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Title: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on November 08, 2011, 07:30:49 PM
I'll start off with this video. Dubstep Guns (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDlif8Km4S4)
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Post by: Basket Burner on November 09, 2011, 10:56:56 AM
http://www.remar.se/daniel/iji.php
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Post by: Monotremeancer on November 09, 2011, 10:59:21 AM
Tractor beams (http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/tractor-beam.html). 'Nuff said
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Post by: veekie on November 09, 2011, 11:48:31 AM
Ooo, those beams won't be very energy efficient(most of the energy's going everywhere BUT into pulling force), but cool.
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Post by: Mooncrow on November 09, 2011, 04:36:56 PM
Did this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54VJWHL2K3I) get posted in the last thread?  (I'm assuming "yes", but just in case...)
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Post by: veekie on November 13, 2011, 03:11:37 AM
Robot Wrestling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViS-C64uvPk)
Oh Japan.
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Post by: Agita on November 13, 2011, 06:16:48 AM
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Post by: Monotremeancer on November 13, 2011, 06:32:12 AM
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Sauce?
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Post by: Agita on November 13, 2011, 06:47:18 AM
Sauce?
The currently airing Fate/Zero anime.
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Post by: bhu on November 16, 2011, 02:44:42 AM
http://www.vice.com/read/meow-meow-meow-329-v17n2
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Post by: bhu on November 16, 2011, 02:49:28 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IkOQw96cfyE
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Post by: Kuroimaken on November 18, 2011, 04:55:31 PM
http://www.vice.com/read/meow-meow-meow-329-v17n2

All the advantages of kittenhood and none of the disadvantages! Cool.  :cool
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Post by: Libertad on November 18, 2011, 07:25:18 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzzjgBAaWZw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzzjgBAaWZw)

Found the Ninja Kitty video.
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Post by: Prime32 on November 21, 2011, 05:37:41 PM
http://www.cracked.com/article_19458_the-5-most-badass-teams-famous-people-to-ever-join-forces.html
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Post by: Monotremeancer on November 22, 2011, 12:12:33 PM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html)
Money well spent...
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Post by: Tshern on November 22, 2011, 01:03:24 PM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html)
Money well spent...
I am all for governments looking after false promises. There cases where they can get excessive though and that should be avoided... at least unless hilarity like this ensues. Just reading that made it worth the cost of the investigation.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on November 22, 2011, 01:13:58 PM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html)
Money well spent...
I am all for governments looking after false promises. There cases where they can get excessive though and that should be avoided... at least unless hilarity like this ensues. Just reading that made it worth the cost of the investigation.
Well it's less stupid than the "bent banana"-law.
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Post by: Tshern on November 22, 2011, 04:23:36 PM
Wasn't there one about cucumbers as well? See, they get shit done.
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Post by: Monotremeancer on November 22, 2011, 04:43:34 PM
Wasn't there one about cucumbers as well? See, they get shit done.
There was, we had a running gag about it for an entire camp when the law was active. It was about how badass we were for defying the EU by buying bent cucumbers straight from the local farmers, that shit was underground I tell you.
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Post by: Tshern on November 22, 2011, 06:47:30 PM
Wasn't there one about cucumbers as well? See, they get shit done.
There was, we had a running gag about it for an entire camp when the law was active. It was about how badass we were for defying the EU by buying bent cucumbers straight from the local farmers, that shit was underground I tell you.
There is still a shop at a marketplace in Helsinki that refuses to sell anything but illegal ones. Whenever I visit the place in the morning (which is rarely, I am nocturnal), I buy a few just because of that.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on November 29, 2011, 12:43:19 AM
The awesomeness begins at 0:36.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I0R_ktQj-k&list=FLczTGzJu5gcIVkE7mWJ5Y6w&index=1&feature=plpp_video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I0R_ktQj-k&list=FLczTGzJu5gcIVkE7mWJ5Y6w&index=1&feature=plpp_video)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on November 30, 2011, 02:51:49 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw684xM2cUo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw684xM2cUo)
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Post by: Prime32 on December 01, 2011, 11:07:05 AM
Drawn entirely by hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdJbo-4rg1k)
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Post by: Kuroimaken on December 01, 2011, 03:38:04 PM
Drawn entirely by hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdJbo-4rg1k)
Breathtaking. Can you imagine the months that likely went into the storyboards alone?
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Post by: bhu on December 01, 2011, 09:19:44 PM
Drawn entirely by hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdJbo-4rg1k)
Breathtaking. Can you imagine the months that likely went into the storyboards alone?

Production time was 31 years.
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Post by: Slaughterhouserock on December 02, 2011, 06:23:51 AM
Drawn entirely by hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdJbo-4rg1k)
Breathtaking. Can you imagine the months that likely went into the storyboards alone?

Production time was 31 years.

It's sad to think that something as awesome as The Thief and the Cobbler was completely torn apart by way of Arabian Knight.  Disney-fying it was unconscionable.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: SneeR on December 02, 2011, 06:30:32 AM
Drawn entirely by hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdJbo-4rg1k)
Breathtaking. Can you imagine the months that likely went into the storyboards alone?
Production time was 31 years.
It's sad to think that something as awesome as The Thief and the Cobbler was completely torn apart by way of Arabian Knight.  Disney-fying it was unconscionable.

Which version had the funny thoughts of the Thief? Because that's the only one I ever saw, and I loved that movie my entire life!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on December 02, 2011, 05:25:42 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4z9TdDCWN7g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4z9TdDCWN7g)
I think my jaw dropped through the floor
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Post by: bhu on December 02, 2011, 11:59:23 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8sEZAB13_o


you guys must see this
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Post by: altpersona on December 03, 2011, 12:28:15 AM
wow
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Post by: bhu on December 03, 2011, 12:38:18 AM
It is a truly fucked up movie
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Post by: veekie on December 03, 2011, 02:45:03 AM
Paint Ninjas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsyMiTx_CF8&feature=share)
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Post by: Mooncrow on December 03, 2011, 05:11:13 PM
It is a truly fucked up movie

For those that have Netflix, it's available there - christ that was a messed up movie. 
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Post by: SneeR on December 03, 2011, 06:04:59 PM
It is a truly fucked up movie

For those that have Netflix, it's available there - christ that was a messed up movie.

Damn you , bhu! My innocence has been scarred! I can't even drink yet and I feel as though I have an old soul after that movie.
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Post by: bhu on December 03, 2011, 07:23:06 PM
It is a truly fucked up movie

For those that have Netflix, it's available there - christ that was a messed up movie.

Damn you , bhu! My innocence has been scarred! I can't even drink yet and I feel as though I have an old soul after that movie.


in my defense i did say it was a messed up movie!  Besides how often do you get to see a transvestite clown butcher an entire regiment of soldiers with a machete?

Now: how many people noticed the dozens of film references in it :D
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Post by: Nicklance on December 04, 2011, 03:51:10 AM
The O.R.B (http://www.hybratech.com/products/orb/)
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Post by: veekie on December 04, 2011, 03:56:55 AM
Now I sorta want to see it.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on December 06, 2011, 03:40:15 PM
Potentially not as awesome for those who didn't grow up watching Saint Seiya. But...

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Post by: SneeR on December 06, 2011, 11:36:00 PM
Well, I can't read Portugeuse (only Spanish), but I can say, without any exposure to Saint Seiya ever,


THAT IS SO FREAKING AWESOME!!!!
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Post by: trappedslider on December 07, 2011, 12:47:41 PM
so last night i got done making my second model,it was one of those screw together types

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Post by: SneeR on December 07, 2011, 12:53:37 PM
so last night i got done making my second model,it was one of those screw together types

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Oh, dang, that's cool.
Why do I have such a hard-on for well-made replicas and props? (http://blindsquirrelprops.blogspot.com/)
Probably because I aspire to such greatness, but know I may never reach it...  :(
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on December 07, 2011, 04:27:43 PM
so last night i got done making my second model,it was one of those screw together types

(click to show/hide)

Oh, dang, that's cool.
Why do I have such a hard-on for well-made replicas and props? (http://blindsquirrelprops.blogspot.com/)
Probably because I aspire to such greatness, but know I may never reach it...  :(

The store had an army jeep,so i may do that next not sure yet
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on December 07, 2011, 10:33:30 PM
http://www.cracked.com/article_19576_6-pop-culture-visionaries-who-get-too-much-credit.html

peek at page 2
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Post by: bhu on December 08, 2011, 03:38:32 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-super-predator-eyes-found-australia-032344743.html
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Post by: Libertad on December 08, 2011, 05:38:05 PM
http://www.cracked.com/article_19576_6-pop-culture-visionaries-who-get-too-much-credit.html

peek at page 2

Oh hey, it's Matt Groening!

But yeah, I wish that Dave Arneson got more credit.  D&D would've been a radically different game without him.
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Post by: Monotremeancer on December 12, 2011, 11:06:27 AM
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/boy-14-posed-as-spy-to-arrange-his-own-murder-6168910.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/boy-14-posed-as-spy-to-arrange-his-own-murder-6168910.html)
 :twitch
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Post by: bhu on December 12, 2011, 03:56:46 PM
how fucking stupid is that boy?
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Post by: caelic on December 12, 2011, 05:29:53 PM
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Lambchop%27s+Chanukah+%26+Passover+Surprise+-+DVD/13208548.p?id=272826&skuId=13208548


Most ironic holiday special ever.
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Post by: veekie on December 15, 2011, 12:14:28 PM
I guess its rather pretty (http://www.chinatravelguide.com/ctgwiki/Lantern_Festival_celebration:_spraying_molten_iron), but isn't doing it while wearing just a straw hat and sheep skins for protection a little hazardous? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbuwqU9oxf4)
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Post by: :< on December 16, 2011, 12:09:07 AM
Definitely awesome when using the strict definition of the word, but I've never seen such a sobering info-graphic video. :<

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QGH08OyQXg4#t=111s

Japan's March 11th earthquake.  Very effective use of data, video and sound to tell just how devastating that earthquake was, not to mention its nigh thousand aftershocks (<1.0 excluded) that tortured the sanity of the survivors for months and months to come.  The charts at the beginning and end are great too.

I'm a little curious, anyone know if Japan (or parts of it) moved west or east or if it gained any elevation?  I heard some silty areas sunk due to soil liquefaction, but with the way the plates are moving I always imagined such a powerful seismic event would move the country up a bit, even if but a few inches.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on December 16, 2011, 05:08:59 AM
Celebrate a volcano destroying a town (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Nbt6ojkTQ&feature=player_embedded) by hurling balls of fire around (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpRwvDz4p0s&feature=player_embedded)
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Post by: Libertad on December 19, 2011, 02:18:26 AM
http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B/GroundZero.html (http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B/GroundZero.html)

Nukes hit cities and major population centers in fiction all the time.  Have you ever wondered about the thermal impact and area of effect a nuke would have on New York or Moscow?  Just search for a city, select your nuke, and voila!
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Post by: SneeR on December 19, 2011, 01:41:44 PM
God of War Aang? I think yes. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OECeH6A9zic&feature=bf_prev&list=PL6DA60B96EA49018C&lf=plpp_play_all)
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Post by: Libertad on December 20, 2011, 02:02:30 AM
New trailer for Dark Knight Rises! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokKUqLcvD8&list=FLczTGzJu5gcIVkE7mWJ5Y6w&index=2&feature=plpp_video)
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Post by: trappedslider on December 21, 2011, 01:40:18 AM
http://youtu.be/ZEOM13UyZ0A (http://youtu.be/ZEOM13UyZ0A)  :cloud9 :jumping

The dwarves signing better be on the OST
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Post by: Mooncrow on December 21, 2011, 07:31:52 PM
http://youtu.be/ZEOM13UyZ0A (http://youtu.be/ZEOM13UyZ0A)  :cloud9 :jumping

The dwarves signing better be on the OST

And the OST needs to come out, like, right now ^^

And if I'm interpreting that trailer right, they'll be telling the Gandalf side quest tale to drive out the Necromancer as well - to which I can only say "Oh Hell Yes!"
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Post by: RobbyPants on December 24, 2011, 08:34:46 PM
Yo dawg, I heard you like houses so I put a house in your house so you can live while you live.

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This has been in my in-law's attic for something like 15 years, and now it's in my basement. My three-year-old loves it. The guy who made this was pretty talented.
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Post by: Childe on December 24, 2011, 11:18:01 PM
I just bought 19 movies today for $55! - 15 old Clint Eastwoods and The Magnificent Seven and its sequels. I do need to get the Kurosawa Seven Samurai though.
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Post by: veekie on December 25, 2011, 01:17:04 PM
Two great things that go great with each other (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhObQ5ARtxU)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on December 29, 2011, 09:39:21 PM
http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/if-disney-princesses-were-real-2595417.html#photoViewer=1
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Post by: veekie on December 30, 2011, 01:01:22 PM
Kung Fu Nana (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc-oj0Remc8)
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Post by: Prime32 on December 30, 2011, 01:19:50 PM
Two great things that go great with each other (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhObQ5ARtxU)
*insert ranting about how destroying a star doesn't mean you can destroy a universe*
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Post by: littha on December 30, 2011, 06:12:11 PM
Two great things that go great with each other (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhObQ5ARtxU)
*insert ranting about how destroying a star doesn't mean you can destroy a universe*

People keep going on about that series having the most powerful thing ever seen in anime. Like completely impossible to beat for absolutely anyone from any other series... this annoys me greatly. I think Madoka from Madoka Magica could take them out by pure power or possibly Lelouche (who should be about 30 Int in 3.5 if I bothered to stat him) from Code Geass with enough planning.
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Post by: Necrosnoop110 on December 30, 2011, 06:12:33 PM
http://youtu.be/ZEOM13UyZ0A (http://youtu.be/ZEOM13UyZ0A)  :cloud9 :jumping

The dwarves signing better be on the OST
Sorry, OST?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on December 30, 2011, 07:27:51 PM
http://youtu.be/ZEOM13UyZ0A (http://youtu.be/ZEOM13UyZ0A)  :cloud9 :jumping

The dwarves signing better be on the OST
Sorry, OST?

Orginial motion picture SoundTrack
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: SneeR on December 31, 2011, 03:42:17 PM
Two great things that go great with each other (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhObQ5ARtxU)
*insert ranting about how destroying a star doesn't mean you can destroy a universe*

People keep going on about that series having the most powerful thing ever seen in anime. Like completely impossible to beat for absolutely anyone from any other series... this annoys me greatly. I think Madoka from Madoka Magica could take them out by pure power or possibly Lelouche (who should be about 30 Int in 3.5 if I bothered to stat him) from Code Geass with enough planning.
Who cares which anime has the most powerful thing? It's fiction! Someone could always make an anime with the omnipotent Judeo-Christian God as a main character and then that would be the most powerful thing in anime...
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Post by: littha on December 31, 2011, 05:55:04 PM
That was part of the point in what i was saying...
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Post by: veekie on January 02, 2012, 05:39:04 PM
What the hell DID I just watch? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QFwo57WKwg)
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Post by: Monotremeancer on January 02, 2012, 05:45:40 PM
What the hell DID I just watch? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QFwo57WKwg)

If I had to put it in simply: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah-nagl ftaghn

Arguably a NSFW-video
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on January 02, 2012, 05:52:26 PM
What the hell DID I just watch? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QFwo57WKwg)

If I had to put it in simply: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah-nagl ftaghn

Arguably a NSFW-video
I swear the NSFW component was driven clean out of my mind. Along with just about everything else.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on January 02, 2012, 10:40:45 PM
Careful veekie that scarred a few people when i posted it in the ooc chat thread of one of my games...
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Post by: cattoy on January 02, 2012, 10:49:44 PM
These guys are hillarious (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7PdcFijqgk&feature=related)
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Post by: ImperatorK on January 05, 2012, 12:30:13 AM
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12477928&postcount=6
I might get an infraction, but it was worth it.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on January 05, 2012, 01:20:09 AM
You do know that whatever you put in that spoilerblock is already gone because  bighugelabs keeps their motivators around for half hour, tops?
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Post by: ImperatorK on January 05, 2012, 01:32:21 AM
Now I know. I put it on ImageShack.

Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O3asnVa3vI&feature=bf_prev&list=UL_Qp4pC0sVpQ&lf=mfu_in_order

Monks! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjSbrKWIqpE&feature=sh_e_se&list=SL)
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Post by: :< on January 05, 2012, 01:48:46 AM
What the hell DID I just watch? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QFwo57WKwg)
Hey you got that from me. |D I think, anyway.... I think I put it in an SFL loot post somewhere? Oh right, that cthulu-esque abomination was Slick's wife in one of the parody loot posts.

To contribute, Moondog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondog) fascinates the hell out of me. :3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7qeXMWTe8Q

He's pictured there in that video.  I'd heard a remix of this song before (Mr. Scruff's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS_CLIF1h-o)) but had never heard a single thing about the character behind the original composition.

Quote from: Wikipedia
Moondog, born Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), was a blind American composer, musician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. Moving to New York as a young man, Moondog made a deliberate decision to make his home on the streets there, where he spent approximately twenty of the thirty years he lived in the city. Most days he could be found in his chosen part of town wearing clothes he had created based on his own interpretation of the Norse god Thor. Thanks to his unconventional outfits and lifestyle, he was known for much of his life as "The Viking of 6th Avenue."

I encourage you guys to read more on him and check out some more of his work, it's really awesome. :> Such pure genius seems to springs up from the strangest of places more often than not. :3 That means there's hope for all of u--*shot*
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on January 06, 2012, 11:57:20 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpUWKIoZaJE

You guys must see Jade Warrior, it's a mix of Chinese myth and the Kalevala

and it has kung fu fights

wif sledge hammers   :love
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on January 07, 2012, 02:50:38 AM
What the hell DID I just watch? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QFwo57WKwg)
Oh hey, I remember this! I forgot how much of a disconnect there is between the song and the animation.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on January 08, 2012, 12:20:20 AM
So long as i do not screw up teh certification test i am a tax preparerer.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on January 08, 2012, 01:21:30 AM
NSFW Dance? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDYS4_v703I)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on January 08, 2012, 02:07:41 AM
NSFW Dance? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDYS4_v703I)

"Greetings insane beach lady, do you have any bodily openings I might peruse?"
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on January 08, 2012, 02:17:08 AM
NSFW Dance? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDYS4_v703I)

...I don't understand what the hell I just watched. 

"Hey everybody, let's all pretend we're zombies or something on the beach.  Woo!"
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on January 08, 2012, 06:11:23 PM
Best part of this was the post-battle announcement (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dPIldPps3wA#t=1019s)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on January 11, 2012, 03:56:12 PM
http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/?refid=12 (http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/?refid=12)
Sounds like a life I would enjoy
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on January 11, 2012, 05:54:05 PM
http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/?refid=12 (http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/?refid=12)
Sounds like a life I would enjoy
Make that two of us, dude.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Prime32 on January 12, 2012, 04:35:00 PM
I'm behind on this, yeah, but
When did the Photoshop developers invent magic? (http://www.digitalurban.org/2010/03/sneak-peak-photoshop-cs5-context-aware.html)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on January 12, 2012, 06:32:16 PM
I'm behind on this, yeah, but
When did the Photoshop developers invent magic? (http://www.digitalurban.org/2010/03/sneak-peak-photoshop-cs5-context-aware.html)

I do believe there was a comment by a friend of mine that someone figured Photoshop worked kinda like this:

1. Open Program
2. Open File
3. *cue Fullmetal Alchemist style hand clapping*
4. ????
5. Profit!

But yeah, that tool sounds powerful.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on January 16, 2012, 01:43:35 AM
Its actually just a VERY advanced form of guessing. If you have metrics on your system's measures, you'd see processing and ram usage shoot up enormously as it tries to make ANYTHING match.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on January 16, 2012, 02:52:31 AM
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.  I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs)

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on January 19, 2012, 06:36:22 PM
The Jedi Song. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSztcxlQrjk)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on January 20, 2012, 03:04:29 AM
I'm behind on this, yeah, but
When did the Photoshop developers invent magic? (http://www.digitalurban.org/2010/03/sneak-peak-photoshop-cs5-context-aware.html)

I think my CS2 just shat itself.  Makes me wonder what computer specs I'd need to get that performance.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on January 20, 2012, 12:54:28 PM
I'm behind on this, yeah, but
When did the Photoshop developers invent magic? (http://www.digitalurban.org/2010/03/sneak-peak-photoshop-cs5-context-aware.html)

I think my CS2 just shat itself.  Makes me wonder what computer specs I'd need to get that performance.

Something sent back in time from the year 2273. If it's a high-end machine for that period. Advanced AI is a requirement, of course.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on January 20, 2012, 03:05:13 PM
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57358994/calif-hs-student-devises-possible-cancer-cure/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on January 20, 2012, 03:11:54 PM
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57358994/calif-hs-student-devises-possible-cancer-cure/
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on January 22, 2012, 01:21:00 PM
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/things_i_wont_work_with/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on January 22, 2012, 01:30:46 PM
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/things_i_wont_work_with/
Glorious, glorious explosive compounds.

Fullmetal Chemist?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on January 28, 2012, 04:37:31 PM
This is Aperture (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZIVmKOdrBk)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Prime32 on February 01, 2012, 04:56:47 PM
Real-life superpowers (maybe)
http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/real-life-x-man-chinese-boy-allegedly-has-cat-like-night-vision/
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/31/does-chinas-cat-eyed-boy-have-natural-night-vision/?intcmp=features

EDIT: http://www.cracked.com/article_16449_7-people-from-around-world-with-real-mutant-superpowers.html
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nicklance on February 02, 2012, 08:46:07 AM
I'm behind on this, yeah, but
When did the Photoshop developers invent magic? (http://www.digitalurban.org/2010/03/sneak-peak-photoshop-cs5-context-aware.html)

I do believe there was a comment by a friend of mine that someone figured Photoshop worked kinda like this:

1. Open Program
2. Open File
3. *cue Fullmetal Alchemist style hand clapping*
4. ????
5. Profit!

But yeah, that tool sounds powerful.

If I select mosiacs...does it fill in?  ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on February 05, 2012, 07:00:43 PM
Car music. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MejbOFk7H6c#t=0s)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on February 06, 2012, 05:28:56 PM
I went to a superbowl party.


Madonna came on at half time,
and all of the girls/young women/women/older women sang along.
Like it was just yesterday they memorized all the tunes.

19 year-old Dude from Spain who knew nothing about American Football or Madonna
says: "I must learn this Madonna !"
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: GreatRobo on February 06, 2012, 06:04:16 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsIzW4cxvIw

The banjo player.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on February 08, 2012, 08:13:18 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81qFaoe010

A bit off tune, but for a bird that's pretty darn good.  Makes me wonder how a lyre bird would do though.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on February 08, 2012, 07:54:21 PM
http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2012/02/08/unicorn-anti-zombie-gun-of-the-day/#more-52922
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on February 08, 2012, 09:31:55 PM
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/things_i_wont_work_with/
Glorious, glorious explosive compounds.

Fullmetal Chemist?

You made me spend whole day reading this;
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on February 09, 2012, 12:02:41 AM
This is just awesome: the scale of the universe (http://scaleofuniverse.com/).
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nicklance on February 09, 2012, 08:04:45 AM
This is just awesome: the scale of the universe (http://scaleofuniverse.com/).

I see that and raise you this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=123Vwr786kI).
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on February 09, 2012, 03:32:28 PM
Creepy local coincidence is creepy.

So I hear news at work that there's a robbery going on at a bank agency in town. They say there are hostages, including a pregnant woman. I think "man, I wish I could help" but, realistically, I know at best I will hope that things turn out okay. This is near the end of my shift. I go home, and suddenly I am assaulted by an uncontrollable urge to take a nap.

I end up asleep for two hours, and when I wake up I'm a little sweaty. There's a segment on local news about the robbery. According to the newscast, some guy in black jeans and shirt came out of nowhere and proceeded to kick the robbers' collective asses while screaming in some incomprehensible language. Apparently, no one got a good look at the guy, but everyone agreed on the black clothing bit.

It would take roughly one hour and fifteen minutes to run from where I live to where the robbery was going on and back. I was dressed in black jeans and shirt to work today.

But, of course, I was asleep at the time.

Creepy coincidences are creepy.  :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on February 09, 2012, 03:33:52 PM
Coincidence?  I think not.

This should be in the Improbable Tales thread.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: GreatRobo on February 09, 2012, 03:37:56 PM
Creepy local coincidence is creepy.

So I hear news at work that there's a robbery going on at a bank agency in town. They say there are hostages, including a pregnant woman. I think "man, I wish I could help" but, realistically, I know at best I will hope that things turn out okay. This is near the end of my shift. I go home, and suddenly I am assaulted by an uncontrollable urge to take a nap.

I end up asleep for two hours, and when I wake up I'm a little sweaty. There's a segment on local news about the robbery. According to the newscast, some guy in black jeans and shirt came out of nowhere and proceeded to kick the robbers' collective asses while screaming in some incomprehensible language. Apparently, no one got a good look at the guy, but everyone agreed on the black clothing bit.

It would take roughly one hour and fifteen minutes to run from where I live to where the robbery was going on and back. I was dressed in black jeans and shirt to work today.

But, of course, I was asleep at the time.

Creepy coincidences are creepy.  :P

Dude... you kick major ass. But only when asleep.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on February 09, 2012, 03:47:44 PM
Coincidence?  I think not.

This should be in the Improbable Tales thread.

Fair enough, I'll repost.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: RobbyPants on February 09, 2012, 10:29:10 PM
Hahahahaha! Rickrolled by a book!

(http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w139/robbypants/Rickroll.jpg)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on February 10, 2012, 11:56:52 AM
Hahahahaha! Rickrolled by a book!

(http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w139/robbypants/Rickroll.jpg)
:lmao awesome
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on February 12, 2012, 07:55:39 AM
This is the reason Darth Vader is a dog person. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ntDYjS0Y3w)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Prime32 on February 20, 2012, 01:53:23 PM
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231882
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on February 24, 2012, 01:12:54 AM
Check out this Monte Cook picture I found:

(http://i54.tinypic.com/195v1s.jpg)

Yes, the shirt can be customized. (http://d20monkey.myshopify.com/products/monte-tee)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on March 01, 2012, 11:17:47 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/a3gvW.gif)
I see an awesome emote and have no idea what to use it on.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on March 01, 2012, 11:30:03 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/a3gvW.gif)
I see an awesome emote and have no idea what to use it on.
This looks vaguely familiar. SA forums, I assume? GRIS didn't turn up anything useful.

...the more I stare at it, the more it looks like the SORD.....
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: kurashu on March 02, 2012, 12:17:14 AM
http://www.etsy.com/listing/60093124/pentagram-devil-satanic-satan-pagan-evil?ref=sr_gallery_2&sref=&ga_includes%5B0%5D=tags&ga_search_query=pentagram+cufflinks&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=

I'm considering buying a double cuff shirt just to have an excuse to buy these (and probably some d20 cuff links, too).
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on March 02, 2012, 03:08:52 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/a3gvW.gif)
I see an awesome emote and have no idea what to use it on.
This looks vaguely familiar. SA forums, I assume? GRIS didn't turn up anything useful.

...the more I stare at it, the more it looks like the SORD.....
The original :black101: emote is from SA, yeah (I've also fruitlessly tried to convince Prime a few times to port it over here). You can buy additions to the emote list on SA, so chances are the alteration comes from there as well. Another recent variation on the same one is (http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-fsn.gif).
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Prime32 on March 02, 2012, 06:52:46 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/a3gvW.gif)
I see an awesome emote and have no idea what to use it on.
This looks vaguely familiar. SA forums, I assume? GRIS didn't turn up anything useful.

...the more I stare at it, the more it looks like the SORD.....
WAGA ZANKANTOU NI TATENU MONO NASHI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzZIERLhoMw)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on March 07, 2012, 01:55:33 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/thousands-spiders-blanket-australian-farm-escaping-flood-165958059.html

any arachnophobes here?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on March 07, 2012, 11:23:10 PM
Art or mindfuck, how do you tell? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZK4V2YUA5U)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on March 08, 2012, 03:25:12 AM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/05/five-hundred-fairytales-discovered-germany (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/05/five-hundred-fairytales-discovered-germany)
Sit down, kids. It's storytime.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on March 08, 2012, 06:43:35 AM
^^
Quote
there is the tale of a maiden who escapes a witch by transforming herself into a pond. The witch then lies on her stomach and drinks all the water, swallowing the young girl, who uses a knife to cut her way out of the witch
That is a pretty awesome tale.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: RobbyPants on March 08, 2012, 07:26:23 PM
Crazy flood-displaced Australian spiders! (http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/spider-web-forrest-is-beautiful-and-terrifying)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on March 09, 2012, 07:21:09 AM
YES (http://www.etsy.com/shop/GamePunkArts)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on March 10, 2012, 06:52:16 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywh4oEkCnA4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywh4oEkCnA4)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on March 11, 2012, 07:30:24 PM
http://www.cracked.com/article_19717_6-insect-predators-that-go-out-their-way-to-be-evil.html
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on March 13, 2012, 01:25:15 PM
Laser-guided lightning strikes. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313092058.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher) Need I say more?

B. Forestier, A. Houard, I. Revel, M. Durand, Y. B. André, B. Prade, A. Jarnac, J. Carbonnel, M. Le Nevé, J. C. de Miscault, B. Esmiller, D. Chapuis, A. Mysyrowicz. Triggering, guiding and deviation of long air spark discharges with femtosecond laser filament. AIP Advances, 2012; 2 (1): 012151 DOI: 10.1063/1.3690961
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on March 13, 2012, 01:40:15 PM
Laser-guided lightning strikes. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313092058.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher) Need I say more?

B. Forestier, A. Houard, I. Revel, M. Durand, Y. B. André, B. Prade, A. Jarnac, J. Carbonnel, M. Le Nevé, J. C. de Miscault, B. Esmiller, D. Chapuis, A. Mysyrowicz. Triggering, guiding and deviation of long air spark discharges with femtosecond laser filament. AIP Advances, 2012; 2 (1): 012151 DOI: 10.1063/1.3690961
Huh. Funnily enough, I recall a weapon that worked on that same principle in Mass Effect 2, of all things. Say what you will about Bioware, their writers do try and make the science semi-plausible.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on March 13, 2012, 01:49:30 PM
For Prime32 (http://www.cracked.com/blog/8-insulting-ways-people-act-irish-st.-patricks-day).
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on March 13, 2012, 02:57:56 PM
This is what my uncle is currently working on. (http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/new-3d-printer-could-create-nano-devices-in-minutes.ars?clicked=related_right)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Prime32 on March 13, 2012, 07:55:35 PM
For Prime32 (http://www.cracked.com/blog/8-insulting-ways-people-act-irish-st.-patricks-day).
Quote
The article would've been amusing if it wasn't so god-awfully bitching and contradictory in tone.
Quote
You havent met a lot of irish people, have you?
It's all true.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on March 14, 2012, 10:58:44 AM
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/030/b/5/incredible_hulk_water_color_test_by_cpwilsoniii-d4o5gl7.jpg)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on March 14, 2012, 05:16:16 PM
Laser-guided lightning strikes. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313092058.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher) Need I say more?

B. Forestier, A. Houard, I. Revel, M. Durand, Y. B. André, B. Prade, A. Jarnac, J. Carbonnel, M. Le Nevé, J. C. de Miscault, B. Esmiller, D. Chapuis, A. Mysyrowicz. Triggering, guiding and deviation of long air spark discharges with femtosecond laser filament. AIP Advances, 2012; 2 (1): 012151 DOI: 10.1063/1.3690961
I thought I read something about the concept some 8 years ago...guess they improved the range significantly since then.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on March 15, 2012, 03:03:09 PM
http://thisorthat.com/blog/why-the-joker-and-not-batman-is-the-savior-of-us-all

one for Tshern
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on March 15, 2012, 04:29:11 PM
http://marvel.com/videos/watch/2228/ultimate_spider-man_trailer_1 (http://marvel.com/videos/watch/2228/ultimate_spider-man_trailer_1)
http://korranation.tumblr.com/ (http://korranation.tumblr.com/)

YES!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on March 15, 2012, 10:35:50 PM
Awesome foreclosure. (http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/178031/176/Florida-Homeowner-Forecloses-On-Bank-Of-America)

Edit: MMOG ultimate trolling. (http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-biggest-dick-moves-in-history-online-gaming/)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on March 17, 2012, 02:42:35 AM
Mice that kill and eat scorpions.  Check out it's howl of victory near the 4:18 mark. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo-p6resEJ4)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on March 18, 2012, 04:52:44 PM
I thought this was awsome since I'm LDS

http://news.yahoo.com/census-documenting-great-depression-released-151755443.html (http://news.yahoo.com/census-documenting-great-depression-released-151755443.html)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on March 20, 2012, 03:11:37 PM
so i may have a chance to get my short story published,I jsut have to finsh up my rough draft and send it in with in 4 months :cool
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on March 20, 2012, 05:17:28 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3nZP9kaLFf4  how do i get this job??
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on March 21, 2012, 07:28:56 PM
http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2012/03/21/geek-news-jellyfish-robot-of-the-day/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: RobbyPants on March 21, 2012, 07:41:21 PM
I decided to show my three-year-old A-ha's Take on Me video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914&ob=av3e) (yes, I read the Cracked article today), and then she proceeded to watch the thing about five or six more times!

"I want to see the part where they're dancing. I want to see the part where they're running. I want to watch it again."
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Tshern on March 21, 2012, 08:08:13 PM
http://thisorthat.com/blog/why-the-joker-and-not-batman-is-the-savior-of-us-all

one for Tshern
I knew it.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on March 22, 2012, 04:45:39 AM
I decided to show my three-year-old A-ha's Take on Me video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914&ob=av3e) (yes, I read the Cracked article today), and then she proceeded to watch the thing about five or six more times!

"I want to see the part where they're dancing. I want to see the part where they're running. I want to watch it again."

I can see why. In my opinion that is the third best music video ever (The gold medal is split between Genesis - Land of Confusion and Smooth Criminal, 2nd place goes to Dire Straits - Money for Nothing)

Edit:
http://thisorthat.com/blog/why-the-joker-and-not-batman-is-the-savior-of-us-all

one for Tshern
I knew it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVok-7tDFF8&feature=relmfu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVok-7tDFF8&feature=relmfu)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: RobbyPants on March 22, 2012, 10:22:37 AM
I decided to show my three-year-old A-ha's Take on Me video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914&ob=av3e) (yes, I read the Cracked article today), and then she proceeded to watch the thing about five or six more times!

"I want to see the part where they're dancing. I want to see the part where they're running. I want to watch it again."

I can see why. In my opinion that is the third best music video ever (The gold medal is split between Genesis - Land of Confusion and Smooth Criminal, 2nd place goes to Dire Straits - Money for Nothing)
I'll have to watch those.

Also, that night, I explained the concept of rotoscoping to her (the process of how that video was created: projecting video images and tracing). When it was time to go to bed, she had a pen and paper out and protested "I'm busy tracing something!".
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on March 22, 2012, 12:54:24 PM
so i may have a chance to get my short story published,I jsut have to finsh up my rough draft and send it in with in 4 months :cool

"This is what my story is about if anyone wants me to send them a copy of what I've gotten done so far

In the city of Crystalshore, two of the noble houses are on the verge of a major event. With enough support from family, a member of each house will be united in marriage. However, some unknown members in both houses object to this and seek to disrupt it any way possible.

Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: wotmaniac on March 23, 2012, 11:10:07 AM
Don't know if THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU6U-8LP1DY) has been posted yet .... and if it has, that's okay, because it's that awesome.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on March 23, 2012, 11:38:19 AM
that was pretty awesome.

the only thing i didnt like was the credits at the end. written by "not julia".
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on March 23, 2012, 02:48:10 PM
http://www.oddee.com/item_98119.aspx

potentially nsfw
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on March 23, 2012, 04:46:25 PM
http://www.oddee.com/item_98119.aspx
Could use a NSFW-label
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on March 23, 2012, 05:34:39 PM
oopsie, got one up now
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on March 23, 2012, 07:31:43 PM
http://www.oddee.com/item_98119.aspx
Could use a NSFW-label
All his posts are labeled "Uncle Kitty".  That translates loosely as "potentially NSFW".   :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on March 23, 2012, 07:43:33 PM
http://www.oddee.com/item_98119.aspx
Could use a NSFW-label
All his posts are labeled "Uncle Kitty".  That translates loosely as "potentially NSFW".   :P
The poor noobs won't know that  :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on March 23, 2012, 07:46:20 PM
http://www.oddee.com/item_98119.aspx
Could use a NSFW-label
All his posts are labeled "Uncle Kitty".  That translates loosely as "potentially NSFW".   :P
The poor noobs won't know that  :P

In my defense the noobs can always use more hawt wimmen in their lives.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on March 23, 2012, 07:51:47 PM
http://www.oddee.com/item_98119.aspx
Could use a NSFW-label
All his posts are labeled "Uncle Kitty".  That translates loosely as "potentially NSFW".   :P
The poor noobs won't know that  :P

In my defense the noobs can always use more hawt wimmen in their lives.
True that
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on March 26, 2012, 04:36:49 PM
Quote from: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_United_Kingdom#Religion)
Although the Census 2001 also recorded 390,000 Jedi Knights, making Jedi the fourth-largest "religion" in the UK, this does not confer them any official recognition. In fact, all returns with "Jedi Knight" were classified as "No religion", along with Atheist, Agnostic, Heathen and those who ticked "Other" but did not write in any religion.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on March 26, 2012, 08:30:34 PM
Automatic slingshot. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxtHtPK2MH8)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on March 27, 2012, 12:52:35 AM
Automatic slingshot. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxtHtPK2MH8)

That man's slingshots are impressive!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on March 27, 2012, 12:48:33 PM
Excavator Used Climb! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO-wTO7ice8)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on March 28, 2012, 06:17:13 PM
This is my new theme song. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhmIa0XYTvQ&list=FLczTGzJu5gcIVkE7mWJ5Y6w&index=2&feature=plpp_video)

Check out the other tracks of Maximum Carnage.  Pretty cool stuff.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: kurashu on March 29, 2012, 01:15:04 AM
This is my new theme song. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhmIa0XYTvQ&list=FLczTGzJu5gcIVkE7mWJ5Y6w&index=2&feature=plpp_video)

Check out the other tracks of Maximum Carnage.  Pretty cool stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUtdCG-TZTs

Little more awesome because it has more DIO!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on March 31, 2012, 12:36:34 AM
The Tricorder Project (http://www.tricorderproject.org/index.html)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on March 31, 2012, 08:55:18 PM
http://www.youtube.com/googlemaps
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on April 01, 2012, 02:51:00 AM
Majora's Mask is quite possibly the most grim and depressing game of the Legend of Zelda series. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0SrR4jL6ns&list=FLczTGzJu5gcIVkE7mWJ5Y6w&index=1&feature=plpp_video)

Your friend from the Lost Woods is dominated by a mask, the apocalypse is just 3 days away, the legendary heroes of the Zora and Goron people met ignoble deaths, and the people of Clock Town flee their homes into the monster-filled wilderness to escape the moon's impending crash.  All your work on righting wrongs are undone when you travel back in time to the First Day: even if you have all the equipment and foreknowledge of sidequest events, you cannot save them all.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: kurashu on April 02, 2012, 07:52:23 PM
Acid Bath - New Death Sensation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tJGNW2NLJ8)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on April 03, 2012, 06:27:53 PM
You know the old "where's my flying car" joke?

Weeeellll... (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-03/flying-car-on-test-flight-in-us/3928684)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on April 03, 2012, 07:46:05 PM
http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2012/04/03/geek-news-dalek-relaxation-tape-of-the-day/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on April 04, 2012, 12:48:41 AM
http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2012/04/03/geek-news-dalek-relaxation-tape-of-the-day/
Oh god, I'm dying.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on April 04, 2012, 08:28:58 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/apr/02/hermit-crab-lego-shell-legoland
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on April 05, 2012, 08:02:07 PM
http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2012/04/05/geek-news-feathered-t-rex-relative-of-the-day/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on April 05, 2012, 08:03:08 PM
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/sci-tech/russia-working-on-electromagnetic-radiation-guns/story-fn5iztw3-1226317396841
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Prime32 on April 06, 2012, 04:27:37 PM
Site for gaming ideas I came across:
http://arcana.wikidot.com/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: archangel.arcanis on April 09, 2012, 12:59:11 PM
My child's first trip to the zoo. So she does the first logical thing, charge a several hundred pound tiger.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/529987_421204794560510_100000129802965_1760240_756351546_n.jpg)

Good thing for the zoo that glass was there, my 18 pound child may have eaten their tiger!  ;)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on April 09, 2012, 02:33:00 PM
My child's first trip to the zoo. So she does the first logical thing, charge a several hundred pound tiger.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/529987_421204794560510_100000129802965_1760240_756351546_n.jpg)

Good thing for the zoo that glass was there, my 18 pound child may have eaten their tiger!  ;)

KITTY!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 09, 2012, 06:53:35 PM
I know I don't belong in your family arcanis, but I can't help but make this joke...

"She takes after uncle Kuroi!"  :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: archangel.arcanis on April 09, 2012, 08:21:17 PM
I know I don't belong in your family arcanis, but I can't help but make this joke...

"She takes after uncle Kuroi!"  :D
I'll allow it, but only because you are such a bad ass.  ;)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 09, 2012, 11:26:43 PM
I know I don't belong in your family arcanis, but I can't help but make this joke...

"She takes after uncle Kuroi!"  :D
I'll allow it, but only because you are such a bad ass.  ;)
Thanks. Maybe I'll pay your family a visit someday.  :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: GreatRobo on April 10, 2012, 11:45:28 AM
Re programmable Tattoo
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/moodinq-tattoo.shtml?srp=6
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 10, 2012, 11:59:12 AM
Re programmable Tattoo
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/moodinq-tattoo.shtml?srp=6

That sounds AWESOME. I'll just wait for a couple of years till they work out the kinks. Sides, I doubt there's a company around here that will do the canvas surgery.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on April 10, 2012, 12:45:04 PM
Just the words "Sub-dermal Implants" makes me think of Deus Ex... and that is a good thing.

I wonder if you can hack someone's tattoos...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: GreatRobo on April 10, 2012, 01:03:05 PM
Just the words "Sub-dermal Implants" makes me think of Deus Ex... and that is a good thing.

I wonder if you can hack someone's tattoos...

I suppose you could if you had the wand thing.... Just load a black and white of a penis and run around changing peoples tattoos... That would be a dick move. No pun intended.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: SneeR on April 10, 2012, 01:36:11 PM
I hate April Fool's day. I am a bit gullible. That article is a joke, but animated tattoos are not. They operate with LCD screens.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: GreatRobo on April 10, 2012, 02:52:12 PM
I hate April Fool's day. I am a bit gullible. That article is a joke, but animated tattoos are not. They operate with LCD screens.
Damn me and my gullibility...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 10, 2012, 05:24:52 PM
Darn it.  :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on April 11, 2012, 03:58:52 PM
How can they resist pushing the button? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzw&context=C4d3b189ADvjVQa1PpcFP9rpRVBdVPwhFjHvlaj3mig03bXnoDcnE=)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on April 11, 2012, 04:56:24 PM
How can they resist pushing the button? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzw&context=C4d3b189ADvjVQa1PpcFP9rpRVBdVPwhFjHvlaj3mig03bXnoDcnE=)

That was AWESOME!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 11, 2012, 05:37:23 PM
How can they resist pushing the button? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzw&context=C4d3b189ADvjVQa1PpcFP9rpRVBdVPwhFjHvlaj3mig03bXnoDcnE=)

That was AWESOME!

Did they actually do that shit EVERY SINGLE TIME someone pushed the button?!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kajhera on April 11, 2012, 05:48:40 PM
Got a job this summer guys! First serious one since I started college more or less.  :lmao
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 11, 2012, 06:17:09 PM
Got a job this summer guys! First serious one since I started college more or less.  :lmao

Congratz! Whatcha doin'?  :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on April 11, 2012, 07:14:43 PM
http://www.mapofthedead.com/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kajhera on April 11, 2012, 07:32:50 PM
Got a job this summer guys! First serious one since I started college more or less.  :lmao

Congratz! Whatcha doin'?  :P

Helping set up voice networking things. I'm sure I'll know more specifically when I get there.  :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on April 11, 2012, 10:58:55 PM
http://www.mapofthedead.com/

That tells me that when the zombies come I need to move to Nebraska!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on April 11, 2012, 11:15:21 PM
How can they resist pushing the button? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzw&context=C4d3b189ADvjVQa1PpcFP9rpRVBdVPwhFjHvlaj3mig03bXnoDcnE=)

That was AWESOME!

Did they actually do that shit EVERY SINGLE TIME someone pushed the button?!

I think they actually did it only one time... There would be more of a crowd if it wasn't the first time, and more to the point, drama isn't really drama if you repeat it over & over...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on April 11, 2012, 11:23:45 PM
How can they resist pushing the button? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzw&context=C4d3b189ADvjVQa1PpcFP9rpRVBdVPwhFjHvlaj3mig03bXnoDcnE=)

That was AWESOME!

Did they actually do that shit EVERY SINGLE TIME someone pushed the button?!

I think they actually did it only one time... There would be more of a crowd if it wasn't the first time, and more to the point, drama isn't really drama if you repeat it over & over...

If you'll look closely, there are three separate people standing next to the button at different points in the video.  It looks like that happened at least three times.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on April 11, 2012, 11:45:38 PM
Or it was staged.  Poorly.  There were cameras in positions that didn't have cameras in other angles (off the ground, near the button, but no object to hide a camera on at that point, and most likely not a "zoom and enhance" deal).  However probably fake it was, it was still a pretty good commercial.

Oh, and they could have done it a few times and taken the best takes from it.  So a half-fake thing.  Definitely not a hidden camera deal though.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on April 12, 2012, 04:02:30 AM
http://www.mapofthedead.com/

That tells me that when the zombies come I need to move to Nebraska!
Meanwhile, I'm fucked, because I'm smack in the middle of one big danger zone called Europe.

Or it was staged.  Poorly.  There were cameras in positions that didn't have cameras in other angles (off the ground, near the button, but no object to hide a camera on at that point, and most likely not a "zoom and enhance" deal).  However probably fake it was, it was still a pretty good commercial.

Oh, and they could have done it a few times and taken the best takes from it.  So a half-fake thing.  Definitely not a hidden camera deal though.
Also, I doubt the passersby who pushed the button would've just stood around staring had it been a hidden camera deal, though their surprise looks genuine. It's possible it was a half-staged deal, with the stage prepared but the "victims" not necessarily told what exactly would happen.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Dan2 on April 12, 2012, 04:09:37 AM
http://www.mapofthedead.com/

That tells me that when the zombies come I need to move to Nebraska!

I'm already pretty close to a non-danger zone; within a mile.

Though it concerns me that this map wants to track my location...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on April 12, 2012, 08:54:21 AM
http://www.mapofthedead.com/

That tells me that when the zombies come I need to move to Nebraska!

I'm already pretty close to a non-danger zone; within a mile.

Though it concerns me that this map wants to track my location...
I, for one, welcome our new zombie overlords.
As a gamer, I possess valuable skills that could help in penetrating the defenses of various facilities, so that you can start your human farms.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 12, 2012, 09:57:27 AM
http://www.mapofthedead.com/

That tells me that when the zombies come I need to move to Nebraska!

I'm already pretty close to a non-danger zone; within a mile.

Though it concerns me that this map wants to track my location...
I, for one, welcome our new zombie overlords.
As a gamer, I possess valuable skills that could help in penetrating the defenses of various facilities, so that you can start your human farms.

*sharpening swords*

According to the map, not only am I in the middle of a giant danger zone, there isn't a safe place within a thousand kilometer radius. So I say bring it on, zombies! I'll carve my XP out of your putrid flesh!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on April 12, 2012, 10:02:34 AM
http://www.scribd.com/doc/11146/Amazing-Optical-Illusions
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on April 12, 2012, 10:02:44 AM
http://www.mapofthedead.com/

That tells me that when the zombies come I need to move to Nebraska!

I'm already pretty close to a non-danger zone; within a mile.

Though it concerns me that this map wants to track my location...
I, for one, welcome our new zombie overlords.
As a gamer, I possess valuable skills that could help in penetrating the defenses of various facilities, so that you can start your human farms.

*sharpening swords*

According to the map, not only am I in the middle of a giant danger zone, there isn't a safe place within a thousand kilometer radius. So I say bring it on, zombies! I'll carve my XP out of your putrid flesh!
For what it's worth, if you move towards the jungle, dead bodies likely won't remain ambulant for very long in the climate.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on April 12, 2012, 12:30:11 PM
http://www.mapofthedead.com/

That tells me that when the zombies come I need to move to Nebraska!

I'm already pretty close to a non-danger zone; within a mile.

Though it concerns me that this map wants to track my location...
I, for one, welcome our new zombie overlords.
As a gamer, I possess valuable skills that could help in penetrating the defenses of various facilities, so that you can start your human farms.

*sharpening swords*

According to the map, not only am I in the middle of a giant danger zone, there isn't a safe place within a thousand kilometer radius. So I say bring it on, zombies! I'll carve my XP out of your putrid flesh!
For what it's worth, if you move towards the jungle, dead bodies likely won't remain ambulant for very long in the climate.
So THAT's what I only got a couple of pink zones around the city area and highways.

EDIT: Oh wow, Singapore.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ImperatorK on April 12, 2012, 12:38:01 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN7dYDYfvVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGJEBiI85hM
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 12, 2012, 05:25:46 PM
http://www.mapofthedead.com/

That tells me that when the zombies come I need to move to Nebraska!

I'm already pretty close to a non-danger zone; within a mile.

Though it concerns me that this map wants to track my location...
I, for one, welcome our new zombie overlords.
As a gamer, I possess valuable skills that could help in penetrating the defenses of various facilities, so that you can start your human farms.

*sharpening swords*

According to the map, not only am I in the middle of a giant danger zone, there isn't a safe place within a thousand kilometer radius. So I say bring it on, zombies! I'll carve my XP out of your putrid flesh!
For what it's worth, if you move towards the jungle, dead bodies likely won't remain ambulant for very long in the climate.

For what it's worth, in the heatwave my city is currently in, I would only have to bunker down in my apartment for a few days.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nicklance on April 12, 2012, 06:09:11 PM
For what its worth, if the zombies cannot climb stairs or negotiate slopes, Singapore is a pretty safe place as well.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on April 12, 2012, 06:30:24 PM
i dont recall any zombie movie that had them unable to handle inclines.

many prezombies advanced their progression with the help of an incline.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on April 12, 2012, 06:35:56 PM
Hell, crawling over a pile of dead zombies is how the horde finally breaks through to the heavily defended compound
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ImperatorK on April 12, 2012, 10:25:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkQwJOLfr1k
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on April 18, 2012, 12:42:52 PM
Awesome robots (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErEBkj_3PY)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on April 18, 2012, 05:36:26 PM
(much) Older woman, kind of interesting on a person to person level.

I decided at some point, that I'd like to remain friendly with her.
A sure thing to trigger that, was and continues to be, casually
sliding a whoopsy : " ... and you're thin.  So blah blah blah blah ... "
 into a conversation.  As if I had said it subconscious to some other point.
Mission accomplished.  :)

But I figured I'd pay myself back via the faux good karma sometime.
I just did.
It was funny when it happened.
 :argue :debate ... and my avatar (in real life).
All at once.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 18, 2012, 05:52:44 PM
Awesome robots (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErEBkj_3PY)

...WANT.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on April 20, 2012, 03:07:25 PM
http://verydemotivational.memebase.com/2012/04/19/demotivational-posters-epic-dad/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on April 25, 2012, 07:41:42 AM
Imagine the tenth dimension (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjsgoXvnStY)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on April 25, 2012, 12:47:03 PM
I remember when we read that chapter/book/thingy in physics!  That was a fun week.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on April 27, 2012, 11:53:40 AM
Moral behaviour in other animals (http://www.wimp.com/moralbehavior/)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on April 27, 2012, 12:48:49 PM
Impressive genealogy find (http://www.wimp.com/formerking/).  We keep electing US Presidents from the same family. . . .
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: RobbyPants on April 27, 2012, 12:57:40 PM
I don't know if this works on all browsers, but if you're using Firefox or Opera (and I imagine Chrome), type in Zerg Rush into the search bar in Google. Your page will get zerg rushed by dozens of red and yellow Os that you can kill by clicking on twice. Each component of the page gets a life bar and gets destroyed when it runs out. It's a lot of fun for a few minutes.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on April 27, 2012, 07:51:52 PM
http://chzdailywhat.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/pde4karvbk-vlmhh7kk8aw2.jpg

I have the feeling the bg's will like this
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on April 27, 2012, 08:07:54 PM
thats just plain puggly


 :lol :lmao
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on April 27, 2012, 08:08:54 PM
http://thedailywh.at/2012/04/26/craigslist-ad-of-the-day-3/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on April 27, 2012, 08:25:57 PM
http://eca.bigcartel.com/product/cat-in-a-tank
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on April 28, 2012, 03:50:31 PM
I may have finally gotten a work around to all the weenie-filter
bs I've had to deal with.  I can read bhu's threads now.
I just can't post in them ... (shrug).


But that's "awesome" , to me at least.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nicklance on April 30, 2012, 12:06:36 PM
Dual Wield (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBo03yrKOCs&feature=related)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on April 30, 2012, 12:33:57 PM
Aw, and here I thought he'd be dual-wielding throughout the WHOLE PROCESS! :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on April 30, 2012, 12:52:25 PM
Aw, and here I thought he'd be dual-wielding throughout the WHOLE PROCESS! :p

That was my hope!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on April 30, 2012, 10:19:48 PM
Sonic Slam CD! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou0GHUEam3g&feature=BFa&list=FLczTGzJu5gcIVkE7mWJ5Y6w)

A mix-up of Space Jam and Sonic Boom.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on April 30, 2012, 11:28:20 PM
Impressive genealogy find (http://www.wimp.com/formerking/).  We keep electing US Presidents from the same family. . . .
Guess its still royals.

If we need somebody to wield a royal only weapon you have a great chance of making it work.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 04, 2012, 07:52:11 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOm61C3zpic

As one of the comments said "Awesome idea for a virus."
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on May 05, 2012, 08:25:21 AM
http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/other_resources/b-istr_main_report_2011_21239364.en-us.pdf?om_ext_cid=biz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Apr_worldwide_ISTR17


Just do a ctrl + f searching for "pornographic"... Turns out religious sites are more likely to infest your computer than pornographic ones! Three times more likely to boot.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on May 09, 2012, 07:59:54 PM
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/mysterious-jelly-sea-creature-baffles-internet-141159442.html
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Wrex on May 12, 2012, 11:53:36 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQU8m011fP8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQU8m011fP8)


Best. Fight. Ever.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on May 13, 2012, 05:24:32 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQU8m011fP8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQU8m011fP8)


Best. Fight. Ever.

Doesn't have Shantotto or Prishe, cant be the best fight ever.  :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 13, 2012, 08:39:16 PM
It has Lightning in it and English voices, therefore not the best fight ever.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on May 14, 2012, 12:56:10 AM
Just watched Hulk call Loki "puny god".  That scene is from the best fight ever.

Edit:  No, sorry.  This is the BEST FIGHT EVAR! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CKutMHg0oI&feature=g-u-u)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on May 14, 2012, 02:00:57 AM
But what about this one? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vMKN1tYknE)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: PlzBreakMyCampaign on May 15, 2012, 12:56:02 AM
3.5 pages is the period of average fail for this thread it seems. Good to know.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on May 24, 2012, 10:39:07 AM
I just got accepted to the beta-testing for 5th edition!   :love
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on May 24, 2012, 11:20:23 AM
we have a 5th ed game planned for our monthly games get together this saturday.

will report back some findings.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on May 24, 2012, 11:24:37 AM
I've got 3 night shifts to study the pdfs, followed by four days off which will likely see a couple of sessions.  Will also report in.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on May 24, 2012, 11:34:42 AM
Someone with pdf access: does it look to be internally balanced between the classes?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on May 24, 2012, 11:35:34 AM
i dont have access, was just told to show up to play premade characters....  :rolleyes
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on May 24, 2012, 11:35:42 AM
Someone with pdf access: does it look to be internally balanced between the classes?

Is anyone else having problems with the download?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on May 24, 2012, 12:03:50 PM
Took a little while to get the download, but after a single F5, it worked fine.

I've only browsed a single pregen character so far (dwarf cleric of Moradin), but it looks like they're actually returning to the 3.x feel.  I'll have a much better idea about class balance tomorrow morning, after my 12-hour night shift which will mostly be spent reading and analyzing.

Maybe there should be a beta 5th edition section added to the boards, for discussing this?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on May 24, 2012, 12:29:22 PM
My download link keeps bringing me to an error page ("bad request").  Must be broken... :( :(
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on May 24, 2012, 12:52:11 PM
The actual file remains elusive, like candy that I can't have and don't really want all that much in the first place. The account I used to have doesn't exist any more, except it still does exist because my old username is still unavailable, and the new one I gave them is inappropriate I guess? They okayed it when I took the space out though, so I'm just going to chalk that up to MAD TECHNICAL SKILLZ YO on their part. Mainly because I have to tick the user agreement box to continue and trying to do so brings up a broken overlay with absolutely nothing there. I couldn't read it even if I intended to do so.

Faux-edit: There it is. Apparently it was shy and I just needed to wait 15 minutes to encourage it to appear.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on May 24, 2012, 12:54:12 PM
Alright, I'm stumped.  I emailed custserv with "pdf or GTFO" but no response yet.

Can someone who has the pdf please PM it to me????? I'm in the beta test, there should be no copyright issues with sharing.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on May 24, 2012, 01:06:22 PM
We interrupt your regularly scheduled drooling over 5e while I wait for an illicit copy of the pdf to appear somewhere to bring you: Guess where Agita was last weekend (https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/24657068/1/HEY%20BITCHES%20GUESS%20WHERE%20I%20WAS?h=18988d)!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on May 24, 2012, 01:08:29 PM
We interrupt your regularly scheduled drooling over 5e while I wait for an illicit copy of the pdf to appear somewhere to bring you: Guess where Agita was last weekend (https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/24657068/1/HEY%20BITCHES%20GUESS%20WHERE%20I%20WAS?h=18988d)!

Ooh, LHC.  Look at the size of those dewars!  :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on May 24, 2012, 01:10:53 PM
We didn't actually get to look at the LHC proper since it was running at the time and you're not allowed close while it is, but I did get a shot of the security door barring entry.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on May 24, 2012, 02:10:18 PM
Were you nervous about the illegally smuggled heart you had in your chest the whole time?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on May 24, 2012, 02:18:08 PM
Were you nervous about the illegally smuggled heart you had in your chest the whole time?
I'm a scientist. I have no heart. That's why I was allowed past.
(It's a "no pacemakers" sign, of course.)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on May 24, 2012, 02:25:30 PM
Were you nervous about the illegally smuggled heart you had in your chest the whole time?
I'm a scientist. I have no heart. That's why I was allowed past.
(It's a "no pacemakers" sign, of course.)
Even as we speak, federal agents are inspecting the both of us for possible black market organ sales.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on May 24, 2012, 02:27:45 PM
Now I want to go to tech support for them, look at those computers!

I also now want to ride a bike in the LHC because I'm such a rebel.

And stalk Agita because now I know what he looks like.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 24, 2012, 04:48:53 PM
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/18597572/2012/05/22/marvel-comics-creates-superhero-in-honor-of-nh-boy#.T75mNRnSLVI.facebook
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 24, 2012, 05:42:48 PM
We interrupt your regularly scheduled drooling over 5e while I wait for an illicit copy of the pdf to appear somewhere to bring you: Guess where Agita was last weekend (https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/24657068/1/HEY%20BITCHES%20GUESS%20WHERE%20I%20WAS?h=18988d)!

But... But...! You're supposed to be Alien Zombie Lesbian Ninja from Outer Space!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on May 24, 2012, 05:55:52 PM
And stalk Agita because now I know what he looks like.
Obviously, that's my evil twin, as you can clearly tell from the fact that he has a goatee.
Or some sort of wannabe patch of hair on the chin that tries to pass for one, anyway.

But... But...! You're supposed to be Alien Zombie Lesbian Ninja from Outer Space!
Evidently, we're gonna have to add "in Disguise" to that.
Also, what happened to the "Sir"?  >:(
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on May 24, 2012, 05:56:51 PM
But... But...! You're supposed to be Alien Zombie Lesbian Ninja from Outer Space!
Evidently, we're gonna have to add "in Disguise" to that.
Also, what happened to the "Sir"?  >:(
Compatibility issues with the Lesbian. They're working on a patch, though.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on May 24, 2012, 06:12:57 PM
And stalk Agita because now I know what he looks like.
Obviously, that's my evil twin, as you can clearly tell from the fact that he has a goatee.
Or some sort of wannabe patch of hair on the chin that tries to pass for one, anyway.

Even if it is your evil twin I still know what you look like.   :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on May 24, 2012, 06:21:55 PM
But... But...! You're supposed to be Alien Zombie Lesbian Ninja from Outer Space!
Evidently, we're gonna have to add "in Disguise" to that.
Also, what happened to the "Sir"?  >:(
Compatibility issues with the Lesbian. They're working on a patch, though.

We can still add Awesome to that, too.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on May 30, 2012, 02:08:49 PM
http://youtu.be/vR8P0GoYeI0

a friend of a friend @ ~ 28 minutes.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on June 01, 2012, 05:40:45 PM
How did I not know the Ender's Game Movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/) was filming and has a release date?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on June 01, 2012, 05:42:44 PM
I was looking around for character ideas and stumbled across my new favorite person of all time Julie D'Aubigny (http://www.badassoftheweek.com/lamaupin.html)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on June 01, 2012, 05:44:05 PM
How did I not know the Ender's Game Movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/) was filming and has a release date?
Probably because they already filmed all those Harry Potter (http://www.linearpublishing.com/rhinostory.html) movies.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on June 02, 2012, 01:24:29 PM
How did I not know the Ender's Game Movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/) was filming and has a release date?

Because it was stuck in devlopment hell for some long
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: oslecamo on June 04, 2012, 03:55:01 PM
Necomimi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w06zvM2x_lw)

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 04, 2012, 08:29:20 PM
Necomimi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w06zvM2x_lw)

(click to show/hide)

Android maids, here we come.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Wrex on June 07, 2012, 11:37:50 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uJJPv0u8_4&feature=relmfu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uJJPv0u8_4&feature=relmfu)


Kikoskia's let's play of the Temple of Elemental Evil. Nearly 200 vidoes of snarky british commentary!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on June 08, 2012, 02:04:11 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uJJPv0u8_4&feature=relmfu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uJJPv0u8_4&feature=relmfu)


Kikoskia's let's play of the Temple of Elemental Evil. Nearly 200 vidoes of snarky british commentary!

Where can i get this??
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on June 08, 2012, 12:58:53 PM
Wow that guy is irritating...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on June 10, 2012, 12:07:08 AM
I am rewatching Matilda and I just realized that she is a Sith, she unlocks her force powers through anger and hate!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on June 10, 2012, 12:11:45 AM
(http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20120609.gif)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Wrex on June 10, 2012, 12:41:05 AM
I laughed much harder than I should have.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on June 12, 2012, 06:34:08 PM
http://www.ustream.tv/sfshiba
Caution: May cause diabetes.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on June 13, 2012, 03:00:08 AM
Blood to power (http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/06/how-to-hack-a-snail-to-create-a-living-battery.html?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2012-1206-GLOBAL|hackasnail&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_content=hackasnail)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on June 13, 2012, 04:41:05 AM
Blood to power (http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/06/how-to-hack-a-snail-to-create-a-living-battery.html?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2012-1206-GLOBAL|hackasnail&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_content=hackasnail)

Oh look, science to back up the entire plot of The Matrix....
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 13, 2012, 08:45:21 AM
Blood to power (http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/06/how-to-hack-a-snail-to-create-a-living-battery.html?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2012-1206-GLOBAL|hackasnail&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_content=hackasnail)

Oh look, science to back up the entire plot of The Matrix....

I'm more like "Oh look, here come the implants!"
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on June 13, 2012, 08:48:02 AM
Blood to power (http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/06/how-to-hack-a-snail-to-create-a-living-battery.html?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2012-1206-GLOBAL|hackasnail&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_content=hackasnail)

Oh look, science to back up the entire plot of The Matrix....

I'm more like "Oh look, here come the implants!"
Same here. I eagerly await the day my PC will be part of my body.
Also, given that these run on blood glucose, that means an excuse to eat more.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 13, 2012, 09:10:06 AM
Blood to power (http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/06/how-to-hack-a-snail-to-create-a-living-battery.html?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2012-1206-GLOBAL|hackasnail&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_content=hackasnail)

Oh look, science to back up the entire plot of The Matrix....

I'm more like "Oh look, here come the implants!"
Same here. I eagerly await the day my PC will be part of my body.
Also, given that these run on blood glucose, that means an excuse to eat more.

It also means I will be significantly less fat!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on June 14, 2012, 01:53:25 AM
http://www.amazon.com/Vonador-and-Parsacia-ebook/dp/B008B8PYK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339653164&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Vonador-and-Parsacia-ebook/dp/B008B8PYK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339653164&sr=1-1) I am published  :clap :cool
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on June 14, 2012, 05:11:04 AM
http://www.amazon.com/Vonador-and-Parsacia-ebook/dp/B008B8PYK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339653164&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Vonador-and-Parsacia-ebook/dp/B008B8PYK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339653164&sr=1-1) I am published  :clap :cool
Congratulations  :birthday
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 14, 2012, 09:45:49 AM
Awesome!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on June 14, 2012, 10:12:58 AM
Congratulations! 

Now we all know your REAL name too!    :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on June 14, 2012, 10:56:45 AM
http://www.amazon.com/Vonador-and-Parsacia-ebook/dp/B008B8PYK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339653164&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Vonador-and-Parsacia-ebook/dp/B008B8PYK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339653164&sr=1-1) I am published  :clap :cool

congrats!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 14, 2012, 12:11:13 PM
I gave a gypsy a heart attack the other day.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on June 14, 2012, 01:55:01 PM
I gave a gypsy a heart attack the other day.

well that was rather rude of you and in order to make up for it,BUY MY SAHORT STORY lol

And thanks for all of the Congratulations!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on June 14, 2012, 05:47:30 PM
I gave a gypsy a heart attack the other day.

maliciously or by your presence?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 14, 2012, 06:47:03 PM
I gave a gypsy a heart attack the other day.

maliciously or by your presence?

By uttering "Kietamae, nasakenai baba".
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on June 14, 2012, 07:51:16 PM
Without the benefit of translation perchance does this mean something similar to "Do you take it in the ass?"  :lol
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on June 14, 2012, 08:02:37 PM
Literally, it'd be "Disappear, pitiful hag". More informally, "Fuck off you miserable old bitch".
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on June 14, 2012, 08:57:24 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Vonador-and-Parsacia-ebook/dp/B008B8PYK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339653164&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Vonador-and-Parsacia-ebook/dp/B008B8PYK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339653164&sr=1-1) I am published  :clap :cool
Who is John? Do you know?
Quote from: John
Everyone should read this book. This young write is very good. This book is very easy to read. Adults and kids well enjoy this book. I give it five stars out of five stars.

EDIT: And no-one make Atlas Shrugged puns, please.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on June 15, 2012, 12:01:23 AM
http://www.amazon.com/Vonador-and-Parsacia-ebook/dp/B008B8PYK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339653164&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Vonador-and-Parsacia-ebook/dp/B008B8PYK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339653164&sr=1-1) I am published  :clap :cool
Who is John? Do you know?
Quote from: John
Everyone should read this book. This young write is very good. This book is very easy to read. Adults and kids well enjoy this book. I give it five stars out of five stars.

EDIT: And no-one make Atlas Shrugged puns, please.

as i explained over at WotC That's my dumb brother John..I'd honestly rate it 3.5 if i were being generous otherwise it would get a 3
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on June 15, 2012, 08:11:03 AM
Literally, it'd be "Disappear, pitiful hag". More informally, "Fuck off you miserable old bitch".

Hey, your translation skills are getting better. Though there is no informal way to translate that. The verb form was intentionally used in an overly formal yet condescending way. -tamae is a verb form typically employed by older men that implies a tone of false modesty, as in "it sounds like I'm asking you for a favor, but do it or you're fucked."
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on June 18, 2012, 02:40:56 PM
Just the right kind of crazy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSYAtChwObs)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on June 18, 2012, 02:47:30 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w-zvJNuPgE
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on June 18, 2012, 06:43:29 PM

...  :twitch ... the very first time I ever heard of that involved
an ancient computer game that had Vorpal Capybaras.

So I just had a little cognitive dissonance of Vorpal vs. Lap "dog".
Watch where you put that bottle Jack.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on June 18, 2012, 08:02:43 PM
one of the Wizardry games?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on June 22, 2012, 08:44:51 PM
http://darwintunes.org/

Let's evolve some music!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on June 26, 2012, 12:21:06 PM
Ads should entertain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zJWA3Vo6TU)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on June 26, 2012, 07:39:53 PM
Electronic mind reading takes a big step closer to becoming a reality (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120626172721.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on July 01, 2012, 12:04:29 AM
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/1082

THIS COMIC IS AWESOME
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on July 01, 2012, 02:30:30 AM
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/1082

THIS COMIC IS AWESOME

Yeah it is.  I've been reading it since it first came out.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 01, 2012, 03:09:26 AM
I just finished an archive-binge on it.

Needs Kenshiro.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: oslecamo on July 01, 2012, 06:55:38 AM
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/1082

THIS COMIC IS AWESOME

Yeah it is.  I've been reading it since it first came out.
I got to know it from the pokemon "trainer" strips that got posted in another forum. Gotta love gyarados geting the respect it deserves.

Extra hilarity for the whole bishonen fanboy/girls bashing on the last strips.

I just finished an archive-binge on it.

Needs Kenshiro.
Alas, not a video game character, even if it does have a few conversions. :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on July 01, 2012, 08:05:51 AM
It's not all about VG characters, but overly-muscled, super macho'd guys.  Kenshiro, at least, has the requisite muscle mass to qualify.  I'd like to see a Warhammer 40K space marine make it into the comic, too, especially since the novels describe them as nearly 3 metres tall in their armour.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 01, 2012, 11:02:48 AM
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/1082

THIS COMIC IS AWESOME

Yeah it is.  I've been reading it since it first came out.
I got to know it from the pokemon "trainer" strips that got posted in another forum. Gotta love gyarados geting the respect it deserves.

Extra hilarity for the whole bishonen fanboy/girls bashing on the last strips.

I just finished an archive-binge on it.

