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SFTVratings 02-14-2007 12:47 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
On Feb 14, 10:18 am, SMS <scharf.ste...@geemail.com> wrote:
> SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Not so much because of the statement, but because they don't have any
> > math to back-up said statement. Might as well say, "If I flap my arms
> > real hard, I could fly." Yeah. Sure. If it WERE possible to build a
> > 400MPG civic or Prius, Honda or Toyota or Ford would would already be
> > doing it (and bragging about it on the television).

>
> They can do it easily. They just have to leave the electricity to charge
> the plug-in hybrid's batteries out of the equation.



That's called cheating.




Elmo P. Shagnasty 02-14-2007 01:10 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
In article <1171452408.323940.77550@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups. com>,
SFTVratings_troy@yahoo.com wrote:

> There are limits the universe places on Energy-to-Motion conversion.
> You can't exceed those limits.


True. But we don't know that we've hit those limits, so we keep trying.

I'm sure people 200 years ago thought we hit all sorts of limits, which
someone then proceeded to blow through.

Shoot, at one time heavier-than-air flight was thought impossible.


Elmo P. Shagnasty 02-14-2007 01:10 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
In article <1171452408.323940.77550@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups. com>,
SFTVratings_troy@yahoo.com wrote:

> There are limits the universe places on Energy-to-Motion conversion.
> You can't exceed those limits.


True. But we don't know that we've hit those limits, so we keep trying.

I'm sure people 200 years ago thought we hit all sorts of limits, which
someone then proceeded to blow through.

Shoot, at one time heavier-than-air flight was thought impossible.


Elmo P. Shagnasty 02-14-2007 01:10 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
In article <1171452408.323940.77550@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups. com>,
SFTVratings_troy@yahoo.com wrote:

> There are limits the universe places on Energy-to-Motion conversion.
> You can't exceed those limits.


True. But we don't know that we've hit those limits, so we keep trying.

I'm sure people 200 years ago thought we hit all sorts of limits, which
someone then proceeded to blow through.

Shoot, at one time heavier-than-air flight was thought impossible.


Elmo P. Shagnasty 02-14-2007 01:10 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
In article <1171452408.323940.77550@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups. com>,
SFTVratings_troy@yahoo.com wrote:

> There are limits the universe places on Energy-to-Motion conversion.
> You can't exceed those limits.


True. But we don't know that we've hit those limits, so we keep trying.

I'm sure people 200 years ago thought we hit all sorts of limits, which
someone then proceeded to blow through.

Shoot, at one time heavier-than-air flight was thought impossible.


Mark 02-14-2007 01:24 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
On Feb 14, 10:23 am, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <l0FAh.2787$ya1.1...@news02.roc.ny>,
>
> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > <SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:1171452408.323940.77550@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
> > > Not so much because of the statement, but because they don't have any
> > > math to back-up said statement. Might as well say, "If I flap my arms
> > > real hard, I could fly." Yeah. Sure.

>
> > In the original Star Trek program, people would use these little data
> > storage things the size of small cookies. What did you think about that idea
> > when you saw it?

>
> JoeSpareBedroom, allow me to introduce you to Troy Heagy, performance
> troll and the self styled "most annoying man on usenet"
>
> Troy posts under at least half a dozen names (see below) and his game is
> to create a thread that might otherwise be interesting, and introduce a
> deliberate mistake into it, and watch it fall apart with people arguing
> about his mistake instead the actual topic.
>
> He's been busted in rec.arts.tv so many times that he's expanding his
> net to other groups, like mostly sci-fi like Farscape, and now auto
> related ones like these. But he sets the cross posts to rec.arts.tv to
> show that he's still managing to annoy us here.
>
> He'll now scream that we're haters, and are stalking him, etc., etc.,
> etc., and probably threaten legal action, yadda yadda yadda.
>
> Oh, and he sends death threats to people that expose him like this, and
> then will claim they've been sending HIM death threats, and writing his
> boss and trying to get him fired, blah blah blah.
>
> Killfile Troy Heagy in all (s)he-its many incarnations now:
> Troy.He...@gmail.com,videonov...@yahoo.com
> videonovels2...@yahoo.com,telenov...@yahoo.com,fre d_h_had...@yahoo.com
> **DON'T FORGET THE NEWEST ONE>>> SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com


Not to worry, Joe does the "death threats" thing too... (yawn)


Mark 02-14-2007 01:24 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
On Feb 14, 10:23 am, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <l0FAh.2787$ya1.1...@news02.roc.ny>,
>
> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > <SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:1171452408.323940.77550@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
> > > Not so much because of the statement, but because they don't have any
> > > math to back-up said statement. Might as well say, "If I flap my arms
> > > real hard, I could fly." Yeah. Sure.

>
> > In the original Star Trek program, people would use these little data
> > storage things the size of small cookies. What did you think about that idea
> > when you saw it?

