The Pitstop

@Zaid - I did some research on the Interwebz and didn't find a thing on liquid sodium cooled F1 engines . You have any references? That would be an interesting read, I'm sure!

@All - How do we entice others to actually answer a question? ... :

I just did a google search for "SJB Smart Junction Box" and I now know what they do. — HandyHowie 2 hours ago

I believe it has been discussed before (maybe it was here in the chat, though) about not giving snarky answers about "go find it in Google" ...

I've got to go play in the snow ... I'll talk to you all later.

Zaid

1:26 PM

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 It's mainly for cooling the exhaust valves

Here are the FIA 2014 regulations

HandyHowie

@paulster2 The question about the Smart Junction Box, that you said to add any information I know. To me, this is a "I can't be bothered to do my homework" question. On the electronics stack exchange this would be quickly closed.

Zaid

> 5.17.6 Valves must be manufactured from intermetallic materials or from alloys based on Aluminium, Iron, Nickel, Cobalt or Titanium. However, hollow structures cooled by sodium, lithium or similar are also permitted

@HandyHowie we had this discussion a while back. The consensus was (and still is) that the EE.SE approach to "silly" questions is not something that should be emulated here.

HandyHowie

@paulster2 It is not a matter of being silly, just lazy.

Zaid

1

Q: How do brushless motors provide more torque and longer battery life to cordless drills?

I was in the market for a cordless drill and came across a drill manufacturer claiming higher torque and longer battery life since it utilized a brushless motor. Is it true that brushless motors tend to have higher torque than their brushed counterparts? I'm assuming that the efficiency of such ...

brushless-dc-motor

This was my attempt at a question on EE.SE and it was closed for various reasons

They have a very different modus operandi

HandyHowie

@zaid If you had shown a small amount of research, they would more than likely have answered it, which I agree with in some ways. I do think they take it to the extreme, but it does stop people getting them to do their school homework for them.

Zaid

1:37 PM

Well, I guess I don't know what qualifies as research then for EE.SE

HandyHowie

@zaid Do you think we should answer all questions even if they clearly want you to do their homework?

Zaid

I haven't seen many homework questions on this site. There have been a few but are usually informative enough that the community likes them

The turbo intercooler question springs to mind

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Q: Why do we need to cool air after it leaves a turbocharger?

When we are using a turbocharger to compress the incoming air, the air gets hotter. Usually this hot air is cooled by using intercooler before it is passed to the engine. But what is the reason behind cooling this air? Why can't we pass it as hot air, since inside the engine the air will be co...

engine turbocharger intercooler

HandyHowie

At least he knew what an intercooler does.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

2:07 PM

@Zaid You are talking about sodium filled exhaust valves, then ... those are actually used quite extensively in racing and performance applications.

@HandyHowie - While I understand your position, what does it hurt to get the information on Mechanics.SE?

Rory Alsop

2:59 PM

@Paulster2 and @HandyHowie I think Skeptics is probably the most strict site, with EE not far behind. Mechanics is definitely not the least strict by a long shot. And generally, we would far rather have the information here. One thing we are reasonably strict on is not allowing "Just Google it" posts, as they just don't help.

Once out of Beta things often change, with sites getting a bit more strict, but at this stage we can't afford to be that picky

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@RoryAlsop - I think that's what has been discussed before quite extensively.

@RoryAlsop - How are things?

Rory Alsop

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 good thanks - taking a couple of days working from home as kids are off for a two day half term, so feeling quite relaxed. Aside from still not having time to sort my motorbike, and having to write a presentation for a conference next week :-)

and you? All good?

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@RoryAlsop - Oh the life of a Rock Star :o)

Rory Alsop

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 I know, right

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@RoryAlsop - I'm doing well. It is snowing ... about 3x as much as they were suggesting (said 1-3" ... we already have over 8" without letup).

Rory Alsop

3:03 PM

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 wow - we had 8 hours of snow yesterday and none of it remains today

JPhi1618

Snow? What is that?

Rory Alsop

:-(

JPhi1618

We didn't even have Winter in Texas this year.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@RoryAlsop - Oh, not a bad thing. I'm hoping they will shut down work tomorrow, lol!

@JPhi1618 Winter isn't over yet! Don't believe all the hype from Punxsutawney Phil

He's just a reason for weatherpeople to go to Pennsylvania on a lark.

