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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2250 - Jun 12^th, 2014 at 2:17pm Tesla announced today it is dropping all of its patents applying to their electrical vehicles. The company's engineering is now effectively open source. http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you Too frickin' cool. Kudos, Tesla! -b0b (...would love to see a major manufacturer try that.)
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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2251 - Jun 12^th, 2014 at 3:37pm Woa...this will be interesting to follow all around (economically, politically, corporately, etc.)...very very interesting. X
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Reply #2252 - Jun 27^th, 2014 at 9:57am

Here's some interesting new car technology. Hyundai is pairing their automatic emergency braking system (a device that helps prevent collisions when a car in front of you rapidly brakes) with the vehicle's GPS to automatically reduce your speed to the speed limit when passing by traffic cameras. I'm not sure how useful this would be in the United States where most of our speed enforcement is still done by police officers instead of static cameras, but it's still pretty nifty.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185365-hyundais-2015-genesis-will-automatical...

-b0b
(...could see this being a big selling feature in the future.)

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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2253 - Jul 15^th, 2014 at 4:34pm
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2254 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 9:16am Surely, this is a sign of the coming apocalypse: -b0b (...what's next, Battlefield Earth?)
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The_Fat_Man Wootzor von Leetenhaxor FTP Server Offline Grand High Overlard Posts: 910 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2255 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 10:03am I think I saw Briney update his profile picture the other day and I almost passed out.
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2256 - Aug 4^th, 2014 at 4:00pm Fight Club 2 is coming next year. I'm betting this will be right up there with Boondock Saints 2 on my list of sequels that I refuse to acknowledge. http://www.laggano.com/2014/07/fight-club-2-takes-place-alternately-in.html -b0b (...whyyyyyy!)
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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2257 - Aug 5^th, 2014 at 3:18pm I found it odd too that it's coming in graphic novel form. Don't really understand why. I read FC and it was enjoyable on it's own (even after seeing the movie).
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2258 - Oct 4^th, 2014 at 3:01pm The sequel to Super Troopers has been confirmed. Something makes me think this is at least the third time I've seen "confirmation" of a sequel over the past five or six years. http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/super-troopers-sequel-confirmed-ste... -b0b (...let's try to not screw it up, eh?)
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Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2259 - Oct 10^th, 2014 at 12:48pm

Here's a nifty video of Tesla's autopilot functionality in action...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7quu551ehc0

Admittedly, I'm somewhat dubious of a system that seems to rely on visual aids like lines in the road and speed limit signs. Around here, we have plenty of streets that either don't have lines at all or they're badly faded. Moreover, if this system actually reads speed limit signs instead of using GPS location for those signs, what happens when the sign is obscured or illegible?

-b0b
(...still wants to go for a ride in one.)

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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2260 - Nov 3^rd, 2014 at 10:50am Make sure your speakers aren't cranked too loud... https://psapin.github.io/
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2261 - Nov 11^th, 2014 at 1:53pm
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2262 - Mar 24^th, 2015 at 1:52pm Vivica Fox will be returning for Independence Day 2. http://screencrush.com/vivica-a-fox-indendence-day-2/ -b0b (...Independence Day 2: Indepencier.)
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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2263 - Mar 25^th, 2015 at 7:36am Ya, because her part was so important. Here's the thing though. No Will Smith. So what would be her point?!
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2264 - Mar 31^st, 2015 at 8:54am The greatest song of our generation: -b0b (...Spongebob + Final Fantasy VII = FTW.)
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