there's way neater completely untested ideas out there
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago)
having a press conference to present a scifi idea is what people are making fun of
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago)
he even pretends to know how much it will cost
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago)
lol
i blame snowden
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 23:53 (eleven years ago)
Guys, I have this awesome idea and am pretty sure I can put one in every major airport for like $40-50 tops.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01729/star_1729224c.jpg
― Here's the storify, of a lovely ladify (Phil D.), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 00:48 (eleven years ago)
i already made that joek
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 00:55 (eleven years ago)
HYPERCUBE
― failed skirty tropes (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 00:56 (eleven years ago)
funny how billionaires always end up in hubris
― the rofflestomper (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 00:58 (eleven years ago)
i've drawn a big elastic band that will be able to shoot people across country at Mach 4 let's do this
― failed skirty tropes (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 00:59 (eleven years ago)
― lag∞n, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 11:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
like what
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:11 (eleven years ago)
who the hell is this Elon Musk guy to estimate the cost of an engineering project
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:13 (eleven years ago)
he's no ilxor that's for sure
― darraghmac, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago)
well i haven't FP'd him yet so
― failed skirty tropes (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago)
oooh i bet he could come up with a better system than fp
― darraghmac, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago)
like it would only take like 2, 3 tops to ban a fucker
― darraghmac, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:16 (eleven years ago)
say what you want about this guy, at least he made the hyperloops run on time
― failed skirty tropes (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:17 (eleven years ago)
admittedly it's impressive that he's had success in software, auto manufacturing, and aerospace, but isn't a massive public works project like this a different thing altogether?
― wk, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:20 (eleven years ago)
Don't forget solar.
― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago)
I think it was entirely reasonable for him to give a cost estimate at this press conference xp
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:28 (eleven years ago)
i'm not sure the tesla and space x count as engineering triumphs
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:55 (eleven years ago)
dude is a genius entrepreneur, not a genius engineer
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:57 (eleven years ago)
well i guess space x is pretty cool but not cheaper or better than nasa, the tesla is like 100k
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 02:01 (eleven years ago)
I think it's pretty reasonable to be skeptical of a figure that's almost 1/10th of what's being spent on actual proven existing technology.
― wk, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:30 (eleven years ago)
Well ya thats why he thinks his idea is better
― darraghmac, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:31 (eleven years ago)
Cracking up at article that bolstered dudes cred with "Tony stark is partially based on him in the popular im movies!"
― you're better off in a supersonic jet (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:31 (eleven years ago)
yeah, make believe ideas do tend to be better and cheaper than messy reality.
― wk, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:36 (eleven years ago)
Wwtsd
― you're better off in a supersonic jet (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:37 (eleven years ago)
wtsiw
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago)
Actually SpaceX is considerably cheaper than NASA. NASA even agrees: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/586023main_8-3-11_NAFCOM.pdf
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 04:30 (eleven years ago)
that's because they're organizationally leaner, not because they've invented a cheaper spacecraft
― the late great, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 13:34 (eleven years ago)
http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/loopy-ideas-are-fine-if-youre-an-entrepreneur/
― iatee, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 13:55 (eleven years ago)
well sure that's fine for elon
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:41 (eleven years ago)
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 9:13 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
estimate
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago)
lasertrain will only cost $1 because light is free
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago)
lose organizational fat with this one weird trick
― MAVEN! (Matt P), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 15:01 (eleven years ago)
i admit the only reason i'm in this thread at all is i love saying Elon Musk in my head after every post
― MAVEN! (Matt P), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 15:06 (eleven years ago)
no one's real name sounds more like a cologne
― HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 15:11 (eleven years ago)
ELON MUSK...by fabergé
― you're better off in a supersonic jet (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 15:14 (eleven years ago)
Two weeks before his Hyperloop announcement, Musk quietly met with the founder of ET3, an even-faster, already patented tube transport system.
Daryl Oster and five people from his company ET3 made the trip to 1 Rocket Road in Hawthorne, California, the headquarters of SpaceX. Its CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk had invited the engineer and former stockbroker over for a chat. Musk was interested in Oster's idea for an Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) system that he said would let people travel from New York to L.A. in 45 minutes.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3015704/futurist-forum/how-much-did-this-hyperloop-lookalike-inspire-elon-musk
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago)
dang 45 mins
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago)
eat the rich
― MAVEN! (Matt P), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 16:37 (eleven years ago)
Elon Musk @elonmusk 23 AugWill post video next week of designing a rocket part with hand gestures & then immediately printing it in titanium
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 03:24 (eleven years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/5pGi2W7.gif
― HOOS it because...of steen???? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 14:26 (eleven years ago)
hahaha
― Domo Arigato, Demi Lovato (Phil D.), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago)
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:44 (eleven years ago)
nice
― "Asshole Lost in Coughdrop": THAT'S a story (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago)
http://recode.net/2014/04/03/at-hbos-silicon-valley-premiere-elon-musk-is-pissed/
He is REALLY into Burning Man
― polyphonic, Friday, 4 April 2014 06:21 (eleven years ago)
“The parties in Silicon Valley are amazing" lol i dont believe u
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 April 2014 11:06 (eleven years ago)
I was just having a meeting with my information security team, and they’re great but they’re pretty fucking weird — one used to be a dude, one’s super small
what the actual fuck is this shit
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 4 April 2014 12:13 (eleven years ago)