>
> JoeSpareBedroom, allow me to introduce you to Troy Heagy, performance
> troll and the self styled "most annoying man on usenet"
>
> Troy posts under at least half a dozen names (see below) and his game is
> to create a thread that might otherwise be interesting, and introduce a
> deliberate mistake into it, and watch it fall apart with people arguing
> about his mistake instead the actual topic.
>
> He's been busted in rec.arts.tv so many times that he's expanding his
> net to other groups, like mostly sci-fi like Farscape, and now auto
> related ones like these. But he sets the cross posts to rec.arts.tv to
> show that he's still managing to annoy us here.
>
> He'll now scream that we're haters, and are stalking him, etc., etc.,
> etc., and probably threaten legal action, yadda yadda yadda.
>
> Oh, and he sends death threats to people that expose him like this, and
> then will claim they've been sending HIM death threats, and writing his
> boss and trying to get him fired, blah blah blah.
>
> Killfile Troy Heagy in all (s)he-its many incarnations now:
> Troy.He...@gmail.com,videonov...@yahoo.com
> videonovels2...@yahoo.com,telenov...@yahoo.com,fre d_h_had...@yahoo.com
> **DON'T FORGET THE NEWEST ONE>>> SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com


Not to worry, Joe does the "death threats" thing too... (yawn)


Mark 02-14-2007 01:24 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
On Feb 14, 10:23 am, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <l0FAh.2787$ya1.1...@news02.roc.ny>,
>
> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > <SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:1171452408.323940.77550@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
> > > Not so much because of the statement, but because they don't have any
> > > math to back-up said statement. Might as well say, "If I flap my arms
> > > real hard, I could fly." Yeah. Sure.

>
> > In the original Star Trek program, people would use these little data
> > storage things the size of small cookies. What did you think about that idea
> > when you saw it?

>
> JoeSpareBedroom, allow me to introduce you to Troy Heagy, performance
> troll and the self styled "most annoying man on usenet"
>
> Troy posts under at least half a dozen names (see below) and his game is
> to create a thread that might otherwise be interesting, and introduce a
> deliberate mistake into it, and watch it fall apart with people arguing
> about his mistake instead the actual topic.
>
> He's been busted in rec.arts.tv so many times that he's expanding his
> net to other groups, like mostly sci-fi like Farscape, and now auto
> related ones like these. But he sets the cross posts to rec.arts.tv to
> show that he's still managing to annoy us here.
>
> He'll now scream that we're haters, and are stalking him, etc., etc.,
> etc., and probably threaten legal action, yadda yadda yadda.
>
> Oh, and he sends death threats to people that expose him like this, and
> then will claim they've been sending HIM death threats, and writing his
> boss and trying to get him fired, blah blah blah.
>
> Killfile Troy Heagy in all (s)he-its many incarnations now:
> Troy.He...@gmail.com,videonov...@yahoo.com
> videonovels2...@yahoo.com,telenov...@yahoo.com,fre d_h_had...@yahoo.com
> **DON'T FORGET THE NEWEST ONE>>> SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com


Not to worry, Joe does the "death threats" thing too... (yawn)


Mark 02-14-2007 01:24 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
On Feb 14, 10:23 am, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <l0FAh.2787$ya1.1...@news02.roc.ny>,
>
> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > <SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:1171452408.323940.77550@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
> > > Not so much because of the statement, but because they don't have any
> > > math to back-up said statement. Might as well say, "If I flap my arms
> > > real hard, I could fly." Yeah. Sure.

>
> > In the original Star Trek program, people would use these little data
> > storage things the size of small cookies. What did you think about that idea
> > when you saw it?

>
> JoeSpareBedroom, allow me to introduce you to Troy Heagy, performance
> troll and the self styled "most annoying man on usenet"
>
> Troy posts under at least half a dozen names (see below) and his game is
> to create a thread that might otherwise be interesting, and introduce a
> deliberate mistake into it, and watch it fall apart with people arguing
> about his mistake instead the actual topic.
>
> He's been busted in rec.arts.tv so many times that he's expanding his
> net to other groups, like mostly sci-fi like Farscape, and now auto
> related ones like these. But he sets the cross posts to rec.arts.tv to
> show that he's still managing to annoy us here.
>
> He'll now scream that we're haters, and are stalking him, etc., etc.,
> etc., and probably threaten legal action, yadda yadda yadda.
>
> Oh, and he sends death threats to people that expose him like this, and
> then will claim they've been sending HIM death threats, and writing his
> boss and trying to get him fired, blah blah blah.
>
> Killfile Troy Heagy in all (s)he-its many incarnations now:
> Troy.He...@gmail.com,videonov...@yahoo.com
> videonovels2...@yahoo.com,telenov...@yahoo.com,fre d_h_had...@yahoo.com
> **DON'T FORGET THE NEWEST ONE>>> SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com


Not to worry, Joe does the "death threats" thing too... (yawn)


JoeSpareBedroom 02-14-2007 01:26 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
"Mark" <bogusmailmark@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1171477459.332207.173200@h3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...

