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    • Tim
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      • Catogrande
        Catogrande @Tim last edited by

        @tim Reminds me of the Tree of Tenere on the Trans-Saharan road. A tree so isolated that it is shown on large scale maps. It's not there anymore, a drunk French truck driver ran into it and knocked it down.

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        • taniwharugby
          taniwharugby last edited by

          cool story!

          https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/beauty/99614156/the-future-is-female--once-we-stop-shaving-our-legs

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          • MajorRage
            MajorRage @taniwharugby last edited by

            @taniwharugby said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

            Wow

            Can't figure this out ... relativity physics tells me that as soon as they enter the plane they lose a 150km /hr head wind and should shoot forwards and down at such a velocity they are seriously injured

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            • Hooroo
              Hooroo @MajorRage last edited by

              @majorrage said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

              @taniwharugby said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

              Wow

              Can't figure this out ... relativity physics tells me that as soon as they enter the plane they lose a 150km /hr head wind and should shoot forwards and down at such a velocity they are seriously injured

              Doesn't this fall under the same principal as when you board a moving ramp at 100KPH (Like KITT in Knight Rider) you won't be doing 100KPH relative to the ramp, only to the road.

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              • Hooroo
                Hooroo last edited by

                Mythbusters did it

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                • antipodean
                  antipodean @MajorRage last edited by

                  @majorrage said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

                  Can't figure this out ... relativity physics tells me that as soon as they enter the plane they lose a 150km /hr head wind and should shoot forwards and down at such a velocity they are seriously injured

                  Que? They're doing slightly more than the speed of the plane - the difference is negligible. Once they're inside against the floor they're no longer falling. Their velocity is the plane's.

                  For what you're suggesting they'd have to double the plane's speed once inside. What provided that impetus?

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                  • Snowy
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                    Think @MajorRage is referring to the loss of the headwind - so the loss of the aerodynamic drag. I actually don't think there would be that much in one of those suits and the relative velocity is basically zero between the Porter and the blokes . A little removal of air resistance isn't going to shoot them forward too much.

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                    • antipodean
                      antipodean @Snowy last edited by

                      @snowy said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

                      Think @MajorRage is referring to the loss of the headwind - so the loss of the aerodynamic drag. I actually don't think there would be that much in one of those suits and the relative velocity is basically zero between the Porter and the blokes . A little removal of air resistance isn't going to shoot them forward too much.

                      The drag is considerable: Think sitting on a bike at that speed. But as soon as they're inside they collapse and become part of the furniture. You need air resistance for the suit to work - there is none when you're moving at the same speed.

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                      • Snowy
                        Snowy @antipodean last edited by

                        @antipodean There is definitely air resistance - but not like a bike (not really any induced drag on a bike for example) and of course there is none when they are inside as the relative airflow is zero. The point was that they aren't going to shoot forward when 150km head wind is removed. They will accelerate relative to the Porter when inside the door but not dramatically.

                        We may well be making the same point. Anyway, after 30 years of studying aerodynamics, relative velocity, etc , I can see why it works and was just trying to work out what @MajorRage didn't get.

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                        • taniwharugby
                          taniwharugby last edited by

                          gives new meaning to 'Highway to Hell'

                          Both awesome and scary!

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                          • canefan
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                            I posted this in the interesting reads thread. But I reckon it sounds pretty awesome. Will make a great book and miniseries

                            https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/99640222

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                            • Stockcar86
                              Stockcar86 last edited by

                              Awesome in a different way

                              http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/woman-ripped-mans-testicle-out-her-teeth-after-he-rejected-threesome-1650670

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                              • MajorRage
                                MajorRage @Snowy last edited by

                                @snowy said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

                                @antipodean There is definitely air resistance - but not like a bike (not really any induced drag on a bike for example) and of course there is none when they are inside as the relative airflow is zero. The point was that they aren't going to shoot forward when 150km head wind is removed. They will accelerate relative to the Porter when inside the door but not dramatically.

                                We may well be making the same point. Anyway, after 30 years of studying aerodynamics, relative velocity, etc , I can see why it works and was just trying to work out what @MajorRage didn't get.

