James May: James May's Big Ideas - Page 11

Seasonone · October 9th, 2008, 05:16 AM

I would have cut a lock of his hair and started an auction on here.

KaJuN · October 9th, 2008, 05:27 AM

James May is one of the very few celebrities I would want to sit down and have a drink with. Unlike so many other presenters he seems much more than just a personality for the cameras. He seems, well, like a normal person.

Shawn · October 9th, 2008, 05:34 AM

James just oozes coolness in my opinion, because being cool is all about not taking yourself too seriously and not trying too hard either. I would love to 'go down his local' for a pint. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

None of that dark beer he's into though, I'll have a Budweiser.

trist0608 · October 9th, 2008, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawn

James just oozes coolness in my opinion, because being cool is all about not taking yourself too seriously and not trying too hard either. I would love to 'go down his local' for a pint. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

None of that dark beer he's into though, I'll have a Budweiser.

I don't think James would chat with you if you were drinking Bud. He might make you camouflage the swill and tell everyone it was something better.

Nah, James wouldn't do that, but I would.

Shawn · October 9th, 2008, 08:20 AM

I was being sarcastic. I don't like dark beer, but I don't like Bud either.

Maybe I'll just have a shandy. Think he'd mind that? images/smilies/biggrin.gif

NooDle · October 9th, 2008, 09:28 AM

Finally watched this, and it was even better than ep1. The bionic eye was amazing, I knew they could do these sorts of things, but to see it in detail was very interesting.

all of the robots on the show were cool, but the bit at the ending with the virtual James May was pretty creepy. That and the "face" of the realistic humanoid robot.

really looking forward to the next ep. I just hope it's not a "we have to save energy because are planet is dying" showcase, but I don't suspect such a thing from Mr May

burning the hell out of a hotdog using nothing more the suns rays is cool though

pepitko · October 9th, 2008, 10:54 AM

great series, I also liked the 20th century.
There are some really cool gadgets/machines/robots out there, that nobody would know about if it wasn't for James images/smilies/smile.gif

fbc · October 9th, 2008, 10:55 AM

Another great episode - geez that robot modelled after the inventor was a bit too freaky for words though. Seeing Asimo learning the chair was fascinating though - truly impressive.

Buktu · October 11th, 2008, 03:41 PM

Asimo was impressive.

As James mentioned, it's quite easy to imagine one of those getting you a beer in the future. images/smilies/smile.gif

We're not gonna have to move at all images/smilies/tongue.gif

It'll be brilliant!

LindenChase · October 12th, 2008, 10:18 PM

Just watched the third and last episode. I read that this was the original idea that James had for the programme, "energy" being the one subject that interested him most. And I think it showed.

Quite a relief to see there are so many different different sort of techniques being developed to tap into all those sorts of energy. Good of him to point out that there is nothing "alternative" about it. Although he will probably be accused by Jezza and Richard of being a tree-hugger from now on. images/smilies/biggrin.gif

EJ25RUN · October 12th, 2008, 10:40 PM

viper could you please put up episode 3. I watched 1 & 2 and need more!

btw...the web site has a game.

http://www.open2.net/jamesmay/challe..._embedded.html

Speedtouch · October 12th, 2008, 10:48 PM

I found this one less totally interesting - because we've all seen it before - the solar and most of the tidal stuff. Although that turbine-blade-propeller thing I hadn't seen before. All of the stuff isn't successful because no-body can be bothered yet - its all say and no do (apart from these guys)

I actually laughed about the space-lift. Who would seriously think that could work. You would have to be going so fast (quick calculations show you would have to be going at 1500km/h (932mph in good money) for a full 24 hours before reaching your destination). I was wondering why NASA only were giving $2m out, but now I know why.

I would say the ONLY viable thing there was the final one (probably why it was last). Just one of those mirrors = 2-3 gallons of petrol a day? Replace those pathetic solar things like in Spain with those - you don't need to build a huge tower - and simply use the new fuel like we do the current stuff - burn it for electricity, then use the new technology that pumps the CO2 underground to dispose of it. What we need here is some collaboration. But seriously, if that stuff works, then the Americans need to stop fucking up the economy and invest in it.

And one final note: that melting metal was really surreal. Amazing.

DTMracer · October 12th, 2008, 11:42 PM

When's episode 3 going up?

