his…

It’s a Mazda3 with the 2.2 diesel and an automatic gearbox.

So those new (but old design) Russian subs that have launched in the past few years always have a massive shroud over the screw. Are they still using the old technology?

It has been 35 years here, funny how so much remains the same.

Cool, thanks for clarifying that for me.

Submarine screws are a rather closely guarded secret as their design is key to the vessels’ stealth. The newest subs however don’t even have external screws anymore that I’m aware of. They use pump-jet propulsion which was a key feature of Red October in Tom Clancy’s novel (the film made the experimental propulsion…

This dude don’t lie, Nuke School is a goddamn *bitch*, regardless if you’re going in Enlisted or Officer. It is a 100% pain in the ass, and something you can be absolutely proud of when you’re done. Not everyone can learn the ins and outs of nuclear reactors and the electrical and/or mechanical systems they power in…

10. Movies like The Hunt for Red October and Crimson Tide look so real but are full of holes. If you want to know what it’s like on a submarine watch Down Periscope. I knew every character in that movie in real life.

Periscope Down is much more accurate

we should totally get a kickstarter going to put that guy Buzz Aldrin punched on this manned trip so that he can, on live webcast, look out at the lander and admit its presence. then leave him there.

First of all, I always suggest taking the insurance with rental cars with my provider. ALWAYS! why? because I don’t want to pay for damages or have it on my insurance.

But we really need to make a distinction between “automatic” and “DCT.” The point of an automatic seems to be that you never even have to think about shifting. That’s why all these “sport shift” clickovers on CVTs and traditional autos are nonsense. No one ever uses them, so they’re engineered to be balls.

Australian here - where’s the movement? Where’s the start-out and tip-in? Where’s the walking it out and the spins? There’s smoke, but it’s a poor effort. Wrap your eyes around this.

It’s like Ferrari’s sportscar racing efforts after 1965. Nobody remembers that Ferrari was fairly competitive over the next 25 years or so. They just never won Le Mans again so it’s largely thought that Ferrari left with their tail between their legs. People don’t remember 2nd place.