Unity ROCKS not!!!

[Tony Pursell]

On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 10:38 -0700, Pastor JW wrote:
> On Thursday, May 12, 2011 8:41:03 am Tony Pursell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 10:15 -0500, Billie Walsh wrote:
> > > On 05/12/2011 09:45 AM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 12 May 2011 15:13:48 +0100
> > > > 
> > > > Tony Pursell <ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 08:02 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, 11 May 2011 23:26:54 -0700
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Ernest Doub <hideserted at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > This is just becoming picking nits.
> > 
> > OK - Here is the answer to everything...
> 
> We have already determined that to be 42.
> 

That was also a mis-calculation.

> 
> > For the record, my car does around 54 miles per UK gallon, equivalent to
> > about 45 miles per US gallon.  It is, of course, a diesel car, hence my
> > reference to 'fuel' rather then 'petrol'.  About 25% of cars in the UK
> > are diesel fuelled now.
> 
> Which manufacturer produces most of these diesel engines?  In the US, diesel 
> fuel is higher priced per gallon than premium grade gasoline.  Plus the grade 
> of fuel decreased suddenly around 4 years ago so fuel mileage for diesels 
> dropped drastically.  Today, diesel powered vehicles are the costliest per 
> mile of all vehicles operated here.

This is a Ford and I think they produce all their diesel engines
themselves in Europe.  Diesel is about £1.40/litre and petrol
£1.34/litre, so the price difference is more than made up for by the
better fuel consumption, and lower carbon emissions.

> 
> I think it was all done quite like unity was slipped in on us.  When gnome 
> three arrives it will be welcomed even by those who wouldn't have otherwise 
> abandoned gnome 2 as anything else would be many magnitudes better than unity.  
> It was all just a ploy to get us all off of a no longer supported gnome and 
> more willing to accept something inferior.  ...or at least live with it till 
> it grows up.
> 
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