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[Simon]

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Touche.

[duncs500]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIR-2_Genie

To ensure simplicity and reliability, the weapon would be unguided, since the large blast radius made precise accuracy unnecessary.

They'd detonate on a timer, set based on speed & distance to target, not on impact.

It seems crazy but there were some seriously bonkers ideas floated back then. Using chickens to keep nuclear landmines warm. Excavating a new Suez canal by burying a load of nuclear warheads along the route and then detonating them. It was a wild time.

And going back to the news story, LOL at the fact a published news story quotes the police as saying it's not a news story

Bellevue Police Department spokesman Seth Tyler, told BBC News on Friday that the device was "just basically a gas tank for rocket fuel".

He called the event "not serious at all".

"In fact, our bomb squad member asked me why we were releasing a news release on a rusted piece of metal," he said.

Wiki is worth a read, as you say, wild times.

[nuttinnew]

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[nuttinnew]

Spotted @Gavster aIcmfp;

[jamcg]

[jamcg]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c141r5qz7kko

[jamcg]

[nuttinnew]

Bagpipes not so bad now, eh? Not so fast;

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[Jobbo]

Yes, I know anyone who watches it will think there's a cyclist crashing at the end and it cuts off too soon.

[Simon]

[Sundayjumper]

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[DeskJockey]

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Zaphod Beeblebrox, Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz.

Edit: the latter as a vehicle for sharing his poetry.

[mik]

The absolute crap that counts as a “feature” these days.

[Jobbo]

The way the screen takes a while to re-orientate itself after turning makes it look laggy as fuck.

[Beany]

IIRC some important functionality like the speedo or some shit isn't actually available when the screen is in certain orientations. Or speed limit, or something that you'd rather have, you know, on hand.

Absolute wankpuffery of the highest order.

[Mito Man]

The BYD Seal has a driver's instrument cluster which permanently has all the essential info on it. The most stupid thing about it is that in the vertical position it blocks a bit of the windscreen which is stupid and in the horizontal position the steering wheel blocks a portion of the screen which is stupid. So it is stupid.

[mik]

The BYD Seal has a driver's instrument cluster which permanently has all the essential info on it. The most stupid thing about it is that in the vertical position it blocks a bit of the windscreen which is stupid and in the horizontal position the steering wheel blocks a portion of the screen which is stupid. So it is stupid.

They've thought of that though.

"Hey BYD.... swap pedals and steering wheel locations"

Simples

[Beany]

Ah, found it, I knew it was something:


I think we've watched the same video, Mito?

Feels like a lack of attention to detail, but a desperation for whizz bang features. Never a good mix.