Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:38 pm
We're visiting relatives, so we did sparklers and stuff in the driveway this year.
I decided to try sparkler light painting, went OK.
I decided to try sparkler light painting, went OK.
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:44 pm
Get thee behind me, satan.
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 1:55 pm
An interesting new perspective on fireworks:
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:47 pm
How do you think they kept the camera so steady? I would assume with explosions going off so close there would be some shakiness to the video.
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:49 pm
It's possible there was post processing to smooth it out, but I bet it wasn't a problem. Fireworks explosions just aren't that powerful unless you are holding them in your hands, and I don't think it was ever closer to one than about 100 feet or so.
If they were that dangerous, there'd be a lot more dead pigeons lying around after a NY fireworks show.
If they were that dangerous, there'd be a lot more dead pigeons lying around after a NY fireworks show.
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:07 pm
If they can set off car alarms (they do), they're pretty big explosions.
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:33 pm
Some pack as much punch as a quarter stick of dynamite. I assume the ones used for major displays have some sanity checking.TPRJones wrote:It's possible there was post processing to smooth it out, but I bet it wasn't a problem. Fireworks explosions just aren't that powerful unless you are holding them in your hands, and I don't think it was ever closer to one than about 100 feet or so.
If they were that dangerous, there'd be a lot more dead pigeons lying around after a NY fireworks show.
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:54 pm
Most of the fancy drones have auto-stabilizers to keep the video from getting shaky. Gyroscopes and grommets and shit.Leisher wrote:How do you think they kept the camera so steady? I would assume with explosions going off so close there would be some shakiness to the video.
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:57 pm
That's what I assumed, but I would think that'd be kind of expensive? Not something one would fly into explosions.TheCatt wrote:Most of the fancy drones have auto-stabilizers to keep the video from getting shaky. Gyroscopes and grommets and shit.Leisher wrote:How do you think they kept the camera so steady? I would assume with explosions going off so close there would be some shakiness to the video.
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:04 pm
Dang it.
What was the name of that early, 1st Macintosh, game. The one where you shot down missiles that were trying to hit your city?
Video reminds me of that.
What was the name of that early, 1st Macintosh, game. The one where you shot down missiles that were trying to hit your city?
Video reminds me of that.
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:09 pm
Missile Command was kinda like that, but not a Mac game.Troy wrote:Dang it.
What was the name of that early, 1st Macintosh, game. The one where you shot down missiles that were trying to hit your city?
Video reminds me of that.
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:09 pm
Leisher wrote:TheCatt wrote:Leisher wrote:How do you think they kept the camera so steady? I would assume with explosions going off so close there would be some shakiness to the video.
Most of the fancy drones have auto-stabilizers to keep the video from getting shaky. Gyroscopes and grommets and shit.
That's what I assumed, but I would think that'd be kind of expensive? Not something one would fly into explosions.
Some people have a lot of money. But an entry level one with good stabilization is about $1k, I think. dji phantom 2
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Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:21 am
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:42 am
He lost me at leather seats. I just don't get the appeal. Get a car where you can take the roof off, and then give me a fabric that heats up in the sun, and that I'll stick to. What confort!
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:44 am
I had a car with fabric seats once.... it was a fucking static electricity machine. I was guaranteed a massive shock after I drove the first time I touched something metal. It seriously conditioned me to wince whenever I got out of any car and touched a door handle.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:51 am
I have never heard of such a thing.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:56 am
True. I've always noticed that THIS was the common factor in all those videos of people blowing up at the gas pumps. Not that they're on their cell phones, but that they go back and sit in their car while on their phones waiting for the pump to cut off. Build up a good charge on the seats and discharge when getting the nozzle out of the tank.GORDON wrote:I had a car with fabric seats once.... it was a fucking static electricity machine. I was guaranteed a massive shock after I drove the first time I touched something metal. It seriously conditioned me to wince whenever I got out of any car and touched a door handle.
If they just stay at the pump they don't blow up from what I can tell.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:32 pm
It has been over ten years since I had that car and I still sometimes catch myself touching a doorknob with the back of my hand first so I don't get the shock on my more sensitive fingertips.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:39 pm
GORDON wrote:It has been over ten years since I had that car and I still sometimes catch myself touching a doorknob with the back of my hand first so I don't get the shock on my more sensitive fingertips.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:59 pm
I love leather seats.