JPhi1618

Nah, not Phil - it's our weather forcast... 70's all week leading to a high of 81 on Friday.

In North Texas. In February... It's been a very warm winter for us.

Our Feb average temp is 60.

Rory Alsop

3:07 PM

@JPhi1618 we've been at between -4 and +2 for the last few days. Exactly the wrong temperatures - snow won't stay, but you have to scrape off the ice every morning :-(

dunno what those temps are in Fahrenheit

JPhi1618

Without looking, probably 28-34ish?

But yea, those temps are annoying, and when we do get snow/ice that's normally what the temp is.

Anything that falls melts during the day and freezes at night.

Rory Alsop

@JPhi1618 I was hoping February would give us some decent low temperatures, but so far no joy

JPhi1618

How low does it normally get where you are? I figured it would be pretty temperate.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@JPhi1618 - Latitude for Scotland is ~55N ... latitude for Montana/Canada border is 49N ... think of Canadian weather except with Lake effect going on (considering they are an island!)

JPhi1618

3:25 PM

Interesting... Didn't realize the latitude was that high.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

I didn't realize it until recently. They do, however, get a little bit of a break from the Atlantic current which flows up by them. This is the current which comes up from the Caribbean. At least I believe they do.

Rory Alsop

3:59 PM

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 yep - we get the North Atlantic Drift hitting north west Scotland. So it never gets very cold. We did have a -20 winter a few years back but that is rare. Normally we have -5 to +25 over the year. Rare to get much outside those.

pretty temperate all year

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

You are still using Celcius here, right?

Rory Alsop

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 yep

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

:o)

Rory Alsop

so it never gets very hot or very cold

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

My son was in Anchorage, AK for three years. They get the same thing going on because of the Pacific currents hitting them broadside. They get cold, no doubt, but not like the rest of Alaska.

Rory Alsop

4:02 PM

suits me though - I cope best between -10 and +15

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

That's good ... but getting tires warm for racing must suck :o)

Rory Alsop

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Warm up is essential, yes, but I guess that is true anyway, wherever you are

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Haha

JPhi1618

I'd rather not have < 0 ever.

Bad circulation in my hands - they're worthless in the cold.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@JPhi1618 - My wife has recently been prodding me to look at the Phoenix area to live/work.

Rory Alsop

4:07 PM

@JPhi1618 Ahh - yeah, I sympathise. My wife has a similar thing

whereas I can't cope with high temperatures at all

JPhi1618

It's always been that way for me.

When I had a motorcycle, I had to have heated gloves even for mildly cold days. "Good gloves" were not enough - had to have an active heat source.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Those are nice! Heated grips are good as well :o)

I think I'm going to build me a V8 snowblower this year though ... I think I can build one for what it would cost me to buy a regular one from Lowe's.

JPhi1618

Self-propelled, I hope, lol.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Yah baby!

Talking about the heated grips got me thinking about it :D

JPhi1618

No need for a V8 - just put an engine from a Hyabusa on there.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

4:16 PM

Run the coolant through the handle bars and you have toasty hands!

@JPhi1618 - No way! A V8 is sooooo much more cool in this application. Besides, I just happen to have one in the garage which isn't doing anything :0)

JPhi1618

Man, that "What's the point of servicing a car?" question... "Cars... They last forever right?"

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@JPhi1618 - I had much the same thought with that one.

Zaid

6:10 PM

Did someone say V8?

Top Gear Australia - V8 Lawn Mower and V8 Eski

►

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@Zaid Awesome Sauce!

Bob Cross

6:50 PM

1

Q: Are manual transmission cars disappearing?

You don't have to be an expert to notice that overtime, the percentage of manual transmission cars has lowered. Automatic cars are not only more popular, but more comfortable, easier to use and actually better in fuel efficiency. I've searched in the internet for graphs showing the proportion of ...

automatic-transmission manual manual-transmission

Look! Opinions!

JPhi1618

Ha, yea.

I would actually like to know why the US has such a small percentage of Manual cars.

Rory Alsop

@JPhi1618 yeah - it always seems weird to me that the norm there is automatic. Here it's still not - despite an upsurge in automatics

Maybe it's weight/size. European cars would have had more of a negative impact of automatic gearboxes as the cars are much smaller and lighter

JPhi1618

I just don't know what caused it? Was it just marketing?

