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ripfire
08/12/09

In reply to The Most Ingenious Way to Parallel Park Ever
Who needs ingenuity when all you need is a pack of Mentos.
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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
08/11/09

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Unfortunately, it probably takes all the trunk space (also an obstacle for alternative fuel systems)... which is probably the reason why no car manufacturers adopted the idea.
It's still awesome to see this working, don't get me wrong.
I also loved that... hmmm... Toyota? competition called Idea Expo or something with tons of bizarre car prototypes.
They had omni directional wheels and all sorts of solutions to solve stuff like parking problems.
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SuperTuna
08/11/09

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I think there was an anime called Riding Bean which featured an awesome car. There was a gear that made ALL the wheels rotate perpendicular to the curb. AND it had bulletproof glass. AND Bean (the driver) had a bulletproof bandanna.
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Pope John Peeps II
08/11/09

@SuperTuna: WOW. You watch ANIME? That's astonishing. That's just amazing. Nobody else watches anime. You are the only one. That makes what you say really REALLY interesting even though it has nothing to do with real life, nothing to do with anything, and isn't funny. But WOW I'm really glad I know this.
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AstroWolf
08/11/09

@Pope John Peeps II:
Animahoo? what? anamasoity?? little bean? i never seen a toon cry... have you? i love me some aniamanime.
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Pope John Peeps II
08/11/09

@AstroWolf: Aww all you little kids learned how to type. That's so SPECIAL. you're all so SPECIAL and I bet your parents have told you just how special your opinions are. And they really ARE SPECIAL. I mean, who else in response to an article about cars could drudge up the memory of an anime that EVERYBODY has seen and then post it as if it had anything to do with the original topic at all? I mean, it takes a SPECIAL person with SPECIAL opinions to do that.
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sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
08/11/09

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but the car is so dinky, why not just hop out, grab the bumper and drag the back end out of the spot? At least they should have done it on a heavy car.
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
08/11/09

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I swear I saw something very similar on an episode of "Beyond 2000" or a similar one on the Old Discovery Channel.
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FooSchnickens - BPH Free
08/11/09

@GitEmSteveDave+$240InPudding: Holy crap I wasn't the only one who watched that show!? What was the other one called that was always on right after it, The NExt Step or something?
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Navin R Johnson
08/11/09

@FooSchnickens: Make that 3 viewers. I watched it too.
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Margatron
08/11/09

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Wow, finally, having a fifth wheel is socially acceptable.
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gadam07
08/11/09

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Ummm, that was conceptualized in the 50s, I believe. I forget who, but one of the major car makers had some prototypes of this exact method. Clever, but not new.
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FooSchnickens - BPH Free
08/11/09

@gadam07: I've seen it too, it was on one of those old Newsreel segments they used to show at the theaters.
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awtaylo
06/26/09

In reply to What Is This?
I wonder what the Egyptians are growing that is blue? Or is the color a result of atmospheric refraction?

Also, I wonder what the benefit of circular fields are (obviously not optimal land usage)
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/26/09

@awtaylo: They have to find a way to stop those smurfs from peeing on the crops.
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
06/26/09

@awtaylo: Easier to water in a cicle from a center point vs. a square.
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
06/26/09

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I think I see an alien thumb in the lower right hand corner!
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Ungus0609
06/26/09

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the circles make sense since thats an easy way to irrigate crops, with a rotating sprinkler. as for the labels....
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
06/26/09

@Ungus0609: Solar panels for pumps?
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Purple Dave
06/26/09

@Ungus0609:
If you look really closely, those look like they're just lines of really tiny circles. Flying over the southwestern US, you see something that hints at this. There are the standard irrigation circles, and sometimes you'll get a jumbo irrigation circle that takes up 4x the real estate, and sometimes you'll spot a cluster of four mini circles that fit within the same amount of space as the regular circle (sometimes you get a really goofy one where 3/4 of a jumbo circle appears to be eating a regular circle). It's all a matter of how big an irrigation system the farmer can afford to install in that field. In this case, there appear to be some farms that could only afford a bunch of really tiny systems.
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Jeremy Fischer
06/26/09

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Is it sad that I knew what this was instantly, just from fooling around with Google Earth so much?
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Jesus Diaz
06/26/09

@Jeremy Fischer: yes
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avconsumer2
06/26/09

@Jeremy Fischer: guessed it from flying over the Southwest.
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GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
06/26/09

@Jeremy Fischer: Yeah. That's what was sad. That's the ticket!
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Purple Dave
06/26/09

@avconsumer2:
Same here. I actually planted a mini-tripod against the window on my last flight out to SoCal so I could shoot pics of some of the North American Pacman Fields. None of these look quite as pronounced, but you can see a couple in that clump of tan circles that's all ringed in blue in the upper left.
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