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If we strip all but the essentials away, then all we really need is a 30 hp or less personal streamlined hybrid vehicle the size of a mini van or smaller that get over 100 mpg. These could still get you any kind of speeding ticket you like...
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08-16-2012, 10:46 AM
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What do they call it when something goes up, then stops going up, and then starts going down instead? (You know, that point when something was at its highest, p-something)
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08-16-2012, 10:52 AM
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max ordinant...
Well at least in guns it is. That is the point when the bullet stops going up and starts to fall. And turns, eventually, from grazing fire into plunging fire.
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08-16-2012, 10:57 AM
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What do they call it when something goes up, then stops going up, and then starts going down instead? (You know, that point when something was at its highest, p-something)
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Apogee?
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08-16-2012, 01:27 PM
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Huh 
Darin, your years of moderating have gotten you weary. The OP was referring to left-thread wing nuts, a purely technical thing.
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FYI: That is a right-threaded wing nut, left-threaded ones are extremely rare.
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08-16-2012, 01:29 PM
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Still waiting for that incisive, irrefutable explanation on why "peak oil" is "blarney"....
Or even that the concept is understood.
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08-16-2012, 01:46 PM
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What do they call it when something goes up, then stops going up, and then starts going down instead? (You know, that point when something was at its highest, p-something)
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... apogee (highest point), the opposite of perigee (lowest point), in non-circular (ellipsoid) orbital science.
...for things oribiting the SUN, it's aphilion (furthest point) and perihlion (nearest point).
...for guns & bullets:
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08-16-2012, 01:56 PM
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What do they call it when something goes up, then stops going up, and then starts going down instead? (You know, that point when something was at its highest, p-something)
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Pinnacle?
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08-16-2012, 03:14 PM
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I don't want this to drift off topic, but panels from China are not that much cheaper then the 100% USA made panels...
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But of course. This is just basic economics: say a US solar panel maker can profitably make & sell at $2/watt, while a Chinese company can make them at $1/watt. Is the Chinese company going to sell them in the US for $1/watt, or for $1.95/watt? |
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08-16-2012, 03:57 PM
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FYI: That is a right-threaded wing nut, left-threaded ones are extremely rare.
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And that's what I get for being lazy and not mirror-imaging it in a picure editor 
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