I dunno about the "nothing like".... 1) its a compact planetary continuously variable transmission in a form factor for bicycles 2) it uses eccentric shaped objects which vary power transfer based on position 3) the positioning of the power transfer roller is governed by moving the objects from the exact same point... OK once they discussed fluid it was obviously a different mechanism for transfer, but I would call these objects more similiar than different.

True that is a huge system, however that's not a house, it's a large complex and it's an early generation of this type of system. Remember the early computers filled huge rooms - now there is more computing power in laptop computers. If as much R&D were invested in something like this as the computer industry then I think it would be reasonable to say it could morph into a more compact unit. People used to say the same thing about computers.

Yes, since yesterday it's improved, thanks.

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned already, but I was hoping that the Unsifted page could default to the setting of 'Newest queue date'? Not simply because it is as it was in the previous version, but some users may not notice this setting as they're browsing. I fear that new posts could go un-noticed and expire if they're only seeing the 'most voted for' first.

But otherwise, very nice update - I love the compact listing style, since the preview images often show little about the video.

dood, that is one baddass cell phone at the end of the clip...so svelte and compact. where can i get one ?

Sad thing is it's so true, they are all idiots. If they woke up and realized that over 90% of their profit comes from concerts and not CD sales. Hell only record labels make money of bands CD's. There were underground bands wanting to go big that would give their music away to build a fan base. Because they knew the money was in the show not the overpriced compact disc.

But I'm not talking about Europe or Japan. Their different. The citys there are older. The streets are narrower and smaller. Therefore the cars are smaller and more compact. Tyr driving an Esclade down a sidestreet and you'll know what I mean.

Sure my argument holds up. It takes proper planning when building roads and bridges. A lot of times the designer gets it wrong and the road/bridge is ineffective from the start. And mass transit is no different. It dosen't allways get you where you want to go. Yes, in the citys it has it's place, even needs. But it woun't work outside the city's in the small towns and country. And limited usefullness in getting into the city, where most people will drive there car in.

And if you want to look to Japan or Europe for lack of traffic your wrong there too. America citys may have problems but a lot of European citys are f**up too when it comes to traffic.

Now it is a compact van.

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I think it's a question of pick your poison. We have irational fears of nuclear power thanks to movies like China Syndrome and Silkwood. Because radiation is inivisible - it has a real bogey-man quality.

But seriously, coal based reactors are very bad - belching out heavy metals that fall into our oceans, and get into our seafood, causing real poisonings.

I have been reading up on the new generation of light-water reactors- they produce an incredible amount of power with very minimal waste. For me, it's the best from a bouquet of evils.

I'm in favour of a two pronged approach of nuclear and conservation. Just replacing all bulbs in the uS with the compact flourescents would have a large effect.

I find it interesting that it became a contest between grace and beauty (in elongated lines), versus compact power. There was a pretty clear advantage in going second, as well. Amazing ladies!

Maybe next time they'll provide a chin rest!

"Two 90 watt compact floresecent lights where used for both the camera shooting light and the grow lights. The lights were set on a timer for 18 hours on and 6 off (for the health of the plants). The jump in the video is the 6 hour gap in the darkness."

Music: Roland White - Gaieté Acadienne.

I-71/75 Erlanger, Kentucky: FedEx jack Knives into Police Cruiser: as a police cruiser is checking the welfare of occupants of a vehicle that crashed into the median due to icy roads, a second vehicle slams into the cruiser and spins it around into the middle lane facing oncoming traffic. Soon thereafter you can see a FedEx tractor trailer jack knife into the police cruiser.

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On I-71/75 last night, the freezing rain and snow lent to a horrific scene straight out of a movie in which an out-of-control double tractor-trailer slammed into a helpless compact car.

The freezing conditions last night left more than 100,000 power customers without power, but it also created the kind of road conditions that led to the crash.

With the release of cruiser cam video today, one can now witness sheer terror through the cruiser cam of Erlanger police officer Bill Allen.

