Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]
Discussion
Fastchas said:
In Top Gear’s ‘challenges’ where Clarkson drives the Bugatti or Mustang across Europe and the other two take public transport, you always see the LR Discovery camera car in front of Clarkson.
Do they use several camera cars or is the Disco always in front of the Bugatti etc therefore doing the journey just as quickly?
Do they use several camera cars or is the Disco always in front of the Bugatti etc therefore doing the journey just as quickly?
- NOTHING* you see on TV is as it appears.
Fastchas said:
In Top Gear’s ‘challenges’ where Clarkson drives the Bugatti or Mustang across Europe and the other two take public transport, you always see the LR Discovery camera car in front of Clarkson.
Do they use several camera cars or is the Disco always in front of the Bugatti etc therefore doing the journey just as quickly?
They do the interior shots with Clarkson going out, then go back to do the outside shots later with one of the production crew driving.Do they use several camera cars or is the Disco always in front of the Bugatti etc therefore doing the journey just as quickly?
Most cars will be just as fast as a Bugatti on those trips because going much faster than the speed limit will attract attention from the police.
SpeckledJim said:
If you're slowing down for a corner, tip the bike in, and open the throttle for the drive you need in order to balance the bike and not crash on the inside of the bend, only to find no drive because you're in neutral, then you could be in deep s
t.
Struggling to find neutral is annoying, but not generally dangerous (because you're already stopped).
stamp-stamp-stamp-stamp-first-onwards! is an awful lot safer than stamp-stamp-stamp-stamp-neutral-IMPOTENT ROAAARRR-shiiiiiii-oof-darkness
Fair enough Jim and I'm not completely opposed to your proposition, but in my experience the times you need first entering or exiting a turn are vanishingly rare. t.Struggling to find neutral is annoying, but not generally dangerous (because you're already stopped).
stamp-stamp-stamp-stamp-first-onwards! is an awful lot safer than stamp-stamp-stamp-stamp-neutral-IMPOTENT ROAAARRR-shiiiiiii-oof-darkness
Most sportsbikes would spit you off in a twinkling for such hubris.
Also - FWIW - an elusive neutral on a Brit bike is usually down to a poorly adjusted clutch. On Japanese sportsbikes it's more usually associated with neglected oilchanges. Again - in my experience. YMMV.
But I take your point, there are more than enough traps awaiting the unwary on a bike. It's all part of the joy of motorcycling ain't it.
Doofus said:
glenrobbo said:
Why do TV reports about global warming and carbon emissions always show images of steam rising from giant cooling towers?
Presumably because to the uninitiated it looks like stloads of smoke.....although the heat that's been generated to create the water vapour will have probably been created through the burning of coal or oil so there is a loose visual relevance.
Mr Penguin said:
Fastchas said:
In Top Gear’s ‘challenges’ where Clarkson drives the Bugatti or Mustang across Europe and the other two take public transport, you always see the LR Discovery camera car in front of Clarkson.
Do they use several camera cars or is the Disco always in front of the Bugatti etc therefore doing the journey just as quickly?
They do the interior shots with Clarkson going out, then go back to do the outside shots later with one of the production crew driving.Do they use several camera cars or is the Disco always in front of the Bugatti etc therefore doing the journey just as quickly?
Most cars will be just as fast as a Bugatti on those trips because going much faster than the speed limit will attract attention from the police.
StevieBee said:
Doofus said:
glenrobbo said:
Why do TV reports about global warming and carbon emissions always show images of steam rising from giant cooling towers?
Presumably because to the uninitiated it looks like stloads of smoke.....although the heat that's been generated to create the water vapour will have probably been created through the burning of coal or oil so there is a loose visual relevance.
Something quick and easy thst the plebs can easily relate to I'd guess.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
chemistry said:
How do steel pans (steel drums) work?
I don’t understand how hitting different parts of the same thing produces different notes.
If you look closely at one you'll see that they are faceted. Each facet is tuned to produce a different noteI don’t understand how hitting different parts of the same thing produces different notes.
Granadier said:
Reminds me of the times when Michael Palin is in Africa, travelling with one cameraman: We see Palin get on a train and train drives off, leaving camera crew behind... next shot is inside the train, crew is with Palin... I bet 1,000 people in a hurry to get to Timbuktu were really happy the train had to stop and reverse back to the station to pick up these timewasting foreigners.
That happened to me in India with an American film crew. The locals thought it was great fun and did everything possible to make it look good. Personally I didn't care; I was getting paid either way. But it took all day.
I loved India with all my heart FWIW.
chemistry said:
How do steel pans (steel drums) work?
I don’t understand how hitting different parts of the same thing produces different notes.
I would imagine that each strike produces two (at least) notes. One being that of the whole pan vibrating, the other being that of the particular facet which has received a hit and is resonating. The resonance of the tuned segment thus being the louder tone and the one your mind focuses on. The other tuned segments of the drum are sized to resonate at different frequencies and thus will not resonate with the frequency added by the section you've just hit.I don’t understand how hitting different parts of the same thing produces different notes.
In a similar way, if you play and quickly damp a note on an acoustic guitar, you'll hear the rest all humming in some form of sympathy, but nothing like as loud as the string you have just directed the energy to.
Edited by glazbagun on Monday 20th March 23:58
Error_404_Username_not_found said:
Granadier said:
Reminds me of the times when Michael Palin is in Africa, travelling with one cameraman: We see Palin get on a train and train drives off, leaving camera crew behind... next shot is inside the train, crew is with Palin... I bet 1,000 people in a hurry to get to Timbuktu were really happy the train had to stop and reverse back to the station to pick up these timewasting foreigners.
That happened to me in India with an American film crew. The locals thought it was great fun and did everything possible to make it look good. Personally I didn't care; I was getting paid either way. But it took all day.
I loved India with all my heart FWIW.
By the way, agree fully on India, I lived there for a bit and miss it every day.
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