Funny but accurate, just how many sidings can you create for stationary buildings and what kind of log jams happen when people who like snow head north and those who like warm head south?
Yeah, footage of that crash sucked as they were busy watching the other car that was crashing and it happened too fast. Video of this crash would have been very informative as its not often a car goes head on into an earthen wall at 140-180 MPH.
You are probably correct about the head and neck restraints (HANS or Hutchinson's device in NASCAR). This is being used not only in the national series but at local tracks as well, these devices can be rented for as little as $50 or less a race.
Fatality rates in street cars would probably drop with the use of such devices but I don't think the public would put up with them...
Oh and some might take offense to NASCAR being called a lesser series but I suppose that definition is region dependent and I'm in the region where NASCAR is more popular... (shrug)
Do you see the way that Vauxhall Corsa crumpled like a pop can from the impact? This is not the SUVs fault (unless the SUV was going significantly faster than the Vauxhall Corsa), this is poor impact design of the Vauxhall.
A head on collision of two identical vehicles is the same as a head on collision with a wall (the math and Mythbusters both prove this). The Mitsubishi is about 2000 Kg and the Vauxhall around 1000 Kg (unless its one of the modified ones that is significantly lighter, wouldn't want to be in one of those) so the Vauxhall receives double the impact of the Mitsubishi.
However this doesn't mean its the same as the Vauxhall hitting a wall at twice the speed since the energy of a moving object is increased by the SQUARE of its velocity. This means a vehicle hitting another vehicle that is twice the weight is the same as hitting a wall at the velocity times 1.4 (or the square root of two).
So if the vehicles were travelling legal US speeds (up to 70 MPH or so depending on your state) this is the same as the Vauxhall hitting a wall (or large tree) at 100 MPH. http://www.buildingspeed.org/blog/2010/08/why-the-sadler-pocono-crash-should-be-the-worst-ever-ever/ Sure the car isn't going to be designed to have someone walk away from a 100 MPH crash but can we at least design them so the people can SURVIVE?
A NASCAR stock car weighs 1450 Kg yet this year one of these cars had the hardest crash ever recorded by a race car black box and the driver walked away (after a few minutes to catch his breath). If this car can survive an impact that was potentially as bad as hitting a brick wall at 200 MPH (likely slower but still worse than the Vauxhall), why can't we make the smaller car survive an impact that may be less than 1/4 as bad of an impact? Are a couple extra MPGs really worth the trade off for a solid frame and a person's life?
You are correct, I had forgotten about that portion which makes sense for this launch method too as it still takes time for a jet engine to spool up...
I find it interesting they still use break away bolts. This was done for steam catapults because it takes a fraction of a second for the steam valves to fully open and reach full pressure. I would have though an electrical launch system wouldn't have this deficiency. Are the bolts there for legacy purposes or does it still take a fraction for an electrical launcher to reach full force?
The best part of Eve for me was blockade running. I've made runs through 0.0 blockades and up and down low sec space. The best part of the game is when I'm in a ship that can't fight back and being chased from system to system by a command ship or running cloaked through a 0.0 blockade trying not to get run over before I can get far enough away from the bubble to warp out while carrying a majority of my savings in goods I'm risking for a high reward run.
Specs may not longer be the best but personally I want the full keyboard and analog controls. Perhaps if this version is successful the package can be upgraded to something more cutting edge with less delays.
I presume you didn't accuse someone of cheating simply because 90% of the code in a 100 line program matched. One of our professors accused my classmates of this because 90% of the code (after he gave us 70% of the code base) matched on a producer/consumer problem with one basic solution. The only reason I wasn't accused is I like linked-lists which no one else liked.
Yep I have an internet browser up the whole day and read articles on the side, probably work half the day really giver or take, but I'm told I out perform most every one else at my level...
All I know is my inexpensive Sony laptop is still running ten years later with no replacement parts (even the battery still works a little). Sure it runs slow now but at a third the price of the Macs at the time it has done more than I asked it to...
Hollow point weapons are also ideal for minimizing unintended damage, when they hit their target they tend to expend all their energy right there and not to go much further like solid bullets can. Much better for target practice actually.
No, the purpose of a gun is to propel a lead slug at around super sonic velocities in the direction the gun is pointed. Much like a nail gun is used to propel a nail.
An arrow can be used to kill a person or used to hunt or these days more for target practice, much like laser tag. I don't usually get stressed looking at a laser tag gun or any other kind of gun because their common use of that tool in my world, much like British Columbia, is non-lethal.
I agree with that. This is one of the reasons why I like watching NASCAR as those cars have a better chance of recovery and some of those guys can really handle one of those heavy cars half way over the edge at 200MPH quite well.
Its called a test track, where you go to test theories with a minimal number of variables so you can later apply those theories to the real world. And Formula 1 may have perfect surfaces (?) and no blind corners (?) but have you seen an Indy road race lately? Some of those have nasty blind corners and terribly bumpy surfaces...
I was browsing Dilbert and came across and ad that I was the 1,000,000th vistor and won a free IPad. I didn't know Scott Adams was trying to drive away his technical fan base...
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I belive he pointed out fiber... (probably dupping a post I haven't seen yet...)
Learn to love the tentacal... er, supplier of crap that flows in the pipes?
Funny but accurate, just how many sidings can you create for stationary buildings and what kind of log jams happen when people who like snow head north and those who like warm head south?
Yeah, footage of that crash sucked as they were busy watching the other car that was crashing and it happened too fast. Video of this crash would have been very informative as its not often a car goes head on into an earthen wall at 140-180 MPH.
