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Originally Posted by J. T. Toad
You're comparing this implementation of flawed technologies to the invention of the light bulb?
Steve. Laughable. I'd expect a better argument, please try again.
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Well of course I could do better. I just felt that there was a need to keep it simple.
So what flawed technologies were there in the house? Does a regular house in Michigan ever get frozen pipes if the heat is shut off?
It looked like flawed maintenance to me.
So in a CC theme...All of the Cobra roadsters (FIAs and others) are short bus fodder because they were not able to accomplish Shelbys goal of beating Ferrari. There is a cool pic of an SA roadster at '63 Sebring with the letters TYFAIM (This Year Ferraris Ass Is Mine) in the rear roundel under the numbers. Well, it wasn't. The Ferrari GTOs were still chewing up everything in sight. Shelby needed to develop the more aerodynamic Daytona. The Daytona Coupes managed to win the GT class at LeMans in '64, but Ferrari still won the FIA title. Shelby would not win the championship until '65. It also took Ford a few years and LOTS of money to finally beat Ferrari overall at LeMans (not just GT class) with their GT40s.
The solar house built by LTU did not win, but it was the only one of the 20 competitors to have 2 separate bedrooms, and it was also viewed as actually livable. LTU had never been invited (you have to get an invitation) to this event before, and many of the others like Cornell and the winning German team had competed before.
I hate to say it, but the lovable Herbie usually only beats Porsche 917s and Ferrari 512s in the movies. LTU did beat a number of other teams in various aspects of the competition, but I think even they knew that the overall win was going to be tough.
Do you think they learned anything from their efforts? And as students, wouldn't that be the ultimate goal?
Steve