February 15, 2013
— Gabriel Malor Happy Friday.
The NYTimes and green automaker Tesla are in a bitchfight over a test drive utilizing Tesla's East Coast charging stations. NYTimes' reporter says the car broke down and cites misleading info from Tesla as well as unexpectedly cold temperatures. Tesla says the reporter set out to sabotage the test drive. Root for injuries.
A meteor strike in Chelyabinsk, Russia, caused about 400 injuries. The second video here demonstrates how people had plenty of time to rush to look at the phenomenon out the windows only to have the windows shatter in their faces.
Have a good long weekend.
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Posted by: Vic at February 15, 2013 02:49 AM (53z96)
Yes, they have gone insane.
http://is.gd/nNSjuD
Posted by: Vic at February 15, 2013 02:50 AM (53z96)
http://is.gd/YTpSSN
Posted by: Vic at February 15, 2013 02:51 AM (53z96)
Posted by: RushBabe at February 15, 2013 02:52 AM (tQHzJ)
http://is.gd/Lq9Lp0
Posted by: Vic at February 15, 2013 02:52 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 15, 2013 02:52 AM (FqcJu)
http://is.gd/G68JBh
Posted by: Vic at February 15, 2013 02:53 AM (53z96)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 15, 2013 02:55 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Vic at February 15, 2013 02:56 AM (53z96)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 15, 2013 02:57 AM (XkWWK)
Did they actually get an SA-10 to fire? Was the crew sober? Do we care?
The line of debris could have taken more chunks over British Columbia, just north of the US-Canadian border. If travelling eastward from the Ural site. Until it crosses the Pacific there are no really major areas to notice any more booms.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 02:58 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 15, 2013 03:03 AM (1ml8s)
Well they have crunched 2012 DA14 orbit now. It actually intersects Earth's orbit twice a year. You can sleep better now can't you?
http://tinyurl.com/cbsavuy
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 03:04 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: DangerGirl - Stop this thing, I want off at February 15, 2013 03:04 AM (k/Mc/)
http://tinyurl.com/cy8tsdw
Posted by: DeusExMachina05 at February 15, 2013 03:04 AM (6RTwM)
Posted by: Baldy at February 15, 2013 03:06 AM (opS9C)
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at February 15, 2013 03:08 AM (OvPoF)
Using peaceful energy for good.
Posted by: Brain dead liberal at February 15, 2013 03:10 AM (bTPOR)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 03:16 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: Tmitsss at February 15, 2013 03:17 AM (HOipJ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 15, 2013 03:17 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 15, 2013 03:17 AM (wbmaj)
Hello, ‘rons and ‘ronettes and fellow subjects of Alextopia (all hail to Her Imperial Stompyness). Thanks for the morning briefing, Gabe and Vic. And thanks to all of you who’ve bought a copy or downloaded my book, The Director’s Cut: A Theda Bara Mystery. I do hope you’ve enjoyed it, and if you have, would be very grateful for a small review, either on your own blogs (which leaves out Allen G) or on Amazon.
HereÂ’s a quick story to go with your morning java:
In the first rush of talking pictures, Hollywood scoured the Broadway stages and almost anyone, from leading man to chorus girl, could be snapped up if they were deemed able to “talk.”
Among that first wave were the “First Couple of the Stage,” Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Both vain and self-centered, they were concerned that their first screen test show them at their best, and Lunt was understandably nervous when his wife returned from seeing the rushes. “How was I?” he asked.
“You were wonderful, of course, darling,” Fontanne answered. “You’ll have to change your makeup – you looked like you hadn’t any lips – but me! Oh, Alfred, it was awful! My makeup was all smeary, my hair was a mess, my mouth was flapping and my hands looked like blocks of wood waving in the air! I look like a scarecrow on the screen! Oh, darling, what will I do?”
Lunt, who had been closely watching his wife all through this, narrowed his eyes, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. Finally, he spoke.
“No lips, eh?”
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. For my fellow NE morons, letÂ’s hope the weekend storm fizzles out before it gets to us. IÂ’ll see you all on Monday with another story.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 15, 2013 03:18 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at February 15, 2013 03:19 AM (feFL6)
#37 I understand that she has a connection to Robert E. Lee. Her great great grandmother was "Marse Robert's" house mammy. She later became a syrup model.
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 15, 2013 03:20 AM (wbmaj)
http://is.gd/7h7rMr
Posted by: Vic at February 15, 2013 03:20 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 03:20 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: zsasz at February 15, 2013 03:21 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Another brain dead liberal at February 15, 2013 03:22 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 15, 2013 03:22 AM (wbmaj)
http://youtu.be/hCoPbkvyWEI Possible NSFW.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 03:23 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at February 15, 2013 03:24 AM (KL49F)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 15, 2013 03:25 AM (wbmaj)
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Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at February 15, 2013 03:28 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Xavier at February 15, 2013 03:28 AM (gkfvW)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 03:28 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 15, 2013 03:28 AM (wbmaj)
LOL MPPP. "No lips, eh?" Lunt was Canadian?
LOL, Anna!
The Lunts liked to one-up each other on stage. A story I heard tells that, during one show, an on-set telephone began ringing by mistake. Lunt turned to Fontanne and smirked, "You'd better answer that."
Fontanne picked up the phone. "Yes?" Then she turned to Lunt. "It's for you, dear," she smiled, and walked off the stage.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 15, 2013 03:29 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 03:30 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: Matt in Maine at February 15, 2013 03:31 AM (wOdJE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 03:32 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: somejoe at February 15, 2013 03:33 AM (SSWdi)
Posted by: TGIF at February 15, 2013 03:36 AM (QrLtW)
How old is she, 150? Divide by 10 and you get her IQ maybe.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 15, 2013 07:17 AM (XkWWK)
Her IQ ain't no where near that high.
Posted by: Killerdog at February 15, 2013 03:37 AM (Oi60j)
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at February 15, 2013 03:38 AM (OvPoF)
Posted by: Baldy at February 15, 2013 03:38 AM (opS9C)
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Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at February 15, 2013 03:39 AM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 03:40 AM (bfYGd)
That article and the bitchfest after proves why electric cars simply are not ready for real world usage. It gets cold out. People need to run other errands on trips. People get caught in traffic. What would have happened if the driver got a call that a family member was ill and he had to get to a hospital where no chargers were located? Hell, if that had been a gas powered vehicle that ran out of gas, when the tow guy showed up he would have put in a gallon or two and the guy could have then driven to a nearby gas station to fill up. Not to mention that the refueling would have taken a few minutes to full, not an hour to maybe 60%.
