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Also, many corporations outsource their files to a different company anyway(Which leave their servers on 24/7) so there isn't likely to be a disruption in services.
These things are designed to run 24/7/365. The only downtime is when they switch over to new parts.
How do you outsource "files"?
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+2...and Blackhorse..that includes ethnic origin
What about tuxedo wearing lesbians?
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As much as I hate Microsoft I've been using Windows Home Server successfully for 2 years. Only cost me $140 plus an old desktop PC (no recurring costs). Haven't had to touch the server at all in 2 years - not even to reboot or upgrade software. It uses a thin client on each PC and gives you overall status on each one and access to the backup console from any PC. You can retrieve and view a backup as a mapped network drive to recover files individually or you boot from a recovery CD to rebuild a failed disk drive from scratch on a new drive. It also serves as a media server (is that redundant?) and gives you shared folders for all PCs, public and private.
I really believe they bought this from another company - the GUI doesn't have that MS look and feel, plus it actually works (did I mention I hate MS?). But I'm sold.
How does Carbonite work?
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Obviously, we'll have to wait and see if MKZ Hybrid will have an I4 or V6, but a major difference here would be that, while rarely referred to as so, Honda's system is a mild hybrid system that didn't really provide all that much fuel savings, and thus became rather pointless. Even the much smaller and much-less-powerful coming Honda CR-Z is going to get lower fuel efficiency ratings than the Fusion Hybrid, for example. My guess is that if the MKZ Hybrid gets the 3.5L V6, it will get about 290 HP and 30 MPG combined. Whether that is a sufficiently good combination is hard to say. My own opinion is that it should be an I4 with full luxury options that the 2011 MKX will have, sacrificing at most 1 MPG or so from the Fusion/Milan numbers. Again, that should blow the Lexus HS out of the water.
People buy hybrids for fuel economy not performance so a V6 hybrid is pointless when the I4 is sufficient.
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That's not really proof because we already know the mustang is much lighter and should be faster even with the same power.
But I just heard that MT got similar results on K&N's dyno. That would be much more convincing.
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I'd prefer the MKZ to have a hybrid system teamed with a V6 rather than the same system as the Fusion...which was, I believe, a powertrain that was being researched. I seem to remember some tech blurb about the new V6 being eyed immediately as possibly being teamed with electric motor(s).
That worked really well for the Accord. Oh wait........
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I honestly don't think they know what the hell they're doing right now. They've never been in this position before. They better figure it out in a hurry and hope their pending legal issues don't bury them.
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The private sector has given us 99.9% of all technology that we have. Government bogs everything down. A good example is health care. Government has got health care so strangled by regulation and red tape that it is unaffordable without a collective quasi-Communist system of payment.
I have seen great improvements in communications systems in the last few years. I see a military that can't fight a war against a much weaker opponent without practically bankrupting the country. I am sure that a lot of private, for profit militaries, competing for contracts would do the job much more efficiently. They could also be employed locally by neighbourhoods, paid directly by each household, to replace government police, if crime was a problem. Legalize drugs, and you eliminate 90% of urban crime. Arm the people, and you eliminate 99%. Neighbourhoods should have weapons of war at their disposal, and regular training in how to defend against invaders.
The world has shrunk because of instant communication and information. It is a new paradigm that has never been experienced before. Government is nothing but a constant impediment to this new freedom. I think that quite possibly, we have outgrown the need for government.
I wasn't referring to the government being better at managing anything. For the most part I agree with you that government rarely is better at anything, but there are some things where the federal government has to be in control and military is one of them.
Bell labs was a government regulated monopoly and was able to do a lot of "pure research" which yielded the transistor, the laser, radio astonomy and the Unix operating system. These discoveries would either have not been possible or would have taken a lot longer if left up to the private sector. Research in the private sector is limited to things with a direct benefit to the company and positivie ROI - they can't afford to do otherwise. This can and does lead to new technology and sometimes they get lucky and discover something totally by accident.
