Why not make an ABS system that is more sensitive when you turn the wheel more then a certain amount. Turn it a little, no ABS. Turn it past a certain point and the ABS is enabled.

Quote from Klutch :

And the engine in the back? :P

Haha, I hadn't noticed that at first.

I think that car is built for a "wheelie contest" where they see how long of a wheelie the driver can do down the track. Hence the huge wheelie and the advertisements on the bottom of the car. And the lack of a wheelie bar, lack of any kind of wing for downforce, etc.

Quote from the_angry_angel :

Just a plea to any planning on using JS in any sort of major manner (i.e. in a large project) - make it gracefully degrade. The google countdown is a good example of how to assume that it's turned on, and what happens when it's not.

I disabled JS for the hell of it, and I see what you mean. At the top of the page, it just says " days, hours, mins, secs until 2009!". And the calendar doesn't even show up! Wow, google, wow.

Quote from Dygear :

Mind posting an Example?

noscript tag? That would allow limited functionality. Like displaying the countdown from when the page was refreshed (which would, however, require server-side scripting obviously), but still show the whole calendar thing below it, and the search box. Limited functionality, but better then the page being all messed up. Problem, of course, is the larger amount of disk space required to render the page. Perhaps, a server-side javascript renderer would work better. There would be an application which would render all the javascript on the page and send it to the user as regular HTML. Limit of that method is processing power being used up.

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Quote from vari :

Even with added reaction time of one second it should be far less than 100 meters.

True, a one second reaction time only adds about 30m onto the stopping distance. But, reaction time is from the point at which you notice the obstacle to when you react to it. But if you don't notice the obstacle like some idiot changing the radio station, looks up, and realizes that there is a stopped car in front of them and slams on the brakes. Their reaction time may have been 1 second, but the perception time is greater then that. It takes humans a little while to identify a problem, figure out what to do, and do it. The reaction time is just the latency between deciding on how to fix a problem, and actually doing it. But you still have to perceive the obstacle, and decide how to react, before you react.

If you know how to properly brake (not that difficult to do), then you can probably stop faster without ABS. The thing is, tires and suspension technology was alot less advanced when there was no ABS. But ever since ABS started being used, tires have become safer, etc.

BTW, on my car, ABS doesn't even engage on dry pavement.

Quote from simscube :

I love House and Electro, but I can't vote because its paired with cRap.

I agree with that. House and electro house are awesome. So is techno. Some hip-hop is okay as well. IMO But, trance and rap not so much.

When I'm driving the LX6, I always try to keep it between peak torque and peak power. I shift it so that the RPM drops just above peak torque. Because at higher RPMs, there is more engine braking and it's more difficult to control when you downshift.

Being invincible/immortal would only suck if you still aged up until you were really old. If you stopped aging at like 25 or so, then it would pwn.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Then I guess you got some 'splainin' to do, because death is nothing to be feared, only life is.

If you're scared of life, though, then wouldn't you want to commit suicide? I don't want to die, that's the thing. If I die, then I can no longer complain about my problems to people on an international computer racing simulation forum.

I think they only protect the copyrights of those whom they do business with. They do business with many record companies (that's how music videos get on youtube sometimes), so they protect those companies copyrights. Besides that, they don't care, but if they are asked to take something down, or find out about it, they will because they don't want to be sued.

Quote from squidhead :

You'd better be a woman...

What does it matter whether BlueFlame is male or female?

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Face something that you're scared of.

What if he's scared of death? I am.

Quote from Stefani24 :

Anyway, take a drink, and relax, get a gf

/facepalm. I hate when people say that. It's like oh, get a drink and a gf. Screw the females feelings, just pretend to love some girl so that you can have a gf. It just seems kind of weird to put in that sentence the way you did. If you don't like someone, then don't go out with them. Don't pretend to like someone just so you can have a girlfriend so that your self esteem is increased, because that's emotinally abusive.

EDIT: I just wanted to say again that I agree with lerts. Don't try to do stuff to cover up your nervousness. Find out what is causing you to be nervous in the first place, so that you can address the specific issue that is making you nervous.

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Quote from lerts :

find out why youre nervous and solve it

dont treat the symptom but the cause

For once, lerts is talking some sense!

Quote from Nitrous13270 :

I don't know what I was thinking during registration :/

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking when i registered my user name. I just started using it and it became a habit. I don't even like Hummers!

Quote from JJ72 :

ride height so low that you rub the wheel arch etc.

Or in the case of LFS, that you magically go through the wheel arch.

Pajama pants with penguins on it. (Since I talk about Linux so much, my sister bought me them as a joke, but they're kind of comfortable).

I don't have any New Years Resolutions. But I do have non-binding goals that I wish to accomplish this year. In order of how much I'd like to do them, they are:

1. Get into college
2. Ask a girl out
3. Go to a club and try dancing
4. Sign up for an autocross event
5. Get laid

I Want Your Soul + Lollipop (Acappella) by Armand Van Helden

I am trying to learn how to dance. Except I found out that I need more leg exercise, because moving around at 130bpm sort of is strenuous for me.

:banana:

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Well... if you look what I gave her..

Wii + Rock Band 2 + Necklace...

Nothing says love like buying people expensive things. The only time I would ever feel obligated to buy anyone a gift is to return the favor of they bought me one. Otherwise, I don't give anyone gifts.

Why would I get a gift for some pagan ritual?

Quote from Bob Smith :

Power is more important for dynamics than outright volume. Something that is important for a sub.

Yeah, to some extent. Like, you wouldn't want to have any less then about 75W going to a subwoofer. But 500W+ is just overkill for near-range speakers.

You should only need an amplifier that can output 40W RMS if you use a car (or any other passive) subwoofer. Depends on the sensitivity though. At 40W, if the subwoofer had a sensitivity of 80dB 1W/1m, then it would output 96 decibels at one meter. Half power, 20W, it would output a still very loud 93dB. Halve that again, 10W and it would output 90dB. You really don't need much wattage to drive a speaker to get decent sound. It's only anoyying chavs with 1000W RMS speakers.

Quote from spanks :

I don't feel like arguing the point anymore...but I'm tired of reading why you think you're so great at drag racing, and its such a simple and easy sport because you take your civic and do 15 second passes once a year.

15 seconds? Probably more like 17 seconds.