Flying Cars!
SoulSkorpion
Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Year 2000+ now officially "The Future"</div> <a href='http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/15/60minutes/main688454.shtml' target='_blank'>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/15/...ain688454.shtml</a>. Finally, here they are as promised. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Stay tuned for the invention of teleporters <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->.
Stay tuned for the invention of teleporters <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->.
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HOLY JESUS.
Edit: The future is <s>now</s> orgasmic.
NASA's thing is silly imo. One advantage of a flying car is bypassing traffic issues because you can go from A to B "as the crow flies". You start funneling people into 'skyways' and... you'll run into traffic again.
Me too.
The future is 7 years ago!
Me too.
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<3
I even linked to an article about Skycar a few months ago in the "car-maniacs" thread.
<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Without traffic restrictions you will have nothing but chaos. Even airliners have specific paths they are to stick to.
The advantage of flying cars, in this case, is paralellism. Traffic flows faster when there are three lanes than when there's only one, but expanding roads is expensive and not always possible if you have buildings in the way. If you add "roads" upwards rather than outwards, you <i>double</i> the capacity of the roads (and that's just adding one extra layer).
Skyways also aren't as restricted by terrain as roads. Maybe traffic could be improved by running normal roads between areas but there's already too much built up area in the way. With flying cars you can go right over the top of them.
[edit]Oh, and 4000th post. Yay me.[/edit]
I imagine we'll see this in our lifetimes just don't expect me to be buying one anytime soon at $50-300k
Stop whining for it and maybe the comm will drop you one.
Jiminy Jillickers! (I know, it's the Fallout Boy saying from The Simpsons, but I couldn't think of any good Batman sayings...)
Could you imagine stealing the badge off of one of them!
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I believe the sound is "CHING!"
i would rather use this one...
<a href='http://yanaishina.blogspot.com/2005/04/airscooter-ii-personal-flying-vehicle.html' target='_blank'>i rather trust a proven concept when it comes to flying</a>
Is it even considered running over in the sky?
Yeah but it looks FREAKING AWESOME, and this is the most important aspect of what is essentially a **** extension already.
That said, i'll take whichever one is most easily upgraded to carry a chain-gun.
Lets F4.
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I thought we were going Heavy + HMG this game?
I can see this having a future in niché sectors, but I doubt we'll ever see the advent of personal flight as a mainstream concept.
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Except when you can 4 times as fast and not have to worry about being a plane with other snoring, whining people for long distances. And driving home for work won't invovle you sitting there for 3 hours at red lights. And computer controlled means smoother and faster transportation and no one cutting you off and acting like ****.
And comeon, if you landed at a first date in this, you would win. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I don't have to worry about 60 year old drivers sitting in front of me going 10 mph under the speed limit.
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Huh. Anyone who says that obviously doesn't live in a flying house.
Was watching a program a few years ago on BBC2 late at night and they was saying how they had managed to transport an atom from point A to point B. The problem being the human body is made up of millions of atoms in a specific make up for each person. Getting to the point where a human can be transported will take years if never, unlikely we will see such an invention in our life span. Also thiers the basic fact that any transporter must destroy the original copy in order to function correctly. Would you want to get in a machine that in reality is going to kill you then make a copy of you else where. I for one wouldnt wish to risk it... id rather walk.
Ive never understood peoples facination with getting from point A to point B in the fastest time, walk or bike enjoy the view and atmosphere around you time is no matter if my life has tought me anything its that time will continue regardless of what we do, you might aswell enjoy every moment while you can.
Driving down the motorway to visit my parents is a real pain. Three hours in transit (best case scenario) isn't something to be enjoyed, especially when it's my sister driving.
..it was a photon.. not a atom... and its just hyped as teleportation.... the process was more a "cloning with destruction of the original" process.. simply spoken... very complicated quantum physics stuff