I have a 1920x1080 screen, but I've got a netbook that doesn't support that large of a display. I use it as my gaming TV for the current-gen consoles and for DTV. The one I use for my netbook docking station is 1280x1024 and is at least 8 years old. It has a damaged spot on it, and the netbook can barely push the video to it.
If I ever get a new computer, it will be a desktop and one of those nifty Gateway or Apple 1600p displays. I think it's like 2480x1600? Something like that.
Right now, playing Super Meat Boy and a little bit of N+. The game I've been playing the most lately is Golden Sun: DD. Fun game, though I don't think I enjoyed it as much as the first two... GS3 just feels like a series of detours than anything else...
I usually just not click his links and when they're not his I give it a look-see and then if it's bad I just kill it. Sometimes though, I find some pretty crazy shit sometimes. Those crazy asians.
Posted by AilureI'm not sure whenever not understanding the language makes it crazier or not.
language has nothing to do with it. Well, except for the syntax of the language having a different effect on how the brain develops. (I've just taken note of that) But seriously, Japan is the country that creates 73% of the world's weirdest shit.
Posted by PU206C"my first indie game for iPhone;"
Stopped reading here.
htc wildfire<3
I ought to ban you. This is not a place for pretentious fanboyism. This thread is specifically for his work.
I don't have an iPhone, but in light of the Verizon announcement, I will probably get one. I also have a game idea that I want to work on, and dev costs aren't that bad. Though, what I want to accomplish is way out of my league for my skill level. This thread does give me home though, because you can still make a game that's fun, yet simplistic. Good work. (Actually, I may want to discuss said idea with you...)
224039» <KP9000> an escalated episode of road rage ended strangely well today 224054» <KP9000> and has left me with a sliver of faith in humanity 224103» <KP9000> (as opposed to none) 224128» <KP9000> guy was stopped at the red light, which turned green as I approached 224154» <KP9000> I was in the lane to the right of him, which was open and about to end just past the stop light 224214» <KP9000> I had more than enough room to drive past him without speeding up 224220» <KP9000> in time to merge over 224227» <KP9000> he sped up, on purpose 224252» <KP9000> then, in an effort to make the merge, I sped up too. I made it, but he got irritated for some reason 224303» <KP9000> blared his brights at me 224310» <KP9000> so I slowed down to 10 MPH 224333» <KP9000> he shut his brights off, and we both proceeded to accelerate to 45 MPH again 224426» <KP9000> I merge over into the right lane, and slow down 224439» <KP9000> I get behind him and turn my KC overhead lights on 224443» <KP9000> those things are fucking BRIGHT 224510» <KP9000> so he tried to mimic me and clow down like I did to him 224535» <KP9000> knowing he would do it, I merged back over. 224605» <KP9000> we both ended up at the Circle K, to get gas 224619» <KP9000> he walked up to me all pissed off 224633» <KP9000> I stayed calm, and decided to try something new 224651» <KP9000> since I felt confident, with the machete on the dash and all 224659» <KP9000> (long story there too) 224714» <KP9000> I said "Let's try something new" 224730» <KP9000> "let's sort this out like civilized people" 224737» <KP9000> he lookes at me, confused 224753» <KP9000> "Let's be adults and use our words" I said. 224820» <KP9000> we sat there talking for about 30 minures 224823» <KP9000> minutes* 224849» <KP9000> told him how stupid his reaction was, and he told me how stupid mine was to his 224857» <KP9000> all in a calm civilized manner 225026» <KP9000> I got back in my truck and say out loud to myself 225028» <KP9000> what the fuck 225031» <KP9000> and drive away 225108» <KP9000> need I remind you this happened in the county where the insurance rates are the highest 225124» <KP9000> so you know that the drivers were complete shit
I have a truck because I have to commute 20 miles to and from work every day, 40 miles total. As for the utility aspect of the truck itself, I move shit all the time. I also like to drive on 4 wheel drive trails, and off-road altogether. I actually have two trucks... one of them is broken, but i still have it because it's a parts vehicle. The truck I replaced the old one with is the same year, make, and model. Makes things slightly simpler.
Posted by AilureSounds like the request for a civil discussion managed to snap him out of his rage, out of shock.
So car accidents are that common where you live? Any reason why? :/
No easily discernable reason.... But the drivers here are absolutely horrible. It's like the majority of the whole of the US Motorists just decided to live in this Phoenix/Mesa valley of AZ for some reason. I've been other places, even in AZ, that aren't /nearly/ as bad.
