ReconRat

I've seen a couple of them, but had no idea there was one each episode.

yeah, what Casper said. Without going into details. Not a fan.

Do you remember not long ago, the medical community insisted that caffeine dehydrated people. Well, yes, it does. But it won't even come close to removing all the water in a cup of coffee or tea. Off by a huge margin. They gave that one up, it was stupid. There is also water in pretty much all the food we eat. Lots of it.

lol, I already did. Hydrates like Gatorade or such will work much faster. Yes, the water works, but can take too long when de-hydrated to the danger point. So, it's either Gatorade or a trip to the ER for help. De-hydration can shut down internal organs quickly, leaving permanent crippling damage. But that would be more like getting lost in the desert and nearly dying of thirst.

If you are dehydrated, water won't do much good and could kill you. If you don't want to be dehydrated, drink water.

These pics have been around for a year or two. Most of the stuff is close to each other out there in the desert. For once I don't know exactly what they are doing. Basics are: it's a series of isolated test sites. Built for isolation and secrecy, but not from satellite observation. I'm going to have to guess weapons testing of some sort. What type is a mystery. If you look really close, some of the roads lead up to tunnel entrances on the sides of the mountains. Try this one: It's a scale model of somewhere. http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2011/11/15/2774780/gal-land-china5-600x400.jpg Or this one. Something about this one is rather disturbing. This is repeated attempts to do something, but what? And why all pointed the same direction? Each set nearly the same set of decreasing scale structures, each with a wall around it. No clue. http://www.world-mysteries.com/cn_12.jpg There's a ton of stuff like this in Iran also, but much easier to understand what it is.

Agreed. And probably just bad timing economically. But the appearance of Rotax in the H-D lineup, right when calling it quits, is still significant. Whether it's the cause or not. Just looks like they wanted to get rid of it.

Here, have a nurse android. The most real robot I've seen yet. I keep waiting for her(it) to reach out and slap someone for messing with. Japanese nurse robot (Actroid-F) 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFVlzUAZkHY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q4qwLknKag&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLF60FB0F9659047DD

Personally, I think going to the new Rotax is what broke the deal. More or less too much for H-D to handle emotionally. Little engines over the years were ok, for little bikes. But something large, V-twin, and a potential competitor was too much. Too bad, Rotax rocks in all it's various forms.

lol, I remember a Willys Jeep getting stuck on the side of a hill hauling firewood. A farm tractor got stuck trying to tow it. Used a gutted big block Chevy posi-traction station wagon with only a frame and no body to tow out the tractor, Jeep, and the firewood. All at the same time, hooked together. I've seen big block station wagons beat 4x4s on hill climbs. That was fun.

One more thing. We got one of our own, it's in orbit experimenting on it's own with learning zero gee gravity. NASA's Robonaut 2. It doesn't have legs, but you don't need legs in zero gee. Guess we'll buy Honda legs for our GM robot later, when we need them. Upgrades will include one leg, two legs, wheels, rover chassis, and EVA capabilities to fly in space. Eventually it will put on a maneuvering backpack and fly around outside the space station and fix stuff. Or go along to the Moon or Mars to do the boring dirty work. http://robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov/default.asp http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/robonaut.html edit: There is some tasks that will happen right away, like changing air filters in the space station. No one likes to do that. Boring. On another planet, it would make a good gardener, growing food. Or a good prospector, out digging up important stuff and bringing it back. Air, water, and metals. Nutrients/organics if it can find them.

02 wj w/ slightly larger tires, no lift 89 xj stock and rusty, 5spd and a lot of miles

lol, give that puppy a coat of kevlar camo and a rifle... yehahhh edit: although reality is that rich 1% will buy them to walk the dog

Have fun with it... Large Harley dealer sues Harley Manufacturing for recent changes/regulations on sales. The dealership figures to lose 8 million in sales. Harley-Davidson puts brakes on dealer sales-lawsuit The lawsuit is St. Paul Motorsports, Inc., d/b/a St. Paul Harley-Davidson, vs. Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc., d/b/a Harley-Davidson Motor Company; No 0:11-cv-03229-PJS-TNL in the United States District Court For The District Of Minnesota Third Division.