Right now, all electric vehicles are toys, not practical usage vehicles.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at February 15, 2013 03:40 AM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 15, 2013 03:41 AM (wbmaj)
Posted by: Hopeless at February 15, 2013 03:42 AM (nzlU3)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at February 15, 2013 03:43 AM (Y5I9o)
Thanks again!
Posted by: Nighthawk at February 15, 2013 03:43 AM (RSqz2)
Posted by: colege stoodent at February 15, 2013 03:44 AM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at February 15, 2013 03:44 AM (MSrqi)
I did not need to scroll down to see a Dollfie displaying butt-crack.
http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26606/Mirai+Suenaga+Nendoroid.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 03:45 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: Endeavor to Persevere at February 15, 2013 03:47 AM (zZJJp)
Posted by: zsasz at February 15, 2013 03:47 AM (MMC8r)
That was was one serious BANG.
I'll be interesting to if there's any follow up on the incident (crater size, etc.).
Posted by: CPT. Charles at February 15, 2013 03:49 AM (1GunI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 03:49 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 03:50 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: Baldy at February 15, 2013 03:51 AM (opS9C)
Posted by: Truman North at February 15, 2013 03:51 AM (I2LwF)
The article states..
Some members of the South High School community said that the violent incident was the culmination of ongoing tensions between the eight per cent of Muslim students of Somali decent and the 20 per cent who are African Americans.
I'm sorry, but my atlas shows Somali in, of all places, AFRICA. So since they're muzzies they don't qualify to be african Americans? What exactly qualifies one to be an AA then? Can I claim to be 1/64th then with no qualifications needed?
Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2013 03:52 AM (kWnMH)
Posted by: forest at February 15, 2013 03:52 AM (L7wZc)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 03:54 AM (8y9MW)
More info on the Russian event is coming out. Now the casualty count is over 500 seeking medical treatment. 112 kept in hospital. Velocity of the rock is reported to be 30Km/sec. And they are looking for fragments. Absent from the report is any mention of a Russian ABM hit.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 03:54 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: colege stoodent at February 15, 2013 03:55 AM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2013 07:52 AM (kWnMH)
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I think this is yet another case of the media torturing the truth- in this case to avoid reporting that it was a muzzie-on-muzzie affair.
Posted by: Nighthawk at February 15, 2013 03:55 AM (RSqz2)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, happy St. Valentine's Day at February 15, 2013 03:56 AM (GVxQo)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 03:57 AM (F3G1y)
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Posted by: Hopeless at February 15, 2013 03:58 AM (pQXbd)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 03:58 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2013 03:58 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at February 15, 2013 03:59 AM (FsUAO)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 15, 2013 03:59 AM (1ml8s)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 04:00 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: Vic at February 15, 2013 04:01 AM (53z96)
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Spent some time out in Portland, Maine earlier this year, where they have a pretty large Somali refugee community. A lot of them have a pretty strong Somali identity and consider African Americans beneath them by several orders of magnitude.
Posted by: Ranba Ral at February 15, 2013 04:01 AM (G99e4)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at February 15, 2013 04:01 AM (feFL6)
http://tinyurl.com/cn78kj2
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:01 AM (bfYGd)
When I was stationed in Italy, we would often have local crimes reported in the Stars and Stripes. And occasionally the perp would be described as an African American from northern Africa.
I keep thinking that in order to be an African American, you need to be able to trace your lineage to the African continent. And be an American.
Of course,this presented an issue for a friend of mine. Born on a US Military base, on the African continent, and being a US citizen. As both parents were white, apparently he could not self identify as an African American.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 15, 2013 04:02 AM (bTPOR)
no impact, because the thing exploded- certainly many large fragments will have fallen nearby
wow- this thing is like a teaser from SMOD
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 04:02 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at February 15, 2013 07:38 AM (OvPoF)
The Lunt-Fontanne opened in 1910 as the Globe, and in the 30s was turned into a movie theater. When it was converted back in the 50s, it was named for Alfred and Lynne in honor of all their contributions to stage arts (despite my stories, they were a devoted couple and were great champions of youg actors and playwrights).
I saw Titanic, the musical, there when it ran in 1997.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 15, 2013 04:03 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 15, 2013 04:03 AM (t7yLL)
On the other hand, battery tech. is notoriously not advancing as fast as these companies would have you believe, and further, did he actually need to have the car towed? Because if he did when it died, it seems to me that Tesla is the one lying. The fact of the matter is he could not drive the car in a normal manner and make it to his destination on a cold day, because of the cold.
Not to mention that, because the heater in that thing runs entirely off the battery, he had to freeze himself to get as far as he did by turning off the heat, in the middle of winter.
Posted by: GMan at February 15, 2013 04:03 AM (sxq57)
Everything causes global warming. Oops, me typing that causes that..oh crap I just caused more...shit, I gotta stop...Helllllllpppppppp
Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2013 04:04 AM (kWnMH)
hey morons.....what's your shoe size?
That's rich, considering his stage name's a ripoff of Fats Domino.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 15, 2013 04:04 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:04 AM (bfYGd)
So now people born anywhere in the world are automatically "Americans" the minute they set foot here, without going through the requisite nationalization procedures?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking heavily at February 15, 2013 04:05 AM (hO8IJ)
If you go to the JPL risk page you will note that the scientists there say that anything up to 50 meters in diameter "is too small to cause damage on the ground" - what a crock. A 50 meter diameter asteroid would weigh about 150,000 tons - at a velocity of 20 Km/sec (average collision speed) it would be the equivalent of about a 7 megaton H-bomb. That is where JPL starts talking about "damage on the ground" . Seven megatons would wipe out most any city on the planet - the heat alone would give 3rd degree burns to anyone exposed to it out to a range of about 6 miles. Surely the government wouldn't be lying to us about the actual danger of impact events could it?
Posted by: An Observation at February 15, 2013 04:07 AM (ylhEn)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 15, 2013 04:08 AM (wbmaj)
No case for Defamation, that's true.
But someone crunched the numbers on that nice little data dump, and the reporter's version of events actually comes a lot closer to what the logs show than what Tesla is saying.
http://scoamf.us/6R
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 04:08 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Hopeless at February 15, 2013 04:09 AM (g2ruq)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 04:10 AM (LRFds)
I have. So have others who actually analyzed the Data that Musk dropped. See my comment @120
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 04:10 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Typical Lefty [/i] at February 15, 2013 04:11 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:11 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at February 15, 2013 04:11 AM (UrENZ)
Posted by: Typical NYC Waitress at February 15, 2013 04:12 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, happy St. Valentine's Day at February 15, 2013 04:12 AM (GVxQo)
Which might also be a reason that the reporter didn't let the the battery fully discharge (which is Tesla's claim regarding him getting the tow- that he still had X miles of range left).