I keep a machete on the dash because it's big and intimidating. Yeah, it sounds a little pretentious, but it actually saved my life once. When an accident almost happens, and when people get out of their vehicles, I bust that mofugga out and they're gone.
Been playin' the good ol' retro games. Nostalgia has a firm grip on my soul. Metroid, SMB3, Gradius 3, SMRPG... all on the original consoles. Other random games on emulators, too.
I've been playing Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, trying to get through it all. It's a fun game, and I have a much better opinion of it now that I'm further along in the game. I've also been meaning to get into CoD: Black Ops because my brothers play it all the time.
What needs to have been said has been said in PM. Let's keep it there please, and not in this thread where it doesn't belong.
Anyway, I dislike most all Apple products, but I support the iPhone/iPod because of the great opportunity for people to develop indie games like these for them. Dev kits cost ~$100, which opens up a ton of possibilities for the Average Joe like you or me, or even Jasp here. Also, I'm sick and tired of this damn Blackberry.
Jasp, once again, good work. Once I get my iPhone I'll have to check this out.
Posted by XenesisOf course, the 16:10 monitor was an Apple iMac screen (which are LEDs instead of LCDs).
Actually, all LED TV's use the same LCD technology as other regular LCD TV's. The difference lies in the backlight source. LED TV's use... LED's... while traditional LCD's use CCFL tubes.
The new ones do indeed look good. However, you can use the old ones, but add some dimension to them. You can use two of the darker of those three colors to create a "background drapery" that looks like it's behind the rest of what you already have there.
I watched Power Rangers when I was a kid. It was awesome. There were times when Power Rangers was a symbolism of weakness among the kids at my school, but I was secretly idolized them. It was all downhill after the first movie came out, though. For me at least...
blackhole89 linked me an old article on Gizmodo. It started a whole fucking chain reaction that caused me to analyze this situation and make a very long post on the Mythbusters board.
Posted by "KP9000" Cijay, thanks for gathering all those links together for me. They were great help when looking to see if this has already been posted. Seems as if this is Old Hat material...
But the purpose of this thread is not to inform. Rather, I, as a Mythbusters fan, would like to bring to light the plausibility of such a myth being tested on the show, regardless of its credibility. We've seen other "myths" that have been tested (see lots of Viral Video myths) that turned out to be hoaxes, but it never stopped the producer from airing. Why? Because it's great TV!
This has been around a long time, but just prior posting this thread, I was linked to it. The article itself intrigued me because I had just built an office chair of the same fundamental construction as the chair in this story. I also have a couple of years of experience building an office chair here and there when I used to work for OfficeMax, and currently work for Big Lots. As I sifted through the article's comments across the web, I thought about how the pieces fit together, and how each piece of the story could be explained.
So let's take a look at the most common instance of this myth. First link I came across is the Gizmodo link, which led me to the Anorak link. Both are pretty much the same thing, so I'm going to treat them as such.
In this article, you have the chair, which has apparently been blown apart. The fabric and foam padding have been severely damaged. The chair has been separated from the gas lift, which, in the article, shows almost no visible damage. On the underside of the chair, the lift trigger assembly is (although scuffed up a little bit) undamaged. The black fabric underneath is torn, revealing what looks to be a plywood of some sort. The base of the chair and any castors seem undamaged.
So, what's my analysis? Bear with me here as I take on the various arguments I have read while lightly researching this.
First off, I have no idea what's in these gas lift things, and I'm going to intentionally leave that alone as a variable. I've heard that it's just regular air, but I've also heard it could be some other gas. It's possible for both to be true, as I'm sure the construction of such a gas lift isn't generally standardized. Sure, the fundamentals are the same, but manufacturers can go about achieving the same goal in their own ways.
Let's look at what kind of explosion this is. In all cases of this incident, the gas lift turned into a rocket. Most rockets we've seen are controlled, which means the end of such a rocket (bottle rockets, model rockets, missiles, space shuttles) has been left open in anticipation of vast amounts of energy being released from it. What we have here in this article, is an obstructed rocket. On Mythbusters shows, improvised rockets (water heaters, propane tanks, fire extinguishers) tend to have tumultuous initial releases. You have the failure of the weak point, and then a steady stream of energy being released in one direction. In this article, it's no different, and I'll explain why I think these pictures look the way they do.