> On Feb 14, 10:23 am, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
>> In article <l0FAh.2787$ya1.1...@news02.roc.ny>,
>>
>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > <SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >news:1171452408.323940.77550@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
>> > > Not so much because of the statement, but because they don't have any
>> > > math to back-up said statement. Might as well say, "If I flap my
>> > > arms
>> > > real hard, I could fly." Yeah. Sure.

>>
>> > In the original Star Trek program, people would use these little data
>> > storage things the size of small cookies. What did you think about that
>> > idea
>> > when you saw it?

>>
>> JoeSpareBedroom, allow me to introduce you to Troy Heagy, performance
>> troll and the self styled "most annoying man on usenet"
>>
>> Troy posts under at least half a dozen names (see below) and his game is
>> to create a thread that might otherwise be interesting, and introduce a
>> deliberate mistake into it, and watch it fall apart with people arguing
>> about his mistake instead the actual topic.
>>
>> He's been busted in rec.arts.tv so many times that he's expanding his
>> net to other groups, like mostly sci-fi like Farscape, and now auto
>> related ones like these. But he sets the cross posts to rec.arts.tv to
>> show that he's still managing to annoy us here.
>>
>> He'll now scream that we're haters, and are stalking him, etc., etc.,
>> etc., and probably threaten legal action, yadda yadda yadda.
>>
>> Oh, and he sends death threats to people that expose him like this, and
>> then will claim they've been sending HIM death threats, and writing his
>> boss and trying to get him fired, blah blah blah.
>>
>> Killfile Troy Heagy in all (s)he-its many incarnations now:
>> Troy.He...@gmail.com,videonov...@yahoo.com
>> videonovels2...@yahoo.com,telenov...@yahoo.com,fre d_h_had...@yahoo.com
>> **DON'T FORGET THE NEWEST ONE>>> SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com

>
> Not to worry, Joe does the "death threats" thing too... (yawn)
>



Hey - I never heard back from you on your business theories with the pizza
place.



JoeSpareBedroom 02-14-2007 01:26 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
"Mark" <bogusmailmark@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1171477459.332207.173200@h3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...

> On Feb 14, 10:23 am, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
>> In article <l0FAh.2787$ya1.1...@news02.roc.ny>,
>>
>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > <SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >news:1171452408.323940.77550@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
>> > > Not so much because of the statement, but because they don't have any
>> > > math to back-up said statement. Might as well say, "If I flap my
>> > > arms
>> > > real hard, I could fly." Yeah. Sure.

>>
>> > In the original Star Trek program, people would use these little data
>> > storage things the size of small cookies. What did you think about that
>> > idea
>> > when you saw it?

>>
>> JoeSpareBedroom, allow me to introduce you to Troy Heagy, performance
>> troll and the self styled "most annoying man on usenet"
>>
>> Troy posts under at least half a dozen names (see below) and his game is
>> to create a thread that might otherwise be interesting, and introduce a
>> deliberate mistake into it, and watch it fall apart with people arguing
>> about his mistake instead the actual topic.
>>
>> He's been busted in rec.arts.tv so many times that he's expanding his
>> net to other groups, like mostly sci-fi like Farscape, and now auto
>> related ones like these. But he sets the cross posts to rec.arts.tv to
>> show that he's still managing to annoy us here.
>>
>> He'll now scream that we're haters, and are stalking him, etc., etc.,
>> etc., and probably threaten legal action, yadda yadda yadda.
>>
>> Oh, and he sends death threats to people that expose him like this, and
>> then will claim they've been sending HIM death threats, and writing his
>> boss and trying to get him fired, blah blah blah.
>>
>> Killfile Troy Heagy in all (s)he-its many incarnations now:
>> Troy.He...@gmail.com,videonov...@yahoo.com
>> videonovels2...@yahoo.com,telenov...@yahoo.com,fre d_h_had...@yahoo.com
>> **DON'T FORGET THE NEWEST ONE>>> SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com

>
> Not to worry, Joe does the "death threats" thing too... (yawn)
>



Hey - I never heard back from you on your business theories with the pizza
place.



JoeSpareBedroom 02-14-2007 01:26 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
"Mark" <bogusmailmark@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1171477459.332207.173200@h3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...

> On Feb 14, 10:23 am, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
>> In article <l0FAh.2787$ya1.1...@news02.roc.ny>,
>>
>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > <SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >news:1171452408.323940.77550@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
>> > > Not so much because of the statement, but because they don't have any
>> > > math to back-up said statement. Might as well say, "If I flap my
>> > > arms
>> > > real hard, I could fly." Yeah. Sure.

