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muike: Mar 16, 2011; ガチムチ　セブン

Steampunk R2-d2

# ¿ Oct 20, 2012 20:49

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muike: Mar 16, 2011; ガチムチ　セブン

They were extremely illegal documents.

# ¿ Nov 28, 2012 04:03

muike: Mar 16, 2011; ガチムチ　セブン

ol qwerty bastard posted:

How about some failed technology that was never built, but could have been:

Project Orion! The nuclear battleship.

Ahem, the nuclear space battleship.

I've always had a soft spot for rho, but I can't wait to see a type of site like it made in 20 years that includes all the changes and developments in technology we've had over the past 30 years. A lot of it will probably stay the same but my hope is it won't be written by someone who wears a pocket protector

# ¿ May 5, 2013 07:51

muike: Mar 16, 2011; ガチムチ　セブン

It looks like a robot trying to poo poo on my floor

# ¿ May 6, 2013 19:52

muike: Mar 16, 2011; ガチムチ　セブン

I can get both local and dominos over the internet now. Pizza hut has a loving xbox pizza ordering thing. The time of death is coming

# ¿ May 14, 2013 00:17

muike: Mar 16, 2011; ガチムチ　セブン

I just tell my phone to call my mom every few weeks, and it talks to her for me. Smart phones

# ¿ May 15, 2013 07:56

muike: Mar 16, 2011; ガチムチ　セブン

einTier posted:

I always thought this was because of laws or the fact that people wouldn't trust a digital readout. I remember the first ones appeared and it was an odd feeling for me -- it felt like it would be very easy to modify the display for false readings. Seems silly now, but I had an odd reaction to it at the time.

In regards to heads up displays, the Corvette has had one as an option since 1998. My 2005 had the speedometer, tachometer, navigation, and a g-meter built in. Worked amazingly well.

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Apparently, there are a lot of cars with HUDs. Who knew?