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(Some Guy)   Lockheed Martin's latest military vehicle: "These will exceed the specifications and I will tell you, very hard to tip over." Apparently, that doesn't apply to journalists taking it on a test drive   (news10now.com) divider line
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m0llusk  
2009-08-14 2:03:42 PM  
That video player isn't much more reliable, but fortunately this is also on YouTube.
 
timujin  
2009-08-14 2:27:16 PM  
m0llusk: That video player isn't much more reliable, but fortunately this is also on YouTube.

Does that include the actual crash? I didn't have a problem with the player, but if you're going to talk about a crash and there's not only a camera inside but also outside the truck, I expect to see what actually happened, not just some dork talking and then cut to a smoking wreck.
 
gopher321 [OhFark]  
2009-08-14 2:29:11 PM  
Well, I'm sure another billion or two in a government contract will fix that right up.
 
Tr0mBoNe [TotalFark]  
2009-08-14 3:13:30 PM  
I thought that was the new Lockheed COBRA. AKA: The SUV of the seas.
 
Dr.Knockboots  
2009-08-14 3:15:26 PM  
Should've went with Northrop.. those fellas know what they are making, and do it for less and do it better than Lockheed.
 
TheGreatZarquon  
2009-08-14 3:31:57 PM  
This is why you never name a piece if military technology after the Starship Titanic.
 
The Drunk IT Guy  
2009-08-14 4:07:54 PM  
This is the blue-balls of internet video..
 
chixdiggit  
2009-08-14 5:00:49 PM  
I'd feel safer in a Canyonero.
 
Merltech  
2009-08-14 5:02:55 PM  
Center of gravity
 
Uzzah  
2009-08-14 5:03:26 PM  

TheGreatZarquon: This is why you never name a piece if military technology after the Starship Titanic.


You mean the vehicle's called "Man, I can't believe how bad this game sucks!"? What a strange name...
 
IStateTheObvious  
2009-08-14 5:04:31 PM  
Link farked
 
averagejoe42  
2009-08-14 5:05:51 PM  
The above post is randomly generated, and changes each refresh.

/It's probably still relevant though.
 
eqtworld  
2009-08-14 5:06:52 PM  
Just wait til they have to deal with explosive devices laid out for them in Iraq.

Well, as long as one of our corporations is getting a juicy contract I guess the deaths of enlisted men don't matter.

/how much does this thing cost?
//i guess we can afford this but not healthcare..
 
HellblazerPrime  
2009-08-14 5:07:15 PM  
Link is working for me; not really worth the click, honestly. They blueball us hard WRT video of the actual crash; they only show the aftermath. The only redeeming quality is that the anchorbabe is cute as hell.
 
TommyDeuce [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
2009-08-14 5:07:24 PM  
So basically it's an armored Suzuki Samurai?
 
gorgor  
2009-08-14 5:09:15 PM  
Did they make the robot that spies on Volkwagen Beatles too?
 
Noam Chimpsky  
2009-08-14 5:09:42 PM  
That was just the "journalist model". The other ones don't tip over.
 
Zalan  
2009-08-14 5:09:50 PM  
the website is FAIL too.
 
fusillade762  
2009-08-14 5:11:22 PM  
Link's farkied for me.
 
djcunix [recently expired TotalFark]  
2009-08-14 5:11:29 PM  
I think they were talking about this. (new window)
 
Bomb Head Mohammed  
2009-08-14 5:12:15 PM  
<b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4574813&IDComment=53596907#c535 96907">Dr.Knockboots</a>:</b> <i>Should've went with Northrop.. those fellas know what they are making, and do it for less and do it better than Lockheed.</i>

Will this be like one of those mobile phone threads where some moran will extrapolate his personal little sob story to claim that "giant telco X is evil and incompetent, giant telco Y is much better" as if they were in any way appreciably different in aggregate? Or is this going to be just armchair defense contractor idiocy?
 
HotWingConspiracy  
2009-08-14 5:12:16 PM  
That's some damn fine engineering there, Lou.
 
Goooooober  
2009-08-14 5:12:36 PM  
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/reporter_flips_lockheed_martin.ht ml


How did they get it to run long enought to flip?

PORK spending at it's best

How can I get a contract?
 
vaconex  
2009-08-14 5:12:42 PM  
I'll argue in favor of the military specs.

1. The journalists have no training nor was he paying attention to the track
2. Who the hell knows if he just didn't hit a stump/barrier/puddle/foxhole/landmine.
3. It is still in early testing.

Now in favor of the jounalists:

1. Anyone should be able to drive it well, under fire, being injured and on fire/shot at/landminded.
2. All the journalist did was drive it down a test track.
3. He wasn't going that fast and the military sucks/is stupid/unsafe/under-funded.

I doubt I could drive a NASCAR car very well even though it is just a car on a track. I also doubt it'll flip over if I'm doing less than the top specs.
 
fark the casbah  
2009-08-14 5:12:57 PM  
This is why we can't have nice things.
 
Fritriac  
2009-08-14 5:14:01 PM  
Not really farked, but slow as sloth shiat.

