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On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:19:03 -0500, Boater wrote:

SmallBoats.com wrote:
hk wrote:
SmallBoats.com wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:08:31 -0800 (PST), wrote:

A spaceship is traveling away from the Earth at the speed of light.

Can't happen. As you approach C the mass increases, becoming infinite
at the speed of light. See any good explanation of Special Relativity
for non physics majors. Einstein wrote one, maybe he needed the dough.

How come, although Einstein was a good writer, no English majors seem
to have ever understood special relativity? Or even Newton. I remember
reading in the Denver paper that 4wd vehicles are twice as likely to
end up in the ditch as 2wd machines. Seems English majors, and many
others, think 4wd makes them immune to the laws of Physics they never
studied.

All wheel drive has legitimate uses: hauling a boat up a steep and
slippery launching ramp is one, snow plowing is another. English
majors think it is for making better time on ice and snow. Four wheel
drive is for not shoveling the driveway and still making it to the
plowed street.

Casady

Yup.. When I get out on bad roads I stay in 2 wheel until I need it..
Basically, my theory is 4x4 is for getting out of the ditch, not
getting in I always laugh at these idiots who think just because
the 4x4 can get them going faster, it can also stop them faster...

Four wheel drive provides better control on snowy, slippery roads.

Perhaps if the roads are that slippery and bad you should stay home and
let the professionals and emergency personel do their work.. Last week
when I was on my way to the ER there were hundreds of passenger cars
sliding and crashing in the 6 inches of snow on most roads, even the
main ones. A 10 minute trip took almost 25 as I watch the idiots out
risking their lives and the lives of their families as they would not
take a day off from shopping...

I have a 4WD vehicle. It works quite well in the snowfall we have here.
Stop projecting your incompetencies onto others.

On icy roads, your 4x4 does no better than a 4x2. If it's an automatic, it
does much worse than a 4x2 manual transmission.

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