Want!

[Ocean1]

Fuck me, they reckon moderbikes are dangerous...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/78921233/a-hoverboard-that-actually-works

[AllanB]

Cool. Was there not a green baddie flying around on something like that on a spiderman movie. Fantasy to fact.

[ellipsis]

..if a probing human mind hears of a possibly impossible concept, within some space of time, however long that is, our constant search of knowledge will bring all the bits together and the impossibly possible seems to be feasible...I hope the human race doesn't lose the knowledge of how to light a fire, is one of my major concerns...and if they don't ,I hope they haven't burned all our books as kindling...

[Ocean1]

..if a probing human mind hears of a possibly impossible concept, within some space of time, however long that is, our constant search of knowledge will bring all the bits together and the impossibly possible seems to be feasible...I hope the human race doesn't lose the knowledge of how to light a fire, is one of my major concerns...and if they don't ,I hope they haven't burned all our books as kindling...

I read something the other day that claimed that knowledge in the sense of an individual's accumulated observations and experiences is probably over-rated as a marketable skill.

This, because pretty much everything we know is available almost any time, anywhere. Certainly far more than an individual professional, or for that matter a group of professionals can hope to contribute to any knowledge base.

The contention was that the exploding knowledge availability via the net made the skill in assembling existing ideas into new patterns to make new products, what I'd call innovation was more important.

An observation that probably didn't need the thesis it came wrapped in to convey something fairly obvious.

Only. :laugh: This net-based knowledge isn't all that reliable, is it? Individual fields may be still tolerably unsullied by yer generic angry amateur expert. Some few of them. But it only takes a random google to demonstrate that this great tome of knowledge is hugely corrupted by fuckwits of all sorts, mostly with agendas closely related to the "contributions" they make.

I'd hate to be designing shit based on what the denizens of stupid World have to say about how such things orta be.

[bogan]

while I'm going to have to sit on the fence about its veracity; I'm still going to pull up a deck chair on Oceans, DO WANT lawn :laugh:

[Ocean1]

while I'm going to have to sit on the fence about its veracity; I'm still going to pull up a deck chair on Oceans, DO WANT lawn :laugh:

Assuming, for the moment it's not completely CGI then producing the airflow capable of disturbing the water's surface under the beastie to a degree consistent with enough thrust for powered flight while dangling the thing from a chopper is probably more difficult than just making the fucking thing fly all by itself.

[mashman]

I read something the other day that claimed that knowledge in the sense of an individual's accumulated observations and experiences is probably over-rated as a marketable skill.

This, because pretty much everything we know is available almost any time, anywhere. Certainly far more than an individual professional, or for that matter a group of professionals can hope to contribute to any knowledge base.

The contention was that the exploding knowledge availability via the net made the skill in assembling existing ideas into new patterns to make new products, what I'd call innovation was more important.

An observation that probably didn't need the thesis it came wrapped in to convey something fairly obvious.

Only. :laugh: This net-based knowledge isn't all that reliable, is it? Individual fields may be still tolerably unsullied by yer generic angry amateur expert. Some few of them. But it only takes a random google to demonstrate that this great tome of knowledge is hugely corrupted by fuckwits of all sorts, mostly with agendas closely related to the "contributions" they make.

I'd hate to be designing shit based on what the denizens of stupid World have to say about how such things orta be.

You've openly, and repeatedly, admitted that you haven't got a clue what the denizens of stupid world are on about. So you claiming to know how or what they would ask you to design is pretty fuckin stupid, even for you... but, as always, very funny :killingme

[Ocean1]

You've openly, and repeatedly, admitted that you haven't got a clue what the denizens of stupid world are on about. So you claiming to know how or what they would ask you to design is pretty fuckin stupid, even for you... but, as always, very funny :killingme

No, no, what I've openly and repeatedly admitted is that the denizens of Stupid World don't have a clue what THEY'RE on about.

But I can see how that would confuse you.

Fuck, counting beyond ten confuses you.

[mashman]

No, no, what I've openly and repeatedly admitted is that the denizens of Stupid World don't have a clue what THEY'RE on about.

But I can see how that would confuse you.

Fuck, counting beyond ten confuses you.

You may wanna mention to the Doc that you're having memory issues... then again, could just be ego.

[bogan]

Assuming, for the moment it's not completely CGI then producing the airflow capable of disturbing the water's surface under the beastie to a degree consistent with enough thrust for powered flight while dangling the thing from a chopper is probably more difficult than just making the fucking thing fly all by itself.

Yeh, but CGI of the water effect wouldn't be too difficult.

What would sell it (the video, perhaps not the product) would be some epic get offs, cos you know that sort of design is going to be precarious as fuck...

[carbonhed]

The morning commute could be fun!

[5ive]

It's a good thing they didn't show a take-off or landing, otherwise it would have fooled people into thinking it was real...

[Ocean1]

Yeh, but CGI of the water effect wouldn't be too difficult...

That's true, and in one pass the disturbance looked to lag behind the thing more than was quite right.


The morning commute could be fun!

Can you imagine the trip down the gorge in the morning accompanied by enough of those to represent current car traffic?


It's a good thing they didn't show a take-off or landing, otherwise it would have fooled people into thinking it was real...

The "landing" did look well contrived, didn't it?

[Grumph]

I'd hate to be designing shit based on what the denizens of stupid World have to say about how such things orta be.

I reckon there's a reality TV show in there...Along the lines of Mythbusters.

Take an idea aired on the net and purported to work, team of fabricators build it, celebrity tests it....

[Ocean1]

I reckon there's a reality TV show in there...Along the lines of Mythbusters.

Take an idea aired on the net and purported to work, team of fabricators build it, celebrity tests it....

Bags I get to choose celebrities.

Seriously, though, without insane people we'd not have 100hp mobility scooters. So some of them are worth keeping.

[bogan]

I reckon there's a reality TV show in there...Along the lines of Mythbusters.

Take an idea aired on the net and purported to work, team of fabricators build it, celebrity tests it....

Sort of what this bloke is doing, except somewhat of a smaller loop...

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MQxPGOnwBGs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iFtmrUscNqA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[yokel]

Is this like that fake vid of a dude standing on a oversized drone?
Clearly this is a hoax.

[5ive]

Here are the 'unedited' videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEDrMriKsFM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLXjAt26xB8

[yokel]

I feel sorry for anyone that would think for more than one second that hover board is real.

[willytheekid]

:eek:Yup!...I could crash the hell outta that!:yes:

[yokel]

Dude on a drone I shit you not!

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tjSJ_ndwiXM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[5ive]

I feel sorry for anyone that would think for more than one second that hover board is real.

But it's not fake!11111! look at this fully legit Facebook post from ZAPATA RACING proving it in glorious 240p, with crazy zooms, silhouetted subject, and terrible framing, claiming the Flyboard Air® is not fake.... emoticon emoticon emoticon

https://www.facebook.com/181423698582027/videos/1063955080328880/

And just wait because: "Stay tuned this week end we break a record �������� — https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yi/r/rzkO-Dst2yg.pngfeeling fantastic."

:yawn:

[5ive]

Dude on a drone I shit you not!

Underwater drone, haha :nya: