@ShawnOL said:
Why doesn't doppler radar pick up planes? Hmm.
The answer is that it can and it does! In fact, it was first used to do exactly that, detect airplanes. They found that it was so sensitive that it would pick up cloud cover, making airplane detection useless on cloudy days. They turned it into a weather radar.
Because Doppler measures changing velocity as much as anything, it's great for weather but high grade military stuff still uses it also.
When you're looking at the giant regional map that the weather guy is showing, an airplane would be represented by a Dot that is so tiny That you couldn't see on the superimposed map.
@ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.
Watching video shorts and somehow, the algorithm has this idea that I like the German Shorthair Pointers. (That would be GSP for @OutdoorsSmoke_21191)
And the videos often point out how these dogs have great energy and no boundaries. So this one video features clips of German Shorthair Pointers on top of the dining room tables and kitchen countertops, counter surfing, and the selected music is The Beach Boys, Surfin USA.
"If everybody had an ocean
Across the U.S.A
Then everybody'd be surfin'
Like Californ-i-a
You'd see them wearing their baggies <----(Shorts I have always assumed)
********** sandals too <------(What kind of sandals?)
A bushy bushy blond hairdo
Surfin' U.S.A"
And I realized that I'd heard this song all my life and
never really could hear what kind of sandals they are saying.
I Googled it.
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Less and less demand. At least that’s the industry’s excuse. Does anyone else remember when diesel was pushed as the cheaper alternative to gas? Now it’s electric over gas, leaving diesel out in the cold.
It's a shame, too. Euro-spec BMW autos with the common rail diesel engine get the same performance as the same car with gasoline engines sold here, and get twice the mileage from a gallon of diesel instead of gasoline. Can't have that engine here, because our bureaucracy insists on stupid fixes like DEF. Proving Einstein right again, stupidity has no limits.
But, we can use our inefficient diesel engines to power generators to fuel the electric car.
WTF?
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@Amos_Umwhat said:
It's a shame, too. Euro-spec BMW autos with the common rail diesel engine get the same performance as the same car with gasoline engines sold here, and get twice the mileage from a gallon of diesel instead of gasoline. Can't have that engine here, because our bureaucracy insists on stupid fixes like DEF. Proving Einstein right again, stupidity has no limits.
But, we can use our inefficient diesel engines to power generators to fuel the electric car.
WTF?
It transports the majority of cargo, at some point.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
That’s true, but the way they see it they lose money by selling it as diesel. When it’s broken down to the point of gasoline there are byproducts that are use to make other things.
Kind of like the reason they don’t sell real milk in stores. It’s much more profitable to break it down into cream, butter, cheese, yogurt, etc, and then sell what’s left over as “milk”.
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I’m guessing @VegasFrank could answer that better than anyone.
The answer is that it can and it does! In fact, it was first used to do exactly that, detect airplanes. They found that it was so sensitive that it would pick up cloud cover, making airplane detection useless on cloudy days. They turned it into a weather radar.
Because Doppler measures changing velocity as much as anything, it's great for weather but high grade military stuff still uses it also.
When you're looking at the giant regional map that the weather guy is showing, an airplane would be represented by a Dot that is so tiny That you couldn't see on the superimposed map.
Wife makes our bread and new loaves have some speltz flour mixed in. Man is it good
Watching video shorts and somehow, the algorithm has this idea that I like the German Shorthair Pointers. (That would be GSP for @OutdoorsSmoke_21191)
And the videos often point out how these dogs have great energy and no boundaries. So this one video features clips of German Shorthair Pointers on top of the dining room tables and kitchen countertops, counter surfing, and the selected music is The Beach Boys, Surfin USA.
"If everybody had an ocean
Across the U.S.A
Then everybody'd be surfin'
Like Californ-i-a
You'd see them wearing their baggies <----(Shorts I have always assumed)
********** sandals too <------(What kind of sandals?)
A bushy bushy blond hairdo
Surfin' U.S.A"
And I realized that I'd heard this song all my life and
never really could hear what kind of sandals they are saying.
I Googled it.
Huarache. Huarache sandals.
Now I know. Hippie sandals.
Why do they call it a pair of pants? Why the plural?
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Because it is a pluralia tantum
What he said.
Pair of socks I understand. Pair of pants, Pair of underwear, Pair of shirt? Doesn't make sense.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Would I rather die in a nuclear blast or survive the blast but be in the heavy fallout zone? 🙈
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Got to wondering if Iran scrambled their AF response to bombings and found this video. 🤔
https://x.com/ImMeme0/status/1937227190703431783?t=uk0qAqtFbo2_ypAGCSECCQ&s=19
That's freaking hilarious.
You know you're living in a wealthy country when all of the homeless people have cellphones that are more expensive than your own.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Looking at the lock screen on my phone, it reads 4:04. I can't help thinking it's an error.
With gas prices down, why is diesel so high. It was 35 or 40 cent more than regular, now it about 75 or 80 cent higher.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
Less and less demand. At least that’s the industry’s excuse. Does anyone else remember when diesel was pushed as the cheaper alternative to gas? Now it’s electric over gas, leaving diesel out in the cold.
It's a shame, too. Euro-spec BMW autos with the common rail diesel engine get the same performance as the same car with gasoline engines sold here, and get twice the mileage from a gallon of diesel instead of gasoline. Can't have that engine here, because our bureaucracy insists on stupid fixes like DEF. Proving Einstein right again, stupidity has no limits.
But, we can use our inefficient diesel engines to power generators to fuel the electric car.
WTF?
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
It transports the majority of cargo, at some point.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
They charge it because they can. They've got you by the balls.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
If I remember right you get a lot more Diesel than gas, from a barrel of oil.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
That’s true, but the way they see it they lose money by selling it as diesel. When it’s broken down to the point of gasoline there are byproducts that are use to make other things.
Kind of like the reason they don’t sell real milk in stores. It’s much more profitable to break it down into cream, butter, cheese, yogurt, etc, and then sell what’s left over as “milk”.
@Hawks @OutdoorsSmoke_21191 @Yakster gas prices are down? When were you guys going to tell me?
I don't have problems, just more work to do.
Manufacturing diesel is a byproduct of manufacturing gas.
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
$3.899 for regular. 😉
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Sure, but where is this cheap gas they're talking about?
I don't have problems, just more work to do.
Crude oil to be specific.
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
What's your perspective? Are you comparing to other states or other California locations? 🤷♂️
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@Hawks both
I don't have problems, just more work to do.
Got to pick one, homie.
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