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Something HoRrIbLe for Halloween!
General | Posted 8 years agoYou want to be traumatised, horripilated, and rendered a quivering, helpless hulk of a human?
Then watch this, ALL of it! I dare you!
https://youtu.be/4psTeRpQ-1o
Happy halloween!
Then watch this, ALL of it! I dare you!
https://youtu.be/4psTeRpQ-1o
Happy halloween!
Holy Crap!
General | Posted 9 years agoJar-Jar was around in the sixties!? Ruling the Aztecs!?
http://lileks.com/misc/scifi/119.html
OK, not really, but the resemblance is uncanny.
http://lileks.com/misc/scifi/119.html
OK, not really, but the resemblance is uncanny.
Caption bot - not so hot
General | Posted 9 years agoSo I tried out MS's Caption bot by grabbing a random picture of the internet. The results were... interesting.
http://imgur.com/qVNysyH
http://imgur.com/qVNysyH
Ball Talk
General | Posted 10 years ago"What is a 'ball'?"
"A ball is round."
"Then this is a ball?"
"No, a ball is 3 dimensional, that's a disc."
"Then this is a ball?"
"No, that's a cylinder. A ball is spherical."
"Then this is a ball?"
"No, that doesn't bounce. A ball is a sphere that bounces."
"Then this is a ball?"
"No, that's an orange. A ball is a sphere that bounces and is used in sports and games."
"Then this is a ball? It's round, bounces, and is used in a games and sports."
"No, that's a marble."
"Then show me a friggin' ball, then!"
"This is a rugby ball."
"But, but, it's not round!"
"But it is a ball."
"So a ball is round, bounces, and is used in sports and games, except for marbles, which aren't balls, and rugby balls, which are balls, but aren't round?
"You've got it."
"But what has any of this got to do with a dance?"
"What?"
"I've been invited to go dancing at a ball, and I was wondering what a ball was."
"A ball is round."
"Then this is a ball?"
"No, a ball is 3 dimensional, that's a disc."
"Then this is a ball?"
"No, that's a cylinder. A ball is spherical."
"Then this is a ball?"
"No, that doesn't bounce. A ball is a sphere that bounces."
"Then this is a ball?"
"No, that's an orange. A ball is a sphere that bounces and is used in sports and games."
"Then this is a ball? It's round, bounces, and is used in a games and sports."
"No, that's a marble."
"Then show me a friggin' ball, then!"
"This is a rugby ball."
"But, but, it's not round!"
"But it is a ball."
"So a ball is round, bounces, and is used in sports and games, except for marbles, which aren't balls, and rugby balls, which are balls, but aren't round?
"You've got it."
"But what has any of this got to do with a dance?"
"What?"
"I've been invited to go dancing at a ball, and I was wondering what a ball was."
Suddenly Liking the Campbell Soup company for some reason:
General | Posted 10 years agoAd Astra Tabernamque!
General | Posted 11 years agoWanna to be a part of an historic rocket launch?
Due to Bureaucracy, the LOHAN (Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigation) project launch in Spain has been scuttled, so the launch team has opened a kickstarter to finance moving the project to the Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Patrons will receive (depending on donation) Flight patches, T-shirts, mugs or beer steins, all sporting the project logo.
Ad Astra Tabernamque? "To the stars and the pub".
Details here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....et-powered-spa
Due to Bureaucracy, the LOHAN (Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigation) project launch in Spain has been scuttled, so the launch team has opened a kickstarter to finance moving the project to the Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Patrons will receive (depending on donation) Flight patches, T-shirts, mugs or beer steins, all sporting the project logo.
Ad Astra Tabernamque? "To the stars and the pub".
Details here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/project.....et-powered-spa
A perfectly cromulent discussion for today's world.
General | Posted 11 years agoWhat can an ancient book of etiquette teach us about Modern problems?
Quite a lot, actually:
http://drboli.com/2014/08/17/things.....e-11/#comments
Quite a lot, actually:
http://drboli.com/2014/08/17/things.....e-11/#comments
>Ahem< Attention please.
General | Posted 11 years agoSomeone needs to make a Pinkie Pie gif like this... NOW!
http://tmblr.co/Z9Jkxw1BhbBRW
http://tmblr.co/Z9Jkxw1BhbBRW
And now, for something completely different:
General | Posted 12 years agoPeg Leg Bates - the one legged tap dancer!
https://youtu.be/jXb7mSHg1vE
https://youtu.be/jXb7mSHg1vE
Merry Freakin' Christmas to everybody!
General | Posted 12 years agoDumbest super hero ever?
General | Posted 12 years ago"I am The President of the USA."
"Whoops, I gotz teh Super powerz!"
"How can I fight crime *and* lead the country?"
