Why am I getting the feeling this car is promoting itself as the go-to vehicle for people who are too scared, arthritic or otherwise unwilling to sit on a motorcycle, while willing to pay a 10000% bonus for the privilege of experiencing most of what that feels like (minus lean) in a car?

Yeah, cars really totally aren’t getting heavier. They just carry around more stuff with them. Which means their actual weight is not really what they weigh.

Meanwhile in bike world, weight goes down somehow, even though power goes up and electronic gizmos get added. Strange, eh?

Been stung by one of them on the top of my head, after a motor scythe destroyed their nearby lair and the shouts “hornets! hornets everywhere!” (or german equivalent) started ringing through the woods. Was pretty scared how that would turn out. Actually it’s quite a lot less painful than a wasp’s sting though. Those…

As a German with a degree in Angewandter Humorologie (roughly “applied humour sciences”), I can verify that to a test panel of Germans this joke rates 2/10, stretching to 3/10 if they are either car enthusiasts or extremely rightwing.

Ok, after having a bit of a thinking session in the shower, I realized that using different wavelength laser impulses and so on, you might get a decent enough model of atmospheric conditions for at least desert flying.

Sounds convincing, but actually, there’s a “slight” problem: The sensors you describe are getting used primarily for measurements of optical properties, and are used for clean atmospheric conditions (no use pulling out your telescopes in a fog, right?).
If you want to know the physical properties, you either have to…

I’m curious, how do you accurately account for air speeds and conditions at 1000m, 2000m... 8000m on a plane above hostile territory?

Actually, I have to agree. Did a bit of a calculation using the wind pressure formula: F_wind = A * Wd = 1/2* A * cp * density_air * airspeed^2 ;

Problem: A sniper’s bullet typically travels around 1000-2000m at speeds of around 1000m/s, making that a 1-2 second journey to target. Let’s say, you want to shoot a target at 1000m, there is a light breeze going across (speeds of about 2-3m/s), and your windspeed calculation is off by 10%, then the bullet will miss…

From a native german speaker: The fine is about an austrian environmental regulation, and not about a violation of FIA rules - an event like that away from public roads needs an environmental assessment. Funnily enough, it seems like Red Bull asked the authorities via inofficial channels whether this would work out…

You know what’s really missing here? Some means to remove the bolt when the head was torn off. And in that role, I present to you: The much maligned Torx bit. These things are lifesavers when it comes to torn-off heads. You drill a hole as close to the middle of the bolt-stump as you can manage, then you find the…

Is this just their way of saying “we don’t like to work on old-ish cars at all, by all means take them to someone who does”?
I mean, the wording is actually quite honest and understandable, so whoever typed up that contract probably had an actual customer in mind as the recipient of the message and to take the…

Is it just me or does the key look like a friendly reminder for the fact that "if you overdo it, some foreign object will end up piercing your vital organs"?

As a European (admittedly, with a bit of a pro-American bias) I have to say it looks good, quite elegant yet muscular. The rear section in particular looks very tight and appealing, much like a Maserati Quattroporte; The headlights are maybe a bit too busy with that 5-badge design, but I guess that might be up for…

Oh, oops.. wherever I wrote "ms" as a measure of time, replace that by "1/100 of a second". I'm just plain stupid sometimes. Obviously, (in case anyone understands what a millisecond is, but doesn't understand the meaning of my post), the point was that the safe margin for airbag deployment is about 5 times LONGER…

(oh, maybe I shouldn't lay the blame on Sploid - actually, the claim originated with Honda of course, who are trying to sell you their parts using claims that are anywhere from 500%-1000% overblown - false advertisement case, anyone?)

I sort of suspect the "one hundredth of a second" headline is incorrect, or at least it's overblown. Since I'm bored and my highschool physics knowledge underused, let's do some back-of-the-envelope calculations and video analysis.

That's why he's so calm about it and simply pays up without making a fuzz, right?

I think the idea is to assume a fine that takes the same amount of time for the person to come up with, as in having to pay the amount you normally make in, say, 10 work days. It's a good idea, since time is more universal than money (still not perfect, but a bit better) - unless of course the amount you earn in x…

Looking great and will improve usability no doubt, just one concern - using off the shelf hardware. I really hope they know and have reason to trust their suppliers; I think it's for a reason that most intelligence agencies have downright prohibted chinese-made laptops including Lenovo being used in security sensitive…