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    Image of Elliuotatar Elliuotatar
    06/28/09

    In reply to A Picture Is Worth About $138 Million
    One wonders what the areodynamic properties of a plane with wings in the shape and locations of those shockwave clouds would be.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    06/28/09

    @Elliuotatar: So a large cone?
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    Image of Elliuotatar Elliuotatar
    06/28/09

    @MourningBillyMays_GitEmSteveDa...:


    No, a series of traingular pointed wings with increasing spacing between them.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    06/28/09

    @Elliuotatar: But those clouds are conical, and 360 degrees around the plane.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    06/28/09

    In reply to A Picture Is Worth About $138 Million
    Great pic. I know what supersonic means, but I am not really sure what I am seeing in the picture. It looks like the jet is tearing a hole, but I am not sure what IN.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    06/28/09

    @Curves: Breaking the sound barrier causes the vapor in the air to instantly condense and you can see the "shock wave".
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    Image of MyPetFly MyPetFly
    06/28/09

    @Curves:


    What happens in a case like this is that the air is compressed as the aircraft flies through it, in this case I'll discuss the leading corners of the wing tips. That then leaves an area of low pressure behind the compressed air, and that low pressure allows water vapor to condense.


    This can actually happen at transonic (at or near the speed of sound), so it's not necessarily an indication of absolute supersonic speeds.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    06/28/09

    @MyPetFly: The speed of sound is variable, depending on the conditions it's in. So it can change it's breaking point in a matter of a short distance.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    06/29/09

    @Curves: This is why I am not afraid to ask questions (even if I think they may be stupid ones). Here at Giz, someone always has an answer. Thanks for the info guys.
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    Image of aec007 aec007
    06/29/09

    @Curves: I still think this is one of the coolest, showing the cone...:
    [www.defenselink.mil]
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    Image of Curves Curves
    06/29/09

    @aec007: The link didnt seem to work.
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    Image of Jake712 Jake712
    06/28/09

    In reply to A Picture Is Worth About $138 Million
    Is it inverted? The plane I mean, is it upside down?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    06/28/09

    @Jake712: Are you saying it won't do a negative G push over?
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    Image of bobdobbs bobdobbs
    06/28/09

    In reply to A Picture Is Worth About $138 Million
    Gadget content, according to the Exif: Nikon D200, f22, 1/1000 shutter, ISO 200.
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    Image of The Most Interesting Man In the World The Most Interesting Man In the World
    06/28/09

    In reply to A Picture Is Worth About $138 Million
    Great...now they can spread persistent lines of chemical-infused aerosol spray even faster.
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    Image of Jeff_McAwes0me Jeff_McAwes0me
    06/28/09

    @The Most Interesting Man In the World: @Buttertoad: I really hope you're both kidding.
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    Image of The Most Interesting Man In the World The Most Interesting Man In the World
    06/28/09

    @Jeff_McAwes0me: See....they've already affected you....you can't see the truth!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    06/28/09

    @The Most Interesting Man In the World: ALEX JONES, MIAC REPORT, SWAT TEAMS AT YOUR DOOR, 9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB, BUILD-A-BEAR GROUP!!!!
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    Image of B.Zanetti B.Zanetti
    06/28/09

    In reply to A Picture Is Worth About $138 Million
    this would have been incredibly unfathomable about 100 years ago. damn.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    06/28/09

    @B.Zanetti: B/c of camera technology, jet technology, what?
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    Image of Darkest Daze Darkest Daze
    06/28/09

    @TouchedByAnAngel_GitEmSteveDav...: Yes.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    06/28/09

    @Darkest Daze: @Redwraithvienna: Well, this comment would have been incredibly unfathomable 100 years ago. damn. Hell, I was incredibly unfathomable 100 years ago. I just blew your mind. Admit it!
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    Image of Kyle Mistry Kyle Mistry
    02/03/09

    In reply to Velociraptors Now Hunting Drivers On Indiana Roads
    Think I'll hack up one of these signs, one day, to say, "drug testing to all vehicles passing through, 1km."


    Then call up the cops to keep an eye on people taking the detour routes.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    02/03/09

    @Kyle Mistry: I'd avoid it. My car's taking been taking Lucas, which is a performance enhancing liquid. I don't want an Asterisk next to it's VIN.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    02/03/09

    In reply to Velociraptors Now Hunting Drivers On Indiana Roads
    Stilgar, do we have Raptorsign?


    Usul, we have Raptorsign the likes of which even God has never seen!

