Random Analogies

What: "Dashpot is like a shock absorber for the throttle linkage. It slows the throttle closing speed when you let off the gas, reduces backfiring and emissions. It is spring loaded, and has an air bellows inside with a check valve and filter on the vent line. Make sure it moves freely, filter not clogged and it should work fine."

Writer: 4Crawler

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Date: Oct 1 2013 11:58 AM

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"Startups are like F1 cars on a race track. You can drive them slow, not crash and complete the race or you can drive them fast, risk crashing and Win! "

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Date: Aug 5 2014 4:07 PM

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"In other words, an IP address is like a full address for postal mail while a MAC address is just the house number. For example, there are many addresses with a house number of 898 but there is only one address for 898 5th Ave, New York, NY United States . Simply mailing something to "898" will not get it there but "898 5th Ave, New York, NY, United States" is a globally unique address. "

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Date: Aug 29 2014 7:33 PM

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28.# Sea turtle mating occurs at sea, either submerged or on the surface. The male grasps the female's shell with his front flippers and inserts his long tail into her body. If sea turtle spermatogenesis is like human spermatogenesis, the sperm that the male deposits in the female
a) have chromosomes with two chromatids attached at a centromere.
b) lack homologous pairs of chromosomes.
c) are diploid.
d) All of these.

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Date: Dec 18 2014 1:26 PM