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    Enough With the Flying Cars Already
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    04/30/09

    In reply to Enough With the Flying Cars Already
    Some people still ask "where are the flying cars?" Well, it's been doable for almost 50 years now if I remember right - the thing is that it's not that practical, many of the designs are very noisy (like fan levitation designs), and of course, it's way too dangerous to put one in most people's hands. Even in the hands of a qualified pilot, you'd basically be barnstorming urban areas the whole way.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    04/29/09

    In reply to Enough With the Flying Cars Already
    You have to give them props for designing a flying ugly car that will never fly. Most people who design flying cars that will never fly at least try and make the car part look good. Perhaps by pursuing an ugly flying car approach, they'll mitigate the disappointment when it inevitably doesn't fly.
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    04/29/09

    In reply to Enough With the Flying Cars Already
    To hell with the flying cars. Where's our jetpacks?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/29/09

    In reply to Enough With the Flying Cars Already
    So there's an actual company dedicated to making this thing? Why would they do this? Are they trying to fail?
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    04/29/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Can't do any worse than Pontiac.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    04/29/09

    In reply to Enough With the Flying Cars Already
    Le sigh, it seems like the future never gets here.
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    Image of krispykrink krispykrink
    04/29/09

    In reply to Enough With the Flying Cars Already
    The future is never going to happen? That's kind of a bullshit statement.
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    Image of eagles3 speeeedin eagles3 speeeedin
    04/29/09

    @krispykrink: well theoretically one can never exist within the future, since by being within that specific place in time they are in the present. So saying the future is never going to happen is actually an accurate statement. This shit is too confusing to go into a lot of detail. *goes back to studying physics*
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    04/29/09

    @firefox 3.5 eats memory like candy_eagles3: So wait, does that mean then that the past never happened either?
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    Image of Mediocre Mediocre
    04/29/09

    In reply to Enough With the Flying Cars Already
    Such negativity --- no jetpack for you when they come out.
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    Image of Bob_Dole Bob_Dole
    04/29/09

    @Mediocre: At least they won't fall thousands of meters down into the ground resulting in instant death when someone sabotages your jetpack or you run out of fuel.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    04/29/09

    @Bob_Dole: Shhh, don't mention the sabotage! If he didn't know about the potato in this starboard exhaust nozzle it would have made a GREAT youtube video!
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    Image of EBone EBone
    04/29/09

    In reply to Enough With the Flying Cars Already
    People can't even drive in two dimensions without running into each other, telephone poles, the front of Starbucks, and farmer's markets. There's no frakking way we have the intelligence to operate flying cars with the result being total carnage.
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    04/29/09

    In reply to Enough With the Flying Cars Already
    People can't drive now with only having to worry about 4 directions (forward, back, left ,and right for the slow ones). I can't imagine what would happen if you added two more.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    04/29/09

    @IcemanD: Jinx!
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    Image of shizik76 shizik76
    11/04/08

    In reply to Moller Says Flying Ferraris Taking Off In Two Years
    It will wave wings?
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    Image of FritzLaurel FritzLaurel
    11/04/08

    In reply to Moller Says Flying Ferraris Taking Off In Two Years
    I WANT to believe, but Moller's track record over the past 30 years is ... nil.
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    Image of sopolev sopolev
    11/04/08

    In reply to Moller Says Flying Ferraris Taking Off In Two Years
    Uh - time to google flying cars and realize that we're approaching the 100rh anniversary of the flying car.


    Moller is certainly the most fanatical flying car guy, but by no means the first.

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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    11/04/08

    In reply to Moller Says Flying Ferraris Taking Off In Two Years
    I'm waiting for the flying Honda Civic Hatchback. The resale value should be better than most comparable flying cars. That's one of the most important things you have to think about when buying a flying car, the resale value.
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    11/04/08

    In reply to Moller Says Flying Ferraris Taking Off In Two Years
    Nerdtastic.
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    Image of Oh yeah, I still have a clock and a pencil! Oh yeah, I still have a clock and a pencil!
    11/04/08

    In reply to Moller Says Flying Ferraris Taking Off In Two Years
    now back to Batman LEGO
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