Quote from flymike91 :

What if we had spent that trillion dollars building colonies on Mars and making the next step into a multi-planet civilization?

What if we would have spent that trillion dollars fighting the secondary wormholes? Then there would be fewer wormhole babies.

Quote from pärtan :

I love drifting. I think it's an original way of driving.

No it isn't. Driving a VW Lupo while simultaneously listening to doom metal, defecating, and chewing bubblegum is.

Because drifters are all a bunch of pot-smoking yuppies who like dubstep.

Quote from CheerioDM :

What kind of person posts pictures like that of themselves on the internet?

Pictures like what?

Quote from dadge :

90's Italian Techno

No thanks, I'll stick with 80's Italo-Disco.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBE_6mtc8NY

Sham 69 - Here Come The Lies

Do an IP whois of the IP address(es) the attacker had been using for the ddos attack, and then email the abuse contact(s) about it.

You can always just make a pedal stop that limits the travel of the clutch pedal, like racing pedal assemblies in real cars have. (Though in real life it's just so you don't destroy the slave cylinder or master cylinder by over stroking/bottoming them out, but still)

Quote from Shotglass :

am i missing something important here? hasnt this already been done before deades ago?

Yeah, but they didn't have Red Bull to generate all the publicity/hype back then, lol

Quote from CheerioDM :

How about the whores that fill them up.
No respect for them.

So do you advocate terroristic acts against those you don't respect, or am I missing something?

Quote from flymike91 :

I think we do very well if the thing we worry about is people saying mean things to each other.

What about bombs blowing up at abortion clinics, cars being rammed into abortion clinics, and abortion clinics being set on fire?

Quote from Impreza WRX :

Also, auto boxes are frequently used in drag racing, because they are able to launch the car more consistently and also if tuned right can shift faster at full throttle than using a manual box

What about a Lenco?

Quote from flymike91 :

If religious groups in the US are responsible for almost 100 billion in charitable donations, I would say that is evidence against the notion Atheists hold that Christians are selfish and bigoted.

But you don't know how many of those religious groups were Christian. Also, are you saying that all atheists hold that notion, and that only atheists hold that notion?

Quote from flymike91 :

Wow so much for discussion.

I thought we were discussing whether or not Christians donate more money to charity than any other group in the world, not what religion you enjoy.

Quote from flymike91 :

I brought up the difference between charity and welfare in the post you responded to.

Alright, but so what?

Quote from flymike91 :

The link I posted shows that religious groups in the US, predominantly Christians, donated almost one hundred billion dollars to religious charities in 2011, the largest recipient of charitable donations. (total donations x percentage given to religious charities = not made up statistics)

I don't see where it says that. I honestly don't. I'm not sure if you linked to the wrong page, or if I'm just not seeing it. Would you mind perhaps providing a screenshot or better yet a direct quote that I can search for on the page?

Quote from flymike91 :

Show me

I see nothing on that page that says that Christians donate more money to charity than any other group.

Quote from flymike91 :

Is that chance more or less than the government blatantly stealing it? Despite their good intentions of course.

Not sure how that is relevant.

Quote from flymike91 :

I bring this up because some Atheists believe that government welfare can replace religion as a major source of charity, not understanding that the joy of donating time and money to a good cause is because it is voluntary and self-directed, not coerced under threat of incarceration.

That doesn't really answer why you brought this up. I'm not atheist, by the way.

Quote from flymike91 :

That is true, but I was mainly arguing against the notion that religious people are selfish bigots when in fact they are the largest source of charity around the world, not just in their own rich white communities.

Made-up statistics are not a good way to argue, especially if you are trying to dispel stereotypes.

Quote from flymike91 :

They're almost identical. I don't see any major differences between Jewish and Christian values. So lets say that Judeo-Christians are more altruistic than selfish and power-hungry if you would rather combine them.

I think you've misunderstood me. My point wasn't to combine Jews and Christians. My point was to say that many groups, religious and secular (did you not see the part about how my school had food drives?), donate food and money. I used examples that I have experienced.

Quote from flymike91 :

I enjoy Christianity because I like the people involved, and because it is the best vehicle for meaningfully helping causes that I believe are important.

With all due respect, I don't care what you enjoy.

Your creator is a nebula?

Quote from flymike91 :

Christians donate more money to charity than any other group in the world.

Show me, don't tell me.

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Oh, also, the problem with donating money is that you don't know exactly where it is going to be spent. There is always the chance of someone who works for the charity blatantly stealing, or even innocently wasting the money and/or getting taken advantage of despite having good intentions. There are plenty of food donations other than from Churches. In the public schools here, they have food drives where kids/parents go around collecting canned food to donate to food pantries. Usually they have some sort of prize to encourage the students to take part. I definitely remember bringing cans of food to school on numerous occasions. Also, synagogues (the two I've been to anyhow) have food drives on the Jewish new year. And I think a synagogue near me bakes tuna casseroles for a local food pantry occasionally.

Also, as for money, many Jews (well, the times i've gone i've seen all of them donate money) donate money if/when they go to the synagogue to pray in the evening (except on the sabbath because you're not supposed to touch money on the sabbath or something) There's something called a tzedakah box that is either passed around or people line up to put some money in it. I believe Christians have something similar as well, but I forget what it's called. I'm sure other religions donate money, food, and other things as well. I just know mainly about Jews.

Lastly, Christians who make up ~75% of the population of the United States could donate a hell of a lot less per capita and still end up donating more as a whole than, say, Jews who only make up ~2% of the population of the United States.

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Quote from ACCAkut :

I think its funny how many people who call themselves atheists dwell on astrology, take witchcraft curses or any other pagan rituals, follow conspiracy theories and stuff or still believe in Santa Claus, the Easter bunny and LFS S3.

As if they need something unexplainable in their life, or to quote the Chemical Brothers, I needed to believe

I don't get it, what is so funny about that?

Quote from luki97 :

You can make it just by making a little bit longer gears (mainly that which was used for slow turns) and when you make them longer then your turbo works slower.

A differential lets two wheels spin at different speeds while being driven. How does having longer gear ratios accomplish that? Also, the way I have the gearing set up in the FXO I seemed to have been hitting higher speeds than someone in an LX6 and everyone else in TBOs at blackwood (sans chicane) on some Cargame.nl server I think. And I believe i was hitting the rev limiter. So, i really don't think having really long gear ratios will accomplish much good, but if it works for you then keep doing what works for you,

Quote from luki97 :

you can use your turbo kinda like a differential

How can you do that?

All I can think of is getting a mixer with a built-in multi-track recorder. But of course then you have to buy something on short notice, which probably is not something desirable.

What year is the Z4?

If it's high enough to be a disadvantage, then what does it matter one way or another whether it invalidates the lap or not? If you hit it, you will mess up your lap anyway.

In terms of damping, minimum rear bump, minimum front rebound to get all the weight to get thrown to the back as quickly as possible. And maximum rear rebound, maximum front bump so that it stays planted when you shift. Also, do a launch and have the suspension debug thing (Shift+L iirc) open. You'll notice that at the peak acceleration you will have negative camber. Increase the camber by about that much. Then fine tune till the camber is near 0 at the peak acceleration for the average launch. That's what I do for drag racing setups in LFS, anyhow. But it's kind of unstable when braking.

Quote from 5tag :

4 cylinder and V6 engines were used in the turbo era.

They were used before the "turbo era" as well. Ferrari 156 with it's 120deg v6, the Climax 4cyl in the Lotuses, and the numerous cosworth engines to name the few that I have knowledge of.