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7 hours ago, billvon said:theories, so to set the record straight—Taylor Swift is not part of a DOD psychological operation. Period.”
To paraphrase Monty python, that just proves it must be true!
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15 hours ago, billvon said:They do indeed, and are better than ever at it. Nowadays it's called tuning, and involves (among other things) reprogramming the ECU to remove manufacturer limits.
It's worth noting that older hotrodders not only have no idea how to do this, they scoff at the idea that software could make a car faster.
Quick introduction to this:
I've just put a new map on my mx5 (miata) engine in my lotus 7 replica that has liberated about 25HP. Crazy how easy it is, and on a car weighing less than half a tonne, that makes quite a difference
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3 hours ago, billvon said:Trump supporters have just declared a "holy war" on Taylor Swift.
She is the best example of living rent free in their heads - it would be funny if it wasn't so weird.
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3 minutes ago, ryoder said:I realized the engine was in the rear!
Huh thats weird.
Althogh I have been trying to work out how I could fit a tesla motor in the rear and the batteries under the hood... -
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I think I've said it before - I think cars are going to be like watches eventually. The every day ones will be cheap, capable, and electric (quartz casio equivalent) And the expensive ones for collectors will be objectively worse in almost every way but have more emotion associated.
I have built this thing - its all sorts of fun but my next proper everyday car will be electric.
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1 hour ago, tkhayes said:U.S. Electricity Grid & Markets | US EPA - 14 is false. not only false, but PATENTLY false. I am not going to banter back and forth with you again when i have already.
how about this.... READ MY POSTS that replied to yours when you made a claim and I shot the flying fuck out of them.....
Half of your claims do not actually matter - nitpicky points (again and again and again like a broken record) and have little to do with making an argument against EVs. more tire wear? Seriously? You are actually using that as an argument against EVs? I missed your posts about tire wear regarding truckers and 4 wheel drives and your ongoing continuous assaults against them because, well, you know..... tire wear!
it's no wonder no one takes you seriously - but here you are, regurgitating again. Every reference that you posted from whatever site it was that was against EVs, I found articles on the same site PROMOTING EVs.
And you have yet to acknowledge a single stat or reference that I posted for any sort of validity and acknowledge that the articles/stats/data even exist.
I mute the trolls so I'm not responding to brent directly, but the "Equivalent ICE vehicle" thing is an interesting one.
My right hand man at work has an EV. Its a cheap family hatchback that does 0-60 faster than most supercars. There isn't an equivalent ICE car. For similar money, most ICE cars 0-60 times are measured in days. -
33 minutes ago, ryoder said:The only people eligible to vote in the Iowa caucus were registered Republicans. They constitute just 34.5% of eligible voters. In a general election the other 2/3 of the electorate will be eligible to vote.
Yeah no I get that - but I'm not seeing the passion (from the other side of the pond admittedly) in the US electorate to KEEP trump out, as much as there was to get him out the first time round. For most of the western world, that's a bit of a worry. I hope I'm wrong on that and D turnout will be good.
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15 hours ago, ryoder said:Some statistics from the Iowa Caucus.
Source: https://independentvoterproject.org/voter-stats/ia
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/15/us/elections/results-iowa-caucus.html
So just 7.8% of GOP-registered voters chose Trump, and they account for 2.7% of Iowa registered voters.
The point is - if this is who turns out for the election because they care the most and are most riled up, Trump is gonna win.
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Wow. R's really got their asses handed to them in that hearing. Although I'm sure the MAGAs probably see it the other way round.
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2 hours ago, ryoder said:A president could be impeached simply for watching TV all day
do you think she had anyone in mind?
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3 minutes ago, billvon said:First off there's not much difference in IQ. Most studies show a less than 10 point difference between democrats and republicans, with the average being around 4 point difference
As an average, that seems quite significant?!
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10 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said:There's no car more expensive than a 'cheap Porsche' (or other expensive exotic).
Very true. Man it’s fast though, and effortless. I’ve built my own lotus 7 replica with plenty of power that’s as fast as anything else (within reason, multi million dollar hypercars aside) burning dinosaur juice, and this blows it into the weeds without making any fuss.
I think I’ll pass this time round, frankly just don’t need it and certainly don’t need the servicing costs.
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Speaking of EVs - I've just been offered a really good deal on a taycan wagon by a friend. Sorely tempted....
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Joe Rogan seems to gain some measure of credibility from the things he DOES know about that then seems to carry over into the other BS he covers. I have never really understood the appeal
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5 hours ago, gowlerk said:Reduce, reuse, recycle. As it should be.
Except the "reduce" part of that is kinda being ignored...
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4 minutes ago, wmw999 said:And, like everything else in life, it’s completely and perfectly binary, with absolutely no shading of any sort
Wendy P.
Oh no he's right - I definitely believe in socialism. It definitely exists.
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8 hours ago, obelixtim said:It will be good to see Rudy living in a cardboard box at the back of Walmart....richly deserved before he starts his jail term.
He'll probably get a room at the four seasons.
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41 minutes ago, billvon said:He's a South African skydiver who started this forum 20 some odd years ago. There was a now-famous meetup at Eloy where all the moderators (at the time) got together with him to do an 8-way.
Hate to make you feel old - but I was here 22 years ago, and I wasn't early to the party I remember when you were still a duck.
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3 hours ago, billvon said:But it's great he found a friend.
I know - its kinda cute. Looks like they need to get a room.
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2 hours ago, jakee said:This is exactly why I think most of the leading flat earthers are just taking the piss.
This has been my suspicion for a while. No one is THAT dumb.
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Don't confuse skeptics and deniers. Deniers aren't that bright and are the ones still trying to make arguments of things they don't really understand, based largely on soundbites from articles they haven't read.
Skeptics are now by and large convinced.
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I'm with you. Of all the moronic, self serving, mind bogglingly stupid things the current government has done and is doing, this is right up there - its at least in the top 25 or so.
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4 hours ago, RonD1120 said:Jesus is coming soon
No she isn't.
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Post trump Legal Actions, Including his Enablers
in Speakers Corner
She's special isn't she.