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    Google Street View Captures Fire Truck Hit and Run With an Old Lady On a Bike

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    Image of frigg frigg
    11/11/09

    In reply to Google Street View Captures Fire Truck Hit and Run With an Old Lady On a Bike
    Why do we assume it's the fire truck that made the little old lady fall over? An equally plausible explanation is that Google's face-blurring technology temporarily disoriented her, causing her to lose control of her bike. #googlestreetview
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    11/11/09

    In reply to Google Street View Captures Fire Truck Hit and Run With an Old Lady On a Bike
    It's the Netherlands, so 50/50 at least one person in that photo is high. #googlestreetview
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    Image of G.O.B.: Come on! G.O.B.: Come on!
    11/11/09

    @badhatharry: My money's on the old lady. Next time yield to an emergency response vehicle, grandma! #googlestreetview
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/11/09

    In reply to Google Street View Captures Fire Truck Hit and Run With an Old Lady On a Bike
    What's more important, one old lady on a bike, or potentially your computer (and the implied collection of porn and torrented movies therein) that's currently at risk in a serious structure fire?

    That's what I thought.... #googlestreetview
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    Image of Arnold Qin Arnold Qin
    11/11/09

    @met2art: I'm sorry but that old lady is. xD #googlestreetview
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/11/09

    @Arnold Qin: Exactly! It was a trick question. She has all of your HDDs in the saddlebags of her bicycle. So, there goes all your porn. Thanks a lot, fire department, you ruined that woman's life, and my weekend! Nice job. #googlestreetview
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    Image of Arnold Qin Arnold Qin
    11/11/09

    @met2art: She was also listening to my iTouch, which has all my other por-I mean movies in it. #googlestreetview
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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    11/11/09

    In reply to Google Street View Captures Fire Truck Hit and Run With an Old Lady On a Bike
    Not a hit and run...she is well away from the truck.

    She simply panicked as she saw the big truck, couldn't control herself and ended up on the ground.

    Gizmodo busting a fox news i see. #googlestreetview
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    Image of uncdomination uncdomination
    11/11/09

    @Gundem: You liberals always find out a way to cheap shot Fox News don't you? Shouldn't you be in Greenland with Al Gore to see all the Ice caps "melting"?
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    Image of Norbs Norbs
    11/11/09

    @uncdomination: Uhh wow you have respect for fox news?! #googlestreetview
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    Image of SirDrinksalot SirDrinksalot
    11/11/09

    @Gundem: Yea that person hasn't even entered the intersection yet and are at the same spot they were in the previous screen. It's like they just tipped over like one of those goats that freeze up when they're scared.

    I don't see any evidence that would indicate that any person on truck contact took place. #googlestreetview
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    Image of CheeseGamer CheeseGamer
    11/11/09

    @uncdomination: You conservatives always find a way to ruin your credibility, don't you? Shouldn't you be with our former VP "shooting" lawyers?

    I "love" "putting" verbs in quotes. #googlestreetview
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    Image of Andrew Pollack Andrew Pollack
    11/11/09

    @Gundem: Agreed. As someone who drives a fire truck, I can tell you that bike was not hit by one. Even a glancing tap with the front bumper would have bent the front wheel pretty much in half. Anything more serious and she'd be a grease spot. #googlestreetview
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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    01:09 AM

    @SirDrinksalot: indeed sir. #googlestreetview
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    01:10 AM

    @CheeseGamer: LOL! #googlestreetview
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    Image of exoren22 exoren22
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Not to mention that windfarms reduce wind and make the surrounding area heat up as a result. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/03/09

    @exoren22: I don't even know how to reply to the stupidity of your statement, other than I hope you forgot your sarcasm tag. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of exoren22 exoren22
    11/03/09

    @EBone: Well, considering it's a real world problem, I don't even know how to reply to your ignorance, except to tell you to go to San Francisco in the summer time, when they used to have a cooling wind coming down from the mountains.

    You know we can't get energy for free, right? Hydroelectric power reduces water flow and causes the destruction of wildlife both upstream and downstream. Solar power has local heating problems that CANNOT be fixed, and massive wind farms destroy the natural heat transfer created by wind patterns. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/03/09

    @exoren22: You really believe that the turbine blades take the wind "away"? That the wind doesn't turn the blades and keep on blowing past, over, and around the blades?

