Re: Randomness
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:00 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:32 pm
Touche.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:54 pm
Wiki is worth a read, as you say, wild times.Sundayjumper wrote: Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:59 am https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIR-2_Genie
They'd detonate on a timer, set based on speed & distance to target, not on impact.To ensure simplicity and reliability, the weapon would be unguided, since the large blast radius made precise accuracy unnecessary.
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.
Re: Randomness
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:47 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:48 pm
Spotted @Gavster aIcmfp;
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2024 5:03 pm
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:32 am
Bagpipes not so bad now, eh? Not so fast;
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:34 am
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:31 am
Yes, I know anyone who watches it will think there's a cyclist crashing at the end and it cuts off too soon.
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:23 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:28 pm
Zaphod Beeblebrox, Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz.
Edit: the latter as a vehicle for sharing his poetry.
Re: Randomness
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:02 pm
The absolute crap that counts as a “feature” these days. 
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:41 pm
The way the screen takes a while to re-orientate itself after turning makes it look laggy as fuck.
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:41 pm
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.
Absolute wankpuffery of the highest order.
Re: Randomness
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:59 pm
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.
Re: Randomness
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:06 pm
They've thought of that though.Mito Man wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:59 pm 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.
"Hey BYD.... swap pedals and steering wheel locations"
Simples
Re: Randomness
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:08 pm
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.
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.