Please tell me that's not from a video.
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In California your surest bet on someone driving like either an asshole or an idiot is on the 4 Prii always surrounding you. Most importantly, unlike, let's say assholes in BMWs, the Prius driver are also incompetent at it, so you legitimately have to be on the lookout for them and prepare emergency maneuvers.
Because to get universities involved, you have to make projects that can be published, so the research group/university can get some cred out of it. Research that they deem worthy of security is well secured, and it is performed at government controlled labs like Sandia, Army Research Lab, etc.
That's a good point. In my viewing experience (which is generally limited to F1), though, the cars still do catch fire every few races, but marshals put them out really quickly.
Well, one problem is the increased use of (carbon, glass, kevlar) fiber reinforced plastics for more than just the skin. That shit burns and melts, so a small fire becomes a big fire by the time you finish this sentence.
Good thing, too. I'd mourn the day one of those melts away.
Haha again I have hit the mother of all jackpots. On top of all our other similarities, she also talks about getting a sour beer (Beatification, FYI) as an alternate choice to champagne for our wedding.
My girlfriend is trying to commandeer her late grandfather's convertible Stingray which is eating dust. I think she'll pass on the group.
In defense of Airbus, they did have a nice, cool female voice with saying, "Stall... Stall... Stall [...]" very loudly in the cockpit for 30 seconds. The copilot was just an idiot. Also, the other problem in this specific case was that the other guy in the cockpit was ALSO a copilot. The pilot was taking a 15 minute…
I'm pretty sure they weren't giving opposite inputs. One pilot was giving absolutely idiotic inputs, and the other pilot could not see that, due to - like you said - the joysticks not being physically connected.
The i8 is also a test platform for the future of BMW's manufacturing and assembly processes, as well as a testbed (along with the i3) for the incorporation of composites in the structure of a car, with actual thought going into repairing the pieces. As the little video yesterday shows, the i8 takes the entire concept…
One might also point out that Alonso tried to hold McLaren hostage over the blueprints with the goal of having the team make Hamilton #2 rather than having a fair fight, because his ego could not handle the whooping Lewis was giving him.
You might also want to ensure that his greatest rivals are driving a car that randomly turns into a transmission-/engine-/electrical-less projectile, even as they come from the back of the grid (due to a qualifying blow-up) and start biting at his ass with just a few laps left.
Yeah, but this is California, which is expensive, but definitely not THAT expensive. That's just messed up.
If I remember correctly (I was pretty young at the time) even the Speed Channel broadcasters wouldn't shut up about the diamond during the race...
Thank you! Those articles at least had an explanation of the materials and manufacturing techniques.
Why the fuck would a company choose to do a more expensive design for something, especially when (I'm assuming, since most government construction projects are handled this way) they have to bid on it with competing companies?
Did you even finish reading the article? Sounds to me like the people he's going to "get even" with, had every damn right to sue him, but now he'll probably just bring down his hammer of money on them and screw their lives. That would probably have been somewhat more difficult if he were in jail.
Concrete is one thing, but asphalt can be pretty hot when it is laid out. I'm again curious to see how it is designed to handle all these (thermal and structural) loads.