Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged 14-cylinder model is the most powerful diesel engine in the world. It’s designed to accommodate as large a vessel as might be commercially viable, which in turn can still stick to a single-engine, single-propeller design. It’s 89 feet long, 44 feet tall, and weighs 2300 tons. Each cylinder produces 7780 horsepower. Each cylinder. Total displacement, nine hundred cubic feet.
That goes for the largest model. Pictured at left is the bedplate for the eight-cylinder version.
Interestingly, in addition to being the most powerful, it’s also the most efficient. Among the features you won’t find in most smaller engines, is a crosshead design used to take the sideways force away from the pistons, which reduces the wear-and-tear to the cylinder block over time. I suppose it would have to lower the accumulation of operational heat as well.
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