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Sigma X posted:A car airbag for the front of my new car, it detects if a front-end collision is about to happen, pops off the bumper cover, and then deploys a giant airbag over the entire front to save the chassis. What kind of car do you drive?
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Fayez Butts posted:What kind of car do you drive? 
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Aug 14, 2015 17:33
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Fayez Butts posted:What kind of car do you drive? The Interceptor V8 (aka Pursuit Special). He's tired of it getting destroyed all the time. Although, to be fair it does mange to pop back up fully restored like some kind of Guzzoline-Jesus.
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Aug 14, 2015 17:34
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 New Shoes!
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Aug 14, 2015 17:36
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How sensitive is one of those? I'm just picturing it turning a near accident into an actual one when it pops. Or if a pedestrian steps in front of your car and you stop just in time.
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Aug 14, 2015 17:39
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bought a handbag.
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Aug 14, 2015 17:46
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flosofl posted:Still using paper and ink like a Luddite, huh? Actually, I don't use pen and paper much anymore. Just for jotting down small quick math problems involved in my work. I got one of these styluses for my iPad and I'm a huge fan. It has a soft metal mesh tip, which I find a million times easier to write with than any of the rubber-ish tips I've seen on everything else, which stick to the screen and make it difficult for me to write with.
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Aug 14, 2015 17:47
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Phthisis posted:Actually, I don't use pen and paper much anymore. Just for jotting down small quick math problems involved in my work. I got one of these at Costco recently: http://www.amazon.com/Boogie-Board-Inch-Writing-Tablet/dp/B005DEID5C I'm always writing down things I only need temporarily, and then losing the notepads so I figure this will work better.
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Aug 14, 2015 17:51
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subpar anachronism posted:bought a handbag. For... your... 12 year old?
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Aug 14, 2015 18:01
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subpar anachronism posted:bought a handbag. This is adorable.
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Aug 14, 2015 18:02
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PCOS Bill posted:For... your... 12 year old? Sh.. shut up, BAKA. Don't you know I'm ~kawaii~?!
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Aug 14, 2015 18:04
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I went on kind of a spending spree. This denim kimono-shirt from Naked and Famous!  A set of these amazing hex keys because oh my god they're so beautiful!  A protector thing so I don't break my iLok again and have to put my work on hold until the stupid RMA gets done!  And a booking for my first-ever tattoo appointment! Dang!
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Aug 14, 2015 19:00
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Aphrodite posted:How sensitive is one of those? Unlike conventional airbags, it uses a small laser sensor (LIDAR) on the front of the car to detect objects about the size of a 10-year old and larger. It's hooked into some vehicle sensors (ABS sensor, yaw/skid sensor, speed sensor) and that goes into a microprocessor for some fancy figuring, which decides when to trigger the airbag.If I'm traveling under 18 MPH it will not activate, if I have sufficient space to stop before a collision it won't activate, and even when it does activate, it only activates 30 millisecond before the impact. To give you an idea, a vehicle traveling 80 MPH will be about 3.5 feet from the front bumper when the airbag deploys. In your example, if I was going 25 MPH down a residential street and some idiot jogger jumped out from behind a car at me, the airbag wouldn't even START to decide to go off until about I was 13 inches away from him. Is it foolproof? No, this is basically one of the first units available, and I'm sure there will be bugs. There's a warranty for accidental deployment which would cover the repair costs to my vehicle, and I think this really is the future of protection. The Prong Song has a new favorite as of 19:43 on Aug 14, 2015 |
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Aug 14, 2015 19:40
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Do you commonly run over 10-year-old children, or are you just really paranoid?
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Aug 14, 2015 19:52
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i bought a house and my wife made a picture collage that i had to edit the picture of the house out of it was a very good deal and we have a low payment and a great interest rate and we are both happy
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Aug 14, 2015 19:56
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RCarr posted:Do you commonly run over 10-year-old children, or are you just really paranoid? Huh? No, it's just programmed that anything smaller than "about 10 year old child" is not worth deploying for; you wouldn't want it going off because you were about to hit a basketball, or a lazy pigeon. As for why, like I said, I think it's the future of automotive safety. This is also my first new-from-factory car.
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Aug 14, 2015 20:09
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Tell us your dark secrets Sigma this is a safe place.
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Aug 14, 2015 20:10
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This is comical coming from a person with a Mad Max avatar. 
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Aug 14, 2015 20:21
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Sigma X posted:Unlike conventional airbags, it uses a small laser sensor (LIDAR) on the front of the car to detect objects about the size of a 10-year old and larger. It's hooked into some vehicle sensors (ABS sensor, yaw/skid sensor, speed sensor) and that goes into a microprocessor for some fancy figuring, which decides when to trigger the airbag.If I'm traveling under 18 MPH it will not activate, if I have sufficient space to stop before a collision it won't activate, and even when it does activate, it only activates 30 millisecond before the impact. To give you an idea, a vehicle traveling 80 MPH will be about 3.5 feet from the front bumper when the airbag deploys. I didn't think of gating it by speed. That makes sense.
