Starlord Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 KFC follows 11 people on twitter Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 Emilio Estevez - for the win Take that Hollywood know-it-alls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 Oh I am beyond out raged, outraged I say! Government trainee washes out on CiA program, gets even cushier assignment! Sociotard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagged Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 However, being one that has to drive home from work after-dark. I absolutely hate the way car-lights are now. Essentially it seems the high-beam of 20 years ago, is now essentially the default low-beam.This. When I am in charge (it is inevitable I tell you) these high powered halogen style lights will be illegal. They just encourage faster driving while destroying the night vision of on-coming drivers. Pattern Ghost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 As to charging I think that could be handled by battery stations that would swap out batteries. Out comes the old battery which goes on an analyzer/charger and in goes an analyzed charged battery. You pay and go. This is all I would need to embrace the technology. Being bound to a spot while the ol' car charges is simply not acceptable to a wandering spirit like myself. If "Battery Stations" replaced "Gas Stations" and I could get the same distance/convenience ratio, the mechanism under the hood is largely irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 The light on my phone is probably brighter than any old incandescent. The huge 5 D-cell maglites were probably the peak of incandescent flashlight tech. Halogens were blinding for a few years around the millennium, though battery life was intentionally poor. I replaced the halogen bulb in my Surefire with an LED about ten years ago.Not having a phone means I don't have that flashlight opportunity, but I do have a little LED flashlight that lives plugged into the lighter socket, which serves admirably when I drop something at night and it rolls under the car. I have kept the old bulbs in my two Maglight truncheon-lights (those take 3 D cells) because I use them so infrequently: most of the time, such occasions are when the truncheon option might actually be useful. Also, they are big enough they are easy to find by feel in the tray on what serves as my nightstand, which is again correlated with the truncheon option. They also have the variable reflector position, so they are adjustable, somewhat, in how the light gets thrown. Here at the office I keep a hand-size LED light for when I'm working up on the roof on a star party night, or when I'm in the optics lab when it's darkened. For crawlspace work at home (and it really is a crawlspace; no adult can "stand" even on their knees down there) I've got an LED spelunking headlamp I got at REI. Or I had one; when I pulled it out a couple months ago the batteries had peed in it, so I probably I will get another one before Christmas (since the decorations are stowed in there, I will need it before I would receive it as a requested present). LED tech is still developing, so the color balance in them and available illumination power are things where I expect more choices to appear on the market over the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 This is all I would need to embrace the technology. Being bound to a spot while the ol' car charges is simply not acceptable to a wandering spirit like myself. If "Battery Stations" replaced "Gas Stations" and I could get the same distance/convenience ratio, the mechanism under the hood is largely irrelevant. OTOH if you are privileged enough to own a home, then the charging station is in your garage, and you don't have to stop and get out of the car to recharge it in the sleet in the middle of winter. That can cut down on the inconvenience dramatically. If you're going cross country, supercharger charge times are 20 minutes for 50% or just over an hour for 100%. So yeah, you'd have to plan that around shopping or lunch or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 I own a home, but the "garage" is listed as a third bedroom* according to the deed. While I considered a Chevy Volt, it just wasn't practical. So, I went with a Prius. *I don't think that it was ever a garage, as there's evidence that this and the neighboring townhouse were used as some sort of office/demo property. There's the ghost of a doorway in my next-door neighbor's living room that would have let to my garage, and both houses had speakers installed underneath the windows, probably for some sort of Muzak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 This. When I am in charge (it is inevitable I tell you) these high powered halogen style lights will be illegal. They just encourage faster driving while destroying the night vision of on-coming drivers. Yeah, you gotta point I do find myself driving faster to get distance. Though more often (especially if I am in the back of a convoy" of cars) I just pull off the road so they can go by, and get back on behind them. Course, at least once a week it seems, on the 4-lane part on the way home, when seeing the lights behind me I immediately think "gotta be a big ass pickup truck back there" only for 10-15 seconds, see those lights go by and realize it was something like a Honda Accord. Note: I also tend to go through the country road, if I get especially frustrated, though not at this time of year since its deer mating season I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Not having a phone means I don't have that flashlight opportunity, but I do have a little LED flashlight that lives plugged into the lighter socket, which serves admirably when I drop something