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    No, This Is Not Another Slow Shutter Photography Trick

    FAA Computer Glitch Causing Widespread Flight Delays

    Grace Electric Bike Is Part Motorcycle, Part Race Car and Part Fighter Jet

    Garmin EcoRoutes ESP Displays Car Diagnostics On Your Nuvi GPS

    Air Board Personal Hovercraft Offers Opportunities for Embarrassment

    MIT's AIDA Robot Is Going To Be The Ultimate Backseat Driver

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    Self-Balancing eniCycle is Like a Segway for the Circus

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    In reply to No, This Is Not Another Slow Shutter Photography Trick

    That goofy shape reminds me of fone bone's head profile.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Absolutely. I think the profile should look more like a sedan. I mean, that is the joke right, a bike with the profile of a car? And some superfluous neon? Wait, why did they build this again?
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/24/09

    @The Lab: All things considered... I guess a pimp needs to market his products too. :P
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/19/09

    In reply to FAA Computer Glitch Causing Widespread Flight Delays
    You guys are a little slow on the uptake. The AP is reporting the glitch is fixed and the delays will ripple through the system.
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    11/19/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: The reports of delays are also rippling through the system.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/19/09

    In reply to FAA Computer Glitch Causing Widespread Flight Delays
    Glitch huh? Yeaaaaaaah. PEBSAC.
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    Edited by Shamoononon: I shave my legs. at 11/19/09 1:33 PM Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    11/19/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Keep those mormons away from the computers!
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    Image of telepheedian telepheedian
    11/19/09

    @mattycakes: Actually, they have one of the largest databases on Earth, dedicated to Family History. Very well-maintained.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment telepheedian was starred telepheedian was unstarred
    Image of blash blash
    11/19/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: between screen and chair? I'm used to PEBKAC (keyboard and chair).
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/19/09

    @blash: Whatever, I don't have to work IT.
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    Image of The n00b The n00b
    11/19/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Whatever RTFM
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    Image of Digo Digo
    11/19/09

    In reply to FAA Computer Glitch Causing Widespread Flight Delays
    Don't worry, it'll fix itself in 24.5 days.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    11/19/09

    @Digo: Only to fuck up in another 24.5 days.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/18/09

    In reply to Grace Electric Bike Is Part Motorcycle, Part Race Car and Part Fighter Jet
    "That's not enough to make it a serious mode of transportation, but if you live in an urban area it might make some sense."

    riiight, putting around on a $9k bike in an urban area sounds like a really great idea...
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    Image of dingus dingus
    11/17/09

    In reply to Grace Electric Bike Is Part Motorcycle, Part Race Car and Part Fighter Jet
    Heeeey... Is that young Henry Winkler under all that hair? Can this bike jump sharks?
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    Edited by dingus at 11/17/09 11:19 PM dingus was starred dingus was unstarred
    Image of RPMurphy RPMurphy
    11/18/09

    @dingus: Judging by the long hair and curvy chest, I would say it's a girl. But maybe that's just me.
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    dingus promoted this comment Edited by RPMurphy at 11/18/09 12:12 AM RPMurphy was starred RPMurphy was unstarred
    Image of dingus dingus
    11/18/09

    @RPMurphy: I'm concerned about the prominent brow and cleft chin. All I'm saying is that's the Fonz plus a wig and some baloons. #grace
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    11/05/09

    In reply to Garmin EcoRoutes ESP Displays Car Diagnostics On Your Nuvi GPS
    I love it... not the most useful thing now since my car tells me most of that, but it's right up my alley. If they made it project onto the windshield as a reflection HUD, I'd be there. #ecoroutesesp
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    Image of D0rk D0rk
    11/05/09

    In reply to Garmin EcoRoutes ESP Displays Car Diagnostics On Your Nuvi GPS
    I'm not one of those idiots that leaves their GPS mounted in plain view 24/7.

    If it's out, i'm using it, for the GPS.

    Though the OBD-II bluetooth dongle thing is pretty cool. #ecoroutesesp
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/05/09

    In reply to Garmin EcoRoutes ESP Displays Car Diagnostics On Your Nuvi GPS
    Pretty clever, actually... and it would probably give better routing estimates, having realtime data on your speed, idle, gas mileage, etc.

    I foresee many GPS vs. Android comments here, but I think it's not necessarily a fight to the death. There is obviously a market for both, and it's a matter of each providing flexible featuresets that offer additional added value that benefits the intended user. Could phone-based GPS eventually supplant dedicated units? Possibly. But, I see the dedicated GPS companies crossing over before any final "death blow" is dealt. #ecoroutesesp
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Garmin EcoRoutes ESP Displays Car Diagnostics On Your Nuvi GPS
    I don't see how Google Maps could beat a dedicated GPS unit. I do a lot of research on GPS units and have roadtested several, the dedicated units always beat the phone based, hands down. And who wants to be forced to use a data plan to get your maps? I want all my maps on the device. Only phone based GPS that I could see rivialing a dedicated unit was iGuidance, technically it isn't for phones but can be hacked to run on a WM touchscreen phone easily. #ecoroutesesp
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    Image of Stikman008 Stikman008
    11/05/09

    @Mozoltov, motherfucker: by the way, when you roadtest units, what about individual units beats out phone based? Just curious. #ecoroutesesp
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    Image of trevisol trevisol
    11/05/09

    @Mozoltov: Well I think the Google Nav thing is aimed at people like, well, me. I have a smartphone and always will. Since I already have that, this cuts out the need for a basic GPS unit, which I also have.