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 04:12 AM (8y9MW)
The reporter asked him about the new Honda hybrid which had been on sale in SC for two years but had only sold two units. He said even then that due to the expense of the car it could not be cost-justified until gasoline reached $5/gal.
The Tesla is even worse in that department and it appears that it is about as reliable as a first generation Hyundai.
Posted by: Vic at February 15, 2013 04:13 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Bigby's Indian Burn at February 15, 2013 04:13 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 15, 2013 04:14 AM (t7yLL)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:14 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: Hopeless at February 15, 2013 04:14 AM (NSO0r)
Thanks again!
Posted by: Nighthawk at February 15, 2013 07:43 AM (RSqz2)
You're welcome, Nighthawk, and thank you very much for the compliment. I don't know any Myrna Loy off the top of my head, but here's a Robinson:
Many people donÂ’t know that Robinson didnÂ’t like guns, which is ironic, considering his screen reputation. During the filming of Little Caesar, every time he had to shoot, he would wince and scrunch up his eyes. At last, director Mervyn LeRoy (a very underappreciated director, IMO) had to tape RobinsonÂ’s eyelids open for any scene where he shot a gun. And yes, he was quite different from his on-screen persona, a very cultured polyglot whose hobby was collecting fine art, much like Vincent Price.
IÂ’ll give you a Myrna Loy story or two on Monday.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 15, 2013 04:14 AM (zF6Iw)
And don't forget to include your "MOLON LABE" postcard when you send in the form.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 04:15 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at February 15, 2013 04:15 AM (OvPoF)
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at February 15, 2013 04:15 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: DangerGirl - Stop this thing, I want off at February 15, 2013 04:16 AM (4cA6A)
From the monroecounty .gov website:
"New York State’s new gun law (NY SAFE Act) includes the ability for pistol permit holders to request that their information be kept private and confidential by completing and submitting a State Police “Opt-Out” form.
The New York State Police has stated that the “Opt-Out” form would be created and made available by February 15th. In preparation of this and in an effort to provide this new form as quickly and conveniently as possible for our customers, we are encouraging all Monroe County Pistol Permit Holders to submit your current e-mail address to our "Opt-Out" Form Registry. When this form is made available, we will send you an electronic version of the form so you can complete and return it to the County Clerk’s Office.
It is important to note that, according to the NY SAFE Act, Pistol Permit holders will have 60 days after the forms are made available by the State Police to submit completed forms to the ClerksÂ’ Office. Again, we have been informed that the form will be made available by February 15th."
So yes, everyone in NYS should opt-out, I guess. Of course that gives them a nice little list if they didn't have one already.
Posted by: Bigby's Indian Burn at February 15, 2013 04:16 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Oscar "Blade Runner" Pistorius at February 15, 2013 04:16 AM (MSrqi)
Posted by: Typical Lefty [/i] at February 15, 2013 04:17 AM (feFL6)
I should probably have some coffee, because that seems kinda brilliant.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking heavily at February 15, 2013 04:17 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Vic at February 15, 2013 08:13 AM (53z96)
So all of a sudden you believe the NY Times? I don't give a rat's ass about Tesla, but assuming that the NYT reporter was scrupulous and above board is a stretch.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2013 04:17 AM (GsoHv)
And Musk was also caught lying. That is: what HE said the data showed (also including speed, range, etc.) was not what the data showed. The data conformed more closely (which is not the same as "matching") what the NYT Reporter said.
Go read that link, it breaks it down in pretty good detail.
I should also point out that your speedometer lies to you. It can be off by as much as (IIRC) 7 miles an hour. So he may have been saying what speed the speedometer was telling him, while the actual logs (based on GPS data, which the speedometer might not have) show a different rate of speed.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 04:18 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Typical NYC Waitress at February 15, 2013 04:18 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2013 08:17 AM (GsoHv)
As someone else posted, the NYT is not the only one reporting that this is a POS.
Posted by: Vic at February 15, 2013 04:18 AM (53z96)
Basically, if people have a right to die with dignity, why do we use suicide prevention as an argument for gun control?
Bring up a good point.
And don't forget to support the "Affordable Firearms Act"
Call Rush and Hannity....maybe even Levine and ask em' if they know anything about it. Some Democratic Legislator's idea I think.
Didn't catch the name though.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 15, 2013 04:19 AM (bTPOR)
http://tinyurl.com/czvdh2u
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:19 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 15, 2013 04:20 AM (t7yLL)
Did I miss where the Emancipation Proclamation was signed a week ago?
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 04:20 AM (8sCoq)
I think they still use their dicks.
Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2013 04:20 AM (kWnMH)
Teslas were never meant for people who drive to work. These are cars designed for going to brunch from your Malibu beach house.
No one follows a snow plow in a Ferrari to punch in by 7am. Same with a Tesla, you just don't expect it to do what a real car can do.
Posted by: jwest at February 15, 2013 04:20 AM (ZDsRL)
No, I don't just believe the NYT. I do believe the data- which shows that the reporter was wrong, but a) not that he was lying and b) his account was closer to the truth than Musk's.
Personally I'm taking the stance on this that I do with the Syria conflict- let's arm both sides. But just because someone dumps some fancy graphs and says, "These show he was lying!" doesn't mean the graphs actually show the other guy was lying.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 04:21 AM (8y9MW)
hey morons.....what's your shoe size?
Posted by: phoenixgirl, happy St. Valentine's Day at February 15, 2013 07:56 AM (GVxQo)
Those shoes that Ronald McDonald wears....yeah..thats me.
Posted by: Red Shirt at February 15, 2013 04:21 AM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at February 15, 2013 04:22 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, happy St. Valentine's Day at February 15, 2013 04:22 AM (GVxQo)
Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2013 08:20 AM (kWnMH)
that would be my guess
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 04:22 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:23 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: Hopeless at February 15, 2013 04:23 AM (NSO0r)
Posted by: John Lenin at February 15, 2013 04:24 AM (OvPoF)
Posted by: Bruce at February 15, 2013 04:24 AM (kWnMH)
Pre-xactly.
Teslas were never meant for people who drive to work. These are cars designed for going to brunch from your Malibu beach house.
Exactly incorrect, with the Model-S. You're right about the Tesla Roadster, but the Model-S is supposed to be their entry into the "Family Sedan" market. They're expecting to sell to CEOs to drive in to work to impress potential customers/partners.
