OT: Things we find freaking neat but no place to post

[forty_three]

 

[forty_three]

 

[elocomotive]

I had to look up the full thing for this one. Pretty good prank!

 

[KennyBanyeah]

http://seriouslyforreal.com/funny-videos/absolutely-mindblowing-video-shot-from-the-space-shuttle-during-launch/

 

[puckhead]

 

[Slimpikins]

I find it neat when someone who doesn't quite get what it is I do around here tries to strongarm me into doing what they want.

My favorite part is watching the life leave their eyes when the highest executive in their business unit tells them not to challenge me ever again.

A guy's laptop is being investigated and he wants it back, so he threatened to "go above my head" and that I would be "sorry". I felt like the president. "Please Proceed"

For fucks sake, I needed my laptop back for my fantasy football draft. You didn't have to be such a dick about it.

 

[forty_three]

For fucks sake, I needed my laptop back for my fantasy football draft. You didn't have to be such a dick about it.

"Fantasy", yes. Football, no.


And if you haven't had your draft yet, well...

I was at Buffalo Wild Wings the other night and there was a bunch of guys having a draft. 10 guys looking more intently at their spreadsheets than I've ever seen on the draft floor at the NHL draft. What was funny is apparently their rule was you had to stand up an announce your pick and they had a board that they wrote it in. They even had a woman there to write the picks on the board. Their own Vanna White.

Eventually the table closest to them started critiquing the later round picks, which these guys did NOT like. It was a fun evening.

 

[elocomotive]

43 - saw this and thought of you. If you haven't seen it, it's pretty sick. Having been the victim of a few "feet still in pedals" crashes myself, it makes me cringe at times.

 

[forty_three]

43 - saw this and thought of you. If you haven't seen it, it's pretty sick. Having been the victim of a few "feet still in pedals" crashes myself, it makes me cringe at times.

Wow. I *really* want to know what wheels and brakes he's using...

I've carved around a skatepark on my road bike and have occasionally had to bunny hop over an obstacle. Road bikes are surprisingly agile. But that dude is ridiculous.

No idea how he carried that much speed through a sand trap though. Musta been packed like a rock.

 

[xalbox]

I don't know if they've yet found Schroedinger's Cat, but it looks like we've found Sisyphus' cat.

Schrödinger's cat has been found!

 

[forty_three]

Japan's Levitating Train Hits 310 MPH in Trials | Autopia | Wired.com

Neat. Wish we had toys like this. I could get to Chicago in 2 and a half hours. DC in one and a half.

 

[forty_three]

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Japan's Levitating Train Hits 310 MPH in Trials | Autopia | Wired.com

Neat. Wish we had toys like this. I could get to Chicago in 2 and a half hours. DC in one and a half.

Yeah, our passenger rail network in this country is pathetic. Even what we pass off as high speed is absurdly slow compared to places like China, Japan, and France.

Would love it if something like Elon Musk's Hyperloop were actually built.

 

[dash]

People keep talking about a bullet train between Calgary and Edmonton, but it never gets past the discussion stage.

 

[KillerVee]

Apparently there will be a bullet train from SF to LA. Two hours, I think?

Some day...

 

[buffhockey]

People keep talking about a bullet train between SoCal and Vegas, but it never gets past the discussion stage.

FIFY

 

[forty_three]

Apparently there will be a bullet train from SF to LA. Two hours, I think?

Some day...

A Vee sighting? No wai




Back to the trains, Columbus is trying to sell itself as a decent hub, and possibly an endpoint on the first line. With the exception of the Belfontaine ridge to the Northwest, you can make a flat, straight line through Fort Wayne and into Chicago. And there ain't a lot in the way.

 

[mooger_35]

I'm sure this guy was drinking for free for an evening or two after this

 

[Darkstone42]

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[sabresfaninthesouth]

I'm sure this guy was drinking for free for an evening or two after this

That announcer was doing his best Pierre impression.

Over darts.