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by linksnapzz 11y ago
Yeah, that's a tough one. The intersection set of (mfr. w/ quality reputation) && (mfr of 4-seat convertibles) has been getting smaller and smaller, at least in the US. On the bright side, Wranglers tend to be bought by ow
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by linksnapzz 11y ago
Hooboy...not exactly the vehicle I'd pick as an exemplar of domestic mfr. attention to assembly detail. It used to be that the bits on a Wrangler (or CJ-5, CJ-7 etc.) that were made out of steel or iron would be reliable; the rest of i
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by linksnapzz 11y ago
Gaseous literatwaddle. Serious historians can tell you all about King Phillip's War. There's no need to try and parse Cotton Mather for insights about the modern US; that makes as much sense as reading Seneca to find out who Matte
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by linksnapzz 11y ago
It's great to see rote grade-grinding (in HS, no less) mistaken for achievement, and rampant credential-grubbing seen as the path to material success & respectability. It's exactly that kind of mindset that for 300 years has m
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by linksnapzz 11y ago
If you haven't read it, the autobiography of his career at GM "On A Clear Day, You Can See General Motors" is worth a look. Some very nice stuff in there, and corresponds well with what others have said about the company.
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by linksnapzz 11y ago
...or, making sure that the customer was aware of IBM's own published documentation, linked to in the paper, which explains the difference in how CPU utilization may be calculated by AIX vs. Linux on the same hardware. You might wish t
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by linksnapzz 11y ago
I had a big long post written about the why and how of the gas tax in the USA, and the economics of consumer preference, the history of American car design, and the implications of the historic price of fuel on car design, penetration of au
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by linksnapzz 11y ago
The best description I've found of why things are the way they are in Russia, by Matthew Maly: http://russia-as-it-is.ru/en/articles-in-english/ He describes what are actually very tragic, sad circumstances e
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by linksnapzz 11y ago
Perhaps Larry C. could raise his profile with the New Yorker by joining NAMBLA. I'm sure that it was an innocent oversight on Bebergal's part to omit that detail about Delaney from the piece.
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by linksnapzz 12y ago
If sharks actually had dicks, they'd probably be covered with dermal denticles. http://marinelife.about.com/od/glossary/g/dermaldenticle.htm This may not be something you'd want to line headphones w
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by linksnapzz 12y ago
In the link, you can see a chart, showing the hardware capabilities of a high-end workstations, sampled at roughly ten-year intervals. In twenty-five years, hardware capability has changed dramatically, while the kind of software used to ge
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by linksnapzz 12y ago
Love the work you've done Bryan, but your response above does nothing to engage the salient points made in the link && elsewhere. Yes, we have better ways of getting performance metrics than truss, circa Solaris 2.5…and thank y
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by linksnapzz 12y ago
Imagine the headline: "A Teenager Gets Grilled by Her Dad About Why She's Not That into Motorcycle Repair" "A Teenager Gets Grilled by Her Dad About Why She's Not That into Salvage Diving" "A Teenager Gets
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by linksnapzz 13y ago
Not just "one" model of Cray-at least the Cray-1, XMP, C90, T916/932, T3E…were cooled by liquid HFCs. At five million+ $$ per system, the cost of using Fluorinert as opposed to mineral oil in the coolant cycle isn't even