Well, at least the pre-nuclear age steel bit is real and, if you’re in the business of building certain ultrasentive equipment, an absolute necessity.

Nahh, I’ll give then that. Distilled water tastes like, well, nothing really.

There’s a strong disconnect here between “I will sell it for [monetary value]” and “The market deems it worth [monetary value]”. I could decide my artsy photos from 10 years ago, which I have quite a lot, are now worth millions, but that doesn’t make it so.

The point is not the tire tech, it’s the liability tech. Plus that the F1 was a 1138 kg car whereas the Veyron has a kerb weight of 1888 kg and the Chiron almost hits two metric ton (1996 kg). Tire heat generation increases with car weight, so temperature management is a lot more difficult compared to the nineties.

Sorry, no, fuck that sideways, no lube!

What, attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion? C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate?

“Falcon Heavy is planned to be the most powerful rocket ever made when it hopefully launches in January 2018"

Way back when ABS was a disputed topic in Formula 1 (in 1994 it got banned, together with traction control, launch control and active suspension) it was explained that the (then) sophisticated traction control in an F1 car would allow the rear wheels a controlled 10% slip for optimum launch traction. Static friction…

Question: How does this affect internet users in, say, the EU?

Remember how there was talk that Trump was actually encouraged by the Clintons to run for president? Imagine this as a long con. Think of it as true for a moment, that him actually becoming president was seen as a means for a large part of the GOP base to change allegiance. It would be the best, most daring, most…

As others mentioned: no evidence of a supersonic shockwave? No claim to breaking the speed of sound barrier.

Keep in mind that, for a range extender, you can optimise for a very narrow rpm band, a specific engine load and constant engine operation. Quite different from having to design an engine that has to drive a car, rather than charge a battery.

The Chiron has 1500 hp, the Agera RS (presumably with the MegaWatt option) has 1341 bhp. The Chiron is the more powerful car.

Your version is more accurate from a physics point of view but for a layman perhaps more difficult to grasp.

Torque is a measure of force. How many bricks can you lift in one go?

Ding Ding!!

Music? What music?

I was a huge fan of UFO: Enemy Unknown back in 1994 on the Comodore Amiga and was overjoyed with the news that Firaxis was making XCOM: Enemy Unknown. I am close to finishing the game this weekend.

Been there, done that, wasn’t funny.

I’m 6'6" and the S2000 I sat in at a car show fit me like a glove.