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    Proverb: "No Paddle in Sight" Meaning

    Thank you cristo
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    Proverb: "No Paddle in Sight" Meaning

    Hi all, I read in an article and met this: "..without a paddle in sight" or " .. no paddle in sight".. Is this a proverb and what is the meaning? Thanks
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    Combustion connecting rod failure (in cars)

    Thank you xxChrisxx. But we can not say the small bearing or the big one is more vulnerable if the oil is insufficient. Or by other way, after many years in use, which one 'goes' first? (sorry for my bad English) Thanks Mike, It seems clearer now.
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    Combustion connecting rod failure (in cars)

    Hi all, I have this question from my friends and hope get the answer. Using your car with the oil is not sufficient, the connecting rod is the first to fail. Normally it burns both bearings or the smaller one (connecting to piston) burns first? I think there's a dilemma here: the bigger one...
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    Make Make Every Day Count - Ad Explained

    Hi all, Anyone could explain the meaning of this ad please:
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    Why the map get this direction as we see today?

    In all map, we always see the north on top, why's that? when was this way first used? Anybody know? Thanks
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    How long to charge 4 parallel capacitors with 5V or 9V?

    It depends on the resistance, both of the wires and the battery/adapter. If you use a Pb battery, I think it takes just fractions of a second
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    What is a free-air loud speaker?

    Hi all, I am trying to upgrade my car's audio system. There are kinds of free air loud speakers. I am not what they are. Anyone could explain and why they should be used in a car?
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    A small question about the French Open

    It's the final just right now. Anh I have a small question: It's clay and the shoes of players are all dirty, but the balls look not so. Quite clean? is that right? Anyone ever being inside the court could explain? Thanks
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    Understand 3D Films: Learn About the Principle of Polarization

    Thanks for the answer. The glasses are not really colored, just a little redder (left) and greener (right), but through it, the color of the film does not change (or I just can't see). (Next time I will check by turning the glasses by 90 degrees!)
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    Understand 3D Films: Learn About the Principle of Polarization

    Hi all, When viewing 3D films, you are given a pair of glasses without which, the pictures are bad and blur . So what is the principle of the technique? Is that polarization of the light? Thanks
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    Where does the charge on tankers come from?

    ? I guess you all have experienced electric shocks (sometimes, not gentle) while walking in a supermarket and unattentively touch the trolley or somethings. That's all for friction of the shoes and the floor, not the air moving. So in the case of trucks, I am not sure if the tires are the...
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    Where does the charge on tankers come from?

    I have not googled, but the 2 cases are quite different. Airplanes fly very fast, the friction caused by moving air is big. But the truck moves much slower and the tires always have friction with the surface of the road. My speculation is about the truck.
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    Where does the charge on tankers come from?

    Sure that the tires do not dominate the charge in airplanes. They taxi very slowly and just some km on runway.
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    Where does the charge on tankers come from?

    But we don't know what is the dominant. Possibly that the tires can make up 99% of the charge, and we can neglect the air. Say, the airplane, it fly very fast and I do not know if if has problem with charge caused by the moving air.
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