Hey, @RoryAlsop, do people still get cars with non-electric windows there?

That's another thing that's just unheard of... Probably still more common than a manual tho.

Rory Alsop

@JPhi1618 actually, I haven't seen one without in ages - if you exclude odd things like Caterhams etc

JPhi1618

What do you think the number one reason for people to choose a manual are?

Is it cost?

If you can get an auto, why not?

(note that I drove a manual for 10 years and would do it again... just asking)

Rory Alsop

7:00 PM

@JPhi1618 errr - I kind of don't understand the question. Why would anyone get an automatic?

If we exclude things like top end single seat racing cars - which do have amazing gearboxes. I do like them.

JPhi1618

Well, no I was asking why so many people in the UK choose a manual.

Sorry for the odd wording.

Rory Alsop

But any normal car with an automatic is hellish to drive - you lose fine control over power/torque, you run a real risk on the edge that the car will decide to change gear at an inopportune moment, they feel...like slugs

and cost will have an impact

I would definitely not want a car with an automatic gearbox or cruise control

oh, and additionally, it would make me fall asleep

JPhi1618

Does the average person really care like you do tho?

That's awesome if they do...

People here just don't want to bother with shifting gears. It feels primitive.

Too much work.

Rory Alsop

@JPhi1618 it feels like driving :-)

Admittedly I am a bit more of an enthusiast than your average driver (ie I will drive to drive, rather than drive to get somewhere) but many do think that an automatic is just lazy

JPhi1618

I think people should care more. It's the largest purchase most people will make aside from a house, and people have no idea how any of it works.

I feel like I can't get a manual again because my wife wouldn't be able to drive it if she ever had to... :(

I think I'll troll my kids tho (if possible in 10-15 yrs) and buy them a car with a manual.

Rory Alsop

7:07 PM

@JPhi1618 here, I think if you pass your test in an automatic, your licence only allows you to drive an automatic - that's a huge problem

JPhi1618

Really?

Wow, that's interesting.

Rory Alsop

I'll need to check, but I think so. Well, it is a skill

if you can't correctly change gear, that is a risk on the road

JPhi1618

Here you can pass the test in a Prius and then get behind the wheel of a 15000lb moving van...

Rory Alsop

@JPhi1618 not sure how I feel about that. Little scared...

Zaid

One theory I've heard tossed around is that Europe is more hilly than the US

Hence more in need of manuals

Rory Alsop

7:11 PM

@JPhi1618 Here we have various classes that all require separate tests. Eg basic car, small motorbike, small caravan and small truck all straightforward, truck over 3 ton need another licence. Public Service Vehicle another, Articulated truck another etc

Zaid

(if only life were that simple)

Rory Alsop

@Zaid and many more really tight corners

Zaid

If you ask me it all boils down to convenience and cost

JPhi1618

@RoryAlsop, I think we need more licenses.

We really just have motorcycle, "normal", and then a commercial licenses for very large truck/trailers and busses.

DucatiKiller

8:30 PM

lmgtfy.com/?q=ford%20smart%20junction%20box#

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DucatiKiller I like the fact on the SJB it says, "Scrap if dropped" or some such ... not very resilient. One good accident and it's done.

DucatiKiller

yeah, seems like it.

they say that about helmets too. If you drop it, throw it away..

JPhi1618

@DucatiKiller, I love lmgtfy...

Anybody have young kids?

Hey @HandyHowie

HandyHowie

Hello. Just catching up on the current conversation.

JPhi1618

It's been dead in here for a while.

HandyHowie

8:46 PM

I was just reading through the manual/auto discussion, but then realised that was an hour ago.

JPhi1618

You're in the UK?

HandyHowie

Yes

Where are you?

JPhi1618

Texas.

Do you see any other reason that people in Europe still love manuals?

HandyHowie

That's right, you were asking what snow was earlier, I believe.

JPhi1618

Ha, yea. We're not going to see it this year for sure.

We normally only have 1-2 days with snow.

HandyHowie

8:50 PM

I think that most people just don't consider them, they have been brought up on manuals and don't know any different.

