Random thoughts thread

[wrxgoose]

been gone for a couple of days, picked up BL2 (like y'all saw in the pic) and took till today to beat it once through (with one character, the easy playthrough).

got 3 more characters, and 2 more plays for my first dude. damn this game is gonna take a while, especially since they got a 5th character coming out next month

[ichitaka05]

...wait what? MacLaren MP4-12C was available in US? This is a first time I've seen in person. It's a lot smaller than I've expected

[M-17]

Originally Posted by Guff

Fifteen G's and some overnight parts from Japan and this thing will decimate at Race Wars.

I like your optimism, so good luck with that.

Originally Posted by Calum

haha



2 Jay Z swap, with NAS

come on, someone had to.

Hahahaha.... I can't believe I never thought of this.

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I've got a player (Keeper) in my household in that age group.

I've always enjoyed watching and even helped run the sidelines for my college team and belonged to the same fraternity as the players, but I don't get the whole "it's OK to have a game end in a tie" thing.

Our local NASL team (which we go to most of the home games for) has a 7W 8T 12L record for the season and even the first place team has 7T in their record. Even worse, two the games we've attended have been 0-0 ties!

Of course, a tie is infinitely better to me then "winning" based on a penalty shoot-out. I'd almost rather they flip a coin.

OK, I'm done now.

That issue isn't new to me and is certainly one of the things that linger on the sport of football/soccer. I think, imo, a draw brings a positive balance to all the teams competing in a league. It's better to get one 1 point than none when your team is trying to win the season as the top team or just trying to make the playoffs. So when it comes to playoffs and the score is still tied then extra time, golden goal, or penalty kicks really helps settle who's the better team.
The experience I have had and still continue with to this day in football/soccer I see a draw as a top 3 exciting result (behind comeback winning games and last minute game winning goals). It leaves questions to which team really is better, were there bad calls by the ref, bad fouls/penalties committed by either team, or how hard fought each team played in the game regardless of the final score. I know it can be sort of a pain in the ass that a winner couldn't be determined within 90 minutes of play (which is exhausting at times), but it's not that big of a deal. It's just one small detail to me and other coaches when we deal with teaching kids on our teams or at training camps to show them there's always room for improvement.

[Nevermore]

Originally Posted by Guff

Fifteen G's and some overnight parts from Japan and this thing will decimate at Race Wars.

I asked for a 10 second car...

[artizhay]

Originally Posted by M-17

I like your optimism, so good luck with that.

You get the reference, correct? Lol.

[Calum]

We just found out we're not getting the boat back when we thought, it's in drydock for a mid life refit. Most of the guys are happy but I find it so much harder to do nothing then to be busy. I can't wait to get it back, from what I've seen of the other ships that have come out of this drydock we'll be working our asses off fixing everything they screwed up.

I think I might be a little screwed up, but meh, c'est la vie.

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

Yea, too complicated. I had this other idea that was taking ABS sheet, bending it with straight bends to get a sort of approximate shape (think Corvette rear glass, although from eyeballing and knowing that their C_d isn't super great for the amount of side taper they use, I think there are strong vortices coming off the top edge of the body-greenhouse or "fuselage" if you know what I mean...).

Then SPRAY ON FOAM. Sand it for curvature. Reinforce with fiberglass, or just be lazy and spray many many cans of clear coat on until there's so much acrylic on there that it's got some structural integrity to it. Similarly, spraying the inside with foam to make the "duct" structure shouldn't be too hard to do either although the sanding work gets more delicate.

Maybe the easier route is just to have 100-200 odd k lying around and just buy a supercar with this shit designed into it already McLaren said they were making a more affordable car right?

Seriously though, flying buttress C pillars are one of the coolest things ever. It lets you use less taper on the rear window glass for a wider range of view, it allows you to more or less match the side tapering of the C pillar to the side taper of the body, and it more closely matches together the velocities of the air flowing over the roof and the air flowing along the side when they meet. For a notchback window configuration, it's a total no brainer aside from the cost it takes to develop.
But most importantly, scoops look badass.

For most of your fab ideas, no. Especially the clear-coat bit (which I'll assume you're joking about).

That polystyrene insulation board is really easy to work with, it's just a pain to transport in a small vehicle (4’ x 8’ I think), makes a tremendous mess of powder, and the fumes are rather unhealthy if you cut it with a hot wire setup.

[Giccin]

The amount of rage inside of me is beyond imaginable. :l

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by Giccin

The amount of rage inside of me is beyond imaginable. :l

Be kind to the tables, Geekin. It's not their fault.

[ichitaka05]

My Impreza exhaust set do fit in my friend's Bugeye Impreza. All the wires, bolts, EVERYTHING! Now time for me to get my emission passed...

Edit: FML they closed 30mins ago & won't be open til Monday... really, you guys couldn't open for another 30mins? SOB... F' I need some drink...

Edit 2: it's kinda weird hearing MY exhaust sound coming from different car... Really strang feeling

[shadoquad]

Originally Posted by Giccin

The amount of rage inside of me is beyond imaginable. :l

Cheer up

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by Giccin

The amount of rage inside of me is beyond imaginable. :l

Giccin, you know I'm here waiting for you to rant bout it right? What happened my other sista~

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by M-17

..The experience I have had and still continue with to this day in football/soccer I see a draw as a top 3 exciting result (behind comeback winning games and last minute game winning goals). It leaves questions to which team really is better, were there bad calls by the ref, bad fouls/penalties committed by either team, or how hard fought each team played in the game regardless of the final score. I know it can be sort of a pain in the ass that a winner couldn't be determined within 90 minutes of play (which is exhausting at times), but it's not that big of a deal. It's just one small detail to me and other coaches when we deal with teaching kids on our teams or at training camps to show them there's always room for improvement.

As mentioned been around football/soccer for over 30 years myself, and do understand what you are saying above. My frustration probably comes from having a keeper in the family. You play a perfect 90 minutes, and then it comes down to the strength of your keeper and a bit of luck on his part.

Of course, if my kid is kicking the winning penalty kick (which he has done) I'm all for it!

[CSSM]

Filed a police report today for my car crash problem, now I wait..