Announcement #Whatever: Speeding is Safe? - Page 2

Melfice · 03-25-2010, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Meister

Driving across the Autobahn does sound like a very unnerving experience indeed.

You just work on getting me my grandparents' bikes back.
Once you accomplish that, you can sass me.

stefan · 03-25-2010, 04:54 PM

no no no, you're all thinking smalltime.

the correct solution is to engineer a space/time distortion engine so that you can simply move the world so that your destination and your beginning occupy the same 4dimensional point.

Aldurin · 03-25-2010, 08:36 PM

I still like the idea of driving fast.

:rmage: Stickers increase your maximum speed.

:bmage: Tell me more

EDIT: It appears Meister has recognized me as the new guy to make threads for announcements given the locking of other threads that have tried to start discussions on this. Thanks. I won't let you down (I hope).

Seil · 03-25-2010, 08:57 PM

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All these problems would be moot had we been given our flying cars LIKE WE WE WERE PROMISED!

Cracked has proven that to be a stupid idea.

Aldurin · 03-25-2010, 10:51 PM

I still want a flying car. And the holodeck.

Meister · 03-26-2010, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by EvilEarl

EDIT: It appears Meister has recognized me as the new guy to make threads for announcements given the locking of other threads that have tried to start discussions on this.

That's a very big and not entirely justified assumption.

Amake · 03-26-2010, 04:01 AM

Bah. Why would you drive a car in New York City, or any big city? Especially a flying car.

The key to enjoy flying is to do it where there aren't any people or anything to collide with. Like, say, the Atlantic.

Professor Smarmiarty · 03-26-2010, 04:08 AM

Counter argument: Going faster increases your mass- thus you occupy a larger space and thus collide more often.

Meister · 03-26-2010, 04:16 AM

Okay.

When you want to go somewhere you program your flying car with a start and an end point of the journey. The onboard computer of every flying car is linked to a database of routes, so when you program a new route it'll be calculated such that it doesn't cross any other car's routes at any point. And that's the collision problem done for. (Only works with flying cars, it wouldn't work if you were confined to roads.)

Possible disadvantage: you have to get in early on the flying car craze to get good routes. After 20 years or so the only routes from Point Your House to Point Grocery Store left will have to go via Argentina and the North Pole, and you'll have to pack a huge jerry can.

Aldurin · 03-26-2010, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Meister

That's a very big and not entirely justified assumption.

Never mind then.

03-25-2010, 08:36 PM	#13
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	I still like the idea of driving fast. :rmage: Stickers increase your maximum speed. :bmage: Tell me more EDIT: It appears Meister has recognized me as the new guy to make threads for announcements given the locking of other threads that have tried to start discussions on this. Thanks. I won't let you down (I hope). Last edited by Aldurin; 03-25-2010 at 08:48 PM. Reason: Because I am awesome with a capital awesome.

03-26-2010, 04:01 AM	#17
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	Bah. Why would you drive a car in New York City, or any big city? Especially a flying car. The key to enjoy flying is to do it where there aren't any people or anything to collide with. Like, say, the Atlantic. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed

03-25-2010, 04:54 PM	#12
stefan Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 870	no no no, you're all thinking smalltime. the correct solution is to engineer a space/time distortion engine so that you can simply move the world so that your destination and your beginning occupy the same 4dimensional point.

03-25-2010, 10:51 PM	#15
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	I still want a flying car. And the holodeck.

03-26-2010, 04:08 AM	#18
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	Counter argument: Going faster increases your mass- thus you occupy a larger space and thus collide more often.

03-26-2010, 04:16 AM	#19
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Okay. When you want to go somewhere you program your flying car with a start and an end point of the journey. The onboard computer of every flying car is linked to a database of routes, so when you program a new route it'll be calculated such that it doesn't cross any other car's routes at any point. And that's the collision problem done for. (Only works with flying cars, it wouldn't work if you were confined to roads.) Possible disadvantage: you have to get in early on the flying car craze to get good routes. After 20 years or so the only routes from Point Your House to Point Grocery Store left will have to go via Argentina and the North Pole, and you'll have to pack a huge jerry can.