So, no, you may not be punching in at 7, but you expect to make it to and from work.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 04:25 AM (8y9MW)
My German friend occasionally suggests coming over, overstaying his 90-day tourism visa, and getting a job. He doesn't understand when I tell him that he'll never get a job without proper paperwork--and he'll never get proper paperwork--because he's white and speaks English.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking heavily at February 15, 2013 04:25 AM (hO8IJ)
I wonder if the teacher encouraged/discouraged the window viewing.
Speaking of deaths at school, getting away from windows for safety still applies in the more recent application if given a school shooter taking aim, though huddling under one's desk once a shooter's in the room is dubious as a safety measure.
At what point will economical windows generally consist of a more shatterproof material? Do clear plastics amalgamate with glass, improve insulation as well?
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 15, 2013 04:25 AM (MhA4j)
" I do believe the data- which shows that the reporter was wrong, but a) not that he was lying and b) his account was closer to the truth than Musk's."
It is crystal clear from the data that if the reporter isn't lying, he is completely devoid of any common sense. No one, even a New York liberal, can report on energy for 15 years and believe that by speeding up and using the regenerative brakes you can make power.
Posted by: jwest at February 15, 2013 04:25 AM (ZDsRL)
Posted by: Oscar "Blade Runner" Pistorius at February 15, 2013 04:26 AM (MSrqi)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 15, 2013 04:27 AM (RubvK)
Oh, I don't have any doubts that it is an expensive toy. But the NYT is a partisan organization that has an agenda in everything they do.
If they say the sky is blue and the sun rises in the East....I double-check.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2013 04:28 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Hopeless at February 15, 2013 04:28 AM (g8+Vr)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 15, 2013 04:28 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at February 15, 2013 08:15 AM (OvPoF)
That's interesting. I wonder if Amazon has some sort of algorithm they use to clump Moron Nation authors together? Or perhaps someone at Amazon with juice is a lurker here at the HQ?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 15, 2013 04:29 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: South African News at February 15, 2013 04:29 AM (MSrqi)
"...the Model-S is supposed to be their entry into the "Family Sedan" market. They're expecting to sell to CEOs to drive in to work to impress potential customers/partners."
The Model-S is for those brunches when you want to take your publicist and your dog groomer in the same car. No one who "has" to be somewhere would ever consider an electric car.
Posted by: jwest at February 15, 2013 04:30 AM (ZDsRL)
JPL risk page:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/
Notice, if you go there, that Asteroid 2013 CT82 - which is about 900 meters in diameter and would hit with a blast of about 47,000 Megatons (47 Gigatons) has a possible impact date of July 3, 2015. Nice huh?
Posted by: An Observation at February 15, 2013 04:30 AM (ylhEn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:30 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: South African News at February 15, 2013 08:29 AM (MSrqi)
He doesn't have a leg to stand on
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 04:30 AM (8sCoq)
"May" have? Really?
But I can tell (for instance) about the speed that she's pretty spot on. There may be some discrepancy between what the reporter said and what actually happened, but his story there conforms more closely to the data than what Tesla reported. I could see some of that just by eye, without even examining the data particularly closely.
The NYTs reporter lied (perhaps not intentionally).
Ah! The old "unintentional lie." Got it. We also call that "a mistake." In this case, I'm more inclined to call it "the truth, but the data he had was imperfect."
But that really brings us to the main two points. One, who has more to gain here, Tesla or NYT? Oh, sure, the "Oh, the Tesla Model-S didn't perform as promised!" might be good to sell a few extra newspapers, but it's not like it's going to make this guy's career. On the other hand, it could really hurt Tesla.
Tesla has more at stake, making their motives more questionable.
Two, the question is if the car can perform like a car worth $100,000. I think, even if he hadn't had any trouble with the car at all, I could say without fear of contradiction: no.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 04:31 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: jwest at February 15, 2013 08:20 AM (ZDsRL)
Close, but no cigar.
These cars were designed to take advantage of government subsidies and make the investors lots of money.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2013 04:32 AM (GsoHv)
>>Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 08:21 AM (8y9MW)
It's kinda cute watching folks decide who of two hated parties they're going to hate more, regardless of the actual data, init? Knee-jerk hatred uber alles.
As you say, the speedometer may have been off. The reporter writes that the tires were not the standard tires and that, itself, may account for a major difference.
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at February 15, 2013 04:33 AM (IkTb7)
The Media falls for junk science all the time, hell AGW is junk science.....that CNN bint thinks Meteor strikes are AGW related...
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 04:33 AM (LRFds)
More likely it's because Morons hang together. The people who are primarily purchasing Amy Lynn are also purchasing those other books (and the reverse is probably also true), meaning that Amazon's algorithm expects that people who like one will like the other.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 04:34 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 04:34 AM (F3G1y)
FRIDAY: 2:24 PM EST...
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 04:35 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:35 AM (bfYGd)
--funny as hell, showing just how stoopid "science" is taught.
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 15, 2013 04:35 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: rickl at February 15, 2013 04:35 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:36 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 04:37 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: Director NASA Islamic Outreach Program at February 15, 2013 04:37 AM (feFL6)
Eh, no. There was an acknowledged firmware defect with the cars where they would "brick" (making the car unable to drive ever again, even if recharged) when the battery ran out. It happened to a lot more people than just Top Gear.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 15, 2013 04:37 AM (OevbG)
Except that's exactly what Tesla is marketing the Model-S for. It's supposed to be an entry into the mainstream auto market. It doesn't matter that it would suck for that purpose.
If all they were interested in were the "Malibu Brunch Set" they wouldn't be taking the line of argument they are against the NYT. They'd be saying, "Yeah, when you try to drive it in a way other than it was intended to be driven, it fails. So what? When you drive for purpose X and in conditions, Y, Z, or Alpha, it works just fine."
They're not. They're contemplating suing the NYT over this because they want the Model-S to be seen as something that could compete against a Lexus LS, or some other luxury sedan.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 04:38 AM (8y9MW)
"Well Barb, today at 2:14PM EST a large asteroid, according to JPL and NORAD models, will strike the Eastern Seaboard between Chesapeake Bay and Long Island."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:38 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at February 15, 2013 04:38 AM (DoZD+)
Posted by: South African News at February 15, 2013 04:39 AM (MSrqi)
Morning, all! Happy 50% Off Candy Day!
