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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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If you're watching a film and a sat-nav, then you're really not watching where you're going. Hence the untimely demise. But that's not the point I was alluding to. All this stuff can be done by a phone already. The significance is that you can do it without taking your hands off the job, or even looking away. _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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Amnesia10
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_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Amnesia10
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_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Amnesia10
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_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Yeah but the video is usually Flash, so really that's an Android advert. _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
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Amnesia10
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Big Dog has been around for years but this is something that I have not seen before. It must take a lot of computing power to do that without it falling over. That reminds me of the scene in Alien. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Amnesia10
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The russian effort is far more impressive because it was done with a much lower budget. The use of a sliding balancing counter weight is very clever. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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There's an article on the DM site about Pathe News, talking about some historic footage in their archives. So you don't have to go there I'm just linking to a couple of examples on YouTube. Le Mans disaster 1955. This crash cost 83 spectators their lives and the footage is chilling even now. HMS Barham Explodes and Sinks, 1941Franz Reichelt jumps off the Eiffel Tower, 1912. Early parachute test goes horribly wrong. This is surprisingly tense as Reichelt hesitates before leaping.
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Paul1965
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pcernie
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_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Amnesia10
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_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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The quoted video title: While technically we can understand how big a deal it is - in this sci-fi drenched age, I find it amusing that we're getting wowed by a robot throwing rocks!
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Spreadie
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Jeez, hamming it up much? 
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