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Jack Nicklaus' Grandson Survives Nasty Motorcycle Crash

mizume says...

You don't see his weight distribution change until about 30 feet before the crash (this is when he started braking). The guy was speeding and not paying attention. Good thing he wore a baseball hat, a short sleeved shirt, jeans, and sandals for protection .... People like this don't last long on motorcycles for pretty clear reasons.

The world's fastest pancake maker?

How The BLOODY Hell.............??

Girl flies off wind tunnel!!! 0_0

Biden: There's Never Been A Day...Proud To Be His Vice Pres

mizume says...

He used the word "hadn't." The whole premise of this being a fail, or for making fun of an incorrect sentence is silly. You can mock him for mumbling a little if you'd like. Not sure why this is marked as "fail."

10 reasons this kid's parents don't like Obama

TOYOTA GT86: The Real Deal Advert

mizume says...

It's been a very long time since Toyota has had a car like this. I think this will be the next major tuner car for gear heads. The mild difference between the Subaru version and the Toyota (Scion) version is going to make the Toyota much more appealing (unless it becomes too common and people get the Subaru just to have a different badge, and color options, then modify the suspension themselves). Toyota is talking about using the same flat boxter engine with turbo applications in future cars (rumors are about it being the next Supra), but the turbo combination doesn't seem likely to make it to America any time soon. Fortunately, Toyota knows what it has and is trying to court the after market tuners. They've already given an FR-S to GReddy, and it's only a matter of time before AEM, HKS, and the other attainable tuners start pumping out functional improvement modifications.

The engine hits the ideal 100 HP per liter of engine mark. It's rear wheel drive. It's inexpensive and aimed at a youthful audience. This car's going to be a big thing.

Motorbike Guy Ends Up in a Pond

mizume says...

I like how he hits the gas without getting on the bike to try and cross the line a little quicker, you know, without having to be on the bike. I also like how after pointing the bike at the lake and hitting the gas, sending the bike into the water, he's then really upset at everyone around him for not coming to his rescue quickly enough.

What an infant.

Tom Waits - interview 1979

mizume says...

I think you phrased that backwards. It isn't remarkable how close he is to something that came out 30 years later, instead it's interesting how close the new thing is to the thing from the past. Or, you could consider that this may have been one of the things that Ledger drew on for inspiration.

Chinese Ad : How to Escape a Sinking Car ?

Hyundai designs a Zombie Proof Car with Robert Kirkman

mizume says...

This is really just a silly Hyundai Elantra commercial where they also talk to one of the Walking Dead creators about his work. There are roughly 3 different versions of the car depicted, and none of them are feasible.



Of course no one would pick a compact coupe as the foundation for an armored car if they had any kind of choice in the matter (and if they don't, there's no reason to talk about what a great choice their only option is). There are a couple key areas in which this car really shows the limitations of the basic platform (a compact coupe): Height, Carry Capacity.

Basics:
An Elantra weighs about 2,800lbs unmodified (and roughly 3,500 - 4,000 as imagined), has about 150HP (not impressive numbers from a 1.8L engine), and has a sunroof roughly 4'8" feet off the ground.

Height:
The idea of a turret on top of the car for offense is great, except for the part where he's talking about a car with a height of less than 5 feet. The average person is about 5'6" with an arm's reach of at least an extra foot. So, the person in the protected turret is still likely in range (the hypotenuse of an arm reaching to this height would be slightly longer than the ~4'8" car height plus the roughly foot and a half of turret). Have you ever stood out of a compact coupe's sunroof while the car was in motion? There's not a lot of room in that car period, there's certainly no room for a person to stand in the center of it while it's in motion in a high stress situation.

Carry Capacity:
The Elantra has a roughly 900lbs carry capacity (this weight includes driver and passengers, plus armor and such). I'm going to assume the weight of the cow catcher is about equal to an average small truck snow plow (250lbs), and that it's for hitting zombies not clearing the road of vehicles, and I'm going to place a fair shot in the dark of roughly 172.5lbs for the rest of the armor (assuming 7 gauge sheet metal is ideal, and assuming 23 square feet will cover enough glass). So far we've got 477.5lbs of carry capacity for driver, gunner, passengers, and gear. Each person likely weighs roughly 200lbs which means the car has enough capacity to deal with a driver, a single gunner, and two moderately well stocked bags of supplies. Any more than this and the car will start to run into issues, a lot more than this (say, loading it up with passengers and gear) and you risk significant damage to the car's ability to continue driving. All of this assumes they don't want to beef up the rear of the car to allow the vehicle to be able to "safely" ram other obstructions in the road (in a demolition derby drivers drive, and crash into each other, backwards to protect all of the sensitive components in the engine bay).

Other:
The roman chariot style blades on the wheels of a car was tried in an episode of the tv show Top Gear and it threw off the wheel balance to the point of making the car entirely undrivable for any more than a mile or two. Also, just about the last thing you want to do when dealing with zombies is damage their legs because it's much easier to see a zombie walking than a zombie crawling (our soldiers crawl when they want to be harder to see in modern combat for a reason). The general purpose of a compact car is to be accessible (read: inexpensive), and often they utilize a small fuel efficient engine. Increasing the weight of this car by about 40% is not doing any favors to the already under powered car, and the fuel economy is going to suffer. Realistically, speed and acceleration are meaningless (of course the car will exceed the 3 mile per hour average human walking speed).

Improvements:
*Start with a different type of vehicle. Perhaps something that was designed to be large.
*Ignore the mad max spikes.


research tools:
http://www.hyundaiusa.com/elantra/specifications.aspx
http://www.hyundai-forums.com/197-i30-elantra-touring-forum/140546-load-capacity-2012-touring.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humvee
http://www.fisherplows.com/fe/showroom/homesteader
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/gauge-sheet-d_915.html
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/sheetmetal.html

V-Nasty Speaks Her Mind

mizume says...

I don't understand how this has a terrible tag. That is disappointing, close minded, and kinda retarded. The WTF tag makes some sense since some people may not understand her.

The video asks for a translation. I'm not going to transcribe every word ... get out more.


She's talking about the struggles she faces as a white music artist from a ghetto using the term nigga in her lyrics. She says she doesn't know why anyone would be offended by a person using the term in a non disrespectful way. She feels she's being herself and talking on her tracks in the way she talks every day. She thinks the idea of behaving/talking like a specific race is an ignorant idea, because in reality people behave/talk like those around them not based on race, but rather by proximity. She doesn't feel that anyone's ever been able to explain to her exactly what acting like a particular race means because each race is so varied. She says she's not going to change her vocabulary, the way she speaks naturally, just because people from different places are freaking out at the way people talk where she's from. She's getting a lot of attention as a white rapper, but it seems like society isn't ready for her because of the combination of her skin color and sex. To her trolls she says: you know of her, so she's known or you wouldn't hear of her. But she hasn't heard of you, so you're a no one. She also promotes an album at various times.


You're welcome.

Derp ... english are hard to ear hole.

The Gap Band - "Shake" - (Soultrain 1979)

mizume says...

What about a funk song with heavy disco vibe gives this a jazz tag? C'mon now. A trio of trumpets doesn't turn any song into jazz. To be fair, at least you guys didn't tag it with dubstep.

Breakage featuring Jess Mills - Fighting Fire

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