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    Image of witeowl witeowl
    11/11/09

    In reply to Student Plans to Mod Old OutRun Cabinet Into a Car
    I... I... just... don't... get it.

    Is that because I don't have a Y chromosome? #outrun
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    SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! promoted this comment witeowl was starred witeowl was unstarred
    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    11/11/09

    @witeowl: that, or probably because this whole thing DON'T...MAKE...SENSE. #outrun
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    11/11/09

    @witeowl: I thought the screen was just going to be a camera view of the road ahead of you, but what they are actually doing is making the game reflect the real world. I have no idea how they are going to make obstacles and people show up on the screen though. #outrun
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    11/11/09

    In reply to Student Plans to Mod Old OutRun Cabinet Into a Car
    If this works, this could be the coolest thing I have ever seen. And for everybody who asks "What happens if kids run across the street?" and "What happens when he hits a pothole at 80 mph?" Shut up. This thing ain't never going to be street legal, and won't go higher than 20 mph. This guy will get high with his buddies, and try to drive this thing down the hallway in the dorms, and hit a wall, and that will be the end of it. If it does work, however, then in 10 years we'll all be working for this guy, or we'll all be dead by his hand. #outrun
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/11/09

    In reply to Student Plans to Mod Old OutRun Cabinet Into a Car
    Having a bumper car ring filled with vehicles like this (with proper safety harnesses, bumpers, and so forth) might actually be a lot of fun. Bonus points if the other bumper cars would show up "virtually" in the Out Run videogame.

    As for use on public roads, I suspect the Department of Licensing might take issue with the CRT air bag. Just a guess. #outrun
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    Image of FartSponge FartSponge
    11/11/09

    @Monty: Or a go-cart track with these things on it. Might be easier to render a pre-designed course. #outrun
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/11/09

    In reply to Student Plans to Mod Old OutRun Cabinet Into a Car
    That video did little to explain anything. The soundtrack, however, was awesome. #outrun
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    Image of lankysob lankysob
    11/11/09

    In reply to Student Plans to Mod Old OutRun Cabinet Into a Car
    In hindsight, this guy should've opted for the matte laptop screen. #outrun
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/11/09

    In reply to Student Plans to Mod Old OutRun Cabinet Into a Car
    Occam's Razor states: entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.

    Example: adding a camera to display video of images that could be directly visible through a window. The complexity is less efficient than the simple.

    Little known fact: Occam's Razor does not apply to stupid YouTube-esque stunts. Multiply away! #outrun
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/11/09

    @OCEntertainment: It's the corollary, Occam's Raiser: The complexity of the idea, design, or apparatus shall be needlessly multiplied in order to merge as many ridiculous and/or unnecessary steps as possible to achieve somehting which is impractical, yet inherently and unfathomably desirable. Correspondingly, the safety and practicality of the whole shall diminish exponentially with the addition of each needlessly wasteful component.
    QED #outrun
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    11/11/09

    @OCEntertainment: I'd be afraid to use a razor that talks...

    Anyway, so this Occam guy must not like Rube-Goldberg machines eh? I don't like him. #outrun
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/11/09

    @met2art: Ah, so the Rube Goldberg principle?

    And, I believe you meant to say "QED, bitches." It's ok, I take your meaning.

    Edit: @Geisrud, you punk. Beat me to it by a hair.
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    Edited by OCEntertainment at 11/11/09 11:55 AM OCEntertainment was starred OCEntertainment was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    11/11/09

    @OCEntertainment: Quite similar to the Rube Goldberg principle. I would say the only difference is that the Rube Goldberg principle almost explicitly implies the chain reaction of multiple events intended to perform one simple task, often in a deliberately humorous way. Occam's Raiser implies an unintended escalation of complexity through the merging of two (or more) devices to create a new device that is more dangerous (and less useful) than the sum of its parts.

