it was not a serious post, but a badly worded attempt at a joke

does that mean that heat is shrinking out genes?

I bet you could see it with infared, it probably looks like a pillar of light coming out of space to the exact location of the reciever.

That's the point, It works well to complete school. Getting a degree has little to do with learning (although it very much should IMO) and much more to do with being able to regurgitate information.

Tell that to some of the guys I work with.

I was always told to go to school, and get good grades. If I wanted to learn I had to do that on my own time.

Work done by the engine on the alternator is exactly that, work. It costs extra power (and hence fuel) to run. Have you ever wondered why using high load electrical components and air conditioners hurts fuel economy? The main point of the heat based system, is that it uses energy from a source that is not otherwise used.

I worked at Toyota for a while we have been talking about this for at least a year. The technology has been around for a long time, but we usually call them thermocouples. It's exactly the same concept, except they need to be much larger, and have a much higher temperature differential to be useful. The main problem is the size and weight. The weight is significant when you're looking to reduce mass to improve fuel economy, and obviously it adds cost to the vehicle.

As for extracted heat reducing the efficiency of the engine, after heat leaves the cylinder head, unless it is used to do work (as in a turbocharger) it is waste.

So it seems that the US isn't the only country where policy can be influenced by angry people with lots of money

I remember in Halo on silent cartographer, you could blast the warthogs on top of this island and drive around. That was a blast!! Definetly one of my favorite glitches.

Another trick, in the same level, you could push the warthog INTO the cartographer room, I'm talking into the structure, down the stairs, and into the room where you access the map. That takes me back!

I also HATE people that are glitching on Call of Duty World at War, getting under the map and killing you with impunity.

Of course, If someone can see very clearly but has no idea what they are looking at (sniperintheweedslookoutyou'redead), it is equally useless information.

Which is worse, bad input, and good recognition, or good input and bad recognition? It seems we have little control over the quality of (unaided) input.

I always thought it was, "Old age and treachery beats youth and skill"

As a younger (24) engineer, I find that it is necessary to have a degree to get a decent job. I don't have any friends without a degree that work in a technical profession, and every engineer at my employer have that's under 30 has a degree. The older guys though, we'll hire anyone, degree or not, that has the requisite experience for the job. Personally, I think it makes for a good mix of challenging traditional ideas and 'tried and true' practicality

"I got the ball!!" *WHAM* You old guys need to build taller coffee tables.