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| 2006/12/19-28 [Transportation/Car/RoadHogs, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:45471 Activity:high |
12/19 What do you wish to have for Christmas? Put anything you want, like
Nintendo Wii, World Peace, Death of all SUV drivers, whatever.
\_ I want two hours worth of lap dance from Crazy Horse with this
particular dancer I like.
\_ I want to be special and own a 4200 sq ft McMansion only 60 miles
away from the city just like everyone else. I also want an H2 so
that I don't have to make frequent trips to/from Walmart, and
actually, a pollutionless H2 so those damn hippies don't curse
at me on the road. Lastly I want my freeway to be void of other
drivers and ESPECIALLY hippies so that I don't have to run over
them when I'm in a hurry.
\_ Hybrid Humvee:
http://evworld.com/archives/conferences/evs14/humvee.html
350hp. 0-50mph in 7sec. 18mpg. Climbs 60% grade at 17mph and
fords 5ft of water (think New Orleans). It even has a stealth
mode.
\_ "In addition, the vehicle gets twice the fuel economy at 18 mpg
enabling it to carry a smaller fuel tank, while retaining the
same 300 miles range."
OK, just think about that for a second, and why it's obviously
bullshit unless these things are solely used for stop and go
traffic...by the armed forces... and if they are... who cares
about range? Ugh. Stupidity.
\_ Range is important in reconnaissance missions.
\_ Very much so, but hybridizing a vehicle doesn't increase
its absolute ("highway") mileage. You might gain a
little by using the smaller motor, but that's gonna be
cancelled by the weight of the batteries and electrical
subsystem. This is why the hybrids that actually show
really good numbers also have low resistance tires,
low drag coeff., etc.
\_ What is stopping you?
\_ Maybe he has a wife who has put a tracking beacon on him. Or
maybe he means getting it for free.
\_ G600
\_ That means Google -> 600. Hilarious.
\_ I want soda to work like it did a couple years ago.
\_ make it deux
\_ Nokia 770
\_ Nokia 77
\_ Nokia E70
\_ Bush in front of the ICC for his crimes.
\_ ICC has no spine w/o the U.S.
\_ No one said it had to be a realistic fantasy...
\_ Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Libby, Bremmer, and rest hawkish, pro-war
neocons being throw to Iraq outside the Greenzone. Let them
experience the democracy and better life they've created for
the Iraqi people first hand.
\_ I'm sure they loved it under Saddam
\_ You liberal nutjobs serving a day in the military
\_ at least people don't die at the rate of 100 a day under
Saddam. Physical protection is always more important
than political freedom. If you live in LA slum and worry
about being shot everyday, be able to vote or not is probably
the last thing on your mind.
\_ Give me freedom or give me death! I'll take freedom
over food, shelter, and sex! FREEDOM!!! -American
\_ 9 out of 10 Iraqis say that things were better before the
invasion:
http://www.csua.org/u/hs7
Original source:
link:www.csua.org/u/hs6
The Iraq Centre for Research and Strategic Studies used to
be hired by the American CPA until that body left Iraq, so
they should probably have at least some credibility.
FYI, in over half the Western Countries surveyed by Ipsos,
a plurality thought that Iraq was better off under SH, as well:
http://www.ipsos-mori.com/polls/2006/ap.shtml
\_ You liberal nutjobs serving a day in the military, like Cheney,
and Bolton, and Wolfowitz, and Pearle and Scooter and Rove and
Brooks and Krauthhammer and Delay and Hastert and Lieberman and
Feith.
\_ I walked along Telegraph Ave almost every night for a year and
a half. That's gotta be at least equivalent! - jvarga
\_ Well... I spent three years in the 82nd Airborne. -ausman
\_ hmm... serve under those who dodged the draft... inspiring!
\_ Obviously you were never in the military during the
Clinton years.
\_ obviously Clinton never needed over 130,000 troops in
a hostile territory. what the fuck are you smoking jlee?
\_ I'm glad you can ID me but not ID yourself.
\_ A wife with ample bosom and hot body.
\_ As your genie I grant you your wish.
*POOF*
"Not tonight dear, I have a headache."
