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@dragoon said in In other news today...:
Diamonds precipitate from methane under the intense pressures of the atmospheres of [...] Uranus.
:butthead: Uh huhuh huhuh
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Is that anything like a Holiday Inn?
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@coldandtired said in In other news today...:
Is that anything like a Holiday Inn?
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Well, guess no more looking up Bukowski quotes:
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
Add a Skeleton Driver to MESS
Google needs to do that with their self-driving cars on Halloween !!!
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@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
It's a rhino with a big horn. Yay.
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@dragoon said in In other news today...:
Well, guess no more looking up Bukowski quotes:
Blutarski quotes are better anyways.
ALCOHOLIC ALERT
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@boner ehhh... that's a bit overstated; the patch is basically "airplanes are no longer cleared to fly if a fault is detected in this particular device".
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@anotherusername What do you expect from El Reg?
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I am sure that many schools will set up a committee to discuss this:
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Ship sails through Arctic ice without an icebreaker because ship is an icebreaker.
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Moron tries to justify illegally riding a bike with no brakes in London, even though doing so caused him to kill a pedestrian.
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@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
Moron tries to justify illegally riding a bike with no brakes in London, even though doing so caused
himsomeone else to kill a pedestrian.FTFY. Guy getting interviewed was not the person who hit and killed a pedestrian while riding. Just had the same kind of (illegal) bike.
Also, the bike does have a brake: the pedals. The back wheel can't turn without the pedals turning; slow down the pedals and you slow down the bike. The law requires a brake on both wheels, though, and the pedals only count as a brake on the back wheel. And how many people are going to get their legs all tangled up in the pedals to try to stop, if their feet come off the pedals and they have no other brake? I'd say it's a pretty reasonable law.
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@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
The law requires a brake on both wheels, though, and the pedals only count as a brake on the back wheel.
He could install brakes on the front wheel and just never use them
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@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
Guy getting interviewed was not the person who hit and killed a pedestrian while riding.
I stand corrected.
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@raceprouk Requiring brakes on both wheels is just redundancy; it's perfectly safe to drive with only one brake on your bike.
However, a 'fixie' as the article calls them isn't a safe brake, since you can't just apply full braking in an emergency.
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@pleegwat said in In other news today...:
However, a 'fixie' as the article calls them isn't a safe brake, since you can't just apply full braking in an emergency.
This. Fixies are for show; they're not a good idea to ride out in public.
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@masonwheeler said in In other news today...:
@pleegwat said in In other news today...:
However, a 'fixie' as the article calls them isn't a safe brake, since you can't just apply full braking in an emergency.
This. Fixies are for show; they're not a good idea to ride out in public.
That and track cycling.
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@timebandit said in In other news today...:
@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
The law requires a brake on both wheels, though, and the pedals only count as a brake on the back wheel.
He could install brakes on the front wheel and just never use them
That was my thought as I read it
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Is it just me, or is the article describing lorries fitted with radar-guided cruise control? Because that's nothing new: luxury cars have had that for the last 20 years.
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People who chose to live next to a cricket ground are angry about living next to a cricket ground.
This complaint is legit though:
One letter complained about men "dropping their trousers to remove thigh pads and boxes in their underwear".
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@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
People who chose to live next to a cricket ground are angry about living next to a cricket ground.
This complaint is legit though:
One letter complained about men "dropping their trousers to remove thigh pads and boxes in their underwear".
Why would you consider that legit given "People who chose to live next to a cricket ground"? Hell, I imagine some people fancy the view.
Although UK, so maybe not.
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@dreikin said in In other news today...:
Why would you consider that legit given "People who chose to live next to a cricket ground"? Hell, I imagine some people fancy the view.
@Perverted_Vixen would enjoy the view I'm sure, but in general, it's considered impolite to drop one's trousers in public ;)
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@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
@dreikin said in In other news today...:
Why would you consider that legit given "People who chose to live next to a cricket ground"? Hell, I imagine some people fancy the view.
@Perverted_Vixen would enjoy the view I'm sure, but in general, it's considered impolite to drop one's trousers in public ;)
In general, yes, but there are exceptions. I don't see why dealing with sports attire wouldn't be one of them, especially given the things they pulled the pads out of probably covered more than many people's shorts.
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@dreikin You underestimate how proper we Brits can be :P
In all seriousness though, the trousers issue can be solved easily by putting up privacy screening.
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@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
@dreikin You underestimate how proper we Brits can be :P
In all seriousness though, the trousers issue can be solved easily by putting up privacy screening.
It can also be solved by not wearing trousers in the first place.
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@dreikin said in In other news today...:
@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
@dreikin You underestimate how proper we Brits can be :P
In all seriousness though, the trousers issue can be solved easily by putting up privacy screening.
It can also be solved by not wearing trousers in the first place.
But that just wouldn't be cricket
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@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
@dreikin said in In other news today...:
@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
@dreikin You underestimate how proper we Brits can be :P
In all seriousness though, the trousers issue can be solved easily by putting up privacy screening.
It can also be solved by not wearing trousers in the first place.
But that just wouldn't be cricket
I've only ever seen one cricket that wears trousers, and I'm pretty sure that's only because he worked at Disney.
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@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
Moron tries to justify illegally riding a bike with no brakes in London, even though doing so caused
himsomeone else to kill a pedestrian.FTFY. Guy getting interviewed was not the person who hit and killed a pedestrian while riding. Just had the same kind of (illegal) bike.
Also, the bike does have a brake: the pedals. The back wheel can't turn without the pedals turning; slow down the pedals and you slow down the bike. The law requires a brake on both wheels, though, and the pedals only count as a brake on the back wheel. And how many people are going to get their legs all tangled up in the pedals to try to stop, if their feet come off the pedals and they have no other brake? I'd say it's a pretty reasonable law.
