Month: July 2003

Rolled BMW M3

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I heard about this from one of the LSC BMW CCA mailing lists. And, of all places, this picture sequence of a BMW M3 rolling over was posted on a Mazda 6 message board. The shots must have been taken in continuous-shot mode since there’re ten shots but I can only imagine that it occured within a span of a couple seconds. I’m interested in any conjectures on what the continuous-shot framerate may have been (some cameras with this feature allow selectable framerates).

You’ll also notice that they’re meta-photographs and, even though they turned out well, I would think that the originals would be even better.

In some ways, my favorite picture is #4 — you could just about caption it “This is the last instant where you’ll see your windshield intact and roof taut. Enjoy it for now.” Schadenfreude aside, you can really feel the fellow’s heartwrench in that last shot. See also more shots of the aftermath further down in this thread.

Turning the Tables on Employers

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Dave Suthibut is an unemployed San Fransisco resident. Sick of the way employers were treating job candidates in this economy, he decided to turn the tables and move forward as if it were 1998 once more:

Well, as one of those desperate job seekers who sent out thousands of resumes to jobs I felt I was qualified for — and who was treated with thinly veiled ennui by the few interviewers with whom I managed to gain face time — I finally decided enough was enough. […] If they were going to act arrogant and self-important, then I was going to respond in kind — by appplying to jobs using the most obnoxious, aggressive attitude I could muster. I decided to begin all email job inquiries by asking how much they were paying, and how many vacation days I would get. I also adopted a terse, blunt writing style that made it sound like I was doing employers a favor just by inquiring about the job. Bascially, I decided to act like a complete asshole, because, in my opinion, that's how many employers were (and still are) acting.

Courageous and hilarious? Yes — he even manages to muster the tone of Office Space’s Lumbergh at times. But is this a smart job-finding strategy? Hmm, I don’t think so ;). (via fuckthatjob)