there is always something new to learn. Almost everyday at work I learn something new. Post up something new that you learned today. If you havnt learn anything today, then maybe just checking this thread will have something for you. And with the wide range of people on s2ki there shouldnt be a lack of interesting things to see on here.


What did I learn today? Actually I learned 2 things. First, some engines use 2 engine position sensors ( crank/cam sensors ). One as the main sensor and the other as a backup. When one fails, a CEL is set and the other sensor allows the engine to keep running.

2nd thing I learned is that on newer DT 466e diesel engines the ecm uses fuel pressure to guage wether or not the fuel filter needs replacing. And that if enough air is trapped in the fuel bowl, it can set off the fuel filter light because the trapped air compresses under the pressure of thefuel system. This in turn lowers the total pressure of the fuel system and tricks the ecm into thinking there is a restricted fuel filter ( fuel pressure is measured downstream of the filter ).

 

Yesterday I learned that mice can "smell" histocompatibility.

 

What did I learned?

A new way to circumvent English grammar.



I also learned that the reason that the Tappan Zee bridge was built at a point where the Hudson river is three miles wide, rather than slightly farther South where the Hudson is only one mile wide, is that the Governor of New York wanted the tolls from the bridge to go to the State of New York, rather than to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The jurisdiction of the Port Authority extends to a 25-mile radius around the Statue of Liberty, so the bridge was built about ¼ mile outside that circle.

 

I learned today that human based global warming and greenhouse gases could be a leading cause towards alien invasion and subsequent destruction.

 

I hate when that happens.

 

I learned that college football's greatest intersectional rivalry, the USC Trojans vs. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish is the Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh, one of the most unusual college football trophies. The shillelagh is a traditional Irish club which is made from oak or blackthorn saplings from Ireland. These woods were used as they were said to be the only ones that were tougher than an Irish skull. The shillelagh is just over a foot-long and has a ruby-adorned Trojan heads with the year and game score representing USC victories, while emerald-studded shamrocks stand for Notre Dame wins. The end of the club displays an engraving “From the Emerald Isle”. The winning team of the Trojan-Irish game is given year-long possession of the trophy.

Unveiled in 1952 by the Notre Dame Alumni Club of Los Angles, it was said that "this shillelagh will serve to symbolize in part the high tradition, the keen rivalry and above all the sincere respect which these two great universities have for each other." The original shillelagh was brought from Ireland by the a pilot named Howard Hughes. John Groen designed the trophy which was introduced in the early 1950s. However it dates back to the start of the series in 1926. The original Irish trophy ran out of space for Trojan heads and shamrocks in 1989. It is now on display at Notre Dame. A former baseball player called Jim Gillis commissioned the second, slightly longer shillelagh which was handcrafted in County Leitrim, Ireland.

 

What did I learned from todayZ you ask!?


I learnded nothing....

 

Huh. I wonder why they never talk of it during the game or show it like they do with the Stanford/Cal rivalry & their axe or USC/UCLA & their bell - the list goes on.

 

I don't know. I've been a USC fan all my life and I just found out about it.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...content.4.html

 

Well, it was right here in Wikipedia all the time; all you had to do was look.

Sheesh!