                                Thanks @snowy ... have figured it out now.

                                Basically the second they get inside they plane, they immediately lose the air resistance, which means they lose the drag and hence the lift. But, and I think this is Newtons first law, because they have no other force pushing them, they won't accelerate either.

                                Took a bit to get my head around, but follow it now.

                                Thanks for your response! I had you in mind when I was posting it!

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                                • Catogrande
                                  Catogrande @Stockcar86 last edited by

                                  @stockcar86 said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

                                  Awesome in a different way

                                  http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/woman-ripped-mans-testicle-out-her-teeth-after-he-rejected-threesome-1650670

                                  ÂŁ500 compensation? For having your nutsack shredded and one cobbler bitten out? Seems fair.

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                                  • taniwharugby
                                    taniwharugby last edited by taniwharugby

                                    Haha, exciting, had to watch to the end!

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                                    • booboo
                                      booboo last edited by

                                      @taniwharugby Got to admire Comet's tenacity to retake the lead!

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                                      • taniwharugby
                                        taniwharugby @booboo last edited by

                                        @booboo yep, Comet looked gone for all money but didnt give up, there is a lesson there kids!

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                                        • Stockcar86
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                                          • Stockcar86
                                            Stockcar86 last edited by

                                            Why they don't put Christmas lights on palm trees

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                                            • Crucial
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                                              • Catogrande
                                                Catogrande @Crucial last edited by

                                                @crucial Any of those calculations are the slightest bit out...

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                                                • Crucial
                                                  Crucial @Catogrande last edited by

                                                  @catogrande said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

                                                  @crucial Any of those calculations are the slightest bit out...

                                                  It was the first one that freaked me out. He missed that wharf by fuck all.

                                                  When I first saw the clip I thought it was about those freaks that just stand or hang on the edge of high things, so when he dropped i thought I was about to see a splat!

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                                                    Bones @Crucial last edited by

                                                    @crucial I found myself maneuvering for him each time.

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                                                    • taniwharugby
                                                      taniwharugby last edited by taniwharugby

                                                      I thought the one jumping into that narrow jut looked the closest...crazy fecker.

                                                      @Crucial have you been to the Piroa Falls on the northern side of the Brynderwyns?

                                                      Is a spot there which I've seen people jump from the waterfall which is crazy, I did the higher but slightly less crazy jump here

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                                                      • Bovidae
                                                        Bovidae last edited by

                                                        You don't want this to happen...

                                                        https://petapixel.com/2017/12/12/famous-chinese-rooftopper-falls-death-62-story-building/

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                                                        • taniwharugby
                                                          taniwharugby @Bovidae last edited by

                                                          @bovidae wow, I'd read about that but not seen the clip!

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                                                          • Crucial
                                                            Crucial @taniwharugby last edited by

                                                            @taniwharugby said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

                                                            I thought the one jumping into that narrow jut looked the closest...crazy fecker.

                                                            @Crucial have you been to the Piroa Falls on the northern side of the Brynderwyns?

                                                            Is a spot there which I've seen people jump from the waterfall which is crazy, I did the higher but slightly less crazy jump here

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                                                            Haven't been there but the scenery is impressive. 😉

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                                                            • mariner4life
                                                              mariner4life @Crucial last edited by

                                                              @crucial yea nah fuck all of that

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                                                              • mariner4life
                                                                mariner4life @Bovidae last edited by

                                                                @bovidae fuuuuuck. I hate to think what goes through his mind after he knows he's fucked

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                                                                • Snowy
                                                                  Snowy @Bovidae last edited by

                                                                  @bovidae said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

                                                                  You don't want this to happen...

                                                                  https://petapixel.com/2017/12/12/famous-chinese-rooftopper-falls-death-62-story-building/

                                                                  Probably just me but I would have had somebody else there as a bit of a safe guard. Oh and a harness, and rope. Oh and not be there.

                                                                  Darwin award stuff really.

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                                                                  • antipodean
                                                                    antipodean @Catogrande last edited by

                                                                    @catogrande said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

                                                                    @crucial Any of those calculations are the slightest bit out...

                                                                    They do seem awfully close.