Needs Kenshiro.
Alas, not a video game character, even if it does have a few conversions. :P
Leonidas is in it and he's not a videogame character either.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on July 01, 2012, 01:17:07 PM
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2012/06/28/funny-pictures-fus-roh-miaaaau/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: oslecamo on July 01, 2012, 03:13:55 PM
It's not all about VG characters, but overly-muscled, super macho'd guys.  Kenshiro, at least, has the requisite muscle mass to qualify.  I'd like to see a Warhammer 40K space marine make it into the comic, too, especially since the novels describe them as nearly 3 metres tall in their armour.

They're also over-glorified eununchs , that's why they don't qualify.

And muscle isn't a prerequisite, as fish trainer and Link have shown.

Leonidas is in it and he's not a videogame character either.

Hmm, fair point, but from what I've readed Leonidas just apeared as a Kratos rival here and there, and eventually  ended up conceding defeat and walking away, so he was kinda an exception.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on July 01, 2012, 04:08:37 PM
Link is portrayed as an annoyance to the macho Ganon, and not a member.  Jared is more an adopted "pet".  Space marines are physically massive, trained killers, very intimidating, and believe they are right.  Whether they have sex or not is a non-point.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: oslecamo on July 01, 2012, 05:00:56 PM
Link is portrayed as an annoyance to the macho Ganon, and not a member.  Jared is more an adopted "pet".  Space marines are physically massive, trained killers, very intimidating, and believe they are right.  Whether they have sex or not is a non-point.

On the contrary, the fact they've sacrificed the main macho quality means they're just oversized drug addicts, and drug addicts are not macho.

Also last time I checked a massive amount of their fluff portrays them all filled with doubt, angst and self-guilt over this and that, more than once borderline on emo. They're also renowed for having trouble dealing with simple axes and swords, when even a renaissance army beats that kind of thing (proof:warhammer fantasy, where the human detachments fight and beat the exact same kind of daemons that SM have so much trouble with, and the human detachments don't have all the fancy SM wargear nor can afford to run away from the planet where they're fighting like the SM did countless times).
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on July 01, 2012, 05:17:06 PM
Link is portrayed as an annoyance to the macho Ganon, and not a member.  Jared is more an adopted "pet".  Space marines are physically massive, trained killers, very intimidating, and believe they are right.  Whether they have sex or not is a non-point.

On the contrary, the fact they've sacrificed the main macho quality means they're just oversized drug addicts, and drug addicts are not macho.

Also last time I checked a massive amount of their fluff portrays them all filled with doubt, angst and self-guilt over this and that, more than once borderline on emo. They're also renowed for having trouble dealing with simple axes and swords, when even a renaissance army beats that kind of thing (proof:warhammer fantasy, where the human detachments fight and beat the exact same kind of daemons that SM have so much trouble with, and the human detachments don't have all the fancy SM wargear nor can afford to run away from the planet where they're fighting like the SM did countless times).

Your testes are your most macho part of you?  When you have 2 gene-seed implants to spawn future generations, if you prove to be a skilled and effective warrior?

I don't know what fluff you read, but the vast majority of the space marines I read about are only filled with doubt when they are thrust into situations where they have to bring back abominations alive instead of killing it dead then burning the remains to destroy the taint.  I'd recommend you read a series of short stories in a novel called "Victories of the Space Marines".  Or maybe you are confusing space marines with the Imperial Guard...

If you wanna compare fantasy to 40K, then I'll have to point out that the fantasy world is saturated with daemonic warp magic, enchanted items, spells, and other such things which daemons are vulnerable to.  Space marines have no magic, just raw strength and explosives to penetrate daemonic auras.  The Grey Knights are a rare faction that get access to psychic-imbued armour and ammo, to better kill things which wield the power of the warp.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on July 01, 2012, 08:33:13 PM
My limited knowledge of WH40k indicates that just surviving in the sort of situations a space marine will be in proves a lot.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on July 01, 2012, 08:33:32 PM
Gendo's Paradise. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP9DKGhUiaY&list=FLczTGzJu5gcIVkE7mWJ5Y6w&index=3&feature=plpp_video)

Did I mention that I just finished watching the Evangelion tv series and movie?
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Post by: Kuroimaken on July 01, 2012, 08:44:40 PM
Gendo's Paradise. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP9DKGhUiaY&list=FLczTGzJu5gcIVkE7mWJ5Y6w&index=3&feature=plpp_video)

Did I mention that I just finished watching the Evangelion tv series and movie?

It's the only mindfuck series I've ever let my brain touch.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on July 02, 2012, 10:39:26 AM
Fun fact I discovered today: when running laps, I seem to actually become FASTER with each subsequent lap. My stats (I took 4 dashes today):

Lap 1: 12.01
Lap 2: 11.55
Lap 3: 9.85
Lap 4: 9.25
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on July 02, 2012, 11:10:48 AM
Fun fact I discovered today: when running laps, I seem to actually become FASTER with each subsequent lap. My stats (I took 4 dashes today):

Lap 1: 12.01
Lap 2: 11.55
Lap 3: 9.85
Lap 4: 9.25
That looks like a roughly linear relation, but there's not enough data points. Clearly, you should attempt to run at least ten dashes next time. The more the better. :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on July 02, 2012, 11:35:17 AM
Fun fact I discovered today: when running laps, I seem to actually become FASTER with each subsequent lap. My stats (I took 4 dashes today):

Lap 1: 12.01
Lap 2: 11.55
Lap 3: 9.85
Lap 4: 9.25
That looks like a roughly linear relation, but there's not enough data points. Clearly, you should attempt to run at least ten dashes next time. The more the better. :p
Agita, don't encourage Kuroi to violate causality.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on July 02, 2012, 11:54:26 AM
Fun fact I discovered today: when running laps, I seem to actually become FASTER with each subsequent lap. My stats (I took 4 dashes today):

Lap 1: 12.01
Lap 2: 11.55
Lap 3: 9.85
Lap 4: 9.25
That looks like a roughly linear relation, but there's not enough data points. Clearly, you should attempt to run at least ten dashes next time. The more the better. :p
Agita, don't encourage Kuroi to violate causality.
Aww. Why not? :(
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on July 02, 2012, 12:37:42 PM
Fun fact I discovered today: when running laps, I seem to actually become FASTER with each subsequent lap. My stats (I took 4 dashes today):

Lap 1: 12.01
Lap 2: 11.55
Lap 3: 9.85
Lap 4: 9.25
That looks like a roughly linear relation, but there's not enough data points. Clearly, you should attempt to run at least ten dashes next time. The more the better. :p
Agita, don't encourage Kuroi to violate causality.
Aww. Why not? :(
Because we want to test it in a controlled environment. For science.

Also because I want to be watching from the next universe over just in case.
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Post by: Quillwraith on July 02, 2012, 01:06:29 PM
Fun fact I discovered today: when running laps, I seem to actually become FASTER with each subsequent lap. My stats (I took 4 dashes today):

Lap 1: 12.01
Lap 2: 11.55
Lap 3: 9.85
Lap 4: 9.25
That looks like a roughly linear relation, but there's not enough data points. Clearly, you should attempt to run at least ten dashes next time. The more the better. :p
Agita, don't encourage Kuroi to violate causality.
Aww. Why not? :(
Causality violations always cause problems. Always.
Rule 3 of the Librarians of Space and Time:
No interfering with the nature of causality.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on July 02, 2012, 03:40:20 PM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221063033989?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649     :eh
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Post by: sirpercival on July 02, 2012, 03:41:36 PM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221063033989?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649     :eh

 :lmao do you ship to Switzerland?  They could use it for comparison.
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Post by: altpersona on July 02, 2012, 03:47:12 PM
US only. but you could ship it  :D

Its US only because I don't wanna mess w/ customs.
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Post by: sirpercival on July 02, 2012, 03:49:23 PM
US only. but you could ship it  :D

Its US only because I don't wanna mess w/ customs.

What're they gonna do?  It's not like an x-ray machine will detect it... ;)

If someone buys it, send them this (http://www.particlezoo.net/individual_pages/shop_higgsboson.html).
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Post by: altpersona on July 02, 2012, 04:04:32 PM
if it goes for enough i will. ;)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: darqueseid on July 02, 2012, 04:22:50 PM
I always wanted to put my soul up for auction on ebay.. but I was afraid it wouldn't go for very much...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on July 02, 2012, 04:26:49 PM
being used and dirty are pretty big price hits  :-\

and i think its on the no sale list
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on July 02, 2012, 04:51:28 PM
A higgs boson could be considered to fall within the 'intangible' category of the no sale list.
Don't tell EBay.
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Post by: altpersona on July 02, 2012, 04:56:38 PM
its tangible, iv had it on display forever.. :lol
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on July 02, 2012, 06:02:38 PM
Hey, ever wondered what the world's geography would look like if the polar ice caps melted?

(click to show/hide)
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Post by: Halinn on July 02, 2012, 06:08:11 PM
I wonder if there would be a net gain of potentially arable land if it happened. I mean, suddenly some huge landmasses open up, and since things warm up, some of the colder climates would be better suited for farming as well.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on July 02, 2012, 06:32:22 PM
Oceania stays about the same? That's good to know.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on July 02, 2012, 06:39:01 PM
Hey, ever wondered what the world's geography would look like if the polar ice caps melted?

(click to show/hide)
And then we get attacked by aliens and have to be saved by teenagers piloting giant berserk mecha.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on July 02, 2012, 08:53:08 PM
Hey, ever wondered what the world's geography would look like if the polar ice caps melted?

(click to show/hide)
And then we get attacked by aliens and have to be saved by teenagers piloting giant berserk mecha.

NGE got off easy.  Only Antarctica melted! :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on July 05, 2012, 10:31:27 AM
They've found the Higgs Boson. Here (http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2012/PR17.12E.html)'s the press release.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on July 05, 2012, 01:13:38 PM
They've found the Higgs Boson. Here (http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2012/PR17.12E.html)'s the press release.
To be precise, they've found something that seems to be a Higgs Boson.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on July 05, 2012, 01:28:10 PM
They've found the Higgs Boson. Here (http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2012/PR17.12E.html)'s the press release.
To be precise, they've found something that seems to be a Higgs Boson.
They have found a Higgs-like particle with a mass of 125.3 ± 0.6 GeV , with a 4.9 sigma certainty, although some of the expected decays were not observed very clearly. Better?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: SneeR on July 17, 2012, 04:06:46 PM
This must be what Bilbo heard which entranced him so. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME5urFBf0kk&feature=player_embedded)

And this explains why Mordred was the bad guy, if this was what he went to sleep each night with. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny7NZPfl0l4)
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Post by: Jackinthegreen on July 18, 2012, 10:52:25 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab1VLYByCTM
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on July 19, 2012, 07:33:07 AM
Counter-charge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_auekKc1580)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Prime32 on July 19, 2012, 01:59:24 PM
TRANSFOOOORM! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfrHQE_mq4Q)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: wotmaniac on July 19, 2012, 03:14:33 PM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221063033989?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649     :eh
I know i'm a little late on this ... but you're my fucking hero. :clap
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: wotmaniac on July 19, 2012, 03:58:27 PM
Well, i've finally got a job that gives me a desent paycheck (I've been waiting 3 years for that) ... there's just the one little problem of now I 'm working 70-80 hrs/wk, so I  don't have time to do much of anything.

Of course, now that I 've got this nifty new little tablet, I'll at least have some of my interweb time back -- and once I  get a real keyboard (next week), it won't be nearly as annoying.

Anyway,"yea me ".
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on July 19, 2012, 10:26:54 PM
my higgs boson sold for $1.25

im printing up a CoA to send. (iv already spent more on paper than they paid). i may frame it or send a small vial with it or all three.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on July 20, 2012, 11:45:50 AM
Coenzyme A? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenzyme_A) Coat of Arms? College of the Atlantic (http://www.coa.edu/index.htm)?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on July 20, 2012, 11:50:09 AM
Probably a Certificate of Authenticity.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on July 20, 2012, 09:58:47 PM
ya, certificate of authenticity. send it and a very small bottle.

whole production cost me $11
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Post by: sirpercival on July 20, 2012, 10:47:10 PM
I take it bhu has seen this (http://meowbify.com/)?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on July 20, 2012, 10:50:44 PM
I has indeed but thank you for thinking of me  :)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on July 20, 2012, 11:02:07 PM
Catchy Earthbound/Mother fan song. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm1fgCxv_Zg&list=FLczTGzJu5gcIVkE7mWJ5Y6w&index=1&feature=plpp_video)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on July 20, 2012, 11:35:50 PM
I has indeed but thank you for thinking of me  :)
I tried it on this page, and your post had the most cats pictures.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on July 20, 2012, 11:41:36 PM
omg that is an overwhelming number of cats  :o
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on July 20, 2012, 11:45:04 PM
omg that is an overwhelming number of cats  :o

I'll take "phrases you never thought you'd hear bhu say" for 200, please.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on July 21, 2012, 12:39:39 AM
+1'd ya for that SP
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on July 21, 2012, 06:45:21 AM
+1'd ya for that SP
Thanks!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on July 21, 2012, 07:10:32 AM
Quite possibly the (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4w8lLW96bk&feature=g-subs-u) most (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNQkq3Q4CCg&list=UU0gEw6pgNkLkkzMwzX4UtHA&index=1&feature=plcp) AWESOME (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSzz4c_E0Bw&feature=g-subs-u) Youtube channel ever!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on July 21, 2012, 03:15:37 PM
Quite possibly the (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4w8lLW96bk&feature=g-subs-u) most (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNQkq3Q4CCg&list=UU0gEw6pgNkLkkzMwzX4UtHA&index=1&feature=plcp) AWESOME (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSzz4c_E0Bw&feature=g-subs-u) Youtube channel ever!

Agree 100%!
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Post by: bhu on July 21, 2012, 08:36:52 PM
http://www.youtube.com/user/shironekoshiro?feature=results_main  my vote still goes for dis guy
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: wotmaniac on July 21, 2012, 09:31:33 PM
Alright, Action Figure Therapy (http://actionfiguretherapy.com/) has won the internet!
I've been addicted to this sight for a couple of months now .... Jungle and Ranger are hands-down my favorite.  Though, I think that bhu might find a kindred spirit in this guy (http://www.youtube.com/embed/_t4GJlaQc0I?autoplay=1&hd=1), who even has his own site (http://catzinhatz420.tumblr.com/).
The newest videos are on the front couple of pages; but you really need to go back to the beginning (http://actionfiguretherapy.com/videos) for a proper indoctrination.

You're welcome.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on July 21, 2012, 10:34:47 PM
nice to see you back Wots :D
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Post by: wotmaniac on July 21, 2012, 11:32:58 PM
nice to see you back Wots :D

Thanks, bhu.  :)
I think I've finally settled in to my schedule-made-of-stupid, and made the appropriate adjustments -- look forward to getting back in the thick of things.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on July 22, 2012, 12:12:53 AM
http://pictureisunrelated.memebase.com/2012/07/19/wtf-photos-videos-lego-battleship/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on July 26, 2012, 01:38:41 PM
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/166048_352637144802063_1793906854_n.jpg)
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Post by: darqueseid on July 26, 2012, 02:17:06 PM
that's awesome inna! +1
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Post by: sirpercival on July 26, 2012, 02:40:51 PM
People should go see this movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/), if you can find it playing nearby.  The director/writer/composer is a guy I know (his dad has been friends with my dad for like 50 years).  It won top prize at Sundance, and an award at Cannes.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on July 26, 2012, 02:55:33 PM
I've heard about this.  Been waiting for it to come out on dvd
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Slaughterhouserock on July 26, 2012, 06:23:10 PM
Post It Note Mario (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rblKaYJqMXs&feature=player_detailpage)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dipolartech on July 27, 2012, 07:08:35 AM
I don't even remember how i stumbled on this today but, this brings back memories.... and lets me see early artwork that I've never seen before

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?429474-D-amp-D-in-pictures-what-it-means-to-you


On a sad note, reading this old thread lead me to learn that one of my most formative fantasy artworks were done by the same gentleman and that He passed away in 2005. R.I.P Keith Parkinson. Off the top of my head I can't even count how many of the books I own he did the cover for.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: archangel.arcanis on July 27, 2012, 09:21:32 PM
oops wrong thread...  :facepalm
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on August 03, 2012, 02:40:05 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS8QI-j8yb8&list=UUPIvT-zcQl2H0vabdXJGcpg&index=0&feature=plcp
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Prime32 on August 03, 2012, 06:48:51 PM
I didn't know that Holodecks had been invented... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg8Bh5iI2WY)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: RedWarlock on August 04, 2012, 03:02:41 AM
I didn't know that Holodecks had been invented... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg8Bh5iI2WY)

Wow, holy crap. I really want to demo that roller floor, that sounds interesting if nothing else (definitely spot-on for holodeck tech). Could do without the live fire, tho.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: darqueseid on August 04, 2012, 04:40:35 AM
I want to build d&d levels for it... Imagine a fully immersed d&d game...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on August 04, 2012, 04:58:44 AM
Every week I enter the Gadget Show competition.  Every week those thousand and thousands of pounds of gadgets elude me :(
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nicklance on August 04, 2012, 10:56:19 PM
I want to build d&d levels for it... Imagine a fully immersed d&d game...

You could check out Sword Art Online.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on August 05, 2012, 12:12:15 AM
Kickstarter Project: Play D&D on your Smartphone. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1637247354/hazzah-the-mobile-tabletop-rpg-tool-for-iphones-an)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: RedWarlock on August 05, 2012, 01:08:01 AM
Kickstarter Project: Play D&D on your Smartphone. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1637247354/hazzah-the-mobile-tabletop-rpg-tool-for-iphones-an)
Ooh. Backed.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Prime32 on August 05, 2012, 08:37:22 AM
Could do without the live fire, tho.
Safety protocols are for wimps. :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on August 05, 2012, 07:53:06 PM

EDIT: wrong thread
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Post by: Bozwevial on August 06, 2012, 01:34:37 AM
I realize I'm a bit late, but:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html)

Mars!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: DonQuixote on August 06, 2012, 01:43:56 AM
MARS. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdS6azvIo_M&t=2m02s)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on August 06, 2012, 02:00:41 PM
https://grimmwisdom.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/5-reasons-to-play-dd/ (https://grimmwisdom.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/5-reasons-to-play-dd/)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on August 06, 2012, 07:33:08 PM
Persona fanmade music video: Spirit of the Sake. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f9E4ic1Tt0&list=FLczTGzJu5gcIVkE7mWJ5Y6w&index=1&feature=plpp_video)

I don't understand how this is supposed to discourage under-age drinking...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on August 06, 2012, 07:43:09 PM
Would need my fiance to translate but the absolutely horrible "drunk man" voice that sings throughout, the images of people vomitting and collapsing at 0.37-39. The people screaming at 00.57. and other images of being pissed gone wrong. Mainly though I think its the voice, its a vile, vile voice. If that voice is actually saying an anti-drink message I get how it can work.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on August 07, 2012, 01:08:02 PM
http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/81382-baskin-robbins-free-ice-cream-deal-still-on-despite-chong-weis-loss.html

Free Ice Cream for the whole country!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on August 09, 2012, 04:25:58 PM
Just saw this on 4chan...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uilFJ6HflKk

Seriously Albania, wtf?!

Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on August 10, 2012, 12:49:21 AM
I'm officially over 2,000 posts and have bumped my way up to the number 6 top poster spot!  I'm out posting a mod, shouldn't I get honorary mod powers or something for that?   :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on August 10, 2012, 12:57:45 AM
I'm officially over 2,000 posts and have bumped my way up to the number 6 top poster spot!  I'm out posting a mod, shouldn't I get honorary mod powers or something for that?   :P

You have been outposting Agita and Sinfire Titan for an awful long time :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on August 10, 2012, 01:05:35 AM
I'm officially over 2,000 posts and have bumped my way up to the number 6 top poster spot!  I'm out posting a mod, shouldn't I get honorary mod powers or something for that?   :P

You have been outposting Agita and Sinfire Titan for an awful long time :D
Agita's been busy cementing his place as a professional lurker. He dethroned veekie a while back. I'm sixth on that list and even if Agita dropped off the face of the earth I wouldn't be catching up any time soon.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on August 10, 2012, 01:50:21 AM
Well I still outpost anyone without a Large Scale Homebrew. And some with.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on August 10, 2012, 07:40:40 AM
You guys are so cute.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on August 10, 2012, 07:51:41 AM
You guys are so cute.

 :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on August 10, 2012, 08:13:48 AM
(http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/uploads/yakini-main.jpg)

There he is for all of you to enjoy.  His little face has been making me smile all morning.  He's reacting to the cold stethoscope!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on August 10, 2012, 08:14:31 AM
You guys are so cute.
I'm still on top, kid.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on August 10, 2012, 08:14:47 AM
Really tempted to set it as my desktop.  I'd never be gloomy again
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on August 10, 2012, 08:16:33 AM
You guys are so cute.
I'm still on top, kid.

Of that list.  By a bit.  I don't think I'm going to catch you, either.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on August 10, 2012, 08:21:06 AM
Been on a real Dr. Who kick as of late so....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC0NuBaliLs

Then a themed music quiz show:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTFaCw9KvcA&feature=related

Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on August 10, 2012, 12:25:06 PM
Stompy (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/projecthexapod/stompy-the-giant-rideable-walking-robot-0)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on August 10, 2012, 12:47:28 PM
I'm officially over 2,000 posts and have bumped my way up to the number 6 top poster spot!  I'm out posting a mod, shouldn't I get honorary mod powers or something for that?   :P

You have been outposting Agita and Sinfire Titan for an awful long time :D

True, but I just passed up Prime.  Now we'll have to see if I can catch up to Phaedrus.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on August 10, 2012, 12:50:10 PM
I'm officially over 2,000 posts and have bumped my way up to the number 6 top poster spot!  I'm out posting a mod, shouldn't I get honorary mod powers or something for that?   :P

You have been outposting Agita and Sinfire Titan for an awful long time :D

True, but I just passed up Prime.  Now we'll have to see if I can catch up to Phaedrus.
Good luck, he's the world's most advanced spambot.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on August 10, 2012, 12:53:36 PM
I'm officially over 2,000 posts and have bumped my way up to the number 6 top poster spot!  I'm out posting a mod, shouldn't I get honorary mod powers or something for that?   :P

You have been outposting Agita and Sinfire Titan for an awful long time :D

True, but I just passed up Prime.  Now we'll have to see if I can catch up to Phaedrus.
Good luck, he's the world's most advanced spambot.

So I've noticed.  Then again, I'm an IT guy so I should be able to outwit a spambot.   :smirk
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: 123456789blaaa on August 12, 2012, 08:23:36 PM
 Hitler vs Stalin wizard duel (http://dsss.be/hitler-vs-stalin/index.php?img=0)

What else needs to be said?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on August 12, 2012, 09:08:37 PM
People should go see this movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/), if you can find it playing nearby.  The director/writer/composer is a guy I know (his dad has been friends with my dad for like 50 years).  It won top prize at Sundance, and an award at Cannes.
It's coming here to the little local 1-screen artsy theatre over labor day weekend and the next week. I'll take my family to check it out. Thanks for the tip. It looks awesome!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on August 12, 2012, 09:11:37 PM
People should go see this movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/), if you can find it playing nearby.  The director/writer/composer is a guy I know (his dad has been friends with my dad for like 50 years).  It won top prize at Sundance, and an award at Cannes.
It's coming here to the little local 1-screen artsy theatre over labor day weekend and the next week. I'll take my family to check it out. Thanks for the tip. It looks awesome!

 :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 12, 2012, 09:24:32 PM
I caught a firefly on the tip of my finger today.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 12, 2012, 10:33:01 PM
I caught a firefly on the tip of my finger today.

Your next task, young grasshopper, is to catch a fly with chopsticks.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on August 12, 2012, 10:46:29 PM
I caught a firefly on the tip of my finger today.

Your next task, young grasshopper, is to catch a fly with chopsticks.

He can't, his dreadful gaze kills all flies before they can get close enough!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 12, 2012, 10:49:29 PM
Funniest thing is, it was inside a movie theater.

I went to see Dark Knight Rises with my dad.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on August 14, 2012, 05:22:10 AM
Kind of cool (http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/07/technology/walmart-hack-defcon/index.htm)
The weakest link has always been the human component, isn't it?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: darqueseid on August 14, 2012, 02:54:50 PM
More than you know.  The absolute best way into a target network is through sending phishing emails (which is just social engineering), with links to documents or such that exploit the target system.   Firewalls prevent external attacks, they are notoriously bad at stopping inside systems from calling out (by design).  So if you can get a user to call out- or go to a website outside like this Wal-Mart guy did, then you can generally own that system. 

Its always best to send emails that the person would open, so knowing your enemy is important.  if you take your time and do your research its not difficult to learn the entire chain of command.  Then there are email proxies out there that let you send emails that look as if your coming from any address you want. 

so you find out who the "targets" boss is and send them an email saying urgent please read (and put an attachment that exploits adobe or word etc etc and you own the system.  This works best if you find a boss that is over many people, all you need is one to click and your in..   It ALWays works, I've never seen it fail, ever.

Not that I know anything about this kind of thing or have done this ever  ;)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nicklance on August 14, 2012, 05:51:49 PM
Boils down to human carelessness more than anything else.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on August 14, 2012, 06:10:48 PM
i thought the best way to target a network was from the inside?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on August 14, 2012, 07:29:02 PM
What the hell is JAM Project doing with THIS song?! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jve-CO-HTiE)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nicklance on August 15, 2012, 07:57:16 AM
This one is for you bhu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlO4k9WuI2M&feature=relmfu)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on August 15, 2012, 02:37:10 PM
 :clap
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on August 15, 2012, 02:41:09 PM
This one is for you bhu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlO4k9WuI2M&feature=relmfu)
I had my volume up on full blast and didn't realize it (while wearing headphones... at work...) and nearly crapped my pants when the music started...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 15, 2012, 04:01:34 PM
Owl thinks it's a kitty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=OpLciLSlJkI&NR=1)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Prime32 on August 15, 2012, 04:07:10 PM
Amazing Portal 2 map (http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/o8SdYz7cq04?showinfo=0&autoplay=1)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on August 15, 2012, 05:34:28 PM
Owl thinks it's a kitty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=OpLciLSlJkI&NR=1)

Who knew birds were so affectionate  :o
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nicklance on August 15, 2012, 05:51:23 PM
This one is for you bhu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlO4k9WuI2M&feature=relmfu)
I had my volume up on full blast and didn't realize it (while wearing headphones... at work...) and nearly crapped my pants when the music started...

I had the volume jacked up because it was silent for the first few seconds and I got a shock too!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Monotremeancer on August 16, 2012, 10:54:57 AM
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zombieorpheus/the-gamers-hands-of-fate?ref=live (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zombieorpheus/the-gamers-hands-of-fate?ref=live)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on August 16, 2012, 11:12:19 AM
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zombieorpheus/the-gamers-hands-of-fate?ref=live (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zombieorpheus/the-gamers-hands-of-fate?ref=live)

I was very meh about Dorkness Rising, sacrilege I know.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 16, 2012, 03:49:11 PM
Finally, a male pill? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIaL5QiKbWI)

This could prove pretty helpful to those couples who don't like other contraceptives.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on August 16, 2012, 03:54:18 PM
Just shifts who has to take the pill....
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on August 16, 2012, 03:59:57 PM
Just shifts who has to take the pill....

Except I trust myself to take a pill regularly a lot more than I trust anybody else.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 16, 2012, 04:20:12 PM
There's also the fact that pills for women have a lot of side effects.  There's only one side effect for the male pill, and in some cases having smaller testes seems like a good idea.  Making those fellas easier to manage sounds alright in my book.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on August 16, 2012, 04:48:25 PM
I just discovered that the guy who founded FASA (the creator of Shadowrun) is working on a new Shadowrun video game. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun_Returns)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on August 16, 2012, 05:01:35 PM
I just discovered that the guy who founded FASA (the creator of Shadowrun) is working on a new Shadowrun video game. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun_Returns)

At first: Dread. I have absolute love and nostalgia for the old Genesis game. I can't even look at the recent one.

Then: I clicked the article.
Quote
Not involved with the poorly received 2007 Shadowrun shooter game, Weisman wanted to work on another Shadowrun project that had a more "authentic tone,"
Quote
the developers would develop a "backers-only exclusive mission which will, tie together the stories of the SNES title and the Sega Genesis title."

yay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRjIos3hvHo)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on August 16, 2012, 10:51:45 PM
I am employed again!  I am officially a System Administrator, and start next Monday (August the 27).  Unforunately, I don't have enough money to pay all of my bills/ rent.   :banghead
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on August 16, 2012, 11:10:09 PM
im gonna need you to install me a backdoog ghost account that i promise not to use till after you leave the company.... :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on August 17, 2012, 05:42:29 AM
I have a nephew!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 17, 2012, 08:25:56 AM
I have a nephew!

Congratulations!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on August 17, 2012, 08:31:16 AM
I have a nephew!

Congratulations!
Meh.  It's not like he did any of the work.   :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on August 17, 2012, 09:19:36 AM
yeah, incest is kind of frowned upon here..!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 17, 2012, 09:31:39 AM
I have a nephew!

Congratulations!
Meh.  It's not like he did any of the work.   :P
I. said. Con.gra.tu.la.tions.  >:(


 :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on August 17, 2012, 10:08:24 AM
I have a nephew!

Congratulations!
Meh.  It's not like he did any of the work.   :P
I. said. Con.gra.tu.la.tions.  >:(


 :P
Yes, sir, Mister Kuroimaken, sir.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 17, 2012, 12:07:01 PM
I have a nephew!

Congratulations!
Meh.  It's not like he did any of the work.   :P
I. said. Con.gra.tu.la.tions.  >:(


 :P
Yes, sir, Mister Kuroimaken, sir.

Good boy. Just for that I won't cut your salary.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: DonQuixote on August 18, 2012, 02:29:34 AM
I think I found bhu's hometown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX3iLfcMDCw).
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on August 18, 2012, 03:35:11 AM
it would be nice if dat were true
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Morph Bark on August 18, 2012, 04:26:35 AM
That was hilarious. I remember the similar cow vid with fond disturbance.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on August 18, 2012, 05:35:10 AM
I was playing Halo Reach the other day on Spire.  I get to the Falcon first, and hop in the driver's seat, get a single guy in one of the turrets.  I proceed go get 0 kills and 0 deaths because I had 54 driving assists.  Unfortunately for my guy, he died part way through, and only managed to have a streak of 35, then the other few on his third life.  This was the match after I got my first Perfection medal.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on August 18, 2012, 05:40:51 AM
29 degrees, clear blue skies, pleasant breeze, mowed the lawn, barbecue later in the day, hello saturday!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on August 18, 2012, 03:43:53 PM
I'd put this in plug/promote except it doesn't really need any help on the promote side (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diamondsutra/tenra-bansho-zero-an-art-and-culture-rich-rpg-from)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on August 18, 2012, 04:22:32 PM
want!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on August 18, 2012, 04:30:47 PM
Fun stuff from the game I can find (http://www.tenra-rpg.com/blog/)
Other stuff. I notice a belt fed katana (http://www.tenra-rpg.com/support.shtml)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 18, 2012, 07:15:42 PM
Today I had a recording session. The songs in question were Houki Boshi and Sorairo Days, in this order.

While technically the mic did NOT burst into flames, it DID smoke a bit...

And there was time left over to do a take of Pegasus Fantasy.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on August 18, 2012, 08:02:17 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkYYYew8CUI

Sing that and it will.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 18, 2012, 08:16:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkYYYew8CUI

Sing that and it will.
My voice is crazy awesome, not awesome crazy.  :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on August 20, 2012, 01:45:12 PM
Canine parkour (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPyP_7Xuqr0)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 21, 2012, 03:45:19 AM
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/yao-ming-kenya-africa-ivory-poaching-animals-191100313--nba.html

This is the kind of stuff I like to see celebrities doing.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: DonQuixote on August 21, 2012, 11:26:49 AM
Canine parkour (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPyP_7Xuqr0)

Made my day.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Pencil on August 22, 2012, 09:55:09 AM
If you are into philosophical logic, check this out.It is an amazing project.

http://www.necessarybeing.net/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on August 22, 2012, 10:10:21 AM
Isn't it just a mash up of a few ontological arguments?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Pencil on August 22, 2012, 10:15:45 AM
It is, but in the end you get to see if you contradicted yourself in your statements and how you can be proven wrong by logical means.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on August 22, 2012, 10:29:23 AM
It is, but in the end you get to see if you contradicted yourself in your statements and how you can be proven wrong by logical means.
Answering honestly just wound up getting me a "Thank you for taking our survey" boilerplate end screen.   :???
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Pencil on August 22, 2012, 10:31:59 AM
I got a logcial argument showing where I contradicted myself that consisted of 50 steps....

Don`t know what you are doing wrong  :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on August 22, 2012, 02:03:15 PM
I got a logcial argument showing where I contradicted myself that consisted of 50 steps....

Don`t know what you are doing wrong  :p


Congratulations! Your answers (or a subset of them) appear to have an interesting implication: they imply that there is a Necessary Being.
Here's how:

I will first show that a Necessary Being is possible:

    1. Define 'C' as an event in which all contingent things begin to exist.

    2. It is possible that C occurs. (by your report)

    3. Necessarily, if C occurs, then there is an event C* that is a change from there being no contingent thngs to there being some contingent things. (By definition of 'beginning' and definition of 'C')

    4. Therefore, it is possible that C* occurs. (2, 3)

    5. No possible event is impossible to cause. (by your report)

    6. Therefore, it is possible that C* has a cause. (4, 5)

    7. It is not possible for a contingent thing to exist prior to a beginning of all contingent things. (by definition of 'prior to': otherwise a contingent thing would exist while there are no contingent things, which is contradictory [note])

    8. Therefore, it is not possible for a contingent thing to cause a beginning of all contingent things. (by definition of 'cause' & 7)

    9. Therefore, it is possible that C* is caused by something that is not contingent. (by 6 & 8)

    10. Therefore, it is possible that C* is caused by a Necessary Being. (by definition of 'Necessary Being')

    11. Therefore, it is possible that there is a Necessary Being.

    [note] To be clear, the 'all' in 'all contingent things' doesn't rigidly designate any particular contingent things: C* is an event in which there first begins to be some contingent things (where no contingent things previously existed).

I will now show that if a Necessary Being possibly exists, then one actually exists. To begin, recall (from your report) that if X and Y are each possible, then if X were actual, Y would still be possible (for any X and Y). In other words, a possible situation would be possible no matter what might happen to be actual. Therefore, whatever is possible is necessarily possible (by definition of 'necessarily such and such'). Call this principle 'the necessity of possibility' (which is also known as S5).

The deduction using the above principle is well known. Below is one way to spell it out.

    Let '~' abbreviate 'it is not the case that'.

    Let '◊' abbreviate 'it is possible that'.

    Let '□' abbreviate 'it is necessary that' (or '~◊~').

    Let 'N' abbreviate 'there is a Necessary Being'.

The deduction now proceeds as follows:

    1. ◊N.

    2. So: ◊□N. (by definition of 'N')

    3. Now suppose (for the sake of argument) that ◊~N.

    4. Then: □◊~N. (by the necessity of possibility)

    5. Then: ~◊~◊~N. (by substituting '~◊~' for '□')

    6. Then: ~◊~~□~~N. (by substituting '~□~' for the second '◊')

    7. Then: ~◊□N. (because '~~X' is equivalent to 'X')

    8. But (7) contradicts (2).

    9. So: (3) is not true. (because (3) implies (7))

    10. So: ~◊~N.

    11. So: □N. (by substituting '□' for '~◊~')

    12. So: N. (because □X implies X)

The above reasoning is intended to be a semi-formal demonstration based upon your reports. The presentation leaves implicit certain basic rules of logic. If you have any questions about the reasoning, or if you think you perceive a flaw in it (when interpreted charitably), feel free to send comments to NecessaryConcreta@gmail.com.

