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    'Experts'

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/opinion/26Kristof.html Learning How to Think Ever wonder how financial experts could lead the world over the economic cliff? One explanation is that so-called experts turn out to be, in many situations, a stunningly poor source of expertise. ....The best...
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    Dixie Snow - What's Working ? Not ?

    Snow in Alabama and such, so what vehicles / tires are working, and not ? Type of snow (ice, slush, powder, etc.) ?
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    Drink Heavily and Everything Will be OK

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/business/economy/21markets.html?_r=1&hp Fears that the country’s largest banks could be nationalized swamped Wall Street on Friday, pummeling stock markets and sending financial shares sharply lower. Bank of America fell near $3 a share, and Citigroup fell...
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    The Subprime Bone is Connected to the MBS Bone....

    I hesitated about starting a new topic, but based on comments in some of the other topics thought it worthwhile in order to provide a brief outline of how subprime mortgages are connected to a global financial meltdown. I've merely listed as little as possible from the wiki link below to...
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    Teddy 'Trust Buster' Roosevelt - We Need You

    http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02132009/transcript3.html SIMON JOHNSON: What I read from that is that there is an unnecessary and excessive deference to the experts, or the supposed experts. And I think the view that a lot of people have in Washington - I live in Washington, I follow this...
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    Conficker Worm

    Sorry if this old news.... http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/01/16/virus.downadup/index.html A new sleeper virus that could allow hackers to steal financial and personal information has now spread to more than eight million computers in what industry analysts say is one of the most serious...
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    Origins of the 'Right to Bear Arms'

    See below for a chronological listing of proposed amendments on the right to bear arms which eventually made up the bill of rights. It's interesting that the first specifically stated a right to bear arms outside of the context of the miltia, but that right didn't appear to be mentioned where it...
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    The SUV is Dead, R.I.P.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/business/26jane.html?_r=1&oref=slogin General Motors, Driven to the Brink IN late May, senior executives at General Motors confronted a decision that few thought they would ever face: whether to continue developing the next generation of one of the most...
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    Hint at What Caused the Financial Meltdown

    One technique that is used for problem solving is called 'is - is not', where one starts by listing what the problem is and what it is not. One can then use the list to sort thru different ideas on what caused the problem, discrading as many as possible. The article below is a good example of a...
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    Lots of Squeals at the Trough

    These look like feral hogs...... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/business/22lobby.html?scp=2&sq=lobbyists&st=cse Big Financiers Start Lobbying for Wider Aid Even as policy makers worked on details of a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry, Wall Street began looking for ways to...
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    Guzzler Quandary: Sell Low to Buy High?

    See more people finally talking about 'gas swilling minivans', but still not much talk about sporty cars that get similar mileage. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/automobiles/31GUZZLE.html?_r=1&ref=automobiles&oref=slogin Guzzler Quandary: Sell Low to Buy High? SQUEEZED by frequent...
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    New Kia Rio

    We have 20 miles on it now, so we can give it a good, comprehensive review :^) We weren't looking for one, I was just trying to find something affordable with a decent warranty as the oldest is moving a short distance away, and I didn't want her taking the older Taurus with 140k miles on it...
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    MPG; Don't Jump from the Frying Pan into the Fire

    I can see some people selling their SUV with the new low profile wheels and custom paint at a large loss in order to buy a small BMW for better mileage.... http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/consumer-guides-real-world-fuel-economy-losers-cga.htm Consumer Guide's Real World...
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    Electric Cars Stink

    I sure dunno what people like electric cars, boy are they dumb. My daughter called, said the car was dead. I asked if it would turn over and she said no. When I got to the highway a local police officer was there, said that it wouldn't take a charge. We had 24 hrs, and he said please push it...
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    AWD / 4WD vs Tires

    Initially for a thread that got locked, but the articles seemed good so I start a new one. AWD / 4WD will probably get closer scrutiny next season as it does cost some mileage. A reasonable tradeoff for some might be dedicated winter tires vs AWD all year...
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    VW Bug with Wings

    http://www.max-mpg.com/ The drag reducer lowers the Beetle's drag to about Cd = 0.28. Handling at high speed and in windy conditions is greatly improved (as you would expect with a wing or spoiler). Fuel economy is increased by 5% to 8% depending on speed. Our modified car is a 2003 Beetle...
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    Toyota Diesel Bearing Problems

    Dunno where the thread went but there was one on Toyota diesel bearings and how 'non-Japanese oil' was essentially the cause of the problem. It looks like Toyota may have had a bearing problem, a couple of different suppliers where one supplier had problems, it appears that possibly overlapping...
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    Trick That Truck

    http://www.dieselpowermag.com/tech/general/0708dp_1997_dodge_ram_3500_dualie_cummins/index.html 1997 Dodge Ram 3500 Dualie Cummins - 30-MPG 1-Ton! - Diesel Tech Go ahead and don't believe the numbers. The whole point of this article is to show how little tips and tricks can get you...
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    2003 Dodge Cummins Runs Cooler with M1 5W40

    In my 2003 Dodge Cummins I've typically been using a blend of 66% Mobil 1300 15W40 and 33% M1 5W40, sometimes 50% - 50%, but the last time decided to try 100% M1 5W40 to use some of the stock of the older 5W40 T&S. I stocked up on it when a local retailer had it on clearance for $4 a qt. The...
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    Analog vs Digital Movies

    Reinforces a concern about digital information in a Scientific American article a few years back. As an example my Kodachrome slides are good for about 200 years storage, but to digitize them with current technology takes about 80 to 120 Mbytes per image. Silver prints can last lots longer...
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