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/*pfffffft*
//and, yes, it's hot (about 50.000 Scoville)
 
scarmig [TotalFark]  
2009-08-14 5:18:09 PM  
Make something idiot-proof and the universe implements a better idiot.
 
Podna  
2009-08-14 5:18:33 PM  

chixdiggit: I'd feel safer in a Canyonero.


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TheGreatZarquon  
2009-08-14 5:21:18 PM  

scarmig: Make something idiot-proof and the universe implements a better idiot.


This fact is found in most programming manuals.
 
ghall3  
2009-08-14 5:22:04 PM  
Lockheed is sooooo unreliable.

/I may or may not work for Boeing
 
Gyrony  
2009-08-14 5:24:57 PM  
Does Not Approve!
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eqtworld  
2009-08-14 5:26:51 PM  
At least they were not as unlucky as the reporters aboard this Airbus demo fight (new window)
 
Life_is_a_carnivore  
2009-08-14 5:27:16 PM  
Well, we can rule out Captain Slow then....
 
Doverlord2  
2009-08-14 5:27:57 PM  
I want my 5 minutes back.
 
fernt  
2009-08-14 5:29:43 PM  
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Madbeefer  
2009-08-14 5:29:56 PM  
This is why contractors shouldn't be building anything for the DOD. I have seen enough of what most contractors call quality to know they are full of fail.
Its like they want to suck.
/end QA inspector rant.
 
WrestlerManager  
2009-08-14 5:31:26 PM  
Fliped over turing on level ground. I'll bet it'll do great with an IED.
 
ghall3  
2009-08-14 5:32:37 PM  

Madbeefer: This is why contractors shouldn't be building anything for the DOD. I have seen enough of what most contractors call quality to know they are full of fail.
Its like they want to suck.
/end QA inspector rant.


If the DoD didn't want exceptional performance for the cheapest price we wouldn't have problems like these though. They ignore possible problems in favor of saving a few (million) bucks
 
theorellior  
2009-08-14 5:32:44 PM  
So, who will be the first Fark Independent™ to come in here and say that because the military is a government organization this video is proof positive we shouldn't have a public health care option?
 
kumanoki  
2009-08-14 5:32:51 PM  
When's the military going to start making these?
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Warthog [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
2009-08-14 5:34:21 PM  

theorellior: So, who will be the first Fark Independent™ to come in here and say that because the military is a government organization this video is proof positive we shouldn't have a public health care option?


Your brain is farting at me. Make it stop.
 
Blind_Io  
2009-08-14 5:35:45 PM  
Just because it's hard to tip over doesn't mean it's impossible.
 
Madbeefer  
2009-08-14 5:39:10 PM  
Madbeefer: This is why contractors shouldn't be building anything for the DOD. I have seen enough of what most contractors call quality to know they are full of fail.
Its like they want to suck.
/end QA inspector rant.

If the DoD didn't want exceptional performance for the cheapest price we wouldn't have problems like these though. They ignore possible problems in favor of saving a few (million) bucks


Im not saying its not the DODs own fault. But the whole giving contracts out to whatever company owns more politicians needs to stop. Id like to see almost all the work go back to federal employees who are driven by quality instead of profit.
 
TheGreatZarquon  
2009-08-14 5:40:32 PM  

kumanoki: When's the military going to start making these?


As soon as they can figure out how to power it with the swearing of homophobic 13 year olds via Xbox Live.
 
srtpointman  
2009-08-14 5:42:53 PM  

TheGreatZarquon: kumanoki: When's the military going to start making these?

As soon as they can figure out how to power it with the swearing of homophobic 13 year olds via Xbox Live.


Funny you mention that. I haven't been called a "homo" or "fag" more than when I started playing on xbox live.
 
Rann Xerox [TotalFark]  
2009-08-14 5:48:36 PM  
*VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOMMMMMM*
*CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSHHHHHHH*

It's an ED-209 with wheels.
 
KrispyKritter  
2009-08-14 5:49:32 PM  
fark the casbah: "This is why we can't have nice things."

I LOL'd.
 
IMDWalrus  
2009-08-14 5:51:11 PM  

averagejoe42: The above post is randomly generated, and changes each refresh.

/It's probably still relevant though.


What I saw the first time I loaded this page:

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/spooky - it WAS relevant
 
akula  
2009-08-14 5:52:37 PM  

theorellior: So, who will be the first Fark Independent™ to come in here and say that because the military is a government organization this video is proof positive we shouldn't have a public health care option?


I'll pass, but you already have the "First Farxist to straw man the discussion with an irrelevant comment" down, so I think we're good.
 
kumanoki  
2009-08-14 5:53:21 PM  

srtpointman: TheGreatZarquon: kumanoki: When's the military going to start making these?

As soon as they can figure out how to power it with the high-pitched swearing of hyper, Mountain Dew guzzling, socially retarded homophobic 13 year olds via Xbox Live.

Funny you mention that. I haven't been called a "homo" or "fag" more than when I started playing on xbox live.


FTFY
/hear, hear
 
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