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Now, i did not once contradict myself, analyzing all the logical argumentation presented by the site, it's factual that the site railroads you into a circular logic, whereas if you A) Affirm that it's not possible for C (an event that causes all contingent things to occur) to have a cause, or if B) You affirm that it's possible for C to have a prior cause (And it deliberately cites the Big Bang as an example), it will simply recur to the nature of a "Necessary Being" (One that by it's very nature necessarily exists).

Analyzing my own answers. Up to step 11, i have nothing to disagree with the logic therefore presented. It does leave an open possibility for existing a "Necessary Being", but the entire logic relies on the fact that the "Necessary Being" is, in fact, Necessary, and it's a fallacious premise when the site only actively answers you about *Possible* events, not *Necessary* events, and as such, the implication that the being is necessary is in itself being used to justify the existence of that very same being, only on the possibility that it actually exists.

It's not logic, but fallacious applicaiton of formal logic, because it's based on a previous fallacious premise.

I will show that now by presenting my different responses going from the basis of premise A)

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Congratulations! Your answers (or a subset of them) appear to have an interesting implication: they imply that there is a Necessary Being.
Here's how:

I will first show that a Necessary Being is possible:

    1. Necessarily, no cause of a member of an entire chain of causes is outside that chain. (by definition of 'entire')

    2. Therefore, necessarily, an entire chain of causes is ungrounded. (by definition of 'ungrounded')

    3. Necessarily, every concrete thing that is included in a chain of causes is included in an entire chain of causes. (by definition of 'chain')

    4. Therefore, necessarily, every concrete thing that is included in a chain of causes is included in an ungrounded chain of causes. (by 1-3)

    5. It is not necessary that every concrete thing is included in a chain of causes that is both infinite and ungrounded. (by your report)

    6. Therefore, it is possible for there to be a concrete thing that is at a head of an entire chain of causes. (by 4 & 5)

    7. Necessarily, any head of an entire chain of causes has no cause. (by definition of 'head')

    8. Therefore, it is possible for there to be a concrete thing that has no cause. (by 5 & 6)

    9. There cannot be a contingent thing that has no cause. (by your report)

    10. Therefore, it possible that there is a concrete thing that is not contingent. (by 8 & 9)

    11. Therefore, it is possible that there is a Necessary Being. (by definition of 'Necessary Being')

I will now show that if a Necessary Being possibly exists, then one actually exists. To begin, recall (from your report) that if X and Y are each possible, then if X were actual, Y would still be possible (for any X and Y). In other words, a possible situation would be possible no matter what might happen to be actual. Therefore, whatever is possible is necessarily possible (by definition of 'necessarily such and such'). Call this principle 'the necessity of possibility' (which is also known as S5).

The deduction using the above principle is well known. Below is one way to spell it out.

    Let '~' abbreviate 'it is not the case that'.

    Let '◊' abbreviate 'it is possible that'.

    Let '□' abbreviate 'it is necessary that' (or '~◊~').

    Let 'N' abbreviate 'there is a Necessary Being'.

The deduction now proceeds as follows:

    1. ◊N.

    2. So: ◊□N. (by definition of 'N')

    3. Now suppose (for the sake of argument) that ◊~N.

    4. Then: □◊~N. (by the necessity of possibility)

    5. Then: ~◊~◊~N. (by substituting '~◊~' for '□')

    6. Then: ~◊~~□~~N. (by substituting '~□~' for the second '◊')

    7. Then: ~◊□N. (because '~~X' is equivalent to 'X')

    8. But (7) contradicts (2).

    9. So: (3) is not true. (because (3) implies (7))

    10. So: ~◊~N.

    11. So: □N. (by substituting '□' for '~◊~')

    12. So: N. (because □X implies X)

The above reasoning is intended to be a semi-formal demonstration based upon your reports. The presentation leaves implicit certain basic rules of logic. If you have any questions about the reasoning, or if you think you perceive a flaw in it (when interpreted charitably), feel free to send comments to NecessaryConcreta@gmail.com.


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You see that the logic he uses is the same. It only ever recurs to the fact that the bein is in fact, Necessary, to prove that in the event that it's even remotely possible, then it therefore must exist.


EDIT: Yet another subset of answers, rebutted using the same logic. I deliberately argumented proactively to cause a situation where the only answer possible was the existence of a necessary being. Here's what i got:

Congratulations! Your answers (or a subset of them) appear to have an interesting implication: they imply that there is a Necessary Being.
Here's how:

I will first show that a Necessary Being is possible:

    1. Define 'C' as an event in which all contingent things begin to exist.

    2. It is possible that C occurs. (by your report)

    3. Necessarily, if C occurs, then there is an event C* that is a change from there being no contingent thngs to there being some contingent things. (By definition of 'beginning' and definition of 'C')

    4. Therefore, it is possible that C* occurs. (2, 3)

    5. No possible event is impossible to cause. (by your report)

    6. Therefore, it is possible that C* has a cause. (4, 5)

    7. It is not possible for a contingent thing to exist prior to a beginning of all contingent things. (by definition of 'prior to': otherwise a contingent thing would exist while there are no contingent things, which is contradictory [note])

    8. Therefore, it is not possible for a contingent thing to cause a beginning of all contingent things. (by definition of 'cause' & 7)

    9. Therefore, it is possible that C* is caused by something that is not contingent. (by 6 & 8)

    10. Therefore, it is possible that C* is caused by a Necessary Being. (by definition of 'Necessary Being')

    11. Therefore, it is possible that there is a Necessary Being.

    [note] To be clear, the 'all' in 'all contingent things' doesn't rigidly designate any particular contingent things: C* is an event in which there first begins to be some contingent things (where no contingent things previously existed).

I will now show that if a Necessary Being possibly exists, then one actually exists. To begin, recall (from your report) that if X and Y are each possible, then if X were actual, Y would still be possible (for any X and Y). In other words, a possible situation would be possible no matter what might happen to be actual. Therefore, whatever is possible is necessarily possible (by definition of 'necessarily such and such'). Call this principle 'the necessity of possibility' (which is also known as S5).

The deduction using the above principle is well known. Below is one way to spell it out.

    Let '~' abbreviate 'it is not the case that'.

    Let '◊' abbreviate 'it is possible that'.

    Let '□' abbreviate 'it is necessary that' (or '~◊~').

    Let 'N' abbreviate 'there is a Necessary Being'.

The deduction now proceeds as follows:

    1. ◊N.

    2. So: ◊□N. (by definition of 'N')

    3. Now suppose (for the sake of argument) that ◊~N.

    4. Then: □◊~N. (by the necessity of possibility)

    5. Then: ~◊~◊~N. (by substituting '~◊~' for '□')

    6. Then: ~◊~~□~~N. (by substituting '~□~' for the second '◊')

    7. Then: ~◊□N. (because '~~X' is equivalent to 'X')

    8. But (7) contradicts (2).

    9. So: (3) is not true. (because (3) implies (7))

    10. So: ~◊~N.

    11. So: □N. (by substituting '□' for '~◊~')

    12. So: N. (because □X implies X)

The above reasoning is intended to be a semi-formal demonstration based upon your reports. The presentation leaves implicit certain basic rules of logic. If you have any questions about the reasoning, or if you think you perceive a flaw in it (when interpreted charitably), feel free to send comments to NecessaryConcreta@gmail.com.


EDIT2: Responding every question with "I can't say" leads to:


Thank you for taking the survey. None of your reports imply that there is a Necessary Being, as far as I can tell.

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Ever more evidence for there being implict logical flaws leading to the circular logic argument to "prove" the existence of a necessary being.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: RedWarlock on August 22, 2012, 02:11:23 PM
Oddly enough, when I did it, I got the response that my responses imply the possibility of a necessary being, with no mention of a contradiction in the analysis.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on August 22, 2012, 02:16:06 PM
Oddly enough, when I did it, I got the response that my responses imply the possibility of a necessary being, with no mention of a contradiction in the analysis.

When it asks you if an event X and Y are each individually possible, if you think that if X is actual, than Y is still individually possible, what did you anwer? That's the pinch answer to make the circular argument regarding the existence of a Necessary Being. But by hard logic, if X *is* in fact actual, and if both X and Y were individually possible to begin with, and if he isn't asking you if them both are jointly possible, why would Y cease to be possible if X is factual?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on August 22, 2012, 05:12:00 PM
I got a logcial argument showing where I contradicted myself that consisted of 50 steps....

Don`t know what you are doing wrong  :p
Took it again.  Deliberately changed a couple of my answers.  Same result as before.  "Thank you for taking our survey.  Your results have been recorded."
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Pencil on August 22, 2012, 05:31:36 PM
@Brujon

Even though it is kind of unfair at some spots it still is a fun project.And at least I think their point kind of works.

Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 22, 2012, 06:39:53 PM
Oddly enough, when I did it, I got the response that my responses imply the possibility of a necessary being, with no mention of a contradiction in the analysis.

When it asks you if an event X and Y are each individually possible, if you think that if X is actual, than Y is still individually possible, what did you anwer? That's the pinch answer to make the circular argument regarding the existence of a Necessary Being. But by hard logic, if X *is* in fact actual, and if both X and Y were individually possible to begin with, and if he isn't asking you if them both are jointly possible, why would Y cease to be possible if X is factual?

I haven't studied philosophy all that deeply, but the one thing I DID learn and take to heart is that there must be a correlation between X and Y in order for X and Y (or their negatives) to impact each other. Thus the impossibility of X does not imply the possibility of Y, anymore than the possibility of X implies in the possibility of Y, and so on and forth.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on August 22, 2012, 08:37:01 PM
http://cheezburger.com/6531855104

http://cheezburger.com/6531568384
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 22, 2012, 08:54:06 PM
http://cheezburger.com/6531855104

http://cheezburger.com/6531568384

That first one...  I'm practically speechless.  It is literally overwhelming my senses right now.  The girl herself, the way she was photographed, the way the guy drew her portrait in pen of all things...  Incredible.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on August 22, 2012, 09:29:07 PM
This seemed like the best thread for this link: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/dispatches/2010/08/the_most_isolated_man_on_the_planet.single.html (http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/dispatches/2010/08/the_most_isolated_man_on_the_planet.single.html)

I know we have some Brazilian members; I'd be especially interested in your take(s) on that story.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 22, 2012, 10:16:46 PM
This seemed like the best thread for this link: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/dispatches/2010/08/the_most_isolated_man_on_the_planet.single.html (http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/dispatches/2010/08/the_most_isolated_man_on_the_planet.single.html)

I know we have some Brazilian members; I'd be especially interested in your take(s) on that story.

I can buy that there's a last surviving tribe member of anything somewhere in the wild here in Brazil, but I've never heard of this story before (unsurprising as the news here tend to gravitate towards other matters). The report seems to really, really exaggerate and romanticize the actions of the Brazillian government in this regard, however...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: RobbyPants on August 22, 2012, 11:18:28 PM
I'm joining a casual game with my wife, her friend, and her friend's husband. He's DMing the game. So it turns out it's a combination of OD&D, 1E AD&D, and a bunch of house-rules. I just made a dwarven cleric. This is going to be interesting. I have to forget everything I know about 3E, and half of what I (barely) remember from 2E.

Still, I think this could be a fun time...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on August 23, 2012, 12:12:51 AM
This seemed like the best thread for this link: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/dispatches/2010/08/the_most_isolated_man_on_the_planet.single.html (http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/dispatches/2010/08/the_most_isolated_man_on_the_planet.single.html)

I know we have some Brazilian members; I'd be especially interested in your take(s) on that story.

I can buy that there's a last surviving tribe member of anything somewhere in the wild here in Brazil, but I've never heard of this story before (unsurprising as the news here tend to gravitate towards other matters). The report seems to really, really exaggerate and romanticize the actions of the Brazillian government in this regard, however...

If you lived here in Brazil, you'd probably take this story with a grain of salt, as Kuro did... Not all Indians are as innocent as the media likes to portray them. A great many deal of them make deals with drug dealers to provide aircraft landing/takeoff sites for their drug running planes, they have shady deals with mining companies that do illegal mining deep into amazon forest (surprisingly enough, some amazonian regions have *EXTREMELY* rich reserves of both diamonds and uranium ore). Plus, the most common activity, by far, is the dealing with illegal lumber companies, to extract  precious mahogany wood and other very high profile trees, including latex trees. There's also the deal with foreign companies interested in researching flora & fauna unknown to biology, but don't want to pass through the extreme bureocracy involved here to actually get the permit to do so, or to in a hurry, patent a medication or even, *gasp* a plant. For every Indian chief that dies protecting his tribe from invading "civilized" man, there are at least two that deal with shady individuals. I daresay 90% of the tribes now here in Brazil are mostly cultured by know, as one will know if he visits the larger communities, where ammenities such as jeans, T-Shirts and stereos will be found. Some Indians get rich and then split off the community, leaving them in shambles while they go chill out on Copacabana or Ipanema beaches in Rio...

Theres also the matter of the Quilombolas (Escaped slaves from pre 19th century) and the Quilombos (Independent communities founded by those slaves). The matter is complicated due to the fact that most of those communities were unknown as they resided mainly in isolated areas (as there were headhunters after them), but some cities have expanded into their territory... But some shady individuals exploit this fact of there not being an official way of determining whether a location was actually a Quilombo or not to *claim* it as such, and forge it's way into proving it, claiming it's territory (which is protected by law as a cultural and historical site), which they then turn into profit by various means.

US citizens will sympathize with what i'm saying, since many Native Americans abused the fact that their reserves were not subject to taxation to build Casinos and other stuff to profit and abuse the law that was made to protect their culture.

Now you take what i say with a grain of salt, because i'm actively biased against Indians, as i see the preservation of their culture by maintaining their isolation as a idealistic and unoptimal way of utilizing territory and manpower. Indians are no innocents, and acculturing them slowly is better than just leaving them alone and leaving half the country's territory locked down to any kind of development, preventing such beneficial projects as river transportation, construction of Dams, legitimate mining & lumbering, etc... Brazil had a much better chance to become a first world superpower than 90% of the rest of the world, and yet, despite not being in any war since the Paraguai conflict (since the Brazilian involvement into WW2 was pretty minor and i do not count it), the country is behind South Korea, which was DEVASTATED, and managed in 60 years to leap ahead in a mind-boggling way.

Sometimes i just wanted the power to become the dictator of this country and just do what needs to be done, execute all corrupts, pass a law that makes corruption a crime equivalent to High Treason and put 10% of the country's Internal Product towards Education.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on August 23, 2012, 12:32:43 AM
Quote from: brujon
US citizens will sympathize with what i'm saying, since many Native Americans abused the fact that their reserves were not subject to taxation to build Casinos and other stuff to profit and abuse the law that was made to protect their culture.
That's a point of view on the casinos I've not heard expressed, here in the USA, FYI.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on August 23, 2012, 12:44:32 AM
its not an issue that gets much time.

many people (gambling addicts and bankers) are pretty well in favor of it continuing. (native americans are also getting into the banking industry, they can skirt some of those regulations also).
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on August 23, 2012, 04:01:39 PM
Quote from: brujon
US citizens will sympathize with what i'm saying, since many Native Americans abused the fact that their reserves were not subject to taxation to build Casinos and other stuff to profit and abuse the law that was made to protect their culture.
That's a point of view on the casinos I've not heard expressed, here in the USA, FYI.

I have, at great length.
The issue is that the laws were put there to protect their culture, but the law is being used to protect their right to hold businesses that are anathema to their original culture.

Why does that make it funny that you haven't heard that?
Because it is a stone-cold RAW vs. RAI debate where RAW is winning due to bureaucracy ad is maintained through heavy manipulation of the laws that stand. It's real-life "you break it, you buy it".
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on August 23, 2012, 04:12:39 PM
Quote from: brujon
US citizens will sympathize with what i'm saying, since many Native Americans abused the fact that their reserves were not subject to taxation to build Casinos and other stuff to profit and abuse the law that was made to protect their culture.
That's a point of view on the casinos I've not heard expressed, here in the USA, FYI.

I have, at great length.
The issue is that the laws were put there to protect their culture, but the law is being used to protect their right to hold businesses that are anathema to their original culture.

Why does that make it funny that you haven't heard that?
Because it is a stone-cold RAW vs. RAI debate where RAW is winning due to bureaucracy ad is maintained through heavy manipulation of the laws that stand. It's real-life "you break it, you buy it".

And this is why i'm becoming a Lawyer... Hey, i already have some experience into breaking a system's rules in RPG's... What's so different on doing it IRL? One thing makes me better at the other, too...

Real life Rules Lawyer. Now that's an amusing thought.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on August 23, 2012, 04:35:03 PM
That's what companies are founded on today, you know....

Look at chocolate.  They can't legally say that it's chocolate unless there is actual cocoa butter in it.  So they say "chocolate flavored".
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 23, 2012, 09:32:07 PM
Reminds me of a George Carlin video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X08upzdwejg

He even goes over "-flavored." "Lemon-flavored drink.  No fucking lemons!"
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on August 23, 2012, 10:31:32 PM
That's it exactly.  There was a push back in the early 2000s headed by Nestle (but supported by others) to get chocolate flavored things to be legally called chocolate, but luckily they failed.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on August 24, 2012, 07:19:04 AM
America seems to have nailed it with bread though.  There is no way the shit I've bought in the US can feasibly be actual bread but for some reason its allowed to be called that.  'Baked Flour & High Fructose Corn Syrup' is what it should be called.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on August 24, 2012, 11:48:45 AM
And somehow, we managed to turn "Awesome Stuff" into "Small Rants".

Go us?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on August 24, 2012, 11:58:06 AM
And somehow, we managed to turn "Awesome Stuff" into "Small Rants".

Go us?

George Carlin managed the opposite. It's only natural that the process is reversible...


EDIT: On another note. Nearly one week after the psychiatrist change my meds, things seem to be improving. So this is an awesome stuff i have to share.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Risada on August 24, 2012, 01:14:25 PM
EDIT: On another note. Nearly one week after the psychiatrist change my meds, things seem to be improving. So this is an awesome stuff i have to share.

That's good to know. Keep it up!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on August 24, 2012, 01:25:20 PM
I baked some AWESOME bread today. And made bibimbap. and I'm going to see Dark Knight Rises in an hour then going to play board games in a pub afterwards.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on August 24, 2012, 02:03:29 PM
I am currently owrking on the last chapter for my 2nd book before I send it off to a friend of mine to be edited :cool
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on August 24, 2012, 05:18:28 PM
I baked some AWESOME bread today. And made bibimbap. and I'm going to see Dark Knight Rises in an hour then going to play board games in a pub afterwards.

bibimbap??
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on August 24, 2012, 05:19:42 PM
??? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibimbap)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on August 24, 2012, 05:21:58 PM
that...looks interesting...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on August 27, 2012, 02:09:35 PM
Apparently we got Ironwood now (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528786.100-why-wood-pulp-is-worlds-new-wonder-material.html)

Though its more like iron paper.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on August 27, 2012, 04:19:39 PM
Lifeguard on duty (http://i.imgur.com/FYrNd.gif)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on August 27, 2012, 04:23:31 PM
Apparently we got Ironwood now (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528786.100-why-wood-pulp-is-worlds-new-wonder-material.html)

Though its more like iron paper.

I read that article and it's pretty excellent, I particularly liked the wood pulp electronic components.

I found it amazing that the factory only cost $1.7m to set up.  That's about a million pounds - which wouldn't get you a house in London at the minute..!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on August 27, 2012, 04:45:56 PM
Just beat 2 EL 17 encounters with my EL 8 party composed of 2 druids, a cleric, a wizard and a bard. Everyone has Summon Monster, and the cleric gets Animal Companion from Animal Domain. This is on NWN2, Storm of Zehir, with Kaedrin's PrC Pack. THEM MEGARAPTORS STOOD NO CHANCE! NEITHER DID THE FELL TROLL! Although the troll did make me reload once, because i forgot i had an acid flask in the cleric's inventory. Overall, the party's strong as fuck when fully buffed, but weak if ambushed with few spell slots. The amount of micromanagement is making me think if i want to go through with this to the end...

Maybe i shouldn't have gone so crazy on the summons, two buffers and 2 heavy hitters would do the job, but then it wouldn't be worthy of mentioning on these boards!

My small army consists of 2 Celestial Deynonychus, 1 Normal Deynonychus, 3 Summon Monster IV, 3 Summon Monster III, 4 Summon Monster II. Two of the summons are Ashbound, the bard has Song of the Heart and a spell (possibly homebrew), that enhances Inspire Courage by +1. So i as a level 8 bard can give a nice plus 6 to hit and damage, to EVERYONE. Enter Bless, Mass Lesser Vigor, Prayer, Enrage Animal + Animalistic Power to each Deynonychus, as well as Stoneskin, Barkskin, & Mage Armor.

The Cleric, of course, buffs himself to be better than a fighter at fighting, and for a full 2 minutes real time he's a beast with +20/10 to hit. At level 8. Don't even know how much the Deynonychus stats are after the full rounds of buffing, but they draw blood with a rage that's fierce. ECL appropriate encounter ends with just the dinosaurs tearing everything apart. I don't even have to buff them.

It's nice, but tiresome. If this party was on a PnP, each encounter would have lasted 1 hour or more.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on August 28, 2012, 03:58:10 PM
Are you kidding me? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVUSLTNyF50&feature=g-all-u)  I agree with Geoff in that video.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Lord Slasher on August 28, 2012, 06:31:57 PM
Simply Beautiful (http://chocolatedecadence.deviantart.com/art/Grunt-Silicone-Mask-308971302)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 28, 2012, 08:26:55 PM
Bill Nye on religion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbYJfwFgOU)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on August 28, 2012, 08:34:23 PM
Bill Nye on religion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbYJfwFgOU)

Creationism does not equal religion, lots of religious people are not creationists.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on August 28, 2012, 08:46:51 PM
The Catholic Church's official stance on Young Earth Creationism is that it's a load of hogwash.

Outside of the US Evangelicalsphere, it doesn't have anywhere near the prominence and reverence in other Christian communities.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 28, 2012, 08:50:53 PM
Bill Nye on religion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbYJfwFgOU)

Creationism does not equal religion, lots of religious people are not creationists.

In the context of the video, it is the same.  Or more accurately, the creationism espoused by the image of the Christian majority in the US.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on August 28, 2012, 09:18:27 PM
having lived in the US, in the Bible Belt for the majority of my life (~28 of 38 years) iv met very few christians. i know a lot of people who wear the brand, but they deny more of the bible than they accept, and are very bad at following simple instructions (iv never seen a whore stoned, like that  :lol  )
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on August 28, 2012, 09:29:36 PM
having lived in the US, in the Bible Belt for the majority of my life (~28 of 38 years) iv met very few christians. i know a lot of people who wear the brand, but they deny more of the bible than they accept, and are very bad at following simple instructions (iv never seen a whore stoned, like that  :lol  )
Never been to New York, then?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on August 28, 2012, 09:57:30 PM
iv been to new jersey...  :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on August 28, 2012, 10:11:13 PM
Bill Nye on religion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbYJfwFgOU)

Creationism does not equal religion, lots of religious people are not creationists.

In the context of the video, it is the same.  Or more accurately, the creationism espoused by the image of the Christian majority in the US.

Fyi, here's Bill Nye's actual views on religion (http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/08/28/bill-nye-explains-creationism-critique-im-not-attacking-religion/) (or more accurately, the Bible).
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 28, 2012, 10:28:09 PM
Bill Nye on religion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbYJfwFgOU)

Creationism does not equal religion, lots of religious people are not creationists.

In the context of the video, it is the same.  Or more accurately, the creationism espoused by the image of the Christian majority in the US.

Fyi, here's Bill Nye's actual views on religion (http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/08/28/bill-nye-explains-creationism-critique-im-not-attacking-religion/) (or more accurately, the Bible).

So hang me for somewhat inaccurate wording?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on August 28, 2012, 10:51:11 PM
Related: the greatest entertainment news in history. (http://www.webpronews.com/new-bill-nye-the-science-guy-show-coming-to-youtube-2012-07)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on August 29, 2012, 09:57:18 AM
Bill Nye on religion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbYJfwFgOU)

Creationism does not equal religion, lots of religious people are not creationists.

In the context of the video, it is the same.  Or more accurately, the creationism espoused by the image of the Christian majority in the US.

Fyi, here's Bill Nye's actual views on religion (http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/08/28/bill-nye-explains-creationism-critique-im-not-attacking-religion/) (or more accurately, the Bible).

So hang me for somewhat inaccurate wording?

I minored in English, phrasing is everything.   :p

Is it just me or do we keep clashing with each other lately?  What's up with that?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on August 29, 2012, 11:07:03 AM
Remember when i said my girlfriend was pregnant?

Well... IT'S A BOY! IT'S A BOY!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on August 29, 2012, 11:07:32 AM
Remember when i said my girlfriend was pregnant?

Well... IT'S A BOY! IT'S A BOY!

 :clap  Glad to hear everything's okay :)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Pencil on August 29, 2012, 11:10:41 AM
Remember when i said my girlfriend was pregnant?

Well... IT'S A BOY! IT'S A BOY!

Well if you need help with the name, you know where you can get help (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20010208b)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on August 29, 2012, 11:11:40 AM
Remember when i said my girlfriend was pregnant?

Well... IT'S A BOY! IT'S A BOY!

 :thumb :cheers
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on August 29, 2012, 11:11:56 AM
Remember when i said my girlfriend was pregnant?

Well... IT'S A BOY! IT'S A BOY!

 :clap  Glad to hear everything's okay :)

Well, there's still 5 months till the actual birthing happens, but the doctor has already said that's 99% likely the child is going to be born. He has no visible defects and is a whooping 18cm long at 4 months, so very good development there.

EDIT: @Pencil, the child is going to be named after me, and i'm named after my father. Erick the Third! (Well, the surname's not exactly the same, but the first is)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 29, 2012, 11:19:19 AM
Remember when i said my girlfriend was pregnant?

Well... IT'S A BOY! IT'S A BOY!

 :clap  Glad to hear everything's okay :)

Well, there's still 5 months till the actual birthing happens, but the doctor has already said that's 99% likely the child is going to be born. He has no visible defects and is a whooping 18cm long at 4 months, so very good development there.

EDIT: @Pencil, the child is going to be named after me, and i'm named after my father. Erick the Third! (Well, the surname's not exactly the same, but the first is)

What'd I tell you, everything will turn out fine. You let me know when the kid's born, I'll send you my blessing.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on August 29, 2012, 11:20:37 AM
Remember when i said my girlfriend was pregnant?

Well... IT'S A BOY! IT'S A BOY!

 :clap  Glad to hear everything's okay :)

Well, there's still 5 months till the actual birthing happens, but the doctor has already said that's 99% likely the child is going to be born. He has no visible defects and is a whooping 18cm long at 4 months, so very good development there.

EDIT: @Pencil, the child is going to be named after me, and i'm named after my father. Erick the Third! (Well, the surname's not exactly the same, but the first is)

What'd I tell you, everything will turn out fine. You let me know when the kid's born, I'll send you my blessing.

Yeah! Thank you all for that... I just have to put my mind in order right now, and focus on getting a well paying job and i'm set.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on August 29, 2012, 11:38:34 AM
CRAP! If I knew you were looking I'd have pointed you to the public contest civil servant job that had opened at the beginning of August. 4k a month plus benefits, and it'd be stable as hell.

Sorry buddy.  :-\
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on August 29, 2012, 11:45:50 AM
CRAP! If I knew you were looking I'd have pointed you to the public contest civil servant job that had opened at the beginning of August. 4k a month plus benefits, and it'd be stable as hell.

Sorry buddy.  :-\

No problem, over 9000 public contests over here at Brasilia;
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on August 29, 2012, 12:41:27 PM
Tremendously happy that things are picking up for you brujon!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 29, 2012, 01:50:10 PM
I minored in English, phrasing is everything.   :p

Is it just me or do we keep clashing with each other lately?  What's up with that?

So far it's this one and the rageforged weapons we clashed over.  At least we're even since you were the nitpicker on this one and I nitpicked the rageforged stuff.

@Brujon:  Congratulations!  Here's hoping things keep looking up for you.   :cheers
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on August 29, 2012, 02:44:16 PM
I minored in English, phrasing is everything.   :p

Is it just me or do we keep clashing with each other lately?  What's up with that?

So far it's this one and the rageforged weapons we clashed over.  At least we're even since you were the nitpicker on this one and I nitpicked the rageforged stuff.

@Brujon:  Congratulations!  Here's hoping things keep looking up for you.   :cheers

Fair enough.

Congratulations Brujon!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on August 29, 2012, 08:24:38 PM
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2012082510525390

Looks like the jury and jury foreman for Samsung vs Apple really screwed up.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: 123456789blaaa on August 30, 2012, 04:23:26 PM
 Tengen Toppa Slammen-Jamann - Quad City DJs vs Iwasaki Taku: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRiNCdqpwzc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRiNCdqpwzc)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on August 31, 2012, 12:50:27 PM
so, I finally finshed writing my second book,it's currently in the process of getting edited  :cool
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on August 31, 2012, 01:00:45 PM
was the first one of any account?  :P     :clap
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on August 31, 2012, 01:03:00 PM
was the first one of any account?  :P     :clap
http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=5714.0
This here, I believe.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on August 31, 2012, 03:32:45 PM
so, I finally finshed writing my second book,it's currently in the process of getting edited  :cool

You're Eric, i'm Erick, this is cool ;D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: darqueseid on August 31, 2012, 03:40:43 PM
I dunno if anyone else seen this but I almost busted out laughing at work reading this article, it took a lot to hold it in, particularly at the part at the end about the pillow:
no more spoilers you'll just have to read it for yourself, but its a bit long

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-most-baffling-subtitles-in-foreign-action-movie-history/


Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on August 31, 2012, 07:16:43 PM
You should see some of the 80's subtitling where it was done by the chinese company employee who had english as maybe a third language.

Apparently he believes kill, die, dead, and every variation there of is covered by kill.  As in "How did he kill?" instead of "How did he die."

They also apparently believe love, sex, getting laid, etc can all be covered with the word 'rape'.

There's an old book from the 90's i have devoted to teh subject. 
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on August 31, 2012, 08:07:12 PM
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027584/

I feel the various bronies will find this amusing
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on September 02, 2012, 07:21:54 PM
so, I finally finshed writing my second book,it's currently in the process of getting edited  :cool

You're Eric, i'm Erick, this is cool ;D

My second book is done beign edited and now waiting to get the cover taken care of  :cool
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on September 03, 2012, 12:36:32 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yauKLcdpNrM
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on September 04, 2012, 08:26:21 PM
Today I learned that one of my servers at work has 128 GB of RAM.   :cool
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on September 05, 2012, 12:54:07 AM
Today I learned that one of my servers at work has 128 GB of RAM.   :cool

Hummm... I wonder if all of it is used at once at any given time... Maybe you could host some game off of it? Lol, probably not worth it getting fired though
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on September 05, 2012, 10:16:03 AM
Today I learned that one of my servers at work has 128 GB of RAM.   :cool

Hummm... I wonder if all of it is used at once at any given time... Maybe you could host some game off of it? Lol, probably not worth it getting fired though

It isn't, the server has crap for hard drive space.  We're going to put multiple terabytes in it to fix that eventually.

Also, yeah, probably not worth getting fired about.   :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on September 05, 2012, 02:52:13 PM
http://io9.com/5940451/roman-crocodile-armor-is-the-closest-thing-reality-has-to-dungeons--dragons-gear
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on September 06, 2012, 12:40:12 PM
I have an interview for a job next week that pays £36K ($57,333)!  In exactly the field I'm specialised in!  :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on September 06, 2012, 04:42:22 PM
I have an interview for a job next week that pays £36K ($57,333)!  In exactly the field I'm specialised in!  :D

Per month? If so, holy shit!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: RedWarlock on September 06, 2012, 04:46:20 PM
I have an interview for a job next week that pays £36K ($57,333)!  In exactly the field I'm specialised in!  :D

Per month? If so, holy shit!
More likely per year, salary. Still, kudos.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on September 06, 2012, 05:57:52 PM
Per Annum. Imagine if it was per month!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on September 06, 2012, 06:16:52 PM
Per Annum. Imagine if it was per month!

Then i'd have to beg you to buy Borderlands 2 for me man, lol!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on September 06, 2012, 06:26:26 PM
Christ on that much no begging would be needed, ask and you'd receive!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on September 06, 2012, 06:29:03 PM
Just got accepted for a job (which I cant legally tell you about) that pays £340,000/year. Its a little morally dubious but for that kind of money I don't care.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on September 06, 2012, 06:33:01 PM
Just got accepted for a job (which I cant legally tell you about) that pays £340,000/year. Its a little morally dubious but for that kind of money I don't care.

 :twitch  :clap
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on September 06, 2012, 06:45:49 PM
MI6 Interrogation Unit?  :???
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on September 06, 2012, 06:58:24 PM
Lawyer? :drums
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on September 06, 2012, 07:12:11 PM
Just got accepted for a job (which I cant legally tell you about) that pays £340,000/year. Its a little morally dubious but for that kind of money I don't care.

So...have I told you how much I like you lately?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on September 06, 2012, 07:12:39 PM
Buffalo Pimp?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on September 06, 2012, 07:24:00 PM
Buffalo Pimp?

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y190/KillerSpoons/Spoonage23.png)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on September 06, 2012, 07:43:10 PM
It is to do with designing the guidance systems for air to ground missiles but that is absolutely all I can tell you. Its also a ridiculously huge number of hours a week... like 85+
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 06, 2012, 09:10:20 PM
It is to do with designing the guidance systems for air to ground missiles but that is absolutely all I can tell you. Its also a ridiculously huge number of hours a week... like 85+

I guess I can see why you find it morally dubious. Air to ground means no matter how you look at it, you're aiming at people.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: SneeR on September 06, 2012, 10:35:11 PM
It is to do with designing the guidance systems for air to ground missiles but that is absolutely all I can tell you. Its also a ridiculously huge number of hours a week... like 85+

I guess I can see why you find it morally dubious. Air to ground means no matter how you look at it, you're aiming at people.
Unless you aren't...

Not all ground targets involve people. Part of this has to do with people not covering every speck of ground.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 07, 2012, 02:27:47 AM
It is to do with designing the guidance systems for air to ground missiles but that is absolutely all I can tell you. Its also a ridiculously huge number of hours a week... like 85+

I guess I can see why you find it morally dubious. Air to ground means no matter how you look at it, you're aiming at people.
Unless you aren't...

Not all ground targets involve people. Part of this has to do with people not covering every speck of ground.

Likelihood's really freaking high, though.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on September 07, 2012, 02:30:07 AM
It is to do with designing the guidance systems for air to ground missiles but that is absolutely all I can tell you. Its also a ridiculously huge number of hours a week... like 85+

I guess I can see why you find it morally dubious. Air to ground means no matter how you look at it, you're aiming at people.
Unless you aren't...

Not all ground targets involve people. Part of this has to do with people not covering every speck of ground.

Air to ground typically means structures, and all that implies.

But holy hell that's a lot of money.  Congrats!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on September 07, 2012, 09:46:45 AM
It is to do with designing the guidance systems for air to ground missiles but that is absolutely all I can tell you. Its also a ridiculously huge number of hours a week... like 85+

I guess I can see why you find it morally dubious. Air to ground means no matter how you look at it, you're aiming at people.
Unless you aren't...

