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Sucks News  05/29/2017

5/29/2017

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                                           Driverless Cars???


​Do you think Driverless cars sound like a bad idea?  They're not.  Check the statistics. There are many things people do well but driving, apparently,  is not one of them. 


Annual United States Road Crash Statistics
  • Over 37,000 people die in road crashes each year
  • An additional 2.35 million are injured or disabled
  • Over 1,600 children under 15 years of age die each year
  • Nearly 8,000 people are killed in crashes involving drivers ages 16-20
  • Road crashes cost the U.S. $230.6 billion per year, or an average of $820 per person
  • Road crashes are the single greatest annual cause of death of healthy U.S. citizens traveling abroad



​Development of "self driving cars" has been going on for a long time.  
​                          Here is a recap!
Go for a ride in a Tesla self driving car!  This entire trip was done "driver free".  When you get to the end and the driver vacates the car . . . stick with it . . . because he sends a message for the car to go park someplace.  The car does that with nobody inside!

Incredible!


                   Volvo Self Driving Car Goes Live On Public Roads In 2017 
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​Published on May 1, 2015

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Volvo will have 100 Self-Driving Cars being used by the public on the road by 2017. They can only use specific routes in Self-Driving Mode but it is amazing. Volvo Drive Me XC90 2016 Self-Driving car.


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Harv

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Sucks News   05/22/2017

5/22/2017

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                                                    The Electromagnetic Railgun

United States Is the Most Powerful Military In The World.  When you think about largest armies in the world you will no doubt also think about the US whose army which is considered the strongest and best equipped in the world. It also has the largest military budget of $610 billion which is far larger than its closest rival China at 216 billion and is actually bigger then the next nine countries combined. The country’s army was formed way back in 1775 and since then the army of this country has come a long way. Today, it has about 1,492,200 active duty personnel. The US has the second largest army in the world and it is considered one of the best-trained and most powerfully equipped armies in the world. It has by far the most aircrafts, biggest advancement in technologies like the Navy's new rail gun, best trained human force and the world's largest nuclear arsenal. 

                                                                  The "Railgun" is amazing.  

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Harv

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Sucks News  05/15/2017

5/15/2017

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                  Today's article
                                    
                                             is thanks to

                                                                 John Torrison
                  A wonderful uplifting story from an 'ole guy' in The Villages
Picture
A balding, white haired man walked into a jewelry store this past Friday evening with a beautiful much younger gal at his side.  He told the jeweler he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend.
 
The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring.
 
The man said, 'No, I'd like to see something more special.'
 
At that statement, the jeweler went to his special stock and brought another ring over.  'Here's a stunning ring at only $40,000  the jeweller said.

 
The lady's eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled with excitement  The old man seeing this said, 'We'll take it.'

The jeweler asked how payment would be made and the man stated, 'By check.  I know you need to make sure my check is good, so I'll write it now and you can call the bank Monday to verify the funds; I'll pick the ring up Monday afternoon.'
 

On Monday morning, the jeweler angrily phoned the old man and said  'Sir...There's no money in that account.
 
''I know,' said the old man...
                                      
'But let me tell you about my weekend!

 
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Sucks News 05/01/2017

5/1/2017

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​        Submission for Sucks News . . .  I think it has enough violence to qualify.    JL

                                                         Why . .  yes it does!  
                            
​                                                                        Thanks Jerry!

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​Harv
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