Entry 51341 (Berkeley CSUA MOTD)

Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 51341

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2025/04/02 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular

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2008/9/30-10/6 [Reference/BayArea, Academia/Berkeley, Science/GlobalWarming] UID:51341 Activity:nil

9/30    Escape From Berkeley Road Rally:
        http://www.escapefromberkeley.com/?page_id=6

2025/04/02 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular

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5/5     Are there dine-in theatres in the Bay Area? Like the AMC Dine-In but
        in the Bay Area?
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        \_ Rialto (formerly parkway) in El Cerrito. Easily BART-able from
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2013/1/28-3/3 [Academia/Berkeley, Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Troll] UID:54592 Activity:nil

1/28    http://sfist.com/2013/01/15/berkeley_students_whoring_themselve.php
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2012/11/28-12/18 [Politics/Domestic/Crime, Academia/UCLA] UID:54539 Activity:nil

11/28   http://www.businessinsider.com/most-dangerous-colleges-in-america-2012-11#3-university-of-california--berkeley-23
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12/7    Even oil exporters like UAE and Saudi Arabia are embracing solar
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www.escapefromberkeley.com/?page_id=6The City Berkeley is now a maximum security statist dystopia . Escape from Berkeley (by any non-petroleum means necessary) October 10 - 13, 2008 "Escape from Berkeley" is a road rally of alternatively powered vehicles from Berkeley, California to Las Vegas, Nevada. Part engineering problem, part artistic opportunity, the rally challenges contestants to start their "engines" on something other than petroleum based fuel, and by any means necessary, cause their "vehicles" show up in Las Vegas three days later- using only fuels/power/motive force scavenged "for free" along the route. All schemes for non-petroleum based transport are encouraged. In short, everything is permitted- just as long as your "fuel" is from a non-petroleum based source, your acquisition of "it" does not require money, and you start the race with no more than 10kwh of "it" on board. The full field of power generation and conversion is open for your pleasurable scavenging and creative hacking- biomass gasifiers, WVO, steam, on board fermentation stills, fast starch anaerobic digesters, solar, pneumatic, creek side hydro and lots of batteries, tesla free energy vortexes, cold fusion, humans, hamsters, etc etc etc. Want to test out your 40% efficiency triple junction PV cell covered Prius? Or maybe see if your steam cracking anaerobic digester hydrogen producer can keep up with the intake of your fuel cell Honda Civic prototype? We welcome you to join us- and risk getting beat by a young punk on a rat bike, running on granulated McDonald's napkins and hair spray. and the hippies a bunch of WVO buses broken down on the side of the road. Now, NASA scientists and junkyard fabricators go head-to-head in a no holds barred battle of engineering prowess and creative excess. Hanging somewhat in the balance, are bragging rights for saving the world. Schedule: October 10th: Vehicle Showcase & Send-off Party 8-12pm at Shipyard Labs October 11th: Race starts 10am at Shipyard Labs October 12th: Second day of Race over the Sierras October 13th: Final day of Race ending on the Vegas Strip Special awards for exceptional efforts in the realms of: - Most difficult engineering problem attempted - Most energy conversion steps between source and road - Worst idea actually made to kind of work - Sexiest vehicle on the road - Worst affront to sensible automotive aesthetics - Smallest GHG footprint between Berkeley and Vegas "Some entries will arrive at the start line with extreme technical innovation. The best entries, as well as the likely winners, will need to arrive with both."