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Off-Topic / Re: GTA V

« on: October 20, 2015, 11:59:10 am »

Exactly what I was expecting, not even mad about it tho.

The aren't really a lot of cars suitable for lowrider customization and if it would be cheap, it would be no challenge to get the parts, get boring in 2 hours and R* needs to keep the money flowing so people actually spend it and not hoard it.

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Off-Topic / Re: Interesting Videos/Pictures

« on: October 16, 2015, 03:38:38 pm »

Yeah, suprised me too, cause in comparison the SR71 got retired (although it was far more expensive and complicated to maintain). The main reason I read about was the uprising of spy satelites getting better, but that would make the U2 useless, too.

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Off-Topic / Re: Interesting Videos/Pictures

« on: October 16, 2015, 06:52:10 am »

I never knew about this, the U2 spy plane needs a chase car to safely land:

[youtube]P3LZHck5NAQ[/youtube]

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Off-Topic / Re: News topic

« on: October 06, 2015, 04:27:55 pm »

Fun Fact: That's what actually happend about self-driving cars in America.

They had a testing phase with car driving around in a city, technicians on board, tweaking the code on the fly. After some time passed, the first statistics were published. Next day, media published headlines like "Self-driving cars already cause 100 accidents!" and "First people injured after self-driving cars ran over them".

What they kindly forgot to tell is that the majority of the accidents were cause by people rear-ending the self-driving cars, which were waiting at a traffic light. And the injured people thought it would be fun to jump in front of the cars to see what happens (hint: you get run over. just like jumping in front of every car).

In the end, the statistics conclusion was that yes, self-driving cars can cause accidents. But given the low number of cars driving and the short amount of testing time, compared to existing statistics about accidents in the US, the self-driving cars were much less likely to have an accident.

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Off-Topic / Re: News topic

« on: October 06, 2015, 07:26:15 am »

Video of the incident (may not be suitable for all audiences):

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http://www.bild.de/video/clip/porsche-918/porsche-rast-in-zuschauer-42896448.bild.html
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Looks like poor planning of the event itself, making people stand behind plastic barriers around 10 meters from high speed race track with cars dodging obstacles.

@MadMax: Linking the brand of the car to the death itself is kinda wrong on many levels.

The examples you used:

• Ryan Dunn: Drunk driving, driving over speed limit (55 mph limit, was driving around 140 mph)
• Paul Walker: Driving over speed limit (45 mph limit, was driving between 81 and 94 mph)
• James Dean: Crash caused by other driver due to driving inconsistent and taking Deans way of right

I probably could make the same up about Ferraris or other sports car brands, yet it doesn't tell anything about the brand, but mostly about the drivers.

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Off-Topic / Re: Interesting Videos/Pictures

« on: September 24, 2015, 07:59:17 am »

I need this.

[youtube]cJCsomGwdk0[/youtube]

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Off-Topic / Re: Sorry Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks and Romanians...

« on: September 24, 2015, 07:11:54 am »

As I said before in another thread, I don't think this is the right place to discuss this issue, since most "facts" from both sides tend to be biased propaganda.

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Off-Topic / Re: Interesting Videos/Pictures

« on: September 23, 2015, 09:37:00 am »

Nice pictures of the SR-71, also called 'Blackbird'. Main purpose was spying on the Soviet Union in the Cold War era.

Here are some interesting facts about it:

• The USA had the CIA found a fake company in order to buy large amounts of aluminium from the Soviets, because they were the only country to have such large amounts.
• When on the ground, the plane would leak large amounts of fuel. That was because the planes parts would expand in high velocity/high altitude. So the parts would only fit perfect in full operational mode at around 20 km height and Mach 2,5. 
• The sensors were able to picture around 240.000 square kilometres in 1 hour flight.
• Only 30 planes were build and put into operational service.
• Though 12 planes were lost over the years, not one single plane was actually shot down by enemy fire. The plane could simply outrun every available ground-to-air missile or enemy jet by speed AND height.
• The pilot and his navigator had to wear full body suits similar to space suits to counter the effects of speed and height on the human body.
• The whole outer hull has an active fluid cooling system, the hottest spot on the plane could reach 570° C.
• It holds a lot of speed and lenght records, for example from New York to London in 1 hour and 55 minutes. And it actually had to slow down, so it could be re-fueled mid-air.

Edit:

And here is a first person review of the plane by one of its pilots: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/5511236/the-thrill-of-flying-the-sr-71-blackbird

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Help & Resources / Re: How to create a home

« on: September 20, 2015, 08:42:48 pm »

Imagine you are hungry and some dude on the street sees it in your eyes and just because he is a nice person, he gives you an apple, for free. You then proceed to insult the man and complain about the apple not being sweet enough.

You are that kind of person.

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Suggestions / Re: Improvements in /mycaritem for races, i.e. spoilers in non tunable cars as items

« on: September 17, 2015, 08:06:11 am »

wat...

I hope your not serious about this...

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Off-Topic / Re: Dakota V8 5.2 or Audi A3 1.8T? (MadMax Discution in server)

« on: September 15, 2015, 06:42:34 am »

Maybe give some more info on this?

Are both cars for free and available and you just have to chose? Or you own the Dakota and think about buying the A3? What mileage do both cars have? Which kind of trips do you make most often (buying groceries, long trips, hauling big stuff, etc.)? Don't really get the situation here... 

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Help & Resources / Re: Hard lags.

« on: September 13, 2015, 03:14:39 pm »

Guys.

Seriously.

Stop quoting the post right before your own.

Or I'm gonna explain the correct usage of the quote button. With a chair. Which is on fire. 

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Off-Topic / Re: Funny Videos/Pictures

« on: September 07, 2015, 01:41:34 pm »

I don't think this is the right place for propaganda (no matter which direction)...

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Off-Topic / Re: i have a question about the security of buying things online

« on: September 04, 2015, 09:16:41 am »

Because just formatting the Windows partition is way too much of a hassle, right? 

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Unban Requests / Re: Ban evade

« on: September 02, 2015, 11:49:14 am »

Please wait for the admin who banned you to respond.

Also, please stop opening new threads.