Perfect timing. I was watching Mythbusters tonight, it was the whirlpool episode. They had a clip of the footage in it.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ~Albert Einstein
Artificial intelligence is no match for human stupidity. ~anon

Face it, it can't be done.

That Youtube clip goes for over two minutes- that's a *long* train.

That's very impressive to see some one actually do the sort of things I've only seen in computer games. If there ever was a real life Tomb Raider, it's this guy.

Brilliant.

I'm trying to find one for DAT tapes.

Congratulations!
Neatorama is at the bottom of my list of RSS feeds. It's nice to have something light-hearted after all the serious (and usually downbeat) news from everywhere else.

No, because it will reach terminal velocity and accelerate no further.

Very cool animation.

I've confused several people by handing over loose change (I always find it after I hand over a $20) and asking them to take the change they'll give me and my coins in exchange for $5.

Best example of staff not knowing what they were talking about (not restaurant related, unfortunately) was the guy who told me to download my modem drivers off the internet.

I could see someone trying to use them to climb walls like Spiderman.

Bah. I meant 'their'. We need an edit function.

People with way too much free time on there hands is what make the internet great.

Bravo. :)

It's just like Darth Vader's

ROTFLMAO! :D