Funny you should ask...
My previous job I worked at a game company where we were creating a lunar racing game. It never got completed for a number of mostly managerial/business reasons but we got as far as playable levels. Because our mandate was to make something semi-educational we attempted to make the physics as real as possible and used NASA terrain data to create the courses.
What we learned early on was that ground based vehicles are basically uncontrollable above 20-30kph because their wheels were so infrequently on the ground. Ultimately we wound up with a series of control thrusters (similar to Apollo or the shuttle) mounted to all the vehicles:
This not only keep the vehicle on the surface but allowed for some seriously acrobatic hoonage.
Too bad we never got to finish it...it was pretty fun.
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"And, you know, they work better than planes from when Elvis was 20."
Isn't the point of this story that they don't?
Sad day indeed. I learned to drive on a 900 Turbo.
These hoonigans were clearly idiots, no doubt about that. However, being caught in the act still does not warrant skipping over the judicial process. Keep in mind I am arguing this from the viewpoint of an American and I don't know what the official punishment for hooning is in Australia. Is it something like loss of licence, probation and/or community service or is it severe beating about the head?
Let me put it this way. Let's say you were doing donuts the smart way...out in the sticks and not in front of Main Force Patrol Headquarters. But, as luck would have it a cop happens by and instead of just arresting you and impounding your car he clubs you on the head a few times first to teach you a lesson.
Do you have no problem with that?
Let me put it this way. Let's say you were doing donuts the smart way...out in the sticks and not in front of Main Force Patrol Headquarters. But, as luck would have it a cop happens by and instead of just arresting you and impounding your car he clubs you on the head a few times first to teach you a lesson.
Do you have no problem with that?
I have no problem with taking action against an imminent threat. Someone breaks into your home by all means defend yourself. But the issue here is that this was clearly retaliatory. It is not for the cops nor you or me to mete out punishment. That is one of the pillars of our justice system and the basis for the hit NBC show Law & Order, Wednesday nights at 10pm on your local affiliate.
These guys crossed that line (as would you) by savagely beating the hoonigans. That is the definition of vigilantism...punishment without due process.
These guys crossed that line (as would you) by savagely beating the hoonigans. That is the definition of vigilantism...punishment without due process.
oh good grief...where to begin?
I guess we can just get rid of all the judges, lawyers and courts and just let the cops dispense justice without any due process. Well, cops and vigilantes like yourself.
I guess we can just get rid of all the judges, lawyers and courts and just let the cops dispense justice without any due process. Well, cops and vigilantes like yourself.
whoever built that road is a true jalop
You didn't know Lada made cameras too?
ROFL...thanks for the laugh.
Oh yeah, learn some history.
Oh yeah, learn some history.
Repliment?
Replacicant?
Repliplacicant...
Yeah, I see what u mean
Replacicant?
Repliplacicant...
Yeah, I see what u mean
Someone should tell Activision that they are also in the adult entertainment bizness
Hector!
"...lures you into foolish behavior"
Devil in a blue dress, indeed. I am your humble servant.
Devil in a blue dress, indeed. I am your humble servant.
I was on the right trip, but I made it in the wrong car...
- Dr. John
- Dr. John
lame...remake/reboot/rehash The Final Countdown.
This time let 'em stop Pearl Harbor and see what happens. Jeez, have some balls...you know like the Marines and the Romans.
This time let 'em stop Pearl Harbor and see what happens. Jeez, have some balls...you know like the Marines and the Romans.
I would've gone with "O.R.B.S. cabinet, which stood for Orb for Really Boosting Seizures"
that's where i read it and that's why i asked #trollpatrol
this is car related how?
This is why I have my cat accept all my EULA's.
Sir Scratch-a-lot is so fucked.
Sir Scratch-a-lot is so fucked.
I here ya, they would totally be zombies right now.
