Hey Ford!!! Screw you guys!!!!

[sheep herder]

This is not what AT&T and Samsung told me this morning when I asked which phone comes without any sort of facial recognition software installed.

**** AT&T!

 

[RonD]

Well the easier way is usually the more proprietary

Like buying a Ford with an engine that doesn't have keys on the crank or cam gears, lol
Versus building your own engine or car

You can get cell phones that you can run your own opensource android software on, with ONLY the options you want

Same for voice recognition systems in your home, it is easier to get an off-the-shelf device that may record ALL it hears and send that to the company that makes the device.
But you can built your own system to control anything and won't record anything

"The customer is always right"........is true
But for big business, "the customer doesn't always know whats right, WE DO"

 

[ericbphoto]

This is not what AT&T and Samsung told me this morning when I asked which phone comes without any sort of facial recognition software installed.

Oh. Your are hilarious. You know they don't have the answer to that question.

But I do.

 

[Dirtman]

My landline (yes I have a landline) is a rotary phone. Cordless phones do not work when the power is out so why own one? Rotary phones don't require a seperate power source so as long as the phone line doesn't fall with the power line you can still make calls.

 

[snoranger]

My landline (yes I have a landline) is a rotary phone. Cordless phones do not work when the power is out so why own one? Rotary phones don't require a seperate power source so as long as the phone line doesn't fall with the power line you can still make calls.

As much as I hate to agree with your insanity...

I too have a landline, but I have a touch-tone tethered phone along with a cord-less... No rotary.
After superstorm Sandy, our land line was working and cell service was out for a few days in some places.

 

[Dirtman]

Yea any old landline corded will work, i just went rotary cause i like spinning things. Cordless phones require external power. I did the same thing, got the landline with a corded phone after sandy. Power was out but phone lines were still up. Cell signals were ok here but towers definitely went down and it was spotty in areas. Plus, you can beat a man to death with a rotary phone so i count it as a home defense weapon. Weighs about 5 pounds and has a handle on the back.

 

[8thTon]

I prefer engines that dont have to be spun to 4500rpm to get power.

The engine in my car makes 160hp at 5500rpm. The torque curve is flat from 1750 to 5500rpm. It's a 1.4L Turbo - it would make a great truck engine.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

The engine in my car makes 160hp at 5500rpm. The torque curve is flat from 1750 to 5500rpm. It's a 1.4L Turbo - it would make a great truck engine.

No it wouldnt.

First time you loaded it up and headed up a good hill chances are it would go boom.

I just see no reason for a truck engine to operate above 3500-4000rpm unless its right before an upshift.

These new gas engines (with the exception of the godzilla im guessing) are ridiculious. There is no reason to drop 2 gears and turn 5000rpm up a hill my 460 might pull 5 or 10 mph slower but at a much more comfy 2500 rpm.

RPMs shorten engine life.

 

[8thTon]

No it wouldnt.

First time you loaded it up and headed up a good hill chances are it would go boom.

I just see no reason for a truck engine to operate above 3500-4000rpm unless its right before an upshift.

Lol, you’re just flinging poo now, and you still haven’t figured out what gears are. I show you an engine with a fat power band and you just make stuff up.

It’s got an iron block, forged crank and rods, and full main girdle. Obviously since it’s only 160hp it’s not an engine for a large truck but the power curve of an engine like that is great for a truck.

I remember the ‘70’s and 80’s too, and the engines they put in trucks were hardly impressive machines for the most part.

 

[Dirtman]

No it wouldnt.

First time you loaded it up and headed up a good hill chances are it would go boom.

I just see no reason for a truck engine to operate above 3500-4000rpm unless its right before an upshift.

These new gas engines (with the exception of the godzilla im guessing) are ridiculious. There is no reason to drop 2 gears and turn 5000rpm up a hill my 460 might pull 5 or 10 mph slower but at a much more comfy 2500 rpm.

RPMs shorten engine life.

Ive towed 4900 pounds with a 2.3 EcoBoost. It might as well been towing farts cause that little engine didn't care. Yea, 4900 pounds aint alot in big truck terms but a 4 cylinder from days past could not have done that. A 3.7 ecoboost can tow 10,000 pounds without missing a beat. So your 460 can do it... your 460 sucks ass. It truly does. Its a big slow iron peice of crap that makes no power, its true.. Its nostalgic but meaningless. Modern tech beats old iron every day. And as far as your theory of longevity, dohc vvt di turbo engines have been running for 250,000+ miles and more without a rebuilds. I love old shit but bottom line, your talking steam engines vs nuclear power when you think 70s tech is the way to go...

A 460 is a cool engine... it would have the frame ripped out of it by a modern v6... and the v6 will last longer.

 

[snoranger]

Ive towed 4900 pounds with a 2.3 EcoBoost. It might as well been towing farts cause that little engine didn't care. Yea, 4900 pounds aint alot in big truck terms but a 4 cylinder from days past could not have done that. A 3.7 ecoboost can tow 10,000 pounds without missing a beat. So your 460 can do it... your 460 sucks ass. It truly does. Its a big slow iron peice of crap that makes no power, its true.. Its nostalgic but meaningless. Modern tech beats old iron every day. And as far as your theory of longevity, dohc vvt di turbo engines have been running for 250,000+ miles and more without a rebuilds. I love old shit but bottom line, your talking steam engines vs nuclear power when you think 70s tech is the way to go...

I love the 460. It’s an absolute monster...

1979, 460,F150/250, 230 hp @4000, 362 tq @2500
1979, 460, F350, 239 hp@4000, 369tq@2500


Ok, maybe it isn’t always a torque monster, just a monster in size and weight.

 

[Dirtman]

Yea... thats like, why even show up numbers. Sure its down low grunt, but those are still peak numbers. My 2.0 makes more HP and tourque...

 

[snoranger]

Those are the saddest numbers ive ever seen..

IDK, These numbers don’t look very happy...

 

[Dirtman]

IDK, These numbers don’t look very happy...

View attachment 42843

You reply to fast... i always edit!

Also pills

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Yea... thats like, why even show up numbers. Sure its down low grunt, but those are still peak numbers. My 2.0 makes more HP and tourque...

On par with like say... a pushrod 4.0 for hp.

Unknown on tq