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fuchikoma
04/30/09

In reply to Enough With the Flying Cars Already
Some people still ask "where are the flying cars?" Well, it's been doable for almost 50 years now if I remember right - the thing is that it's not that practical, many of the designs are very noisy (like fan levitation designs), and of course, it's way too dangerous to put one in most people's hands. Even in the hands of a qualified pilot, you'd basically be barnstorming urban areas the whole way.
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frigg
04/29/09

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You have to give them props for designing a flying ugly car that will never fly. Most people who design flying cars that will never fly at least try and make the car part look good. Perhaps by pursuing an ugly flying car approach, they'll mitigate the disappointment when it inevitably doesn't fly.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
04/29/09

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To hell with the flying cars. Where's our jetpacks?
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Hello Mister Walrus
04/29/09

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So there's an actual company dedicated to making this thing? Why would they do this? Are they trying to fail?
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Skunky
04/29/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: Can't do any worse than Pontiac.
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Geisrud
04/29/09

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Le sigh, it seems like the future never gets here.
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krispykrink
04/29/09

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The future is never going to happen? That's kind of a bullshit statement.
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eagles3 speeeedin
04/29/09

@krispykrink: well theoretically one can never exist within the future, since by being within that specific place in time they are in the present. So saying the future is never going to happen is actually an accurate statement. This shit is too confusing to go into a lot of detail. *goes back to studying physics*
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Skunky
04/29/09

@firefox 3.5 eats memory like candy_eagles3: So wait, does that mean then that the past never happened either?
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Mediocre
04/29/09

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Such negativity --- no jetpack for you when they come out.
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Bob_Dole
04/29/09

@Mediocre: At least they won't fall thousands of meters down into the ground resulting in instant death when someone sabotages your jetpack or you run out of fuel.
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Skunky
04/29/09

@Bob_Dole: Shhh, don't mention the sabotage! If he didn't know about the potato in this starboard exhaust nozzle it would have made a GREAT youtube video!
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EBone
04/29/09

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People can't even drive in two dimensions without running into each other, telephone poles, the front of Starbucks, and farmer's markets. There's no frakking way we have the intelligence to operate flying cars with the result being total carnage.
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IcemanD
04/29/09

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People can't drive now with only having to worry about 4 directions (forward, back, left ,and right for the slow ones). I can't imagine what would happen if you added two more.
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EBone
04/29/09

@IcemanD: Jinx!
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