at night and it rolls under the car. I have kept the old bulbs in my two Maglight truncheon-lights (those take 3 D cells) because I use them so infrequently: most of the time, such occasions are when the truncheon option might actually be useful. Also, they are big enough they are easy to find by feel in the tray on what serves as my nightstand, which is again correlated with the truncheon option. They also have the variable reflector position, so they are adjustable, somewhat, in how the light gets thrown. Here at the office I keep a hand-size LED light for when I'm working up on the roof on a star party night, or when I'm in the optics lab when it's darkened. For crawlspace work at home (and it really is a crawlspace; no adult can "stand" even on their knees down there) I've got an LED spelunking headlamp I got at REI. Or I had one; when I pulled it out a couple months ago the batteries had peed in it, so I probably I will get another one before Christmas (since the decorations are stowed in there, I will need it before I would receive it as a requested present). LED tech is still developing, so the color balance in them and available illumination power are things where I expect more choices to appear on the market over the near future. I have a cell-phone that I take with me and leave in my car, in case of emergency, but will only use if absolutely needed. I use it so infrequently, I actually don't know my own cellphone phone number. As I only turn it on to make a call. I hate phones in general (all my life) and rarely (and possibly never) have a phone call that last over 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Storms coming towards Britain have recently begun to get names. The latest is Brian which is delighting fans of the British group The Arctic Monkeys. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/uk-storms-2017-2018-brian-brianstorm-arctic-monkeys-song-a7946541.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Storms coming towards Britain have recently begun to get names. The latest is Brian which is delighting fans of the British group The Arctic Monkeys. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/uk-storms-2017-2018-brian-brianstorm-arctic-monkeys-song-a7946541.html Huh, I thought they'd be going with "Stormy MC Stormface" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Official naming convention rather than letting the public do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Letter written on Titanic and recovered from the sea sells for record at auction http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41696084 The former Presidents gather for hurricanes fundraiser http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41711576 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Girl builds a better way to detect Lead to help folks in Flint and elsewhere Cancer, Ternaugh, Lucius and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Wow...that girl makes me feel stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Wow...that girl makes me feel stupid. Makes me smile! LOTS of folks in this world are smarter than I am. But the ones who use that gift to help their fellow man? These are "pearls beyond price" Nolgroth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 why would electric cars be a privacy issue? The real privacy issue is cameras everywhere and corporations demanding access to employees social media or else. As to charging I think that could be handled by battery stations that would swap out batteries. Out comes the old battery which goes on an analyzer/charger and in goes an analyzed charged battery. You pay and go. Well I guess that would create some jobs for the lower end workers. Unless it was automated and then it would eliminate even those. How many years do you expect to an affordable electric car will allow a trip of an excess of 280 miles? That's from my nearest city to Seattle from my house it would actually be a about 325 I don't see it being helpful for a lot of us for a long time. My round trip commute is 50 miles or better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 [url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/naive-disillusioned-britons-returning-syria-165145397.html]Naive and disillusioned Britons returning from Syria should not be prosecuted, says terror law Wow. Magnanimity in its purest form. You across the pond have my respect. Ihope the intelligence services are very accurate in deciding which of them are stone-cold killers, and whic can be re-integrated... Badger and gewing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 How many years do you expect to an affordable electric car will allow a trip of an excess of 280 miles? One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 One. I forget, what were they talking $35,000 for the basic model with a 220 mile range and more for the long range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Studies of humans, dogs, and mice giving insight on OCD And they have drawn from a "citizen science" program for dog owners, Darwin's Dogs, enlisting owners to get info on how canine evolution has gone since domestication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/10/25/two-person-firms-300-million-puerto-rico-contract-raises-eyebrows/796882001/ Two-person energy firm's $300 million Puerto Rico contract raises eyebrows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 I saw that one. No there couldn't possibly be any favoritism or flat-out corruption involved... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 and you have to wonder how much of that $300 million will actually be used to help Puerto Rico anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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