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Question 13: We all know Santa drives a magical reindeer powered sleigh on Christmas Eve. What does he drive the other 364 days of the year?   Question 14: It's that time of year...what is the best piece of advice for winter driving?    Answers soon...
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Question 13: We all know Santa drives a magical reindeer powered sleigh on Christmas Eve. What does he drive the other 364 days of the year? An old Volvo - 7 SlimManFat Terrible Robot Adiabatic CornHolio Tommychu Korwen Elmnt80 Snowmobile - 5 KYOON GRIFFEY JR GrantC LeftistMuslimObama ssjonizuka Horse Divorce Santa doesn't exist - 2 sadnessboner CannonFodder Subaru Forester - 2 piss boner Somewhat Heroic Jeep Cherokee - 2 StandardVC10 stump Mercedes S-class, of course, haven't you seen the advertisements? - 2 SharkyTM Eaterofpoptarts Miata - 2 Freelop Mat_Drinks Buick Roadmaster - 2 Coasterphreak HotCanadianChick ACES: Elves - Viggen SLS Roadster - The Royal Nonesuch Mrs. Claus crazy - Spicy Guacamole A rusty Fiat Punto. I've seen it. - Knobjockey An older Toyota Hilux (90's era) - Ephphatha Probably a dog sled, since he lives in Greenland (not the North Pole, dammit!) - KozmoNaut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSynDh_K0EE - InitialDave Buick LeSabre - BrokenKnucklez A mid-90s Subaru covered with bumper stickers - Previa_fun What do you call a pedo in December? SANTA CLAUS - Cat Terrist Old Honda Civic - Geirskogul Cadillac CTS-V - bolind Ford Raptor - Seat Safety Switch Range Rover - Acid Ronin A Zil 2906. It's the only way to cope with global warming at the north pole. - Simkin a silver Kia with two feet of snow on the roof and no lights on at night, just DRLs. - triple clutcher Red Ferrari - leica A gas/electric hybrid sleigh - Ozimander A recliner - Liquid Communism Beige Camry - CharlesM BMW 7 series - LloydDobler Tri-five Chevy - IOwnCalculus Viper - meatpimp Santa is a commie so he drives a Lada Niva - Bajaha White panel van with FREE CANDY on the side - NitroSpazzz A UPS truck - Phoned Polls A Morgan - blk Question 14: It's that time of year...what is the best piece of advice for winter driving? Get winter tires - 23 Ephphatha BrokenKnucklez Previa_fun Geirskogul bolind Seat Safety Switch Acid Ronin SharkyTM Tommychu Liquid Communism leica Korwen LloydDobler IOwnCalculus Bajaha CannonFodder Elmnt80 Somewhat Heroic stump Mat_Drinks Funk Rolls blk meatpimp Don't - 4 Spicy Guacamole KozmoNaut Horse Divorce KYOON GRIFFEY JR Drive as though everyone around you is re-enacting a disaster movie. - 3 LeftistMuslimObama Knobjockey Terrible Robot Move somewhere without winter - 2 Cat Terrist The Royal Nonesuch ACES: Check your tires, washer fluid w/deicer, wipers, and emergency chains. - Viggen Have fun! - InitialDave Probably just die in a crash already if it's an issue - sadnessboner TURN INTO THE SKID - Adiabatic Take part in Rally-X or ice racing. - GrantC Leave plenty of room between vehicles. - CornHolio AWD power slides - ssjonizuka Drive slow - piss boner I live in southern California, I have less than no idea - StandardVC10 Don't loving crash. It's expensive and not fun to have to drive a lovely rental for 10 days because you're a goddamned idiot who couldn't be bothered to put snow tyres on in time - Simkin Learn to drive properly - HotCanadianChick empty, unplowed parking lots are your friends - triple clutcher Bro, do you even lift? - Ozimander Be aware of increased stopping distances - Freelop Floor it - CharlesM GO HAM - Eaterofpoptarts Don't panic brake - Coasterphreak Slow the gently caress down - NitroSpazzz Use engine braking! - SlimManFat
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Dec 29, 2014 00:04
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Scores after question 14: Elmnt80 - 131 Ephphatha - 126 Mat_Drinks - 119 leica - 116 Fiend Roles - 116 SharkyTM - 115 IOwnCalculus - 115 Previa_fun - 105 CornHolio - 105 Tommychu - 105 LloydDobler - 105 Korwen - 103 Liquid Communism - 95 Adiabatic - 92 CannonFodder - 90 stump - 89 bolind - 87 blk - 87 Seat Safety Switch - 83 ssjonizuka - 83 piss boner - 79 Eaterofpoptarts - 75 StandardVC10 - 72 Ozimander - 68 sadnessboner - 67 KYOON GRIFFEY JR - 67 BrokenKnucklez - 66 GrantC - 66 Spicy Guacamole - 65 Geirskogul - 65 meatpimp - 65 Acid Ronin - 64 Somewhat Heroic - 62 SlimManFat - 59 NitroSpazzz - 58 Knobjockey - 57 Terrible Robot - 57 Bajaha - 56 Horse Divorce - 55 The Royal Nonesuch - 51 Viggen - 49 HotCanadianChick - 47 Simkin - 43 CharlesM - 41 KozmoNaut - 38 LeftistMuslimObama - 37 Cat Terrist - 36 Freelop - 36 Coasterphreak - 34 InitialDave - 21 triple clutcher - 15
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Dec 29, 2014 00:05
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Yup, ended in the middle of the pack, towards the rear. Just like always.
