The COMMUNISTS made the BEST CARS!
" In a rare informational video, I show you how to steal my Trabant if you happen to find it with the keys inside. Typically, I don't let this happen, but you'll be prepared to make off in my communist box if I do. I'm not worried. You won't exactly outrun the police in a Trabant. Of course, all of these instructions assume you already know how to drive a car with a manual. I'm not letting you near my Trabant if you don't already know that."
"Electric motors do not have the same limitations as internal combustion engines. They produce the same amount of torque at near zero as they do at high rpm. Turning slower does not use less battery power. The load is what determines how much power the car uses. Eliminating a gearbox also has the advantage of eliminating weight and gearbox losses, which makes the load smaller. And finally, doing so conforms to a long standing wisdom that engineers often forget. It called the KISS principle."
"It's that time of year when a simple walk down the street can be a treacherous undertaking because of the icy sidewalks. Emergency rooms in the U.S. treat more people injured in falls than for any other kind of injury, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The agency estimates that falls account for more than a third of all injury-related ER visits. Even though most of those injuries happen to older people, falls happen at any age and can cause serious injury. If you know you're about to slip and fall on the ice, there may be no way to prevent it, but there are things you can do reduce your risk of serious injury."
From Youtube: "When I was a kid in the 70's, there were still a bunch of 2-color signals around New York city, and this is how they changed indications. I was fascinated by these...especially since we didn't have them in Jersey."
"Oregon passed a law at the turn of the year which allows people in rural areas to pump their own gas. So what? Is that it? What do I care? All the above are perfectly understandable reactions to a seemingly mundane piece of legal news, which you wouldn’t expect to make much of a splash outside of the few counties affected."
"However, this is a big deal for some Oregonians, many of whom have reacted to the law change with a fury that many outsiders find bizarre, and quite amusing. Scroll down below to check out some of the reactions from the internet at large, and feel free to add your own take on the issue in the comments!"
This is a good demonstration on how traffic lights work, at least those controlled by mechanical cams. It used to be all kinds of devices were controlled by cams like these, but these cam mechanisms have become mostly replaced by integrated circuit controllers hooked up to mechanical relays or transistors.
After reading this article you will have no better idea what a dope slap is...