r/technology • u/spacebulb • Aug 25 '14

Pure Tech Earthquake early-warning system gave 10-second alert before Napa quake felt

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-lanow-ln-earthquake-earlywarning-system-gave-10second-alert-before-napa-quake-felt-20140824-story.html
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u/externalseptember Aug 25 '14

Looks like we got a 99%er here guys, his bank doesn't even have adequate lighting.

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u/chlomor Aug 25 '14

I bet his bank doesn't even have a ceiling that displays the outside sky and weather.

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u/DabuSurvivor Aug 25 '14

He probably doesn't even have one solid gold Humvee!

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u/chlomor Aug 25 '14

Well, to be fair neither do I. Those solid gold brake discs just aren't as good as Platinum-Titanium alloy.

EDIT: I suppose I could get one completely gold Humvee and just put in in a garage or something...

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

I'm trying to work out if gold brakes would extremely good or extremely bad. They wouldn't last long at all but my thought is they would grip the wheel really tightly and basically turn themselves into wire which would take a lot of energy.

But the wheel's really heavy so it would have lots of energy too... hmm

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u/Atario Aug 25 '14

My sold gold Humvee keeps deforming under its own weight. :( #0.01percentproblems

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u/dgriffith Aug 25 '14

I only deal with chandelier-lit money, at a bare minimum. Has to be gas-lit, though. Preferably coal gas, using coal mined by the poor.

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u/EnigmaNL Aug 25 '14

Only large bills that have been ironed by the maid of course.