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Bobby_Batronic

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  1. Good point. Let us also not forget the gravity well created by the combined presence of the wallets of certain surly elites who purchased luxury boxes this year.
  2. I think certain segments of the National Highway system were designed to be abnormally level and straight to serve as emergency runways.
  3. I doubt anyone remembers the misalignment when the game is underway. I’m just curious about the reason for it. The field didn’t move. Was there an underlying architectural reason to shift the SEZ two feet to the East?
  4. Boy, there’s a lot to that explanation and it’s been largely covered. One thing we can agree on is that, while the death of the SWC had numerous causes, video killed the radio star.
  5. I stand corrected. The Ruskies put a thinning filter on an X32 photo, and decided to build it.
  6. It’s an interesting question because it’s probably been 50+ years since it’s happened. Kindly go fuck yourself.
  7. I’m sorry, the number google came up with was 6’0 and 174 for Smith whereas Moore is 160. Carry on with your pedantry.
  8. Smith is about 15lbs heavier than both Worthy and Moore. Now, the question, which didn’t make implications about ability, was when was the last time UT sported a pair of 160lb starting WR’s?
  9. When was the last time UT sported of pair of 160lb starters at WR?
  10. Again, I’d love to see a camera angle or image that makes it look right. They didn’t move the field with the new carpet. The fact that the possible alignment issue appears with both the old and the new rug speaks to that. As far as the google image I was looking at some real estate stuff, thought about the satellite image being available for real estate and took a gander at DKR.
  11. You’re looking South. It favors the right side of the H being nearly in line with the stylistic overhangs on that side. Right side is West. I’d love to see a camera angle that makes it look right. Haven’t seen one yet. Stuff happens. ATM had to move their field towards one endzone because the sight-lines were jacked.
  12. You’re right. It slightly favors the West side of the H. Which is more off center.
  13. Goal post is centered on the H. H is not centered on the entrance, and that’s pretty obvious even if you account for off center camera angles.
  14. You can always buzz it and decide if you look ok with the bald look or not. Not everyone is sex symbol material sans hair. I noticed that my hair was really thinning and the pharmacist spouse figured out that something in the multivitamins I was taking was blocking something to the hair follicle. Quit taking it and the density came back.
  15. Looks like the product of an F-35 and YF-23 having too good of a time after the company mixer.
  16. I refuse to believe that there are two coaches of the same name in the entirety of college football. Thanks, made a bad assumption.
  17. Four mismatched aides surrounding an uncentered field.
  18. West Coast with more than a smattering of shotgun for 3rd and long which we were in quite a bit. The dreaded QB waggle was our gotcha play, and dear Shawn assured us that in just three years time our WR’s would be able to run the routes precisely. I’ll still never forget tuning into a Louisville game to watch that Teddy Bridgwater phenom play only wonder what kind of hot garbage offense he was in. Then I found out who the OC was. Or that time Swoopes completed a long pass to win the game in the final seconds against ISU, and Watson lost his shit in the press box because it was the wrong read or something. In that vein of thought I learned through media days that TCU hired Tim Beck to be their OC. I both acknowledge that he’s a pretty good dude, and that I feel much better about our defense giving them a smooth futtbucking when we meet.
  19. Storing liquid hydrogen is pretty much a no go for flying because of the extensive insulation and whatnot required to keep it liquid.
  20. The question is whether the battery tech is evolving slowly enough to justify building intermediate step airframes that will last 20-30 years.
  21. It’s a much smaller turbine that isn’t required to move large fan blades. Like a trolling motor versus a big outboard.
  22. He also mentioned sprinkling magic fairy dust with both the ESPN crew and during the presser. Flashbacks to Herman deer in headlights post game after his opening loss to Maryland. F it. He at least seems human and likable when he speaks.
  23. I wasn’t thinking direct placement into modes of transportation, but more the magical unicorn farts needed to recharge said electric vehicles in a clean manner with small, perhaps city centric plants. Just spitballing, but its not unimaginable.
  24. The point would be reduction in emissions. One smaller power plant creating electricity for two ducted fans versus two turbines. Its not a one to one example, but an A321 burns 15 gallons a minute at cruise. Or 900 gallons an hour. It’s APU with bleed and electric load on it burns about 45 gallons an hour. So yeah, a significant reduction in emissions is available. It would be an intermediate step and a significant decrease in emissions even if such a power plant had to burn 200 gallons an hour to either recharge the batteries or power the electric fans directly. Airbus is currently working on both regenerative braking and electric motors on the main wheels to allow the plane to taxi with APU power alone versus 1 to 2 engines. Impractical for a short taxi, but probably invaluable at places like LGA or with significant off gate weather holds.
  25. Lost in all this craze is the fact that new geared turbofan models of the 737 and 320 burn a gallon a minute less fuel than their predecessors. I would think the logical intermediate step between them and electric planes would be something like having an APU provide power to two electric motors with battery back up like a diesel electric locomotive. Or have the apu top off the batteries as needed. They're obviously still a few leaps in technology away from practical emission free travel. BTW, the navy did patent small fusion reactors recently. That would be a start if it ever reached fruition and battery and other electric tech took another step forward with stuff like graphene etc..
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