Strictly Street

Handcarts?

He looks happy to have made it. Iron butt for sure.

WTF?

Interesting approach none the less. Making the robot fit the machine instead of the other way around. The bike appears to be mostly stock. The robot shifts just like we do. Interesting design.

Interesting take on self-driving vehicles. http://www.wired.com/2016/01/yamahas-motobot-will-make-human-motorcyclists-look-pathetic/

Didn't see this posted yet so.... Yamaha just recalled every unit of it's new flagship superbike, the R1, due to major transmission problems - and this has a lot of owners very angry. Here's how this recall could be a make-or-break moment for Yamaha. The 2015 R1 is a spectacular machine - but a major recall like this could give Yamaha's reputation a black eye if they don't handle it properly.Last week, after a number of rumors that Yamaha was experiencing problems with the gearbox in it's flagship superbike, a recall was finally announced - and it's a big one. Yamaha is recalling every unit sold of the all-new R1 - over 3500 units - and replacing the entire transmission on all of them. It's going to be a big, expensive recall for Yamaha, and a headache for owners of the bike. But instead of being a black eye on Yamaha's reputation, it could actually be an opportunity for them to enhance customer loyalty - if they handle it right. More at Bike Bandit: http://www.bikebandit.com/blog/post/how-yamaha-s-massive-r1-recall-is-an-opportunity-in-disguise?roi=echo3-31637267263-32742501-2b29e44351e412db73149641d6775af0&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bbnews&utm_source=Fri_108015_bbnews&utm_content=r1_recall_opportunity