Cobol74 · October 12th, 2008, 11:54 PM

Funny how the wave machine was uneconomic so investment was stopped but when they did the maths again they were wrong - conspiracy theory - nuclear lobby?

Now if we can not have the Severn Barrier because of the poor little wader birds what about several hundred of those tower thingies from Norther Ireland in the Severn FTMFW I say.

pfrocker · October 13th, 2008, 12:00 AM

Watched the 1st episode, currently watching 2nd.

The 1st episode in the bay area footage is weird to notice where he is going. The place where he was filming is very close to where I live. Damn I wish I knew when he was here so I could meet him.

Seasonone · October 13th, 2008, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by EJ25RUN

viper could you please put up episode 3. I watched 1 & 2 and need more!

Viper isn't the person who actually rips the episodes, he offers many many services but flying to the UK every week would be a bit much. He gets the file than puts it on a public tracker for everybody. Episode 3 will be on a public tracker once it's released by one of the groups. Sometimes it's fast (top gear is usually out around 1/2 hour after) but sometimes it takes days, it's all up to the release groups to get it out fast, not Viper. He isn't sitting at his comp laughing because he is the only one with the rip images/smilies/wink.gif

Cobol74 · October 13th, 2008, 12:17 AM

Appears on FTPs too sometime later.

/EDIT Food for thought from the series:

+ YouTube Video

Viper007Bond · October 13th, 2008, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Seasonone

He isn't sitting at his comp laughing because he is the only one with the rip images/smilies/wink.gif

Exactly. You think I just sit at my PC and hold onto rips rather than releasing them? Get some common sense. images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

EJ25RUN · October 13th, 2008, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Exactly. You think I just sit at my PC and hold onto rips rather than releasing them? Get some common sense. images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Guys, i did not mean it that way. I just wish that when the link does make way, please put up.

Viper007Bond · October 13th, 2008, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by EJ25RUN

I just wish that when the link does make way, please put up.

As I said, I of course will post a link as soon as I have one.

October 9th, 2008, 05:27 AM	#202
KaJuN Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: USAF Basic Training Age: 23 Posts: 4,628 Car: Land Rover Discovery, 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Rep Power: 91	James May is one of the very few celebrities I would want to sit down and have a drink with. Unlike so many other presenters he seems much more than just a personality for the cameras. He seems, well, like a normal person. __________________ D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ Yes we can! Join my fan club. You know you want a piece of this action!

October 9th, 2008, 05:34 AM	#203
Shawn Lexus? Oh shi- Joined: May 26th, 2005 Last Online: 04:15 AM Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 8,813 Car: IS250 RWD Rep Power: 93	James just oozes coolness in my opinion, because being cool is all about not taking yourself too seriously and not trying too hard either. I would love to 'go down his local' for a pint. None of that dark beer he's into though, I'll have a Budweiser.

October 9th, 2008, 09:28 AM	#206
NooDle Joined: Jul 20th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Belgium Age: 27 Posts: 3,204 Car: 2004 Opel Astra 2.2DTI Rep Power: 45	Finally watched this, and it was even better than ep1. The bionic eye was amazing, I knew they could do these sorts of things, but to see it in detail was very interesting. all of the robots on the show were cool, but the bit at the ending with the virtual James May was pretty creepy. That and the "face" of the realistic humanoid robot. really looking forward to the next ep. I just hope it's not a "we have to save energy because are planet is dying" showcase, but I don't suspect such a thing from Mr May burning the hell out of a hotdog using nothing more the suns rays is cool though __________________ James is cooler than anyone else in the world, ever.

October 9th, 2008, 10:54 AM	#207
pepitko Joined: Jan 22nd, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Hlohovec, Slovakia Age: 22 Posts: 358 Car: '04 Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDI Rep Power: 11	great series, I also liked the 20th century. There are some really cool gadgets/machines/robots out there, that nobody would know about if it wasn't for James __________________ "pooooooweeeerr" well, not in my car, that's for sure

October 9th, 2008, 10:55 AM	#208
fbc Mantastic! Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 03:32 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 10,644 Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 82	Another great episode - geez that robot modelled after the inventor was a bit too freaky for words though. Seeing Asimo learning the chair was fascinating though - truly impressive. __________________ www.sniffpetrol.com

October 9th, 2008, 05:16 AM	#201
Seasonone Joined: Jun 30th, 2008 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon USA Age: 24 Posts: 718 Car: RB25 "silvia" Rep Power: 19	I would have cut a lock of his hair and started an auction on here.

