Awesome Stuff You Have To Share, Part 3: You Can't Handle The Awesome!

[Jackinthegreen]

Speaking of video game music...

Thanks for that. That's beautiful. I've been listening to it for hours on end now.

EDIT:

Did you know they also have a Weaboo Animu Playlistu?

http://wap.aersia.net/wap.swf

Enjoy! It's pretty good. (Haven't been update since 2011 tho)

Btw: is Haven't been correct in this instance, or i should've used Hasn't been? I got confused there.

The context of you saying "it" means it's singular, so "has" and derivatives would be used.  While we're on grammar and conjugation, you should have said "updated" since an action was (not) being performed on a direct object in the past.

[Amechra]

On a different "best video-game music" tact...

The stage music for The Senator, a secret character from one of the Eternal Champion games.

The fact that it is partially a metal version of Hail to the Chief makes it one of the most MURIKA songs ever.

[brujon]

Speaking of video game music...

Thanks for that. That's beautiful. I've been listening to it for hours on end now.

EDIT:

Did you know they also have a Weaboo Animu Playlistu?

http://wap.aersia.net/wap.swf

Enjoy! It's pretty good. (Haven't been update since 2011 tho)

Btw: is Haven't been correct in this instance, or i should've used Hasn't been? I got confused there.

The context of you saying "it" means it's singular, so "has" and derivatives would be used.  While we're on grammar and conjugation, you should have said "updated" since an action was (not) being performed on a direct object in the past.

Looks like i have forgot about the D... 

[trappedslider]

Speaking of video game music...

Thanks for that. That's beautiful. I've been listening to it for hours on end now.

EDIT:

Did you know they also have a Weaboo Animu Playlistu?

http://wap.aersia.net/wap.swf

Enjoy! It's pretty good. (Haven't been update since 2011 tho)

Btw: is Haven't been correct in this instance, or i should've used Hasn't been? I got confused there.

The context of you saying "it" means it's singular, so "has" and derivatives would be used.  While we're on grammar and conjugation, you should have said "updated" since an action was (not) being performed on a direct object in the past.

Looks like i have forgot about the D... 

so many jokes so little time

[brujon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxrvurNKV8

Loved this guy, very inspiring.


EDIT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZDaM4VpSBk

Can't recommend this enough if you're a fan of MTG. Absolutely beautiful plays by Cifka, even if he makes quite a few mistakes. That Eggs deck looks an absolute beast to pilot, so many moving parts.

Wouldn't want to play against him, though. You cease to become a player in the game and become an spectator instead. Just look at how LONG those turns are!

[Jackinthegreen]

New computer!  New to me anyway.  It's a college surplus.  It's a Dell Optiplex 760 with an Intel Core2Duo E8600 3.33Ghz, 4 GB RAM, 2 250 GB hard drives, and a Nvidia Quadro FX 3450/4000.  Running Vista right now, but I believe I can go through my college to get Win 7 for $10, and then I can download that, burn it to a CD, and do the drive partitioning and such that I really want to.  Plus just nuke stuff and start from the ground up.

Downloading updates right now and by the end of the night I hope to be playing games that I couldn't on my laptop.

Still trying to figure out what the resolution on this monitor is...  My laptop kinda spoiled me because it has 1920x1200 which I'm pretty sure I won't be able to find as a stand-alone monitor anymore.

Just looked at the Quadro FX 3450/4000.  Apparently it was released in 2005.  The latest drivers are from 2009.  I'm going to upgrade when I get the chance.

I also need to sort out the hard drives.  Probably just need to switch one to be master and one to be slave for the computer to recognize both of them.

[phaedrusxy]

Humans need not apply

This video will hurt

and pretty much everything else by this guy...

[brujon]

Humans need not apply

This video will hurt

and pretty much everything else by this guy...

CGPgrey is awesome. Really active on Reddit, too. I believe he even has his own subreddit and all.

Some of his videos are really informative and quite nice. On a sidenote, i did put on the headphones but didn't really get nothing on the headache thing. Maybe i'm weird?

There is, however, an interesting video about sound that DOES work:

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

It's a high-pitched sound that older people simply lose the ability to hear. I tested it with my mother and father, and both could DEFINITELY NOT hear anything from the video, even though my sister and i could hear it very clearly. Recommended to be tested with a headphone.

ALSO THIS: http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/

I can clearly hear up to 16khz, then 17khz and 18khz i can still hear, but faintly. 19khz i can make up that there is some sort of sound happening, but it's so faint i can BARELY make it out. Above that, it's basically silence.

I'm SO going to test this with my 2YO... He can probably hear up to 22khz.

EDIT2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5l4Rt4Ol7M - Another interesting youtube hearing test. In this one, the cutoff for me was at about 16khz. Some of the comments do chalk it up as a limitation of mp3 files not playing sounds above 16khz, so maybe that's why. Regardless, it seems my hearing is NOT as impaired as i thought it might be.

I do like to blast my car stereo as loud as it can go, and it does go loud enough to produce massive ringing in the ears. 4 120W elliptical speakers, 2 40W tweeters, 2 140W subwoofers... And plenty of amplifier power to spare to all that.

[phaedrusxy]

Some of his videos are really informative and quite nice. On a sidenote, i did put on the headphones but didn't really get nothing on the headache thing. Maybe i'm weird?

You didn't watch the whole thing did you? It's about how some people are more suggestible than others. It's a variation of the placebo effect called the "nocebo" effect, and how suggestions can have real physiological consequences on those people. It's basically how mass delusions, etc, happen. One example was a school teacher who imagined she smelled a "chemical" and had a headache. She told her students, some of them then also displayed symptoms, and before long the school was evacuated. No tests on either the people involved, nor the school, ever turned up any evidence of any chemical.