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Dec 29, 2014 01:11
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Yesss, slowly but surely moving back down the ladder. 
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Dec 29, 2014 01:21
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Genuinely surprised I didn't get an ace on q 13.
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Dec 29, 2014 01:29
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Now watch me ace every question from here on out. 
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Dec 29, 2014 01:37
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well poo poo, i WAS in third. oh well.
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Dec 29, 2014 04:25
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First round I finished with 38 points, 2nd 27. Now I'm 3 figures and in the top 10. It feels weird to be this close to the top. 
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Dec 29, 2014 05:10
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I didn't think beige Camry would be an ace for number 13. Oh well.
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Dec 29, 2014 06:36
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The technology question killed me because I was thinking modern tech not 50's tech (climate control) 
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Dec 29, 2014 08:09
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leica posted:The technology question killed me because I was thinking modern tech not 50's tech (climate control)
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Dec 29, 2014 11:47
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InitialDave posted:I bet someone's now going to dig out an article about the first climate control for a car being built in the fifties. Aircon started being a thing back then, so it wouldn't surprise me if someone worked out an automatic regulator for it soon after. 1933 at least actually for air con.
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Dec 29, 2014 11:55
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Cat Terrist posted:1933 at least actually for air con.
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Dec 29, 2014 12:09
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I thought for sure that the space shuttle was going to get more than 2 votes....
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Dec 29, 2014 17:16
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AcidRonin posted:I thought for sure that the space shuttle was going to get more than 2 votes.... I expected at least one MiG-25, too. Not quite as high or quite as fast as the Blackbird, but close - and in a smaller and slightly more agile plane with much higher climb speed. Seems like it would be memorable. Computer viking fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Dec 29, 2014 |
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Dec 29, 2014 18:19
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Computer viking posted:I expected at least one MiG-25, too. Not quite as high or quite as fast as the Blackbird, but close - and in a smaller and slightly more agile plane with much higher climb speed. Seems like it would be memorable. I'd choose the MiG-31, personally. But I guess I'd have to learn to think in Russian first 
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Dec 29, 2014 18:28
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KozmoNaut posted:I'd choose the MiG-31, personally. Sure, same general idea.  NASA refurbishing the surviving XB-70 that set off the entire "high speed/high altitude interceptor" thing would be fun, too.
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Dec 29, 2014 18:55
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AcidRonin posted:I thought for sure that the space shuttle was going to get more than 2 votes.... gently caress your insanely overcomplicated satellite-snatching spaceplane. If I'm going to space it'll be on the boring, reliable Camry-like rocket (that has killed like 8-10 less people over its much-longer service life).  
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Dec 29, 2014 19:07
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Question 15: Conversely, what is the worst piece of advice for winter driving?   Question 16: In 2014, the average car bought in the US had approximately 230 horsepower, the highest amount ever. How much power will the average car have in 2034?    Answers soon...
