OT: Fun toy for the summer

Jun 17, 2005 11 Replies
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Yeah, yeah... I'm still alive.. Nothing new with Alfie, still sitting in the garage unfinished. Anyone ever order an interior from the Harrington Group in England?



Leaving end of July for another Mission trip to South Africa, maybe I nca pick up some RHD parts while there..



This link is for a rather fun looking remote control boat.(or is it a boat?) The movie is quite long, but you will enjoy it.! Family Friendly!



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i saw this in another news group and did some research...

it's a "foamie"- made of simple thin foam board etc...

here are some links if anyone is intrested in gettin more info...

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forum link...actually these are under a genre of rc called foamies... made from thin lightweight foam... similar to that flying lawnmower several of us may have seen...

here is the site of the orig. builder as far as i can tell

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it looks like they use a carbon fiber tape under the pontoons for the grass and street use...

they even use cd-rom drive motors... lightweight i guess.. there are several others that have made or are in the proccess of making similar setups...

jjd

My mouth fell open like a two dollar suitcase when I saw what those boats can do!! Things have changed since I was involved with model boats, that's for ure -- Thanks! Very cool!

I don't know what it is about the way people set things up on webpages, But there is no way for me to watch this movie except for 1 second at a time, then wait for TEN seconds of downloading to see ONE more second!!! There is no way that I can tell for me to save it; I even checked the code & linked directly to it & STILL there was no way to save it!!! You would think if folks wanted you to actually see something they would make it a LOT f*cking eaiser!!!. I guess they think everyone has broadband, or just don't care if the folks that don't have it don't see their video. Damn I'm aggravated!!!

Try this link

I did it using Mozilla Firefox

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Hope this helps

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I did it using Mozilla Firefox

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this helps

************* That's the same URL I found in the code & tried to download it. Right-clicking on it & choosing "save target as" gives me the error code "Internet Explorer cannot download a6-16114093024.wmv from x102.putfile.com. The site was not found. Make sure the address is correct, and try again." Before when I pasted it into the address bar I got the same ten-seconds-for-one-second as when I opened the webpage. Typical windoze bullsh*t. ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

Easy on the Giggle Cream!

I did it using Mozilla Firefox

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**************** HAH! I just tried pasting it into Mozilla & got the *source code* for the move file! Thanks, anyway.... ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing.

Worked fine for me with Firefox. You probably lack a MIME setting for .wmv files.

********** You lost me there. Why wouldn't the guys just make it so that it can be downloaded, if they want folks to see it? ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective.

They have, your browser is misinterpreting the data as text. I'm sure there is a tab or menu for mime settings somewhere in Mozilla just like there is in Firefox where you can adjust this behavior.

downloaded, if they want folks to see it?

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there is a tab or menu for mime settings somewhere in Mozilla just like there is in Firefox where you can adjust this behavior.

*********** Well I can't download it in I.E., either. I can *watch* one second at a time; but they somehow set it up so that it streams even with a *direct* link pasted in the address bar! It can't be downloaded. ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective.

User error, or setup error. If you go to the link that was supp;lied originally , and find the source code, it will load up on Firefox no problem. That is assuming that you set up firfox to do so. There is a possibilty that you have some virus protection software interfering also. It is not a problem with any of my browsers. I will send you the file If you like. All as one big happy file that can be played offline. Sound like a winner?............Email me. And don't tell me my email is no good. Use your thinker and figure out the key to my email using my newsreader signature. Other people can figure it out. You can too, I am sure.

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