\_ http://www.divinebreasts.com/i/pod/pod75.jpg
\_ That is not hot body. Pre-reduction Christina Ricci body was
hot body. (Her face is another matter.)
\_ How about http://85.17.40.9:88/22a/full/116/1168550884.jpg ?
\_ Yucks! I want Sakurako-Kaoru-type. |
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| evworld.com/archives/conferences/evs14/humvee.html Representatives of the news media assembled on the grounds of Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida for a demonstration of a new hybrid-electric HMMWV (Humvee). In a steady drizzle, a standard diesel-powered "Hummer" rumbled into view and slowly approached the damp, but curious group of reporters. It quickly became apparent that something was amiss, this wasn't the vehicle the press had come to see. Instead, with their attention momentarily diverted, the real hybrid-electric Hummer silently crept up from behind to within inches of the crowd before the announcer asked the assembly to turn around to view what some are calling the Army's new "Corvette in Camouflage." You couldn't have asked for a more effective demonstration of the stealth capabilities of this one-of-a-kind prototype military vehicle. The result of a joint engineering effort by a consortium including the US Army's Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TAC), DARPA, the Southern Coalition for Advanced Transportation, Unique Mobility, PEI Electronics and others, the hybrid-electric HMMWV cost less than $2 million dollars in development costs, according to Daniel Tudor, senior program manager for PEI Electronics of Huntsville, Alabama. Corvette in Fatigues While the Hybrid-Hummer looks like the standard Humvee on the exterior, complete with olive-drab and flat black camouflage, underneath its workaday fatigues is a remarkable power plant capable to surprising acceleration and speeds up to 80 miles per hour, a good 10 miles faster than the standard issue HMMWV Its zero-to-fifty mph time is seven seconds, twice as fast as the stock model. It can climb a 60% grade at 17 mph, two and half times faster than stock. In addition, the vehicle gets twice the fuel economy at 18 mpg enabling it to carry a smaller fuel tank, while retaining the same 300 miles range. The vehicle can also ford streams up to a depth of five feet without swamping or stalling. The only trade-off of the current prototype design is a 540 pound loss of payload, presumably taken by the heavy lead/acid batteries. The hybrid version has a rated payload of 1700 pounds, while the stock version is 2,240 pounds. Small Humvee The heart of this new generation military vehicle is its hybrid-electric propulsion system consisting of four 55kW brushless DC electric motors (peaked rated to 75kW), one for each wheel and a 19 liter turbo-charged diesel engine-generator set capable of turning out 55kW of electric power. The diesel-generator can provide power either to the drive train or to the vehicle's 288 VDC advanced lead/acid battery pack. Rated at 350 hp in hybrid mode, the combination gives the Hybrid-Hummer its sports car like performance, as well as its stealth capabilities which is activated by throwing a switch on the console between the two front seats. Going stealth turns off the turbo-diesel and draws power from the 85 amp hour battery pack giving the Humvee a 20 mile range in silent mode (40 miles using NiMH batteries). This virtually eliminates the vehicle's infrared signature, making it nearly invisible to enemy night vision devices. Inside Humvee's Cabin Even with its turbo-diesel/generator running, the Hybrid-Hummer is amazingly quiet, both inside and out. EV World's editor in chief was able to video tape inside the vehicle during its last demonstration drive at the 14th Electric Vehicle Symposium and easily carried on a conversation with the driver. But for the crunch of the tires on the pavement, you can't hear this trooper coming. The noise you hear on the video is from an auxiliary generator powering lights at nearby exhibit tents. Another advantage of individual electric drive to each wheel is the Humvee can be made to turn like a tank, locking or reversing the wheels inside the turn, giving the vehicle an unmatched turning radius. The system also lends itself readily to robotic adaptation, letting the vehicle tackle missions too dangerous for manned operations, such as traversing a mine field. The Army is also working on other hybrid-electrical military vehicles including the M113 and the Bradley fighting vehicle as part of a $43 million development effort funded by DARPA. In addition to improved performance on the battlefield, hybrid-electrics can provide temporary electric power during natural disasters, such as emergency power to a hospital or crisis command center. A hint of where the Army sees this technology going came from a TAC representative who indicated that the Army was working on an all-electric replacement for the M1-A Abrams battle tank complete with an electric canon. Clearly, the battlefield of the future will not only find stealthy aircraft in the skies and stealthy ships at sea, but an equally silent and nearly invisible army on land. For The Latest News, Interviews and Previews of Electric Vehicles... |
