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\"RollerIt can imitate any roller coaster move, and do some that it can’t, and it can even let you decide on what moves you want it to throw you through. So why doesn’t this robotic roller coaster<\/a> give me a thrill, at least in concept?<\/p>\n

Maybe I’m too tied to actual idea of roller coaster cars moving. Maybe the anticipation of where you’re going to go next, seeing the track ahead, knowing your stuck with it (and being able to brace for it) has some old-fashioned charm for me.<\/p>\n

True — it’s a lot less land-intensive. But, then, I’m not sure that the physical presence of a roller coaster isn’t part of the fun. This just seems too much like a Star Tours<\/i>-style “roller coaster in a box” sort of thing.<\/p>\n

It also seems like it would be really easy to get violently ill on it. Though I suppose some folks would consider that <\/i>charming.<\/p>\n

(That it runs on Windows is … perhaps more of a thrill ride than I need.)<\/p>\n

(via RISKS<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It can imitate any roller coaster move, and do some that it can’t, and it can even let you decide on what moves you want it to throw you through….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11428,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/30\/on_a_roller_coaster_ride.html","url_meta":{"origin":4443,"position":0},"title":"On a roller coaster ride","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 30-Aug-07 7:57am","format":false,"excerpt":"The most dangerous\u00a0part of a roller coaster ride -- from a heart-racing cardiovascular perspective -- isn't the going down biggest drop, the sharpest curve, or anything like that.\u00a0 It's the...","rel":"","context":"In "Health"","block_context":{"text":"Health","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/health"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32644,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/27\/rail-guns-for-aircraft-carrier-launches.html","url_meta":{"origin":4443,"position":1},"title":"Rail guns for aircraft carrier launches","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 27-Feb-13 2:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Very cool. 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