Not all ground targets involve people. Part of this has to do with people not covering every speck of ground.

Air to ground typically means structures, and all that implies.

But holy hell that's a lot of money.  Congrats!

Yeah, that's a fuckton of money! If i were you, each year i'd visit a different country, or hell, even two... Assuming you have 40 years more until you're elderly, by then you'd have visited nearly half the countries on earth.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on September 07, 2012, 09:58:21 AM
I had to sign a contract that I wouldn't leave the UK for 10 years after I stopped working at this place except for some certain places... I can go to a couple of the 1st world countries though, USA most of Europe or Japan are fine for example but I cant go to China, anywhere in South America or Africa etc...

Besides that I am 23 so I hope I have the time to do it anyway :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on September 07, 2012, 02:23:47 PM
I had to sign a contract that I wouldn't leave the UK for 10 years after I stopped working at this place except for some certain places... I can go to a couple of the 1st world countries though, USA most of Europe or Japan are fine for example but I cant go to China, anywhere in South America or Africa etc...

Besides that I am 23 so I hope I have the time to do it anyway :D

 :plotting good..then we still work together for world domination.......and with your newly aqurried skills and emploeement
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on September 07, 2012, 07:54:22 PM
Remember, sharing is caring.   :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on September 07, 2012, 08:04:25 PM
Remember, sharing is caring.   :P
I'm reminded of that gum commercial where the girl and the furry costume guy were singing those words and then get into a fight over the gum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nALwA2BbcQM
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on September 07, 2012, 08:08:38 PM
Remember, sharing is caring.   :P
I'm reminded of that gum commercial where the girl and the furry costume guy were singing those words and then get into a fight over the gum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nALwA2BbcQM

Are we all going to get in a fight over littha now?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on September 07, 2012, 09:17:45 PM
http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/6/60035/1215415-600px_ultimate_gun_super.jpg I'm ready
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 07, 2012, 09:36:16 PM
Hey littha, need a bodyguard?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on September 07, 2012, 09:38:32 PM
Hey littha, need a bodyguard?

He asks the person programming AtG missiles.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on September 07, 2012, 09:59:38 PM
Hey littha, need a bodyguard?

He asks the person programming AtG missiles.

I think that a bodyguard would be more useful than the ability to program AtG missiles to target people in your immediate vicinity who are threatening you with bodily harm.   :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on September 07, 2012, 10:05:02 PM
I hope I don't need a bodyguard... I imagine in the case I did I would have one assigned to me though.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on September 07, 2012, 10:23:21 PM
Hey littha, need a bodyguard?

He asks the person programming AtG missiles.

I think that a bodyguard would be more useful than the ability to program AtG missiles to target people in your immediate vicinity who are threatening you with bodily harm.   :p

Not what the bodyguard is for.
It is to deal with all you would-be-stalkers who're fighting over littha.

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Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on September 08, 2012, 05:02:06 PM
We need more sarcasm (http://www.slate.com/articles/life/doonan/2012/09/sarcasm_we_re_trapped_in_an_era_of_sincerity_bring_back_sarcasm_.html).  Gee, ya think so?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on September 08, 2012, 05:16:18 PM
As the worlds most sarcastic cat I heartily agree.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 08, 2012, 11:22:50 PM
Hey littha, need a bodyguard?

He asks the person programming AtG missiles.

I think that a bodyguard would be more useful than the ability to program AtG missiles to target people in your immediate vicinity who are threatening you with bodily harm.   :p

Not what the bodyguard is for.
It is to deal with all you would-be-stalkers who're fighting over littha.

(click to show/hide)

That reminds me, the other day a coworker and I got into a little debate regarding the quality of music in my country nowadays (the long and short of it: it's crap, he disagrees). At some point he goes: "Dude, you better stop spouting nonsense before I make you stop."

To which I calmly reply: "You and what parallel universe?"
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on September 08, 2012, 11:34:07 PM
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Kuroimaken: the only guy who can be reminded of things in his personal life my a reference to problem solving with high explosives. And the reminder be legit.

Also, I really expected something like:
Quote
That reminds me, the other day a coworker and I... I smacked a missile out of the air. Over Greenland. From Brazil. Using the Buddha Palm
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on September 09, 2012, 12:07:54 AM
Buddha's Palm! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwsMxVOhPPU)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on September 09, 2012, 12:56:00 AM


Kuroimaken: the only guy who can be reminded of things in his personal life my a reference to problem solving with high explosives. And the reminder be legit.

Also, I really expected something like:
Quote
That reminds me, the other day a coworker and I... I smacked a missile out of the air. Over Greenland. From Brazil. Using the Buddha Palm

nah, the day you see a handprint on the moon, and we lose about 1/6 of the earth's atmosphere (got blown over to and frozen around the moon), then i can just see you pausing, taking a sip of whatever is handy, and commenting on how you know the guy who did that.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on September 10, 2012, 09:39:19 PM
Cheating on Exams, level over 9000> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Wa_hw-VcX08
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dipolartech on September 12, 2012, 03:50:07 PM
So I said I would post here to let you guys all see it when its done and pretty much officially its done (just one more painting to tidy up)

without further ado, the Zelda bedroom:
http://dorkonadime.blogspot.com/2012/09/drum-roll-please-zelda-room-reveal.html
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 12, 2012, 05:31:21 PM
So I said I would post here to let you guys all see it when its done and pretty much officially its done (just one more painting to tidy up)

without further ado, the Zelda bedroom:
http://dorkonadime.blogspot.com/2012/09/drum-roll-please-zelda-room-reveal.html
Seriously. This kid's childhood?

SO. MUCH. AWESOME.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dipolartech on September 12, 2012, 11:04:58 PM
The background of the blog is a picture of the Mario nursery. You can find it as a seperate post on the blog.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on September 13, 2012, 05:21:48 PM
Robots achieve tentaculousity (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/09/13/a-flexible-air-filled-robot-tentacle-with-a-light-touch/)

Gentle enough to pick a flower eh.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on September 13, 2012, 05:23:30 PM
Robots achieve tentaculousity (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/09/13/a-flexible-air-filled-robot-tentacle-with-a-light-touch/)

Gentle enough to pick a flower eh.
Behold the future of the Japanese sex toy industry.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 13, 2012, 06:54:27 PM
Bitch please, the future of the sex industry PERIOD.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 16, 2012, 10:28:35 AM
Today is the day I am going to take a test for a public servant job. It's raining. They say it rains on days when impossible things happen.

Is the impossible for me to succeed? Is the impossible for me to fail?

Whichever the case, it matters not!

If there is a wall, I'll tear it down!
If a path doesn't exist, I'll create one with these hands that I can walk myself!
If the sky itself is against me, I will pierce through it to reach the stars!

For my soul is aflame, and no matter if it's God or the Devil, nothing shall stand in my way!

This is my creed! And for that I shall not falter!

DESTINY! SAVE YOUR BEST INK! FOR TODAY YOU WRITE ANOTHER CHAPTER IN MY STORY!!!

THE STORY OF THE MAN, DANIEL CERVEIRA SALLENAVE!!!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on September 16, 2012, 07:46:21 PM
Did one today too, for TST :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 16, 2012, 08:14:09 PM
AWESOME! WE SHALL BE PUBLIC SERVANTS TOGETHER AND CHANGE THIS COUNTRY!!!

(I SEEM TO BE STUCK IN CAPS LOCK MODE NOW, DEARY ME.)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on September 16, 2012, 08:36:30 PM
I went to opening night of my wife's show (http://www.thebroadwaytheatre.org/?go=sho_dtl&sho=585) on Friday, and again today with my family.  An amazing show, if anyone is near south jersey, you should come see it (it's running for 3 more weekends).

Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on September 16, 2012, 08:47:03 PM
I went to opening night of my wife's show (http://www.thebroadwaytheatre.org/?go=sho_dtl&sho=585) on Friday, and again today with my family.  An amazing show, if anyone is near south jersey, you should come see it (it's running for 3 more weekends).
Nice.  I remember our little music/theatre department doing that play back when I was first in college.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on September 16, 2012, 10:01:49 PM
AWESOME! WE SHALL BE PUBLIC SERVANTS TOGETHER AND CHANGE THIS COUNTRY!!!

(I SEEM TO BE STUCK IN CAPS LOCK MODE NOW, DEARY ME.)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 17, 2012, 10:52:57 AM
My internet has REVIVED!

Thanks to heavy rainfall and rolling blackouts, our old modem fried yesterday. So I went out this morning and bought a new one. Connection seems faster now, which is AWESOMESAUCE.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on September 17, 2012, 11:55:07 AM
AWESOME! WE SHALL BE PUBLIC SERVANTS TOGETHER AND CHANGE THIS COUNTRY!!!

(I SEEM TO BE STUCK IN CAPS LOCK MODE NOW, DEARY ME.)

And we all know that caps lock is cruise control for cool!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 17, 2012, 11:03:26 PM
I've been reading all kinds of horror story before bed lately, and yet I've had naught but pleasant dreams.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Slaughterhouserock on September 20, 2012, 06:15:48 AM
The latest xkcd (http://xkcd.com/1110/) is pretty cool and monstrously huge(it's 165888 x 79872 pixels, or 1.3 terapixels).  For help navigating the huge comic, here's an image (http://www.wickedglitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/result1.png) you can use as a guide, and here's a google maps-style version (http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/#10/1.1006/0.2005) of it allowing you to zoom in and out for ease of use.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: oslecamo on September 20, 2012, 05:22:18 PM
Another step towards personal robots. (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443720204578004441732584574.html)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on September 20, 2012, 07:02:25 PM
NASA is working on Faster-Than-Light travel (http://techland.time.com/2012/09/19/nasa-actually-working-on-faster-than-light-warp-drive/)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on September 20, 2012, 08:18:38 PM
The ship doesn't move at all!  The ship stays where it is, and the universe moves around the ship!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on September 20, 2012, 08:28:02 PM
It's all just perception, frame of reference.  You can get the same feeling when you take a walk and picture yourself as staying stationary while the earth moves beneath you.

18 years to refine the concept of warp technology to the point of being feasible, though.  That's pretty freaking awesome!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 20, 2012, 10:35:53 PM
NASA is working on Faster-Than-Light travel (http://techland.time.com/2012/09/19/nasa-actually-working-on-faster-than-light-warp-drive/)
Screw FTL, give me personal teleportation.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on September 21, 2012, 02:45:58 AM
The ship doesn't move at all!  The ship stays where it is, and the universe moves around the ship!

nice star trek quote. ^^ highly appropriate. and if you got it from the article, then consider it a challenge to find the star trek reference, instead.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on September 21, 2012, 03:27:12 AM
I hope its successful! FTL is freedom~
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on September 21, 2012, 04:10:13 AM
I hope its successful! FTL is freedom~

Think about the weapons potential of warping space time around something and you suddenly will want them NOT to succeed. Humanity's technology is evolving faster than it's society is, and this is a sure recipe for disaster. Sure, some people may say that space colonization is a route for world peace, since you can give every religious/political/economical view it's own planet, but then they'll bicker about which planet is best and there will be wars anyway. I'm all for FTL travel, but i think humanity isn't ready for it yet, as a species. We are too young and our society hasn't evolved to the point where space colonization will be a survivable scenario.

Really, just think about it. If we can find a replacement planet for earth, what reason there is NOT to blow up earth in the first place? Fortunetely, most people with that mindset are not in positions of power to be able to actually pull that off, but that can change in a heartbeat. Built a Noah's Ark 2.0, nuke the planet, find another one, colonize with your religion of choice. All it takes is ONE massive enough spacecraft travelling at close to lightspeed hitting the planet to nuke it. Always thought why that wasn't a factor in sci-fi. ANYTHING with enough kinetic energy is weaponizable: travelling by a factor of lightspeed certainly falls into that category.

I just hope scientists don't go mad at the possibilities and forget about the destructive potential of the technology.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on September 21, 2012, 07:51:36 AM
It doesn't matter, because an Alcubierre drive has no momentum. The ship itself is not moving, and it has negligible impact force even if it's virtually traveling FTL. What is good there is expanding the horizons, we currently can do nothing but watch, now we can go over and touch.

If its planets, Mars and Venus are likely far more hospitable than planets around other stars, given the ability and resources to terraform.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on September 21, 2012, 07:52:25 AM
The ship doesn't move at all!  The ship stays where it is, and the universe moves around the ship!

nice star trek quote. ^^ highly appropriate. and if you got it from the article, then consider it a challenge to find the star trek reference, instead.

Try again.  It came to him in a dream, then he forgot it in another dream.

@brujon: Oh come on.  There's no need for such a pessimistic view of humanity.  Like all things, FTL travel will help as much (or more) than it hurts.  Yes, there's a potential for weaponization, but there's also massive exploration based advancements that can be had.  Which is freaking awesome.

@veekie: Mars, yes.  Venus? no way.  Too corrosive, toxic, and pressurized. We'd be better off building a cloud city in Jupiter than on Venus (yes, we'd have to build a cloud city to put people permanently on Venus).  And cloud cities aren't very useful, since they have to be completely sealed, so it's basically building a space station but with a need for a constant thrust to maintain altitude.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on September 21, 2012, 08:10:16 AM
Just saying, it'd take less resources to convert Venus to a usable atmosphere than to colonize a planet in another star system. Its just large scale chemistry.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: oslecamo on September 21, 2012, 08:32:49 AM
Just saying, it'd take less resources to convert Venus to a usable atmosphere than to colonize a planet in another star system. Its just large scale chemistry.

+1 to that. In particular because Venus is quite rich natural resource-wise, so it may actually turn profitable in the long run.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on September 21, 2012, 08:51:54 AM
One person sees an endless atmosphere of toxic corrosive gases.


Another sees a world with glorious prospects for high energy chemistry.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on September 21, 2012, 10:18:24 AM
But I don't think colonizing it would be a good idea.  You can mine for resources without colonizing.  And when you're doing that, Jupiter has more of the resources, but less corrosion, so it would be cheaper (unless the altitude maintenance costs as much or more than the corrosion maintenance) with a greater return.  It might be easier to get the resources off of Venus though.  But for colonization, you'd need some other planet, at least for now.  Hmm actually, I thought Venus was mostly SO2 and CO2, not just CO2, this might be easier than I thought.  Things we would need to do: eliminate the acids in the atmosphere, pull the sulfur out of the atmosphere, pull 70-80% of the carbon out of the atmosphere, and pull about 60% of the oxygen out of the atmosphere (this is the end of the easy stuff), get the core rotating (we need a stronger magnetic field, see below for ideas), add a freaking ton of hydrogen and a freaking ton of nitrogen to the atmosphere, use the hydrogen and oxygen we removed from the atmosphere to make water, add some rarer minerals (phosphorous, potassium, magnesium, etc.) assuming they aren't a part of the planet's surface, and begin the process of building a topsoil layer (use bacteria, then fungi, then plants).  The bacteria/fungi/plants will pull the remaining 20-10% of the carbon we need to remove from the atmosphere.  Then we can FINALLY start colonizing it.

Mars tasks (assuming mass of planet not an issue): get it's core rotating as above (launch an asteroid into it?  Or Phobos/Deimos?), begin planting life to begin pulling carbon out of atmosphere, add a ton of nitrogen to the atmosphere, add a bunch (not a ton....) of hydrogen to the atmosphere, make water (though not nearly as much), bring temperature up, begin topsoil construction as above (though note: it got a jump-start from the life planted early on).

So yes, Venus is possible, but Mars would be easier.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on September 21, 2012, 12:02:45 PM
But I don't think colonizing it would be a good idea.  You can mine for resources without colonizing.  And when you're doing that, Jupiter has more of the resources, but less corrosion, so it would be cheaper (unless the altitude maintenance costs as much or more than the corrosion maintenance) with a greater return.  It might be easier to get the resources off of Venus though.  But for colonization, you'd need some other planet, at least for now.  Hmm actually, I thought Venus was mostly SO2 and CO2, not just CO2, this might be easier than I thought.  Things we would need to do: eliminate the acids in the atmosphere, pull the sulfur out of the atmosphere, pull 70-80% of the carbon out of the atmosphere, and pull about 60% of the oxygen out of the atmosphere (this is the end of the easy stuff), get the core rotating (we need a stronger magnetic field, see below for ideas), add a freaking ton of hydrogen and a freaking ton of nitrogen to the atmosphere, use the hydrogen and oxygen we removed from the atmosphere to make water, add some rarer minerals (phosphorous, potassium, magnesium, etc.) assuming they aren't a part of the planet's surface, and begin the process of building a topsoil layer (use bacteria, then fungi, then plants).  The bacteria/fungi/plants will pull the remaining 20-10% of the carbon we need to remove from the atmosphere.  Then we can FINALLY start colonizing it.

Mars tasks (assuming mass of planet not an issue): get it's core rotating as above (launch an asteroid into it?  Or Phobos/Deimos?), begin planting life to begin pulling carbon out of atmosphere, add a ton of nitrogen to the atmosphere, add a bunch (not a ton....) of hydrogen to the atmosphere, make water (though not nearly as much), bring temperature up, begin topsoil construction as above (though note: it got a jump-start from the life planted early on).

So yes, Venus is possible, but Mars would be easier.

Venus also has much more water than mars, on it's atmosphere. Almost 1% of venus atmosphere is water vapor...

EDIT: Didn't read the part about Phobos/Deimos, yes i read about it too. The energy should be sufficient to set up natural processes to fix the carbon...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: oslecamo on September 21, 2012, 12:32:07 PM
Venus is the closest planet to Earth.

Jupiter is much farther away, not to mention the much bigger gravity would make it a much bigger pain to take off harvested materials.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on September 21, 2012, 12:34:57 PM
Venus is the closest planet to Earth.

Jupiter is much farther away, not to mention the much bigger gravity would make it a much bigger pain to take off harvested materials.

When Alpha Centauri is "weeks or months" away according to the article, the distance between Jupiter and Venus isn't significant.

I have no input on the gravity issue.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on September 21, 2012, 12:55:33 PM
Venus has much less water than Mars.  Mars is covered in water in some places, and Venus has almost no water.  1% of the atmosphere (less, actually) is less than the air surrounding a (moderate) desert on Earth, so there's no way that could possibly be enough water to cover a significant enough of the planet and provide a rain cycle.

@oslecamo:  I addressed that.  I didn't address the distance, because I assumed that to be negligible (which it would be if we have the capabilities to transport stuff efficiently at that distance anyway)

Oh, and veekie: you may be right, but we don't know the energy required for that trip yet, as we don't know where the planet would be (or how much energy would have to be used to colonize it when we get there).  We don't even know if it's possible to get the magnetosphere going again for Venus (or any planet, for that matter) with the technology we will have before it becomes feasible to colonize other star systems.  The only ways I can think of right now would be to take a giant magnet (by giant I mean planet sized) and orbit it around the planet, or to crash a large asteroid (lunar-sized) into the planet and hope for the best.  Anyone else have a better idea?  Also, we need massive amounts of hydrogen and nitrogen (we have enough oxygen), and then enough potassium, sodium, magnesium, etc. to support the life.  Those are hard things to come by, and we might have to.....mine Jupiter to get the hydrogen we need.  Nitrogen, I don't know where we can get it that's close.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on September 21, 2012, 03:50:03 PM
Hydrogen and Nitrogen are fairly feasible to harvest from comets, though they may be of variable availability. As for the minerals, likewise, asteroids.

Alcubierre drives would be hard to make work inside a gravity well though, if the theory is any indication. You'd need a significantly larger distortion to overcome the natural distortion caused by mass.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on September 21, 2012, 04:05:27 PM
Nitrogen isn't all that common in comets, is it?  As for hydrogen, I don't think there's enough in any one comet (unless the target is Mars, which I think might work if we just crash a couple comets into it it should have the composition we need, the only problem is the structure), so the most reliable source would be Jupiter.  And mining Jupiter is easier than people realize, since we'd be mining helium and hydrogen.  Just skim the top to get what we need.  Saturn has a good amount of nitrogen we could mine (easier than even Jupiter to mine).  But yeah, for the other stuff asteroids should suffice.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: betrayor on September 21, 2012, 04:09:29 PM
About the magnetic field....
What if we overheat the core of venus,since Venus has essentially the same core as earth shouldn't that provide magnetic field?
Of course that depends on if the core of venus is still rotating enough for this....
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on September 21, 2012, 04:11:11 PM
You all know who this is for. (http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/50-kittens-giving-you-kitty-cat-eyes)  Don't even play that game.   :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on September 21, 2012, 04:32:27 PM
Nitrogen isn't all that common in comets, is it?  As for hydrogen, I don't think there's enough in any one comet (unless the target is Mars, which I think might work if we just crash a couple comets into it it should have the composition we need, the only problem is the structure), so the most reliable source would be Jupiter.  And mining Jupiter is easier than people realize, since we'd be mining helium and hydrogen.  Just skim the top to get what we need.  Saturn has a good amount of nitrogen we could mine (easier than even Jupiter to mine).  But yeah, for the other stuff asteroids should suffice.
Comets would consist of most frozen common gases. Nitrogen is not that rare as they go, while being also heavy enough to easily gather from gravity. Its pretty stable as they go, so it'd remain in elemental form.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on September 21, 2012, 04:56:02 PM
About the magnetic field....
What if we overheat the core of venus,since Venus has essentially the same core as earth shouldn't that provide magnetic field?
Of course that depends on if the core of venus is still rotating enough for this....
Given its weather systems, I'd say it's still rotating.  Whether it will be if we fiddle with it is a different story of course.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: betrayor on September 21, 2012, 04:59:29 PM
About the magnetic field....
What if we overheat the core of venus,since Venus has essentially the same core as earth shouldn't that provide magnetic field?
Of course that depends on if the core of venus is still rotating enough for this....
Given its weather systems, I'd say it's still rotating.  Whether it will be if we fiddle with it is a different story of course.
Yes,i have no doubt it is rotating,the problem is the speed,since Venus is closer to the sun than earth.....
Maybe manipulating the core will be easier than carrying giant magnets or causing planetary colissions while still being incredibly hard with today's technology.....
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on September 21, 2012, 05:36:50 PM
Hey, as long as they build telescopes there, I'm happy.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on September 21, 2012, 06:13:36 PM
The CORE is not necessarily spinning, but the PLANET is.  It's the rotation of a magnetic core that causes the field.  Though we don't know if that's even correct, it's the most plausible theory we have.  It might even be "core spinning with relation to planet".  And the weather patterns?  Core has no effect on that.  Magnetic field has no effect on that (directly).  The magnetic field keeps the planet from cooking by high-energy EM radiation, which keeps us from developing as much cancer and, you know, dying.  And heating the core will, if anything, remove the magnetism from the core.  Not something we want.  There needs to be a solid core, made primarily of strong paramagnetic elements (Ni and Fe are the best) with a large magnetic charge applied to it.  Even if it's not spinning, it might provide a field, but we don't know.  And yes, it is possible to artificially create one, but it might take too much energy to maintain (we'll have deflector shields before we have that, and yes, they would be the same technology, save for scale).

Yes, this is a very, very hard thing to do.

@veekie: I know it's common, but I don't think comets will have a large enough concentration to be viable.  I'm pretty sure comets are mostly Ni, Fe, and H2O, with some other frozen gases (some ammonia (NH4), but not that much).
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on September 21, 2012, 06:17:02 PM
We're working on looking into asteroid mining in case everybody didn't know. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_mining#Proposed_mining_projects)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on September 21, 2012, 06:20:13 PM
Yup.  And it'll be easier than people think.  Again, the hardest part is moving the stuff around, and getting to the asteroid safely.  Otherwise, it's just like regular mining, but in 0g.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on September 21, 2012, 07:19:36 PM
Though, a magnetic field might not even be that necessary. A sufficiently dense atmosphere can just soak up the incoming beams, and permanent settlements can be underground. It'd be better to have a magnetic field than not have one, but it can be engineered around.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on September 21, 2012, 09:16:50 PM
Assuming the warp drives mentioned in the article exist, it would probably be simpler to send exploratory teams to likely planets than terraform one of our own. The vast quantities of elements needed to create a habitable atmosphere aren't that easy to come by.

The article mentioned that conventional propulsion would be needed to get far enough away from planets, and to get close to other ones, so it wouldn't do that much for travel within our system.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on September 22, 2012, 12:21:03 AM
Though, a magnetic field might not even be that necessary. A sufficiently dense atmosphere can just soak up the incoming beams, and permanent settlements can be underground. It'd be better to have a magnetic field than not have one, but it can be engineered around.

But an atmosphere thick enough to do that would crush anything underneath it.  We're talking Jupiter levels of thickness to stop the things our magnetosphere blocks.

@Halinn, that's pretty much what I've been saying, though I'm not quite as pessimistic as that.  With current technology, it would take millions of years to terraform a planet (you'd need to crash a few asteroids into it, then let it settle), but I'm confident that in a few (thousand) years we will have the technology to move vast quantities of mass with precision to other places, eliminating the need to wait for turmoil to settle.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on September 22, 2012, 09:55:03 AM
While terraforming is awesome, I feel that it would stay in the realm of science fiction unless we don't get faster than light travel. At sublight speeds, travel between stars takes long enough that it's only feasible if we want to near completely sever part of the population (good for survival of the species, but kinda hard to get any trade going, so no major economic incentives ;))
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 22, 2012, 11:02:43 AM
This is what happens when dice rollers give me the shaft. (http://www.myth-weavers.com/showthread.php?p=6098422#post6098422)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on September 22, 2012, 11:18:19 AM
While terraforming is awesome, I feel that it would stay in the realm of science fiction unless we don't get faster than light travel. At sublight speeds, travel between stars takes long enough that it's only feasible if we want to near completely sever part of the population (good for survival of the species, but kinda hard to get any trade going, so no major economic incentives ;))
Depends on the extent. The ability to construct a viable ecosystem is vital beyond just space exploration, we need it to create safe habitats and more.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on September 23, 2012, 01:54:27 PM
The Force is strong with this one. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JgyaHXqs0w)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: oslecamo on September 23, 2012, 03:07:30 PM
Venus is the closest planet to Earth.

Jupiter is much farther away, not to mention the much bigger gravity would make it a much bigger pain to take off harvested materials.

When Alpha Centauri is "weeks or months" away according to the article, the distance between Jupiter and Venus isn't significant.

I have no input on the gravity issue.
Distance inside the solar system is still important because even if you have the warp drive, as the article pointed out, it doesn't have the precision for travel inside a solar system, just between stars, and then you need "conventional" means to actually get to the planet you want. 

And gravity is a pretty important issue. It's actually the main problem limiting us right now. Just geting into space (and then back inside the atmosphere in one piece) is doable, but still extremely expensive and you end up having to discard most of the machinery used, leading to even higher costs. And Jupiter has  2.64 the superficial gravity of Earth, while Venus has 0.88.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on September 23, 2012, 04:28:14 PM
The ship doesn't move at all!  The ship stays where it is, and the universe moves around the ship!

nice star trek quote. ^^ highly appropriate. and if you got it from the article, then consider it a challenge to find the star trek reference, instead.

Try again.  It came to him in a dream, then he forgot it in another dream.

you must be thinking of a different quote, because there was no dream sequence involved. spock's cousin showed up, however. that was interesting.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on September 23, 2012, 04:33:54 PM
Because I don't watch that show.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on September 23, 2012, 04:36:39 PM
Venus is the closest planet to Earth.

Jupiter is much farther away, not to mention the much bigger gravity would make it a much bigger pain to take off harvested materials.

When Alpha Centauri is "weeks or months" away according to the article, the distance between Jupiter and Venus isn't significant.

I have no input on the gravity issue.
Distance inside the solar system is still important because even if you have the warp drive, as the article pointed out, it doesn't have the precision for travel inside a solar system, just between stars, and then you need "conventional" means to actually get to the planet you want. 

And gravity is a pretty important issue. It's actually the main problem limiting us right now. Just geting into space (and then back inside the atmosphere in one piece) is doable, but still extremely expensive and you end up having to discard most of the machinery used, leading to even higher costs. And Jupiter has  2.64 the superficial gravity of Earth, while Venus has 0.88.

Part of the problem is the fuel source.  As we develop better power options with less mass (and waste) we will find gravity becomes less of an issue.  If we can find reasonable ways to ignore gravity then that will of course help too.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on September 23, 2012, 04:37:14 PM
Because I don't watch that show.

wasn't a show, it was a book.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on September 23, 2012, 05:17:16 PM
It was a Star Trek....book....and you're assuming I read the book yet didn't watch the show?

Okay, the quote is from Futurama.

To a better discussion: Jack: Are you familiar with the idea of using controlled nuclear explosions as a propulsion method?  If we can get a material light enough and strong enough to resist the effects of the explosions, we could improve on the efficiency by creating an actual rocket with the gas expansion coming from nuclear fission rather than chemical explosions.  Rather than wimpy little chemical bonds, we'd be turning mass into energy (much larger energy outputs with much less mass).
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 23, 2012, 07:28:26 PM
My CD is ready.

Who wants to help me share the sneak peek somehow? Youtube is giving me guff over the lack of actual video in my music.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on September 23, 2012, 07:29:32 PM
soundcloud.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 23, 2012, 09:24:39 PM
Mind giving me a little more detail, SirP?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on September 23, 2012, 09:36:02 PM
Mind giving me a little more detail, SirP?

Soundcloud (http://soundcloud.com/dashboard), I mean.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on September 23, 2012, 09:42:44 PM
To a better discussion: Jack: Are you familiar with the idea of using controlled nuclear explosions as a propulsion method?  If we can get a material light enough and strong enough to resist the effects of the explosions, we could improve on the efficiency by creating an actual rocket with the gas expansion coming from nuclear fission rather than chemical explosions.  Rather than wimpy little chemical bonds, we'd be turning mass into energy (much larger energy outputs with much less mass).

I can see that working if as you say there's a material light and strong enough to reliably withstand the explosions without degradation.  You've already mentioned the controlled part of the explosions, and there's also the radiation to contend with.  Instead of a physical container we might have magnetic (or other force) fields to direct the explosion and perhaps absorb radiation too.  The main thing I'm wondering about is whether we might have the ability to cheaply make antimatter for annihilation propulsion by the time we can cheaply and safely do fission propulsion.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on September 23, 2012, 09:51:09 PM
Antimatter doesn't explode.  Science has broken that bit of science-fiction.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on September 23, 2012, 09:57:53 PM
I don't think anything but physical (electromagnetic force, of the contact variety) force would work, since you aren't necessarily working with charged particles.  The radiation is a non-issue, since you can eliminate all the dangerous radiation easily.  Ensure clean, full fission and you'll have no radioactive waste to deal with even, so the radiation is just normal stellar variety, only less dangerous.  The problem with anti-matter is that you need a physical object to propel out the back.  With fission, you can have the products be the matter (high-energy matter too).  Anti-matter annihilations don't leave matter behind to propel the craft, but you could use it for energy (if it's feasible, might be 0-sum, though it's compact, might be worth it).  Remember: rockets propel via force-counterforce reactions.  The particles fly out at a really fast, and apply an equal and opposite force on the rocket.  It takes a LOT of particles traveling REALLY fast (or rather, accelerating really fast) to accelerate a large ship fast enough to get it out of Earth's atmosphere.  Anti-matter=no particles.

EDIT: Anti-matter does not explode, but it does release a TON of energy.  If it annihilates in atmosphere, then it will heat the surrounding air much like a fission bomb does.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 23, 2012, 10:25:07 PM
Here's a sneak preview of the CD. Once I figure out how to get youtube to properly accept my songs without requiring video footage, I'll post more over there.

Tell me what you think. (http://soundcloud.com/shin_sai/sorairo-days-shin_sai-cover)

Mind giving me a little more detail, SirP?

Soundcloud (http://soundcloud.com/dashboard), I mean.

Thanks.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on September 23, 2012, 10:43:27 PM
lol, I should have known better than to think matter annihilation was feasible for direct propulsion since it destroys matter.

Which brings the thought of whether a non-matter propulsion system might be possible.

Something related to all of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pulse_propulsion

And other awesome stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on September 23, 2012, 11:11:12 PM
That nuclear pulse propulsion?  That's what we're talking about.  The propulsion comes from the rapid release of particles, and the rapid release is caused by a nuclear explosion.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on September 24, 2012, 01:20:04 AM
Playing an organ with Kinect (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuZpSPUtya4).

Probably the best use for that motion sensor I've seen yet.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on September 25, 2012, 11:13:39 AM
Paste into Google:

2 sqrt(-abs(abs(x)-1)*abs(3-abs(x))/((abs(x)-1)*(3-abs(x))))(1+abs(abs(x)-3)/(abs(x)-3))sqrt(1-(x/7)^2)+(5+0.97(abs(x-.5)+abs(x+.5))-3(abs(x-.75)+abs(x+.75)))(1+abs(1-abs(x))/(1-abs(x))),-3sqrt(1-(x/7)^2)sqrt(abs(abs(x)-4)/(abs(x)-4)),abs(x/2)-0.0913722(x^2)-3+sqrt(1-(abs(abs(x)-2)-1)^2),(2.71052+(1.5-.5abs(x))-1.35526sqrt(4-(abs(x)-1)^2))sqrt(abs(abs(x)-1)/(abs(x)-1))+0.9
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on September 25, 2012, 12:21:44 PM
Paste into Google:

2 sqrt(-abs(abs(x)-1)*abs(3-abs(x))/((abs(x)-1)*(3-abs(x))))(1+abs(abs(x)-3)/(abs(x)-3))sqrt(1-(x/7)^2)+(5+0.97(abs(x-.5)+abs(x+.5))-3(abs(x-.75)+abs(x+.75)))(1+abs(1-abs(x))/(1-abs(x))),-3sqrt(1-(x/7)^2)sqrt(abs(abs(x)-4)/(abs(x)-4)),abs(x/2)-0.0913722(x^2)-3+sqrt(1-(abs(abs(x)-2)-1)^2),(2.71052+(1.5-.5abs(x))-1.35526sqrt(4-(abs(x)-1)^2))sqrt(abs(abs(x)-1)/(abs(x)-1))+0.9
Too awesome for words!  :lmao
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: DonQuixote on September 25, 2012, 01:00:58 PM
I can approve of that.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on September 27, 2012, 03:30:23 PM
Parachute from space? (http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/video/2012/sep/26/skydiver-space-video)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on September 27, 2012, 05:03:36 PM
i'd do that (i like to think i would  :cool )

Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on September 27, 2012, 05:56:35 PM
Weak. I'd do it naked.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on September 27, 2012, 06:17:29 PM
Red Dwarf X (http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/video/2012/sep/26/red-dwarf-x-clip-video)

HELL YES!

