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  • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

    CDP1802 wrote:

    I wondered why everything goes well up to a certain number of cars on the road

    That's why I take my bike as much as possible :D Of course I only have a 5,6 km commute :-\

    Best, Sander arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript SQL Server for C# Developers Succinctly Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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    Slow Eddie
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    Anyone who rides a bike in traffic is a delusional, suicidal hipster. My wife is a nurse at a hospital and they get 3 to 4 broken bike riders a week to try to fix. and that's just the ones that survive... Of course living in New Orleans, where the streets are narrow and in bad condition, the lost tourists are plentiful, and the locals all drive like maniacs may be skewing my beliefs...

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      Anyone who rides a bike in traffic is a delusional, suicidal hipster. My wife is a nurse at a hospital and they get 3 to 4 broken bike riders a week to try to fix. and that's just the ones that survive... Of course living in New Orleans, where the streets are narrow and in bad condition, the lost tourists are plentiful, and the locals all drive like maniacs may be skewing my beliefs...

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      Sander Rossel
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      I live in the Netherlands though[^] :D

      Best, Sander arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript SQL Server for C# Developers Succinctly Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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      • L Lost User

        Did you ever wonder why a single Ninja in a movie is almost invincible while they drop like flies when a whole army of Ninjas comes? Analogous to energy, Ninjutsu can neither be created nor destroyed. If there is only one Ninja present, all the system's Ninjutsu is concentrated in him, making him invincible. When there is a whole army of them, each Ninja only gets a small share of the Ninjutsu and we all know how that ends. While driving to work this morning, I wondered why everything goes well up to a certain number of cars on the road. After that critical point they all begin to drive like drunken monkeys. Is this yet another conservation law or do we really need the proper amount of Ninjutsu to get to work?

        The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
        This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
        "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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        Harrison Pratt
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        The same reason that the "good guys" in TV shows are crack shots and the "bad guys" can't hit the broad side of a barn?

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          I think it's similar to a committee: "the average IQ of a collection of drivers (a committee) is equal to the lowest IQ of a participant divided by the number of participants." I came to this conclusion many years ago, when I was riding motorcycles in the rush hour, and have seen no reason to modify it. Indeed, I added a corollary: "If you can think of six bloody stupid things for a driver (or a committee) to do in a crisis, he (they) will think of something even stupider, and immediately do it."

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          Kirk 10389821
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          I am not sure I believe this. But I noticed I braked hard, and turned sharply into the other lane upon reading it. I will call it a coincidence, although the biker is calling it something else indeed! :)

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          • L Lost User

            This[^] will get you anywhere, any time.

            The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
            This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
            "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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            windyforce
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            When I read anywhere anytime this is what came to mind. :) [^]

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            • L Lost User

              Did you ever wonder why a single Ninja in a movie is almost invincible while they drop like flies when a whole army of Ninjas comes? Analogous to energy, Ninjutsu can neither be created nor destroyed. If there is only one Ninja present, all the system's Ninjutsu is concentrated in him, making him invincible. When there is a whole army of them, each Ninja only gets a small share of the Ninjutsu and we all know how that ends. While driving to work this morning, I wondered why everything goes well up to a certain number of cars on the road. After that critical point they all begin to drive like drunken monkeys. Is this yet another conservation law or do we really need the proper amount of Ninjutsu to get to work?

              The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
              This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
              "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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              Member_5893260
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              I, too, have observed this effect with cars - and with everything else people do. It's fear, you see: crippling, stupefying fear: and let's face it: it doesn't take much to stupefy most people. They're paralyzed by it: it occupies so much of their mind that they literally have no processing power left over to use for anything useful or constructive. It makes them stop moving in the middle of the road, or drive into other cars, or vote for Donald Trump, or void their colons into their trousers (also an option after performing any of the above).

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              • L Lost User

                Then you get a video.[^]. It's the same as mine, but if you look at it closely, you will see why I want more detail and did not just paint it.

                The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                Charles Programmer
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                You should check out Adam Savage's videos on YouTube. He uses some cool, relatively simple paint "tricks" to get much more detail and realism in his models and replicas. This is the same guy from Myth Busters, but doing what he loves.

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                  You should check out Adam Savage's videos on YouTube. He uses some cool, relatively simple paint "tricks" to get much more detail and realism in his models and replicas. This is the same guy from Myth Busters, but doing what he loves.

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                  Lost User
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                  I will do that. There are many ways to get a more realistic appearance. The model should look as if it comes from a jungle war, not clean and polished. The 'dirt' or 'bleached' paint only looks like a sloppy paint job on a smooth surface. You need all kinds of surface details, like panels or rows of rivets that break up the surfaces and give the 'spotty' paint job some structure. My internet connection is a little slow right now, so I can't watch the videos right now. Are they more about painting or modelling the details?

                  The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                  This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                  "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                  • L Lost User

                    Did you ever wonder why a single Ninja in a movie is almost invincible while they drop like flies when a whole army of Ninjas comes? Analogous to energy, Ninjutsu can neither be created nor destroyed. If there is only one Ninja present, all the system's Ninjutsu is concentrated in him, making him invincible. When there is a whole army of them, each Ninja only gets a small share of the Ninjutsu and we all know how that ends. While driving to work this morning, I wondered why everything goes well up to a certain number of cars on the road. After that critical point they all begin to drive like drunken monkeys. Is this yet another conservation law or do we really need the proper amount of Ninjutsu to get to work?

                    The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                    This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                    "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                    Jason Curl
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                    Remember this in a Promi special of Who wants to be a Millionaire [^] Nagel–Schreckenberg model - Wikipedia[^]

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                    • L Lost User

                      I will do that. There are many ways to get a more realistic appearance. The model should look as if it comes from a jungle war, not clean and polished. The 'dirt' or 'bleached' paint only looks like a sloppy paint job on a smooth surface. You need all kinds of surface details, like panels or rows of rivets that break up the surfaces and give the 'spotty' paint job some structure. My internet connection is a little slow right now, so I can't watch the videos right now. Are they more about painting or modelling the details?

                      The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                      This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                      "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                      Charles Programmer
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                      He's a Hollywood prop maker, one of the vids you'd likely be most interested in is this one with Aaron Douglas where they build plastic models, although there are many more with full size props.

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