The meteor in Russia is clearly a precursor to SMOD. Couple it with the big ole asteroid that's going to narrowly miss us today and I think we can agree it's just a matter of time until SMOD arrives.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 04:39 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 15, 2013 04:39 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: Hopeless at February 15, 2013 04:39 AM (+UrNT)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at February 15, 2013 08:38 AM (DoZD+)
Oh, good. I'm not the only one who got screwed at the gas station this morning. Gas went from $3.50 yesterday afternoon to $3.60 this morning. Good times.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 04:40 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: RWC at February 15, 2013 04:40 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 15, 2013 04:41 AM (9Bj8R)
Uh "yeah" so the Tuzla has stealth mode that keeps cops from stopping your golf cart...
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 04:41 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: South African News at February 15, 2013 04:41 AM (MSrqi)
We've all bought all four, right? So anyone who buys one of the four will get the other three in the "people who bought this also bought" box.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking heavily at February 15, 2013 04:41 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 04:42 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: sTevo at February 15, 2013 04:42 AM (DOb16)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:43 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, happy St. Valentine's Day at February 15, 2013 04:43 AM (GVxQo)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 04:43 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 08:42 AM (F3G1y)
Let's just say I wasn't yearning for a cigarette.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 04:43 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: RWC at February 15, 2013 04:43 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 08:43 AM (bfYGd)
:-P lol!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 04:43 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, happy St. Valentine's Day at February 15, 2013 04:44 AM (GVxQo)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 04:44 AM (F3G1y)
I rate smod 2 **
Posted by: ette at February 15, 2013 04:44 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: sTevo at February 15, 2013 08:42 AM (DOb16)
OMG what a cutie!!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 04:44 AM (4df7R)
Right. And that's a ludicrous comparison. My LS will go ~400 miles on a tank at 80 MPH with the heater on, which is a problem electric cars aren't going to solve until someone invents the Mr. Fusion.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 15, 2013 04:44 AM (OevbG)
We've all bought all four, right? So anyone who buys one of the four will get the other three in the "people who bought this also bought" box.
Yeah, Heather, as soon as I hit 'post' I realized it was an idiotic comment. Need more tea. brb.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 15, 2013 04:45 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 15, 2013 08:39 AM (4df7R)
Bring it on- it's a fucked up world and we could stand a reboot
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 04:45 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Hopeless at February 15, 2013 04:45 AM (2CuCY)
Paging Fred Flintstone. - "Yaba Daba Do!!!!"
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:47 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: sTevo at February 15, 2013 04:47 AM (DOb16)
Posted by: South African News at February 15, 2013 04:47 AM (MSrqi)
Posted by: ette at February 15, 2013 04:48 AM (nqBYe)
Except that he didn't say he drove on cruise the whole time. He said when he was told to slow down that he did- and set it on cruise.
As for the data itself- I know I've never been misled by my GPS data AT ALL. So of course it must be 100% accurate.
I'm not saying that he got it all right. I'm saying there's an explanation other than "lying," and that when the data is examined it conforms more closely to what the reporter said than what Tesla says.
And, again, if the point of the Model-S is to be a competitor against other luxury sedans: even if Tesla's account were 100% accurate, it would show that it fails at that.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 04:48 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: South African News at February 15, 2013 08:47 AM (MSrqi)
Cut That out/
Posted by: ette at February 15, 2013 04:49 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: maddogg at February 15, 2013 04:49 AM (OlN4e)
Just as ridiculous, private industry wanting to harness the asteroid they project being worth 15billion dollars in minerals.
In the '60s, Dr. Strangelove made an iconic image of a bronco billy riding the bomb. Now NASA is attempting to capitalize on the Bruce Willis flick. Talk about a death wish, instead of letting it pass by, blasting the earth with millions of asteroid fragments because some industry wants those minerals for their own to sell to whoever survives. Let the tinfoil hat elitists shoot themselves on their rocket ride to rule the asteroid, removing themselves from earth.
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 15, 2013 04:49 AM (MhA4j)
>>>The police officer interrogating Pistorius reportedly became so exasperated, he cut him off at the knees.
Not to be a stick in the ass, but this is lame
Posted by: Bigby's Dutch Rub at February 15, 2013 04:50 AM (3ZtZW)
Yes, but it's probability of earth impact is 1:10,303,000
Lets put that in perspective: that is one chance in 10,303,000 of billions of people dying and civilization being destroyed on a specific day a little over two years from now. Other than that asteroid what would you put the odds against that happening on that specific day?
A trillion to one?
Posted by: An Observation at February 15, 2013 04:50 AM (ylhEn)
The problem is the electric car fans are freebasing hopium....
"it's electric! eleventy!" uh yeah and guess what it only "helps the environment" based on how clean the energy generator is...add in the loss of energy through transmission bleed off and you get a negligible gain if any...but hey "at least I care" says the moonbat....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 04:50 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:50 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: cajun carrot at February 15, 2013 04:50 AM (UZQM8)
Posted by: chemjeff at February 15, 2013 08:48 AM (BBWjt)
I think that's actually SMOD's reconnaissance-steroid.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 04:50 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: VIA, on the tiny keyboard at February 15, 2013 04:51 AM (hop8D)
>>The top gear breakdown was staged. Top gear acted out what a breakdown would look like. They were sued.
They were sued and Top Gear won the lawsuit. Twice, actually.
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at February 15, 2013 04:51 AM (IkTb7)
Posted by: ette at February 15, 2013 04:51 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Bigby's Dutch Rub at February 15, 2013 08:50 AM (3ZtZW)
So's Pistorius.
Hey-oh!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 04:51 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:52 AM (bfYGd)
--The Exxon, Mobil and Chevron stations around here don't offer an alternative to the 10% ethanol selection.
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 15, 2013 04:52 AM (MhA4j)
CJ I am not really that happy...SMOD was just teasing us....
she ran off to that Slavic bastard with the blue eyes and Bears on unicycles....
*single tear down face*
'fin'
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 04:52 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at February 15, 2013 04:52 AM (MSrqi)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at February 15, 2013 04:53 AM (qFpRI)
we could call it the Tesla ER, for extended range.
And with a dead polar bear strapped across the back deck?
Posted by: VIA, on the tiny keyboard at February 15, 2013 08:51 AM (hop8D)
And a hamster running on a hamster wheel that rubs an amber rod over a cat's fur.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 04:53 AM (4df7R)
Powerball jackpot annuity on Saturday is $60 million.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:53 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: cajun carrot at February 15, 2013 04:53 AM (UZQM8)
*single tear down face*
'fin'
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 08:52 AM (LRFds)
well yes, but was He riding a horse, sinewy muscles rippling with effort?
Posted by: ette at February 15, 2013 04:53 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: teej at February 15, 2013 04:54 AM (Bj/RA)
Posted by: Bigby's Dutch Rub at February 15, 2013 04:55 AM (3ZtZW)
Female...definitely female....
Death is a female in Northern EUtopian Mythos a dude in southern EUtopia North Africa....
Hela for the win eleventy!
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 04:55 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 15, 2013 04:56 AM (wbmaj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:56 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 15, 2013 04:56 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 15, 2013 04:56 AM (OevbG)
True story.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 04:57 AM (8y9MW)
Hela is Hel...Marvel added the a after all wouldn't want kids thinking they were reading a curse word after all....
it's charming how clean our society used to be
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 04:57 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 04:57 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: chemjeff at February 15, 2013 08:48 AM (BBWjt)
Yep- it's out there, right now
prepare to meet your mojo
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 04:58 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at February 15, 2013 04:58 AM (MSrqi)
Posted by: RWC at February 15, 2013 04:58 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 04:58 AM (bfYGd)
>>>Just saw on WZ that Obama and Moochelle had a $900 Valentine's Day dinner. I guess when she unhinges the jaw the food just never stops going in.
To be fair, if I had dinner with her I'd keep buying too
Posted by: Bigby's Dutch Rub at February 15, 2013 04:58 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at February 15, 2013 04:59 AM (MSrqi)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 15, 2013 08:56 AM (OevbG)
Supposedly she scoops up massive amounts of krill and strains it through the baleen plates in her gaping leviathan maw
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 04:59 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at February 15, 2013 05:00 AM (qFpRI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 05:00 AM (bfYGd)
In the future all Tuzlas will come with a spare calculator to act as a battery charger in a jam....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 05:00 AM (LRFds)
Wow, they went cheap this year. Oh, wait, that doesn't include the rest of the vacation costs.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking heavily at February 15, 2013 05:01 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: zsasz at February 15, 2013 05:01 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at February 15, 2013 05:02 AM (MSrqi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 05:02 AM (bfYGd)
Just saw on WZ that Obama and Moochelle had a $900 Valentine's Day dinner.
And this long weekend they're going to spend on opposite sides of the fricking country. While the Preezy's down in FLA improving his golf game (seriously, he's going to take lessons), Mooch is going to be out in Aspen. I actually enjoy the latter, given that the residents of Aspen have been complaining a lot lately about the fetid stench from the local waste water treatment plant. I think Mooch will fit right in with the smell of shit.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 05:02 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at February 15, 2013 05:03 AM (qFpRI)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at February 15, 2013 05:03 AM (MSrqi)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2013 05:03 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 05:03 AM (8sCoq)
More SMOD porn....in this clip she blows a lot of Russian....windows as it turns out
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 05:03 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 05:04 AM (bfYGd)
15% of that is the tip? Lol, who am I kidding, it's the waiters' privilege and duty to serve.
Couple of $300 bottles of wine. Which is only a crime against humanity when Paul Ryan buys one with his own salary.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking heavily at February 15, 2013 05:05 AM (hO8IJ)
Those of you in MO and NJ might want to start organizing some letter-writing campaigns.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 05:05 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 09:03 AM (8sCoq)
I don't know how a 10 ten meteorite traveling 33K mph could leave a SMALL crater. I'd expect at least a sizeable one. Maybe not the Arizona Barringer crater, but still.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 05:05 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 15, 2013 05:06 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at February 15, 2013 05:06 AM (MSrqi)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 15, 2013 05:06 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 15, 2013 09:06 AM (GFM2b)
Set to the tune of "Duelling Banjoes"
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2013 05:07 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 05:07 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at February 15, 2013 09:02 AM (MSrqi)
The meat is priced on a per pound basis, and an Affenpinscher is pretty small.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 05:07 AM (4df7R)
Pardon me Garson? You need to figure on a 15% tip...one day you'll get to tell your grandkids about this...I take Visa or Cash.....
//Ogabe
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 05:07 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 15, 2013 05:07 AM (GFM2b)
$20 cocktails
$25 appetizers
$45 mains
$150 bottle of wine
$15 desserts
$25 cordials
DC is a rich town. It has lots of restaurants with these prices.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2013 05:07 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Barack Obama's Waiter at February 15, 2013 05:08 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 09:07 AM (bfYGd)
Ouch, hot coffee through the nose...!
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2013 05:08 AM (DrWcr)
I think they're estimating that the explosion was 6 miles up. By the time it actually hit the ground, it may not have had enough energy to leave anything other than a "small" crater.
Of course, there's also the definition of "small." Are we talking "VW Beetle" small, or "bread box" small? Going the other way, are we defining "half-a-city-block" as "small?"
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 05:08 AM (8y9MW)
Or that when she spoke of Bush's tax break/return that she would spend 600 on a pair of earrings.
while explaining to US we need to be more responsible to our communities.
Posted by: ette at February 15, 2013 05:08 AM (nqBYe)
Well, the brilliant flash of light in the video is the meteor exploding into fragments, so thing did not fall intact- even a baseball-sized fragment would make a nice little crater- not Flagstaff sized, of course, but fill it with water and you have a nice little fishing pond
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 05:08 AM (8sCoq)
Or that when she spoke of Bush's tax break/return that she would spend 600 on a pair of earrings.
while explaining to US we need to be more responsible to our communities.
Posted by: ette at February 15, 2013 09:08 AM (nqBYe)
It's good to be the king, or queen.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2013 05:09 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 09:00 AM (bfYGd)
Heya Anna!
I saw this, this morning: http://tinyurl.com/bgyy4z8
It's free-to-play!
Posted by: EC at February 15, 2013 05:09 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 05:09 AM (bfYGd)
Didn't much of it explode before impact?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 15, 2013 05:10 AM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 15, 2013 05:10 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 15, 2013 05:10 AM (4Mv1T)
You know you've got one big-ass yacht when it's got two helicopter pads.
Abramovich's Eclipse has docked in Manhatten.
Posted by: jwest at February 15, 2013 05:10 AM (ZDsRL)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 09:09 AM (bfYGd)
And for the second-degree burns to my nasal passages.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2013 05:11 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at February 15, 2013 05:11 AM (feFL6)
then at least I would have had a full weekend to get in the hookers 'n' blow
Posted by: chemjeff at February 15, 2013 05:11 AM (BBWjt)
OT I dare any moron to top this: For VD yesterday the Boss Lady gave me a $200 gift card to the local gun store, I gave her a $6 teddy bear from Wally World. Seems like an even trade to me.
