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That joke at the end woulda KILLED in 2011!
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I am inordinately annoyed at the drawing of the giant water drop descending through the cloud. The entire conceit is that all of the precipitable moisture has been collected into one drop. There would be no cloud left 
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Dec 14, 2020 01:38
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There are a lot of horrible failures in this thread, but none is greater than the fact that you - yes, you - have not yet played the Sheep Game! We have just over a week left before the deadline for the annual AI Sheep Game, and I've only heard from 27 players so far. We can do better than this, AI, and we have! It's my hope that we will break our record this year for the largest Sheep Game of all, which would require 35 more players! There are a lot of people in this thread who post a ton here, but have never participated...why not get in on the fun for the first time ever?   Click on the picture to continue to the Sheep Game thread!
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Dec 14, 2020 03:20
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Chrpno posted:That joke at the end woulda KILLED in 2011! You realize that was probably posted around then right?
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X-post from PYF: https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_qlnp2i7TsD1r0uzl6.mp4
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Dec 20, 2020 23:59
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Horrible mechanical success! o7
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Dec 21, 2020 00:21
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Sorry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xTGrfs5TXM
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Dec 21, 2020 03:11
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wrong thread
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Dec 21, 2020 03:21
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Big Taint posted:wrong thread Well there isn't a "Soon-to-be HMF" thread He'll be looking like James Bond in the Renault 11 soon
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Dec 21, 2020 03:31
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um excuse me posted:The engine shut downs on the way up were planned. The extreme gymballing was to orient the rocket so that the remaining engines would thrust through the center of mass. The only thing that did not work was the propulsive landing. It was even dead center on target. Good enough to hit London, Wernher von Braun approves. YouTube for some strange reason  has been recommending me videos about the V-2 lately. So far the most... interesting... part was the igniter they used. Shouldn't have surprised me really.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_fPdXLx48c&t=2095s
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Dec 21, 2020 13:35
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Zopotantor posted:. So far the most... interesting... part was the igniter they used. Shouldn't have surprised me really. lmao
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Dec 21, 2020 13:49
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Zopotantor posted:So far the most... interesting... part was the igniter they used. Shouldn't have surprised me really. Ah but actually it's an ancient Buddhist igniter and futhermore blah blah blah
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Dec 21, 2020 13:52
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I can smell the clutch from here. loving amazing that the frame isn't just tearing itself apart (yet). 
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Zopotantor posted:Good enough to hit London, Wernher von Braun approves. Ze rockets go up, who cares ver zey come down. Zat's not my department. rndmnmbr fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Dec 21, 2020 |
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Dec 21, 2020 21:15
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STR posted:I can smell the clutch from here. You just reminded me of a video I saw in the early part of the century. Guy in a transam revs the engine up and pops the clutch trying to do a burn out. The tires didn't spin if you catch my drift, but there was a lot of smoke coming from under the car.
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wesleywillis posted:You just reminded me of a video I saw in the early part of the century. That was a corvette I think. Edit: Was it this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oebzAIZEfxQ
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^^^^^^ no it was a white car. What year is that car! Don't know my modern vettes. I saw this video in about 02-04 or so. Cojawfee posted:That was a corvette I think. wesleywillis fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Dec 22, 2020 |
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Dec 22, 2020 02:17
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There was one of an 00-02 Trans Am doing the same thing. I remember it as well.
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Dec 22, 2020 04:39
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I remember seeing a video like that, the guy seemed clueless
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How do you even make something like that happen? Like did he not dump the clutch but instead barely let it go enough to barely make contact? How is that not staged? The cameraman moves in front of the car while he’s still revving the engine like he knows it’s not going anywhere lol
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Dec 23, 2020 21:34
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namlosh posted:How do you even make something like that happen? Like did he not dump the clutch but instead barely let it go enough to barely make contact? Either it's staged, or the guy was scared of dropping the clutch, there's no other explanation. I'm leaning towards it being real and the guy didn't know he was munching the clutch because he popped the trunk in response to smoke coming from his car. I think the friend recording realized what was going on and knew that that car wasn't going to move more than the half step it lurched forward
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Dec 23, 2020 22:49
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I don't know a thing about doing burnouts but, based on some of the comments, it looks like he got on the brakes too soon and too hard. Between the brakes grabbing harder than the clutch and the engine having enough torque and momentum at that moment to overcome the clutch's clamping springs and friction pads and not stall out, the clutch didn't stand a chance. Are you even supposed to use the brakes during a burnout? That seems like a good way to destroy both your rear tires and brakes.