                                                                    @bovidae said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

                                                                    You don't want this to happen...

                                                                    https://petapixel.com/2017/12/12/famous-chinese-rooftopper-falls-death-62-story-building/

                                                                    Should have stopped at one pull-up. Hell of a price to pay to try and lift yourself out of poverty.

                                                                    @mariner4life said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

                                                                    @bovidae fuuuuuck. I hate to think what goes through his mind after he knows he's fucked

                                                                    I'm guessing the anguished cry on the video gives it away.

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                                                                    • taniwharugby
                                                                      taniwharugby @antipodean last edited by taniwharugby

                                                                      @antipodean the clip almost looks staged, wonder if there was another ledge to the right as it looks like he tried to jump across...but yeah after that 3rd pull up (why?? surely just hanging and getting back up was sufficient) and he couldn't get any purchase with his shoes, you would start panicking, after which you are basically fooked...just mental!

                                                                      I guess what makes these thrillseekers famous is the fact they do it all without any safety gear.

                                                                      If you want the ultimate, you gotta be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love

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                                                                      • Snowy
                                                                        Snowy @taniwharugby last edited by

                                                                        @taniwharugby said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

                                                                        I guess what makes these thrillseekers famous is the fact they do it all without any safety gear.

                                                                        Yes, (and idiots).

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                                                                        • Bones
                                                                          Bones @taniwharugby last edited by

                                                                          @taniwharugby yeah he definitely pushed off the side of the building and looked to be looking for something.

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                                                                          • Salacious Crumb
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                                                                            It wasn't the dastardly Rooskies... and it weren't the evil North Koreans...

                                                                            HOW A DORM ROOM MINECRAFT SCAM BROUGHT DOWN THE INTERNET

                                                                            THE MOST DRAMATIC cybersecurity story of 2016 came to a quiet conclusion Friday in an Anchorage courtroom, as three young American computer savants pleaded guilty to masterminding an unprecedented botnet—powered by unsecured internet-of-things devices like security cameras and wireless routers—that unleashed sweeping attacks on key internet services around the globe last fall. What drove them wasn’t anarchist politics or shadowy ties to a nation-state. It was Minecraft.

                                                                            It was a hard story to miss last year: In France last September, the telecom provider OVH was hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack a hundred times larger than most of its kind. Then, on a Friday afternoon in October 2016, the internet slowed or stopped for nearly the entire eastern United States, as the tech company Dyn, a key part of the internet’s backbone, came under a crippling assault.

                                                                            [...]

                                                                            Originally, prosecutors say, the defendants hadn’t intended to bring down the internet—they had been trying to gain an advantage in the computer game Minecraft.

                                                                            “They didn’t realize the power they were unleashing,” says FBI supervisory special agent Bill Walton. "This was the Manhattan Project."

                                                                            [...]

                                                                            https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-botnet-minecraft-scam-brought-down-the-internet/

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                                                                            • canefan
                                                                              canefan last edited by

                                                                              This is so accurate

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                                                                              • taniwharugby
                                                                                taniwharugby last edited by

                                                                                not really awesome....more like a Where's Wally!

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                                                                                • Catogrande
                                                                                  Catogrande last edited by

                                                                                  Not sure it qualifies for awesome but couldn't think of somewhere better to post it.

                                                                                  Guy gets knocked of his bike by a driver.

                                                                                  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-essex-42425368/dashcam-footage-shows-car-knock-man-off-bike-in-colchester

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                                                                                  • Crucial
                                                                                    Crucial @Catogrande last edited by

                                                                                    @catogrande said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

                                                                                    Not sure it qualifies for awesome but couldn't think of somewhere better to post it.

                                                                                    Guy gets knocked of his bike by a driver.

                                                                                    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-essex-42425368/dashcam-footage-shows-car-knock-man-off-bike-in-colchester

                                                                                    It appears to be missing the text in bold

                                                                                    Ashley Wallace-Merrett pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after the incident, filmed on a dashcam.
                                                                                    The Judge exonerated him on the basis that he was only doing what most drivers would love to do to a fuckwit on a bike that was acting like a fuckwit on a bike.

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