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4269/text SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2015”. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. (a) In General.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting after paragraph (29) the following: “(30) The term ‘semiautomatic pistol’ means any repeating pistol that— “(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber the next round; and “(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge. “(31) The term ‘semiautomatic shotgun’ means any repeating shotgun that— “(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber the next round; and “(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge.”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(36) The term ‘semiautomatic assault weapon’ means any of the following, regardless of country of manufacture or caliber of ammunition accepted: “(A) A semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and any 1 of the following: “(i) A pistol grip. “(ii) A forward grip. “(iii) A folding, telescoping, or detachable stock. “(iv) A grenade launcher or rocket launcher. “(v) A barrel shroud. “(vi) A threaded barrel. “(B) A semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, except for an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. “© Any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun. “(D) A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and any 1 of the following: “(i) A threaded barrel. “(ii) A second pistol grip. “(iii) A barrel shroud. “(iv) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip. “(v) A semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm. “(E) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds. “(F) A semiautomatic shotgun that has any 1 of the following: “(i) A folding, telescoping, or detachable stock. “(ii) A pistol grip. “(iii) A fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds. “(iv) The ability to accept a detachable magazine. “(v) A forward grip. “(vi) A grenade launcher or rocket launcher. “(G) Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder. “(H) All of the following rifles, copies, duplicates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capability of any such weapon thereof: “(i) All AK types, including the following: “(I) AK, AK47, AK47S, AK–74, AKM, AKS, ARM, MAK90, MISR, NHM90, NHM91, Rock River Arms LAR–47, SA85, SA93, Vector Arms AK–47, VEPR, WASR–10, and WUM. “(II) IZHMASH Saiga AK. “(III) MAADI AK47 and ARM. “(IV) Norinco 56S, 56S2, 84S, and 86S. “(V) Poly Technologies AK47 and AKS. “(ii) All AR types, including the following: “(I) AR–10. “(II) AR–15. “(III) Armalite M15 22LR Carbine. “(IV) Armalite M15–T. “(V) Barrett REC7. “(VI) Beretta AR–70. “(VII) Bushmaster ACR. “(VIII) Bushmaster Carbon 15. “(IX) Bushmaster MOE series. “(X) Bushmaster XM15. “(XI) Colt Match Target Rifles. “(XII) DoubleStar AR rifles. “(XIII) DPMS Tactical Rifles. “(XIV) Heckler & Koch MR556. “(XV) Olympic Arms. “(XVI) Remington R–15 rifles. “(XVII) Rock River Arms LAR–15. “(XVIII) Sig Sauer SIG516 rifles. “(XIX) Smith & Wesson M&P15 Rifles. “(XX) Stag Arms AR rifles. “(XXI) Sturm, Ruger & Co. SR556 rifles. “(iii) Barrett M107A1. “(iv) Barrett M82A1. “(v) Beretta CX4 Storm. “(vi) Calico Liberty Series. “(vii) CETME Sporter. “(viii) Daewoo K–1, K–2, Max 1, Max 2, AR 100, and AR 110C. “(ix) Fabrique Nationale/FN Herstal FAL, LAR, 22 FNC, 308 Match, L1A1 Sporter, PS90, SCAR, and FS2000. “(x) Feather Industries AT–9. “(xi) Galil Model AR and Model ARM. “(xii) Hi-Point Carbine. “(xiii) HK–91, HK–93, HK–94, HK–PSG–1, and HK USC. “(xiv) Kel-Tec Sub-2000, SU–16, and RFB. “(xv) SIG AMT, SIG PE–57, Sig Sauer SG 550, and Sig Sauer SG 551. “(xvi) Springfield Armory SAR–48. “(xvii) Steyr AUG. “(xviii) Sturm, Ruger Mini-14 Tactical Rife M–14/20CF. “(xix) All Thompson rifles, including the following: “(I) Thompson M1SB. “(II) Thompson T1100D. “(III) Thompson T150D. “(IV) Thompson T1B. “(V) Thompson T1B100D. “(VI) Thompson T1B50D. “(VII) Thompson T1BSB. “(VIII) Thompson T1–C. “(IX) Thompson T1D. “(X) Thompson T1SB. “(XI) Thompson T5. “(XII) Thompson T5100D. “(XIII) Thompson TM1. “(XIV) Thompson TM1C. “(xx) UMAREX UZI Rifle. “(xxi) UZI Mini Carbine, UZI Model A Carbine, and UZI Model B Carbine. “(xxii) Valmet M62S, M71S, and M78. “(xxiii) Vector Arms UZI Type. “(xxiv) Weaver Arms Nighthawk. “(xxv) Wilkinson Arms Linda Carbine. “(I) All of the following pistols, copies, duplicates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capability of any such weapon thereof: “(i) All AK–47 types, including the following: “(I) Centurion 39 AK pistol. “(II) Draco AK–47 pistol. “(III) HCR AK–47 pistol. “(IV) IO Inc. Hellpup AK–47 pistol. “(V) Krinkov pistol. “(VI) Mini Draco AK–47 pistol. “(VII) Yugo Krebs Krink pistol. “(ii) All AR–15 types, including the following: “(I) American Spirit AR–15 pistol. “(II) Bushmaster Carbon 15 pistol. “(III) DoubleStar Corporation AR pistol. “(IV) DPMS AR–15 pistol. “(V) Olympic Arms AR–15 pistol. “(VI) Rock River Arms LAR 15 pistol. “(iii) Calico Liberty pistols. “(iv) DSA SA58 PKP FAL pistol. “(v) Encom MP–9 and MP–45. “(vi) Heckler & Koch model SP–89 pistol. “(vii) Intratec AB–10, TEC–22 Scorpion, TEC–9, and TEC–DC9. “(viii) Kel-Tec PLR 16 pistol. “(ix) The following MAC types: “(I) MAC–10. “(II) MAC–11. “(III) Masterpiece Arms MPA A930 Mini Pistol, MPA460 Pistol, MPA Tactical Pistol, and MPA Mini Tactical Pistol. “(IV) Military Armament Corp. Ingram M–11. “(V) Velocity Arms VMAC. “(x) Sig Sauer P556 pistol. “(xi) Sites Spectre. “(xii) All Thompson types, including the following: “(I) Thompson TA510D. “(II) Thompson TA5. “(xiii) All UZI types, including Micro-UZI. “(J) All of the following shotguns, copies, duplicates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capability of any such weapon thereof: “(i) Franchi LAW–12 and SPAS 12. “(ii) All IZHMASH Saiga 12 types, including the following: “(I) IZHMASH Saiga 12. “(II) IZHMASH Saiga 12S. “(III) IZHMASH Saiga 12S EXP–01. “(IV) IZHMASH Saiga 12K. “(V) IZHMASH Saiga 12K–030. “(VI) IZHMASH Saiga 12K–040 Taktika. “(iii) Streetsweeper. “(iv) Striker 12. “(K) All belt-fed semiautomatic firearms, including TNW M2HB. “(L) Any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraphs (A) through (K) can be assembled. “(M) The frame or receiver of a rifle or shotgun described in subparagraph (A), (B), ©, (F), (G), (H), (J), or (K).

http://consumerist.com/2015/12/28/tigerdirect-has-new-owner-wont-accept-returns/ You may remember TigerDirect, a consumer electronics seller that has a website and once had stores across the country. They’re probably best known for acquiring the brands and assets of CompUSA and Circuit City when both chains filed for bankruptcy and went out of business. Now competitor PCM has purchased the TigerDirect brand, and appears to be winding down its consumer-facing business… including abruptly doing away with returns. Any returns. I never could get rebates from this company - finally gave up on them totally.