If you are going fast enough front brakes don't help enough. You can't just slam on both brakes.
Plus over depending upon the front brake and you'll flip over the handlebars.
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@karla said in In other news today...:
Plus over depending upon the front brake and you'll flip over the handlebars.
That's a fast way to stop
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@timebandit said in In other news today...:
@karla said in In other news today...:
Plus over depending upon the front brake and you'll flip over the handlebars.
That's a fast way to stop
"Should I crush the baby which errantly strayed into my path with my tires or my face? Choices, choices..."
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@raceprouk The same level of journalistic excellence provided by their most popular reporter, Simon Travaglia.
So, basically, this is a step up.
Filed Under: The BOFH is great comedy writing (or was at one time, anyway). Great reporting, not so much...
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@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
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@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
People who chose to live next to a cricket ground are angry about living next to a cricket ground.
This complaint is legit though:
One letter complained about men "dropping their trousers to remove thigh pads and boxes in their underwear".
I live next to a cricket green, and one of the other houses that's more in line with the wickets used to get a lot of balls come through their window. Kept complaining and the club tried to mitigate it but there's only so much you can do and the cricket club is older than the house so it's not like they've just started messing up a previously well placed house.
At one point, the owners got fed up with the breakages and stormed the pitch during a game to steal the ball. Unfortunately, they choose the day when the visiting team was the local police team.
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@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
People who chose to live next to a cricket ground are angry about living next to a cricket ground.
This complaint is legit though:
One letter complained about men "dropping their trousers to remove thigh pads and boxes in their underwear".
I live next to a cricket green, and one of the other houses that's more in line with the wickets used to get a lot of balls come through their window. Kept complaining and the club tried to mitigate it but there's only so much you can do and the cricket club is older than the house so it's not like they've just started messing up a previously well placed house.
At one point, the owners got fed up with the breakages and stormed the pitch during a game to steal the ball. Unfortunately, they choose the day when the visiting team was the local police team.
Myself? I would have developed local anti-air defenses and just shot the thing as it entered my private air space.
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@karla said in In other news today...:
@djls45 said in In other news today...:
Now, wait a second! Who conditions their hair without shampooing it first?
First, people with bleached and damaged hair might (I think those with very curly might as well).
Ah, ok. Hmmm... TIL.
But the point is if you condition your hair after shampooing your hair will collect and hold more environmental debri.
Their explanation was that the conditioning would lock in the radioactive debris, so washing it out first by using shampoo was their recommendation before conditioning. They didn't mention anything about conditioned hair collecting more material than unconditioned hair.
Shampooing hair and using soap removes nuclear dust and is recommended
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However, if water is available, survivors should shower with soap and shampoo to wash of radioactive dust.
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'You don't want it on you, but if you do get it on you, just wash it off and go on with your day'.
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If you are unable to shower, use a wet wipe to clean any skin not covered by clothing.
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@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
The back wheel can't turn without the pedals turning; slow down the pedals and you slow down the bike.
Maybe I've ridden different kinds of bicycles than these, but turning the pedals backwards only provided braking for children's bikes. For adult bikes, that did nothing with regards to acceleration/deceleration. The pedals would simply click just like a ratcheting wrench being turned backwards.
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@djls45 said in In other news today...:
The pedals would simply click just like a ratcheting wrench being turned backwards.
That's because they mostly are, primarily to allow you the luxury of stopping pedaling without the bike forcing your legs to keep moving, but then innovation happened and someone managed to make it so reversing applied a brake.
For the record, I hate those systems.
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@tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
For the record, I hate those systems.
Which ones? The simple ratcheting ones or the braking ones?
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@djls45 said in In other news today...:
@tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
For the record, I hate those systems.
Which ones? The simple ratcheting ones or the braking ones?
The self-braking ones (Which, I guess, are called "coaster brakes").
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@tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
The self-braking ones (Which, I guess, are called "coaster brakes").
They used to be the standard, at least around here. Then variable gears came around and the back-pedaling brakes disappeared, because they are incompatible with the changer mechanism.
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@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
Is it just me, or is the article describing lorries fitted with radar-guided cruise missile control
My mind's on autocomplete.
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@tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
Myself? I would have developed local anti-air defenses and just shot the thing as it entered my private air space.
You should get one of those lorries.
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@anotherusername said in In other news today...:
their feet come off the pedals
you typically ride that kind of bikes with SPD or other system locking your shoes on/in the pedals
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@karla said in In other news today...:
fast enough
like going downhill ... riding a MTB or race bike downhill can easily overheat your brakes (even the disc brake systems)
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@djls45 said in In other news today...:
Maybe I've ridden different kinds of bicycles than these
Yes. A 'fixie' is an old style bike where the pedals are essentially directly connected to the wheel. You can't stop pedaling while the bike is moving forward like you would with a modern bike. Thus back pedaling means you brake.
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@luhmann said in In other news today...:
@djls45 said in In other news today...:
Maybe I've ridden different kinds of bicycles than these
Yes. A 'fixie' is an old style bike where the pedals are essentially directly connected to the wheel. You can't stop pedaling while the bike is moving forward like you would with a modern bike. Thus back pedaling means you brake.
I rather doubt that you can "brake" with a fixie as well as with normal brakes - if you're going fast, the torque alone would probably break something if you tried to break as fast as a normal brake.
Also, front and back brakes mean double the potential braking force. Those guys are simply morons who think they can beat physics.
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Facebook ‘friends’ aren’t real, judge says
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