Thank god though mate yours was a write off! I've since had a speedo reading 90 km/h whilst I'm sitting still and the taco says it idling at 4500 revs and they cant work out whats wrong. Now I have no idea how fast I'm going! Take it easy in the new wheels mate, even 4wd can come unstuck!

Can't believe those guys won. The rest of the ideas must've been terrible. There are so many reasons why that system wouldn't work: People are out of shape, how do you pass someone going slowly, what if someone stops mid-track for any reason, how do you bypass people at a station, where would the room be found to install this, etc... This idea seems like a closeted geek idea for getting around that Google campus and dependent on that "Can't we all get along?" mentality that expects and/or believes people will provide equal effort to make something work. Try installing something like that in Boston, I can see the fights already. I can already see Americans wanting to put motors in them as well; why pedal? Google should've awarded something practical that could have been implemented realistically, not a gee-whiz impractical idea.

Cool If you want to play with that concept, you can easily transform your existing digital camera photos into tilt-shift style miniatures using tiltshiftmaker.com. simon

This is not new... [flash=640,390:1yrrw69i]http://www.youtube.com/v/R6SjcwBMdrI&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3[/flash:1yrrw69i] and a Victorian Goldfish Urinal [can't find better image!] [image: o4oX_3904015606_6ec7d3aa54.jpg] or the Japanese! [flash=640,390:1yrrw69i]http://www.youtube.com/v/w_XFw-TrHNw&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3[/flash:1yrrw69i] Loads more here http://wn.com/Aquarium_toilet

Thanks!

@mike lucey said: I thought the Variér Furniture collection might be worth mentioning here, should look very well in renders! I've been sitting - well, kneeling, on one of the slightly less expensive versions of that for about 25 years now. I always wanted the one with a back that you could sort of rock back in and use as an armchair as well as a desk chair. Never did get round to it but the plain kneeler has served me well and saved my back for half my life.

Why not start a thread here if you have something you want to add? Copy the original notes into quotes then add your own recollection.

True. I even have a 16-y-o niece. I'll pass the video to her parents.

@unknownuser said: where a teams of pilots put on competitive performances of synchronized maneuvers choreographed to music. You have yet that with flying kites More fun and ecologic [flash=640,385:5ikxoqik]http://www.youtube.com/v/R6Snl9wCEGI?fs=1[/flash:5ikxoqik]

OK... It stopped all of a sudden this afternoon... Wonder if it was a Google add or something else...?!?

Csaba Unzip and run normally, you do not need any fancy app.

There wasn't any official video done during the sessions so I expect that might be it.

@solo said: Try this, It's a Vue created one, clear water with light from above. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1129899/undersea.hdr thanks man I havent had time to do any renders been too busy with the model but ill try it out hopefully this evening or tomorrow im sure it will be more than adequate thanks again.

@chris fullmer said: Sounds interesting. I lost a lot of faith in Maxwell after they messed up their original beta soooo badly. I half expect them to look for every cool feature of this new software and then tweak it before public release so it no longer works as desired. Chris, mate I can certainly support what you are saying about the earliest beta's being a bit of a mess up! But I guess we need to stay mindful they were then heading into unchartered waters then with unbiased rendering! No other unbiased render engines existed, no proper ruby support for SU, also given the new comers aiming to emulate their model are yet to produce the same image quality or for that matter meet their promised deadlines by almost a year one has to have some sympathies and given support for their breaking new ground. I'd suggest even the new comers would not be so advanced with apsects like re-lighting and a stack of other features had they not headed the way. And I'd suggest with this new plugin further development in the competition will follow in an attempt to keep pace and again somewhat aim to emulate!

...and there were another "big sessions" ?

Oli Must be frustrating to know your car would still be fine if you'd only saw James' tutorial sooner (Sorry couldn't resist. My apologies if I hurt your feelings. But must say I'm glad you got out OK) Flapsy

@solo said: I like the idea, I think this could be a great solution for our future power requirements. I'm just concerned about driving on glass on a rainy/snowy/icy day however. Hey Pete, recycled glass is already used as aggregate in some road toppings anyway!

that thing looks like it's right up your alley, man... thanks for sharing! noted

I got attacked on my gmail account last month. Had to jump through hoops to get it sorted Must be only the really influential folks getting fingered!

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