Oracle of Delphi

I'm too evil to die! Muhahahahahaha!

Well since it's a German car I have only one thing to say. Glückwünsche!

+1, Her face scares me, it looks evil, and I'm not kidding!

I have a question. Since McCain is so old, what would happen if he died before before the election? Who would be the nominee and would they have to redo their convention, or does Dan Quale with a Ponytail automatically get the nod from the party. This question has been bugging me for a few days now.

The only good cat is a dead cat. Dogs, FTW!

I guess, I will be one of the 1st to kiss my ass goodbye! Discovery or doom? Collider stirs debate Chapter 2: Cutting through the hype over black holes and future benefits By Alan Boyle Science editor MSNBC updated 5:03 p.m. ET, Mon., Sept. 8, 2008 Will the Large Hadron Collider save the world, or destroy it? As the atom-smasher at Europe's CERN research center is readied for its official startup on Wednesday, researchers might wish that the general public was captivated by the quest for the Higgs boson, the search for supersymmetric particles and even the evidence for extra dimensions. But if the feedback so far is any guide, the real headline-grabber is the claim that the world's most powerful particle-smasher could create microscopic black holes that some fear would gobble up the planet. The black-hole scenario is even getting its day in court: Critics of the project have called for the suspension of work on the European collider until the scenario receives a more thorough safety review, filing separate legal challenges in U.S. federal court and the European Court of Human Rights. The strange case of the planet-eating black hole serves as just one example showing how grand scientific projects can lead to a collision between science fiction and science fact. The hubbub also has led some to question why billions of dollars are being spent on a physics experiment so removed from everyday life. Why do it? Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist at the City College of New York, acknowledged that people often ask about the practical applications of particle physics. Even if physicists figure out how a particle called the Higgs boson creates the property of mass in the universe, how will that improve life on Earth? "Sometimes the public says, 'What's in it for Numero Uno? Am I going to get better television reception? Am I going to get better Internet reception?' Well, in some sense, yeah," he said. "All the wonders of quantum physics were learned basically from looking at atom-smasher technology." Kaku noted that past discoveries from the world of particle physics ushered in many of the innovations we enjoy today, ranging from satellite communications and handheld media players to medical PET scanners (which put antimatter to practical use). "But let me let you in on a secret: We physicists are not driven to do this because of better color television," he added. "That's a spin-off. We do this because we want to understand our role and our place in the universe." About those black holes ... The black holes that may (or may not) be generated by the Large Hadron Collider would have theoretical rather than practical applications. If the collider's detectors turn up evidence of black holes, that would suggest that gravity is stronger on a subatomic scale than it is on the distance scales scientists have been able to measure so far. That, in turn, would support the weird idea that we live in a 10- or 11-dimensional universe, with some of the dimensions rolled up so tightly that they can't be perceived. Some theorists say the idea would explain why gravity is so much weaker than the universe's other fundamental forces — for example, why a simple magnet can match the entire Earth's gravitational force pulling on a paper clip. These theorists suggest that much of the gravitational field is "leaking out" into the extra dimensions. "It will be extremely exciting if the LHC did produce black holes," CERN theoretical physicist John Ellis said. "OK, so some people are going to say, 'Black holes? Those big things eating up stars?' No. These are microscopic, tiny little black holes. And they’re extremely unstable. They would disappear almost as soon as they were produced." Not everyone is convinced that the black holes would disappear. "It doesn't have to be that way," said Walter Wagner, a former radiation safety officer with a law degree who is one of the plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit. Despite a series of reassuring scientific studies, Wagner and others insist that the black holes might not fizzle out, and they fear that the mini-singularities produced by the Large Hadron Collider will fall to the center of the earth, grow larger and swallow more and more of Earth's matter. Ellis, Kaku and a host of other physicists point out that cosmic rays in space are far more energetic than the collisions produced in the Large Hadron Collider, and do not produce the kinds of persistent black holes claimed by the critics. In the most recent report, CERN scientists rule out the globe-gobbling black holes and the other nightmares enumerated in the lawsuit, even under the most outlandish scenarios. Wagner remains unconvinced, however. "I don't think the knowledge we are going to acquire by doing such an experiment outweighs the risk that we are taking, if we can't quantify that risk. ... We need to obtain other evidence," he said. Article Continues: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24556999/

I think Canadians are technically considered Americans, since their fine country which I have been lucky enough to visit many times, is in fact in North America.