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Dec 29, 2014 22:19
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Computer viking posted:Sure, same general idea. The Oxcart program actually came first. The A-12 (which the Blackbird was developed from) first flew in 1962, 2 years before both the Valkyrie and the Blackbird. They were developed basically at the same time. (There was also an interceptor variant of the A-12/Blackbird, the YF-12, which flew a couple times before being cancelled)
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Dec 30, 2014 00:10
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Fucknag posted:The Oxcart program actually came first. The A-12 (which the Blackbird was developed from) first flew in 1962, 2 years before both the Valkyrie and the Blackbird. They were developed basically at the same time. (There was also an interceptor variant of the A-12/Blackbird, the YF-12, which flew a couple times before being cancelled)
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Dec 30, 2014 00:14
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Question 15: Conversely, what is the worst piece of advice for winter driving? Get a car with AWD - 13 Ephphatha Geirskogul KYOON GRIFFEY JR SharkyTM HotCanadianChick ssjonizuka LloydDobler Liquid Communism Elmnt80 stump blk NitroSpazzz Thumbed Coals More Power! - 7 StandardVC10 Terrible Robot triple clutcher Previa_fun CharlesM Mat_Drinks CannonFodder Your SUV is invincible - 6 IOwnCalculus GrantC Viggen Korwen bolind Somewhat Heroic Keep your summer tires on! - 4 CornHolio Acid Ronin leica Bajaha Slamming on non abs brakes - 2 BrokenKnucklez SlimManFat "Just drive slow" - 2 Seat Safety Switch Eaterofpoptarts Limit your winter driving time by increasing your speed and get there faster! - 2 Freelop piss boner ACES: Let 13” Dick drive you, post-breakup - The Royal Nonesuch Use your loving brakes! - Spicy Guacamole Let's film in Argentina! - Knobjockey You can totally make it through that blizzard. - KozmoNaut Anything preceeded or followed by some flavour of "I've been driving for [X] years, I know what I'm talking about" - InitialDave Don't bother clearing the snow off your windshield - Horse Divorce Drive for the weather you want, not the weather you have - sadnessboner Live where they salt the roads - Cat Terrist Snow tires only on the front - Adiabatic Move to Florida - Simkin Use winter tires as an excuse to drive like a dipshit - Tommychu Dude, you can park there, no problem - Ozimander Tires don't matter, it's about ~driving skills~ - Coasterphreak Disregard black ice - meatpimp Stay calm and signal well in advance and you'll be fine. - LeftistMuslimObama Question 16: In 2014, the average car bought in the US had approximately 230 horsepower, the highest amount ever. How much power will the average car have in 2034? None. it will be all electric and torques. - 9 BrokenKnucklez The Royal Nonesuch Cat Terrist CornHolio GrantC StandardVC10 Somewhat Heroic CannonFodder SharkyTM About the same; 200-250 hp - 7 InitialDave KYOON GRIFFEY JR triple clutcher ssjonizuka LloydDobler Spicy Guacamole Mat_Drinks 100-200 hp - 7 Seat Safety Switch Liquid Communism Adiabatic Previa_fun IOwnCalculus LeftistMuslimObama stump 250-350 hp - 6 CharlesM Geirskogul Acid Ronin SlimManFat blk NitroSpazzz More than 350 hp - 5 Ephphatha Elmnt80 Korwen Viggen Shunt Knolls 1 horsepower; it will literally be a loving horse. - 3 Terrible Robot Horse Divorce KozmoNaut Less than 100 hp - 2 Knobjockey bolind Zero. Teleporters will make them obsolete - 2 Simkin HotCanadianChick FAVHUNNERT - 2 leica Bajaha ACES: Still not enough - sadnessboner None - piss boner 707 (HELLCAT EVERYTHING) - Tommychu 1.21 Jiggawatts - Ozimander By 2034 all cars will be required to be google's self driving cars. Stats will not be made public. Speed will be restricted to 20mph. - Freelop less than twelve parsecs - Eaterofpoptarts As much as the computer needs - Coasterphreak 15,000 Watts - meatpimp
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Dec 30, 2014 00:17
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Scores after question 16: Elmnt80 - 149 Ephphatha - 144 SharkyTM - 137 Sunk Shoals - 134 Mat_Drinks - 133 IOwnCalculus - 128 LloydDobler - 125 leica - 122 Previa_fun - 119 CornHolio - 118 Liquid Communism - 115 Korwen - 114 stump - 109 Tommychu - 107 CannonFodder - 106 blk - 106 ssjonizuka - 103 Adiabatic - 100 bolind - 95 Seat Safety Switch - 92 StandardVC10 - 88 KYOON GRIFFEY JR - 87 Geirskogul - 84 piss boner - 82 GrantC - 81 Eaterofpoptarts - 78 BrokenKnucklez - 77 Somewhat Heroic - 77 NitroSpazzz - 77 Acid Ronin - 74 Spicy Guacamole - 73 Ozimander - 70 sadnessboner - 69 Terrible Robot - 67 meatpimp - 67 SlimManFat - 67 HotCanadianChick - 62 Bajaha - 62 The Royal Nonesuch - 61 Viggen - 60 Knobjockey - 60 Horse Divorce - 59 CharlesM - 54 Cat Terrist - 46 Simkin - 46 LeftistMuslimObama - 45 KozmoNaut - 42 Freelop - 39 Coasterphreak - 36 InitialDave - 29 triple clutcher - 29 MrChips fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Dec 30, 2014 00:18
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My exact answer was "4000, but it'll all come from electric motors."
