Your heroes?

[DollarBill]

engineers behind the Bugatti Veyron.

I guess that's cool, but 16 cyl. quad turbo? Seems a little much. What about the 1200hp supras, skylines, and GN's that guys build in their garages. They'll take that Bugatti (Poosnotty) off the line, and through the quarter mile, and they'll do it for a fraction of a 100k. Now that's engineering!

I'm adding Gottlieb Daimler, Karl Benz, Henry Ford, Carol Shelby, and Chip Foose to my list. Oh, Robbert Bakkar too.

[Dave]

PAUL THOMAS

Are you talking about this Paul Thomas?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680119/

THAT'S THE DUDE.
BEST PORN DIRECTOR EVER...and a really good actor too!

[Evilpandabear]

engineers behind the Bugatti Veyron.

I guess that's cool, but 16 cyl. quad turbo? Seems a little much. What about the 1200hp supras, skylines, and GN's that guys build in their garages. They'll take that Bugatti (Poosnotty) off the line, and through the quarter mile, and they'll do it for a fraction of a 100k. Now that's engineering!

I'm adding Gottlieb Daimler, Karl Benz, Henry Ford, Carol Shelby, and Chip Foose to my list. Oh, Robbert Bakkar too.

keep in mind that no other road car on the planet has a 16 cyl quad turbo engine. the car was specifically designed to withstand that much power. the tires were custom made as well. the car has 10 radiators to keep it col and under control. also if you read the article you would have noticed this tidbit,

"It should also be noted that the Veyron's 0-200mph time is quicker than the McLaren F1's 120-200mph time. This makes the Veyron the quickest-accelerating production vehicle in history."

This means that you can line up a veyron and a mclaren f1. the McLaren can take off and reach 120mph. THEN the veyron takes off. and you know what? the veyron will BEAT the McLaren to 200mph. the veyron is the greatest road car every built in history and you'll never see anything like it again.

skylines can be tweaked im sure but they can go no where near as close as the bugatti veyron. the car freaking changes shape to accomodate for speed. skylines may have that horse power with alterations but it wont be able to handle the power as smoothly as the veyron nor even sustain that power as well.

a bit too much power? thats the fucking point. it's about the fact that we CAN build a car like this thus pushing our engineering minds to the next level. it's the first skyscapper. it's the concord. it's a wonder of engineering that you won't see again in the automobile world in our lifetime. and THAT's why the engineers behind this are heroes in my book.

[vine311]

PAUL THOMAS

Are you talking about this Paul Thomas?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680119/

THAT'S THE DUDE.
BEST PORN DIRECTOR EVER...and a really good actor too!

Awesome. I've still got some of his classics bootlegged on a VHS somewhere.

[Wesley]

Paul Thomas is no Dave Thomas.

[erikamay]

my heroes are:

the fiery furnances
denise prince
michael caine
my mom
bob mcnichol
fdr
dave chappelle and
emma thompson

[arthursimone]

marcel duchamp
antonin artaud
lenny bruce
tyler durden

[kbadr]

Tyler Durden was inside you ALL ALONG

[sara farr]

my heroes are: ...and emma thompson

I wanT to add Emma Thompson to my HERO list. I've seen everything she's ever acted in (that's readily available). Howard's End and Sense & Sensiblility are among my favs, though I pretty much liked her work in everything she was in -- including her part in Junior as the klutzy doc who falls for Schwartzeneger (sp?).

Oh! Edit!! I have yet to see Nanny McPhee (though I really wanted to see it).

[LuBu McJohnson]

Apparently I have a joke response already, but I wanna go ahead and say Phil Hartman.

[Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell]

in no particular order:

my family
Jesus
Buddha
Shakespeare
Kahlil Gibran
CS Lewis
Thich Nhat Thanh
Neil Gaiman
Grant Morrison
Joss Whedon
Alan Moore
Brian Michael Bendis
Brian K. Vaughan
Frank Miller
Mark Millar
Denny O'Neil
Stan Lee
Will Eisner
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
John Adams
Bruce Lee
Superman
Spider-Man
Batman
Wonder Woman
X-Men
Fantastic Four
Green Arrow (fuckin' A, Dave!)
Birds of Prey
Flash
Captain America
Malcolm Reynolds
Jack Bauer
Spike (from Buffy/Angel)
Spike (from Cowboy Bebop)
Wile E. Coyote
Bill Hicks
Stevie Ray Vaughn
John Lennon
Steve Martin
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Kline
Tim Robbins
Paul Newman
Tom Hanks
Steven Spielberg
John Cleese
Neil Simon
Arthur Miller
Tony Kushner
Jack Kerouac
the Count of Monte Cristo
Ogami Itto and Daigoro

[ratliff]

lao tzu
the buddha(s)
whoever wrote shakespeare
fyodor dostoevsky
art tatum (greatest solo pianist ever)
james booker (ditto)
randy newman
marianne faithfull
bill hicks
hugh thompson, jr. (helicopter pilot who tried to stop the my lai massacre)
dietrich von cholitz (nazi general who defied the order to burn paris)
leonard cohen
helen mirren
malcolm x
john cameron mitchell (star and director of hedwig and the angry inch)
mary tyler moore
sarah silverman
bugs bunny
the ratliff brothers
the smothers brothers
the gibb brothers (aka the bee gees)
raymond chandler
charlie bucket (at the moment he returns the everlasting gobstopper)
joan didion
warren beatty
john darnielle (aka the mountain goats)
pj harvey
mcnichol and may
girls girls girls
cary grant
hamlet
me