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Capricorn

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  1. is it so boutique visiting this online establishment is by invite and appointment only?
  2. ironically, it looks like a typical presentation of flow around a foil (specifically a turbine blade) in stall or with severe flow separation.
  3. Star Trek Discovery Season 2 was fuggin amazeballs! Absolutely loving the show. It's not perfect by any means, but it has great elements that bodes well for the series to continue. Star trek is telling a good story again.
  4. one of the reasons I like brit shows. They seem to end appropriately as opposed to getting chopped. that said, still have a few seasons of Arrow, Flash to get through *sigh* 1st world problems.
  5. Incorporated: took me almost two years to start watching it, but happy and disappointed i did: it's a great show that got canned, but it set a benchmark I believe that i hope other shows explore. Quite surprising it's not based on a book because the world building was exceptional. definitely a must-watch for all sci-fi fans.
  6. and it's finally revealed at Sea Otter. Great observation there Capricorn! Fox Racing website No MIPS = lower price? Some reviewer is going to call this good value for money, but since it's a lid with no contemporary measure to mitigate risk of concussion, is cheaper really better? the argument for something is better than nothing is not really a good one anymore, because you don't need to be at risk of cracking your egg to suffer major brain trauma.
  7. nevermind, we still on a path to some global war: the wreckage was found, pilot still missing.
  8. stealth jet goes missing? defection?
  9. anyone remember the drive-in? parked on the woops section, single speaker thingy hanging off an open window, which was a pita if the night was cold. My dad used to us to the near year's show at Skyview, Tokai or at Goodwood. Think ET was one movie I remember watching. tjanked like a baby when ET did a mary poppins.
  10. stock price disagrees with you. As most investor notes have stated: the downside of this whole disaster is already built into the stock price. There's only up from here.
  11. as much as it burns, I appreciate the reminder that MTB trail network spans continents. Fort William is still on my bucket list. And after following the last EWS, that trail in Tasmania looks crazy good. but if you said morzine is closer and cheaper, you would probably be right
  12. same way you know someone's going to morzine?
  13. and not one squat, good morning or deadlift. of all the things NOT to do. wtf duane
  14. another article that summarises salient points in an attempt to bring the bigger picture back into focus: was the regulatory clearing process flawed and what else is lurking underneath that could cause another plane crash? In the current political climate, I expect the senate sub-committee hearing to be the shiny gloss lipstick on the pig. That said, there's a republican heading up the sub-committee into an issue that cropped up during the democrat regime. This is political cannonfodder.
  15. Hanna... erm ya hey. i had such high hopes for it after watching E01. It wasn't bad, but it could have been so much better, IMO that is.
  16. my doberman used to like the front lights off: it allowed him to sneak up behind ppl that made it to the front door. Never growled till he had cut off your exit. He was sneaky like that
  17. RET is clearly expensive.
  18. Which one will impact survivability of F1 racing more: racing politics, or rise of the electric car+global environmentalism? I haven't followed F1 for years now, so it's pretty much habitually off my spectating radar. However, that series: F1: The drive to survive has reminded me of how interesting F1 can be, and this weekend, I loosely followed the both the qualifying and racing via the internet. there's life in them F1 legs, they just need to market is better. That F1 series was a really good start.
  19. not sure if this was posted previously (albeit, i have vague memory that someone may have linked to a NY Times story previously, just can't recall if it's the same one). NY Times In response to that article, I find this response on Ars Technica pretty much on point:
  20. SRAM has released an upgraded version of the Guide, SRAM G2. Apparently, the weight of guides with the stopping power of Codes. edit:not really the same power as codes, only 7% increase in power over current Guides. Codes are still top of the sram brake power pile. Along with the new lever bodies, and calipers, SRAM is releasing a new brakepad compound: Power organic.
  21. i see Radebe is mouthing off about the amount of money and timeline required to fix the power situation: 11 years and R1trillion. R1trillion..... That damn number keeps coming up, and i fear its a mindscrew on the public to "come to their own conclusion" that zuma's nuclear fleet ambitions were are appropriate, almost prophetic. The political ambivalence in charting a more sustainable, greener solution to our future power requirements is turning into political unwillingness. I wonder if Putain is calling in the chits on the nuclear deal So if we have to spend that amount over that period of time, the question for us is: how do we prefer it being spent? The other side of this coin is: what's being done about south africa's industrial base? All this focus on energy alone is pointless without an equal focus on the demand necessary to justify the additional expenditure on generating capacity. The Demand base also just happens to be the answer to our unemployment dilemma. In my view, the whole current political outlook and social debate is polarised to only one aspect.
  22. If the thread fits, it will work, grub or cap screw. Nor does it matter that one end is thread-free. File it off if you are OCD that way. But if the grub screws are cheaper and plentiful, go with that.
  23. What you refer to I understand as battery capability: it can handle short duration, high power draws, as well as continuous substantial power draws afterward. This is the nature of a deep cycle battery, which is perfect for solar power applications. Coupled to charge controller appropriate for the battery, it will do just fine in a domestic application. But i fear the costs simply because of it's robust design.
  24. I find that curious as well. Unless those batteries require contact with sea water to function properly, i don't understand why it cannot be used as normal batteries. what about their operating environment makes their use so specific? Without more detailed info, i call bollocks.
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