ryoder 1,590 #1 October 18, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #2 October 18, 2011 that's pretty bloody cool You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 October 18, 2011 Now THAT is cool .... well very cold anyway (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spikes2020 0 #4 October 18, 2011 we need room temperature superconductors and your car could be doing that =)Cheers Jon W Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #5 October 18, 2011 Quote we need room temperature superconductors and your car could be doing that =) In the meantime it would make a great cat toy!"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #6 October 18, 2011 even better scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #7 October 18, 2011 Quotehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA So, all we need to do is move some place where it's that cold all the time. Great Lakes Region? Michigan's U.P.? ANYplace in Canada? ...Pluto? Elvisio "cuz if it's that cold I'm sure not walking anywhere" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 2 #8 October 18, 2011 Quotewe need room temperature superconductors and your car could be doing that =) Cold fusion and warm superconductivity. It's the Future! Invest now!! (When you die, we'll put you in a cryogenic capsule and thaw you out in a few hundred years and you will be RICH.Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #9 October 18, 2011 I understand the superconducting part, but the "locking in position" part is something pretty new to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
regulator 0 #10 October 18, 2011 Quote even better Yeah I'm officially calling bullshit on the hoverboard video. The only footage of a human standing on the board [full screen] are pictures...then they show someone 'standing' on it in video form...but only from the waist down...they could be holding onto something from above. The original video is cool...but the hoverboard? not so much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #11 October 18, 2011 What???That wasn't real? "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #12 October 18, 2011 You mean it was fake?I thought they did a great job hiding the wires. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #13 October 19, 2011 QuoteYeah I'm officially calling bullshit on the hoverboard video. ...and I bet you think the WTC was downed by a couple of airliners too. Don't you know that a little dab of nano-thermite smeared on a CD will make it superconductive?! jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #14 October 19, 2011 that's pretty fucking awesome! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nutz 0 #15 October 19, 2011 That is a pretty neat trick but not very practical. "Don't! Get! Eliminated!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiverMike 5 #16 October 19, 2011 QuoteThat is a pretty neat trick but not very practical The traditional response of physicists has been to drag out Michael Faraday's legendary answer to Queen Isabella: When she asked what possible use could be found for the newly discovered phenomenon call electricity, Faraday reportedly replied, "Of what use is a newborn baby?" For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #17 October 19, 2011 QuoteQuoteThat is a pretty neat trick but not very practical The traditional response of physicists has been to drag out Michael Faraday's legendary answer to Queen Isabella: When she asked what possible use could be found for the newly discovered phenomenon call electricity, Faraday reportedly replied, "Of what use is a newborn baby?" Good answer (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #18 October 19, 2011 Quote The traditional response of physicists has been to drag out Michael Faraday's legendary answer to Queen Isabella: When she asked what possible use could be found for the newly discovered phenomenon call electricity, Faraday reportedly replied, "Of what use is a newborn baby?" I always heard that quote was said by Benjamin Franklin, in Paris, watching the Montgolfier Bros. launch a hot air balloon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiverMike 5 #19 October 19, 2011 The quote has been attributed to quite a few scientists, but to my knowledge has not been proven to be said by any. For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #20 October 19, 2011 could this technology be used to avoid skydivers bouncing too hard ? ... Dip them into liquid nitrogen before exit... et voilà ! scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #21 October 20, 2011 Quote could this technology be used to avoid skydivers bouncing too hard ? ... Dip them into liquid nitrogen before exit... et voilà ! Well, if you dip them in liquid nitrogen first, they sure wouldn't bounce. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #22 October 20, 2011 Quote Quote could this technology be used to avoid skydivers bouncing too hard ? ... Dip them into liquid nitrogen before exit... et voilà ! Well, if you dip them in liquid nitrogen first, they sure wouldn't bounce. freefall could take forever; or at least as long until the nitrogen has worn off! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 1 #23 October 20, 2011 Quote Quote Quote could this technology be used to avoid skydivers bouncing too hard ? ... Dip them into liquid nitrogen before exit... et voilà ! Well, if you dip them in liquid nitrogen first, they sure wouldn't bounce. freefall could take forever; or at least as long until the nitrogen has worn off! Yes, but it'd make for terrible swooping attempts.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #24 October 20, 2011 Flying is all about throwing yourself at the ground ...... and missing. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
