Humor Random Comments Thread

[Urwumpe]

Rear drum brakes are still commonly seen on some variants of b-segment and smaller cars in Europe (think Fiesta/Polo/Ibiza) and light commercial vehicles.

Polo for a while no more. I think the last Polo with drum brakes was from 1994, after all, they are now in the same class as a 2004 Golf.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Drum brakes are cheaper and simpler than disk brakes, but they don't have the same braking capacity as disk brakes. For low end vehicles, you tend to see disk brakes in front (where they are more effective), drums in the rear (because less braking load, and reduced cost).

You tend to see disk brakes front and back on higher end vehicles where performance trumps cost.

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

 

[Andy44]

A similar map of the USA would be centered on New Jersey, which is where all the Italian-Americans live, and where there is a good Italian restaurant on every corner.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

A similar map of the USA would be centered on New Jersey, which is where all the Italian-Americans live, and where there is a good Italian restaurant on every corner.

I'd refine that to North New Jersey, closer to the tri-state area.

Although, I don't know if any food in America actually gets to the biotoxic stage of Surströmming. The Norwegian bachelor farmers in Minnesota still do lutefisk, but that is basically just dried whitefish and lye. It is merely sad, not toxic.

 

[ISProgram]

Well, I like my fake pizza dammit!

 

[Urwumpe]

Surströmming was responsible for a women to be thrown out of her rented flat, after she had opened a tin of it in the stairwell. The case went even to court and things looked pretty favorable for her... until she opened a tin in court.

 

[ISProgram]

Apparently when you eat that thing, it's CHALLENGING to vomit first after just the FIRST bite, as opposed to before.

Well. According to that culinary map, it's between "Aesthetically Tasteless" and "Toxic", so not far off.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

My Christmas present has arrived early!

A 14 foot span, wonder what it could be?

 

[mojoey]

A steam turbine? Just a wild guess, is all.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Yup, that's one (of three) LP turbines.

 

[Scav]

My Christmas present has arrived early!

A 14 foot span, wonder what it could be?

The blue zone is for loading and unloading only, right?

 

[jedidia]

Just great... I'm in a state now where the yackety sax starts playing in my head as soon as I hear the word "refactoring" :facepalm:

 

[Urwumpe]

The blue zone is for loading and unloading only, right?

No, it is the whole zone where the maintenance takes part - its sticky blue mats everywhere from the foreground to the turbine cases. There are used for removing possible contamination from shoes and wheels and for avoiding early maintenance of the floor below.

 

[Notebook]

My Christmas present has arrived early!

A 14 foot span, wonder what it could be?

Turbine, Turbine! Here's one we did earlier...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5bQqih0GEA

N.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

No, it is the whole zone where the maintenance takes part - its sticky blue mats everywhere from the foreground to the turbine cases. There are used for removing possible contamination from shoes and wheels and for avoiding early maintenance of the floor below.

Also lets you see if you dropped that little 1/4" nut you're trying to fit onto a stud inside of the current project, whether it be a low-pressure steam turbine, a small gas turbine, or a 250,000 lbf rocket engine...

 

[PhantomCruiser]

I received it early, so I figured why not unwrap it early. Inspecting what'll be out new Bravo LP turbine comes next.

 

[Capt_hensley]

Is this really so unreasonable?

Alienware 18 Laptop....
Fastest I7 or I9 available, real non-mobile processor, no overclocking
64 gig main ram, fastest available
three integrated 18" minimum Ultra HD IPS monitors
best nVidia video cards available, supports 6 monitors, 3 integrated, 3 external Ultra HD IPS monitors at least 16gb ram min.
nVidia 980M or better x3 with 1080p minimum resolution (think Matrox C680, but with 16gb memory)
2 Internal, 1 is removable, all SSD drives, 512 gig each = 1tb internal storage, 4 E-Sata ports Left or rear panel
Integrated USB 3.0 or greater, 4 ports on left side minimum
Integrated Dual layer Ultra BDE Burner on left side, tray loading
Integrated Dual Cat5e 1gb Ethernet ports on left side or rear panel
Any battery with 10 hours duty life at maximum load
Integrated 8-10 type smart media reader, right side
Three port audio left or rear panel
Integrated Wireless
Integrated Bluetooth
No operating system installed, 1 MS license for win7 Pro or win10 Pro
1 license for MS office PRO with Visio and Project 2013 or better(not negotiable)
1 license for Adobe CS6 or better(optional)
5 year parts and labor warranty, with AD and drop protection
This system would constitute the best gaming or CAD/CAM design Laptop available
Under $4000.00 USD price tag.

In this day and age, I don't think so!!!

 

[Thunder Chicken]

I received it early, so I figured why not unwrap it early. Inspecting what'll be out new Bravo LP turbine comes next.

Great pics. Who's the vendor? Siemens?

 

[Andy44]

No, it is the whole zone where the maintenance takes part - its sticky blue mats everywhere from the foreground to the turbine cases. There are used for removing possible contamination from shoes and wheels and for avoiding early maintenance of the floor below.

Listen, buddy, don't tell me which zone is for stopping and which is for loading!

I know what this is really about... You want me to have an abortion.