#5 It really bugs me when people call engines motors, especially when a mechanic does it. An engine is combustion a motor is electric. See the difference?
“Motor” is rooted in the Classical Latin movere, “to move.” It first referred to propulsive force, and later, to the person or device that moved something or caused movement. "
“Engine” is from the Latin ingenium: character, mental powers, talent, intellect, or cleverness. In its journey through French and into English, the word came to mean ingenuity, contrivance, and trick or malice. “In the 15th century, it also referred to a physical device: an instrument of torture, an apparatus for catching game, a net, trap, or decoy,” says Fuller.
In the early 19th century, the meanings of motor and engine had already begun to converge, both referring to a mechanism providing propulsive force. “The first recorded use of ‘engine’ to mean an electrical machine driven by a petroleum motor occurs in 1853"
Motor and engine are MOSTLY interchangeable. An engine has moving parts. A motor may have moving parts. Think about the magnetic launch rail, zero moving parts. It accelerates a canister in a vacuum tunnel. The canister is not part of the system thus it is a motor and not an engine. But then why is Google or duck duck go a search engine? Also, the engines on European trains are electric. We like the distinction, but it is just part of our vernacular.
#20 ...and that miserable prick is STILL walking around free, with no charges in sight, while the people that were arrested in connection with the Capitol Incursion are being unlawfully detained, some of whom have not been allowed to speak to a lawyer yet and are being shuttled from federal prison to federal prison for being recalcitrant in cooperating with the Eff Bee Lie, who are trying to get the potential defendants to incriminated themselves.
What you see as white is the "reflection" of all colors of light on an object. Black is the lack of reflection of light. The light energy is absorbed by the object. thats why a "black" object heats up in the sun more so that a "white" object.
#7 Except fucking Pep Boys. When I walk into a shop as described, pretty sure most of them have a clue. Fucking Pep Boys wired the blinkers backwards when they installed a hitch for me years ago. Never go to Pep Boys.
I left Pep Boys about 8-10 years ago when they wouldn't let me hire good people. The cream of the crop don't rise for 7.35 an hour. You just end up with the dregs. Cost more to fix their screw-ups than if you'd hired the best and paid them accordingly.
#16 So Pride month includes Hetero Normie PRIDE also, right? Right? RIGHT ??????? Then it is not diverse, inclusive or non judgemental. IT IS Precisely the opposite of each.
In most other languages, including German (who are nothing if precise in their naming of things) the word "engine" translates either directly as "motor", or a derivation of that. Most likely from latin, the root moto- means to make move... Here is a reference, for the curious: https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/engine The few that have a similar sound are both Scots and Irish Gaelic...I wonder where the English picked up the term...perhaps from the crazy Scots that invented the first true mechanized motive (there is that peaky latin root again) source, the steam engine.
#5 It really bugs me when people call engines motors, especially when a mechanic does it. An engine is combustion a motor is electric. See the difference?
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way.
DeleteThen again, there are rocket engines and rocket motors. And some rockets have both.
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Ford motor company, motor city, motor cycle
DeleteEngines convert fuel to energy ( heat in the case of gas or diesel engines). Motors run on supplied energy (ie: electricity, heat, or steam)
DeleteSteam combusts?
DeleteLike a steam engine?
DeleteSo, do you lubricate it with engine oil or motor oil.
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Delete“Motor” is rooted in the Classical Latin movere, “to move.” It first referred to propulsive force, and later, to the person or device that moved something or caused movement. "
Delete“Engine” is from the Latin ingenium: character, mental powers, talent, intellect, or cleverness. In its journey through French and into English, the word came to mean ingenuity, contrivance, and trick or malice. “In the 15th century, it also referred to a physical device: an instrument of torture, an apparatus for catching game, a net, trap, or decoy,” says Fuller.
In the early 19th century, the meanings of motor and engine had already begun to converge, both referring to a mechanism providing propulsive force. “The first recorded use of ‘engine’ to mean an electrical machine driven by a petroleum motor occurs in 1853"
From: https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/whats-the-difference-between-a-motor-and-an-engine/
this is why we are basically fukkt..
DeleteMotor and engine are MOSTLY interchangeable. An engine has moving parts. A motor may have moving parts. Think about the magnetic launch rail, zero moving parts. It accelerates a canister in a vacuum tunnel. The canister is not part of the system thus it is a motor and not an engine.
DeleteBut then why is Google or duck duck go a search engine?
Also, the engines on European trains are electric.
We like the distinction, but it is just part of our vernacular.
Let's turn our attention to more important matters. How many angels can twerk on the head of a pin?
Delete#19 Needs updated. It's not that low now.
ReplyDeleteFor real, my 2500 tops out at $250 and change
DeleteIt could be a SmartCar guage...
DeleteGeneral Motors.
Delete$80 is half a tank for me.
DeleteLawn mower.
Delete$129.46 to fill tonight. That is at Dillons with a dollar off per gallon thanks to fuel points.
Delete#16 for the win.
ReplyDeleteEngine? Motor? Who cares? Now somebody hand me a full clip for my AR15 assault rifle. /
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DeleteIs #7 Phil’s garage?
ReplyDeleteSteve the Engineer
#20 ...and that miserable prick is STILL walking around free, with no charges in sight, while the people that were arrested in connection with the Capitol Incursion are being unlawfully detained, some of whom have not been allowed to speak to a lawyer yet and are being shuttled from federal prison to federal prison for being recalcitrant in cooperating with the Eff Bee Lie, who are trying to get the potential defendants to incriminated themselves.
ReplyDeleteThat's justus in the USA these days.
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#6 Is white a color?
ReplyDeleteWhite is the presence of all color. Black is the absence of color.
DeleteFunny, innit?
Actually, white is the absence of color but all colors of light. And black is all color but the absence of light.
DeleteWhat you see as white is the "reflection" of all colors of light on an object. Black is the lack of reflection of light. The light energy is absorbed by the object. thats why a "black" object heats up in the sun more so that a "white" object.
Delete#8 ~ better than any of the crap they pass off as music today.
ReplyDeleteI have 16 of those listed albums sitting by the stereo.
DeleteNo CCR
Delete#7 Except fucking Pep Boys. When I walk into a shop as described, pretty sure most of them have a clue. Fucking Pep Boys wired the blinkers backwards when they installed a hitch for me years ago. Never go to Pep Boys.
ReplyDeleteI left Pep Boys about 8-10 years ago when they wouldn't let me hire good people. The cream of the crop don't rise for 7.35 an hour. You just end up with the dregs. Cost more to fix their screw-ups than if you'd hired the best and paid them accordingly.
Delete#18 In Iran ,their wedding present would be flying lessons , from the roof of a five story building.
ReplyDelete#18 would be awesome if it was Achmed and a goat, but those two are Hindus, not mudslimes, but the bottom two, there ya go.
ReplyDelete#5 Sure will, boss. Right after it deep throats the dipstick. NOTE the blower goes on the top part.
ReplyDelete#16 So Pride month includes Hetero Normie PRIDE also, right? Right? RIGHT ??????? Then it is not diverse, inclusive or non judgemental. IT IS Precisely the opposite of each.
ReplyDeleteIn most other languages, including German (who are nothing if precise in their naming of things) the word "engine" translates either directly as "motor", or a derivation of that. Most likely from latin, the root moto- means to make move... Here is a reference, for the curious:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/engine
The few that have a similar sound are both Scots and Irish Gaelic...I wonder where the English picked up the term...perhaps from the crazy Scots that invented the first true mechanized motive (there is that peaky latin root again) source, the steam engine.
#8 That's most of my playlist
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