Facts that shocked you
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Pit Pony said:
otolith said:
By definition - except that you have to recalibrate the marking if you are testing a different population to the one it is calibrated for.
Interesting effect;
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
Mean, medium.or mode ? Interesting effect;
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
Not big enough to have appreciable tides, water movement would be from rivers flowing in or out and thermal currents if deep enough. The coastal margin would be cooler. If it was real someone would have built canals linking it to the North Sea, Irish Sea and Bristol Channel in the 18th century.
hidetheelephants said:
Not big enough to have appreciable tides, water movement would be from rivers flowing in or out and thermal currents if deep enough. The coastal margin would be cooler. If it was real someone would have built canals linking it to the North Sea, Irish Sea and Bristol Channel in the 18th century.
Thanks. Makes sense. How that would have changed the economic map of the UK is anyone’s guess. Industry and business centred on the lake or canals. London still the capital but in the same was Washington DC is to New York. Bristol a huge gateway city. Liverpool and Manchester much less important That’s a basis for a whole new thread. What if?
I had an interesting conversation with a friend about stuff like this. We lived in a place called Tynemouth with a ruined Priory/Abbey on the headland. Had it not been destroyed it could have been a centre for trade or learning and maybe Tynemouth would have ended up as a university town or city like Durham.
prand said:
Milkyway said:
The Ford Escort Cosworth should have had a triple deck rear spoiler.
It was shelved due to bean counters.... even though it produced 30% more downforce.
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/8sHReuh7.jpg)
Frank Stephenson was inspired by a triplane I believe.It was shelved due to bean counters.... even though it produced 30% more downforce.
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/8sHReuh7.jpg)
Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 25th June 18:10
I can't believe it was just bean counters that blocked it. If it was that effective it would have been used in competitions, probably came a cropper during homologation or MOT type approval..
Some years ago I was working as a development engineer for a major motor manufacturer. Whilst resolving an issue with a hydraulic clutch that didn’t always return in very cold climates, I wanted to add an additional spring into the system, it wasn’t totally essential, but beneficial.
The cost of the spring was $0.50, wasn’t allowed to do it as too expensive.
mph999 said:
prand said:
Milkyway said:
The Ford Escort Cosworth should have had a triple deck rear spoiler.
It was shelved due to bean counters.... even though it produced 30% more downforce.
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/8sHReuh7.jpg)
Frank Stephenson was inspired by a triplane I believe.It was shelved due to bean counters.... even though it produced 30% more downforce.
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/8sHReuh7.jpg)
Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 25th June 18:10
I can't believe it was just bean counters that blocked it. If it was that effective it would have been used in competitions, probably came a cropper during homologation or MOT type approval..
Some years ago I was working as a development engineer for a major motor manufacturer. Whilst resolving an issue with a hydraulic clutch that didn’t always return in very cold climates, I wanted to add an additional spring into the system, it wasn’t totally essential, but beneficial.
The cost of the spring was $0.50, wasn’t allowed to do it as too expensive.
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I'm sure there's some homologation reason for not doing it, like not obscuring more than a certain % of rear vision with the spoiler. Mercedes got around that on the 190 Evo II by covering the top third of the rear window with a fixed cover to make the window smaller, which meant you could no longer see the rear spoiler through it.
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