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Previously on "Step aside Marty, it’s our turn"

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  • barrydidit
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Neither does a skateboard if you just stand on it. The design was fit for purpose, it was user error.
    Clearly the optional extras (jets and tow ropes) were clever marketing in that case.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
    If Suity wrote the requirements yes, but it wouldn't have passed UAT since it didn't actually move anywhere.
    Neither does a skateboard if you just stand on it. The design was fit for purpose, it was user error.

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  • Pondlife
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    Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
    If Suity wrote the requirements yes, but it wouldn't have passed UAT since it didn't actually move anywhere.
    Technically, it didn't stop when it passed over water, it just ran out of momentum. I think you end up having the 'aeroplane on a treadmill' discussion.

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  • barrydidit
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    It worked on water. Its purpose was to hover and it did
    If Suity wrote the requirements yes, but it wouldn't have passed UAT since it didn't actually move anywhere.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
    I seem to recall the hoverboard didn't work on water either - it was the Biff Tannon character's whose did as it had little rockets and tow ropes for his gang whose hover boards also didn't have rockets.
    It worked on water. Its purpose was to hover and it did

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  • Pondlife
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    Originally posted by Halo Jones View Post
    Its late but better late than never: I so need one of these:

    Hover Board
    They've still got a year to sort it. Given yesterday's date I suspect there's no coincidence.

    Back to the Future Countdown to October 21, 2015

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  • barrydidit
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    Ever since the fictional hoverboards in 1989’s Back to the Future Part II children (and adults) have dreamed of scooting along six inches from the ground, safe from the rough terrain and water which would stop a normal skateboard in its tracks.
    I seem to recall the hoverboard didn't work on water either - it was the Biff Tannon character's whose did as it had little rockets and tow ropes for his gang whose hover boards also didn't have rockets.

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  • Halo Jones
    started a topic Step aside Marty, it’s our turn

    Step aside Marty, it’s our turn

    Its late but better late than never: I so need one of these:

    Hover Board

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