Awesome stuff you see on the internet

[antipodean]

Stefan Bellof once lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife in a Porsche 956 in 6 minutes, 11.13 seconds, a record that stood since 1983.

Porsche took their Le Mans winning 919, removed the restrictions, shed some weight and subsequently did a lap in 5 minutes, 19.546 seconds.

That's an average speed increase of 15% over the fastest previous.

[antipodean]

This is the video.

[Kruse]

@taniwharugby said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

apparently it's not alive, but, nah I'm good thanks...

Sweet - added to the list of (fucked up) things to do in Japan next year.
I'm definitely going to eat that... while watching the original OldBoy.

[Hooroo]

@antipodean said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

Stefan Bellof once lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife in a Porsche 956 in 6 minutes, 11.13 seconds, a record that stood since 1983.

Porsche took their Le Mans winning 919, removed the restrictions, shed some weight and subsequently did a lap in 5 minutes, 19.546 seconds.

That's an average speed increase of 15% over the fastest previous.

How far is a lap?

That’s an incredible mark up

[Bones]

@NTA you might like this one.

[jegga]

@hooroo https://jalopnik.com/onboard-view-shows-how-porsche-destroyed-the-all-time-n-1827235601

[Tim]

For Narcos fans:

[NTA]

@bones said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

@NTA you might like this one.

Her double-kick is insane

[Chris B.]

@antipodean I shoulda read the fine print!

[antipodean]

@hooroo 20.8 km. Average speed of new lap record: 234 km/h

[taniwharugby]

Video

[antipodean]

I found this particularly interesting

[Tim]

[mariner4life]

@antipodean that was a great presentation!

[Siam]

Man this was a pleasant surprise. After 10 days in a flooded cave I thought for sure they'd be toast. Tough little buggers

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12082498

In a longer version of the video, when the English diver reaches them and starts talking the wee fella on the right says to his mate, in Thai, "Fuck what, have we gone so far in we're under England?!"

At one point in the video they all stand up because one of the boys sess the camera and says "they're taking a photo, quick stand up, photo"

And when the English speaking kid says eat eat eat, he's prompted by his mate saying "tell him I'm fucking hungry!"

funny little feckers

[mooshld]

@siam

They are saying now it may take months to get them out. They may have to teach them to dive before they can get them out. Madness.

[Hooroo]

@mooshld said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

@siam

They are saying now it may take months to get them out. They may have to teach them to dive before they can get them out. Madness.

I haven't read much about this but how did they get in there in the first place?

[Machpants]

Walked, then it flooded as it's monsoon season. For another four months until it'll stop raining enough to mostly walk out. They're 2-3 km into the cave (WHAT THE FUCK WAS THE COACH THINKING?) and a km down

[taniwharugby]

@mooshld apparently many cant even swim.

I expect some scriptwriters are furiously getting something together as the story unfolds.

[WillieTheWaiter]

give them an ipad with fortnite and they won't even notice the months passing..