Say wot?? The big difference in operating an engine at WOT or less than WOT is determined by whether the engine really is running at WOT.....or if it is simply "running at governed RPM". If an engine is designed and built with a governor to keep the engine RPM below an arbitrary MAXIMUM RPM, it is perfectly OK to operate the engine at that RPM....continuously. In fact, a lot of engines that feature a governor, are operated at governed RPM throughout most of their life. You only have to consider all the big trucks on the highways to see the largest population of governed engines. On the other hand, trying to run an "ungoverned" engine at WOT will result in total destruction of the engine in a matter of seconds. The old arguments (countless) about low RPM being "easier" on the engine and "producing less wear"......are groudless. When an engine is run at low RPM, the lubrication of the engine is less effective, whether pump or splash (but we're splitting hairs here). As to cooling, the higher RPM circulates the cooling medium with greater force and velocity (and volume) at higher RPM, so cooling is more effective at higher RPM. Water pumps, and cooling fans, are both "centrifugal pumps" or movers. At very low RPM, either of these components could theroretically rotate WITHOUT moving any of the medium they are "immersed in" (whether air of liquid). The reason is because the medium exerts a certain resistance to the impeller to set the mass of the medium into motion. If you move the impeller (or "fan blade") slowly enough, the medium simply moves off the outer edge of the impeller and flows around the end of the impeller to the backside of the impeller without influencing any more of the medium mass than is situated inside the water pump, or fan housing. In order for a centrifugal pump or mover to actually affect "flow" into and out the housing, the impeller must be spun at a fairly high RPM. So, if you think you are "saving the engine" by shifting to a higher gear so the engine can turn slower, you could be doing more harm than good. Shifting to a higher gear actually increases the pressure applied to the crankshaft rod and main journals as well as the piston wrist pin. By shifting to a higher gear, you are denying the engine the benefit of "power multiplication" offered by the lower gears in the transmission. Because the throttle must be opened wider for the engine to operated in a taller gear, the combustion pressures in the cylinder increase dramtically in contrast to using a lower gear with less throttle. Sounds contradictory? Almost. The best RPM to operate an engine is the RPM that allows the engine to accomplish its job without bogging down or lugging down, If an engine is being operated at the proper RPM for the load, that engine will be able to accept an increase in load, without having to downshift to a lower gear. If the engine RPM can not be maintained without down shifting, you are putting too much pressure on the crankshaft AND, probably don't have the best lubrication as well. This is a very general description of why it is best to err on the side of caution, and in this case, "caution" lies in the higher RPM range (and lower gears).

Mark, Since we know that Aden took plants from Kevin Vaughn and Florence Shaw and registered them as his own, and we know that he was in the UK to collect plants. It is highly likely that Color Glory is actually Borwick Beauty. Perhaps this will all be sorted out in the registry some day. There is no way that Color Glory is Fascination x Intrigue (Both plants taken from Birchwood). Just one look at the flowers will tell you that. No one ever saw any hybridizing or seed growing by Aden. There were no records left after he died. It is highly unlikely that he did any hybridizing at all. He was a collector of plants (one way or another) and did an excellent job of marketing with Klehm's in the 90s. I doubt, however, if he ever created a plant on his own. Steve

I had a heckuva time trying to get WOT back......kept telling me it was stored in an unreachable file, etc., etc. (It was in My Documents, bu....???)I was finally sent to a list of enabled./disabled items, and that did the trick when I enabled part of it that was disabled. Don't know why, or what, but little green circle is back where it belongs. I checked out searching on Google,and it was doing its job. So all is well in my WOT world. Thanks, ravencajun......again, and again!

many times it is not the actual site that is bad but one of the ads that was on the site that was bad many ads are corrupt and carry infections, if it is detected on a site then it has to red line that site as a warning. Yes it has many times happened that the owners and friends of bad sites will all gang up on wot and give rave reviews trying to get rid of the red warning. I personally always write why I give a site a specific rating not everyone does so just because you do not see anything written does not mean those that are there were the only ones. More people do not leave a reason why than those that do unfortunately. Those of us in the security forums always try to red wot any site we know of that has any type of security issues, especially drive by infections which are often in an ad and could be there today and gone tomorrow. but if it was there that does not speak real highly of the website construction and code and their scrutiny of what is going on their site. all things to keep in mind. When I am on my windows machines if I get a red wot I do not enter period.