Along those lines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PChPOuZN_nQ

"Space Corps Directive 61661: The curfew for trying to lure "lady cats" to have sex via a megaphone will be restricted to 9pm.  Any caterwauling after this time will result in loss of "shiny things" privilege."
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on September 27, 2012, 11:02:57 PM
I... I just... I can't.  even.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6Cw_3q1Pg
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on September 27, 2012, 11:19:31 PM
I... I just... I can't.  even.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6Cw_3q1Pg

 :lmao
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on September 28, 2012, 02:25:51 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP4t1G9Y9cY pakistan is worse
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on September 28, 2012, 03:35:02 AM
I... I just... I can't.  even.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6Cw_3q1Pg

Turkish Rowan Atkinson?!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on September 28, 2012, 10:56:41 AM
I... I just... I can't.  even.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6Cw_3q1Pg

 :lmao
:clap

The "Best death scene" link I found in that is pretty funny too. And I'd actually seen the movie it was from! :P (Snake in the eagles shadow)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on October 02, 2012, 08:33:31 PM
http://yayacosplay.deviantart.com/art/I-m-not-bad-I-m-just-drawn-that-way-327345757
rowr
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on October 02, 2012, 08:40:07 PM
http://yayacosplay.deviantart.com/art/I-m-not-bad-I-m-just-drawn-that-way-327345757
rowr

Yes, I agree!  Saw that one about two weeks ago.  Only thing I don't like it the eyeshadow.  She went for the cartoonish look, which is completely wrong for a real person...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on October 02, 2012, 09:06:15 PM
http://yayacosplay.deviantart.com/art/Jessica-Rabbit-collab-with-Jay-Tablante-330353222?q=boost%3Apopular%20meta%3Aall%20max_age%3A24h&qo=6

And the newest one she put up...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on October 02, 2012, 09:09:05 PM
My wife's show (she's the titular character in the Mystery of Edwin Drood) got a glowing review!  In particular they said she "commands as a female-actress-male-impersonator playing Edwin Drood with a soaring melodic voice".
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on October 02, 2012, 09:25:04 PM
http://yayacosplay.deviantart.com/art/I-m-not-bad-I-m-just-drawn-that-way-327345757
rowr

Yes, I agree!  Saw that one about two weeks ago.  Only thing I don't like it the eyeshadow.  She went for the cartoonish look, which is completely wrong for a real person...
My eyeballs fell out and rolled away when I looked at this...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 03, 2012, 12:17:07 AM
http://yayacosplay.deviantart.com/art/I-m-not-bad-I-m-just-drawn-that-way-327345757
rowr

That's great cosplay, but GAWD her insides must hurt in that dress.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 03, 2012, 12:23:56 AM
Also, I'm past my 1000th post!

...I don't know whether I like being called a 'hero' or 'legendary' better, though. Maybe both?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on October 03, 2012, 12:23:18 PM
Also, I'm past my 1000th post!

...I don't know whether I like being called a 'hero' or 'legendary' better, though. Maybe both?
Would you rather the ladies said that your member was heroic or legendary?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: SneeR on October 03, 2012, 12:25:25 PM
Also, I'm past my 1000th post!

...I don't know whether I like being called a 'hero' or 'legendary' better, though. Maybe both?
Would you rather the ladies said that your member was heroic or legendary?
Legendarily unheroic?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 03, 2012, 12:32:01 PM
Also, I'm past my 1000th post!

...I don't know whether I like being called a 'hero' or 'legendary' better, though. Maybe both?
Would you rather the ladies said that your member was heroic or legendary?

Honestly? Perhaps both.

"No matter what, he always rose up against all odds. We had to immortalize it in song."
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: SneeR on October 03, 2012, 12:42:49 PM
Also, I'm past my 1000th post!

...I don't know whether I like being called a 'hero' or 'legendary' better, though. Maybe both?
Would you rather the ladies said that your member was heroic or legendary?
Honestly? Perhaps both.

"No matter what, he always rose up against all odds. We had to immortalize it in song."
Give this man a ceremonial yam. That was an arousing speech.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on October 03, 2012, 08:14:07 PM
Semi-random link yanked from gamingden:

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-humanity-desperately-wants-monsters-to-be-real/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on October 04, 2012, 01:47:57 AM
These are real family values right here! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThzdsnXeE28)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on October 04, 2012, 03:33:43 PM
Semi-random link yanked from gamingden:

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-humanity-desperately-wants-monsters-to-be-real/

I love cracked...so much funny
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 04, 2012, 06:19:15 PM
And let's not forget the insights it gives us into how people think!

Just imagine! An ad that goes something like this:

"Are you selling organs to keep up your coke habit? Have your nostrils flared up permanently from snorting so much of it?

Your problems are over!

Scientists have discovered that expressing hatred for something gives you the same high as cocaine! HATE(tm) is free and readily available. All it takes is a little fear or anger!

"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. (...)" Dr. Yoda, P.h.D

 You can turn any minor annoyance into HATE(tm)! Got any black acquaintances? HATE(tm) 'em! Those terrible religious minorities who refuse to hate pork? HATE(tm) is older than their so-called words of salvation.

And it's free, free, FREE!

Unlike coke, HATE(tm) does not cause loss of hair or teeth nor does it make you look like a washed-up celebrity! PLUS IT'S LEGAL! No longer do you have to fear police raids - why, they may well be just as full of HATE(tm) as you are! You can't overdose on it either!

HATE(tm) is great for parties, political or otherwise! It brings like-minded individuals together in their bigotry! And if someone tells you it's forbidden by law to be intolerant, you can tell them to suck it! If you're arrested, you can claim it's a violation of your right to free speech!

HATE(tm) is also great for working out! You can use it as fuel to go out and bash gay people and hippies in the head! I mean, you're white, right? No one's really going to convict you for it. And if you're black you can argue self-defense from someone else filled with HATE(tm)!

So what are you waiting for, get full of HATE(tm) now!

HATE(tm) is a naturally occurring human emotion. May cause imprisonment, stupidity-induced injuries or cause you to believe someone gives a fuck about what your bigoted mind thinks. Avoid HATE(tm) if you have a heart condition. Mother Nature is not responsible for you being a dick."
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on October 04, 2012, 09:27:13 PM
Stuff above
Pure gold Kuroi.
Upvote.
Bookmarked.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on October 04, 2012, 09:57:04 PM
Stuff above
Pure gold Kuroi.
Upvote.
Agreed
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on October 05, 2012, 12:00:51 AM
http://gizmodo.com/5948739/researchers-discover-bacteria-that-can-produce-pure-gold
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on October 05, 2012, 12:52:00 AM
http://gizmodo.com/5948739/researchers-discover-bacteria-that-can-poop-pure-gold

ftfy...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 08, 2012, 02:00:09 AM
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121004121638.htm

One step closer to understanding the universe.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on October 09, 2012, 12:24:34 AM
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121004121638.htm

One step closer to understanding the universe.

or, putting the 'certainty' in your 'uncertainty'.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 09, 2012, 05:21:57 AM
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121004121638.htm

One step closer to understanding the universe.

or, putting the 'certainty' in your 'uncertainty'.

Doesn't quite have the same ring as putting the 'laughter' in your 'slaughter.'
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: betrayor on October 14, 2012, 01:21:00 PM
Happening right now,live on youtube.....

Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIxH6DToXQ&feature=player_embedded#!

This should be awesome.....
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on October 14, 2012, 02:12:19 PM
Also on Discovery.  Currently watching.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on October 14, 2012, 04:46:02 PM
http://vampbeauty.deviantart.com/art/Nightwing-is-always-Ready-331832964  rowr
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 15, 2012, 04:04:15 AM
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/29825_10151108413250488_1231483777_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 15, 2012, 07:58:19 AM
And you shall have them. *¬*
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: SneeR on October 15, 2012, 01:29:54 PM
(click to show/hide)
I am slightly happier now. Oh, to hug that kitty.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on October 15, 2012, 03:42:33 PM
http://dragonslorefury.deviantart.com/art/My-Engagement-Ring-200903432 (http://dragonslorefury.deviantart.com/art/My-Engagement-Ring-200903432)  :clap
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: SneeR on October 15, 2012, 04:48:00 PM
http://dragonslorefury.deviantart.com/art/My-Engagement-Ring-200903432 (http://dragonslorefury.deviantart.com/art/My-Engagement-Ring-200903432)  :clap
Why a d10? I cannot dispute the awesome, but there are more iconic dice...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on October 15, 2012, 05:13:19 PM
d20 might be a bit large
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on October 15, 2012, 05:27:25 PM
Uh... Nice idea, but the ring's a bit ugly...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 15, 2012, 07:04:36 PM
http://dragonslorefury.deviantart.com/art/My-Engagement-Ring-200903432 (http://dragonslorefury.deviantart.com/art/My-Engagement-Ring-200903432)  :clap
Why a d10? I cannot dispute the awesome, but there are more iconic dice...
Maybe they're WoD gamers.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on October 15, 2012, 07:12:59 PM
http://dragonslorefury.deviantart.com/art/My-Engagement-Ring-200903432 (http://dragonslorefury.deviantart.com/art/My-Engagement-Ring-200903432)  :clap
Why a d10? I cannot dispute the awesome, but there are more iconic dice...
Maybe they're WoD gamers.

Or Warhammer, or many others. Or maybe, the idea was to have a die in the proper shape so that it can be switched out for a gem if they want to (he says that he can in the description).

Still, yay for awesomeness.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 15, 2012, 07:32:24 PM
Yeah, icosahedrons aren't exactly a normal gem cut, especially for rings.  For earrings though, they'd totally work.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on October 16, 2012, 12:22:36 AM
they could at least have used one of these...

(http://crystalcaste.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/02152T12F.gif)Meteor metal (http://crystalcaste.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CC&Product_Code=02152T12&Category_Code=XS)

or

(http://crystalcaste.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/02151wF.gif)Gold (http://crystalcaste.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CC&Product_Code=02151&Category_Code=DS)

or

(http://crystalcaste.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/02104F.gif)Amethyst (http://crystalcaste.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CC&Product_Code=02061&Category_Code=DS)

or any number of other semi-precious gems and metals: lapis, tiger eye, silver, jade, and many more.

they could swap out the center d10 for a variety of materials per mood. ^^
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on October 16, 2012, 04:01:12 AM
You could construct it from precious gems considering its a wedding ring. A nice ruby stone with a gold band would look good I'd have thought.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 17, 2012, 03:38:32 PM
My dad found this and shared it for me on facebook.

(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/c0.0.403.403/p403x403/545672_3750683458248_758478238_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on October 17, 2012, 03:40:11 PM
www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-squid-fly
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on October 17, 2012, 03:41:20 PM

http://magicbinderfullofwomen.tumblr.com/

Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 17, 2012, 03:53:43 PM

http://magicbinderfullofwomen.tumblr.com/

 :lmao :lmao :lmao

Those are simply golden!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on October 18, 2012, 02:49:45 AM
Dropbox space race! (https://www.dropbox.com/spacerace?r=NTQwMzk1NjA5OQ)

Extra cloud storage space!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on October 18, 2012, 01:46:13 PM
Box.net starts at 5gb
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on October 18, 2012, 02:23:42 PM
Well I got 14 gb and that's pretty nice ot have.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on October 18, 2012, 03:05:26 PM
mediafire give 50 gig for free
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: awaken_D_M_golem on October 18, 2012, 05:55:11 PM
My dad found this and shared it for me on facebook.

(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/c0.0.403.403/p403x403/545672_3750683458248_758478238_n.jpg)

This just in to CNN: 
The FDA has launched an investigation into Gerber Baby Dragon food ...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on October 19, 2012, 02:13:18 AM
mediafire give 50 gig for free
Different sorts of storage, dropbox synchronizes with a folder on your computer.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on October 19, 2012, 05:50:37 AM
True, I think there's a desktop extension for mediafire to do the same though.  I use google drive anyway.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 19, 2012, 06:22:33 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19950923

Tatooine, eat your core out.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=76T6f5CA7nw is one of the best a cappella songs I've ever listened to.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on October 19, 2012, 06:25:58 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19950923

Tatooine, eat your core out.

I don't even want to think of what the conditions on that planet are like... a gas giant orbiting 4 stars would be rather violent I imagine... 
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 19, 2012, 06:40:32 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19950923

Tatooine, eat your core out.

I don't even want to think of what the conditions on that planet are like... a gas giant orbiting 4 stars would be rather violent I imagine...

Sounds a bit like my aunt actually, aside from the violence.  She's definitely screwy though.  To explain: Our household has five people: Me, my dad, my grandparents, and my aunt.  It's essentially three families though because the three groups tend to keep to themselves.  My aunt is the main outlier though, and the gas giant comparison is self-explanatory.


Depending on the planet's distance from its stars as well as tilt, I'd expect that planet to have violent temperature fluctuations.  The lowest temperature we've recorded on Earth was -89.2 C (or -128.6 F), and the highest was 56.7 C (134 F), so I can see that planet's temperature ranges to easily double or triple that during its year, however that might be measured.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on October 19, 2012, 10:08:56 AM
(http://images.sciencedaily.com/2012/10/121018185949-large.jpg?1350601724)

The gorgeous aftermath of a violent galactic collision/merger. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121018185949.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on October 19, 2012, 10:14:33 AM
(http://images.sciencedaily.com/2012/10/121018185949-large.jpg?1350601724)

The gorgeous aftermath of a violent galactic collision/merger. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121018185949.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher)
Anyone else see a scimitar in the middle of the merger?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on October 19, 2012, 10:20:11 AM
Oh, we should make a thread of awesome astronomy images.  :D

Ever seen Hoag's Galaxy?
(click to show/hide)

It was made from two galaxies slamming into each other face on; the shockwave rippled out from the center and triggered star formation in the outer ring.  It's like the Eye of Sauron!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on October 19, 2012, 02:00:54 PM
Andrew Mitchell has resigned as chief whip

"No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin." Nye Bevan
So long, 'pleb'! :lmao
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on October 19, 2012, 02:12:48 PM
Very NSFW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMUx01Yl-mE

I would give anything to know the lyrics of the song he's singing... I know it's about The Pirate Bay, or something about internet piracy, but other than that...

That face of "Don't give three fucks about two fucks" is priceless!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 19, 2012, 05:35:56 PM
I fixed three things by kicking them today.  :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ImperatorK on October 21, 2012, 04:15:25 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9emjalsOsE
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 21, 2012, 10:47:14 PM
Very NSFW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMUx01Yl-mE

I would give anything to know the lyrics of the song he's singing... I know it's about The Pirate Bay, or something about internet piracy, but other than that...

That face of "Don't give three fucks about two fucks" is priceless!

I didn't think I'd see a youtube video with full frontal, but it's nice to know they have the age restrictions in place and all that.  Too bad it's so easy to lie about one's age over the internet.  lol
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Prime32 on October 22, 2012, 09:05:04 AM
Cosplay Chess: The Movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klzxgw1W9HI)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on October 22, 2012, 09:11:42 AM
I didn't think I'd see a youtube video with full frontal, but it's nice to know they have the age restrictions in place and all that.  Too bad it's so easy to lie about one's age over the internet.  lol

If you have internet access and are willing to lie about your age I doubt youtube would be the first port of call for that kind of thing...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on October 22, 2012, 02:19:34 PM
Video footage of the inside of an LDS (Mormon) Temple, including rituals.

Edit: Nevermind; upon further examination, the channel responsible for the video has a grudge against the Church, judging by his comments on other videos.  The "worship a God named Elohim" is an attempt to otherize Mormons by portraying them as not worshiping the Abrahamic deity (Elohim's an LDS word for "God").
Title: Re: Pointless stuff you don't have to share
Post by: nijineko on October 22, 2012, 02:34:47 PM
the mormon temple rituals have never been secret. they consider them sacred. much like the mason temple rituals, or the hebrew temple rituals (from which both mormon and mason rituals originate). there are a number of actually secret societies about which have rituals and oaths which are much more worrisome - encouraging rape, murder, and theft; promising to protect any member from the law or from being brought to justice, as well as having specific goals of overthrowing governments. the only "mormons" worth worrying about are rouge mormon individuals or splinter groups that no longer hold themselves to christian restraints, and by virtue of such, can't really be called mormon or christian anymore.

besides, this information has been around the internet since the bbs era, if not before. it's hardly new information.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on October 22, 2012, 03:25:11 PM
I uploaded it primarily because it was a viral video containing footage which hasn't been seen before, and is gaining discussion on some news sites.  I didn't post the link with the intention of smearing anyone.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on October 22, 2012, 03:46:32 PM
One of my friends likes the Epic Rap Battles of History. I find them mostly "meh".

But this is too true. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX_1B0w7Hzc)

My political veiw on this race in a nutshell in lyrical form right there:
"The President shall not be the shiniest of two turds."
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on October 22, 2012, 04:05:04 PM
I fixed three things by kicking them today.  :P
Cool! What were they?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 22, 2012, 04:45:50 PM
A stapler, a printer and a car.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on October 22, 2012, 04:49:02 PM
A stapler, a printer and a car.
Okay, I understand the other two, but how did you fix a stapler by kicking it?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 22, 2012, 04:58:46 PM
Well, it was stuck for some reason, despite there being no staples stuck in it. So I loaded a few staples, carefully positioned the documents to be stapled underneath, set the whole thing on the ground and axe-kicked the stapler. It resumed normal function afterwards.

...Those two pieces of paper might end up never being separated again, though.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 22, 2012, 06:01:16 PM
Is it just me, or does this thread show up as "Pointless stuff you have to share" at the bottom where new posts are shown?  I'll get a screenshot.

Edit: Or I would if it didn't decide to switch to Awesome again.   :eh
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 22, 2012, 06:34:07 PM
So, um... Bastard!! volume 27. Spoilers ahead.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ImperatorK on October 22, 2012, 06:41:45 PM
Is it just me, or does this thread show up as "Pointless stuff you have to share" at the bottom where new posts are shown?  I'll get a screenshot.

Edit: Or I would if it didn't decide to switch to Awesome again.   :eh
It's all Nijineko's fault.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on October 22, 2012, 06:43:00 PM
D&D: The Best Game Ever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YrUwDE0HG0&feature=g-vrec)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on October 22, 2012, 07:05:15 PM
Is it just me, or does this thread show up as "Pointless stuff you have to share" at the bottom where new posts are shown?  I'll get a screenshot.

Edit: Or I would if it didn't decide to switch to Awesome again.   :eh

Someone changed the subject for their reply.
Title: Re: I am the very model of a modern major general
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 22, 2012, 07:06:37 PM
Is it just me, or does this thread show up as "Pointless stuff you have to share" at the bottom where new posts are shown?  I'll get a screenshot.

Edit: Or I would if it didn't decide to switch to Awesome again.   :eh

Someone changed the subject for their reply.

I might just test that...
Title: Re: With information vegetable animal and mineral
Post by: sirpercival on October 22, 2012, 07:08:21 PM
Is it just me, or does this thread show up as "Pointless stuff you have to share" at the bottom where new posts are shown?  I'll get a screenshot.

Edit: Or I would if it didn't decide to switch to Awesome again.   :eh

Someone changed the subject for their reply.

I might just test that...

Weeeeeird....
Title: I forget the rest of the lyrics
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 22, 2012, 07:11:26 PM
Not as weird as it could be.
Title: Re: I forget the rest of the lyrics
Post by: sirpercival on October 22, 2012, 07:13:26 PM
Not as weird as it could be.

Lol.  I meant weird how it just changed to the second line of the song, entirely on its own...
Title: Advertise here ask me how!
Post by: trappedslider on October 22, 2012, 07:15:44 PM
you all need help lol
Title: I come from the orcs, we eat with spoons and forks...
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 22, 2012, 07:22:26 PM
you all need help lol

Sorry, there's no help for me.   :lol
Title: Re: What is this and where can i find it?
Post by: bhu on October 22, 2012, 08:40:27 PM
So, um... Bastard!! volume 27. Spoilers ahead.

(click to show/hide)

que?
Title: Re: What is this and where can i find it?
Post by: 123456789blaaa on October 22, 2012, 09:00:39 PM
So, um... Bastard!! volume 27. Spoilers ahead.

(click to show/hide)

que?

Well that is pretty awesome...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 23, 2012, 04:30:50 PM
So today was windy as hell. Seriously, at one point I thought it might turn into a storm (skies were crystal clear though). It got so bad that at one point I had to kick a flying STOP sign in midair to keep it from hitting a bystander.

Why is this awesome? Lots of gals wearing skirts on my way to work today.  :D
Title: Re: rowr
Post by: bhu on October 23, 2012, 06:58:41 PM
http://effyeahplussizecosplay.tumblr.com/post/29726523235/demonsee-jesse-quick-by-its-raining-neon

rowr
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 23, 2012, 07:30:42 PM
Am I the only one who figures that gal doesn't LOOK "plus sized"?  :???
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on October 23, 2012, 07:54:36 PM
i feel sorry for the society which calls that plus sized.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on October 23, 2012, 08:11:02 PM
Am I the only one who figures that gal doesn't LOOK "plus sized"?  :???

Uh... Sure looks like she wears plus sized clothes...

But then, i like bony girls.

Milla Jovovich is my personal Goddess...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on October 23, 2012, 08:34:06 PM
This preacher's speech appears to be anti-gay... or is it? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A8JsRx2lois)

Skip to the 2:00 mark if you don't want to sit through it.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on October 23, 2012, 08:49:45 PM
Am I the only one who figures that gal doesn't LOOK "plus sized"?  :???
"Plus sized" doesn't have to mean disproportional.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 23, 2012, 09:00:20 PM
I think it's mostly the clothes since they draw attention more to her thighs.  That's about the only criticism I'd have if I were to say one besides the fact that I have no idea who she's cosplaying, but that's more to do with my lack of knowledge regarding many characters.  She still has a pretty good hourglass figure though.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on October 23, 2012, 09:06:18 PM
is it odd that 'plus' reads as 'minus'
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 23, 2012, 09:29:39 PM
Am I the only one who figures that gal doesn't LOOK "plus sized"?  :???
"Plus sized" doesn't have to mean disproportional.

I mean sure, maybe she's a little overweight. A few pounds here and there.

But her figure is miles above THIS GUY. (http://www.apelando.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/lula-de-sailormoon-tn.jpg)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 24, 2012, 12:25:55 AM
Am I the only one who figures that gal doesn't LOOK "plus sized"?  :???
"Plus sized" doesn't have to mean disproportional.

I mean sure, maybe she's a little overweight. A few pounds here and there.

But her figure is miles above THIS GUY. (http://www.apelando.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/lula-de-sailormoon-tn.jpg)

Once upon a time I wondered why guys dress up as any of the senshi (especially ones definitely not suited to the costume), but then I decided I probably didn't want to know.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 24, 2012, 07:45:04 AM
It's official, Disney has weapons of mass destruction. They hid them for years in Disneyland!

(https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/10/22/x2WqR1ZZw0ihFE4cGgLGYQ2.jpg)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on October 24, 2012, 02:02:59 PM
Milla Jovovich is my personal Goddess...
Kate Beckinsale.

Click shows her as all loving and sweet.
Underworld shows her as absolute badass.
Magazine after magazine shows her as amazingly sexy.

Sensual, sexual, sexy, & sweet.  :love

Milla is #2 for me.
Used to be #1 before I saw so much of Kate, but for me, the goddess has been dethroned.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 24, 2012, 04:35:47 PM
For me, Kate is significantly hotter than Milla. But that's partly because all she's done lately is let her husband pimp her out to a franchise that has a name it does not deserve.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 24, 2012, 04:41:08 PM
We have this really, really annoying coworker. He complains about everything, argues about everything, and does shit nothing. So today he was in the middle of an argument and I busted in. He goes up and says, "Who the hell spoke to you?"

"Dude! I'm like Kobe Bryant's penis. If I want to do something, I just move in and fuck everything else."
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on October 24, 2012, 05:18:07 PM
for this geek..it's Felica Day  :drool


and Star Wars Fans Building Full-Scale Millennium Falcon Replica (http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/star-wars-fans-building-fullscale-millennium-falcon-replica.html)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on October 24, 2012, 05:44:58 PM
for this geek..it's Felicia Day  :drool
FTFY

Also, speaking of: She was at the same time as Wil Wheaton on Monday for the Firefall Fest (http://www.firefallthegame.com/firefallfest/?gclid=CMrxponPmrMCFYQ7MgodTx0A3Q).

Which I just found out about today, so I didn't see. Followd a link there from the Pathfinder SRD.
Considering I will be watching that on Saturday, when Nathan Fillion (I'd go gay) & Allison Haislip, I can't ever say I haven't found something good in Pathfinder  :cool
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on October 24, 2012, 09:08:04 PM
http://www.nerdragepros.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=432
kitty is more of a London Andrews fan
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: PlzBreakMyCampaign on October 26, 2012, 12:57:27 AM
I didn't post the link with the intention of smearing anyone.
Have you not seen this thread?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on October 26, 2012, 11:22:25 AM
Now we can build with Bloodstone! (http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670981/bricks-and-maybe-buildings-made-from-a-wasted-resource-blood)
Quote

It sounds like something out of a Dario Argento film: soaring architecture built with fresh blood and sand. It’s no camp horror movie, though--rather, it’s an award-winning proposal from recent architecture school graduate Jack Munro.

“Animal blood is one of the most prolific waste materials in the world,” says Munro, a 2012 graduate of University of Westminster in London. “The blood drained from animal carcasses is generally thrown away or incinerated despite being a potentially useful product.”

In his final semester, Munro carried out an exhaustive study testing his hypothesis--that animal blood could be used in construction in underdeveloped areas where traditional building materials are scarce.

A single cow can produce about eight gallons of blood after it’s been slaughtered. Munro collected blood from four cows for his early tests, adding an antibacterial agent to stave off fungal growth and mixing it with sand. Then, he poured the mixture into a simple formwork and baked it at a fairly low temperature--only 160 degrees. He found that after only an hour of baking, the blood proteins coagulate to form a strong insoluble mass, bonding with the sand. He experimented with making glue first, then moved on to bricks. Compression testing suggests that he hasn’t hit on a concoction that produces a super strong brick, but they are waterproof, a major strength in areas where erosion is an issue.

Munro imagines the bricks in use in arid climates, like the Middle East, where mud bricks are typically used. For his thesis, he presented a design for a brick-making community in Siwa, Egypt, that “seeks to re-establish the autonomy of desert by using the waste blood from halal animal slaughter to create building materials.” Siwa’s agriculture industry has been decimated by changes in the Saharan desert, encroaching upon arable land. Brick-making could offer an alternative income to residents.

Munro’s building contains all parts of the production process: cattle sheds, slaughterhouse, and brick manufacturing facilities. “The building itself is formed by casting animal-blood-based adhesive over a sand dune and allowing the dune to migrate,” he explains, “revealing an interior space that can be excavated and occupied.”

“I believe there is certainly a potential for the real-world application of the techniques developed in the project,” Munro tells Co.Design over email. Right now, he’s looking to raise funds for a prototype single-story home built with his bricks in Siwa.

It all adds up to a strong and convincing concept. A weak point, of course, is how occupants will react to the taboo of living in houses built with blood. Then again, most of the general population is a-OK with the multitude of animal by-products used in everyday products. And at least in Munro’s case, he’s actually upcycling a product that would otherwise go to waste.
Well ok, it's not quite at the construction material strength yet.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 26, 2012, 01:08:53 PM
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/564986_510067259011942_328783688_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 27, 2012, 02:20:43 PM
Manly tears.

Manly tears everywhere. (http://soundcloud.com/shin_sai/ai-wo-torimodose-shin_sai)

And yes, that's me singing.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on October 28, 2012, 05:08:18 AM
Aphex Twin played by an Orchestra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP_w_Mvh9tU)!!!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 28, 2012, 03:22:54 PM
Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on Lamb Castration, PETA, and American Labor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-udsIV4Hmc).

More Mike Rowe stuff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo-cUZ2aRKc).

Watching Mike talk about those things really hits home to me because I had pretty good success at trade stuff like woodworking, but am struggling to get behind my "dream" of one day being a computer programmer for video games, or maybe online education kinds of things.  With the competition in computers but labor shortage for people like plumbers and welders who can still make a great living, I'm genuinely reevaluating what I want to do and what would be practical and am thinking a degree in computer science isn't really what I want to do.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on October 28, 2012, 03:38:47 PM
Master Psionics List (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=6317.0), lists nearly every official power in D&D.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ImperatorK on October 29, 2012, 12:52:41 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDj7gvc_dsA
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 29, 2012, 05:56:38 PM
Here's an idea I had this evening.

Velvet Room, the nightclub (sort of).

-Only membership patrons may attend.
-Patrons are required to wear a mask at all times. Unmasking for any other purpose than sanitizing or mask-swapping gets you out of the nightclub for the night.
-A tarot card is assigned to each patron. The methods of choice vary.
-The nightclub is expressly noted as possessing an ultimate purpose, but none except the owner are permitted to know what it is.
-Patrons are encouraged to provide their own exhibitions and entertainment (subject to the house's approval) above and beyond those provided by the nightclub itself.
-Alcohol may or may not be served randomly to patrons (namely some may be getting "drunk" out of stupidity alone).
-Nudity within club limits is discouraged, but not prohibited.

Sound crazy enough?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Quillwraith on October 29, 2012, 08:31:34 PM
Sound crazy enough?
For what?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 29, 2012, 09:00:58 PM
Well, anything really. All I want to know is if it sounds crazy. The use I can find later.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on October 30, 2012, 05:14:21 AM
Flight to Argentina in about 2 hours. Already up, packed, and ready to go. Forgive me if i disappear for a few days :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on October 30, 2012, 01:13:12 PM
Here's an idea I had this evening.

Velvet Room, the nightclub (sort of).

-Only membership patrons may attend.
-Patrons are required to wear a mask at all times. Unmasking for any other purpose than sanitizing or mask-swapping gets you out of the nightclub for the night.
-A tarot card is assigned to each patron. The methods of choice vary.
-The nightclub is expressly noted as possessing an ultimate purpose, but none except the owner are permitted to know what it is.
-Patrons are encouraged to provide their own exhibitions and entertainment (subject to the house's approval) above and beyond those provided by the nightclub itself.
-Alcohol may or may not be served randomly to patrons (namely some may be getting "drunk" out of stupidity alone).
-Nudity within club limits is discouraged, but not prohibited.

Sound crazy enough?

Not crazy enough.  Needs a bartender named Igor and a waitress named Elizabeth.  And the piano man's playing this song. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcYzZjIpSek)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on October 30, 2012, 02:54:01 PM
Joss Wheedon on Romney (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 30, 2012, 04:47:14 PM
Here's an idea I had this evening.

Velvet Room, the nightclub (sort of).

-Only membership patrons may attend.
-Patrons are required to wear a mask at all times. Unmasking for any other purpose than sanitizing or mask-swapping gets you out of the nightclub for the night.
-A tarot card is assigned to each patron. The methods of choice vary.
-The nightclub is expressly noted as possessing an ultimate purpose, but none except the owner are permitted to know what it is.
-Patrons are encouraged to provide their own exhibitions and entertainment (subject to the house's approval) above and beyond those provided by the nightclub itself.
-Alcohol may or may not be served randomly to patrons (namely some may be getting "drunk" out of stupidity alone).
-Nudity within club limits is discouraged, but not prohibited.

Sound crazy enough?

Not crazy enough.  Needs a bartender named Igor and a waitress named Elizabeth.  And the piano man's playing this song. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcYzZjIpSek)
Well duh. Though those two would have to be scrapped if it turned into an actual nightclub though.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on October 31, 2012, 08:22:49 AM
http://vimeo.com/39114507
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 31, 2012, 07:21:45 PM
I've just spent the past half hour shoveling manure into my grandparents' garden.  Hopefully we'll get a better crop next year than this one, especially with the melons.

Slightly related, once you've had homegrown tomatoes you'll forever find Subway's to be shitty.


I really wish I had the money and time to experience some of those games like Persona 3.  I -might- be able to get a PS2, but the game would be hard to find I bet and still expensive.  A PS3 would probably be better and get it on PSN, and while I'm there I need to get Chrono Cross...  I so need a job.  Stupidest thing I've done was quit my job at the grocery store for a call center I knew would be stressful enough that I might get fired for having problems.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on October 31, 2012, 08:21:12 PM
I've just spent the past half hour shoveling manure into my grandparents' garden.  Hopefully we'll get a better crop next year than this one, especially with the melons.

Slightly related, once you've had homegrown tomatoes you'll forever find Subway's to be shitty.


I really wish I had the money and time to experience some of those games like Persona 3.  I -might- be able to get a PS2, but the game would be hard to find I bet and still expensive.  A PS3 would probably be better and get it on PSN, and while I'm there I need to get Chrono Cross...  I so need a job.  Stupidest thing I've done was quit my job at the grocery store for a call center I knew would be stressful enough that I might get fired for having problems.

Awesome?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on October 31, 2012, 08:24:52 PM
I've just spent the past half hour shoveling manure into my grandparents' garden.  Hopefully we'll get a better crop next year than this one, especially with the melons.

Slightly related, once you've had homegrown tomatoes you'll forever find Subway's to be shitty.


I really wish I had the money and time to experience some of those games like Persona 3.  I -might- be able to get a PS2, but the game would be hard to find I bet and still expensive.  A PS3 would probably be better and get it on PSN, and while I'm there I need to get Chrono Cross...  I so need a job.  Stupidest thing I've done was quit my job at the grocery store for a call center I knew would be stressful enough that I might get fired for having problems.

Awesome?

Awesome that next year we should be getting better crops.  The other stuff is just me rambling...  lol  Mostly acknowledging that Persona 3 is a great game that I would like to play one of these days.  Likewise with Chrono Cross.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on October 31, 2012, 08:51:07 PM
Isn't everything from subway shitty?

Says the jimmie johns fan...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on October 31, 2012, 09:26:16 PM
just had my first / only jj sub a month or so ago, not bad. better than subway, easy.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on October 31, 2012, 09:30:55 PM
I've just spent the past half hour shoveling manure into my grandparents' garden.  Hopefully we'll get a better crop next year than this one, especially with the melons.

Slightly related, once you've had homegrown tomatoes you'll forever find Subway's to be shitty.


I really wish I had the money and time to experience some of those games like Persona 3.  I -might- be able to get a PS2, but the game would be hard to find I bet and still expensive.  A PS3 would probably be better and get it on PSN, and while I'm there I need to get Chrono Cross...  I so need a job.  Stupidest thing I've done was quit my job at the grocery store for a call center I knew would be stressful enough that I might get fired for having problems.

Awesome?

Awesome that next year we should be getting better crops.  The other stuff is just me rambling...  lol  Mostly acknowledging that Persona 3 is a great game that I would like to play one of these days.  Likewise with Chrono Cross.
For the record, I don't think Persona 3 is on PSN. Persona 3 Portable is available for the PSP though and shouldn't be too hard to find.

Mostly? I recommend the Persona 1 and Innocent Sin remakes for the PSP, plus Punishment on the PSX, over Persona 3. They feel better to me.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on November 02, 2012, 10:04:31 AM
I've just spent the past half hour shoveling manure into my grandparents' garden.  Hopefully we'll get a better crop next year than this one, especially with the melons.

Slightly related, once you've had homegrown tomatoes you'll forever find Subway's to be shitty.


I really wish I had the money and time to experience some of those games like Persona 3.  I -might- be able to get a PS2, but the game would be hard to find I bet and still expensive.  A PS3 would probably be better and get it on PSN, and while I'm there I need to get Chrono Cross...  I so need a job.  Stupidest thing I've done was quit my job at the grocery store for a call center I knew would be stressful enough that I might get fired for having problems.

Awesome?

Awesome that next year we should be getting better crops.  The other stuff is just me rambling...  lol  Mostly acknowledging that Persona 3 is a great game that I would like to play one of these days.  Likewise with Chrono Cross.
For the record, I don't think Persona 3 is on PSN. Persona 3 Portable is available for the PSP though and shouldn't be too hard to find.

Mostly? I recommend the Persona 1 and Innocent Sin remakes for the PSP, plus Punishment on the PSX, over Persona 3. They feel better to me.

Nope, Persona 3 FES all the way.
Part one: You hurt things by shooting yourself in the head. because that's how you cause your magic.
Part two: You are a robot. That kills things with magic.

Also: Koromaru. Super magic dog = awesome incarnate.
For those who haven't played the game, but have seen Cowboy Bebop, imagine you gave Ein 5 levels of Battle Sorcerer.
 