Posted by: weirdflunky at February 15, 2013 05:11 AM (tlhtD)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 15, 2013 05:11 AM (bfYGd)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 09:08 AM (8y9MW)
This is true. since we're talking about scientists here, I imagine their definition of "small" with regards to an impact crater is vastly different than my definition of small with regards to, say, an Affenpinscher.
Well, the brilliant flash of light in the video is the meteor exploding into fragments, so thing did not fall intact- even a baseball-sized fragment would make a nice little crater- not Flagstaff sized, of course, but fill it with water and you have a nice little fishing pond
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 09:08 AM (8sCoq)
Or, this being Russia, some kind of vodka distillery.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 05:11 AM (4df7R)
Gov. Perry State of the State speech asks Texas to change its Constitution to allow tax rebates to citizens.
Pres. Obama scolds taxpayers. And tells them to pay their fair share, and pay more taxes.
Posted by: tony redenzo at February 15, 2013 05:12 AM (lVrhB)
Sign say, "All I can eat. I not eat all I can eat."
Me no go.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 15, 2013 09:10 AM (GFM2b)
Thus said Moochelle.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2013 05:12 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: An Observation at February 15, 2013 05:12 AM (ylhEn)
so just the right size for the MAN sized f***ing he's giving the US economy then?
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 05:12 AM (LRFds)
The American public has shown their concern and fear that Obama and the Democrats will take away their rights of gun ownership by their massive purchase of firearms and ammunition over the last 3 months.
They've also shown they're afraid the Republicans will go along with them.
Republicans beware; it won't just be Democrats primaried over any gun laws.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at February 15, 2013 05:12 AM (qyv02)
Posted by: ette at February 15, 2013 05:12 AM (nqBYe)
Any specific day has about a one in 36,000,000 million chance of being the end of civilization from an asteroid or comet strike.
So, you're saying there's still a chance?
Posted by: Insomniac at February 15, 2013 05:12 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: weirdflunky at February 15, 2013 09:11 AM (tlhtD)
You ahve got the most awesome boss IN THE UNIVERSE.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 05:13 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: eman at February 15, 2013 05:13 AM (vRbhj)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at February 15, 2013 05:13 AM (MSrqi)
Posted by: Jaws at February 15, 2013 05:14 AM (4I3Uo)
I would like to know how much energy was released when the Thing exploded
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 05:14 AM (8sCoq)
----
My dad was born in my grandparents' house in an upstairs bedroom. I think there's some savings to be had here.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 15, 2013 05:14 AM (ATdet)
That wasn't SMOD that was the warm up act...
SMOD is in 11 and a half hours....
If we all fart at once accoridng to CNN's SCIENCE! gurus the added atmospheric density will attract her....
counter intuitive I know but there it is....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 05:14 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: toby928© presents another finely crafted comment at February 15, 2013 05:14 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 15, 2013 05:14 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: Confused AoSHQ Libtard Troll at February 15, 2013 05:15 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at February 15, 2013 05:15 AM (zLBf8)
Is that one-half mass times the square of the velocity, or the square of the product of 1/2 mass and velocity?
(Order of Operations can be a pain to determine from plain language).
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at February 15, 2013 05:15 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: weirdflunky at February 15, 2013 05:15 AM (tlhtD)
Posted by: eman at February 15, 2013 09:13 AM (vRbhj)
My Tesla Home Calculator isn't working
so that's 10 tons times 33,000 times 33,000 ?
= BOOM
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 05:16 AM (8sCoq)
"OT I dare any moron to top this: For VD yesterday the Boss Lady gave me a $200 gift card to the local gun store, I gave her a $6 teddy bear from Wally World. Seems like an even trade to me."
Yeah, it's "even" because that $200 GC will buy you approximately 27 rounds of .223 at the moment.
Posted by: Jaws at February 15, 2013 05:16 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 09:14 AM (8sCoq)
The sonic boom alone was enough to cause some serious damage. The actual explosion must have been incredible. Thank goodness it doesn't seem to have hit a heavily populated area. Can you imagine it coming down in the middle of Moscow? Or in NYC?
Imagine if it had come down during the height of the Cold War! "The bombs are falling! The bombs are falling!" We'd all be nothing but puffs of ash on a radioactive cloud right now.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 05:16 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at February 15, 2013 09:13 AM (MSrqi)
Orange is my favorite color.
Posted by: Sol Roth at February 15, 2013 05:16 AM (DrWcr)
Home births are trendy again, among Rich White Womyn With Graduate Degrees.
If the gov't is paying for your maternity care, OTOH, you demand every last service you are "entitled" to.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking heavily at February 15, 2013 05:17 AM (hO8IJ)
I just can't wait for all of those green jobs to really get the economy rolling along. It should happen any century now
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2013 05:17 AM (1Jaio)
>>Didn't much of it explode before impact?
Yup. You can actually see where it hit harder air in some of the videos.
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at February 15, 2013 05:17 AM (IkTb7)
"Is that one-half mass times the square of the velocity, or the square of the product of 1/2 mass and velocity?"
If you had your own blog, you would know the answer.
Posted by: jwest at February 15, 2013 05:17 AM (ZDsRL)
so that's 10 tons times 33,000 times 33,000 ?= BOOM"
All we need is the ditzy chick from the KFC commercial to go "Game day bucket go BOOM!"
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 15, 2013 05:17 AM (bTPOR)
Laurent once had a US fanboy who played college basketball near tears when Laurent refused their grievance studies bullshit....
true quote, "hey buddy my family sold yours for trinkets...we still have a mirror 400 years old."
He called everybody "buddy" funny stuff....
was here for a materials engineering degree for his family's diamond concern/
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 05:18 AM (LRFds)
My dad was born in my grandparents' house in an upstairs bedroom. I think there's some savings to be had here.
My father was born on his family's couch. As were all of his brothers and sisters, I believe.
I sure hope they reupholstered it between kids.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 05:19 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at February 15, 2013 05:20 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: eman at February 15, 2013 05:21 AM (vRbhj)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at February 15, 2013 05:21 AM (jCQ+I)
Posted by: zsasz at February 15, 2013 05:21 AM (MMC8r)
Bought 500 rds of .45ACP for $219 at Gander Mtn last week, and 500 of 5.56 from Midway for same price week before that. (that was a little harder to come by, gotta wait for it to pop it's little head up and then grab it).