Just go look at what Bell Labs discovered from the 20's through the 70's and then look at what came after the monopoly was broken up in 1982 and they had to start supporting a private sector company without monopoly status.
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This would be hard to prove. If I was Toyota I'd be more worried about all of the old lawsuits that they won based on not disclosing the black box data. The info they released on the runaway Prius along with the whistleblower testimony sure makes it sound like they withheld information and THAT could reopen a lot of old cases with potentially huge verdicts at stake.
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she could have gone with the flow initially yes, and pursued her cause POST prom....would have made the same point, and I would have had a hell of a lot more respect for her...sometimes THAT is the most diplomatic way to obtaining results...however, Compromise and common sense is obviously trumped sometimes by personal beleifs of ones self worth and "rights".....
She obviously wanted to force the school to have the prom as scheduled and allow her to attend per her request. Had the school not decided to cancel it altogether (for "unspecified" reasons) then she would have been successful.
For the record - I totally agree with you that there are a lot of minority groups that do things just to call attention to themselves and I think it's ridiculous. But that isn't what happened here.
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One quick question,
The new 6-speed manual transmission, they say 4th gear is 1:1, is that true?
Google says
1st: 3.66
2nd: 2.43
3rd: 1.69
4th: 1.32
5th: 1.00
6th: 0.65
Final drive: 3.31:1
But again - regardless of the transmission gear, the power still has to go through the differential at 3:31:1 so you're never actually measuring 1:1 at the rear wheels anyway.
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Just wondering, what would it do on 100+ octane fuel?
As an aside: When F-1 allowed "special" fuels, the Cosworth V-8 did just fine. When F-1 switched to "pump" gas, its days were over, and the V-10's ruled.
Possibly nothing. There is a limit as to how far you can advance the timing to take advantage of higher octane fuel. 91 or 93 or 95 might be the limit, although it's possible it could handle 100+. E-85 is even higher - up to 105. The EB 3.5L in the MKR concept made 425 hp on E85, but it was tuned specifically for E85.
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In other words, she should have kept quiet and not rocked the boat. That certainly would have been better for the other students. But having this specific ruling will virtually guarantee that no other schools will have discriminatory policies next year and it should allow this couple to attend the prom next year since the girlfriend will be a Junior next year at the same school.
This sounds just like a case where a sports star gets accused of a crime against another person and that person gets chastised for bringing charges because it affected the team's performance. Don't blame the victim!
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Ford advertises HP as "SAE net" which, as I understand it, is measured at the crankshaft per protocol. Is that not the case?
Correct. Nobody reports rear wheel hp.
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what good is a governing body at all if it has NO authority.....
What good is a governing body that abuses its authority to violate student's rights? It was within its rights (legally) to cancel the prom and the judge agreed. Apparently it was not within its rights when it told her she couldn't wear a tux, show up or dance with her girlfriend.
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Ah, more Sprayslobber.
Basic research is "non-profit", because it is BASIC research, with no immediately-profitable use, but provides the foundations for further progress. For example, John Polanyi's research into catalysis 20-25 years ago, is paying off with today's nano-tech.
As to incentive, research is after knowledge, and to the scientifically-oriented, this is the incentive that works.
And no, the private sector doesn't do it better. It's rare to see any private sector organization support basic research, precisely because the pay-offs are not available immediately. So, that's why there's outfits like DARPA and the NRC in Canada.
Perfect example: Bell Labs. When allowed to do pure research without regard to specific products or ROI they gave us some pretty wonderful things like the transistor. Once AT&T became a totally private business competing with other private companies, the pure research pretty much had to stop. Most companies simply can't afford to fund pure research without a probable bottom line payback.
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Ok so supposedly Toyota is having a good month, so does GM from other reports, so is Chrysler, and so is Ford, so whos the losers for the month? I cant possibly think that everyone is having a great month and the economy is picking up that quickly?
Ford is still taking market share. Any Toyota sales at this point are just pull aheads - people who were planning to buy a new Toyota in the next several months but are taking advantage of the rebates now. I doubt seriously that they are getting any conquest sales to speak of and they'll see a big dropoff in 2 or 3 months.
