FUTURE TIRE

SEE THROUGH TIRES

Radical new tire design by Michelin, the next generation of tires

They had a pair at the Philadelphia car show. These tires are airless and are scheduled to be out on the market very soon.

The bad news for law enforcement is that spike strips will not work on these tires.

This is what great R&D will do, and just think of the impact on existing technology:

• no more air valves…
• no more air compressors at gas stations…
• no more repair kits…
• no more flats….

These attached pictures are actual pictures taken in the South Carolina plant of Michelin

Dont blame me for the american spelling.

Yes, all right.. Christ Almighty! It's like walking down a corridor and answering the door in Nazi Germany!

B for Badger (10/04/2008)

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A day early I know but this is worth it.

I like that a whole lot.  Lots and lots. Hits Physics and Statistics buttons.

Good work badge-that's going in my course materials.

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Squidge (04/04/2008)

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Bill Bastard (04/04/2008)

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Me neither. His record suggests he's durable but not particularly dangerous. Khan's 50-1 ON with some bookies, which tells you all you need to know.

I can't see Khan being properly tested until he gets in with some of the body punching Americans/South Americans. The European upright style of opponent is cannon fodder to Khan.

Juan Diaz is the man at the weight. Even though he's just been beat.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_DnZg4_nRvM&ei=fH_2R_jHO6aO0QSB75HzDA&usg=AFQjCNEJ5uTtqawSbQcexxxlgMDk6VexAw&sig2=Aooq-gO6GyF4gxEDeiEeKw

To be honest, that means nothing to me...i actually thought that was a bad thing

Right.  50 to 1 means that for a (bugger there is no pound sign key here in Sing) $1 bet you would win $50 if it comes in, plus you get your stake back, so you would get $51 in your pocket for a $1 outlay.

50 to 1 on is another way of saying 1 to 50 (it's just done that way by convention). That means that for a $1 you would win 2 cents (*curses currency*), and hence get $1.02 in your pocket for a $1 outlay.  High odds-on means the bookies have had lots of bets on that person winning, and hence they want to discourage more betting on that. 

I refrain from typing that it means they are more likely to win, cos while that may well be true, it's true by correlation only.  The bookie doesn't care who wins or who is more likely to win, they just have to make sure that whoever wins they make money (generally a bookie tries to make his book between 105 and 110% "Round", i.e. he'll make between 5 and 10% of the take). So if they have had a lot of bets on 1 chap/side winning (which may be because he is more likely to win, but may also be because of other reasons-local/national bets etc-it's for this reason that England are always way shorter odds than they should be before tournaments, not because they are likely to win, but due to the "patriotic" bet, the bookie needs to discourage bets on England and encourage bets on other countries, hence changing the odds), they will reduce the odds to make the bet less attractive. If you ever want to bet on England in a national tournament use an overseas bookie.  Same would hold for Hatton around Manchester-use either a national firm or an international firm.

Hope this helps.

Edited cos I got so off on a tangent I forgot to finish a sentence.

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From Manchester with love

From Manchester with love

So right now i'm on Coldplay - Rush of Blood to the Head. never listened it before, only just allowed myself to like them, as ESM rated them so highly.

Later on i will probably move on to some Johnny Cash

From Manchester with love

Predicting false dawns since August '07.