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1980's Monte Carlo SS in Blue. 1970's Caddy Eldorado in Red - Gorgeous.

The red color is gorgeous, and those rims look fantastic.

They could have easily created workstation-lite motherboard to overcome the problem. Socket-771 was a project to test waters, and Intel put half hearted efforts into it enough to bomb it. It was something GM would do in heydays, make a half assed project and then cut it before giving proper opportunity. Weren't Skulltrails expensive and resource hogs?

That seriously sucks. I guess there is not enough market for those and if they created a processor, Intel would lose the hoards of enterprise profits. I have had great experience with Xeons since my school time, I will be happy to own one despite being expensive.

This is amazing stuff. I never knew how the processors were created. Those are some grueling details and precisions. Thanks for the info. As with the overclocking, I am not going to go that route, considering the calculations will require extended periods of full CPU usage, I do not want to bust the computer up too soon. I was just wanting to confirm what I read and heard. But you did not answer my question of existence multiprocessor capability of consumer Core I7.

Cappy, the main thing I have heard about Core I7 used for consumer applications is the inability to communicate on a multi processor platform. While Core I7 and Nelahem are based on the exact architecture, multi-processor capability exists only in the Xeon siblings. If the core I7's are indeed multi-processor capable, then I can see your point and get myself to build me a system. Till then, I have no choice but to get the Xeons. Is it also true that Xeons because of better heat dissipation capabilities have better overclocking capability than the consumer siblings? I totally understand the enterprise editions are bitchily expensive because of one reason - the cost of business not failing because of a faulty system - a blackmail the tech companies use. The same is the case between Quadro FX cards and their consumer siblings, the Quadros are expensive as hel compared to GTXesl. I love the idea of Velo Raptors, they are solid stuff. I want SAS too, but I think I will hold my horses there, since, harddrive speed is not ultra critical for me.

Rendering in Civil 3D totally uses GPU power than a CPU power. But if you are modeling and creating 3D surfaces, the calculations involve CPU power and mega memory. Like I said I think a single quad core with 8GB DDR3 can handle 3-4 drawings opened at once. But my main concern is chess games analyses. The software that analyze these games use something called Tablebases, which help the computer chess programs such as Shredder or Fritz analyse multiple scenarios. While they do not use much memory (1 GB at most) the programs need to go through the Tablebases only with raw power of the processors. Typically a grandmaster has a rack workstation with quad processor capability, while I am not a grandmaster, I think single CPU will not cut those computations. Faster HDD helps only to access the Tablebase thread, once the program catches the thread it is raw computing from that point on. I hope I explained my situation. I will not build it, I will possibly go the Dell route, which is almost the same price for the system including warranty.

Shhh... Ferrari F430 has a CD of 0.34 (With Reference). And given its more than three decades of continuous F1 racing and testing it has no knowledge of Aerodynamics and is poor at it.

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Honeymoon with BMW ended with abortion? I kinda knew you would come back here considering your wife bought a GXP. Too good a car to lay in a garage in Delaware. Welcome back PCS.

[source: Inside Line] Chevrolet Volt's Design Director Snipes at the Aerodynamic Qualities of the Competition Date posted: 07-29-2009 DETROIT — The war of words between the creators of the Chevrolet Volt and its competition are getting ugly. In a Web chat on Tuesday on the corporate GM FastLane blog, the Volt design director accused the competition of "grossly exaggerated aero figures that are not repeatable when we test their vehicles in our tunnel." Bob Boniface, the Volt design director, did not name names. But he made the remark in response to a question by Lyle Dennis from GM-Volt.com, who mentioned that the Tesla Model S is said to have a coefficient of drag of 0.27. Drag coefficient is a measure of the aerodynamic qualities of a vehicle, a critical component for fuel saving. Boniface refused to issue a CD number for the Volt, however. "People may think we are skirting the aero issue by not quoting our tunnel figures," he wrote. He added: "If I quote an actual GM-derived tunnel figure, it may not look impressive to you when, in fact, it is superior to most, if not all our competition. "It is very much like the horsepower race back in the '60s. The Volt aero performance is second only to the EV1 in GM history." Boniface said GM plans to test the 2010 Toyota Prius "this week." "I expect the Volt to stand up to the competition," he added. The Web chat revealed that Goodyear has sourced a "unique, low-rolling-resistance" tire for the Volt that Boniface said "may find its way onto other GM vehicles." However, each vehicle has its own mission and own set of tradeoffs," he noted. "For instance, I would not put this tire on a Corvette or Camaro." As for the the big picture, Boniface said: "Volt design is done. Still a bit of work to do on Opel Ampera. Working on some other (secret) projects now." When asked how the Cadillac Converj would look compared to its concept version should it ever make it into production, Boniface said the transition would be easier than moving the Volt from concept to production form. He said the Converj would have an easier time "because it was based off the production Volt architecture." In terms of interior features, Boniface said Volt designers have "added features such as dual LCD screens in the interior, as well as fully touch-sensitive controls for the center stack." He described those controls as "an industry first." He also clarified that there will be separate ports on opposite sides of the Volt for fuel and electricity.

