MattPie

I think the story this year is he was playing on the left side in the AHL to learn how to play on that side, isn't it? That would cause some growing pains.

I've always been interested in the interplay between torque and horsepower. Mostly that torque is somewhat arbitrary as you can change the torque to the wheels through gearing, but the power output of an engine is "constant" (given RPM, throttle opening, temperature, etc.). As for big block vs. small block, my dad always liked high-revving small blocks, and the performancey cars I've owned have been turbo fours. Maybe I'm a bit biased there. :) All I know now is that other than a few cases all "performance" cars and bikes are gasoline-powered, I've always thought due to weight. Weight is the enemy of performance in all cases. And sorry about the nonsense comment, that's not cool.

Is that why diesels engines are always significantly heavier than gas engines? Like I said, I'm a diesel fan and they've made strides in the last decade, but you're talking nonsense if you think diesel engines outperform gas engines on much other than economy and torque. They do have benefits, but power per pound and power per displacement aren't on that list. Those two benefits (torque and efficiency) make them great for things like trucks, but they're not always better for lighter vehicles where weight is a factor.

The real problem is the Sabres have only iced one Gord in their history. You're not going to win a cup that way. (bonus points to anyone that can name him, I certainly couldn't even though he played 134 games.

It'd be interesting to know what the rules are for that. Do they have to keep the car stock, or can they remove stuff to reduce weight. take out the interior, radio, etc. and tape up many of the panel gaps and you'd be surprised how much better the car will do. Also, I have to think that the driver was instructed to stay on the highway at a particular speed for an entire tank of fuel at a time. Hopefully they provided a catheter.

I think we're coming at this in different ways. I'm most talking about cars and non-towing situations, as that's what the vast majority of vehicle usage we're discussing. I find it really hard to believe that VW would leave 20MPG on the table for no reason, as they'd sell TDIs like hotcakes. I'm guessing the answer is car-style performance as to why they're using a 2.0L engine. People won't buy a 1.4L diesel in the US because it'd be significantly slower from a standing start than the gas models. As for your numbers, I do believe they're true, but they're anecdotal. Being in Boca Raton, you're getting a lot of benefit from being at sea level and essentially no elevation change for the first 300 miles of any trip you take. I'd love to see a real, instrumented test, both with cars, trucks, and towing involved.

If the goalie catches a puck, and the puck continues into the net, it's still a goal.

Design decisions regarding performance. So how do you explain the Jetta, that gets 39 or 37 with turbo-fours but only 46 with the TDI (all EPA numbers)? Is VW just bad at designing diesel engines? I was going to use a Silverado too, but EPA doesn't cover trucks. One review puts it at 10 and 15 MPG for gas and diesel, so I guess my 45% number was a little cautious. I'd love to see the diesel car that is "approaching 100%" better than it's gas counterpart though (with similar performance numbers).

I think you've been reading a little too much hype, and I'm a fan of diesel. Oil Diesel fuel is only a little better in energy density than gasoline (10%), and diesel engines are possibly 40% more efficient, so at best you're going to get a 45% increase in MPG. Anything more than that owe more to design decisions for the diesel vs. gas engines in a particular vehicle so you're not comparing apples to apples. Biodiesel (according to a quick check) has roughly the same energy density as gasoline, so I'd expect to see better MPG than gas, but not as good as oil diesel. Ethanol is pretty terrible though, no argument there.

I'm hoping he meant Biodiesel, which I'll admit does seem more promising then Ethanol. There are some negatives to biodiesel, mostly that it doesn't flow well when it's cold out. Now, for a different take on things, I give you the greasecar. http://greasecar.com/ D4rk, you know you want to.

Good point!

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I'm not sure what value of "most" you're using, but none of the 4 vehicles I currently own can run on anything more than E10. That's 2012 and 2011 cars and 2004 and 1982 motorcycles. For the 1982 Honda I rebuilt the carb with ethanol-friendly rubber bits (although I think the original Honda parts were OK too). Some quick numbers, of the 200 million passenger vehicles (that's an estimate), 17.4 million are Flex-fuel capable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_vehicles_in_the_United_States#Total_number_of_vehicles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible-fuel_vehicles_in_the_United_States One of the primary issues with Ethanol for us is the current best thing to make it from, sugar cane, only grows in small portions of the US (some of Florida and Hawaii, I think).

After a quick reading, it sounds like some of the references were added during the Continental Congress. I'm not too surprised that politicians would add those references.

Agreed. And anyone that's watched enough Crime Procedural TV knows that evidence degrades. It's not like the victim has the option in this case to mull it over for a few days.

I think it's possible that the man-made portion of global warming isn't significant and it is a natural process. The problem I have with the concept is it's always used as an excuse as to why we shouldn't do anything to curb man-made "pollution" (I use that term loosely). If climate change is not man-made, reducing energy usage will have no effect. If climate change IS man-made, we really should be reducing energy usage. There's no downside to implementing the changes, other than whiners that are mad they can't drive their giant gas-guzzling truck around. I'm not sure if you are referring to this, or not: I think I've see pictures of people doing the "Nazi" salute to the American flag, now that makes a ton more sense.

I'm not sure if it happens this time of year, but my wife was there in May a few years ago and every afternoon it would pour down rain for an hour or two. She dealt by finding a bar or cafe and having a drink to wait out the rain. :wub:

I'm not sure about the money, but God was added to the pledge in the 50s as you mention. Fun fact: the pledge was written by Francis Bellamy, who was born in Mt. Morris, NY, which is adjacent to Letchworth SP. Fun fact I just learned: Bellamy was a Christian Socialist minister, many of whom believe that capitalism is idolatrous and rooted in greed. I find it ironic that a minister didn't put "under God" in but Congress did.

Just to make sure, that's not the Quebec way way of saying, "The Rock", right? Boy would that be a let-down.

Bold: Technically, it's for the playoffs too but all the games are on national cable TV so they're all blacked out until 48 hours later. I'd guess that if you set your proxy to somewhere else (Romania, for instance) it'd be fine. Maybe some of our International-flavour posters can verify that.

Your form of coping may not be the same as someone else's. It's as simple as that. You know, I was going to pose something like this hypothetical, but here's living proof. Assuming the person that hit you was at fault, what would make you feel better: the guy goes to jail for a month or you settle out of court for 2 months of your salary so you could do whatever you wanted for 2 months?

The best revenge is a life well-lived. Money helps. I had a friend that was assaulted while running in Philly. Apparently this guy's MO was some honka-honka to female runners while passing by. they actually caught him and she testified and the whole deal. Dudes are weird.

I thought about going here. There's a lot of ways people cope and how they're affected. Travelling the world for a year might be better therapy than "well, they guy is in jail". I think it's up to the individual to make that call, and judging on it is in the same league as judging other people relationships. You can't tell me what should make me happy. That being said, I'd think she could also file a civil suit either way, right? I think, realistically, there are a lot of crimes that require someone to press charges. The DA *could* go ahead without the victim, but as mentioned upthread it's rare and really difficult to win that case.

Aud: Right. As with most of this story we don't really know the facts. Maybe she was a gold-digger holding out for more money (and when the case started lining up, Kane's team offered a ton). Or the other way is the case was already borderline and she figured (or was advised) this could go either way and might as well get paid for the suffering even if there's a chance at justice. It's a tough call: being set for money for years vs. a 50/50 shot at putting someone away.

Is that the new flavor from Yancy's Fancy?