    Perhaps another appropriate term I could coin would be "disconvergence" where two ostensibly useful devices are rendered less than ideally operable (or unsafe) by virtue of being unified into an unstable and incoherent whole. #outrun
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    11/11/09

    @met2art: I prefer Occam's Kaiser: but that mostly applies to Macs and cats as hats. #outrun
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    Image of Kevin Murphy Kevin Murphy
    11/11/09

    @met2art: You mean like Knife-Wrench? #outrun
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Student Plans to Mod Old OutRun Cabinet Into a Car
    No thanks, I'll wait for the Crazy Taxi version. #outrun
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    11/09/09

    In reply to Specialized DVR For Cars Could Make Teens Better Drivers
    I like the idea of light based feedback from an automated system. At first I thought DVR meant Digital Video Recorder - which would have made me a less safe driver. When I was first learning to drive, if someone was supervising me I'd stiffen up if I made a mistake, then think about it, getting distracted from driving. On my own, I'd make a mistake once in a while, but learn from it, and keep going competently. #cars
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    Image of RoofCoffeeCup RoofCoffeeCup
    11/08/09

    In reply to Specialized DVR For Cars Could Make Teens Better Drivers
    I'd love to get a DVR for the cars I ride on. I want to be able to post peoples reaction to me. #cars
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    Image of goaliegeek goaliegeek
    Image of comics0026 comics0026
    11/08/09

    In reply to Specialized DVR For Cars Could Make Teens Better Drivers
    I think the problem with bad drivers is that the majority of them don't think of themselves as bad drivers, or they just "occasionally" do a "few" "risky" decisions/actions while driving.

    Plus, having your parents as monitors doesn't work so well because A) they over react to the smallest things because it's been so long since they've been in the passenger seat and aren't sure how to deal/are uncomfortable with this new loss of control AND/OR B) the teenager has already learned how to tune out what their parent(s) are telling them and may have created their own idea of how to drive based on what they've seen on TV and in films
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment Edited by comics0026 at 11/08/09 2:09 PM comics0026 was starred comics0026 was unstarred
    Image of four12 four12
    11/08/09

    In reply to Specialized DVR For Cars Could Make Teens Better Drivers
    I've dealt with these "bitching Betty" devices in ambulances and fire trucks. What a pain in the butt - they'd sometimes flag you for a "red" if you hit a pothole and if you got three "reds" in a month, you had to go talk to the chief.

    Swerve to miss the pothole? Beeeeep! That's a yellow! Break hard to slow down before hitting it? BEEEEEEEEEP! A red!!
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    bagellord promoted this comment Edited by four12 at 11/08/09 1:37 PM four12 was starred four12 was unstarred
    Image of bagellord bagellord
    11/08/09

    @four12: Not to mention if some idiot cuts you off and you have to slam on the brakes, grandma decides to stop for a red light when she's in the intersection, or dipshit in the Accord wearing baggy pants and a sideways baseball hat runs through the red light in front of you. #cars
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    11/08/09

    @four12: You have one point left on your license. #cars
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    11/09/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat: Big badda boom! #cars
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    Image of AWESOM-O AWESOM-O
    11/06/09

    In reply to The G-Bound RC Car Drives On Water
    Real life FTW #gbound
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    TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment AWESOM-O was starred AWESOM-O was unstarred
    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    11/07/09

    @AWESOM-O: I've done it on a snowmobile before, but an entire car? Now that's hardcore. #gbound
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    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    11/06/09

    In reply to The G-Bound RC Car Drives On Water
    So, this is the RC car backed by Jesus Christ?

    I'm sorry but, even with Jesus as a pitchman, I still say the best RC car from TYCO was and will always be the FastTraxx. #gbound
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    Image of bozack bozack
    11/06/09

    In reply to The G-Bound RC Car Drives On Water

    am i the only one here who had the " the animal " ? #gbound
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    Image of Stitchopoulis Stitchopoulis
    11/06/09

    @bozack: everywhere I look, it's posts about the animal.

    Can anything stop the animal? #gbound
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