The seat of the chair has been obliterated, not left a clean little "hole" like what has been argued. This is because of the explosive initial failure of the weak point. The fabric, which is a horizontal and vertical intersecting weave, rips in a way that makes it look like it was "cut" by someone. The foam looks like it had certainly been in an explosion, probably ripping off in chunks.
On the underside, the lift assembly looks almost as pristine as it probably was, originally. I'm actually not that surprised, really. The inside of the assembly is probably a lot more damaged, but you can't see it in the picture. Truth is, these things are made strong, because it has to hold a ~250lb user upright in a wide variety of positions, regardless of the manufacturers' intended purpose. The outside of this assembly doesn't look too bad, because by the time the gas lift had separated itself from the assembly it was blowing a steady stream of gas, which was likely not strong enough to harm the powdercoating finish. The "damage" around the hole where the lift is positioned was most likely caused when the chair came back down on either the gas lift or some other surface. The black fabric is a loose fiber, meant for aesthetic purposes, and doesn't even have any sort of weave. In many cases, this fiber is form-embossed to give it the appearance of having an intersecting weave like most other fabrics. When the lift's stream of gas caught underneath the fabric, the embossing "uncreased", making the fiber weaker and giving more room for the gases to continue flowing between itself and the wood. The result is ripping at the pressure points, which are the screws and other chair parts. This also somewhat explains why the plastic molding on the back support didn't get much damage either, aside from the contours of the lift assembly affecting the flow of gas.
So where's the blood? This one's a mystery. In the two pictures, you can't really see much of anything in the ways of blood. If there is any, it's lost within the graininess of the photo. But it's somewhat safe to assume that this area is where the alleged explosion occurred, as evidenced by the wood pieces on the floor. One might say that the bleeding wasn't sufficient enough at this point to have left the body in the form of drops of blood. The victim might have been propelled far enough away from the chair for there not to be any around. During this short time, there might have been enough material stopping the blood from leaving the body, despite taking only an hour of bleeding to kill the victim.
This image (slightly graphic) shows another case where the gas lift didn't make such a large hole. You also can't see the underside. But this image also contributes two more factors that the Gizmodo article didn't exhibit. There's blood, enough to call this case a significant injury. From the looks of it, I don't think the victim died here, but it looks like the victim was not ejected far enough to propel him/her away from the chair. Seems they landed on the front part of the chair, where the victim had time to let blood leave the body and soak into the chair. I'd say all that probably took about 3/4 of a second before the victim stood up.
There's another important factor here. On the floor, you can see a black spot. This looks consistent with a scorch mark, which indicated that the gas lift had some kind of ignition. There's also one on the chair as well, right next to the spot of blood. This could have been caused by the scorching the gas lift did to the victim's rear, that when s/he came back down, the scorch mark rubbed off onto the chair.
This also implies that the lift blew both of its ends off. I'm not sure what to make of that, because I'm not a rocket scientist, and I am not sure if such an ignition as proposed could physically work. I'll give it a try though. It seems to contradict my understanding of what might happen in this situation. If one end of the lift gets blown off, wouldn't the gas escape from that end and thus greatly reduce the pressure from the other end? Perhaps the ignition caused both ends to fail evenly?
Another image, this time inside what looks to be a garage, a barstool exploded, leaving scorch marks. I'm not sure if that's dried blood in the background, but the little girl sitting on this chair did indeed bleed (slightly graphic again) and lived, as far as I know.
Quite frankly, the number of threads that this particular myth has generated is a pretty decent collection of threads. I'm hoping this thread gives the myth more of the attention it deserves, and possibly a chance of being featured in an upcoming episode of Mythbusters!
I'll give you guys the links I found, that cijay found.
This myth bears somewhat close resemblance to the exploding bumper myth. It's not really too much the same in regards to how I think the gas lift exploded compared to how Jamie and Adam explained their myth, but I think this myth has just as much potential to be as good or better than the exploding bumper myth. I believe that this myth should be explored and featured, as this Average-Joe does not have the science, tools, experience or safety in place to do so myself. I also have read throughout my research on this myth that some people are scared of their chairs and have opted to "stand up" while posting their replies. This suggests that a certain fear has spawned from this myth. I also want to point out that if this myth is real, it might help the victims of these accidents understand what might have happened and possibly have legal repercussions that most likely will favor the victims and/or their families.
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