| www.csua.org/u/hs7 -> www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15901.htm Aljazeera " -- -- More than 90 per cent of Iraqis believe the country is worse off now than before the war in 2003, according to new research obtained by Al Jazeera. A survey of 2,000 people by the Iraq Centre for Research and Strategic Studies found that 95 per cent of respondents believe the security situation has deteriorated since the arrival of US forces. The findings follow a poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal that found that less than one in four Americans approves of George Bush's administration's handling of the conflict in Iraq. It also comes as armed men attacked the convoy of Iraq's vice-president and as up to 30 Iraqis were kidnapped in Baghdad on Thursday. NBC reported that only 23 per cent of respondents backed the president's strategy, representing an 11-point drop since the last NBC poll in October. Bush delays Iraq speech Nearly seven in 10 respondents said they felt less confident the war would come to a successful conclusion, NBC said. Fifty three per cent said the US did not have an obligation to killed or wounded American soldiers to remain in Iraq. Nearly 66 per cent of respondents to the Iraqi survey thought violence would decrease if US forces were to leave Thirty-eight per cent were also "unconfident" that Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, would be able to improve the situation in Iraq and nearly 90 per cent described the government's implementation of its commitments and promises as very poor. Meanwhile, the security situation deteriorated even further on the ground in Iraq when about 100 armed men wearing military uniforms kidnapped dozens of merchants in a busy commercial street in the centre of Baghdad. Witnesses and security officials said the men arrived in about 20 silver sports utility vehicles and grabbed between 20 and 30 people in the Sinak commercial area of Rashid Street. In another incident in the capital on Thursday the convoy of Adel Abdul Mahdi, the vice president, came under attack, but there were no immediate reports of any injuries. Officials from the interior ministry said Abdul Mahdi was in the convoy but unhurt. Source: Al Jazeera and agencies Click on "comments" below to read or post comments Comment Guidelines Be succinct, constructive and relevant to the story. We encourage engaging, diverse and meaningful commentary. Do not include personal information such as names, addresses, phone numbers and emails. Comments falling outside our guidelines - those including personal attacks and profanity - are not permitted. use this link to notify us if you have concerns about a comment. We'll promptly review and remove any inappropriate postings. In accordance with Title 17 USC Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. |
| www.ipsos-mori.com/polls/2006/ap.shtml go Saddam Hussein Trial International Poll 7 March 2006 Half the UK public believes that, if convicted, Saddam Hussein should spend the rest of his life in prison (52%), rather than face the death penalty (42%), according to a new poll by Ipsos Public Affairs for Associated Press. In eight of the nine countries surveyed more people support life imprisonment over the death penalty (Spain 72%/14%, Italy 70%/20%, Germany 60%/34%, South Korea 56%/25%, France 53%/38%, Canada 48%/38%, Mexico 45%/26%). Only in the USA do more people support death penalty (57%) over life imprisonment (36%). The survey also reveals that a majority in the UK believes Saddam Hussein is getting a fair trial (62%) -- in the US confidence in the trial is even higher at 73%, but this falls to just 20% in South Korea and 27% in Spain. In the US (68%), UK (52%) and Canada (51%) at least half the public believe the people of Iraq are now better off than they were under Saddam Hussein. In France, Germany, Spain, Mexico and South Korea more of the public believe the Iraqi people are today worse off than better off as a result of the invasion. Technical Details * Conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for Associated Press * Interview Dates: 10-19 February 2006 * All results shown are percentages unless otherwise labeled. Q1 Do you think Saddam Hussein is getting a fair trial, or not? Yes, is getting a fair trial No, is not getting a fair trial Not sure % % % UK 62 24 14 US 73 15 12 Canada 56 19 25 Italy 56 20 24 Germany 51 41 8 France 44 38 18 Mexico 31 38 31 Spain 27 36 37 South Korea 20 35 45 Q2 If Saddam Hussein is convicted in his trial, do you think he should be sentenced to life in prison, or the death penalty? |