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Dec 30, 2014 00:19
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Fucknag posted:The Oxcart program actually came first. The A-12 (which the Blackbird was developed from) first flew in 1962, 2 years before both the Valkyrie and the Blackbird. They were developed basically at the same time. (There was also an interceptor variant of the A-12/Blackbird, the YF-12, which flew a couple times before being cancelled) So it did - I thought it was just a tad later. Oh well, I still suspect the "bomber" part made the B-70 an inspiration for the Soviet interceptor program. InitialDave posted:So if they cancelled it, is that typically American, because it counts as oxcart suspension? Goddamn. Computer viking fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Dec 30, 2014 00:22
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14 people expecting one or less? We are getting pessimistic.
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Dec 30, 2014 00:29
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Electric motors make horsepower 
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Dec 30, 2014 00:30
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Adiabatic posted:Electric motors make horsepower Both are power measurements. 1 hp =0.745699872 kilowatts Edit: though my answer was 15kw, which would equal about 12hp. 
meatpimp fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Dec 30, 2014 00:34
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meatpimp posted:Both are power measurements. 1 hp =0.745699872 kilowatts Should've quoted. The most popular answer says no horsepower and that makes me spergin angry.
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Dec 30, 2014 00:36
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131+13+5=149, not 143. Unless I'm completely misunderstanding how the points work.
Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Dec 30, 2014 00:45
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two non-aces ( finally ) and I'm still in last. I probably should have been less of a smartass with some of my answers.
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Dec 30, 2014 01:13
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"Move to Florida" for horrible winter driving advice is true. No one should willingly go to Florida, but the winter months have all of the snowbirds that leave in the spring mixed with the horrible holiday traffic and when all is said and done it's still Florida. Just go to San Diego.
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Dec 30, 2014 02:08
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MrChips posted:None. it will be all electric and torques. - 9 I'm honestly surprised that was the sheep answer. quote:Electric motors make horsepower The torque is much more important.
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Dec 30, 2014 02:29
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BS, any motor can be geared down to provide appropriate torque at the load, the horsepower determines the rate at which that torque can be applied.
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Dec 30, 2014 02:35
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Cat Terrist posted:The torque is much more important. Yes, that's why in industrial chemical applications we size electric motors based on horsepower curves. 
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Dec 30, 2014 02:42
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Adiabatic posted:Yes, that's why in industrial chemical applications we size electric motors based on horsepower curves.
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Dec 30, 2014 02:46
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Elmnt80 posted:131+13+5=149, not 143. Unless I'm completely misunderstanding how the points work. You are correct. I made a bunch of the preview/answer/score posts in a batch a while ago (but not this batch nor the next one, for some reason), but then I reclassified some of the answers in the meantime (without saving it). The new scores, I assure you, are now the correct scores. MrChips fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Dec 30, 2014 03:05
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MrChips posted:707 (HELLCAT EVERYTHING) - Tommychu That should not have been an ace, guys.
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MrChips posted:You are correct. I made a bunch of the preview/answer/score posts in a batch a while ago (but not this batch nor the next one, for some reason), but then I reclassified some of the answers in the meantime (without saving it). The new scores, I assure you, are now the correct scores. I'm about 90% certain that I'll ace one of the next two questions, but thank you for fixing it anyways!
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