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This reminds me of one particular TV set I was messing with recently. Pulling the HDMI cord on an input resulted in the screen showing static . Had to think about it for a second, but the static had to have been simulated by a piece of code to pretend that the input had gone missing.
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Only someone who strongly defined themselves by their method of transport would interpret the statement like that.
I take it you've never been driving along and had a pedestrian absent-mindedly step into the road in front of you. That's the kind of thing that engine noise helps avoid. Read some of the other comments on this page. For what it's worth, most of my travel is on trams - not foot, cycle, or car. Thanks for the patronising comment, though.
We are not dissing your tribe... You don't have to be defensive...
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There have been aftermarket speaker setups to emit the "choosh" sound of the wastegate opening marketed to the ricer crowd for years.
Surely you are not using the term "ricer crowd" to refer to Asians?
This reminds me of one particular TV set I was messing with recently. Pulling the HDMI cord on an input resulted in the screen showing static . Had to think about it for a second, but the static had to have been simulated by a piece of code to pretend that the input had gone missing.
Apple had that feature, at least on my previous Air.
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Source please. I don't believe this is the case. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/30/opinion/why-drivers-get-aw...
You don't believe what? You don't believe that pedestrians can step into traffic? Or you don't believe that drivers can get away with no punishment if pedestrians step in front of them without giving them time to stop? I'm not looking up a source because it's so ridiculous that I'm not even sure there's a law on the books about it, but if you walk into the side of my (moving) car and get hurt, that's your fault, not…
I know people can run in to the street without warning. I know drivers get away with no punishment if somebody darts in to the street.
In fact, my point was that drivers get away with no punishment _almost every time they kill a pedestrian_. In NYC they have less than a 5% chance of even being arrested, much less convicted. Driving a car is probably a great way to commit murder.
Also, yes, I think the driver should be charged for driving so fast in a residential neighborhood that they can't stop in time to prevent killing a kid. If I recklessly [flew my helicopter/drove my tank/rammed my hovercraft/ran my bobsled] in to a child it would be met with outrage, so why do we apply different rules to automobiles? (Spoiler - because automobiles are convenient and while we claim otherwise, we just don't care enough about dead kids to change culture).
http://freakonomics.com/2014/05/01/the-perfect-crime-a-new-f...
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If my car would make less noise I'd be happy. It totally baffles me why someone would want more useless noise in their lives rather than less if that's an option. Music is beautiful, artificial engine noise is just that: noise.
The sound of an approaching Merlin V12 at full throttle is the most thrilling sound in the world. http://www.amazon.com/Sigh-Merlin-Spitfire-Alex-Henshaw/dp/0... "For anyone who has heard a Merlin engine on any aircraft, you will understand the title." No stereo has ever been able to reproduce that sound.
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In the end it does not matter. The pedestrian is the one needing the wheelchair afterwards.
On the one hand, you're right. On the other hand, a friend of mine was sued by the driver of the car that hit him to pay for cleaning his blood off of the car and fixing the dent his body left in the frame. It'd be nice if they didn't add insult to injury.
Sometimes it is pedestrian fault. I was nearly run over by a truck crossing the street trying not to miss a bus that took so long waiting.
It was entirely my fault had he killed me. Luckily I had good reflexes and jumped away, the truck hit my leg at over 100kms/hour while in the air and only made me a small bruise as it rotated in the air with little resistance.
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In the end it does not matter. The pedestrian is the one needing the wheelchair afterwards.
On the one hand, you're right. On the other hand, a friend of mine was sued by the driver of the car that hit him to pay for cleaning his blood off of the car and fixing the dent his body left in the frame. It'd be nice if they didn't add insult to injury.
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> Am I the only one that associates loud noise with a weak engine? Evidently you haven't been to a top fuel drag race! Most definitely, the more power, the more noise. Top fuel is so loud it is like being punched in the chest.
A top fuel racer is very loud because they have short, per-cylinder exhaust pipes and are powered by nitromethanol ("top fuel"), which burns so slowly that the fuel is still exploding when exiting the exhaust pipes. They are also ridiculously inefficient.