"A disguise! Wear a costume and no-one will ever know!"
"I'll call myself... Super President!"
https://youtu.be/Ym6aoOIRnOc
"Whoops, I gotz teh Super powerz!"
"How can I fight crime *and* lead the country?"
"A disguise! Wear a costume and no-one will ever know!"
"I'll call myself... Super President!"
https://youtu.be/Ym6aoOIRnOc
A real life sonic rainboom
General | Posted 12 years agoF-22 at an airshow makes a rainbow tail:
http://s748.photobucket.com/user/ai.....dited.jpg.html
http://s748.photobucket.com/user/ai.....dited.jpg.html
Why wasn't I informed of this?
General | Posted 12 years agoA giant beach ball terrorizes London during a storm last month, like some cheesy fifties horror movie come to life...
and I'm just now finding out about it?
Yeesh, Internet, ya let me down!
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new.....h-ball-2649855
and I'm just now finding out about it?
Yeesh, Internet, ya let me down!
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new.....h-ball-2649855
"Use the Triforce, Link. Trust me."
General | Posted 12 years agohttps://youtu.be/Gh-BEKM-jRc
Nintendo characters doing the original Star Wars... Awesome!
Nintendo characters doing the original Star Wars... Awesome!
Real Halloween Treats!
General | Posted 12 years agoA partial list:
Tarantula
Boogers on a Stick
Cow Udder Éclairs
Fried Bugs
Slug Fritters
Frog Croquettes
Coyote Droppings
Seal Brain Fritters
Three Possum Recipes
Briscoe Darling's Hoot Owl Pie
Beaver in Sour Cream
Bar-b-qued Moose
Tuna Twinkie Soufflé
Homemade Maggot Stew
These and lot's more, uh... good(?) eating here:
http://bertc.com/subfive/recipes/index.htm
Tarantula
Boogers on a Stick
Cow Udder Éclairs
Fried Bugs
Slug Fritters
Frog Croquettes
Coyote Droppings
Seal Brain Fritters
Three Possum Recipes
Briscoe Darling's Hoot Owl Pie
Beaver in Sour Cream
Bar-b-qued Moose
Tuna Twinkie Soufflé
Homemade Maggot Stew
These and lot's more, uh... good(?) eating here:
http://bertc.com/subfive/recipes/index.htm
Swing, Yer Doin' it wrong!
General | Posted 12 years agohttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art.....ocal-park.html
Teen swings on playground swing, it takes a dozen firemen 15 minutes to free her!
I feel sorry for the girl, but LOL!
Teen swings on playground swing, it takes a dozen firemen 15 minutes to free her!
I feel sorry for the girl, but LOL!
Dr. Seuss does Jurassic Park
General | Posted 12 years agoTo celebrate their 100 percent renovation as a dinosaur and natural history themed hotel, The Best Western Denver Southwest commissioned Sillof to combine their love of dinosaurs with their love of Dr. Seuss.
http://www.sillof.com/C-seusstastic%20park.htm
http://www.sillof.com/C-seusstastic%20park.htm
A word from my mentor about Global Warming
General | Posted 13 years agoHey, Wino Woody, what can you tell us about global warming?
Wino Woody:
>Puts on tinfoil hat<
>Drinks pint of Mad Dog<
>Spreads bread crumbs around to attract pigeons to act as audience<
>Pisses self<
>Climbs up on milk crate<
IT'S DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME WUT CAUSES IT!!
Think 'bout it, Everah year we goes on daylight savin's time for six months, the we goes back to regulah time the rest ah teh year.
WE NEVAH USE THEM DAYLIGHT HOURS WE'VE SAVED!
Think abowddit, we'd hafta go back TWO hours to use them hours we saved up, but we nevah do, WHAT's THE GIBBIMIT DOIN" WITH ALL THAT DAYLIGHT!?
They's storing it! Puttin' it all in big ol' underground silos out in teh midwest, an' tellin' everah one it's a noo-clear-ya nissles ta keep people from gettin sush-pick-shush!
AN' IT GETS WUSS!
Teh hole gawdam time them communists was running Russia, THEY WUZ ON DAYLIGHT SAVIN'S TIME TEH HULL TIME!! YAR IN AN' YAR OUT!! Jes' a-pilin' all that sunshine in big ol' warehouses in Siberia!
An now? AN' NOW?? I'LL TELL YOU 'BOUT NOW!!
The pas' twenny years er so, them silos aaaaaaan' warehouses is a startin' ta break down! All tha' extra sunshine's a bin leakin' owt, a heatin' things up, and NOW IT"S JES' GONNA GET WORSE!!
