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witeowl
11/11/09

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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!!!
11/11/09

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

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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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Monty
11/11/09

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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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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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The Lab
11/11/09

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That video did little to explain anything. The soundtrack, however, was awesome. #outrun
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lankysob
11/11/09

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In hindsight, this guy should've opted for the matte laptop screen. #outrun
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OCEntertainment
11/11/09

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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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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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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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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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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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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
11/11/09

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

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

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No thanks, I'll wait for the Crazy Taxi version. #outrun
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