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Serious question: are poles mounted on ball bearings so that they swivel WITHOUT ripping all your skin off in a weird kind of friction burn?

It was just over-hyped. They should have talked about the scientific accuracies after it opened. If they hadn't built it up, people wouldn't be hacking it down.

...and the robots aren't just two slabs of metal. They Rubik's Cube out, and the smaller blocks swivel out into arms and manipulators.

There's a making of TARS and CASE video on the sift (try 2:00 if you're impatient) that explains why they're a cool idea. If for nothing else, the fact they aren't anthropomorphic in any real way.

I kept waiting for an eye on a stalk to pop out, swivel around, then dive back down.

Ahh, memories.

>> ^grinter:

>> ^EvilDeathBee:
>> ^grinter:
Shopping carts with swiveling rear wheels are F@$^king stupid!

They're much easier to control in the store, but harder to control in the parking lot, and vice versa for ones that swivel just at the front. I miss the all 4 swivelling trolleys they have in Australia.

I'm seriously not trying to get into an argument about shopping cart design. And I respect your attachment to Aussie swivelcarts. Still, I have to disagree on the point that they are easier to control in the store. When you have a cart with four swivel casters filled with a heavy load, and you get it up to speed, those wheels provide no assistance when you try to redirect the cart's momentum around a corner. It's a danger to shins and container goods.
It's like you are hurtling out of control in the ship from the game Asteroids rather than swooping around in an X-Wing.


You just need practice. After a while, you'll be jumping on the back wheels and drifting sideways down the aisles like a pro

>> ^EvilDeathBee:

>> ^grinter:
Shopping carts with swiveling rear wheels are F@$^king stupid!

They're much easier to control in the store, but harder to control in the parking lot, and vice versa for ones that swivel just at the front. I miss the all 4 swivelling trolleys they have in Australia.


I'm seriously not trying to get into an argument about shopping cart design. And I respect your attachment to Aussie swivelcarts. Still, I have to disagree on the point that they are easier to control in the store. When you have a cart with four swivel casters filled with a heavy load, and you get it up to speed, those wheels provide no assistance when you try to redirect the cart's momentum around a corner. It's a danger to shins and container goods.
It's like you are hurtling out of control in the ship from the game Asteroids rather than swooping around in an X-Wing.

>> ^grinter:

Shopping carts with swiveling rear wheels are F@$^king stupid!


They're much easier to control in the store, but harder to control in the parking lot, and vice versa for ones that swivel just at the front. I miss the all 4 swivelling trolleys they have in Australia.

Shopping carts with swiveling rear wheels are F@$^king stupid!

My comment was not meant to be taken literally. The point being, if you drive something with 2 wheels or 4...keep your head on a swivel (yes, more hyperbole). Of course, this advice does not apply to unicycles so it's open season on them.

>> ^poolcleaner:

>> ^critical_d:
Rule #1 for motorcycle drivers = Nobody can see you.
Rule #1 for car drivers = You cannot see motorcycles.

Am I the only one that DOES see motorcycles or is everyone else just lazy? In my opinion, there's no excuse, unless you're driving a big ass truck, van, bus, or a car where even using your eyes, rather than mirrors, does not give a full view.

>> ^deathcow:

screw mounted swivel casters would be a better choice

screw mounted swivel casters would be a better choice

He had the outriggers straight out sideways when the load was going towards the back. I know those things can swivel around that way.

Thing sounded like it was struggling to handle the pool about half way across the garage and only made more struggling noises as it extended. And I dunno if their front stabilization stands swivel, but his look broken at the end there.

I think some of them have shifting weights on them where they can slide them out to counterbalance.

>> ^radx:

That's even more wtf than the other one.
0:42 -- is the commentator really saying "ninja sniper"?


Yeah, that's the ninja horse's name.

Play the game yourself here!: http://www.jra-jwc.jp/win5/

My first race I had a horse with a mohawk and a horse with an afro. Halfway through the race all the horses got power-ups... one was on skis and another tried to run on top of a giant tire! The winner was a horse that rode on a swiveling chair. All the horses have hilarious gag names to match their looks.

How to play (if you can't read Japanese): [NOTE: You can only purchase 20 tickets per day unless you delete the cookie from your browser history]

1) Go to the website (http://www.jra-jwc.jp/win5/)
2) Click the red "skip" button in the lower right to skip the intro.
3) Click the red button again: Japan World Cup 3 Wins を始める！！ (It now says "Begin Japan 3 World Cup Wins" in Japanese)
4) Click the first yellow tab next to the red button that says "馬券購入" (purchase tickets)
5) For ease of play, I suggest clicking the yellow button on the far right that says ランダム (randomly choose horses)
6) Next, you have to decide how many tickets to buy... you can only buy 20 tickets per day (unless you clear the browser history/cookie cache). I suggest you pick 20. When you're ready, click the button that looks like this: 購入 (purchase)
7) The next screen shows you your picks for the races (there will be 5 WTF races--remember, these horses have been randomly picked for you). Click the yellow button that looks like this: 決定 (confirm)
Click the red button that looks like this: 出走 and has a picture of a jockey riding a horse (begin run)
9) Click the red button that looks like this: レースに進む！！　(start the race)
10) Enjoy your WTF race!

It's honestly not as creative as I was hoping for. I mean, it certainly beats not getting to have a garage, but the way the door swings in means there's a lot of space you can't use. You have to leave it available for your wall to swivel.