Comments on: Critiquing the flying car in 1944 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/critiquing-the-flying-car-in-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 20:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Amelia_G http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/critiquing-the-flying-car-in-1.html#comment-1541956 Amelia_G Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182816#comment-1541956 Your post is so much more sophisticated than this book that I love, but I can't resist because I've been appreciating these ideas for so long: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scalawagons_of_Oz Your post is so much more sophisticated than this book that I love, but I can’t resist because I’ve been appreciating these ideas for so long:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scalawagons_of_Oz

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/critiquing-the-flying-car-in-1.html#comment-1541571 Petzl Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182816#comment-1541571 The caption reads:  "Mitt Romney (seated), with various employees." The caption reads:  “Mitt Romney (seated), with various employees.”

]]> By: cdh1971 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/critiquing-the-flying-car-in-1.html#comment-1540109 cdh1971 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182816#comment-1540109 Yup, thanks to the wacky Pierson's Puppeteers. Yup, thanks to the wacky Pierson’s Puppeteers.

]]> By: NelC http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/critiquing-the-flying-car-in-1.html#comment-1540086 NelC Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182816#comment-1540086  In Niven's <i>Known Space</i> universe, you could end up an involuntary organ donor for almost anything.  In Niven’s Known Space universe, you could end up an involuntary organ donor for almost anything.

]]> By: cdh1971 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/critiquing-the-flying-car-in-1.html#comment-1540078 cdh1971 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182816#comment-1540078 In the books and stories that belong to the Ringworld 'verse (Larry Niven, Known Space 'verse), the sanction  for operating a flying car w/o autopilot over a municipality is the death penalty. In the books and stories that belong to the Ringworld ‘verse (Larry Niven, Known Space ‘verse), the sanction  for operating a flying car w/o autopilot over a municipality is the death penalty.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/critiquing-the-flying-car-in-1.html#comment-1539975 digi_owl Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182816#comment-1539975 You know you have spend too much time online when the first image that comes to mind invokes rule 34. You know you have spend too much time online when the first image that comes to mind invokes rule 34.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/critiquing-the-flying-car-in-1.html#comment-1539849 Stefan Jones Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182816#comment-1539849 Hmmm . . . I once saw a 1940-ish cartoon (via the PBS show "Matinee at the Bijou") titled "Postwar Inventions." I wonder if it was a parody of these sorts of ads. The one part I remember was a terribly racist depiction of a black man who'd just gotten new dentures. Hmmm . . .

I once saw a 1940-ish cartoon (via the PBS show “Matinee at the Bijou”) titled “Postwar Inventions.” I wonder if it was a parody of these sorts of ads.

The one part I remember was a terribly racist depiction of a black man who’d just gotten new dentures.

]]> By: Ian McMahon http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/critiquing-the-flying-car-in-1.html#comment-1539702 Ian McMahon Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182816#comment-1539702 as a pilot, I always cringe when people talk about flying cars... if we had the same number and relative skill of people in the air as we do on our highways, there would be a LOT of fatalities.  Plus, the design tradeoffs that you make for a flying vehicle are at odds with the design tradeoffs you make for a road vehicle.  The flying car designs that people are trying to market are the worst of both worlds, and they have been ever since people started pushing them in the 40s. as a pilot, I always cringe when people talk about flying cars… if we had the same number and relative skill of people in the air as we do on our highways, there would be a LOT of fatalities.  Plus, the design tradeoffs that you make for a flying vehicle are at odds with the design tradeoffs you make for a road vehicle.  The flying car designs that people are trying to market are the worst of both worlds, and they have been ever since people started pushing them in the 40s.

]]> By: James Agenbroad http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/critiquing-the-flying-car-in-1.html#comment-1539683 James Agenbroad Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182816#comment-1539683  Of course if the Nazi's had won, they too had plans for super trains. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breitspurbahn  Of course if the Nazi’s had won, they too had plans for super trains. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breitspurbahn

]]> By: Michael Burt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/critiquing-the-flying-car-in-1.html#comment-1539608 Michael Burt Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182816#comment-1539608 Isn't it grand to be white, middle class and carefree!  Makes me wonder if Dick and Jane are off frolicking with Spot someplace. Isn’t it grand to be white, middle class and carefree!  Makes me wonder if Dick and Jane are off frolicking with Spot someplace.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/critiquing-the-flying-car-in-1.html#comment-1539591 digi_owl Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182816#comment-1539591 Seems like they basically took the first class of a ocean liner and put it on rails. Seems like they basically took the first class of a ocean liner and put it on rails.

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