I sure hope nobody in my area (the whole county) gets one of those...10 jet engines is going to make an awful racket.

Witch Doctor is too cool not to promote. Here's a couple of points to spend on it.

We need someone involved in this hobby to weigh in and give an expert opinion.

It could be, although it's exceedingly difficult to find any meaningful numbers for distances that aren't terribly vague, and what you do find is almost always for something other than karts (semis, F1 racecars and bikes).

I still think that the open, small, only semi-streamlined form of the karts would tend to make the effective distance less than what we saw in most of this video. The lower speeds than F1 cars would tend to improve the slingshot tactic, since the effect of wind resistance increases with the cube of velocity. Which again, doesn't seem to explain the drastic slowdowns when they're not at top speed anyway.

I don't really think it's a matter of wind resistance. Drafting with a car behind a semi offers measurable fuel benefits out to near 100 ft, but these things are so much smaller than a semi that it's likely less than 10. Most of the time in the video (especially when we're seeing quick gains) the following kart is much farther back than just a few feet...and in several cases, he's off to the side as well.

I'd put the difficulty of passing down to twisting, narrow roads and an aggressive lead driver.

Why don't you promote that Abney Park video...it deserves more attention, and I can't do it yet (for another 5 or six years, probably).

Damn dude! I used to think I knew how to search the net. Nice work, and I thank you for the info.

These were submitted in the hope of finding just such info, more than any hope they'd get sifted. So I owe you one now. LOL
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Electronic Pop Indie band from Lisbon, Portugal.

They have a youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/bangguru and their website is accessible using the archive.org internet wayback machine (it has been defunct since 2007) -
<a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070806143530/<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bangguru.com/">http://www.bangguru.com/">http://web.archive.org/web/20070806143530/http://www.bangguru.com/

From the bio on that archived site:

The Portuguese musician João Pico formed BANGGURU in December 2003. Featuring J.Pico (guitar, programming) , Marisa Fortes (voice, lyrics), Pedro Henriques (voice, lyrics), João Hora (programming) and José Dias (guitar). The group presents a multi-oriented electronic pop music and is working on their second album.

João Pico was born in the early '70s. He attended the Hot Clube de Portugal and several musical projects sprang up from this invariable interest in music. He is presently working as an image editor in a TV network.

Marisa Fortes was born in the late '70s. she had singing lessons in Academia de Amadores de Música de Lisboa. She has a degree in Portuguese and English Literature and is presently working as a teacher.

Pedro Henriques was born in the early ‘70s, he attended the Academia de Amadores de Música de Lisboa and studied Archeology. He is presently working as a technician in a TV network.

João Hora was born in the late ‘70s, he has a degree in Physics and he is a music composer since the early ‘90s. He is presently working as an audio technician.

José Dias was born in the early ‘70s, he has a degree in Portuguese Literature, he is a musician as well as a composer. He is a teacher and he also works in a Portuguese dance music magazine as a jazz reviewer.

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Yup, definitely a dupe...and I'm not surprised. I thought it a bit odd that it wasn't here already.

Sadly, I'm pretty sure sifty won't let me second it. But let's make sure...

*isdupe=http://videosift.com/video/NeverWet-Spray-Makes-Any-Fabric-100-Water-Proof


I think you can use the "dupeof" command on your own video at any time, regardless of star level. No "isdupe" is required in that case. Also, "isdupe" never needs the url, btw.


Is good to know...probably belongs in the invocation help page, so I can find it in the future.

Ah well, someone will second it sooner or later.

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Thanks for stopping by and checking out my vids. If I made crappy comparisons or made no sense--it's because I am half asleep.

Your comparisons were fine...but I completely understand being half asleep. LOL

And a belated Happy Turkeyday back to you!

I'd have been quicker, but I try to stay offline during most family occasions. Most of my family doesn't quite understand how net-addicted I am, and I see no reason to change that.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING MY FRIEND!!!!!

About 5 million. Groups targeted include Gypsies, Jehova's Witnesses, Communists, Soviet POWs, homosexuals and cripples.

>> ^longde:
How many non-Jews were killed in the holocaust?