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Oh, I'm not saying the government shouldn't be run more like a private enterprise, but to actually ALLOW private enterprise to run things like the military would be ridiculous.
Yes, that would be a disaster. But you could always hire a CFO to manage the budget.
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So we should elect a CEO instead of a President? I'm all for limited government, but I'm not for NO government. Holy crap!
I've always maintained that we need 2 leaders - a CEO (president) and a CFO. The CEO handles diplomatic, military, policy and other administrative issues. The CFO handles the budget and other financial issues. One person cannot be good at both and most (if not all) Presidents are more CEO with little CFO background.
If the government budget was run like a private corporation we'd be much better off.
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That's good info but the funeral home they went to was only about 3 miles from her house and you get there through residential streets where the speed limit doesn't exceed 35 mph. Something else had to happen. I didn't ask her about floor mats but her RX, 2008 non-hybrid IIRC, wasn't part of that recall anyway right? I'll see if I can find out more when I talk to her again.
This sounds more like simple brake failure, not a SUA or temporary loss of braking situation. It would not have been covered by any of the recalls anyway. Sounds like they identified a mechanical failure.
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It's been proven that gender is genetic based on X and Y chromosomes. If we take your numbers (3% - 4%) then that means that there is at least a 96% correlation between gender and sexual preference. That's as close to scientific proof as you can get without an actual cause being identified. Speaking of that - do you know how difficult it is to isolate and identify a single gene or a gene sequence? The fact that no gene has yet been identified does not imply that there isn't one. Or to turn it around - there is no proof that it is NOT a gene, either.
My issue with research that points away from genetics is that there are many groups (mostly religious) who have a vested interest in proving that it is NOT genetic and that it can be "cured". These people cannot accept that their God would create such a person so they will continue to seek alternative explanations. Or they simply do not like gay behavior and do not accept that it can't be changed.
You also can't go by what people say about their reasons for their sexual preferences. There are many factors (religious beliefs, peer pressure, mental illnesses, etc.) that could influence what a person believes or says they believe.
I'm also not saying that there can't be environmental or external causes. What I'm saying is that whatever causes it the end result is a physical change in the brain that the person has no control over and which cannot be "cured" through therapy or other treatments. They can certainly ignore these feelings or pretend otherwise - we already know the power of suggestion under hypnosis or brainwashing - but that doesn't change the underlying cause.
You also need to consider that this condition seems to occur in roughly the same proportions across races, religions, nationalities, cultures and has remained that way through centuries. Any non-physical causal theory that you can come up with would have to be proven to exist in the same way and in the same proportion across all races, religions, cultures and geographic locations and has remained constant for centuries. When you come up with one, let me know.
The evidence is there - some people just do not want to accept it.
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after changing my fuel filter with the right filter i started having problems above 45mph its hesitating i went to ford and they said my fuel pressure was low or fuel pressure and supply down is exactly what they said and that i need to replace my fuel pump why would replacing my fuel filter do this.
any suggestions would be great
I would double check and make sure it's the correct filter and it's installed correctly. That would be a big coincidence if it was running ok before the filter change and the fuel pump started acting up at exactly the same time the new filter was installed. What made you replace the old filter? Problems or just routine mtce?
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According to the Federal Court, she has the right to wear a Tux and take a female date under the First Amendment. The Court refused to force the shcool district to reinstate the prom.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/23/mississippi.lesbians.prom/
But all I've ever wanted was to be able to just go to my own school's prom with my girlfriend.I agree with the ruling but all of this could have been avoided if the school had been more open-minded and less homophobic to begin with. Now all of the kids are being punished. That is the sad part.
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With all due respect, Autoblog, that's not the 'craziest damn thing I'll hear all day.'
People just don't care about stuff like that.
But that's the argument people use for RWD (BMW has it and that's why people buy them). Sure puts a big hole in that theory.
CNN is finally getting it
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