$200 from bosslady bee good ting, mahn.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 15, 2013 05:21 AM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: John Lenin at February 15, 2013 05:21 AM (eEokR)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 15, 2013 05:21 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at February 15, 2013 09:15 AM (zLBf
We have a shitload of Somalis here in NH. Every last one of them is on the dole, but boy are they PROUD of themselves.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 05:22 AM (4df7R)
well, the big boom in the SMODVID is the thing actually blowing up, not a sonic boom
the reports say the thing was traveling 33,000 mph, which is Mach43 (speed of sound x 43)
that's twice as fast as manned space flight
I'm just a lowly HS graduate, but isn't a sonic boom the result of some object accelerating to and then exceeding the speed of sound?
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 05:23 AM (8sCoq)
How much per round?
Posted by: EC at February 15, 2013 05:23 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: John has a long mustache at February 15, 2013 05:23 AM (evdj2)
Morning!
Posted by: EC at February 15, 2013 05:24 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at February 15, 2013 05:24 AM (zLBf8)
A sonic boom is the sound of any object moving faster than the speed of sound. It's not just when it exceeds that speed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 15, 2013 05:25 AM (GsoHv)
so that's 10 tons times 33,000 times 33,000 ?= BOOM
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 09:16 AM (8sCoq)
Barry: That gets you a savings of 3,000%. What else do you need to know
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 15, 2013 05:25 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Orson Welles at February 15, 2013 05:25 AM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 05:25 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 15, 2013 09:23 AM (8sCoq)
As I understand it a sonic boom is the sound associated with an object moving through the air at or above the speed of sound, not just the moment when it exceeds the speed of sound. But I'm a liberal arts major, so I could be stupidly, stupidly wrong.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at February 15, 2013 05:25 AM (4df7R)
$.44 before shipping. It's Israeli origin. Brass is not all shiny and stuff, but Federal distributes it, and I zeroed my scope last week with it. All good stuff.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 15, 2013 05:26 AM (4Mv1T)
Well in this case it is the shockwave of the thing entering Earth's atmosphere at speed once it went through dense enough air to generate the wave...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom
The acceleration to speed is not the causative so much as the object being above trigger speed for air density...
meaning if you had an object already zooming at speed it would still generate the wave once atmospheric density was manipulated....
BOOM!
We grew up at an air base where every once in a while F-4 pilots would get excited....
*boom*
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 05:27 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Orson Welles at February 15, 2013 05:27 AM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 15, 2013 05:27 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: LibertarianJim (team #letitburn) at February 15, 2013 05:27 AM (CMbMd)
Posted by: weirdflunky at February 15, 2013 05:28 AM (tlhtD)
Posted by: Wabbajack at February 15, 2013 05:29 AM (Y3C5w)
"Bought 500 rds of .45ACP for $219 at Gander Mtn last week, and 500 of 5.56 from Midway for same price week before that. (that was a little harder to come by, gotta wait for it to pop it's little head up and then grab it).
$200 from bosslady bee good ting, mahn."
Ugh. Them prices is ugly. But then again, my view is a bit skewed because A) I'm a cheapskate, and B) I cast and reload most of what I shoot. (500) cast lead .45's run me (hard cost) about $30. The berm mining, smelting, casting. brass tumbling, and reloading labor is free because I'm my own slave. 8^)
Posted by: Jaws at February 15, 2013 05:29 AM (4I3Uo)
No you're correct the wave in the case of a meteor is caused when the density of the object indexed to speed intersects with the proper density of atmosphere to allow the wave to be generated....
IOW it is "backwards" compared to how we usually ponder sonic booms being generated but not anomalous.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 05:29 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Jean at February 15, 2013 05:31 AM (AP6/F)
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Illegal but fully documented.
That could be useful training. I just don't know what else I should study. Do you suppose they will let us run the casinos?
Posted by: RioBravo at February 15, 2013 05:31 AM (eEfYn)
Well "friend" is a stretch I was far closer to the Chinese couple than him. He "respected" those of us who were military or ex-military regardless of color....just a really screwed up values system the guy was carrying.
I try not to judge the wrapper Baldi you've known me long enough...it's all about the candy in the wrapper.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 05:31 AM (LRFds)
Independence. I picked up a couple at my local Gander Mountain. Some guy saw it before me and literally swept the entire table into his cart with his arm. Asshat!
Posted by: EC at February 15, 2013 05:32 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Orson Welles at February 15, 2013 05:33 AM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Jean at February 15, 2013 05:33 AM (AP6/F)
405 Jean I passed a 4mm last night, 2 more in left kidney to bust today.
Posted by: weirdflunky at February 15, 2013 05:37 AM (tlhtD)
Guy comes back from mens room. Says This bar is a terrible place. It should be bulldozed and everyone working here Fired. Really upset.
Bartender says Gee Sir what 's the matter ? 3 minutes ago you couldn't say enough good stuff about this bar.
Guy says, Well I was in the can having a drain when some big guy put a gun to my head and said Give me a **** j*b or I'll blow your head off !
Bartender says So what happened then ?
Guy says WELL, YOU DIDN'T HEAR A SHOT , DID YOU ??
Back when I heard this joke everyone was going around for weeks saying "Did you hear a shot?"
Posted by: Bill sometimes Bill from Canada at February 15, 2013 05:37 AM (zrPV6)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 15, 2013 05:38 AM (DvVVN)
Posted by: Dogstar at February 15, 2013 05:45 AM (2MnmS)
Kinetic energy equals one half times mass times velocity squared.
And the sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side!
Posted by: The Scarecrow at February 15, 2013 05:45 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Brickmuppet at February 15, 2013 05:46 AM (vp6an)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 15, 2013 05:46 AM (MBqvE)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at February 15, 2013 05:47 AM (QXlbZ)
Look when you've survived Stalin SMOD seems like small taters.....
Our LiVs would start pissing themselves and the media would worship it.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 15, 2013 05:49 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: tony weiner at February 15, 2013 06:03 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 15, 2013 09:14 AM (ATdet)
Nah, we don't want to take a chance on an losing an emerging majority voting block member. First class medical care for anchor baby mamas, that's the ticket. All you seniors on Medicare can take a number and go to the back of the line!
Posted by: Barky Ochooma I at February 15, 2013 06:05 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Jean at February 15, 2013 06:09 AM (3f/jH)
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Competing space rock arrives in Russian lake?
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at February 15, 2013 06:33 AM (1c58W)
I think that "Zinc" factory might have collapsed due to poor construction+overloading by the companies industrial expansion and then the sonic over-pressure was too much and it simply broke. Maybe a football sized hypersonic-roid helped at best.
Posted by: MoJoTee at February 15, 2013 08:54 AM (e1kfW)
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