    I have a Garmin 750, and it is very useful, especially in Canada, where I refuse to turn my data roaming on. I can still navigate, and know the speed limit wherever I am. But honestly, if I had a Droid, I wouldn't need the Garmin for trips inside the US.

    The point of Google Nav isn't that it's going to kill dedicated GPS units, it's going to force them to innovate. This is a perfect example. Here's a GPS that does much more than a smartphone easily could.

    Garmin and TomTom et al need to come up with things for their devices to do that go far beyond the capabilities of a navi-phone. Like HUDs, integration with a non-navi smartphone, using its data connection to download free traffic data, etc. #ecoroutesesp
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/05/09

    @Mozoltov, motherfucker: I remember early, dedicated, GPS units being quite unreliable, unwieldy and a chore to program. Over the years they've grown to become extremely efficient and user-friendly devices that have added many additional (and often useless) features. My point being, I can envision that phone-based GPS could grow more mature, reliable and efficient within a short time. There's absolutely the possibility of maps being stored locally, and having additional features reivalling dedicated units. As GPS units have grown into PMPs, bluetooth interfaces and web connections, so too have phones become more of a platform than a dedicated device. The convergence between them, with most phones having GPS functionality, is inevitable. I think, within a short time, we'll see the two being on even footing, and competing in a healthy way, with many benefits to consumers. #ecoroutesesp
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    Image of not_a_virus.exe.vbs not_a_virus.exe.vbs
    11/05/09

    @Stikman008: In my experience ease of use and feature bloat. I am currently using Copilot Live on my G1 since my nuvi bit the bullet. The UI is absolutely horrible, don't know what the designer was thinking, definitely not finger friendly, who uses styli any more? And you have to go through several pages of stuff to find what you need, I find the tree analogy of how menus are set up to be the most efficient. Have the main features you need on top and if you want to get more things you dig down deeper in the tree, the tree gets wider as you get to the bottom. #ecoroutesesp
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    11/05/09

    @trevisol: They already do that. #ecoroutesesp
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    Image of not_a_virus.exe.vbs not_a_virus.exe.vbs
    11/05/09

    @met2art: I don't see smartphone GPS units going towards local maps, almost all of them out there are data based. They don't want to do that because they assume that if you have a smartphone you are going to have a data connection, like 99% of smartphone owners (I totally made that stat up) so streaming the maps is their first option. It could happen that both platforms are on equal ground but I don't see that happening for a while. I could be wrong. #ecoroutesesp
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/05/09

    @Mozoltov, motherfucker: Some third-party GPS apps (such as Copilot Live) for Android have maps stored locally, on the SD card. Google GPS uses a data connection, but that could change. As most phones (and all Android phones) have extensible storage via SD card, there is certainly the option to have on-board map data supplemented by data-connection when possible. Is it perfect for everyone? Probably not, but as a free service (that even in beta performs exceptionally well) it is likely to become quite popular, especially if it gains cross-platform support. Will it overthrow Garmin or Tom Tom? Probably not (at least not anytime soon) but it will suddenly give many people GPS anywhere, at any time, at no additional cost, and with potentialy endless ancillary benefits that only a layered, open-source and free system, can provide.

    To sum up, I doubt Garmin or Tom Tom are getting coffin fittings, but I would place substantial bets that they are having lots of meetings and conferences to see what they can do to shore up their value-added revenue stream. #ecoroutesesp
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    10/31/09

    In reply to Air Board Personal Hovercraft Offers Opportunities for Embarrassment
    seriously? a 5 liter engine? i can think of a lot more fun to have with 5L of displacement..... wow.. give me four wheels and five speeds please. #hovercrafts
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    Image of t4stywh34t t4stywh34t
    10/30/09

    In reply to Air Board Personal Hovercraft Offers Opportunities for Embarrassment
    Marty McFly was a better driver.
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    Kyle VanHemert promoted this comment Edited by t4stywh34t at 10/30/09 10:25 PM t4stywh34t was starred t4stywh34t was unstarred
    Image of doktavian doktavian
    10/30/09

    In reply to Air Board Personal Hovercraft Offers Opportunities for Embarrassment
    Doesn't a Segway do pretty much everything this thing does but better, and cooler and with a much smaller footprint, and at half the price, not to mention it being more practical.

    Inventors of this thing, you probably should have called Dean Kamen to see if he thought this sort of thing would turn out as useless as it looks like it has. Good effort, but back to the ol' drawing boards you brainiacs! #hovercrafts
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    10/30/09

    @doktavian: As much as I love Segways, they don't go on water! Ha!

    Oh wait, it can't go on water? Why in the world would they make a hovercraft that can't go on water? That's at least half the point of a hovercraft! Come on! #hovercrafts
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    10/30/09

    In reply to Air Board Personal Hovercraft Offers Opportunities for Embarrassment
    Okay, someone get that guy a pair of shorts that have been officially approved by the "Man Code" #hovercrafts
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    Image of subryu subryu
    10/30/09

    In reply to Air Board Personal Hovercraft Offers Opportunities for Embarrassment
    Mall cops everywhere just got excited. No food court will be safe. #hovercrafts
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