I have has jaguar autos and love them, but i

oops

i have an auto LR discovery and also a manual one. I prefer the auto, but can also see some benefits of the manual.

Until recently I had a 1971 Triumph Spitfire. I couldn't imagine that in an auto. It would have to be manual.

In the UK just about everyone learns to drive a manual, because if you learn to drive in an auto, your licence only allows you to drive autos. I guess that pushes everyone in the direction of manual transmission, too.

JPhi1618

Yea, Rory mentioned that about the licenses.

That could be one of the major factors.

Even if your parents had an auto, it's really in your best interest to learn manual.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

When we were looking for a vehicle for our son, we found out that manual shifted vehicles require more attention. It helps those with short attention spans to pay attention while driving. Since he had a short attention span, it was a match made in heaven.

JPhi1618

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2, that's a great point. That was my thinking as well.

It keeps you more focused on the car, and I think gives you a better understanding of driving in general.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

It worked pretty well for him ... I think he's a pretty good driver now. He and I drove from Northern Idaho to Virginia last August. It was a great trip to spend with my kiddo.

JPhi1618

"Push pedal and go" leaves a lot of room for distraction.

2

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

9:05 PM

No lie

JPhi1618

When I bought my first manual I had actually never driven a manual other than a motorcycle.

It was a fun ride home, and of course there's a big hill right outside of the dealership.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

When I was selling cars, I had a young girl (early 20s) buy a standard shift car ... she brought it back a little while later and told me she didn't know if she could handle it. I told, "You'll be fine!"

Famous last words, I'd bet, lol!

JPhi1618

Ha, nice.

Chances are it was ok tho.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

exactly

JPhi1618

The thing is - there is so much to pay attention to when driving, it becomes second nature quickly.

J. Musser

9:59 PM

@DucatiKiller ha thanks for posting the sandbox those are always fun

DucatiKiller

10:10 PM

@JPhi1618 I love answer questions with LMGTFY. It feels like I'm righting a wrong

@J.Musser You have some crazy sandbox going on in there.

J. Musser

@DucatiKiller Yessir. Always fun

JPhi1618

10:29 PM

0

Q: Will slamming doors shut damage my car?

I hate it when people slam my car doors shut, as I am convinced that they will bend and will create wind noise. Is it bad to slam car doors? Will it cause the doors to bend?

door damage

You don't have to justify everything to your friends man!

Tell them not to slam the doors because you said so.

@DucatiKiller, you beat me to the answer.

My opening sentence was "Unless you're friends with the Avengers, I wouldn't worry about the door bending or the seal being damaged."

DucatiKiller

lol

JPhi1618

I didn't have anything that you didn't cover.

+1

DucatiKiller

He could have changed it to, "Is it bad to treat my possessions poorly?"

JPhi1618

"Is it bad when your friends don't show you any respect at all?"

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

I added a small tidbit.

DucatiKiller

10:39 PM

@JPhi1618 Totally out in left field, I'm wondering if Texas was supposed to get more winter rain due to the El Nino effect? We were supposed to but it hasn't really panned out for us.

J. Musser

my one friend slammed the door shut and it latched with his thumb in

3

JPhi1618

We haven't gotten anything but warmth.

J. Musser

and it was locked

and he didnt have a key

JPhi1618

OMG.

Was he alone?!

DucatiKiller

Ohhhhh man....brutal

J. Musser

10:40 PM

he there was some family members in the house

DucatiKiller

@JPhi1618 Yup. That's the first question!

J. Musser

but he had to call them on his cell phone

JPhi1618

Because that's some crazy 127 hours isht there...

DucatiKiller

LOL!

He then cut his arm off with a pocket knife

JPhi1618

Seriously... Man, I couldn't imagine.

J. Musser

10:41 PM

Yeah. "Uh hey, can you come unlock the car dear? My thumb's inside with the key..."

JPhi1618

My luck, I would have left my phone in the car.

J. Musser

jk jk

JPhi1618

We were trying to have a relaxing El Nino conversation and you drop that on us...

J. Musser

ha

DucatiKiller

yeah....that was a real shocker

J. Musser

10:43 PM

top or bottom

JPhi1618

I'm going to kick my car door shut for a while after that.

