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>> In the category of "I realise nobody actually gives a damn but I'm going
>> to tell you all anyway": I have a new car.
>
> yet into that category, here's another useless tidbit: I don't drive cars. I
> don't know how and I don't give a damn, I just take the bus or subway.
So you live in a place that *has* busses?
> I suck at driving even at games so I thought I'd be putting people's lifes at
> danger behind a wheel. :)
If driving a real car was anything remotely like driving that "thing" in
HalfLife 2, most of the population would be dead by now!
> so, there you go: a highly useful skill you've got and I don't. should make
> your day... :P
Heh, I don't know about that... but I *am* going dancing tonight. ;-)
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Random unstoppable craziness:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron
"At a constant 155 mph, the Veyron is using approximately 270 of its
1001 horsepower; the next 100 mph requires 730 additional horsepower."
"The tyres will only last for about fifteen minutes, but it's okay
because the fuel runs out in twelve minutes."
"2.46 MPG"
It has square pistons, 10 radiators, 4 turbochargers, 64 valves and a
total displacement of 8 litres. Truly, this car is ****ing insane. o_O
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
news:4b6852cb$1@news.povray.org...
> Random unstoppable craziness:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron
It was the fastest production car in the world, now this is
the fastest:
http://www.shelbysupercars.com/car-specs.php
~db
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scott wrote:
> Funny, I usually take about 10 rental cars per year and I don't recall
> any of them ever having 4 gears, even when I picked the absolute
> cheapest one they offered. Can you give any examples?
It's the age of the car. Go try to find a 64GB disk drive on the shelves
today. As technology progressed, more gears got easier to build in, so they
did. It makes the ride smoother (on an automatic) and more efficient on a
manual.
I tended to skip gears when I had a manual transmission, often going from 2
to 4 for example.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
I get "focus follows gaze"?
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Invisible wrote:
> I'm not kidding. That's really what option C actually said.
I dunno. I was in a driver's ed class in high school, and one of the
questions what "which color is on top on a traffic light." Something like
80% of the class got that wrong. HELLO?!?
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
I get "focus follows gaze"?
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On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:43:43 -0800, Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> I'm not kidding. That's really what option C actually said.
>
> I dunno. I was in a driver's ed class in high school, and one of the
> questions what "which color is on top on a traffic light." Something
> like 80% of the class got that wrong. HELLO?!?
Depending on where you are (and I know you're in CA), though, "red" might
be the wrong answer. I've been places where green was on top (though I
can't remember where), and I've been to places where the lights are
arranged horizontally (IIRC, Detroit is like that).
Jim
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On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:28:58 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron
Yes, a very pretty car, but very expensive to drive. I loved seeing it
on Top Gear a couple series ago.
Jim
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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
news:4b688910@news.povray.org...
> Depending on where you are (and I know you're in CA),
though, "red" might
> be the wrong answer. I've been places where green was on
top (though I
> can't remember where), and I've been to places where the
lights are
> arranged horizontally (IIRC, Detroit is like that).--Jim
There's a picture of a traffic light in Dallas, Texas where
they are horizontal (you have to scroll down):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_variations_in_traffic_light_signalling_and_operation
There a quite a few unusual configurations on that web
page...
~db
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On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:38:55 -0800, DungBeatle wrote:
> It was the fastest production car in the world, now this is the fastest:
>
> http://www.shelbysupercars.com/car-specs.php
Wow - though I wonder about that "1/4 Mile" world record - I would think
that any car capable of sustaining 144 MPH would do 1/4 mile in the same
amount of time - and wouldn't that be 6.25 seconds, not 9.90 seconds?
Jim
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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
news:4b688b33$1@news.povray.org...
> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:38:55 -0800, DungBeatle wrote:
>
> > It was the fastest production car in the world, now this
is the fastest:
> >
> > http://www.shelbysupercars.com/car-specs.php
>
> Wow - though I wonder about that "1/4 Mile" world record -
I would think
> that any car capable of sustaining 144 MPH would do 1/4
mile in the same
> amount of time - and wouldn't that be 6.25 seconds, not
9.90 seconds?--Jim
1/4 mile from a standing start isn't going to be low times
for a car designed to go 250 MPH, it's going to be
high-geared... For example, a McClaren F1 ($800k) does the
1/4 in about 11 seconds...
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