Posts by werdsmith 7119 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Feb 2011
Using a non oxidising metal to coat contact conduction connector surfaces has always been a good idea and that’s why it’s used on edge connectors in many electronic applications. Could always use plain old copper just to please the sarcastic twats, and watch it go green and crackly in a few weeks.
There is a little part of a full human that needs to push and push at margins and boundaries and it’s a fundamental part of us. Some haven’t got it, just like some don’t feel romantic love. Fortunately those who don’t have it are in the small minority and so humans continue to progress.
Yes, Mercedes are more Ineos and Toto than they are Benz now in terms of ownership. Maybe Petronas too.
I was indirectly aiming at the fact that people still think that Fiat / FCA / Stellantis own the Ferrari brand when in fact they are just related via the Agnelli family.
Those mass traffic jams with creeping stop start traffic that cause health-damaging local air quality in densely populated towns and cities, that’s where non emission engines make a difference. Where the fuel is burned by ICE engines and the emissions sprayed into the faces of the people. Non of those emissions come from Tesla cars even if their energy ultimately comes from fossil fuels and makes C02.
And at traffic jam speeds, with regen brakes, even their secondary particulates from brake pads and tyre wear is minimal.
To be fair, the Alfa Romeo brand in F1 is not that high a profile compared to non-Fiat/Stellantis brands like Ferrari.
And this dude runs and entire Space company that flies astronauts and is working toward Mars. I think that trumps anything Stellantis are doing with Alfa Romeo.
I too have given up motorcycling. I kept one bike for tinkering and restoration but it gets ridden rarely.
We have a family Japanese car that does the lane driving thing and the auto cruise control and it works very well. I've done a few long journeys with that helping and I am certain I'm feeling much less tired by the driving.
The lane keeping thing does come up and say its for dual carriageways and motorways only. Though it does work on other roads.
I really don't understand why some people think that having an ECU controlled engine makes it unreliable when compared with older engine technology.
It's more about being able to fix problems when they go wrong with a rudimentary toolkit like you would have for a Ferguson TE20. At least with a rotor arm and distributor cap and a carb jet you could see stuff that's gone wrong and poke it out with a bit of wire or fashion a workaround.
I'm not a fan of old cars, but that was the old 1940s design Land Rover thing. If you were in some desert or jungle environment, a handy fix is usually possible.
The biggest problem with old cars is even low speed accidents bust the bodies of the occupants.
now a ghost town, a few mobile phone shops, a stack of charity shops and a few gambling dens, sod all else, a once thriving town centre buggered and car use increased.
Standard small town High Street then.
Most people are not voting conservatives, just the largest group of people who actually vote. With a turnout of less than 40%, and opposition votes split across independents, libdems, greens and also a few sporadic labour votes, it doesn’t take many to get elected.
People who have seen a few local council elections in their lifetime, know that changing the guard makes not the blindest bit of difference. Hence the apathy.
For any organisation or business, broadcaster or whatever that uses the "go to our Faecebook page for more information". My standard response: "ok, thanks anyway. I'll try somewhere else".
It's taking some marketing departments some time to realise the ugly stigma attached to Faecebook and its users.
The other Vega auctions around £30 are for original Vega, not plus. And this is a Buy it Now price, not an auction - although the seller is a guitarist and is open to trades.
It's always worth a try for the seller, might get a bite. There are plenty enough people around with money to burn and Ebay casts a wide net.
I quite like the original working ZX80 on there for £600.
A reduced burn on ascent, I would be interested to know how the profile would work. The spacecraft ascends on a curve turning its direction from vertical to horizontal to match the CSM. If the engine burned too short, or without enough power then the transition to orbit may not have completed and the spacecraft would fall back to the surface.
We've had lane keeping in American cars for years. That's old boring technology. It works perfectly, and at actual highway speeds, not just a pokey 37.
Yes, the lane keeping, lane centering self driving cars have been available in Europe for years too.
I don't think that is what this article is about.
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