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I think he's trying to say "you can't teach a goldmine to ride a bicycle".

Edit: Humorless. Sad.

Wouldn't this be the perfect time to do a chargeback?

So the guy forks darktable for windows, calls it something else. Then when the project reaches a level of maturity the original devs approve of, they take his work back into darktable, produce their own windows port under their 'brand' and his project potentially dies because it doesn't carry the same weight?

I got the vibe from some of the comments that "one guy working on a windows port isn't enough, we don't want to help support it so we're going to discourage any 'one man bands' until a team appears from nowhere to do all the work" is the common view, which I sort of understand that they don't want to have to provide end user support to a platform they themselves don't use, but that attitude might ultimately go against the project.

I'm getting the impression that Steve didn't pick a replacement as such, just someone that would keep things ticking over until he recovered.

They have differentials on the front, but they're not "locking" differentials, they're "open" differentials, no locking capability at all.

Center diffs are for the most part (in Land Rovers) locking differentials, though some Discovery IIs had open center diffs and things like Freelanders use a viscous coupling in place of a mechanical diff lock.

Newer models have an electronically controlled locking diff in the gearbox (center) and an optional electronically controlled locking differential at the rear.

But front diffs on modern Land Rovers are open.

Edit: Here is an image showing the locking diffs on an LR3/Discovery 3: http://www.landroversonly.com/forums/attachments/f41/37257d1...

Note the center diff is unlocked (or open) and the rear is locked, there is no option to lock the front, which will always be open.

>Any new Land Rover or Range Rover? They come with 2 locking differentials, with 3rd being an option that can be added extra.

Source? Center locking diffs are more or less standard, rear lockers are options in LR3/4/post 2004 Disco's, Sports and Range Rovers (although standard in some, I think the Supercharged and possibly the SVRs, but I'd need to check) Front lockers are not factory options and I don't ever recall seeing after market lockers for these models advertised.

Defenders, Discos upto 2004, Range Rover classics (and probably P38s) and all series vehicles have the standard after market options for front and rear lockers.

How much stuff do we in the west consume that originates in China, where they don't seem to give a damn about environmental controls?

And exactly how much CO2 and other chemicals are belched out by these giant container ships we use to get it all to us?

We can buy all the solar panels, wind turbines, electric cars and energy efficient washing machines we want, but until China (and probably others) starts playing ball AND we find a way to move vast quantities of stuff around without container ships we're probably fighting a losing battle.

Would it be possible to manufacture goods in the regions they're to be sold in?

edit: wordings.