Yellow is synonymous with racing. Because it stands out so much, lots of teams have used it as either a base or accent color to make their car more visible. So in the same train of thought, someone driving a "look at me!" expensive sports car is also more likely to choose an eye bleeding red/yellow/orange for the attention factor, while miss soccer mom will be just peachy with her white/silver/black Suburban.
They tried to get Volkswagen to sign on for the movie, but VW refused to have anything to do with warfare or violence as a result of their WW2 history. GM went balls deep with the movie, so naturally one of the leading robots would have to be a new GM model.
Really big diesels get plugged in at night (block heater) when it's cold outside. And if some moron forgets to plug their truck in, they get to spend 15 minutes trying to start it with a can of Ether.:)
Um, they let the Toyota Prius into gas stations, whats wrong with a fully electric car? People are way too scared of gasoline. But its probably for the better.
According to Wikipedia, the batteries can be swapped out in "less than 5 minutes". Personally I find that a little hard to believe, as even changing a regular car battery can take more than five minutes, depending on its location... but hey, as long as swaps are under an hour its enough to impress me.
Or we could just build robots that don't have to wait for puberty and will never question their orders either. Plus they're not made of that ancient and not-so-bulletproof "meat" technology.
Lets see, I remember... Epic Pinball, Jazz Jackrabbit, Jill of the Jungle, Dare to Dream, Solar Winds, Castle of the Winds, Highway Hunter, One Must Fall 2097, and Seek and Destroy... yup. Lots of time wasted on Epic Megagames stuff back in the day. And that's completely ignoring the fact that I was an Unreal Tournament (1/2/2.5/3) junkie for six or so years. Epic has definitely published and produced some memories for me.
I agree it's all about the music, but for me I find my best bouts of creativity flow when i'm listening to intense metal or a darker shade of rock music. Dunno why. Also, techno seems to help my stamina for some reason and debugging crap absolutely HAS to be done to something soft-ish or I get frustrated reaaaal fast.
It's closer and easier than you think. There are TVs out thev're now that will connect to your ethernet and can stream video, music, and photos right off your network. I do it all the time. Just download, turn on the TV, find the file, and off you go. Even my girlfriend (who insists/. is some kind of "silly blog" even though she has no idea what a blog actually is) has figured out how to watch downloaded porn on our TV, much to my amusement. She also discovered that plugging her MP3 thumb drive (that she uses for her car stereo) into the TV lets her listen to her music - or look at pictures or video, or whatever else happens to be on the drive. Its surprisingly easy to use.
This is what i've been wondering too. A huge number of technologies applied to modern day vehicles come from either motor sports or military research. An all electric vehicle racing league would do wonders for encouraging rapid development on electric commuter cars.
Vodka? Why be so obvious? Just use mouthwash. Mind you not all of them work, but certain ones still do.
Back when I worked on breathalyzer systems for people with suspended licenses, if we ever needed to 'test' a unit all we did was take a sip of mouthwash, spit it out, and blow. Pegs the meter every time. Highest I ever blew was a 0.38... that's damn near dead.:)
They're already working on it. Reports have come in from as far away as British Columbia. Lots of people saw it in cities all over Alberta and Saskatchewan. Assuming they can get a good vector from the two major population centers that saw it (Edmonton and Saskatoon), finding it should be possible given enough time. They already have it narrowed down to somewhere in the south of Lloydminster, east of Wainwright, north of Provost, west of Cut Knife area. Granted that is a massive area (something the size of Yellowstone National park) but with futher refinements they'll come closer and closer. The real problem at this point is racing against the first snowfall that sticks. The area is having an unusually warm start to winter and snow could come any week. Once that happens the chances of finding any meteorite remains diminish considerably.
Thanks to Canada's strict (i.e. insane) vehicle import laws the best we can do at the moment are early '90s R32 Skylines.
Saywha? I've seen at least four or five GT-Rs driving around my neck of the woods. Heck, yesterday I drove past a Nissan test drive event that had a GT-R centerpiece. And no, they weren't letting people test drive it.:P
Agreed. Most reference coolers (and even a lot of 3rd party ones) aren't worth the cheap plastic used to make them. When I pulled the ref cooler off my 8800GT last year I was shocked to find that the fan didn't even sit completely atop the core, and that there was a LOT of excess thermal paste and stupidly thick thermal pads. It's little suprise the card was heatsoaking to 90C after a few hours of Bioshock and crashing itself! I can only cringe in horror when I imagine something like that stuffed into a freaking laptop. Fortunatly I had already planned on replacing the stock cooler (just a big heatpipe/heatsink with a 120mm fan ziptied to it) and lo and behold my card now has trouble hitting low 40's even after hours of flogging.
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Long story short, all manufacturers should be held accountable for the idiotic shortcuts they take when it comes to cooling their electronics. Its kind of an important aspect of electronics, no? Why not spend a buck or two more on something that actually does the job? Till then the first thing I do with any graphics card (or CPU for that matter) is still going to be to chuck the stock cooler into my parts bin, and then look for something bigger or better.
I posted upthread about this, but after watching TFV(ideo) again i'm certain about it. A mere 40ish seconds in there's a slow motion shot of a rocket firing, and if you watch the rear stabilizers you can quite clearly see that the rocket is rotating very rapidly. So yes, rockets/missiles can spin.
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Yellow is synonymous with racing. Because it stands out so much, lots of teams have used it as either a base or accent color to make their car more visible. So in the same train of thought, someone driving a "look at me!" expensive sports car is also more likely to choose an eye bleeding red/yellow/orange for the attention factor, while miss soccer mom will be just peachy with her white/silver/black Suburban.
