Bipedal Exo-Skeletal Semi-Robotic Vehicle for sale on eBay. You ride in it.
Only $40,000.
The thing weighs 3000 lbs, and only has an 18 hp motor? That can't be good.
Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and--and have drugs!
Anya ,'Showtime'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jul 12, 2005 12:11:01 pm PDT #9242 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 12, 2005 12:13:14 pm PDT #9243 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh man. You just know some teenage girl from Osaka with a rich father is going to buy that and be terrorizing criminals by Christmas.
Cashmere - Jul 12, 2005 12:14:21 pm PDT #9244 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
The thing weighs 3000 lbs, and only has an 18 hp motor? That can't be good.
It's the next best thing to the Ursus Mark VI.
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2005 12:14:22 pm PDT #9245 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
does a higher one give headaches or what?
It does me. But other people were complaining that my low refresh rates were driving them nuts (they could see a flickering that my slow eyes can't). If I could have seen that, it might have given me a headache too.
From skimming the web, it seems my high refresh rate problem was that I was pushing the monitor's top limit, and that often results in a crap image.
Jessica - Jul 12, 2005 12:15:01 pm PDT #9246 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Not sure about adoreableness.
Bah. It looks like a minivan.
Bipedal Exo-Skeletal Semi-Robotic Vehicle for sale on eBay. You ride in it.
That, on the other hand...
tommyrot - Jul 12, 2005 12:15:03 pm PDT #9247 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So the discussion about refresh rate yesterday...does a higher one give headaches or what? What's the measure here?
Lower refresh rates give some people (like me) headaches.
I think 60hz is at the bottom end. 75hz is the minimum if you are susceptible to these headaches.
Scrappy - Jul 12, 2005 12:17:02 pm PDT #9248 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
What bugged in the interview, Heather?
tommyrot - Jul 12, 2005 12:17:05 pm PDT #9249 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Bipedal Exo-Skeletal Semi-Robotic Vehicle for sale on eBay. You ride in it.
Ooh, the shipping cost is $8,000.
I suppose you could just walk home in it....
P.M. Marc - Jul 12, 2005 12:17:12 pm PDT #9250 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Also, a few weeks ago Newsweek had an interview with an engineer from Honda's NA division. I have loved all Hondas I or my family have ever owned, but after reading the interview, I'm ready to say I'll never own another make.
Why not?
tommyrot - Jul 12, 2005 12:17:53 pm PDT #9251 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
News article on the semi-robotic mech thingie: [link]