Draco-REX

Rear tires are too skinny. And what's with the stretch and poke? It's not a VW.

I don't expect much from an action movie; like I said above. Hell, I love Shoot 'Em Up which has its plot in the title. But the first Expendables just felt short. Not fell short, but felt short. I hope this new one will feel more complete.

Must be Japanese Ketchup.

Ehh.. The payload is tiny. Anything that small could be delivered more reliably and more precisely by other means.

That should have been in the LOL thread. :lolguy:

I want our country to be a profitable business with all of its citizens as shareholders.

Yup, where the old Blockbuster used to be, across Federated from Chipotle. 6520 actually.

I wish there had been something similar to thsi when I was in High School. Programs that encourage kids to *grow* rather than just pass are something I support. I'll donate a whole ratchet/bit set. I'm at the new Advance on Sawmill. I can't donate it as Advance, but I can do it myself. I'm here till 5 today, and 7:30 - 12:30 tomorrow.

Would you be able to pick something up in the Sawmill area?

I'm a bit of an action movie slut. As long as I get a lot of explosions, guns, and a healthy dose of escapism I'm ok with it. For example, Shoot 'Em Up and Crank are two of my favorite pure-action films. But The Expendables disappointed me. It had a lot of potential, but so much "talent" was in the film that all the stuff I normally enjoy felt kind of, well, short. The movie felt like it was just 1 hour long. It was as if I watched only a couple scenes out of Rambo rather than an entire movie. The credits took me by surprise. Hopefully 2 will fix that.

All government officials should be paid minimum wage.

Sawmill usually has it and I used to find it at the Henderson one also. Never been in the Polaris one.

I'll pick one up on the way home from work tomorrow. If you want to check out RCE, Barnes and Nobel usually carries it.

I'll have to check out Racer and take a closer look at F1. Last time I checked out F1 it seemed more about the money and lifestyle than the tech.

I created an account for family, but never really wanted to get into it. I gae it a try and now I just poke it about once every other week or so. The lack of true filtering of incoming and outgoing data is a joke. So I wouldn't care if FB suddenly disappeared.

As long as they continue to give a license to anyone with a heartbeat they can't target the people individually, only pass sweeping legislation that covers everyone.

I would love to see all the cellphones disappear from driver's hands. Every day I come up behind someone going slower than surrounding traffic or unable to choose a lane because they're texting or talking on their cell. It's fucking ridiculous and shouldn't happen. But I don't see it being enforced. As above, there's still people who drive in bad conditions without lights, have cars with no functioning brakelights, and I still see people texting on the road even when it's supposed to be banned in Columbus. It drives me nuts that these people think it's ok to endanger the lives of those around them, but I don't see a solution as long as the cops don't give a shit.

Because you can't always keep a satellite over the same spot or have it do fly-bys on command. Geo-sync really only works over the equator and there's a crapload of stuff there already. Also, because satellites are on reasonably predictable orbits, you can hide stuff when you know they're overhead. This happened a lot during the cold war. And a predator drone can look sideways at something whereas a satellite will always be looking downwards.

You do realize you can never complain about das borgen ever again now, right?

Yeah. There's an Zone guy assigned to work AT CarMax to source parts. The larger CarMax dealerships actually have an AutoZone in them.

I also worry about the strength of the Subaru transmission. But I think it'll be fine as long as not too much as asked of it. The finished car will be almost half the weight of a stock WRX and the custom rear axles should be beefier than the stock WRX axles. We'll see about gears. Either way, I'm putting hardened gears in mine, but I haven't decided which ratios to go with. The lighter weight might make the 5mt stock ratios actually preferable in an AutoX environment. On the Plus side of things, it'll have dual wishbone front suspension, multilink rear, and coilovers standard. The finished car will be about the size of a Miata, but with a longer wheelbase, slightly wider track width, noticeably less weight, and potentially MUCH more power. This thing is going to handle like a dream and be scary quick.

Hate to tell ya, but that won't be built. Dave specifically stated that he wasn't interested in building that car. I'm not sure why he's continuing to consider Jim's car also, other than loyalty towards his employee. I believe he's keeping Jim's as an option in case the other two prove impossible to build. Current designs being considered are: My personal Fav, RodneyO's Design http://www.f5builds.com/documents/myviper.jpg http://www.unoverse.com/factoryfive/side5.jpg Xabier's design (Front end is being worked over) http://www.factoryfive.com/whatsnew/update/nextcar/images/xabieralbizuponce%20entry_small.jpg http://www.factoryfive.com/images/ffforum/818model1teaser2.jpg http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l619/xabier-albizu/Sideview-racing.jpg Jim's (noone likes this, but it's being redesigned, possibly with Vman's help) http://www.factoryfive.com/818/images/1c.jpg http://www.factoryfive.com/818/images/4a.jpg

Two words come to mind: Basket Case. You might want to shop car ads from AZ or similar dry states for a rust-free example. Being a 2nd gen, it won't be as hard to find a good one. Compare the price vs new panels from YearOne and body work labor. Also, if the fenders are that bad, how's the floor pan or frame?

Countdown to V-GER http://ditl.org/gptz/GVger6.jpg and V-GINY http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4jweburGu1qcnzjbo1_500.png