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SwimWithSharks says...

>> ^Boise_Lib:

>> ^shogunkai:
he deserved it

I don't know if he deserved it--but a turn signal would have been nice.


if you look at 0:24 the car did turn on its turn signal, but the biker had already started passing it (and was probably in its blind spot too) as soon as the car driver saw the biker they stopped merging.

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SwimWithSharks says...

>> ^Crosswords:

Its always sad to see an aged rock start trying to sing their hits well past their prime. Just as their body gets old and worn out so do their larynx. They tend to lose much of their range and vocal precision/endurance. I always cringe when I see some 80's 70s 60s rock start on the stage belting out their classics, it just doesn't work, you can't fight aging.


there are exceptions though, Sting still sings quite well, as well as Bruce Dickinson, but I don't think either of them ever smoked for example (which I'm sure is probably the #1 reason why a lot of singers lose their voice)

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SwimWithSharks says...

>> ^grinter:

>> ^charliem:
So what hes saying is that our ear does a physical Fourier transform on the auditory signals its receiving.......cool!

Well, yes! The tonotopic mapping of the cochlea is kindof like that. When you start considering all of the other signal processing 'tricks' the auditory system uses (frequency dependent filtering, neural integration on spacial and temporal scales, otoacoustic emissions, etc) it gets way cooler! I just wish I could find an animation for those.


not sure about animation, but vihart's video goes into more detail on this

http://videosift.com/video/Vi-Hart-What-is-up-with-Noises

it makes for a good follow-up

Cyclists bike as slow as possible in a sprint race

SwimWithSharks says...

the drafting comes into play when people are actually pushing the 200m, the positional jockeying is part of the overall strategy for the race, just like running the clock down to prevent your opponent from responding is in others. Once the "race" portion of the race starts in the final half lap there is definitely no looking back and people are definitely pedaling as hard as possible.

You might prefer to watch "individual pursuit" if you just want the racing without the strategy, in that format the riders start on opposite sides of the track and who goes fastest overall wins, there is no jockeying for position since you're never going to get close enough to each other to draft or influence each other's race in any way.

>> ^possom:

There is no drafting effect in play when moving this slowly and at some points STOPPED.

Cyclists bike as slow as possible in a sprint race

SwimWithSharks says...

>> ^Deano:

They still don't explain why though. They just say that Golinelli must lead the first lap. Why play cat and mouse? I'd like to see a rider just go for it and see what everyone else says.


at the speeds they are going if you are behind you're doing a LOT less work, so if the front rider just "went for it" the other rider will just stay in the draft, expend less energy, and get him towards the end (which is kind of what happened here).

It is possible to win from the front if you time your attack well, but it's definitely advantageous to be behind, both from a reaction time perspective and drafting

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SwimWithSharks says...

>> ^G-bar:

what, am I the ONLY one who's annoyed by the fact that he's lip-syncing himself!? or maybe its not himself... who knows?!


given all the other videos in his channel it's definitely himself, the fact he's lipsyncing is probably related to his acting the various parts in the video (which was a lot of fun to watch too)

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