[source: Car and Driver] 2011 Buick Regal - Spied The Chinese-market Regal has been caught testing in America. What does that mean for U.S. sales? Buick is on the rebound in its home market, with the successful Enclave crossover and the appealing 2010 LaCrosse leading the charge. Could it continue with the reincarnation of the Regal? Spied on American soil was a camouflaged Chinese-market Buick Regal, itself a re-grilled and rebadged European 2010 Opel Insignia. Just what the covered-up Regal was doing here is anyone's guess, especially considering that it's already fully exposed on Buick's Chinese website. But speculation has been ongoing for some time about whether a Regal would reemerge to flesh out America's Buick/Pontiac/GMC dealerships, and that possibility is even more likely now that one of those brands will soon evaporate, taking a huge quantity of mid-size sedan sales with it. Now, whether it makes sense to sell what is essentially a short-wheelbase LaCrosse alongside the LaCrosse is a marketing question we can't fully answer. But if it is markedly less expensive than the $27,835 Lacrosse, it could play well to Camry/Accord/Fusion buyers. Factor in GM's pending divestiture of Saturn—which was due to get a copy of the Insignia as its next Aura sedan—and the Buick version makes even more sense. Could a Grand National Be On the Docket? At a recent dinner with Buick executives, we were regaled with the typical marketing jibber-jabber about the "incredible" stuff that's coming next, and when we asked specifically about performance-oriented Buick models, we saw sparkles in their eyes and got one of those typical "just wait 'til you see what's coming next" lines that usually prompts a collective rolling of the eyes. But with the Regal redux looking like a real possibility, it would seem quite natural for Buick to bring back the vaunted Grand National (or Grand Sport) name, too—powered by, say, a turbocharged V-6, just like the beloved original that was sold in the mid-1980s. Of course, rear-wheel drive would be out of the question and a front-drive GN would be absolute heresy, but all-wheel drive could perhaps prove a somewhat amicable compromise. On one point, however, we will not give ground: it must be all black. [spy Photos]

<< Speechless.

Z-Henderson Happy Birthday. Sincerely working for you, Z-Lutz .

Congrats sir. I think it was a wise decision.

This is morbid. Talk about death of beloved cars which were replaced for appliances.

Well you have a chemistry anyways. Veep post is a all-show-no-go. Why don't you make him vice-admin of our website and not give any powers?

Oops forgot that Z28 is more like your BIH.

What is rebadging?

:rotflmao: That makes me Lutz. Oh BTW it would have been more fitting if it would have come from Drew.

Where is the mouse/rat? Good one.

As usual a bill with lot of potential that ended up being a dud and heartbreak.

No offense to Walt. [Joke] We reemerge from Chapter 11. Hopefully it won't be Government and Gears. Under new ownership and administration, we will reach profitability, sustainability, integrity and membershipity like we have never seen before. [\Joke] [serious] Walt thanks for the idea and Drew thanks for keeping it from dying. [\Serious]

Case closed.

For time being let us forget coal as once CC hit it will be more expensive. What is the wattage of the $20,000 solar system? It is not going to be 10kwatts - more like 1-2 KW. Besides that average lifetime of solar panels is 20 years while nuke plants are estimated to be 75 years. Don't get me wrong, you know my affinity about solar energy. But just like you said about ICE, I cannot see solar panels at around 25% efficiency completely offsetting a nuke plant with efficiency close to 65% any time soon. Supplement yes, offset no. We need large plants and small house plants too.