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Aug 14, 2015 20:26
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RCarr posted:Do you commonly run over 10-year-old children, or are you just really paranoid? Look don't assume he wants to run over 10 year olds. Maybe he just wants to run over adults who are the size of 10 year olds. Maybe he hates jockeys.
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Aug 14, 2015 23:07
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subpar anachronism posted:bought a handbag. You utter piece of poo poo I just bought this because of you  gently caress me I'm so happy I'm angry. ITS CUTE AND SMILEY UGH.
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Aug 14, 2015 23:42
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subpar anachronism posted:bought a handbag. Can you tell me about this because the one review is pretty negative I am thinking about buying one for someone.
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Aug 14, 2015 23:47
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I finally got my motorcycle license after wanting one since I was like 15 (I'm almost 30) and I think I've hit full-blown midlife crisis mode.   I like the color brown a lot.
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Aug 15, 2015 00:38
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Good luck with the skin grafts.
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Aug 15, 2015 01:16
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Digital_Jesus posted:Good luck with the skin grafts. He's actually grafting on the skin in advance, a wise move.
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Aug 15, 2015 01:19
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Digital_Jesus posted:Good luck with the skin grafts. No this will protect them very well I know this because I have never ridden a bike either
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Aug 15, 2015 01:30
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Digital_Jesus posted:Good luck with the skin grafts. I'll consider looking like a cyborg when I'm past the "doing 30 around the suburbs" stage.
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Aug 15, 2015 01:40
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mr. mephistopheles posted:I'll consider looking like a cyborg when I'm past the "doing 30 around the suburbs" stage. Welcome brother as a new rider I want to share the sage advice I was given at driver training school. "There are two kinds of bikers; those who have wrecked and those who are going to." Stick with that "30 around the neighborhood" mode for a good, long, while.
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Aug 15, 2015 01:45
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Getchaself a gixxah
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Aug 15, 2015 01:50
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NotAnArtist posted:No this will protect them very well I know this because I have never ridden a bike either Same bro. One day I'll ride a motorcycle.
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Aug 15, 2015 01:57
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mr. mephistopheles posted:I like the color brown a lot. Not enough to buy any browns that go together apparently. Also seconding the buy actual gear sentiment. I hope you at least have a full face helmet.
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Aug 15, 2015 02:04
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For what it's worth, that jacket is 1.1mm leather (which I understand is a little lightweight for a jacket, but it's not strict fashion garbage thin) with CE level 2 shoulder, elbow and back armor, and the gloves are CE level 1. It's probably poo poo for highway riding but I'm nowhere near highway riding so I think it's fine for now.VendaGoat posted:Welcome brother as a new rider I want to share the sage advice I was given at driver training school. Thanks! I definitely plan to. I took the MSF basic rider course and they were quick to deflate any vague sense of confidence anyone may have developed at any point during the course. I know I ride like a huge spaz currently and don't plan on being anywhere near real traffic or high speeds for a long time. rockcity posted:I hope you at least have a full face helmet. Of course I do.
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Aug 15, 2015 02:08
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mr. mephistopheles posted:I'll consider looking like a cyborg when I'm past the "doing 30 around the suburbs" stage. If your only gear choices leave you looking like a cyborg then you kind of suck at picking gear. For thread content, I just got this a bit ago.  e: To be helpful, I can't comment on the jacket but those gloves lack the sliders/hardparts/padding to do much for your hands in a fall. Marxalot has a new favorite as of 02:12 on Aug 15, 2015 |
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Aug 15, 2015 02:09
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Marxalot posted:If your only gear choices leave you looking like a cyborg then you kind of suck at picking gear. I think the Handroids are pretty cool.
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Aug 15, 2015 02:10
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You should come post in CA now.
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Aug 15, 2015 03:12
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mr. mephistopheles posted:I think the Handroids are pretty cool. They're really nice once they're broken in, except the stitching in the palm came loose after about 1500 miles. Mine are in under warranty repair which was painless.
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Aug 15, 2015 06:18
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mr. mephistopheles posted:I finally got my motorcycle license after wanting one since I was like 15 (I'm almost 30) and I think I've hit full-blown midlife crisis mode. As someone who rides and has wrecked hard, god I hope you don't fall. furthermore, that outfit would look ridic. Get some real gear..
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Aug 15, 2015 06:25
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Late on the pen & paper chat, but two of these: Mmm, buttery.
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Aug 15, 2015 15:28
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Lascivious Sloth posted:As someone who rides and has wrecked hard, god I hope you don't fall. furthermore, that outfit would look ridic. Get some real gear.. On the plus side, he's halfway towards a bitchin' Rockateer costume.
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mr. mephistopheles posted:For what it's worth, that jacket is 1.1mm leather (which I understand is a little lightweight for a jacket, but it's not strict fashion garbage thin) with CE level 2 shoulder, elbow and back armor, and the gloves are CE level 1. It's probably poo poo for highway riding but I'm nowhere near highway riding so I think it's fine for now. At least it's more padded than it looks. I wouldn't have guessed it had elbow armor based on those sleeves. Good on you for the full helmet. Most people in that style of gear would have some awful half bubble helmet or something.
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