Plus, admit it, you totally would've looked up when yukari was getting on the train. :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 02, 2012, 10:47:24 AM
I didn't say I didn't like P3F. I just said I liked those games better. Few reasons:

1) The protagonists in Punishment are adults. As in pretty much all of them are at least 21 or more. I motherfucking DARE you to name another RPG where that happens. (And no, Mass Effect doesn't count. Mass Effect is a shooter with a story and some RPG elements.)

2) Demon negotiation is funny as hell for me even if it can be an absolute crapshoot sometimes. I certainly prefer it to randomly getting a Persona after battle.

3) The first few Persona games are centered on urban legends becoming reality. None of the characters are "special" beyond having Personae (i.e. none of them is the prophesized second coming of Cthulhu or anything like that). They're regular people thrust into an impossible situation. On P3, they're all part of an organization, so they don't come together of their own accord. (P4 returns a bit to this formula.)

4) Not controlling party members in-battle sucks.

5) P3 depends on your ability to plan things or follow a walkthrough. The previous games pretty much give you free rein on where to go and how to explore.

6) The Velvet Room was really cool as far as its second game incarnation goes - it's a wide salon where the Personae are summoned by means of an opera singer and a blindfolded painter, and I love the symbolism to pieces.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on November 02, 2012, 11:01:20 AM
I motherfucking DARE you to name another RPG where that happens. (And no, Mass Effect doesn't count. Mass Effect is a shooter with a story and some RPG elements.)

Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
Cthulhu Saves the World
Neverwinter Nights
7th Saga

What do I win?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 02, 2012, 11:08:02 AM
An awesome-five for mentioning Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 02, 2012, 11:40:30 AM
hmm

have you tried Alt persona?   :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on November 02, 2012, 04:08:27 PM
um, does d&d count? cause almost every character i play is over 21.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on November 02, 2012, 04:46:33 PM
I motherfucking DARE you to name another RPG where that happens. (And no, Mass Effect doesn't count. Mass Effect is a shooter with a story and some RPG elements.)

Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
Cthulhu Saves the World
Neverwinter Nights
7th Saga

What do I win?

Also Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Icewind Dale, and Pool of Radiance...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 02, 2012, 06:33:53 PM
I motherfucking DARE you to name another RPG where that happens. (And no, Mass Effect doesn't count. Mass Effect is a shooter with a story and some RPG elements.)

Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
Cthulhu Saves the World
Neverwinter Nights
7th Saga

What do I win?

Also Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Icewind Dale, and Pool of Radiance...

Dragon Age also I think.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 02, 2012, 09:51:26 PM
D'aww, I got sigged!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on November 02, 2012, 10:08:37 PM
D'aww, I got sigged!

Well, it's not every day that someone gets awesome-five'd by the great Kuroimaken...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 02, 2012, 11:35:57 PM
Geez man, you're making me blush now.  :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 03, 2012, 12:10:40 AM
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/374944_443130605743968_552739091_n.png)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on November 03, 2012, 12:41:29 AM
Geez man, you're making me blush now.  :p

(click to show/hide)

You heard it here, first!  I may not be a bad enough dude to stop him (no one is!), but I can make him blush!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 03, 2012, 02:35:05 AM
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/374944_443130605743968_552739091_n.png)
:thumb
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on November 03, 2012, 04:51:27 AM
Kami darou ga akuma darou ga, ore no michi ni tateru mono NASHI!!


i think a more proper phraseology would be, "Kami demo, akuma demo, ore no michi ni tateru mono nashi!" the nuance is closer.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on November 03, 2012, 07:22:58 AM
Why didn't someone think of this before? (http://www.seasonshot.com/How.cfm)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: oslecamo on November 03, 2012, 09:38:56 AM
They've been thinking about bio-degradable bullets for decades now actually, just for other purposes.  Aka murder and assassination leaving minimal clues behind.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 03, 2012, 10:10:43 AM
Kami darou ga akuma darou ga, ore no michi ni tateru mono NASHI!!


i think a more proper phraseology would be, "Kami demo, akuma demo, ore no michi ni tateru mono nashi!" the nuance is closer.

I meant to use a form of expression that sounded more pissed and sounded as if directed at someone rather than a general statement. It's supposed to be spoken in a moment of anger or frustration - kinda like a self-encouragement mantra.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 03, 2012, 12:23:14 PM
i dont know why its taken so long, that season shot looks awesome.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on November 03, 2012, 03:14:30 PM
As a pheasant hunter. That. Is. Awesome. :clap
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on November 03, 2012, 06:19:09 PM
They've been thinking about bio-degradable bullets for decades now actually, just for other purposes.  Aka murder and assassination leaving minimal clues behind.
Imagine being assassinated with cajun flavoring infused.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on November 03, 2012, 06:29:43 PM
This is for all the guys who wonder why Sonic 06 is a bad game. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCwwxCL4iyw&feature=relmfu)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 03, 2012, 08:03:35 PM
What. There was a four and a five?!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: SolEiji on November 04, 2012, 01:20:31 AM
This doesn't make much more sense in game, but out of game notes from today's pathfinder game.

*Testing the science of outer space on puppies.
*Discovering alien facilities on the far side of the moon.
*Convincing the local HAL/Glados inside to suicide-fly the facility into the sun (and taking the lunar tarrasque with it).
*Making meteors.
*Wooden Moon Hitler.

....god damn, my games are weird.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 04, 2012, 01:59:33 AM
Why didn't someone think of this before? (http://www.seasonshot.com/How.cfm)

Because unless it's magical, it won't work as intended?  It can't properly season the bird, and portions will be overseasoned while the majority is underseasoned.  Also, probably not as effective as metals, though yeah, degradable makes it easier to clean.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on November 04, 2012, 02:56:09 AM
A very cool and comprehensive political quiz. (http://www.isidewith.com)

You're asked a series of questions regarding policies, and on how strongly you feel about the issues.  After you finish, the quiz compares your stances to the US Presidential candidates (including 3rd Party Candidates).

I got Obama, unsurprisingly.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 04, 2012, 03:17:22 AM
I got Jill Stein... that said I live in the UK
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on November 04, 2012, 03:28:49 AM
I got Cthulhu. Why vote for the lesser evil?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 04, 2012, 03:35:52 AM
I got Stein at 81% and Obama at 80%.  Romney at a lovely 20%.  Interestingly, I sided Democrat more than I did Green (Stein's party) by a significant margin (81% to 70%), and sided with Romney more than Republican (8% Republican).

My surprising thing: I apparently (living in IN) side with all three senate candidates roughly the same, but mostly Andrew Horning (AKA the crazy homeless dude....seriously, he looks like a crazy hobo, and talks like one too).  Mourdock at 60%?  Really?  I don't think that site has very accurate depictions of the IN senate candidates.  Apparently Mourdock doesn't like Citizens United and the Patriot Act, in direct contradiction with everything he's ever said.  And apparently "keep funding off-shore drilling, and drill more" was similar to "incentivize alternative energy".
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on November 04, 2012, 04:15:56 AM
I'm a Canadian, but I figured I should try that quiz anyway.  71% Obama, 70% Romney, 69% Stein.  Goode was only 28%, the lowest of all.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 04, 2012, 04:27:54 AM
It's kind of odd that you got that high a percentage for all three of those candidates.  I'd assume that if you are more closely aligned with Stein that you'd be almost diametrically opposed to Romney.  There's a number of things both Obama and Romney are the same on, but I didn't think any of those were the same things Stein agreed with.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on November 04, 2012, 04:38:49 AM
I can't explain it, either.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 04, 2012, 08:00:46 AM
I got... 88% with Jill Stein, 83% with Obama, 67% with Gary Johnson, and 53% with Mitt Romney.

Huh. I thought I'd support the zombie apocalypse more.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on November 04, 2012, 08:44:39 AM
95% Jill Stein, 91% Obama, 83% Rocky Anderson, 13% Mitt Romney.

Huh.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 04, 2012, 02:05:02 PM
87% Stein, 77% Obama, 63% Anderson, 60% Johnson, 18% Romney, 16% Goode

94% Democrat, 88% Green, 30% Libertarian, 15% Republican

A bit surprising to me considering I have problems with both major parties..
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on November 04, 2012, 03:10:06 PM
A bit surprising to me considering I have problems with both major parties..

New World of Darkness quote, about Adamantine Arrow Mages talking about the Silver Ladder faction:

"We agree with their ideology, if not necessarily their practices."

Is this an accurate estimation?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on November 04, 2012, 03:27:49 PM
Went ahead and took a peek despite being European.
Got 91% Stone, 82% Anderson, 76% Obama, 60% Johnson, and then Romney and Goode with 17% and 12%. 93% Democrat, 84% Green, 27% Libertarian, and 7% Republican.

Interesting that the compatibility seems swapped around between the top candidates and the top parties. Then again, that doesn't seem to be uncommon.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 04, 2012, 03:37:57 PM
A bit surprising to me considering I have problems with both major parties..

New World of Darkness quote, about Adamantine Arrow Mages talking about the Silver Ladder faction:

"We agree with their ideology, if not necessarily their practices."

Is this an accurate estimation?

depends.  where i fall really depends on what individual issue is being discussed.  Overall I'd probably be considered progressive instead of orthodox, but I hate both major parties.  they do nothing but pay lip service to the issues their electorate considers important while trying to hold onto power.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 04, 2012, 04:08:31 PM
Well, see, you agree with the party positions, it's just that they don't do anything on stated positions.  That fair?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 04, 2012, 05:35:57 PM
Sort of.  For example I don't see a problem with abortion, but I'm against gun control.

I'm for gay rights but hate political correctness. 

In short I dont really fit with either one.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on November 04, 2012, 05:45:24 PM
Sort of.  For example I don't see a problem with abortion, but I'm against gun control.

I'm for gay rights but hate political correctness. 

In short I dont really fit with either one.
Sounds closest to Libertarian, I'd think.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on November 04, 2012, 05:48:15 PM
Sort of.  For example I don't see a problem with abortion, but I'm against gun control.

I'm for gay rights but hate political correctness. 

In short I dont really fit with either one.
Sounds closest to Libertarian, I'd think.

As a Libertarian I was thinking about the same lines, but I've been avoiding all of the political discussions on the board.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 04, 2012, 06:05:14 PM
Sort of.  For example I don't see a problem with abortion, but I'm against gun control.

I'm for gay rights but hate political correctness. 

In short I dont really fit with either one.
Sounds closest to Libertarian, I'd think.

Most of the Libertarians I've met in Ohio could give a fuck less about personal liberty, they just want a society where corporations rule instead of government and it's every man for himself, and you compete daily for even the most basic resources and die if you fall and get left behind.  They're selfish sociopathic bastards who want the ability to fuck other people over, and want the law to legally excuse them doing it and justify their personal agendas (most of which involve some form of fascism or social darwinism).

My apologies to Nanshork and the boards other Libertarians,  I realize you aren't all like that, but it is frustrating.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on November 04, 2012, 06:14:49 PM
Sort of.  For example I don't see a problem with abortion, but I'm against gun control.

I'm for gay rights but hate political correctness. 

In short I dont really fit with either one.
Sounds closest to Libertarian, I'd think.

Most of the Libertarians I've met in Ohio could give a fuck less about personal liberty, they just want a society where corporations rule instead of government and it's every man for himself, and you compete daily for even the most basic resources and die if you fall and get left behind.  They're selfish sociopathic bastards who want the ability to fuck other people over, and want the law to legally excuse them doing it and justify their personal agendas (most of which involve some form of fascism or social darwinism).

My apologies to Nanshork and the boards other Libertarians,  I realize you aren't all like that, but it is frustrating.
I initially thought of Libertarian because it sounds very much like how Penn Jillette, the magician/comic, describes his viewpoint when I've seen him do so, and he claims to "ALWAYS vote Libertarian."
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 04, 2012, 06:19:31 PM
In my experience, all Libertarian candidates are insane, and in the way you mentioned bhu.  I'd be all about libertariansim if it wasn't tainted by Randism (the religion where Ayn Rand is the messiah, that I totally didn't make up the name for).

@Inna: that's because that's what he thinks.  And I really hate him for thinking that way, because he takes it to the true extreme, which is always bad.  I wish I could agree with him, because I do most of the time when it comes to personal liberty.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 04, 2012, 06:26:43 PM
I do agree with Penn and Teller sometimes , but they also let their ideology blind them on occasion.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on November 04, 2012, 06:28:30 PM
@Bhu: From what I can tell (aka what I've heard you say about them) most of the people you know in Ohio seem to be fuckwits so I can't say that I'm surprised they completely misunderstand the Libertarian platform.  Then again most people misunderstand the Libertarian platform or take it to extremes. 

To set the record straight (because I feel I have to): Libertarianism has nothing to do with Ayn Rand (god I hate that bitch), Gary Johnson isn't crazy, and Ron Paul isn't a god-damned Libertarian.  I swear I hate him as much as I hate Ayn Rand just because everybody tells me I should vote for him because he's the "Libertarian branch of the Republican Party".  You know what that makes him?  A REPUBLICAN!


Sorry for the rant.   :blush
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 04, 2012, 06:36:46 PM
i am willing to second that notion that most buckeyes are fuckwits.  ;)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 04, 2012, 06:47:14 PM
and the above are examples of why I like nan and alt  :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 04, 2012, 06:49:38 PM
@Nan, yeah, I know, but I swear it's near impossible to get a Libertarian candidate who's not insane.  Johnson is much less insane than most (much, but by association he's a little...), but the IN senate Libertarian candidate is freaking insane.  He talks AND looks like a crazy hobo.

About Ayn Rand: she's become the Libertarian messiah.  I hate her about as much as you do, and for similar reasons.  It's just that when most people talk Libertarian, they think Objectivism.  See: Penn Jillette.  He's a religious zealot, and his religion is Randism.  It involves hating all other religions and trying to convert as many people as possible to the same, and taking over the world with anarchy that protects the rich people, regardless of why they are rich or how they got there.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on November 04, 2012, 06:54:38 PM
(http://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/2010/5/13/129182261151446408.jpg)



i wonder who wears the keyboard in the family....

Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on November 04, 2012, 07:15:38 PM

About Ayn Rand: she's become the Libertarian messiah.  I hate her about as much as you do, and for similar reasons.  It's just that when most people talk Libertarian, they think Objectivism.  See: Penn Jillette.  He's a religious zealot, and his religion is Randism.  It involves hating all other religions and trying to convert as many people as possible to the same, and taking over the world with anarchy that protects the rich people, regardless of why they are rich or how they got there.

Paradoxically, Objectivists (and Ayn Rand) are huge war hawks who think technologically superior societies should use force to destroy "barbarians" (defined as Muslims and Native Americans).  Peikoff of the Ayn Rand Institute wants to nuke Iraq and Afghanistan until the sand turns into glass,  while Libertarians want America to withdraw and become isolationist.  Sadly, lots of conservatives think they're Libertarians, muddying the issue further.

But I don't want to get too much into this; that's for the political thread.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 04, 2012, 08:37:40 PM
A very cool and comprehensive political quiz. (http://www.isidewith.com)

You're asked a series of questions regarding policies, and on how strongly you feel about the issues.  After you finish, the quiz compares your stances to the US Presidential candidates (including 3rd Party Candidates).

I got Obama, unsurprisingly.
Very cool. Stein, Obama. Democrat.
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Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 04, 2012, 09:02:50 PM
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 04, 2012, 09:09:42 PM
It's based on where it detects your IP address, I'd assume.  Any internet gurus can confrim?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 04, 2012, 09:29:31 PM
It's based on where it detects your IP address, I'd assume.  Any internet gurus can confrim?

I took it from the UK...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 04, 2012, 09:34:24 PM
It connects to your Facebook account, so there's that.  Maybe that's what happens?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 04, 2012, 09:38:45 PM
ya, i didnt connect it to my facebook. unless i did on a previous visit.

and im not in indiana.

it might be guessing based on my internet service (cell phone). that normally shows up as chicago, but could be anywhere.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on November 04, 2012, 11:48:09 PM
@bhu: You like me because I'm educated about my political party and get all ranty about it?   :p

@dman: Fair enough.  Johnson isn't crazy, or at least he isn't any crazier than the whole being a Libertarian and having political views that are just plain odd to most people IMO.  I don't really pay much attention to non-local politics (and barely any to local politics) but I can completely understand how crazy people paint themselves as Libertarians.  Oh well, every party has its weird hangers on that everybody wishes would just shut up.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on November 05, 2012, 01:11:04 AM
ya, i didnt connect it to my facebook. unless i did on a previous visit.

and im not in indiana.

it might be guessing based on my internet service (cell phone). that normally shows up as chicago, but could be anywhere.

All sites that read my ISP read me as being in some county that starts with a "G" in Indianna, because that's where my service provider's server is.

So for some reason, sites register that instead of my actual location, ~200 miles west of that. (central IL)

Also... haven't been on facebook in 9 months.

That said, where the site tries to ask you for a local question, if you click on the digits for the zip code that it registers, then you can enter in whatever zip code you want.

The site tells me that I'm libertarian. 72%
After that, Republican. 62%
Democrat: 59%

I find that to be just a little wrong. < sarcasm on the "little"

Was a college debate team participant. I assure you, I'm much much more Demo than any of the others (though I honestly hate all career politicians anyway, so I mostly mean the party mantras rather than the individuals).

Heck, That site says I support Romney economically. * stopped writing rant, deleted it, don't care enough to rant that much*
I do not.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on November 05, 2012, 01:18:45 AM
No description is possible (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-3AET6T6DU)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 05, 2012, 07:56:02 AM
You've obviously never seen Big Tits Zombie Dragon Strippers.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on November 05, 2012, 01:16:48 PM
Molecular voodoo (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22440-polystyrene-atoms-could-surpass-the-real-deal.html)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on November 05, 2012, 01:54:20 PM
Molecular voodoo (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22440-polystyrene-atoms-could-surpass-the-real-deal.html)

Except that the fake ones are 2000 times the size of real atoms, and the binding is done with DNA molecules.
... wait.
Are they trying to make the Borg / Skynet?

Synthetics and genetics should never meet. These guys need to play more games and watch more movies.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 05, 2012, 01:57:31 PM
So lately we've been getting a very persistent telemarketer. Eventually, when mom seemed at her wits' end, I took the phone from her.

"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking to sell us something, I can tell you I don't have any interest. But what I do have is a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you stop calling and erase our phone from your registry now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."

"[long pause] ...we won't be calling again, sir. *hangs up*"
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 05, 2012, 02:17:15 PM
No description is possible (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-3AET6T6DU)
Wow... I just... wow... This looks like something Amechra came up with.  :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on November 05, 2012, 02:37:46 PM
Molecular voodoo (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22440-polystyrene-atoms-could-surpass-the-real-deal.html)

Except that the fake ones are 2000 times the size of real atoms, and the binding is done with DNA molecules.
... wait.
Are they trying to make the Borg / Skynet?

Synthetics and genetics should never meet. These guys need to play more games and watch more movies.
It's EXACTLY like reverse voodoo. It's a bigger model that is somehow similar enough to a smaller thing that it works in the same way despite being made of different stuff.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on November 05, 2012, 04:12:07 PM
So lately we've been getting a very persistent telemarketer. Eventually, when mom seemed at her wits' end, I took the phone from her.

"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking to sell us something, I can tell you I don't have any interest. But what I do have is a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you stop calling and erase our phone from your registry now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."

"[long pause] ...we won't be calling again, sir. *hangs up*"

 :clap :lmao
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 05, 2012, 05:27:25 PM
So lately we've been getting a very persistent telemarketer. Eventually, when mom seemed at her wits' end, I took the phone from her.

"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking to sell us something, I can tell you I don't have any interest. But what I do have is a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you stop calling and erase our phone from your registry now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."

"[long pause] ...we won't be calling again, sir. *hangs up*"

Having been in the industry making cold calls for charities (against my will), let me tell you how to avoid this in  the states.  When these people call you they have a screen, and they click one of several buttons when they end your call.  They have call completed, call again later, and do not call again.  They're only allowed  to click call completed if they got what they want from you.  They're told by the employer not to click do not call again unless you specifically say the words "Under state and federal law it is illegal for you to call me if i tell you to stop doing so, and I am doing so at this time."  See under the law they cant call that number again for 10 years, and you could move potentially losing them access to whoever moves in.  So if you make a request "please stop calling me" or a statement of anger "Fuck you guys, quit calling me", they click call again later.  You have to specifically declare "I am using my rights under the law, blah blah blah" because all those calls are recorded for the dozens of metrics they use to micro manage their employees.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 05, 2012, 06:07:12 PM
the Brazil part could be a problem...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on November 05, 2012, 06:30:35 PM
So lately we've been getting a very persistent telemarketer. Eventually, when mom seemed at her wits' end, I took the phone from her.

"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking to sell us something, I can tell you I don't have any interest. But what I do have is a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you stop calling and erase our phone from your registry now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."

"[long pause] ...we won't be calling again, sir. *hangs up*"

Having been in the industry making cold calls for charities (against my will), let me tell you how to avoid this in  the states.  When these people call you they have a screen, and they click one of several buttons when they end your call.  They have call completed, call again later, and do not call again.  They're only allowed  to click call completed if they got what they want from you.  They're told by the employer not to click do not call again unless you specifically say the words "Under state and federal law it is illegal for me to call me if i tell you to stop doing so, and I am doing so at this time."  See under the law they cant call that number again for 10 years, and you could move potentially losing them access to whoever moves in.  So if you make a request "please stop calling me" or a statement of anger "Fuck you guys, quit calling me", they click call again later.  You have to specifically declare "I am using my rights under the law, blah blah blah" because all those calls are recorded for the dozens of metrics they use to micro manage their employees.

It's basically the same here, but you can also request them to erase your number from their database, as well as figure out where they're getting their information from, all legally. It's called Habeas Data, and it's a constitutional right to have free access to your personal information stored in any database, with exceptions for ongoing criminal investigations and a few others. If anyone, anywhere, has your personal information stored in their database, you have the right to know, and request that information, while also having the right to request them to take down that information. Sometimes, that's linked to some site you inadvertedly subscribed to, or a newsletter, that has fine print on it allowing them to sell or distribute that information to their partner, which you automatically agree to when you subscribed. BUT, that can also be argued in a courtroom.

All in all, getting call-centers to stop calling you is very much easier than it was a couple of years ago, because the courts have now a wealth of cases regarding the matter, and a consolidated view on such cases, which is always in favor of the consumer, as per Brazilian Consumer Law.

There's no 10 year limit, or ban, but unless they acquire your personal information again from a new source, they cannot call you again. And if they don't stop, then it's harassment and liable for a civil suit. You can always get a restraining order against them if you are being harassed hardcore, and that often entails a daily fine for every day of violation, which is often very very high.

BUT! And there's always a but... The amount of red-tape involved here is WAY, WAY, WAY bigger than it is in the USA, and it involves being aware that any action you bring to justice is a FULL TIME commitment on your part, and it may take YEARS before the process is concluded. Even if you go to small-claims, it's upwards to a year before your request is granted by the judge, even if you require immediate effect on your requests. That's because of the courthouse backlog, and not always the judges are to blame.

Of course, Kuro already knows all this because his mother is a Judge, so he has way better legal representation than i could provide even if i was already a bachelor.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 05, 2012, 07:53:44 PM
Also some of them will stop calling you if you get offensive.  And by offensive I don't mean foul language, I mean saying something way outside acceptability.  Way waaaaaaay outside acceptability. 
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 05, 2012, 08:01:53 PM
Also some of them will stop calling you if you get offensive.  And by offensive I don't mean foul language, I mean saying something way outside acceptability.  Way waaaaaaay outside acceptability.
I once had a room mate who was one of the angriest, offensive, foul-mouthed assholes I've ever known. Really. I still remember the time that he talked so harshly to a telemarketer, just happening to get lucky that some of the insults he used hit home, that the guy hung up on him, and then called him back, crying and cursing. I actually felt a little bad for the telemarketer, but damn... I have to admit that it was epic. :D
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 05, 2012, 08:04:39 PM
the Brazil part could be a problem...

Unfortunately, for the most part, you're right. Most of the time they don't give a flying fuck about the law. The whole damn thing is sketchy and skirting legality as it is - and they can afford lawyers, even if they don't win, it's not like they're bleeding money. Hell, getting them to even identify themselves is a major chore.

Which is why I'm actually surprised that worked. Maybe my Norio Wakamoto (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKlzoGP2m0w) impression helped.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on November 05, 2012, 08:05:38 PM
Also some of them will stop calling you if you get offensive.  And by offensive I don't mean foul language, I mean saying something way outside acceptability.  Way waaaaaaay outside acceptability.

I wasn't going to say this, but I have relatives who use that method to get rid of them.
"Are you a ****? You sound like you're a ****. Are you a ****?"
*click*

**** = any racial slur that you don't think the person is.
As I understand it, my aunt stopped doing that when the person on the other side started screaming back at her, until a manager cut in, apologized for the employee, and then hung up.
Making telemarketer hang up = cool
Getting person who has to work crappy job so pissed they get themselves fired = not cool.


EDIT: Sorta ninja'd by phaedrus.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 05, 2012, 08:08:17 PM
Actually I didn't mean racist so much though I suppose that would work.  I meant convince them you aren't a sane human being. 

As in "I'm sorry I'm trying to keep a 12 year old in the basement alive while I peel the skin from his back, and you need to call another time."  You would think it would get you in trouble but a lot of people don't want involved and just hang up because they don't want to repeat it to their boss who will get pissed at them and scream at them not to get involved.

Your goal isnt to get them to scream at you.  Your goal is to so repulse them they never want to speak to you again.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on November 05, 2012, 08:16:49 PM
My favorite thing is to start asking questions and getting into philosophical debates about whether or not telemarketing is a valid and useful form of selling and/or surveying things.  After about 15 minutes of discussion, they tend to say "well, this was interesting, but i have a job to do, and my supervisor is getting annoyed, so have a good day".  Then they never call again.

Also, starting with "so, why is it that your company ignores the do-not-call list? how many times have you been reported to the FCC?" sometimes gets them to hang up immediately.

The real problem is when they call with a recording.  I have a policy that I don't listen to recordings for more than a second, no matter what it is.  If it wasn't important enough to them to call with a real person, it's not important enough for me to listen to.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: radionausea on November 06, 2012, 08:17:04 PM
In the UK we have Telephone Preference Service which if you sign up for (it's free - and there's a Mail Preference Service for junk postal mail too) makes it illegal for anyone to call you.  But my favourite was when I kept receiving calls at a new address for the previous occupants.  I used to make up such wonderful stories about why John/Jane/Whoever couldn't make it to the phone but if you hold on just 5 minutes I'm sure they'll be with you...oh hang on, they just sent me a text/shouted downstairs, hang on 5 minutes more.  And just talk and talk and talk at the person.  If they were willing to call me and waste my time and I'm damned sure going to waste theirs too.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 07, 2012, 08:07:48 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld5heDbzOC8

Lately I find myself listening to a lot of what Adam Savage says and agreeing with it.  Alas, I don't think I've yet learned how to work my ass off under my own motivation.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on November 08, 2012, 01:06:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHWvFrpocY

For phaedrus & brujon, you guys need to get on the ball here.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on November 09, 2012, 10:05:14 AM
HAHA! That's awesome! CGI is getting awesome!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on November 09, 2012, 06:06:10 PM
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/40253/the+worlds+toughest+endurance+challenges+highlights+craziest+races+on+earth/ (http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/40253/the+worlds+toughest+endurance+challenges+highlights+craziest+races+on+earth/)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 09, 2012, 11:24:28 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHWvFrpocY

For phaedrus & brujon, you guys need to get on the ball here.
lol, I just happened to see that last night before seeing this link. I think my little girl could take him. ;)

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Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on November 10, 2012, 10:04:19 AM
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super cute!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on November 10, 2012, 10:24:47 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHWvFrpocY

For phaedrus & brujon, you guys need to get on the ball here.
lol, I just happened to see that last night before seeing this link. I think my little girl could take him. ;)

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Huhh, that pinky nail is rather long... Better clip that before she scratches herself!

Also, mega cute!

Also

I JUST FOUND THIS!

http://heroesinthenight.blogspot.com.br/2012/11/mutual-kombat-fight.html

I HAD to share this. Come on, that's got to be the coolest thing i ever saw in a loong, looong time. How many of you knew Washington had a mutual combat law? Shit's crazy!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nicklance on November 11, 2012, 05:04:43 AM
This is coming from the Anime Festival Asia 2012 @ Singapore

**Warning: Loads of Pictures**

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Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 11, 2012, 08:28:12 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHWvFrpocY

For phaedrus & brujon, you guys need to get on the ball here.
lol, I just happened to see that last night before seeing this link. I think my little girl could take him. ;)

(click to show/hide)

Huhh, that pinky nail is rather long... Better clip that before she scratches herself!

Also, mega cute!

Also

I JUST FOUND THIS!

http://heroesinthenight.blogspot.com.br/2012/11/mutual-kombat-fight.html

I HAD to share this. Come on, that's got to be the coolest thing i ever saw in a loong, looong time. How many of you knew Washington had a mutual combat law? Shit's crazy!
We need that law around here.

Or at least I do. >.>;;
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on November 11, 2012, 12:18:57 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHWvFrpocY

For phaedrus & brujon, you guys need to get on the ball here.
lol, I just happened to see that last night before seeing this link. I think my little girl could take him. ;)

(click to show/hide)

Huhh, that pinky nail is rather long... Better clip that before she scratches herself!

Also, mega cute!

Also

I JUST FOUND THIS!

http://heroesinthenight.blogspot.com.br/2012/11/mutual-kombat-fight.html

I HAD to share this. Come on, that's got to be the coolest thing i ever saw in a loong, looong time. How many of you knew Washington had a mutual combat law? Shit's crazy!
We need that law around here.

Or at least I do. >.>;;

There's something like that on the Brazilian Penal Code. It's under Art. 129, § 5° "O juiz, não sendo graves as lesões, pode ainda substituir a pena de detenção pela de multa, de duzentos mil réis a dois contos de réis:

I - se ocorre qualquer das hipóteses do parágrafo anterior;

II - se as lesões são recíprocas."

(Quick translation: It means that if the injuries are not severe, the judge can replace the sentence with a fine, in the hypothesis of the previous paragraph ( I ), or if the injuries are reciprocal( II ) )

Bolding mine. There's also the fact that if the injuries are not severe enough to count as actual injuries, than it's no longer a crime, but a contravention (which i believe in the US they call minor misdemeanor), called "Vias de Fato". Which is what happens when there's no exchange of blows, only pushing around and yelling, and it's described on the appropriate law... (Lei das Contravenções Penais).

So basically what that means is that it's pretty hard for anyone to actually go to jail for a street fight, as long as both parties were not severely injured (Injuries that result in a inability to perform work-related duties for over 30 days, permanent disability, early child birth, or puts said person's life in danger, as per §1º). So, you can wail on a guy until he passes out, just so long as all he gets is a black eye and a headache when he wakes up, with no broken limbs or fractures, or at least none that take more than 29 days to heal, and NOT go to jail, just so long as you can A) Prove that he fought back and that you didn't initiate the assault, but it was something that occurred on the heat of the moment B) Convince the judge that you're a regular individual and that it's an isolated occurrence, which means it's best for all parties involved that the sentence be converted to a simple fine.

So it's not like you're going to have the police watching you wail on the guy just waiting to break up the fight when one of you hits the ground, but there's ways of not going to jail because of a street fight.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on November 11, 2012, 01:48:19 PM
This is coming from the Anime Festival Asia 2012 @ Singapore

**Warning: Loads of Pictures**

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Best Hayate cosplay seen in a while.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nicklance on November 12, 2012, 06:02:40 AM
This is coming from the Anime Festival Asia 2012 @ Singapore

**Warning: Loads of Pictures**

(click to show/hide)
Best Hayate cosplay seen in a while.

And the cutest Youmu ever!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 12, 2012, 09:26:29 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHWvFrpocY

For phaedrus & brujon, you guys need to get on the ball here.
lol, I just happened to see that last night before seeing this link. I think my little girl could take him. ;)

(click to show/hide)

Huhh, that pinky nail is rather long... Better clip that before she scratches herself!

Also, mega cute!

Also

I JUST FOUND THIS!

http://heroesinthenight.blogspot.com.br/2012/11/mutual-kombat-fight.html

I HAD to share this. Come on, that's got to be the coolest thing i ever saw in a loong, looong time. How many of you knew Washington had a mutual combat law? Shit's crazy!
We need that law around here.

Or at least I do. >.>;;

There's something like that on the Brazilian Penal Code. It's under Art. 129, § 5° "O juiz, não sendo graves as lesões, pode ainda substituir a pena de detenção pela de multa, de duzentos mil réis a dois contos de réis:

I - se ocorre qualquer das hipóteses do parágrafo anterior;

II - se as lesões são recíprocas."

(Quick translation: It means that if the injuries are not severe, the judge can replace the sentence with a fine, in the hypothesis of the previous paragraph ( I ), or if the injuries are reciprocal( II ) )

Bolding mine. There's also the fact that if the injuries are not severe enough to count as actual injuries, than it's no longer a crime, but a contravention (which i believe in the US they call minor misdemeanor), called "Vias de Fato". Which is what happens when there's no exchange of blows, only pushing around and yelling, and it's described on the appropriate law... (Lei das Contravenções Penais).

So basically what that means is that it's pretty hard for anyone to actually go to jail for a street fight, as long as both parties were not severely injured (Injuries that result in a inability to perform work-related duties for over 30 days, permanent disability, early child birth, or puts said person's life in danger, as per §1º). So, you can wail on a guy until he passes out, just so long as all he gets is a black eye and a headache when he wakes up, with no broken limbs or fractures, or at least none that take more than 29 days to heal, and NOT go to jail, just so long as you can A) Prove that he fought back and that you didn't initiate the assault, but it was something that occurred on the heat of the moment B) Convince the judge that you're a regular individual and that it's an isolated occurrence, which means it's best for all parties involved that the sentence be converted to a simple fine.

So it's not like you're going to have the police watching you wail on the guy just waiting to break up the fight when one of you hits the ground, but there's ways of not going to jail because of a street fight.

Are you sure that's still valid? I mean, look at the currency. That's seriously fucking old.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on November 12, 2012, 11:38:37 AM
Are you sure that's still valid? I mean, look at the currency. That's seriously fucking old.

Unless the law has actually been revoked, yes it would be.  There are old laws still in place all over the world that are still enforceable, but many no longer make sense to maintain, and are ignored by law enforcement.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 12, 2012, 12:38:03 PM
One of my favorite examples of this: it is illegal in Boston to take a bath more than twice a week, but less than once every two weeks.  This law was put into place because of a water issue a loooong time ago, and was just never removed from the books.  Just do a search for "stupid laws" and you'll get a huge list...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 12, 2012, 12:39:05 PM
One of my favorite examples of this: it is illegal in Boston to take a bath more than twice a week, but less than once every two weeks.  This law was put into place because of a water issue a loooong time ago, and was just never removed from the books.  Just do a search for "stupid laws" and you'll get a huge list...

It is illegal NOT to drink milk in Utah for example.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 12, 2012, 01:11:53 PM
The UK has loads of these due to the innumerable revisions to our legal system...