The events that led up to the disaster were small notes which led to the horrible crescendo.

"Both Officer Eagler and I noticed that the road was very slick," Officer Allen told 9News.

Just before the crash, Allen and probationary officer Doug Eagler had responded to the scene of a single car spinout.

"As we approached the vehicle, we both heard a noise -- turned around and looked -- and saw another vehicle strike the back end of our cruiser," said Allen.

The driver in that car was 20-year-old year Ashley Walker, whose bruises now show on her neck her seatbelt restraint.

"I seen the police cruiser and I tried to stop and get over, but I couldn't stop," Walker told 9News.

As her car struck the cruiser, the camera goes out.

Officer Allen's car is spinning in the meantime, and when the camera comes back on, it's pointing back towards oncoming traffic.

She tells 9News, this is when she says he saved her life.

"He's like -- get out get out a semi's coming a semi's coming!," said Walker. "He takes me out of the car and throws me into the snow and he throws himself on top of me."

Video also shows the car of Ronald Powell, who amazingly, has barely a scratch on him, despite being in the car the semi hit.

"The cop car started spinning in front of me and I'm coming up and I'm starting to slow down and then I see the Officer grab Ashley out of her car and dive him and himself against the guard rail," said Powell. "And then that's when I get smacked."

The driver of the double tractor-trailer says he tried to steer around, but couldn't.

The video shows the double-load tractor-trailer jack-knifing and slamming right into Powell's compact car.

When 9News asked Powell if he has seen the cruiser cam video of him getting hit, he responded, "Yes, and it just lets me know how truly the grace of God and the seatbelt, it saved my life."

Remarkably no one was seriously hurt as a result of the crash.

Officer Allen tells 9News he didn't have time to think, he just acted.

Ashley Walker says she will no longer take things for granted.

And, again, Ronald Powell believes he and his seatbelt had a little help from above.

Chromophobia, 1966

"Raoul Servais achieved international acclaim with his ground-breaking, anti-militarist fable on repression, perseverance, and the indomitability of the human spirit, Chromophobia, a compact, yet articulate parable of an aggressive, chromophobic army that marches into an idyllic kingdom and systematically terrorizes the population by erasing all traces of color within its periphery, until a little girl unexpectedly cultivates a lone, resilient red flower in her garden. Evoking the instinctual compositions of a more geometric Joan Miró, the film is particularly remarkable in Servais' illustration of resonant, iconic symbolism: a balloon that is converted into a ball and chain mirrors the town's spiritual captivity, the transformation of trees into gallows represents the corrupted interrelation between life and unnatural death in times of war, flowers emerging from the barrel of a rifle reflects a restoration of peace and gesture of renewed humanity."

more on raoul servais...

sorry, but i have never seen any ladies bathroom, let alone toilet seat ... that clean where you would hike your skirt up a bit to sit on the floor!!

besides ... what girl doesn't carry a compact!?!? as IF!!!

(Vintage" or “Classic” is cool)

(alla' farhad’s suggestions for icons got the vibe, very stylish, he knows, watch his style)
(joedirts’ got the spin, short and sweet,.................................----
{My final categories
Science & Nature, Viral, Sports & Action, Toons, checkbox on submission page for "Long"})
...The long suggestion is not innocuous to insult, -something else, episodes perhaps-SCHLONGER….
-Sports is yes-this is history., and as for that,
-History
-Spirituality
-Dig plastique, watch for subtleties...look and look again-
-Science is mundane, how-bout, oatmeal….Nah science good, oatmeal bad.
Whittle it down though, it needs to stay compact…..bells and whistles tend to muddle and dilute.
Here it goes, another morph....

D A R W I N- gotta be a must!!?? The universal language of stupid and not long for the world (at least at that particular moment), is a universal language....it'll keep the christians away, too....wait, nevermind.

Why is it that the returns I put into my submission were compacted? It made the post look like a big block of unappealing text.