>>
>> > In the original Star Trek program, people would use these little data
>> > storage things the size of small cookies. What did you think about that
>> > idea
>> > when you saw it?

>>
>> JoeSpareBedroom, allow me to introduce you to Troy Heagy, performance
>> troll and the self styled "most annoying man on usenet"
>>
>> Troy posts under at least half a dozen names (see below) and his game is
>> to create a thread that might otherwise be interesting, and introduce a
>> deliberate mistake into it, and watch it fall apart with people arguing
>> about his mistake instead the actual topic.
>>
>> He's been busted in rec.arts.tv so many times that he's expanding his
>> net to other groups, like mostly sci-fi like Farscape, and now auto
>> related ones like these. But he sets the cross posts to rec.arts.tv to
>> show that he's still managing to annoy us here.
>>
>> He'll now scream that we're haters, and are stalking him, etc., etc.,
>> etc., and probably threaten legal action, yadda yadda yadda.
>>
>> Oh, and he sends death threats to people that expose him like this, and
>> then will claim they've been sending HIM death threats, and writing his
>> boss and trying to get him fired, blah blah blah.
>>
>> Killfile Troy Heagy in all (s)he-its many incarnations now:
>> Troy.He...@gmail.com,videonov...@yahoo.com
>> videonovels2...@yahoo.com,telenov...@yahoo.com,fre d_h_had...@yahoo.com
>> **DON'T FORGET THE NEWEST ONE>>> SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com

>
> Not to worry, Joe does the "death threats" thing too... (yawn)
>



Hey - I never heard back from you on your business theories with the pizza
place.



JoeSpareBedroom 02-14-2007 01:26 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
"Mark" <bogusmailmark@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1171477459.332207.173200@h3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...

> On Feb 14, 10:23 am, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
>> In article <l0FAh.2787$ya1.1...@news02.roc.ny>,
>>
>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > <SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >news:1171452408.323940.77550@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
>> > > Not so much because of the statement, but because they don't have any
>> > > math to back-up said statement. Might as well say, "If I flap my
>> > > arms
>> > > real hard, I could fly." Yeah. Sure.

>>
>> > In the original Star Trek program, people would use these little data
>> > storage things the size of small cookies. What did you think about that
>> > idea
>> > when you saw it?

>>
>> JoeSpareBedroom, allow me to introduce you to Troy Heagy, performance
>> troll and the self styled "most annoying man on usenet"
>>
>> Troy posts under at least half a dozen names (see below) and his game is
>> to create a thread that might otherwise be interesting, and introduce a
>> deliberate mistake into it, and watch it fall apart with people arguing
>> about his mistake instead the actual topic.
>>
>> He's been busted in rec.arts.tv so many times that he's expanding his
>> net to other groups, like mostly sci-fi like Farscape, and now auto
>> related ones like these. But he sets the cross posts to rec.arts.tv to
>> show that he's still managing to annoy us here.
>>
>> He'll now scream that we're haters, and are stalking him, etc., etc.,
>> etc., and probably threaten legal action, yadda yadda yadda.
>>
>> Oh, and he sends death threats to people that expose him like this, and
>> then will claim they've been sending HIM death threats, and writing his
>> boss and trying to get him fired, blah blah blah.
>>
>> Killfile Troy Heagy in all (s)he-its many incarnations now:
>> Troy.He...@gmail.com,videonov...@yahoo.com
>> videonovels2...@yahoo.com,telenov...@yahoo.com,fre d_h_had...@yahoo.com
>> **DON'T FORGET THE NEWEST ONE>>> SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com

>
> Not to worry, Joe does the "death threats" thing too... (yawn)
>



Hey - I never heard back from you on your business theories with the pizza
place.



Elmo P. Shagnasty 02-14-2007 01:52 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
In article <1171473186.156454.325580@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups. com>,
isquat@gmail.com wrote:

> > I agree it's impossible with the engine design and materials that go into
> > cars these days. Way too inefficient and way to heavy.
> >

> Only the cars that joe schmoe is buying.


Joe Schmoe doesn't have a choice.

The current Civic Si is several hundred pounds heavier than the 92 Civic
Si. That's how they build it. It has multiple airbags, etc.


Elmo P. Shagnasty 02-14-2007 01:52 PM

Re: People who claim 'they could build a 400mpg Hybrid' amuse me.
 
In article <1171473186.156454.325580@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups. com>,
isquat@gmail.com wrote:

> > I agree it's impossible with the engine design and materials that go into
> > cars these days. Way too inefficient and way to heavy.
> >

> Only the cars that joe schmoe is buying.


Joe Schmoe doesn't have a choice.

The current Civic Si is several hundred pounds heavier than the 92 Civic
Si. That's how they build it. It has multiple airbags, etc.



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