Re: [more car-trivia] Re: To Steve Schear, re Rome, Architects, Shuttles, Congress

2003-02-23 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 07:39:03PM +, Adam Back wrote: > As far as evolutionary pressures, aggressive and fast driving is far > more dangerous, however adrenaline inducingly fun that may be. > > (ke =1/2.m.v^2). Also exposed or unduly light vehicles -- motorbikes, > light built cars like ci

Re: [more car-trivia] Re: To Steve Schear, re Rome, Architects, Shuttles, Congress

2003-02-21 Thread Steve Thompson
--- Adam Back <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as evolutionary pressures, aggressive and > fast driving is far > more dangerous, however adrenaline inducingly fun > that may be. Depends on one's strategy. When riding a motorcycle, there are two aggressive driving principles I observe at al

[more car-trivia] Re: To Steve Schear, re Rome, Architects, Shuttles, Congress

2003-02-21 Thread Adam Back
Bill Frantz wrote: > And, I still am willing to work on my brake systems. Replacing pads > on a disk brake unit is a lot easier than replacing drums. Agree it's easier, and there is very little to get wrong changing disk brakes -- remove a couple of bolts, using some leverage push the pistons bac