And they can be modeled by constructing an equivalent electrical circuit with the correct component values, which is easier to test and modify to produce the desired input-response, before constructing a prototype hydraulic component.

The corresponding rgb value is (49, 64, 74), so it is shifted toward green and blue from a pure grey which would be equal in all values. But that’s why it’s a “steel” grey in popular parlance.

Despite the picture, I was originally thinking the incident described might have occurred in Alabama.

Ellen Sauerbrey didn’t concede to Parris Glendenning until a few days before he was inaugurated Governor of Maryland, and even after her lawsuits were dismissed for failure to prove her case (many of the same complaints, marginally more believable because Democrats controlled the election procedures), she was…

We did this to a few things, way back when, in the strength of materials module of Intro to ME in engineering school. My recollection is that some of these machines can be reconfigured to pull in tension as well as compress, which might be an interesting experiment with a shock absorber.

Did Ford say MKC would move to Mexico, or are you assuming? Oakville, Ontario seems more likely; the Escape is already built there and the Flex and MKT will be going away, leaving excess capacity.

Manufacturers know what the “take rate” was for manuals on higher spec cars, and watched it drop until it was too low to justify continuing. They’re still offered on lower spec cars because there manuals are part of the economiser ethos. And they’re still offered on performance models where the volume justifies it. Or…

And he apparently bought a house without looking at the county or regional long-range plan, which might have shown the future road alignment. A lot of people don’t, but most home buyer guides point out to consult the planning documents yourself and don’t rely on your realtor’s statements.

It’s a marvel he can pitch at all when she is apparently in charge of his balls.

A vain man sensitive about his thinning crown?

Because the Sentra has put a contrasting light? reflector? access plug? in the center which makes it look like it could have been the exhaust port. Which makes the big exhaust port elsewhere more obtrusive. In this case it might have been better to use a downward terminator forward of the fascia, or at least skip the…

I don’t think that the pronunciation is literally unexplainable; although the Greek root prefix by itself is usually pronounced with a long e as in see sound denoted i:, in combined words like economy and ecology in English it is correct to pronounce with the short i as in pit sound denoted ĭ.

I don’t know what schools cover in US history these days, but for an example of how tariffs can have epically counterproductive consequences, google Smoot-Hawley, aka Tariff Act of 1930.

Oh, hell no. A system that has no alternative to touch screen controls is a system I will not buy. Almost every car I’ve driven makes me lean forward to touch the screen when the seat and steering wheel are adjusted to my preferences, and that is a non-starter when I’m driving. And it’s not like there aren’t plenty of…

It doesn’t surprise me. GM made the order guide available sometime in September, and Costco’s web team has been quicker to get it into code than Chevrolet’s. I’ve noticed that KBB and Truecar, among others, sometimes get configurators up before the manufacturer does. With existing models, the dealers of course want to…

We have also previously discussed that Lancias, unlike Chevrolets, were Beta Montecarlos; the last being one word, no interstitial capitalization. I begin to think you are showing solidarity with our new overlord by acting similarly fact- and history-immune.

Yeah, I was just trying to point out that unlike Ultra and Bletchley Park et al. that remained classified for decades, this counterintelligence op was widely publicized and also depicted in popular culture relatively soon after the war.

80s? Children, the story was revealed in the 1953 book by British Naval Intelligence LCDR Ewen Montagu, who was one of the major players, titled The Man Who Never Was. This in turn became a Major Motion Picture in 1956, starring Clifton Webb (Oscar nominee for Sitting Pretty as the original Mr. Belvedere), Gloria…

And even more interesting that the exposé was by the Journal, which is owned by News Corp., making it a corporate sibling of Fox News.

Am I mistaken in believing that businesses get to deduct their expenses from their revenues for tax purposes?