    I have no words. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    11/03/09

    @EBone: I think he's actually right, but he's blowing it way out of proportion. It's more on the same scale of dumping a bottle of filtered water into a lake to change the pH. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of runamok1001 runamok1001
    11/03/09

    @EBone: exoren22 is right though I don't know to what degree. Conservation of energy means there is no free ride and no perpetual motion machines. Just like a hydroelectric dam can slow a river to a trickle, wind farms use the wind to do work, thus depleting some of the kinetic energy in that wind. But once again, I have no idea of the total energy of the wind or how much energy is extracted so I could not testify to the effect.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/03/09

    @runamok1001: Do yourself a favor and look at an isobar map of the United States. They measure pressure gradients. Wind is generated when air moves from high pressure areas to low pressure areas.

    Isobar front lines are hundreds to thousands of miles long. Wind projects don't even show up on the scale we're talking about here. It would be the equivalent of trying to stop the Mississippi River with a 2x4. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of mnerd mnerd
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    The wind farm thing really speaks more to how we really need to upgrade our air traffic control to newer modern technology stat. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of 70watts 70watts
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Wind turbines really don't kill that many birds in comparison to things like planes, trucks and... trees. That's a common myth.

    Here's the google results for that.
    [www.google.com]
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    Don Nguyen promoted this comment Edited by 70watts at 11/03/09 12:40 AM 70watts was starred 70watts was unstarred
    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/03/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Thank you for being a champion for the essence of e-readership! And also, I've seen at least one notably less comfortable bike design.
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    Image of curious-character curious-character
    11/02/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Grandpa bikes excluded (upright riding), a bike seat needs only provide support to the bony part of your bottom while minimizing interference and chaffing with your thighs. This is why racing seats look so terrible, but are actually quite comfortable. This seat seems to give you a choice of supporting your weight on your anus or testicles. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/02/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    The obvious solution is to put the wind farms in Manhattan, so they'll kill all these fucking pigeons. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/02/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Mmm... Gotta love those post-windfarm mornings, with the surreal pink mist of pigeon guts over Manhattan, and little feet and feathers falling to the streets below... #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/02/09

    @Gordonium: Sounds heavenly. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/03/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: a wind turbine of the vertical axis variety, about the size of a water tower, would probably do very well at both generating electricity and getting rid of pesky pigeons. And properly designed it could also have a receptacle for the remains so that they could be put to good use. Then we'd have cheap electricity and we wouldn't have to make soylent green out of people anymore.

    PS I'm trademarking the term "squabchoppers" #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of seriously, saycarramrod seriously, saycarramrod
    11/03/09

    @weatherman: Plus when the pigeons hit the side of the turbine, it would actually make it go faster. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/03/09

    @weatherman: and @saycarramrod: It's exactly this kind of ingenuity that made America what it is today! #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Toastie Toastie
    11/02/09

    In reply to Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    I want a picture of a person trying to sit on that bike. #gizmodoremainders
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    11/02/09


    @Toastie: Oh no, it's on a mission to grind that man's genitals into a fine powder. #gizmodoremainders
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    Evangelion promoted this comment Toastie was starred Toastie was unstarred
    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    11/02/09

    @Toastie: Damn, that looks so awkward to pedal. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/03/09

    @Toastie: I loved this bike until I saw what a person looks like on it. A good idea but needs some work. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/03/09

    @The Lab: yeah, the first pic looks like it makes some sense, but then you realize there's almost no leg extension (which means no power). Cool look though. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    10/12/09

    In reply to Wii Exercise Bike Would Be Perfect For Paperboy
    I think I'd much rather watch Scrubs or something instead of my Mini-me peddling down the track.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC BergenCountyJC
    10/12/09

    In reply to Wii Exercise Bike Would Be Perfect For Paperboy
    Does anyone have a current to date Wii peripheral count?
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    Image of Slyd3z Slyd3z
    10/12/09

    @BergenCountyJC: Last time I checked, a metric assload.
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    chauncy that billups promoted this comment Edited by Slyd3z at 10/12/09 3:48 PM Slyd3z was starred Slyd3z was unstarred
    Image of ambitiondude ambitiondude
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Actually Pedals on Tandem Bike Behind Its Maker
    why the TRAINING WHEELS?
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    SQLGuru promoted this comment ambitiondude was starred ambitiondude was unstarred
    Image of SQLGuru SQLGuru
    09/18/09

    @ambitiondude: Because it goes too slow to balance properly. Bikes work better at somewhat faster speeds.
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    Image of Nowell Nowell
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Actually Pedals on Tandem Bike Behind Its Maker
    I, for one, welcome our bicycle riding robot overlords.
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