Maybe a divorce is in the cards for the Clintons, that would make the News more interesting.

For two simple reasons, GM has for all intents and purposes killed Saturn. They have no engineering, marketing, or for that matter their own assembly plant. GM's thinking here is, it can save big money by gutting Saturn and replacing the internals with Opel. Opel does the engineering and production of most of the Saturn lineup by 2014, GM does the marketing. Secondly, GM is trying to move both Opel and Saturn up market, this takes time and doesn't happen overnight, again GM's goal is to have both brands moved upmarket within a few years, to make room for Chevy's expansive role. After all Chevy is GM's world brand. Pontiac is a dead brand walking, so you won't see Opel models going there.

QFT This is what I believe too, and what I have been hinting should happen.

QFT blu, thou doth protest too much, I think your goal isn't to have a political discussion, quite the contrary, I think your goal is to shut down any political threads on this site, because you don't believe in them. What other reason could you have for acting like a 4 year old? IMHO.

Today I was watching Deutsche Welle, (German World), the news here in Germany. They showed Palin, before she was nominated for Vice President, at her Pentecostal church saying, she believes you can PRAY AWAY THE GAY. I couldn't believe my ears

I found some old pics/drawings of a Ford Custom 500, I like it a little better than the Galaxie 500, I think it's because it has less chrome. I also like the round taillights better, the Galaxie's were more rectangled in shape. I like how they were showing off the seatbelts at that time.

+1, I have problems with women who use abortions as a form of birth control! If you don't want a baby get on the pill or have your sex partner wear a condom, or here's a novel idea, how about doing both. I really have issues with 3rd trimester abortions, they should be made illegal, especially when my tax money is being used to sponsor this. IMHO!

Oh, say it ain't so, not the G8! Lordy, Lordy, whats we going to do?

By show car, I mean there was a car that GM brought around to all the assembly plants and showed the employees what the proposed Beretta (L car), was going to look like. This was either 1884 or 1985. I did not work at GM at that time, but saw pictures of it when I got to Wilmington, which built the Beretta. I was shown these pictures by the current plant manager then. The car I saw from the rear, looked like a baby version of the Camaro, with similar taillights and design cues. It was a much nicer car than what was actually produced after the manufacturing engineers got done with it. Remember, they make most changes to make it easier to build. That's why what you see at a show, is most likely changed when it hits the lot. If I can find the Beretta pic in the GM historical files I will post it.

Don't kid yourself, that's exactly what they did. That's why you go to the same building to buy a so called, Buick, Pontiac, and GMC. Don't pay any attention to the man behind the curtain, because that man is GM, and that's who is running BPG. It's a one brand strategy with 3 different marketing directions. As for the old GM Divisions, well they haven't existed for almost 40 years when GM created GMAD, the General Motors Assembly Division, which took the individual assembly plants away from the divisions and made them corporate plants.

I like the show car a bit more. I realize that from show car, to production model, a vehicle must change. After all the show car that was touted around for the Beretta was a baby version of the Camaro, and we all know how that turned out.

I like that Ford in the pic, is it a Ford Galaxie 500, or the cheaper model with less chrome, the Ford Custom 500? Anyone know?

Yes but the trains ran on time.

Sure it makes sense, if GM were going to play fair, it would not pick GMC or Chevy to represent GM trucks, it would create something new, say GM Trucks, or Borgermobiles or whatever, that's not the point. The point was GM will never pick GMC (the red headed step child), over Chevy to represent GM's Truck market as a whole. Not in this lifetime anyway. The fact remains that I see models not being given to GMC but to Chevy, If I were GMC I would be very nervous, in fact I would be twitching if I were them.

I didn't know Canadian was a race! :rotflmao:

Rosie O'Donell

I am PCS and I approve this message! A few weeks ago when I was home in Delaware, I filled out my primary absentee ballot. The primary is tomorrow for both Democrats and Republicans for Governor, Lt. Governor, various State House and Senate races and County Council positions. I always vote, and I think it's important to do so, there have been a few races in Delaware that has been decided by one vote. I've been asked many times if I was a Republican on this forum or what my political leanings are, I guess many of you by now think you know how I vote because of my preference for Obama for President, don't be so sure. I vote the best person in my view for the job, and always will. I hope you vote when it's time to do so, wherever you are in the world. It's important

The 1st electrical GM generator, for when the power goes out.