DucatiKiller

I visualized it and immediately imagined myself in that position

TOP imo

JPhi1618

That's a hard choice to me. Top with different wheels and a modern drive train.

DucatiKiller

@JPhi1618 We had a couple of good December rains that were multi-day and then it's just died. It's been beautiful warm weather, akin to spring here in the SW.

JPhi1618

Yea, us too. It's 70+ all week with 80 on Friday...

J. Musser

10:44 PM

lol everytime I close my door my thumb is on the outside. I dunno what kind of ninja moves he was attempting...

JPhi1618

Average should be around 60 right now.

DucatiKiller

we're at 83 today

J. Musser

I like the top one more too

JPhi1618

Oh, top would have to have A/C.

J. Musser

so far 99% of people I ask like top better

DucatiKiller

10:45 PM

our average is 67 according to the interwebs

J. Musser

It dropped to 8 F. here last night

-4 the night before

wind chill -23

DucatiKiller

Fan of the top for aesthetics for sure.

JPhi1618

The stance on the bottom on is hard to beat tho.

DucatiKiller

They are both nice in different ways

Bottom looks burly and powerful

J. Musser

@DucatiKiller yeah. The other one looks plastic imo, like if it scraped it would be fragile

JPhi1618

10:47 PM

F that... -23 doesn't even register for me.

J. Musser

haha

DucatiKiller

I've had too many injuries. When it get's REALLY cold (to me that's below freezing) I'm falling apart. I need the heat. I'll really be bumming in my 70's due to some of my early injuries.

J. Musser

the cold is why I'm not doing much work on me truck

JPhi1618

I'm outta here guys. Enjoy the rest of Washington's Birthday.

J. Musser

Hey do yall think the frong wheel drive u joints are something I should atempt to replace myself

@JPhi1618 Yeah

If he was alive today he'd be rolling in his grave

JPhi1618

10:51 PM

I'm going to get a cherry pie from the gas station to celebrate.

J. Musser

cheers

DucatiKiller

@JPhi1618 Take care

@J.Musser I would say sure but I don't know what your sill level is. If it can sit for a day or two if you get stuck then, why not? Just go for it.

J. Musser

@DucatiKiller hmm true

except if I can't figure it out I'd hate to pay a towtruck or something.

hahaha

DucatiKiller

They usually aren't too bad but some designs can be klugy in terms of getting them off of the half shaft. Mixed bag.

If you couldn't figure it out you could pull the half shaft and take it to a shop where they could replace and you bring it back and install.

J. Musser

I also don't even know where they are

although i havent looked

Mech just said 'bad front wheel drive u joints'

DucatiKiller

10:58 PM

They in the front of the car

jk

J. Musser

you're kidding

DucatiKiller

I am....but I'm not...whoah

what kind of car is it?

J. Musser

I know what a u joint is haha but haven't really looked at em on a 4x4 haha

see my 2006 dump truck never has any problem whatsoever

DucatiKiller

Yeah, I'm sure the thing is just a beast

put it in high 4 and just idle it through a house

errrr...low 4

J. Musser

exactly

4 low and idle into the bank vault by accident

but yeah in 4 low it can idle up a hill with a heavy box trailer ha

DucatiKiller

11:09 PM

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Was cruising around and found one of your movie questions, nice observation and love the sagan reference (the guys one my hero's)

15

Q: Did Hugo Weaving Copy Carl Sagan to play Agent Smith?

I happened to be watching an episode of the 80's show Cosmos which was hosted by Carl Sagan. Sitting and listening to his voice, I was puzzled, thinking "Who's voice does this sound like?". I came to the conclusion he sounded just like Agent Smith from The Matrix. My question is, Did Hugo Weavin...

character the-matrix

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DucatiKiller - I remember in Chemistry class our teacher was discussing the three dimensional representation of a four dimensional cube. He had one made out of these stick things ... it was awesome to think about. I didn't realize he had probably gotten the idea from Sagan.

DucatiKiller

I struggled with the 4 dimensional cube. lmao...oh the memories

Is this what you speak of?

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

No

But that's pretty cool!

DucatiKiller

of course not.....I'm still struggling then.

My chem teacher is still not very proud of me.

2

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

I think it's where the name "Tesseract" came from.

