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Originally said in #teamliquid on IRC:
[17:44] <DhakhaR> http://www.bugatti.com/en/veyron-16.4.html ?
[17:45] <micronesia> I don't even know what that is haha
[17:45] <DhakhaR> really?
[17:45] <micronesia> With its 16-cylinder four-wheel drive, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 may well be the most sophisticated production vehicle of all times.
[17:45] <micronesia> wow
[17:45] <DhakhaR> fastest road car ever
[17:45] <micronesia> how much is that
[17:45] <DhakhaR> erm... infinte
[17:46] <DhakhaR> you have to be selected to buy one
[17:46] <DhakhaR> its like 1000bhp
[17:46] * lofwyr is now known as LOFWYR
[17:46] <DhakhaR> 400kph
[17:46] <micronesia> all the units on that site
[17:46] <micronesia> are metric
[17:46] <micronesia> dammit
[17:47] <micronesia> brb
[17:47] <DhakhaR> kk
[17:47] <micronesia> back, so yeah
[17:48] <micronesia> I don't know that much about cars over say
[17:48] <micronesia> 100k haha
[17:48] <micronesia> (us dollar)
[17:48] <micronesia> although the way things are going I won't be able to get a yaris for that much soon
[17:49] <DhakhaR> lol
[17:49] <DhakhaR> at least your fuel is cheap
[17:49] <DhakhaR> although you have further to go i guess
[17:49] <micronesia> our fuel isn't as cheap as it used to be but
[17:49] <micronesia> it's recently gone back down partly
[17:49] <micronesia> The mighty, 1,001-horsepower sixteen-cylinder four-wheel drive can be felt and driven through a wide spectrum of revolutions per minute. Constant 250 km/h require only 270-280 of the Veyron’s horsepower. More than 700 HP are continuously “on standby” for quick and fast interludes
[17:49] <micronesia> jeez
[17:49] <micronesia> they probably like
[17:50] <micronesia> reworked that thing for a while
[17:50] <micronesia> to add a few hp
[17:50] <micronesia> to get over 1000 hahaha
[17:50] <DhakhaR> yeah, i read alot about it when it came out
[17:50] <micronesia> how long ago
[17:50] <DhakhaR> hmm
[17:50] <micronesia> imagine parking that thing in a shopping center haha
[17:50] <DhakhaR> maybe 2 years max
[17:50] <micronesia> what does a 7 speed transmission even look like
[17:50] <DhakhaR> in an attempt to raise the top speed they redesigned the wing mirrors
[17:50] <micronesia> the shifter, that is
[17:51] <DhakhaR> but then found that the larger shape was holding the car on the ground aerodynamically
[17:51] <micronesia> ah
[17:51] <micronesia> downforce from mirrors eh
[17:51] <micronesia> that's interesting
[17:52] <DhakhaR> at top speed it covers the length of a soccer field in less than a second
[17:52] <micronesia> what is its top speed
[17:52] <DhakhaR> 408kmph
[17:52] <micronesia> 255 mph
[17:52] <micronesia> sick
[17:52] <DhakhaR> yeah
[17:52] <micronesia> how long is a soccer field
[17:52] <DhakhaR> it will out accellerate a formula 1 car
[17:52] <DhakhaR> idk exactly
[17:52] <micronesia> let me look it up
[17:52] <DhakhaR> wikipedia?
[17:53] <DhakhaR> my GF is making a cake and it smells GOOD
[17:53] <micronesia> The official soccer field size for adults can range from 50 to 100 yards wide by 100 to 130 yards long.
[17:53] <micronesia> let's say 100 yards
[17:53] <DhakhaR> k
[17:54] <micronesia> .0568 miles
[17:54] <micronesia> at 255 mph
[17:54] <micronesia> .8 seconds
[17:54] <micronesia> :D
[17:54] <DhakhaR> this maths problem is more fun
[17:55] <DhakhaR> so crazy
I stuck to an elementary example, so some will make the claim that it was trivial, but I think being able to effortlessly do unit conversions and plug the numbers into 'calculator' on your computer is an undervalued skill.
If I chose a less elementary example, some readers would certainly have found this to be a case where making the situation into a math problem is dumb/etc.
BTW next thinking physics soon.
