Topic: Happy Birthday, America!
started by: TheCatt
Posted by TheCatt on Jul. 04 2014,18:38
We're visiting relatives, so we did sparklers and stuff in the driveway this year.
I decided to try sparkler light painting, went OK.
Posted by GORDON on Jul. 04 2014,18:44
Get thee behind me, satan.
Posted by TPRJones on Jul. 07 2014,10:55
An interesting new perspective on fireworks: Posted by Leisher on Jul. 07 2014,11:47
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 by TPRJones on Jul. 07 2014,11:49
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 by Leisher on Jul. 07 2014,12:07
If they can set off car alarms (they do), they're pretty big explosions.
Posted by Malcolm on Jul. 07 2014,12:33
(TPRJones @ Jul. 07 2014,13:49)
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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.
Some pack as much punch as a quarter stick of dynamite. I assume the ones used for major displays have some sanity checking.
Posted by TheCatt on Jul. 07 2014,12:54
(Leisher @ Jul. 07 2014,14:47)
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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.
Posted by Leisher on Jul. 07 2014,12:57
(TheCatt @ Jul. 07 2014,15:54)
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(Leisher @ Jul. 07 2014,14:47)
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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.
Posted by Troy on Jul. 07 2014,13:04
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 by TheCatt on Jul. 07 2014,13:09
(Troy @ Jul. 07 2014,16:04)
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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.
Missile Command was kinda like that, but not a Mac game.
Posted by TheCatt on Jul. 07 2014,13:09
(Leisher @ Jul. 07 2014,15:57)
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(TheCatt @ Jul. 07 2014,15:54)
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(Leisher @ Jul. 07 2014,14:47)
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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
Posted by TheCatt on Jul. 15 2014,05:21
< This seems fitting. >
Posted by Leisher on Jul. 15 2014,06:42
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 by GORDON on Jul. 15 2014,06:44
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 by Leisher on Jul. 15 2014,06:51
I have never heard of such a thing.
Posted by Vince on Jul. 15 2014,06:56
(GORDON @ Jul. 15 2014,08:44)
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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.
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.
If they just stay at the pump they don't blow up from what I can tell.
Posted by GORDON on Jul. 15 2014,09:32
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 by Malcolm on Jul. 15 2014,09:39
(GORDON @ Jul. 15 2014,11:32)
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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 by TheCatt on Jul. 15 2014,10:59
I love leather seats.