[brujon]

Some of his videos are really informative and quite nice. On a sidenote, i did put on the headphones but didn't really get nothing on the headache thing. Maybe i'm weird?

You didn't watch the whole thing did you? It's about how some people are more suggestible than others. It's a variation of the placebo effect called the "nocebo" effect, and how suggestions can have real physiological consequences on those people. It's basically how mass delusions, etc, happen. One example was a school teacher who imagined she smelled a "chemical" and had a headache. She told her students, some of them then also displayed symptoms, and before long the school was evacuated. No tests on either the people involved, nor the school, ever turned up any evidence of any chemical.

I did, but many people actually do hear something because of the Nocebo effect, and i didn't...

[phaedrusxy]

Some of his videos are really informative and quite nice. On a sidenote, i did put on the headphones but didn't really get nothing on the headache thing. Maybe i'm weird?

You didn't watch the whole thing did you? It's about how some people are more suggestible than others. It's a variation of the placebo effect called the "nocebo" effect, and how suggestions can have real physiological consequences on those people. It's basically how mass delusions, etc, happen. One example was a school teacher who imagined she smelled a "chemical" and had a headache. She told her students, some of them then also displayed symptoms, and before long the school was evacuated. No tests on either the people involved, nor the school, ever turned up any evidence of any chemical.

I did, but many people actually do hear something because of the Nocebo effect, and i didn't...

Me either. I attribute it to being a hardcore skeptic. My first thought was "This is BS".  I have to admit that I was slightly nervous and braced myself mentally in the event that there was an element of truth to the claim about headaches... but nothing happened.

I sent it to a friend of mine, who immediately angrily messaged me back complaining about it giving him a headache (he didn't listen past a half minute, I'm sure). I felt bad afterwards, because I remembered that he often suffers from migraines... and I would never want to trigger one. I just thought the whole "nocebo" thing was interesting from an intellectual perspective.

[awaken_D_M_golem]

 
Cutie Pics ... too cute (also obviously poor)

[brujon]

Some of his videos are really informative and quite nice. On a sidenote, i did put on the headphones but didn't really get nothing on the headache thing. Maybe i'm weird?

You didn't watch the whole thing did you? It's about how some people are more suggestible than others. It's a variation of the placebo effect called the "nocebo" effect, and how suggestions can have real physiological consequences on those people. It's basically how mass delusions, etc, happen. One example was a school teacher who imagined she smelled a "chemical" and had a headache. She told her students, some of them then also displayed symptoms, and before long the school was evacuated. No tests on either the people involved, nor the school, ever turned up any evidence of any chemical.

I did, but many people actually do hear something because of the Nocebo effect, and i didn't...

Me either. I attribute it to being a hardcore skeptic. My first thought was "This is BS".  I have to admit that I was slightly nervous and braced myself mentally in the event that there was an element of truth to the claim about headaches... but nothing happened.

I sent it to a friend of mine, who immediately angrily messaged me back complaining about it giving him a headache (he didn't listen past a half minute, I'm sure). I felt bad afterwards, because I remembered that he often suffers from migraines... and I would never want to trigger one. I just thought the whole "nocebo" thing was interesting from an intellectual perspective.

It's indeed very interesting. Especially because what the dude's saying about certain frequencies causing a headache on some people... it definitely seems plausible, at least.

[Amechra]

In related news, the "nocebo" (I prefer the term "psychosomatic") effect is actually strong enough to cause rashes or permanent disabilities.

Here's a case that I find especially interesting, especially since most documented "epidemics" have occurred in third world countries. This one affected twelve girls in a NY state high school. I remember being shown the reports for that in one of my high school classes.

The creepiest one, though? The Tanganyika laughter epidemic. 14 schools had to be shut down because their student populations were having fits of uncontrollable laughter.

[Frogman55]

The creepiest one, though? The Tanganyika laughter epidemic. 14 schools had to be shut down because their student populations were having fits of uncontrollable laughter.

I'm not sure if we would have been allowed to get away with that. It's a good idea, though. 

[Jackinthegreen]

The headache thing on CGPgrey's video is partly because the pitch of that noise is high enough to be bothersome, so if given a slightly different context the person might think it's going into a headache.

And yes, it is entirely possible for certain noises to cause headaches in some, or other physical reactions.  I mean beyond the usual loud stuff.

[FireInTheSky]

The creepiest one, though? The Tanganyika laughter epidemic. 14 schools had to be shut down because their student populations were having fits of uncontrollable laughter.

I'm not sure if we would have been allowed to get away with that. It's a good idea, though. 

Who says that one had to be psychosomatic?

[phaedrusxy]

The creepiest one, though? The Tanganyika laughter epidemic. 14 schools had to be shut down because their student populations were having fits of uncontrollable laughter.

I'm not sure if we would have been allowed to get away with that. It's a good idea, though. 

Who says that one had to be psychosomatic?

Invisible Living Spell?

[Jackinthegreen]

The bad news:  The sound card/Synthesia isn't recognizing the old MIDI keyboard we have.  The good news is getting a MIDI to USB adapter with excellent reviews is $30 from Amazon.  I think learning at least simple stuff on piano is certainly worth that much, and I might end up being good enough to play for others.  Assuming I'm not as off-sync as one of my friends says I am, but I can improve that.  At least she doesn't say I'm out of tune with my singing.

[brujon]

Vegan Black Metal Chef: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZlih4DDNg

Old but gold!