Nearly every man in my family tree and quite a few women, served in the US military or the British military if looking back before there was a USA. I'm proud of every one of them, and today, Veteran's Day, is for the memory of them.

Yeah, only dealt with a lien once. I paid it off at his bank, and received the title directly from the bank. He called that bank to see if they would do that. The bank will notarize the transfer. You walk out the owner. If the sale amount is higher or lower, pay or receive that at the same time. This only works if the title is kept local at the bank holding the lien. As noted, many titles are squirreled away at a national location. I have no idea how to transact that, and would keep looking somewhere else. edit: well ok, I bought my Jeep from a neighbor, and I paid off her loan for her. But that was some one I knew and trusted. It took a while to figure out where the "out of town" title went. It was mailed directly to the Ohio BMV, waiting for me and her. When I found that out, we both went down and transferred ownership. Still was pretty smooth, considering the Jeep was owned by her husband that died. She had to have the BMV paperwork filed ahead of time for that, to take over ownership.

hmmm, had two attempted lane changes into me this morning. Pretty much typical. But I was in the SUV, just like them. So I ignored them. And guess what? They back off and get out of the way. Makes me wonder if not a good percentage just want to force their way into another lane. I'm thinking so. They see you sometimes on a motorcycle, they just don't care. And yet another lesson, I almost blew through a yellow yesterday, but decided not to. Nasty intersection, you never know what will happen there. And this little dirt bag car to my left, yanks it over into my lane, barely clearing both me (on the bike) and the truck that was in front of them in that left lane, and blew through the yellow/red, swerving hard enough to nearly hit the curb on the opposite side. Geez... glad I backed off and was already on the brakes.

Electric vehicles have a huge negative impact on the environment when it comes time to scrap them (or even change out the batteries). Even something as hugenormous as a Hummer is pretty tame when it's recycled. It's basically all steel and iron. That won't change until methods evolve to handle the expired batteries cheaply and safely. Most green vehicle on the planet. Old school VW bug. 100% recyclable.

Would you rather have 100 to 500 more channels of the same or worse? I watch maybe 4 channels on cable, and most of it is reruns...

Don't forget that new rabbits have to be quarantined before joining with other rabbits in a community. Too easy to transmit fatal rabbit diseases. It's ok though, it's a precaution to prevent losing the entire herd. Err... warren... whatever... I found a nice one turned loose in my neighborhood. It took up residence in the yard with a couple of the neighbor's cats. I caught it in a live trap with a mixed salad, and ran it up to the animal shelter in Hillard. The only one that will take rabbits. It was a tame rabbit, it liked the cage.

Everyone's just bored because it got cold and not fun to ride. And hunting season has started up. And everyone needs Winter hobbies of some sort.

It will be interesting to see what it sells for. It does have about $1500 in optional parts on it. edit: And I see it has the skid pan to match the crash bars. The seller didn't mention that. More bucks.

Heh... not even supposed to eject a hangfire/misfire right away. It might go off on it's own, after ejecting. Yeah, rare... but you never know. Should count to 30 and then eject it. Seriously important on artillery pieces when it don't go off. Nowhere in the operator's manual does it say look down the barrel and hollar "Hello bullet? Are you down there?"

A digital photo scans from side to side and maybe from top to bottom. If the camera was cold, it might have goofed at the start of each scan from left to right. If it was top to bottom, it was working at first, and started to goof as it went down. If it was bottom to top, it got better as it was scanning. It's a complete white out with no detail. Looks like it scanned a null signal for those pixels. Hope it doesn't do that again, it really is unusual.

This is interesting too; Gerber DOD contract for troops, uses smaller stainless steel wire instead of copper. It heats up faster. Tuned at great expense for even heat, but state of the art. http://www.gerbing.com/Technology/howItWorks.php edit: also picked this up: Don't route the wiring over the collarbones, the shoulder blades, under the rear or armpit areas, the inside leg area, the spinal cord or the elbows.