More surprises today. So it would seem that it is an enhanced database of voter records plus additional info. Private big data companies come to mind instantly. http://nationbuilder.com/ Nation Builder: Used and trusted by over 7,000 customers in 98 countries Looks to be a massive organization of social activism. Perhaps their hiring a few good database people?

State by state sure. Inevitable that a federal database would be made. The numbers are interesting, Looks like 1/4 of the voters are swing voters, no party registration. Some number like 1/2 of the people actually vote. Who owns the database is still in question. It does take some cash to run the hardware so I'm guessing we'll know who soon enough.

http://www.cnet.com/news/massive-trove-of-voters-election-data-discovered-on-web/ A misconfigured database has exposed the personal information on more than 191 million US voter records, according to Chris Vickery, a security researcher who made the discovery and shared his findings with Databreaches.net for a story published Monday. The database contains information required for voter registration -- including names, home addresses, date of birth and home phone numbers -- as well as voting history since 2000. By comparison, the US Census Bureau found that 142.2 million US citizens were registered to vote in 2014 (PDF). Quite a database! Wonder who the ~50 million other voters were/are? All Hail our lizard overlords!

So, roughly 500 million people want to kill me because I don't want to live in the seventh century. Is that about it? Hmmm. The Crusades was not about hating Islam. It was about kicking them out of the country and sending them home. Hmm,,, Invasion by immigration. Ok, haters, go off on this..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_To-cV94Bo I know, a different, not politically correct view is inherently evil and always wrong, right? Sigh... And yet, I seem to apoligise for even pointing this out, wonder why that is? Like I fear the social Justice warriors that will try to marginalize my post or accuse me of micro-agressions against some minority which has "most favored victim" status. Watching the TV news is just painful and very sad. Morons on parade.

Kinda reminds me of Star Wars somehow

What? No mention of the Peacock fashion forward helmet?

Here's the science of the "Other" study. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3359953/Humans-evolved-supersleepers-Researchers-better-sleep-time-nearest-relatives.html Now we are "Super Sleepers"! How humans have evolved into 'supersleepers': Researchers find we get better sleep in less time than our nearest relativesHumans sleep an average of 7 hours, while other primates sleep up to 17Longer periods of deep sleep stages help humans rest more efficientlyEarly humans shortened their sleep patterns long before artificial light

Too much sleep is 'AS bad for your health as smoking and drinking alcohol': More than 9 hours a night means you're '4 TIMES more likely to die early' Sleeping more than 9 hours puts you at a higher risk of premature deathInactive people who sleep and sit a lot are 4 times as likely to die youngResearchers said this combination is as deadly as smoking and drinkingThe results come from 45 And Up, Australia's largest health study We’re often told that sleep is the best medicine. But, a new study revealed that too much sleep is hazardous to your health. Sleeping more than nine hours a night – combined with sitting too much during the day and a lack of exercise – can be just as bad for you as smoking and drinking alcohol. People living sedentary lives are four times as likely to die early, experts warned. We are all doomed! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3356642/Too-sleep-bad-health-smoking-drinking-alcohol-9-hours-night-means-4-TIMES-likely-die-early.html Not enough sleep will kill you. too much sleep will kill you. The bottom line seems to be that you will die. I do love the studies that help us live better lives... Bacon, no bacon.... Eggs=cholesterol vs Eggs don't = cholesterol Global warming Dogs and cats living together. rainfall and wetness. Sigh... Is there a "study" that actually helps people? Anybody got one that actually makes sense? No, not the lesbian sex study. but you have already clicked the link haven't you.... http://www.refinery29.com/2014/08/73012/lesbian-orgasms-study Sigh... The media doesn't lead us around by the topic of the day...... or do they?

Is that a Royal Enfield?

Offering "proof" implies that the concept was in question in the first place.

Syed Farook,Tashfeen Malik, his wife and his brother. All local talent, US citizens. Assault rifles, body Armour, extra magazines, pipe bombs, organized attacks. Middle east travelers to visit warzones in the past. Devout Muslims. Developing... Seems the media has hit all the high points. Cue the media circus. Now for the standard reactions from the media pundants and politicians. Today's TV is making this the fault of the NRA somehow. Obama's immigration policy just took a hit. Trump just got a boost.