Kids, please don't imitate at home:
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Nice Car!
Very cool. Note the dashboard has a devil toy from Japanese animation "Death Note", which I really like.
Click to see the full picture.
光良 -- 风雨同路 (歌词)
并著肩迎接著挑战
贡献彼此泪和汗从不伪装
不要害怕你走得缓慢
总有一天会到
下一个幸福的车站
风雨路 我们携手共渡
三色石 牵绊不了进度
凭著各自坚持与领悟
感受互相扶持的幸福
漫长路 庆幸你我同步
三叶草 陪伴著不却步
不同理念和方式互补
铺造一条属于我们骄傲的道路
并著肩迎接著挑战
贡献彼此泪和汗从不伪装
不要害怕你走得缓慢
总有一天会到
下一个幸福的车站
风雨路 我们携手共渡
三色石 牵绊不了进度
凭著各自坚持与领悟
感受互相扶持的幸福
漫长路 庆幸你我同步
三叶草 陪伴著不却步
不同理念和方式互补
铺造一条属于我们骄傲的道路
三色石 牵绊不了进度
凭著各自坚持与领悟
感受互相扶持的幸福
漫长路 庆幸你我同步
三叶草 陪伴著不却步
不同理念和方式互补
铺造一条属于我们骄傲的道路
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Mao Who? - Beijing 2008: 1st Bugatti Veyron in China sells for $3.6m
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via Autoblog by Noah Joseph on 4/23/08
Filed under: China, Supercars, Bugatti, Misc. Auto Shows
Click to view the Bugatti Veyron's unveiling in Beijing
If you were looking for the new epitome of capitalism's slow-but-steady takeover of communism in China, we've got it for you right here. Bugatti brought its million-euro hyper-car this year to the Auto China show in Beijing, drawing hoards of spectators in its appropriate bright red paint job. What's more is that within two hours of the car's debut, Bugatti had already sold one.
The customer will fly to Bugatti's Molsheim headquarters to pick out the color scheme and options (apparently no one told him he could do it online), and pay a whopping 25 million yuan (approximately $3.6 million, more than twice the sticker price) for the privilege of owning the first Veyron in China. Mao who?
Click on the images below and the press release after the jump for more on the Veyron's unveiling in Beijing.
[Source: Bugatti and Gasgoo]
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Urinals Coming to Airplanes, Beware the Golden Shower Turbulence [Urinals]
Man! What a view from the bathroom!
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via Gizmodo by Addy Dugdale on 4/16/08
Although similar installations already exist on military aircraft, this will be the first time urinals will be available on commercial flights. As well as using less water than conventional sit-and-flush toilets, the urinals could lead to separate loos for men and women—which can only be a good thing, as my experience as a frequent flyer on the Madrid—London Gatwick route attests.
Norbert Runn, Dassler's head of Business Development, expects the urinals to go in economy class, where the majority of passengers are men. He declined to say which airlines were considering the move, but the urinals, which take up less space than the current cubicles, could well be fitted on Boeing 747s and the 380 Airbus. [Telegraph]
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Things You Don't Know About Modern Elevators
This is copied from Engadget:
- As mentioned above, the Door Close button is there mostly to give passengers the illusion of control. In elevators built since the early '90s. The button is only enabled in emergency situations with a key held by an authority.
- The only known occurence of an elevator car free falling due to a snapped cable (barring fire or structural collapse), was in 1945. A B25 Bomber crashed into the Empire State Building, severing the cables of two elevators. The elevator car on the 75th floor had a woman on it, but she survived due to the 1000 feet of coiled cable of fallen cable below, which lessened the impact.
- Elevators are twenty times safer than escalators. There are twenty times more elevators than escalators, but only 1/3 more accidents.
- Elevators are also safer than cars. An average of 26 people die in elevators each year in the U.S. There are 26 car deaths every five hours.
- Most people who die in elevators are elevator technicians.
- The Otis Elevator Company carries the equivalent of the world's population in their elevators every five days.
- The New York Marriott was the first to introduce a smart elevator system that assigned passengers to elevators depending on what floor they were heading to.
- Elevators used to require a two-man dispatcher/operator team to function. The advent of navigational buttons rendered those jobs obsolete.
- The area required for personal space is 2.3 feet. The average amount on elevators is generally 2 feet.
- Elevator hatches are generally bolted shut for safety reasons. In times of elevator crisis, the safest place is inside the elevator.
- The myth about jumping just before impact in a falling elevator is just that — myth. You can't jump fast enough to counteract the speed of falling. And you wouldn't know when to jump.
- Due to the laws of physics, elevators can't be any taller than 1700 feet. Hoist ropes become too heavy after that, snapping at 3200 feet.
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