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Dec 23, 2020 23:06
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Edward IV posted:I don't know a thing about doing burnouts but, based on some of the comments, it looks like he got on the brakes too soon and too hard. Between the brakes grabbing harder than the clutch and the engine having enough torque and momentum at that moment to overcome the clutch's clamping springs and friction pads and not stall out, the clutch didn't stand a chance. Clutch in, rev engine, clutch out left foot immediately on brake while keeping on gas. If you want the car to move instead of staying in place just never get on the brakes. Source: own mustang. 
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Dec 23, 2020 23:15
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Also yeah you're hurting the rear brakes in the process but the front bias and extra size on that end helps. Feather the brakes. Unless you're fwd then you just ebrake and clutch dump :P
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Dec 24, 2020 00:03
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Rolling burnouts are the best and the worst of ideas, after all.
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Dec 24, 2020 00:07
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Lol at that guy destroying his corvette, also lol at the guy walking in front of a car that's got it's throttle pegged.
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Dec 24, 2020 00:14
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Cage posted:Unless you have a brake line lock that only holds the fronts closed you'll be using your brakes, yeah. It's a little easier with an automagic, of course, but still a balancing act. Source: own a Crown Vic that needed new tires. 
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AI.jpg right there.
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Dec 29, 2020 17:37
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MrYenko posted:AI.jpg right there. Just replace the horse with a gas can, and the car in the pond with a battery. Or maybe manual and automatic transmissions.
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Dec 29, 2020 20:13
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Darchangel posted:Just replace the horse with a gas can, and the car in the pond with a battery. Or touch screens. Or CVTs. Or DCTs. Or power windows.
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Dec 29, 2020 20:27
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Touch screens are a legit failure though
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So are CVTs
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BlackMK4 posted:Touch screens are a legit failure though Applebees Appetizer posted:So are CVTs Agreed. edit: touch screens as a primary control system, anyway.
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Dec 29, 2020 21:34
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Darchangel posted:Agreed. Wasn't the SpaceX dragon capsule going to be decked out with touchscreens? I'm sure that's fine, rockets are known for producing minimal vibrations.
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The Dragon capsule is indeed decked out with touchscreens but they aren't primary flight controls. The capsule actually has no flight controls for the ascent period, because in that phase it is not a pilotable vehicle. It's a computer-controlled capsule that happens to be man-rated. The astronauts inside only use the screens to monitor values and go through checklists. In the event of an emergency, the astronauts are limited to pressing the big ABORT button (which is a physical button, along with the other critical controls). I completely agree that touchscreens are a terrible interface for anything you may to operate seamlessly/sight-unseen in an emergency, but the launch cycle of the Dragon capsule just doesn't have any of that in it. The astronauts are just along for the ride. Once the astronauts are in space I believe they do actually use the touchscreens to fly the capsule (under computer guidance, of course) into the docking position, but that's an incredibly methodical process that takes literal hours while approaching at 0.1m/s or something so the touchscreens may be okay.
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Sagebrush posted:The Dragon capsule is indeed decked out with touchscreens but they aren't primary flight controls. The capsule actually has no flight controls, because it is not a pilotable vehicle. It's a computer-controlled capsule that happens to be man-rated. The astronauts inside only use the screens to monitor values and go through checklists. In the event of an emergency, the astronauts are limited to pressing the big ABORT button (which is a physical button, along with the other critical controls). Dragon Capsule runs right into a mail truck because of the early morning sun angle.
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LifeSunDeath posted:Dragon Capsule runs right into
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Sagebrush posted:The Dragon capsule is indeed decked out with touchscreens but they aren't primary flight controls. The capsule actually has no flight controls for the ascent period, because in that phase it is not a pilotable vehicle. It's a computer-controlled capsule that happens to be man-rated. The astronauts inside only use the screens to monitor values and go through checklists. In the event of an emergency, the astronauts are limited to pressing the big ABORT button (which is a physical button, along with the other critical controls). Out of curiousity, what level of radiation hardening do these systems have?
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Memento posted:Out of curiousity, what level of radiation hardening do these systems have? Stuff that goes to space is usually radiation tested to whatever the environmental design requirement is for the area it is mounted in. So if that portion of the craft doesn’t experience radiation at levels that’s necessitate it, minimal. If it’s on the outside of the craft, likely a fair amount of design went into radiation concerns.
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