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February 3, 1966 in the USA had successfully launched the weather satellite ESSA-1. This device worked in automatic mode and took images of clouds. The images were transferred to the national Meteorological center of the USA for analysis. American satellite ESSA-1 The shape of the satellite resembled a prism with dimensions of 107 inches high…

After a slow fourth quarter in 2015, many economists predict the United States economy will rebound for a stronger showing later this year. That’s promising news. So why do many of us feel like we’re not doing so well—even in times of relative prosperity? Perhaps there’s a fundamental error underlying current economic theory that accounts…

BMW Individual 760Li Sterling, a luxury with a big L(i) [updated] Posted on 22-10-2013 at 21:10 by sir_smokalot – 21 Comments” Not only Mercedes can be a luxury limousines build, also, BMW, and specifically for the Individual department, there may be some of it. Their latest product comes from a collaboration with silversmiths ROBBE &…

Again: daytime running lights is not low beam Posted on 23-10-2013 at 14:06 by sir_smokalot – 73 Comments” Two years ago on autoblog, but in the meantime, the seniorenclub also discovered: daytime running lights is bad, mmkay? The problem with the daytime running lights is that it is a supplement to the low beam, but…

Opel Astra dieselt of 4,800 miles in one day [record] Posted on 23-10-2013 at 14:58 by sir_smokalot – 45 Comments” Looking for some publicity and break some FIA records, Opel recently with a number of Astra 2.0 CDTI’s 24 hours long time laps. The efforts were not for nothing, because there were 18 records. On…

Elon runs doorrr: high-snelheidstuning for Tesla Model S Posted on 23-10-2013 at 12:13 by sir_smokalot – 46 Comments” If there is something that you should not do with pure electric cars, then the hard drive. The battery pack is the achilles heel, this is at top speed faster drained than a closed museum full of…

Video: dodge you are a fresh crash [Porsche 911] Posted on 23-10-2013 at 16:31 by sir_smokalot – 32 Comments” Although dashcamfilmpjes this sometimes suggest, not everyone behind the wheel of a half-tame. The man in this Porsche 993 was just a strong piece of evasive driving. We are looking through an onboard camera over the…

The 20 foutste abbreviations of car brands Posted on 26-10-2013 at 17:55 by MrBrown – 178 Comments” How often is a BMW not ‘Farmers Manure Wagon’? Not a very original abbreviation. We therefore set the 20 foutste car abbreviations at a glance. Can you get the car of the neighbor, have a nice debunk. 1.…

Twenty Pagani photos on Instagram Posted on 04-07-2013 at 12:33 by sir_smokalot – 24 Comments” Instagram is happy not only used for you to consume meal or new leeroutfit sharing with the world, the better autospots come by. We did a round of Pagani, with the following pictures as a result. Zonda’s and huayra, and…

The 20 sexiest British cars ever Posted on 03-08-2013 at 18:00 by sir_smokalot – 88 Comments” The British car industry has through the many years of misery, but also a lot of beautiful things are produced. Today we will make a cross-section, and we will look that the British are our roads enriched. It is…