Comments for Franck Barfety http://barfety.com Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Comment on Golf R coming to America. by Franck Barfety http://barfety.com/2010/12/golf-r-coming-to-america/#comment-257 Franck Barfety Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:53:04 +0000 http://barfety.com/?p=654#comment-257 VW says: “Today we announced the Golf R will be produced in a limited quantity that will be available for sale at the start of 2012. This race inspired model will enhance Volkswagen’s “performance image” with its 256 hp 2.0T engine. In racing tradition, the Golf R will be available only in a manual transmission and standard features will include: all wheel drive, Premium 8 Radio, 18” alloy wheels, leather interior, xenon headlights, Climatronic and Bluetooth. It will be available in either 2dr or 4dr and a fully equipped version that includes sunroof, Navigation, Dynaudio sound system, and “Kessy” keyless entry." VW says: “Today we announced the Golf R will be produced in a limited quantity that will be available for sale at the start of 2012. This race inspired model will enhance Volkswagen’s “performance image” with its 256 hp 2.0T engine. In racing tradition, the Golf R will be available only in a manual transmission and standard features will include: all wheel drive, Premium 8 Radio, 18” alloy wheels, leather interior, xenon headlights, Climatronic and Bluetooth. It will be available in either 2dr or 4dr and a fully equipped version that includes sunroof, Navigation, Dynaudio sound system, and “Kessy” keyless entry.”

]]> Comment on Electronic Stabilization Program (ESP) by yunquemar.ja http://barfety.com/2007/03/electronic-stabilization-program-esp/#comment-213 yunquemar.ja Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:30:12 +0000 http://barfety.com/?p=129#comment-213 Hello,<br />I hit the "ESP off" button on my 2008 Passaton Wagon. When I do this, an icon appears in the display of a car sliding in rain. Once I did this, the car drove great through today's snow. Was this icon telling me that ESP was on? I was told by VW salesperson that the ESP is always on by default. If so, why didn't my car handle like that before I pushed the button. It did not go on by itself, which is what I was led to believe. <br /><br />Can you clear this up for me? <br />Thanks,<br />yunquemar.ja Hello,
I hit the "ESP off" button on my 2008 Passaton Wagon. When I do this, an icon appears in the display of a car sliding in rain. Once I did this, the car drove great through today's snow. Was this icon telling me that ESP was on? I was told by VW salesperson that the ESP is always on by default. If so, why didn't my car handle like that before I pushed the button. It did not go on by itself, which is what I was led to believe.

Can you clear this up for me?
Thanks,
yunquemar.ja

]]> Comment on TDI vs. Prius by Franck Barfety http://barfety.com/2009/06/tdi-vs-prius/#comment-211 Franck Barfety Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:35:13 +0000 http://barfety.com/?p=289#comment-211 Al, this is fun too:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucxfiV5ESiE" rel="nofollow">Sir. Christopher Monckton Destroys Global Warming Greenpeace HOAX</a>. Al, this is fun too:
Sir. Christopher Monckton Destroys Global Warming Greenpeace HOAX.

]]> Comment on TDI vs. Prius by Franck Barfety http://barfety.com/2009/06/tdi-vs-prius/#comment-210 Franck Barfety Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:29:35 +0000 http://barfety.com/?p=289#comment-210 Al,<br /><br />I would like to be respectful towards you, so I'll call you Al today since you obviously chose to mask yourself for fear perhaps that your ideas may be associated with your real identity. It's also shorter than algoreisactuallyasmartguy and georgebushisactuallyadumbguy which you are using as a disguise and says enough about you that I should not have to continue.<br /><br />But I will gently advise you about a couple of things. Beside being insulting as you do not know what I have read or not, telling someone to "read more" is not an argument against a claim. In fact it's no argument at all. Let me illustrate. If someone comes into the dealership and tells me that spot welding is better than laser welding, it would be incredibly rude of me to say to that person, you Sir need to "read more." No, instead (of losing the sale) I should rather elaborate on the rigidity and safety advantages of laser welding over past conventional methods and make my case to earn the sale. But You coming on here and saying I need to "read more," makes you look simply foolish and you loose complete credibility to your audience. So all eyes are on you now since you claim I should read more, what should I be reading? Are you really suggesting AlGore by the fake name you use?<br /><br />Let us start reading starting with Error #1 here:<br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/21318138/Monckton-Response-to-Gore-Errors" rel="nofollow">Monckton's Response to Gore's Errors</a>. Then perhaps we could read the attached 12 scientific papers that refute Al Gore's global warming claims to see if there is any validity to them, or is that too much work?<br /><br />Al, take a deep breath (exhale especially) and enjoy the planet in your TDI! Al,

I would like to be respectful towards you, so I'll call you Al today since you obviously chose to mask yourself for fear perhaps that your ideas may be associated with your real identity. It's also shorter than algoreisactuallyasmartguy and georgebushisactuallyadumbguy which you are using as a disguise and says enough about you that I should not have to continue.

But I will gently advise you about a couple of things. Beside being insulting as you do not know what I have read or not, telling someone to "read more" is not an argument against a claim. In fact it's no argument at all. Let me illustrate. If someone comes into the dealership and tells me that spot welding is better than laser welding, it would be incredibly rude of me to say to that person, you Sir need to "read more." No, instead (of losing the sale) I should rather elaborate on the rigidity and safety advantages of laser welding over past conventional methods and make my case to earn the sale. But You coming on here and saying I need to "read more," makes you look simply foolish and you loose complete credibility to your audience. So all eyes are on you now since you claim I should read more, what should I be reading? Are you really suggesting AlGore by the fake name you use?