October 9th, 2008, 08:20 AM	#205
Shawn Lexus? Oh shi- Joined: May 26th, 2005 Last Online: 04:15 AM Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 8,813 Car: IS250 RWD Rep Power: 93	I was being sarcastic. I don't like dark beer, but I don't like Bud either. Maybe I'll just have a shandy. Think he'd mind that?

October 11th, 2008, 03:41 PM	#209
Buktu Joined: Nov 14th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Denmark Age: 19 Posts: 476 Car: Suzuki Swift 1.3 2006 Rep Power: 13	Asimo was impressive. As James mentioned, it's quite easy to imagine one of those getting you a beer in the future. We're not gonna have to move at all It'll be brilliant!

October 12th, 2008, 10:18 PM	#210
LindenChase Not A Dude Joined: Nov 28th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Posts: 267 Rep Power: 12	Just watched the third and last episode. I read that this was the original idea that James had for the programme, "energy" being the one subject that interested him most. And I think it showed. Quite a relief to see there are so many different different sort of techniques being developed to tap into all those sorts of energy. Good of him to point out that there is nothing "alternative" about it. Although he will probably be accused by Jezza and Richard of being a tree-hugger from now on. __________________ "I think fast track driving is a little like playing the bagpipes. A gentleman can, but doesn't." James May

October 12th, 2008, 10:40 PM	#211
EJ25RUN Joined: Nov 28th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Posts: 92 Rep Power: 9	viper could you please put up episode 3. I watched 1 & 2 and need more! btw...the web site has a game. http://www.open2.net/jamesmay/challe..._embedded.html Last edited by EJ25RUN; October 12th, 2008 at 10:48 PM..

October 12th, 2008, 10:48 PM	#212
Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,860 Rep Power: 34	I found this one less totally interesting - because we've all seen it before - the solar and most of the tidal stuff. Although that turbine-blade-propeller thing I hadn't seen before. All of the stuff isn't successful because no-body can be bothered yet - its all say and no do (apart from these guys) I actually laughed about the space-lift. Who would seriously think that could work. You would have to be going so fast (quick calculations show you would have to be going at 1500km/h (932mph in good money) for a full 24 hours before reaching your destination). I was wondering why NASA only were giving $2m out, but now I know why. I would say the ONLY viable thing there was the final one (probably why it was last). Just one of those mirrors = 2-3 gallons of petrol a day? Replace those pathetic solar things like in Spain with those - you don't need to build a huge tower - and simply use the new fuel like we do the current stuff - burn it for electricity, then use the new technology that pumps the CO2 underground to dispose of it. What we need here is some collaboration. But seriously, if that stuff works, then the Americans need to stop fucking up the economy and invest in it. And one final note: that melting metal was really surreal. Amazing. __________________ Eyre Photography

October 12th, 2008, 11:42 PM	#213
DTMracer Joined: Oct 6th, 2007 Last Online: 04:05 AM Posts: 1,308 Car: 1988 Mini Cooper, 1998 MB E55 AMG Rep Power: 10	When's episode 3 going up?

October 12th, 2008, 11:54 PM	#214
Cobol74 Joined: Mar 21st, 2006 Last Online: 02:32 AM Location: Southampton Posts: 6,226 Car: Vauxhall Zafira 1.9 TDI Slush box. Rep Power: 58	Funny how the wave machine was uneconomic so investment was stopped but when they did the maths again they were wrong - conspiracy theory - nuclear lobby? Now if we can not have the Severn Barrier because of the poor little wader birds what about several hundred of those tower thingies from Norther Ireland in the Severn FTMFW I say. __________________

October 13th, 2008, 12:00 AM	#215
pfrocker Joined: Jan 22nd, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: San Francisco, California, USA Posts: 1,466 Rep Power: 22	Watched the 1st episode, currently watching 2nd. The 1st episode in the bay area footage is weird to notice where he is going. The place where he was filming is very close to where I live. Damn I wish I knew when he was here so I could meet him. __________________ "The following program contains British accents. If you don't understand what bloody hell we are talking about, please turn on your closed captioning" -BBC America Top Gear Introduction narrated by John Oliver