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Are you sure that wasn't Ralph Sarich's one?
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Are you sure that wasn't Ralph Sarich's one?
Sarich invented his orbital engine in the '72. Mazda put its first (Wankel) rotary engine into production in '65. The Wankel used a fixed rotor that is kind of triangular shaped; Sarich's design uses a differently shaped rotor that "rolls around" inside the inside of the engine. (Wankel's name is German, Sarich's name is Croatian, and Mazda is a Japanese company, though its name is the Englished form of the founder's name Matsuda).
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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I always thought that, if I ever bought a Mazda, I'd get a vanity plate that said AHURA.
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I always thought that, if I ever bought a Mazda, I'd get a vanity plate that said AHURA. Ahriman would be better - more yin/yang.
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Sorry folks, I've been away. Yes, ouanqueurs was indeed a pretentious respelling of wankers. What were we talking about? Ah, yes, French philosophers.
Talking about unfortunate names (Pajero and so on), Camus is a bit unfortunate -- it means 'snub nosed'. But maybe that put him in good company, since they described Socrates as snub-nosed.
[trying to get back onto the subject . . . ]
Last edited by Andrew Robinson; 10/28/08 10:53 AM.
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Give me Socrates over Camus any day...
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