Let us start reading starting with Error #1 here:
Monckton's Response to Gore's Errors. Then perhaps we could read the attached 12 scientific papers that refute Al Gore's global warming claims to see if there is any validity to them, or is that too much work?

Al, take a deep breath (exhale especially) and enjoy the planet in your TDI!

]]> Comment on TDI vs. Prius by algoreisactuallyasmartguy http://barfety.com/2009/06/tdi-vs-prius/#comment-209 algoreisactuallyasmartguy Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:28:31 +0000 http://barfety.com/?p=289#comment-209 "my personal opinion is that carbon dioxide is actually good for vegetation and the more vegetation we have, the more animals thrive, the better we all are."<br /><br />i love my tdi... but you need to read more. "my personal opinion is that carbon dioxide is actually good for vegetation and the more vegetation we have, the more animals thrive, the better we all are."

i love my tdi… but you need to read more.

]]> Comment on Routan key fob rolls down front windows by Franck Barfety http://barfety.com/2009/05/routan-key-fob-rolls-down-front-windows/#comment-208 Franck Barfety Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:00:19 +0000 http://barfety.com/?p=284#comment-208 All the windows are down? All the windows are down?

]]> Comment on Routan key fob rolls down front windows by Anonymous http://barfety.com/2009/05/routan-key-fob-rolls-down-front-windows/#comment-207 Anonymous Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:05:09 +0000 http://barfety.com/?p=284#comment-207 i just purchased a routan 2009 and am noticing that i press the lock button on my key fob, walk away and come back later to find my windows down....any idea why this is happening? i just purchased a routan 2009 and am noticing that i press the lock button on my key fob, walk away and come back later to find my windows down….any idea why this is happening?

]]> Comment on Nature by Numbers by Franck Barfety http://barfety.com/2010/09/nature-by-numbers/#comment-56 Franck Barfety Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:32:21 +0000 http://barfety.com/?p=67#comment-56 The sunflowers seem to be praising a mathematician and the dragonfly enjoying his playground. The sunflowers seem to be praising a mathematician and the dragonfly enjoying his playground.

]]> Comment on As the evolutionist stomach turns by Franck Barfety http://barfety.com/2009/03/as-the-evolutionist-stomach-turns/#comment-55 Franck Barfety Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:31:34 +0000 http://barfety.com/?p=22#comment-55 Clayton, thanks for your comment. Even if I grant you that the stomach lining defense system keeps up with its acidity conditions, it's unclear just how the acid is contained in the first place, or how a counter sodium bicarbonate production system or a pancreas just happen to be evolving at the same time. It's a bit like pouring water out of a pitcher and expecting a glass or perfect container to self-construct before the water hits the ground. Considering the myriad of other operations seamlessly working together, namely the systems that bring food down to the stomach regardless of body orientation, the presence of intestine one-way valves, the addition of hormones and enzymes to break down proteins and other food components, ingredient absorption, the triggering of other digestive organs at the right time, I think the odds are stacked against an evolutionary bottom-up process. The water cycle is simply an example of a system that has many separate parts harmoniously working together to sustain human life. If the water cycle were non-existent, how could life, much less digestive systems, evolve? Clayton, thanks for your comment. Even if I grant you that the stomach lining defense system keeps up with its acidity conditions, it's unclear just how the acid is contained in the first place, or how a counter sodium bicarbonate production system or a pancreas just happen to be evolving at the same time. It's a bit like pouring water out of a pitcher and expecting a glass or perfect container to self-construct before the water hits the ground. Considering the myriad of other operations seamlessly working together, namely the systems that bring food down to the stomach regardless of body orientation, the presence of intestine one-way valves, the addition of hormones and enzymes to break down proteins and other food components, ingredient absorption, the triggering of other digestive organs at the right time, I think the odds are stacked against an evolutionary bottom-up process. The water cycle is simply an example of a system that has many separate parts harmoniously working together to sustain human life. If the water cycle were non-existent, how could life, much less digestive systems, evolve?

]]> Comment on As the evolutionist stomach turns by Clayton http://barfety.com/2009/03/as-the-evolutionist-stomach-turns/#comment-54 Clayton Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:41:02 +0000 http://barfety.com/?p=22#comment-54 The pH of the human stomach varies greatly (between individuals and in the same individual temporally). Within the animal kingdom this variation is even more extreme. The argument proposed above assumes that the pH of all stomachs must be very low. It is perfectly reasonable, however, to instead assume that over time as conditions within the stomach became more acidic (through forces of evolution), the defenses against acid production would strengthen as well. I won't even begin to critique the water cycle argument as it is deeply flawed and I don't know where to begin. The pH of the human stomach varies greatly (between individuals and in the same individual temporally). Within the animal kingdom this variation is even more extreme. The argument proposed above assumes that the pH of all stomachs must be very low. It is perfectly reasonable, however, to instead assume that over time as conditions within the stomach became more acidic (through forces of evolution), the defenses against acid production would strengthen as well. I won't even begin to critique the water cycle argument as it is deeply flawed and I don't know where to begin.

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