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    Image of IndyJaws IndyJaws
    02/03/09

    In reply to Velociraptors Now Hunting Drivers On Indiana Roads
    Right down the street from my house! If any community needed some levity, it's uptight Carmel.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    02/03/09

    @IndyJaws: You realize the authorities now have all they need to charge you with this, right?
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    Image of GizMadone GizMadone
    02/03/09

    In reply to Velociraptors Now Hunting Drivers On Indiana Roads
    I'm waiting to see one that reads "GIZMODO RULES" or "BELOW ME ENGADGET"
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    02/03/09

    @GizMadone: And what was your answer Mr. Connery.


    Below. I don't see how that pertains, but OK. And your wager?


    Me. Below Me. I don't get it.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    02/03/09

    @GizMadone:
    I'd go for quotes from the traffic sign in L.A. Story.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    02/03/09

    In reply to Velociraptors Now Hunting Drivers On Indiana Roads
    Try to imagine yourself in the Carmel, Indiana. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a crosswalk. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T-Rex - he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Velociraptor. He presses the button to get the light to change so he can cross the street. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes.

    Not from Keystone Avenue, but from the side street, 116th Street, from the other two raptors you didn't even know were there. Because Velociraptor's a pack hunter, you see, he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today. And he slashes at you with this... a six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the the middle toe. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, say... no no. He slashes at you here... or here... or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. The point is... you are alive when they start to eat you. So you know... try to show a little respect.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    02/03/09

    @PunchesSmallAnimals_GitEmSteve...: Just say no to Raptors.
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    Image of infmom infmom
    02/03/09

    @RaptorsAhead_GitEmSteveDave: The second Jurassic Park movie allegedly takes place in San Diego, but that T-Rex was trashing downtown Burbank. I watched 'em film that.


    Do some freeze frame during that sequence and you'll see a movie poster for King Lear starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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    Image of gizmodohomepage gizmodohomepage
    02/03/09

    In reply to Velociraptors Now Hunting Drivers On Indiana Roads
    Scottsdale, AZ had one about 6 months ago, "No Farting Ahead" I was lmao in the car.
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    Image of Earthslide Earthslide
    02/03/09

    @gizmodohomepage: It's funny until somebody gets killed. These are caution signs for a reason. What if there was a huge patch of black ice and people just kept zoomin?
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    02/03/09

    @Earthslide: I have NEVER in all my years of driving in the north east EVER seen one of these damn signs ever post relevant information like that. Real signs like the ones mounted to overpasses and the like yes. But not these mobile put up by worker ones, especially since by law they need to have picture road signs ALSO displayed for people.


    Not to mention they are so often poorly maintained that they with dont work (i have seen a arrow pointing no where because the direction portion was burned out) or give false information (people working? on sunday?, IN A SNOWSTORM?)

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    Image of im.thatoneguy im.thatoneguy
    02/03/09

    @Jim Topoleski:
    "Warning, All of the construction crews and Orange Cones you've been driving past for the last 10 minutes mean there is construction happening. Don't run them over."
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    02/03/09

    @im.thatoneguy: what construction crews? lol


    I have driven up and down the GSP to see a truck put up construction cones (screwing up traffic) then take them down 2 hours later with absolutely NO construction go on each time I drove pass it during those two hours that day.


    It was as if they where practicing for construction.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    02/03/09

    @Jim Topoleski: Was one of the trucks the one with the big box mounted to the back on a hinge? That scans the roadway. It has to move at a set pace.
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    Image of balls187 balls187
    01/26/09

    In reply to Lego Galactica Clusterfrak So Big It Can Probably Crush a Real Cylon Baseship
    Virgins...
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    01/26/09

    In reply to Lego Galactica Clusterfrak So Big It Can Probably Crush a Real Cylon Baseship
    Wtf? Why is the guy on the top of the picture fellating the black viper?
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    Image of irish_stickman irish_stickman
    01/26/09

    In reply to Lego Galactica Clusterfrak So Big It Can Probably Crush a Real Cylon Baseship
    spot the virgins
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    Image of Sortafast Sortafast
    01/26/09

    @irish_stickman: It's awesome how douchebags on the internet assume you're a virgin because you like LEGO.


    About 80% of the guys in the photo are married.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    01/26/09

    @Sortafast: You're no fun.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/26/09

    @irish_stickman: LEGO can actually be one of the many sources of attraction. A person who can't understand the love of LEGO is a person not worth being with.
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