I mean it's like that ... kinda

DucatiKiller

11:15 PM

my dad always called it a octahedroid

but I think Tesseract is more correct

if it's possible to be more correct

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

I don't know that much about it. I just know when Sagan described it, it made sense.

J. Musser

jegs.com/i/Mopar+Performance/312/P4876048/10002/…

are those decent

DucatiKiller

There is a point in Cosmos where he explains photosynthesis. I think I was 13 or so. I understood it for the first time and I began to get chemistry a little better as a result. I never understood the carbon connection regarding 4 points until then. Perhaps I was slow. From that moment on Sagan was my man and still is in many ways.

J. Musser

I saw 'photosynthesis'

lol

DucatiKiller

The 2014 photosynthesis explanation and animation in the new Cosmos was stellar too. Tyson is carrying the tradition on well.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

11:19 PM

@J.Musser I'm looking up the part number for you now.

J. Musser

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 ah sweet

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Try: FEL-PRO HS9898PT2

You'll want to replace the head bolts as well. While not absolutely needed, it's a good idea. These aren't torque to yield bolts, but still, cheap insurance.

Head bolt kit: FEL-PRO ES710381

You'll need two sets of these to do both heads.

Then you'll have a couple of bolts left over.

But if you ask a dear old internet friend ... I have some left overs from when I did the Dodge truck, so could send those to you. I believe you'd be able to get by with one set if I did.

HOLD THE PHONES! If you get that FEL-PRO kit I just posted, I think there's enough head bolts for both sides.

J. Musser

11:34 PM

you're the best

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

I believe that's what you need (IIRC) five short/five long for each side.

1

Q: Why do cars still use mechanical blinker relays?

I think the electronic relays may be cheaper; and having less moving parts they are theoretically less prone to break. So, why do cars still use mechanical relays for turning lights?

wiring lights turn-signal relay electronics

I've been looking for the last 15 minutes for an example of an electronic relay ... I'm still looking. Either I'm not finding them readily available, or my Google-Fu is not up to par.

Rory Alsop

@DucatiKiller that or hypercube, yes

I remember studying them so hard for a while I ended up dreaming them - that was weird!

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@RoryAlsop - Holy crud! I've not studied them that hard, lol!

DucatiKiller

@RoryAlsop If you stare at the animated gif long enough your eyes begin to close and your start mouth breathing. It should come with a disclaimer.

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DucatiKiller - But it's the drool which is the dead giveaway.

Rory Alsop

11:44 PM

@DucatiKiller heh - hang on, I'll see if I can find one of the really useful multi-dimensional projection animations I came across when studying multi-dimensional rubik cubes

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@RoryAlsop - Oh snap ... you really are trying to kill us (or make us go brain dead)!

DucatiKiller

@RoryAlsop Beware. All question answering from the chat room will be suspended for an indefinite period of time.

Rory Alsop

superliminal.com/cube/cube.htm

This one - if you enjoy rubik cubes, this makes it incredibly difficult

but some of the moves are wonderfully tesseract-y

DucatiKiller

If you don't see me for a week you will know why. Good link.

J. Musser

@RoryAlsop my brother can solve in a couple mins

I cant solve to save my neck

that one looks other-worldly

Rory Alsop

11:48 PM

my eldest and I quite like them, so have a wide range of 3x3x3, 4x4x4, 5x5x5 and weirder ones, so the 4D ones are just brilliant fun

@J.Musser try this one:

uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/…

:-)

J. Musser

that looks complicated...

xD xD

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@RoryAlsop - Oh, that one is awesome! Have you looked at the Hypermegamix 3?

HOLY CRAP!

Rory Alsop

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 gives me car videos

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@RoryAlsop - I feel soooo under appreciated ....

2

A: Why do cars still use mechanical blinker relays?

I can think of three reasons straight away: Cheap Easy to replace Have a very distinctive click that makes it obvious when they are on, and when a bulb has failed They also are very well understood - anyone can fit one without needing to understand much about electronics

Good answer, btw :o)

Rory Alsop

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 erm - I don't know which thing you are pointing me at. Do you have a link

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 I do simple answers. For I am simple :-)

thanks

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

11:58 PM

@RoryAlsop - The Magic Cube 4D download

Rory Alsop

@ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 oh - the megaminx? Yes, Hamish got two of that range

ᴘᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Awesome :D

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