They tried to get Volkswagen to sign on for the movie, but VW refused to have anything to do with warfare or violence as a result of their WW2 history. GM went balls deep with the movie, so naturally one of the leading robots would have to be a new GM model.
Really big diesels get plugged in at night (block heater) when it's cold outside. :)
And if some moron forgets to plug their truck in, they get to spend 15 minutes trying to start it with a can of Ether.
And don't forget 2.5 months later!
Um, they let the Toyota Prius into gas stations, whats wrong with a fully electric car?
People are way too scared of gasoline. But its probably for the better.
According to Wikipedia, the batteries can be swapped out in "less than 5 minutes". Personally I find that a little hard to believe, as even changing a regular car battery can take more than five minutes, depending on its location... but hey, as long as swaps are under an hour its enough to impress me.
Lie to them?
New vs Used.
Warranty coverage vs Constant tinkering.
Broad appeal vs Personal customization and sacrifice.
Its apples vs oranges.
Or we could just build robots that don't have to wait for puberty and will never question their orders either. Plus they're not made of that ancient and not-so-bulletproof "meat" technology.
The H3 chassis is similar to (though not identical) a Blazer or an Envoy.
Lets see, I remember... Epic Pinball, Jazz Jackrabbit, Jill of the Jungle, Dare to Dream, Solar Winds, Castle of the Winds, Highway Hunter, One Must Fall 2097, and Seek and Destroy... yup. Lots of time wasted on Epic Megagames stuff back in the day. And that's completely ignoring the fact that I was an Unreal Tournament (1/2/2.5/3) junkie for six or so years. Epic has definitely published and produced some memories for me.
Distributors aren't all bad. There will never be so easy a way to change your ignition timing as turning the cap.
A wizard did it.
I agree it's all about the music, but for me I find my best bouts of creativity flow when i'm listening to intense metal or a darker shade of rock music. Dunno why. Also, techno seems to help my stamina for some reason and debugging crap absolutely HAS to be done to something soft-ish or I get frustrated reaaaal fast.
It's closer and easier than you think. There are TVs out thev're now that will connect to your ethernet and can stream video, music, and photos right off your network. I do it all the time. Just download, turn on the TV, find the file, and off you go. Even my girlfriend (who insists /. is some kind of "silly blog" even though she has no idea what a blog actually is) has figured out how to watch downloaded porn on our TV, much to my amusement. She also discovered that plugging her MP3 thumb drive (that she uses for her car stereo) into the TV lets her listen to her music - or look at pictures or video, or whatever else happens to be on the drive. Its surprisingly easy to use.
This is what i've been wondering too. A huge number of technologies applied to modern day vehicles come from either motor sports or military research. An all electric vehicle racing league would do wonders for encouraging rapid development on electric commuter cars.
Not unless you regularly drive around at 120mph it isn't. Friction and inertia are much bigger enemies when it comes to pushing around a commuter car.
The Pontiac Sunfire was replaced by the Pontiac G5. Just like how the Sunfire replaced the Sunbird before it.
Vodka? Why be so obvious? Just use mouthwash. Mind you not all of them work, but certain ones still do.
:)
Back when I worked on breathalyzer systems for people with suspended licenses, if we ever needed to 'test' a unit all we did was take a sip of mouthwash, spit it out, and blow. Pegs the meter every time. Highest I ever blew was a 0.38... that's damn near dead.
They're already working on it. Reports have come in from as far away as British Columbia. Lots of people saw it in cities all over Alberta and Saskatchewan. Assuming they can get a good vector from the two major population centers that saw it (Edmonton and Saskatoon), finding it should be possible given enough time. They already have it narrowed down to somewhere in the south of Lloydminster, east of Wainwright, north of Provost, west of Cut Knife area. Granted that is a massive area (something the size of Yellowstone National park) but with futher refinements they'll come closer and closer. The real problem at this point is racing against the first snowfall that sticks. The area is having an unusually warm start to winter and snow could come any week. Once that happens the chances of finding any meteorite remains diminish considerably.
Don't forget that riding your brakes excessively (ie: downhill) can cause the rotors to warp, greatly reducing their performance and braking feel.
Saywha? I've seen at least four or five GT-Rs driving around my neck of the woods. Heck, yesterday I drove past a Nissan test drive event that had a GT-R centerpiece. And no, they weren't letting people test drive it. :P
Agreed. Most reference coolers (and even a lot of 3rd party ones) aren't worth the cheap plastic used to make them. When I pulled the ref cooler off my 8800GT last year I was shocked to find that the fan didn't even sit completely atop the core, and that there was a LOT of excess thermal paste and stupidly thick thermal pads. It's little suprise the card was heatsoaking to 90C after a few hours of Bioshock and crashing itself! I can only cringe in horror when I imagine something like that stuffed into a freaking laptop. Fortunatly I had already planned on replacing the stock cooler (just a big heatpipe/heatsink with a 120mm fan ziptied to it) and lo and behold my card now has trouble hitting low 40's even after hours of flogging.
\ Long story short, all manufacturers should be held accountable for the idiotic shortcuts they take when it comes to cooling their electronics. Its kind of an important aspect of electronics, no? Why not spend a buck or two more on something that actually does the job? Till then the first thing I do with any graphics card (or CPU for that matter) is still going to be to chuck the stock cooler into my parts bin, and then look for something bigger or better.
I posted upthread about this, but after watching TFV(ideo) again i'm certain about it. A mere 40ish seconds in there's a slow motion shot of a rocket firing, and if you watch the rear stabilizers you can quite clearly see that the rocket is rotating very rapidly. So yes, rockets/missiles can spin.
Um, someone correct me if i'm mistaken, but don't most artillery shells and rockets already spin rapidly for stability?