You are probably correct about the head and neck restraints (HANS or Hutchinson's device in NASCAR). This is being used not only in the national series but at local tracks as well, these devices can be rented for as little as $50 or less a race.
Fatality rates in street cars would probably drop with the use of such devices but I don't think the public would put up with them...
Oh and some might take offense to NASCAR being called a lesser series but I suppose that definition is region dependent and I'm in the region where NASCAR is more popular... (shrug)
Do you see the way that Vauxhall Corsa crumpled like a pop can from the impact? This is not the SUVs fault (unless the SUV was going significantly faster than the Vauxhall Corsa), this is poor impact design of the Vauxhall.
A head on collision of two identical vehicles is the same as a head on collision with a wall (the math and Mythbusters both prove this). The Mitsubishi is about 2000 Kg and the Vauxhall around 1000 Kg (unless its one of the modified ones that is significantly lighter, wouldn't want to be in one of those) so the Vauxhall receives double the impact of the Mitsubishi.
However this doesn't mean its the same as the Vauxhall hitting a wall at twice the speed since the energy of a moving object is increased by the SQUARE of its velocity. This means a vehicle hitting another vehicle that is twice the weight is the same as hitting a wall at the velocity times 1.4 (or the square root of two).
So if the vehicles were travelling legal US speeds (up to 70 MPH or so depending on your state) this is the same as the Vauxhall hitting a wall (or large tree) at 100 MPH. http://www.buildingspeed.org/blog/2010/08/why-the-sadler-pocono-crash-should-be-the-worst-ever-ever/ Sure the car isn't going to be designed to have someone walk away from a 100 MPH crash but can we at least design them so the people can SURVIVE?
A NASCAR stock car weighs 1450 Kg yet this year one of these cars had the hardest crash ever recorded by a race car black box and the driver walked away (after a few minutes to catch his breath). If this car can survive an impact that was potentially as bad as hitting a brick wall at 200 MPH (likely slower but still worse than the Vauxhall), why can't we make the smaller car survive an impact that may be less than 1/4 as bad of an impact? Are a couple extra MPGs really worth the trade off for a solid frame and a person's life?
You are correct, I had forgotten about that portion which makes sense for this launch method too as it still takes time for a jet engine to spool up...
I find it interesting they still use break away bolts. This was done for steam catapults because it takes a fraction of a second for the steam valves to fully open and reach full pressure. I would have though an electrical launch system wouldn't have this deficiency. Are the bolts there for legacy purposes or does it still take a fraction for an electrical launcher to reach full force?
The best part of Eve for me was blockade running. I've made runs through 0.0 blockades and up and down low sec space. The best part of the game is when I'm in a ship that can't fight back and being chased from system to system by a command ship or running cloaked through a 0.0 blockade trying not to get run over before I can get far enough away from the bubble to warp out while carrying a majority of my savings in goods I'm risking for a high reward run.
I got a D- in penmanship but back then no one knew what dysgraphia was. That was my only grade below a C+...
I wonder if any of these energy gathering methods work without eating more food to gather this energy...
An answer I agree with. Religion is not the enemy, assholes regardless of their religion are...
Specs may not longer be the best but personally I want the full keyboard and analog controls. Perhaps if this version is successful the package can be upgraded to something more cutting edge with less delays.
So will someone make Tetris blocks out of legos and come up with a robot that plays Tetris physically, perhaps even in 3d?
Stop with the logic! You are runining this fine piece of storytelling!
I presume you didn't accuse someone of cheating simply because 90% of the code in a 100 line program matched. One of our professors accused my classmates of this because 90% of the code (after he gave us 70% of the code base) matched on a producer/consumer problem with one basic solution. The only reason I wasn't accused is I like linked-lists which no one else liked.
Yep I have an internet browser up the whole day and read articles on the side, probably work half the day really giver or take, but I'm told I out perform most every one else at my level...
All I know is my inexpensive Sony laptop is still running ten years later with no replacement parts (even the battery still works a little). Sure it runs slow now but at a third the price of the Macs at the time it has done more than I asked it to...
Nah, they're down to about one fatality per decade. Their safety features since about 2000 have been pretty effective.
Hollow point weapons are also ideal for minimizing unintended damage, when they hit their target they tend to expend all their energy right there and not to go much further like solid bullets can. Much better for target practice actually.
There is a difference between fear and respect.
No, the purpose of a gun is to propel a lead slug at around super sonic velocities in the direction the gun is pointed. Much like a nail gun is used to propel a nail.
An arrow can be used to kill a person or used to hunt or these days more for target practice, much like laser tag. I don't usually get stressed looking at a laser tag gun or any other kind of gun because their common use of that tool in my world, much like British Columbia, is non-lethal.
I agree with that. This is one of the reasons why I like watching NASCAR as those cars have a better chance of recovery and some of those guys can really handle one of those heavy cars half way over the edge at 200MPH quite well.
Its called a test track, where you go to test theories with a minimal number of variables so you can later apply those theories to the real world. And Formula 1 may have perfect surfaces (?) and no blind corners (?) but have you seen an Indy road race lately? Some of those have nasty blind corners and terribly bumpy surfaces...
I was browsing Dilbert and came across and ad that I was the 1,000,000th vistor and won a free IPad. I didn't know Scott Adams was trying to drive away his technical fan base...
Now I can watch YouTube at work! Sigh...
And they do their work just fine face to face...