Personal favourites:
1. It is lawful to kill a Scotsman in York if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
2. Women are permitted to go topless in Liverpool provided they work as a clerk in a shop selling tropical fish.
3. Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end may be sentenced to 24 hours in the stocks.
4. It is illegal to go to a fancy dress party dressed as a soldier or sailor.
5. It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.
6. All English Men over 14 are meant to carry out 2 hours of longbow practice each weekand supervised by the local clergy.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on November 12, 2012, 01:29:09 PM
It is illegal to walk your hippopotamus in the streets in New York City.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 12, 2012, 02:36:40 PM
Whale fishing is illegal in Ohio

If you want truly fucked up laws look at Tennessee. 
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: InnaBinder on November 12, 2012, 03:02:58 PM
New awesome thing:

Prime32, whom I spent about an hour last night pestering offsite when my login here spontaneously went kerflooey.   :cheers
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 12, 2012, 05:07:06 PM
So I'm at the bus today. I'm standing up by this woman. I watch her for a few minutes, and suddenly it hits me.

"You're 29, virgin, and you do yoga."

She looks at me like she's seen a ghost. "How could you POSSIBLY know that?!"

"Your dress pattern suggests you took this bus on the way back from a place where you took up some sort of physical activity - sneakers, yoga pants, blouse. You look tired, but not sweaty, suggesting it was anaerobic. Your nails are painted light purple and your keychain has a Horus Eye in it suggesting you're an adept of one or several forms of counterculture. Your muscle tone is firm but not voluminous, which means you don't partake in weight lifting, but you're obviously in shape, and the way you stretched your neck just now is remniscent of a variety of warmup exercises commonly used in activities that demand flexibility from your body.

You don't wear makeup and your jewelry is simple and modest, implying you're comfortable with yourself but do not want to attract attention. You've probably been that way all your life, content with being in your own little world and not particularly charmed by the idea of a relationship - as such, you never dated, though you likely have many friends you found along the way. This is also a level of maturity one doesn't reach before a certain level of economic and social stability, which means you're past your early twenties but not past thirties yet - your skin would've tipped me off otherwise.

Oh, this is my stop. Good day!"


So I wave and take off.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on November 12, 2012, 05:16:47 PM
So I wave and take off.
So on top of all your other superpowers, you're also Sherlock Holmes. That's pretty incredible.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 12, 2012, 05:20:58 PM
That's the funny thing. I just kinda blurted out my first impression. Rationalization came while I was talking.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 12, 2012, 07:30:02 PM
Whale fishing is illegal in Ohio

If you want truly fucked up laws look at Tennessee.
Yeah... I grew up there... and promptly ran away like I was on fire as soon as I hit adulthood.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 12, 2012, 09:11:03 PM
I think the fave I found online a long time back was "It is only legal for men to have sex with animals in tennessee if that animal is 9 pounds or less."

THen again they also say ministers cant run for office so they arent all bad...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Shadowknight12 on November 12, 2012, 09:39:10 PM
So I wave and take off.

There's nothing wrong with analysing people (that's a skill we all possess, in a more or less developed state), but I think we should keep those results to ourselves as a way to respect other people's privacy. I wouldn't tell the stranger I saw on the street today that his slumped posture, slight crackle in respiration, very light jaundice, reddened eyes and skin discolouration where a wedding ring would be that they're going through a very stressful divorce and are currently drinking and smoking far too much (probably from a combination of a low self esteem from being middle-aged, overweight and balding, and the fear of a drastic lifestyle change), because I'd have a profound respect for his privacy and right to be left alone with his demons.

But that's just me.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 13, 2012, 03:53:55 PM
I think the fave I found online a long time back was "It is only legal for men to have sex with animals in tennessee if that animal is 9 pounds or less."

THen again they also say ministers cant run for office so they arent all bad...
:lmao
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on November 14, 2012, 12:51:41 AM
i believe such laws are also referred to as 'blue laws'. there are a lot of weird ones, and even more that make you certain that someone powerful got outraged at something silly that a neighbor was doing no one any harm by.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 14, 2012, 01:10:31 AM
I recall a law in England where you can't drive a motorcycle with a bear in the passenger seat.  As best I can recall the reason it was put in place is because a museum was transferring some exhibits to another one and one of the people got fed up waiting for a delivery truck for one of the stuffed bears so he put it in his motorcycle and went off.  The rubbernecking from this caused quite a few accidents, and thus the law went into place to prevent more accidents.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 14, 2012, 02:08:11 PM
I recall a law in England where you can't drive a motorcycle with a bear in the passenger seat.  As best I can recall the reason it was put in place is because a museum was transferring some exhibits to another one and one of the people got fed up waiting for a delivery truck for one of the stuffed bears so he put it in his motorcycle and went off.  The rubbernecking from this caused quite a few accidents, and thus the law went into place to prevent more accidents.
So presumably lions and tigers are still OK, then?  :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 14, 2012, 03:39:19 PM
So I wave and take off.

There's nothing wrong with analysing people (that's a skill we all possess, in a more or less developed state), but I think we should keep those results to ourselves as a way to respect other people's privacy. I wouldn't tell the stranger I saw on the street today that his slumped posture, slight crackle in respiration, very light jaundice, reddened eyes and skin discolouration where a wedding ring would be that they're going through a very stressful divorce and are currently drinking and smoking far too much (probably from a combination of a low self esteem from being middle-aged, overweight and balding, and the fear of a drastic lifestyle change), because I'd have a profound respect for his privacy and right to be left alone with his demons.

But that's just me.
Yeah, I lack that mystical thing people call 'common sense'.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on November 14, 2012, 10:28:26 PM
The US Presidential Elections as an example of bad game design. (http://www.mechanics-and-meeples.com/2012/11/05/the-us-elections-as-bad-game-design/)

Ohio is overpowered, and Florida's mechanics are unclear.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 16, 2012, 03:30:11 PM
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/154320_4810270984917_1623013408_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 16, 2012, 03:40:12 PM
I suppose you can blame all of that on Lord of the Rings :lol
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Shadowknight12 on November 16, 2012, 03:45:03 PM
Or the Hero's Journey.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 16, 2012, 06:26:33 PM
its an old story... i blame the greeks.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on November 16, 2012, 07:53:12 PM
its an old story... i blame the greeks.
I was going to blame http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHerosJourney (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHerosJourney)  :shakefist
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: betrayor on November 16, 2012, 08:37:58 PM
its an old story... i blame the greeks.

Of course blame everything on us.....
No wonder I am developing paranoia.....
 :P :P :P :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 17, 2012, 08:06:10 AM
its an old story... i blame the greeks.
I was going to blame http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHerosJourney (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHerosJourney)  :shakefist

We both got ninja'd!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 17, 2012, 07:39:38 PM
Your arguments' validity has been declared null and void.

RUN TO THE HILLS!

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on November 17, 2012, 07:43:15 PM
And now someone needs to make a demotivator of the awesomeness of that pic!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 18, 2012, 09:15:29 PM
http://www.seriouslyfacts.me/1nokia-has-invented-a-tattoo-that-vibrates-when-your-phone-rings/
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 18, 2012, 10:11:38 PM
Best part of it is it's removable. That's worth more than the vibrating part.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on November 18, 2012, 10:15:34 PM
Best part of it is it's removable. That's worth more than the vibrating part.

That is a much better quote out of context.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 18, 2012, 10:19:29 PM
I do that a lot, don't I.

WHERE THE HELL IS MY DEMOTIVATOR?!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on November 19, 2012, 02:53:14 PM
Best part of it is it's removable. That's worth more than the vibrating part.

That is a much better quote out of context.

that sounds like the start of a new thread..taking quotes from threads in which they make sense and jsut putting them in thire own random thread bahaha however I think the lol thread covers that  :plotting
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: sirpercival on November 19, 2012, 02:54:40 PM
<img src="http://img.waffleimages.com/7aac58d29a5bfb73e1d06370c7f091e3203280b0/ebay_sig01.gif" />

You should change your sig, that image doesn't work anymore... :(
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on November 19, 2012, 07:45:44 PM
Caffeinated soap. (http://www.contactcaffeine.com/) ... That's a new one.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on November 19, 2012, 08:02:15 PM
Caffeinated soap. (http://www.contactcaffeine.com/) ... That's a new one.

Thinkgeek has had caffeinated soap for years.   :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Bozwevial on November 20, 2012, 10:19:30 AM
<img src="http://img.waffleimages.com/7aac58d29a5bfb73e1d06370c7f091e3203280b0/ebay_sig01.gif" />

You should change your sig, that image doesn't work anymore... :(
Found this one with a few seconds of searching.
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 20, 2012, 10:30:22 AM
Caffeinated soap. (http://www.contactcaffeine.com/) ... That's a new one.

Thinkgeek has had caffeinated soap for years.   :p
I once worked as a lab tech where I measured out pure, solid caffeine for experiments (related to cancer research, believe it or not). It is hydrophobic, and so readily passes through your skin, so I had to be very careful when handling it not to get it on me. Even a light dusting on your arm above the glove would give you a buzz. :P
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 20, 2012, 12:19:44 PM
It's hydrophobic?  Didn't know that.  Also did not know that hydrophobic necessary were absorbed into the skin easily, why is that?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 20, 2012, 12:25:46 PM
im gonna need some ordering info.  :love
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on November 20, 2012, 12:30:20 PM
Found this one with a few seconds of searching.
(click to show/hide)

not the same as the one that was linked in my sig..the one in my sig used a CoMF from Proven Gulity to advertise the fact that you could find anything on ebay
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 20, 2012, 12:50:44 PM
? is this it ?

http://www.amazon.com/Caffeine-Anhydrous-Powder-Alertness-HerbStoreUSA/dp/B0045RYE0Q

Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: veekie on November 20, 2012, 01:52:55 PM
It's hydrophobic?  Didn't know that.  Also did not know that hydrophobic necessary were absorbed into the skin easily, why is that?
I recall it's something to do with the skin's protective coat keeping shit out being oil based.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 20, 2012, 02:41:24 PM
It's hydrophobic?  Didn't know that.  Also did not know that hydrophobic necessary were absorbed into the skin easily, why is that?
I recall it's something to do with the skin's protective coat keeping shit out being oil based.
The membranes around your cells are basically made of fat. So oil-soluble things pass right through them. Your skin is made of cells, just like the rest of you.

? is this it ?

http://www.amazon.com/Caffeine-Anhydrous-Powder-Alertness-HerbStoreUSA/dp/B0045RYE0Q


I'm surprised you can just order that... We got it from a chemical supply company (Sigma-Aldrich, IIRC). It's actually pretty dangerous. An overdose can kill you. I took too many of those over the counter caffeine pills once in high school, and had muscle cramps and spasms all over my body for like 30 minutes... It was not fun.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 20, 2012, 03:05:34 PM
http://mikebilz.blogspot.com.es/2011/03/even-dead-gods-can-dream.html
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 20, 2012, 03:13:00 PM
so.... what your saying is, yes thats it.

woo hoo

check out the other products listed on that page.

 :twitch
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 20, 2012, 03:39:08 PM
I remember encountering a website that claimed to sell Chlorine Triflouride once. I sincerely hope they did not.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 20, 2012, 03:49:19 PM
the wiki for that is funny
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 20, 2012, 03:49:46 PM
I remember encountering a website that claimed to sell Chlorine Triflouride once. I sincerely hope they did not.

After looking at the wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_trifluoride) page...  Yeah, I sincerely hope they weren't able to sell to the general public.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 20, 2012, 03:53:46 PM
It sets sand and asbestos on fire...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on November 20, 2012, 04:23:10 PM
http://mikebilz.blogspot.com.es/2011/03/even-dead-gods-can-dream.html

Puts a disturbing new spin on the Vocaloid song "Matryoshka".
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on November 20, 2012, 04:25:30 PM
I remember encountering a website that claimed to sell Chlorine Triflouride once. I sincerely hope they did not.
Should have tried ordering some, just to check ;)

http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2008/02/26/sand_wont_save_you_this_time.php
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 20, 2012, 04:38:58 PM
What would I have done with it if it had actually turned up? I don't exactly need a load of super napalm...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: xaotiq1 on November 20, 2012, 04:47:15 PM
What would I have done with it if it had actually turned up? I don't exactly need a load of super napalm...

You never know how badly you need a load of super-napalm until you have it!
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on November 20, 2012, 05:06:41 PM
I would imagine putting your info in to order that stuff would trigger putting you on all kinds of lists.
And considering what Littha does / is going to be doing, being on watchlists would have made things difficult for getting that job.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 20, 2012, 05:17:24 PM
I am sure MI5 would be rather unhappy about that yes...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 20, 2012, 05:53:27 PM
When I was an undergrad going to buy something at the campus chemical supply store, I noticed an open cabinet which had in it, among other things, a canister of chlorine gas... I remember thinking morbidly that I could just walk over and open the valve on that thing, and kill everyone in the room.  :lmao I still can't believe they didn't even have it locked up. I also remember that there was a back door to the chemical storeroom standing wide open at the time. I could have literally stuck it under my coat/in my backpack and walked right out and I'm sure no one would have even noticed. It was kind of appalling.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 20, 2012, 06:45:10 PM
It's hydrophobic?  Didn't know that.  Also did not know that hydrophobic necessary were absorbed into the skin easily, why is that?
I recall it's something to do with the skin's protective coat keeping shit out being oil based.
The membranes around your cells are basically made of fat. So oil-soluble things pass right through them. Your skin is made of cells, just like the rest of you.

I knew that......I didn't think "hyrdophobic" automatically meant "fat soluble" (lipophillic?)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on November 20, 2012, 06:46:34 PM
When I was an undergrad going to buy something at the campus chemical supply store, I noticed an open cabinet which had in it, among other things, a canister of chlorine gas... I remember thinking morbidly that I could just walk over and open the valve on that thing, and kill everyone in the room.  :lmao I still can't believe they didn't even have it locked up. I also remember that there was a back door to the chemical storeroom standing wide open at the time. I could have literally stuck it under my coat/in my backpack and walked right out and I'm sure no one would have even noticed. It was kind of appalling.
That's when you decided to be nice and just grab all the 96% ethanol instead?

Also, as for needing chlorine triflouride: haven't you ever had pesky neighbors?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 20, 2012, 06:55:46 PM
Also, as for needing chlorine triflouride: haven't you ever had pesky neighbors?

Using the stuff on neighbours would be rather perilous. It produces some extremely toxic bi products...

I wouldn't want to be within a mile of an exposed source of the stuff...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 20, 2012, 07:00:33 PM
It's hydrophobic?  Didn't know that.  Also did not know that hydrophobic necessary were absorbed into the skin easily, why is that?
I recall it's something to do with the skin's protective coat keeping shit out being oil based.
The membranes around your cells are basically made of fat. So oil-soluble things pass right through them. Your skin is made of cells, just like the rest of you.

I knew that......I didn't think "hyrdophobic" automatically meant "fat soluble" (lipophillic?)
Wikipedia says "Hydrophobic is often used interchangeably with lipophilic, "fat-loving." However, the two terms are not synonymous. While hydrophobic substances are usually lipophilic, there are exceptions—such as the silicones and fluorocarbons."

In the vast majority of cases they are the same, though.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 20, 2012, 07:02:20 PM
@phaedrusxy: Oh, well there's that.

What, you don't own a crop-duster?  Oh, s----- :flame
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 20, 2012, 07:21:55 PM
http://cheezburger.com/44339457
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on November 20, 2012, 07:22:33 PM
When I was an undergrad going to buy something at the campus chemical supply store, I noticed an open cabinet which had in it, among other things, a canister of chlorine gas... I remember thinking morbidly that I could just walk over and open the valve on that thing, and kill everyone in the room.  :lmao I still can't believe they didn't even have it locked up. I also remember that there was a back door to the chemical storeroom standing wide open at the time. I could have literally stuck it under my coat/in my backpack and walked right out and I'm sure no one would have even noticed. It was kind of appalling.

If i were you, i'd have quickly pulled out my phone, gone to the outside of the store, and called the agency responsible for the regulation of those things. I mean... It's a matter of time before some crazy nutjob discovers how lax is security and just sneak it out like you described for nefarious purpose. Even if it wasn't for killing people, there's 100's of different nasty things you can do with chlorine gas. It's used in some reactions as a catalyst for cleaning up drugs... Since chlorine is so highly reactive, it just sucks up the dregs, leaving a cleaner(Better high), but chlorine contamined, byproduct.

And people go and snort/smoke that shit, and suddenly they're in a hospital with lungs that seem like they've saw WWI. Mustard gas... Self inflicted. There's a looot of bad drug "cooks" out there. And some don't care if they're killing their clientele.

So yeah... Did you at least warn the guys at the shop?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 20, 2012, 07:52:15 PM
So yeah... Did you at least warn the guys at the shop?
Nope. I just got what I came for, and left. This was 20 years ago, and back then I didn't give a crap. I would of course report it now.

http://cheezburger.com/44339457
Dude... that is absolutely hilarious. The guy pouring the gas out looks like my brother, also. I wouldn't be that surprised if it was him.  :lmao
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on November 21, 2012, 02:38:03 AM
So yeah... Did you at least warn the guys at the shop?
Nope. I just got what I came for, and left. This was 20 years ago, and back then I didn't give a crap. I would of course report it now.

http://cheezburger.com/44339457
Dude... that is absolutely hilarious. The guy pouring the gas out looks like my brother, also. I wouldn't be that surprised if it was him.  :lmao

Oh well. 20 years ago nobody had the mentality they have now. It's pre 9/11...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on November 21, 2012, 09:42:44 AM
So yeah... Did you at least warn the guys at the shop?
Nope. I just got what I came for, and left. This was 20 years ago, and back then I didn't give a crap. I would of course report it now.

http://cheezburger.com/44339457
Dude... that is absolutely hilarious. The guy pouring the gas out looks like my brother, also. I wouldn't be that surprised if it was him.  :lmao

Oh well. 20 years ago nobody had the mentality they have now. It's pre 9/11...

That didn't change the mentality of a lot of people, fyi.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 21, 2012, 10:30:10 PM
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/542949_10151322642351885_693071870_n.png)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachurin to verify.

Just... Wow.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Shadowknight12 on November 21, 2012, 10:58:45 PM
Newsflash: Scientists are nerds.  :shakefist
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Agita on November 22, 2012, 04:17:35 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachurin to verify.

Just... Wow.
In that vein:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 23, 2012, 07:35:14 AM
I'm certain some of you keeping up with the small rants thread knows of that little incident last Monday where I shouted my would-be boss into silence, right?

As I expected, by Tuesday everyone in the company and their fat uncles knew about it. What I didn't expect to find out was why.

The talk I had with HR should have clued me in. She had mentioned clients, except thinking back, there were no clients on the 6th floor (where I work) at the time...

...but there were on the 1st.

...apparently they could hear me all the way down there. So in that vein...

...this feels appropriate. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80DtQD5BQ_A&t=0m55s)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on November 23, 2012, 10:32:37 AM
I'm certain some of you keeping up with the small rants thread knows of that little incident last Monday where I shouted my would-be boss into silence, right?

As I expected, by Tuesday everyone in the company and their fat uncles knew about it. What I didn't expect to find out was why.

The talk I had with HR should have clued me in. She had mentioned clients, except thinking back, there were no clients on the 6th floor (where I work) at the time...

...but there were on the 1st.

...apparently they could hear me all the way down there. So in that vein...

...this feels appropriate. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80DtQD5BQ_A&t=0m55s)


so does this (other than the flags being a different country than you):

(http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/guile-sonicboom-udon.jpg)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 26, 2012, 12:25:00 AM
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121121210109.htm

Looking like a cure (or at least extremely effective treatment) for arthritis is on the horizon.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 27, 2012, 03:05:10 PM
I guess I'll be testing my zombie virus immunity soon...

[img=https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/405104_533594696651525_1432882562_n.jpg][/img]
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 27, 2012, 03:28:09 PM
Real life Synesthete (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121127130148.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher) ability (hearing sight, basically).
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on November 27, 2012, 07:00:56 PM
Real life Synesthete (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121127130148.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher) ability (hearing sight, basically).

along with that: you don't need tech to pull it off (http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2011/05/25/human-echolocation-activates-visual-parts-of-the-brain/)...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kethrian on November 27, 2012, 10:51:30 PM
I guess I'll be testing my zombie virus immunity soon...

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/405104_533594696651525_1432882562_n.jpg)

This is why we use embalming fluid in North America.  No chance of accidental burial.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on November 28, 2012, 12:15:10 AM
i read somewhere that once the body reaches a certain state of shutdown/self preservation, you give them oxygen to kill them off. that's why you give mouth to mouth to the unconscious, the carbon dioxide actually helps bring them back to consciousness.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Shadowknight12 on November 28, 2012, 02:00:13 AM
Actually, CPR is often used to keep blood flowing through your body by oxygenating it and then manually forcing the heart to pump blood through your body. There is still oxygen in an exhalation, which is why you sometimes see in movies that a character exhales into another's mouth while they're underwater. This is basic biophysics, as the means by which alveoli "take in" oxygen is by simple diffusion. They don't absorb oxygen from the pulmonary air, they merely allow blood oxygen levels to equalise with aerial oxygen levels. Logically, every mouthful of air exhaled will contain some amount of oxygen. And for a person who has ceased breathing, that amount may be enough to keep them alive.

The carbon dioxide doesn't really do anything (unless the patient is suffering from respiratory alkalosis, which is most often caused by hyperventilation, or metabolic alkalosis, which is often also accompanied by hyperventilation as a compensatory mechanism, so it's unlikely that they would be administered CPR), it's the oxygen present in the exhalation that helps the patient regain consciousness.

With regards to the dangers of oxygen, hyperoxia is a concern, yes, but it only happens when the patient is administered very high partial pressures of oxygen, and it only seems to cause serious damage on neonatology and long-term hyperbaric medicine. On a case of life or death, initiating treatment with oxygen at a high partial pressure vastly outweighs any risks of hyperoxia.



EDIT: Regarding the story of the child, I wager it went something like this: Child is the victim of some accident that causes unconsciousness and is almost always fatal (strangulation, drowning, suffocation, blood loss). An overworked, underpaid, uncaring paramedic gets called in, sees the child and presumes him dead (due to a very obvious sign, such as cyanosis, deathly pallor, great amounts of blood lost, lowered body temperature, imperceptible respiration, ligature marks around the neck, etc). Not to earn the ire of the family, the paramedic does a token and half-hearted attempt at resuscitation (which fails because it's half-hearted). The paramedic doesn't take the time and effort to take the child's pulse properly (which is notoriously hard to do correctly, even by professionals) and feels up a tendon instead of an artery. The child is pronounced dead and a death certificate is emitted immediately, most likely in situ. The child is quickly taken to the mortuary and prepared for the wake, as it's customary on tropical and sub-tropical countries. The child wakes up on his own after a few hours, asks for water, but quickly succumbs to (making a wild guess here) metabolic acidosis. Asking for water could be a sign of hypovolaemic shock (most often caused by blood loss), which would fit the above situation well.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on November 28, 2012, 10:28:35 AM
One of the prisons here in Brazil started a program by which inmates can have their sentences reduced by reading classical books. Top of the list is Fiodor Dostoievski's Crime and Punishment. Other works by William Shakespeare and other classical authors are also available. They have 30 days to read each book, receive a dicitionary to aid in comprehension, and at the end of the period, are evaluated by the county Judge, who can reduce their sentence by 4 days for each book read and understood.

What do you think of such a policy? Do you think that reading Crime and Punishment and understanding why they're incarcerated will have any impact on their lives when they're released?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 28, 2012, 10:51:32 AM
Quite possibly.  I'd prefer a more comprehensive reform and rehabilitation program, but that's a start.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: nijineko on November 28, 2012, 11:38:50 AM
i'd also add religious works from many sources which focus on community support and values, but education can be an excellent way to address crime. depends on what is taught.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 28, 2012, 01:43:45 PM
On a sadder note it probably beats any state education they'd get outside of prison.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 28, 2012, 01:49:44 PM
It is certainly possible for criminals to be "reformed", but they have to be self-motivated (want to change) and willing to work for it. I was an active member of a 12 step program for years, and I met people who'd committed all kinds of heinous crimes whom had totally turned their lives around. Of course, many didn't...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Nanshork on November 28, 2012, 02:04:46 PM
I don't think this will make a difference.  If I was in prison there I'd just read a bunch of books so I could get out sooner and it wouldn't really affect my life other than that.  Reading books in and of itself won't really change people in my opinion.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: dman11235 on November 28, 2012, 06:48:49 PM
The key is you have to pass a comprehension test.  And it was only a 4 day reduction, for every 30 days spent, max.  Less than a 12.5% reduction.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 28, 2012, 08:39:29 PM
i would limit the program to under educated prisoners.

i dont know that a limit on the number of books you could get credit for would be beneficial. if the list of books was like 1000 titles (not that i think there are 1000 classics worth 4 days) but thats a potential 4000 days (just shy of 11 years) and would take (assuming the 30 days is used) +83 years to read. so if you had a 100 year term, you would serve 89ish. in the US if parole is an option, you'll get it well before that.

i would think maybe the list would be more accurate at around 200 titles. or a potential 3 year reduction over a 16 year period. again, in the US if your eligible for parole, that would be quicker.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: ariasderros on November 28, 2012, 09:43:16 PM
I'll just leave this here, completely unrelated, I assure you.  :rolleyes

Quote from: Theodore Roosevelt
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

I wonder how that quote would apply to someone who's already proven themselves to be as much.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on November 28, 2012, 10:01:50 PM
The key is you have to pass a comprehension test.  And it was only a 4 day reduction, for every 30 days spent, max.  Less than a 12.5% reduction.

Yup, and the comprehension test is ministered by the Judge who's in charge of processing *all* of the inmates pleas for reductions, paroles, etc... So i'd bet he's going to be pretty thorough (although condescending, based on the average education level of the inmates), before giving them a "pass".

personally, i agree with Nanshork. I don't see it making much of a difference. It would be different if there was mandatory education for all inmates. They don't get out before they have their highschool diploma, at least. This, i wager, would have an impact. They're not doing anything, as is, and this way, at least they'll have some CHANCE of getting something better when they do eventually leave prison.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 28, 2012, 10:21:33 PM
http://www.meglyman.com/v/Characters/Cephalopods/

http://www.crashoctopus.com/category/cephalopod/
Batthulhu
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 29, 2012, 07:47:44 AM
The key is you have to pass a comprehension test.  And it was only a 4 day reduction, for every 30 days spent, max.  Less than a 12.5% reduction.

Yup, and the comprehension test is ministered by the Judge who's in charge of processing *all* of the inmates pleas for reductions, paroles, etc... So i'd bet he's going to be pretty thorough (although condescending, based on the average education level of the inmates), before giving them a "pass".

personally, i agree with Nanshork. I don't see it making much of a difference. It would be different if there was mandatory education for all inmates. They don't get out before they have their highschool diploma, at least. This, i wager, would have an impact. They're not doing anything, as is, and this way, at least they'll have some CHANCE of getting something better when they do eventually leave prison.

Back when my mom worked at a small backwater town, she and the local prison warden made a deal with the branch of a certain company where the inmates could work within the prison assembling boxes for their products. It gave the inmates the means to support their families, and something to do. Wasn't an ideal solution, of course, but it was about as good as it got back then.

Fun fact: at least ten different inmates misbehaved or committed felonies once their time was up to get back inside.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: phaedrusxy on November 29, 2012, 10:07:56 AM
http://www.meglyman.com/v/Characters/Cephalopods/

http://www.crashoctopus.com/category/cephalopod/
Batthulhu
Smurfalopod made me lol
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 29, 2012, 06:54:53 PM
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/media/PressConf20121129.html
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on November 29, 2012, 07:27:54 PM
Free shows on Hulu:

Sword Art Online, a tale about a boy trapped in a fantasy MMO, where dying means death in the real world. (http://www.hulu.com/sword-art-online)

Madoka Magica, a deconstruction of magical girl shows. (http://www.hulu.com/madoka-magica)

One Piece.  A group of pirates in search of a legendary treasure, led by a boy named Luffy who received superhuman stretching powers from a magical fruit. (http://www.hulu.com/one-piece)

Bleach, DBZ meets Ghost Cops. (http://www.hulu.com/bleach)

Persona 4, based off of the popular video game. (http://www.hulu.com/persona-4)

Key And Peele, a great sketch comedy show.  Not Anime (sorry veekie!). (http://www.hulu.com/key-and-peele)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 29, 2012, 07:49:40 PM
Sadly, only available in the USA. The rest of us will sadly have to do without.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Libertad on November 29, 2012, 08:04:22 PM
Sorry about that.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 29, 2012, 08:34:48 PM
Well, thanks to that I've started watching One Piece just to see what it's like.  The fat pirate bitch in episode 1 reminds me of my aunt, but much taller and actually capable of doing stuff.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 29, 2012, 09:05:42 PM
im my experience internet content is not restrictable by country. its only restrictable by desire.

you can use a proxy or change your dns servers and hulu should open its doors to you.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: bhu on November 29, 2012, 09:09:38 PM
Well, thanks to that I've started watching One Piece just to see what it's like.  The fat pirate bitch in episode 1 reminds me of my aunt, but much taller and actually capable of doing stuff.

Fat Pirate Bitch....

this should be the name of a PrC....
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Shadowknight12 on November 29, 2012, 09:10:37 PM
[Visual Novel-Style Game] Locked-In (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=8207).

This game made my day.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 29, 2012, 09:24:42 PM
im my experience internet content is not restrictable by country. its only restrictable by desire.

you can use a proxy or change your dns servers and hulu should open its doors to you.

You can but it kind of defies the point, it would be both more difficult and exactly the same as finding the same show on any other site on the internet. Hulu isn't licensed to serve other countries and countermanding their restriction efforts to view the content is just as illegal as finding it on a file sharing site...
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 29, 2012, 09:41:29 PM
Free shows on Hulu:

...

Bleach, DBZ meets Ghost Cops. (http://www.hulu.com/bleach)


YOU TAKE THAT BACK.  :p
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 29, 2012, 09:46:26 PM
Well, thanks to that I've started watching One Piece just to see what it's like.  The fat pirate bitch in episode 1 reminds me of my aunt, but much taller and actually capable of doing stuff.

Fat Pirate Bitch....

this should be the name of a PrC....

Requires either the Obese (http://www.realmshelps.org/cgi-bin/featbox.pl?feat=Obese) flaw or the Deformity: Obese feat?  Considering the Intimidate bonuses, it just might work.  Won't quite work so well with the swashbuckler class (or a dex-based build in general) but there are plenty better ways of becoming ship captain and going with that character type.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 29, 2012, 09:47:37 PM
Free shows on Hulu:

...

Bleach, DBZ meets Ghost Cops. (http://www.hulu.com/bleach)


YOU TAKE THAT BACK.  :p

Correction: Bleach is what the DBZ characters would wish they could be via the dragonballs, if they knew such awesomeness existed?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 29, 2012, 09:51:06 PM
Free shows on Hulu:

...

Bleach, DBZ meets Ghost Cops. (http://www.hulu.com/bleach)


YOU TAKE THAT BACK.  :p

Correction: Bleach is what the DBZ characters would wish they could be via the dragonballs, if they knew such awesomeness existed?

Eh, it gets progressively less awesome as the author pulls more and more outta his ass.

You want to know TRUE awesome? Read BASTARD!!.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 29, 2012, 09:55:52 PM
im my experience internet content is not restrictable by country. its only restrictable by desire.

you can use a proxy or change your dns servers and hulu should open its doors to you.

You can but it kind of defies the point, it would be both more difficult and exactly the same as finding the same show on any other site on the internet. Hulu isn't licensed to serve other countries and countermanding their restriction efforts to view the content is just as illegal as finding it on a file sharing site...


i wasnt aware that people in country X were subject to US law
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 29, 2012, 10:01:37 PM
International Copyright law rather than US law I would have thought.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 29, 2012, 10:14:38 PM
You'll forgive me if I find the notion of something being free to watch on the internet based on your geographical location ludicrous at best.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 29, 2012, 10:17:52 PM
You'll forgive me if I find the notion of something being free to watch on the internet based on your geographical location ludicrous at best.

I'm pretty sure we all feel the people who put that into effect are a bunch of idiots.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 29, 2012, 10:20:33 PM
You'll forgive me if I find the notion of something being free to watch on the internet based on your geographical location ludicrous at best.

I'm pretty sure we all feel the people who put that into effect are a bunch of idiots.

Big time but they have their reasons. Licensing and advertising for other countries can be rather a pain to get past.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 29, 2012, 10:22:27 PM
They... kinda don't really have to advertise. And insofar as licensing, let's face it, the corporations got that around their fingers anyway.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 29, 2012, 10:23:54 PM
They... kinda don't really have to advertise.
How would they make their money then?
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 29, 2012, 10:54:52 PM
They... kinda don't really have to advertise.
How would they make their money then?
Honestly? They might as well use Google ads. I have yet to see anything advertised on youtube or anywhere else that makes me want to buy anything anyway.

Fact is, directed advertising is a dying art.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: RedWarlock on November 29, 2012, 11:04:28 PM
As someone who works in the ad industry, actually, I disagree. You have to keep the approach fresh, trying new things, but it is by no means dying. Segments are phasing out, but it still rolls on as a whole.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 29, 2012, 11:14:43 PM
im not familiar w/ any 'international' authority. the UN isnt in that business.

each country has its own laws. most companies have a legal presence in several countries. but not every country has reciprocal laws or enforces them.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 30, 2012, 12:25:26 AM
im not familiar w/ any 'international' authority. the UN isnt in that business.

each country has its own laws. most companies have a legal presence in several countries. but not every country has reciprocal laws or enforces them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 30, 2012, 06:45:50 AM
As someone who works in the ad industry, actually, I disagree. You have to keep the approach fresh, trying new things, but it is by no means dying. Segments are phasing out, but it still rolls on as a whole.

Whenever I see an ad in Spanish on cable directed at the Brazillian market I die a little inside.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 30, 2012, 09:56:04 AM
im not familiar w/ any 'international' authority. the UN isnt in that business.

each country has its own laws. most companies have a legal presence in several countries. but not every country has reciprocal laws or enforces them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works

ok, so 75 % of countries participate.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 30, 2012, 01:55:03 PM
im not familiar w/ any 'international' authority. the UN isnt in that business.

each country has its own laws. most companies have a legal presence in several countries. but not every country has reciprocal laws or enforces them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works

ok, so 75 % of countries participate.

The ones that don't tend to be places with no internet anyway so for the sake of this argument its basically 100%.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 30, 2012, 02:59:49 PM
(http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/carte-web-en1.jpg)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 30, 2012, 03:34:22 PM
That is a map of internet censorship, not internet access.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: altpersona on November 30, 2012, 03:43:21 PM
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/map/internet-penetration.html

and a 15 year old map
(http://navigators.com/globe16b.gif)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: littha on November 30, 2012, 04:02:21 PM
Compare to the copyright map

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Berne_Convention_signatories.svg/800px-Berne_Convention_signatories.svg.png)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Halinn on November 30, 2012, 08:03:46 PM
Even Antarctica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Antarctica) has internet access.
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on November 30, 2012, 11:53:34 PM
The new palindrome I learned today:

Dammit I'm mad
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: trappedslider on December 01, 2012, 12:29:37 AM


(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3459/1c4998157renesysriskint.png)

Renesys's map of shutdown vulnerability based on frontier connection providers (darker green is higher risk).
 
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: Jackinthegreen on December 01, 2012, 12:33:24 AM
I find it amusing that Greenland is... Green.

Though I recall hearing they actually have pretty good internet.  Well, maybe not good, but they have a healthy 92.3% coverage. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Greenland)
Title: Re: Awesome stuff you have to share
Post by: brujon on December 01, 2012, 08:11:16 AM
Aaand we've reached the bump limit! Time to create another thread... Who wants the honours? =]