WE'S A GONNA DIE a heatstroke an' cancer, AN' TEH POLAR BEAR'S A GONNA GET US!! AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
>passes out and falls off milk crate<
..........
Ok, I'm sure you all found that as edifying as I have.
Check back again in about 30 days (He should out of rehab and back on the street again by then) When I'll see if I can't get him to enlighten us another topic.
Wino Woody:
>Puts on tinfoil hat<
>Drinks pint of Mad Dog<
>Spreads bread crumbs around to attract pigeons to act as audience<
>Pisses self<
>Climbs up on milk crate<
IT'S DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME WUT CAUSES IT!!
Think 'bout it, Everah year we goes on daylight savin's time for six months, the we goes back to regulah time the rest ah teh year.
WE NEVAH USE THEM DAYLIGHT HOURS WE'VE SAVED!
Think abowddit, we'd hafta go back TWO hours to use them hours we saved up, but we nevah do, WHAT's THE GIBBIMIT DOIN" WITH ALL THAT DAYLIGHT!?
They's storing it! Puttin' it all in big ol' underground silos out in teh midwest, an' tellin' everah one it's a noo-clear-ya nissles ta keep people from gettin sush-pick-shush!
AN' IT GETS WUSS!
Teh hole gawdam time them communists was running Russia, THEY WUZ ON DAYLIGHT SAVIN'S TIME TEH HULL TIME!! YAR IN AN' YAR OUT!! Jes' a-pilin' all that sunshine in big ol' warehouses in Siberia!
An now? AN' NOW?? I'LL TELL YOU 'BOUT NOW!!
The pas' twenny years er so, them silos aaaaaaan' warehouses is a startin' ta break down! All tha' extra sunshine's a bin leakin' owt, a heatin' things up, and NOW IT"S JES' GONNA GET WORSE!!
WE'S A GONNA DIE a heatstroke an' cancer, AN' TEH POLAR BEAR'S A GONNA GET US!! AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
>passes out and falls off milk crate<
..........
Ok, I'm sure you all found that as edifying as I have.
Check back again in about 30 days (He should out of rehab and back on the street again by then) When I'll see if I can't get him to enlighten us another topic.
Do you *really* know what drowning looks like?
General | Posted 13 years agoSummer's coming, people'll be hitting the beaches soon.
So, would you recognize a drowning person if you saw one?
Most people learn what they think a drowning person looks like from TV and movies.
Turns out it doesn't look like that at all!
Someone splashing, yelling, and struggling is in trouble and needs assistance,
but someone actually drowning can go under without a sound!
From http://gcaptain.com/drowning/ The Instinctive Drowning Response:
Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help.
The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function.
Breathing must be fulfilled, before speech occurs.
Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water.
The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to
exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface,
they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.
Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms
laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water, permits
drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.
Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control
their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the
water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help,
moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.
From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright
in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard,
these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds
before submersion occurs.
Of the approximately 750 children who will drown this year, about 375 of them will
do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult. In ten percent of those drownings,
the adult will actually watch them do it, having no idea it is happening (source: CDC)
Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are n the water:
Head low in the water, mouth at water level
Head tilted back with mouth open
Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus
Eyes closed
Hair over forehead or eyes
Not using legs – Vertical
Hyperventilating or gasping
Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway
Trying to roll over on the back
Ladder climb, rarely out of the water.
So if a crew member falls overboard and every looks O.K. – don’t be too sure. Sometimes the
most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re
drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way
to be sure? Ask them: “Are you alright?” If they can answer at all – they probably are. If they
return a blank stare – you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents:
children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out
why.
More at this site: http://gcaptain.com/drowning/ where the bulk of this journal comes from.
So, would you recognize a drowning person if you saw one?
Most people learn what they think a drowning person looks like from TV and movies.
Turns out it doesn't look like that at all!
Someone splashing, yelling, and struggling is in trouble and needs assistance,
but someone actually drowning can go under without a sound!
From http://gcaptain.com/drowning/ The Instinctive Drowning Response:
Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help.
The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function.
Breathing must be fulfilled, before speech occurs.
Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water.
The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to
exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface,
they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.
Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms
laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water, permits
drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.
Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control
their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the
water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help,
moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.
From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright
in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard,
these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds
before submersion occurs.
Of the approximately 750 children who will drown this year, about 375 of them will
do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult. In ten percent of those drownings,
the adult will actually watch them do it, having no idea it is happening (source: CDC)
Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are n the water:
Head low in the water, mouth at water level
Head tilted back with mouth open
Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus
Eyes closed
Hair over forehead or eyes
Not using legs – Vertical
Hyperventilating or gasping
Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway
Trying to roll over on the back
Ladder climb, rarely out of the water.
So if a crew member falls overboard and every looks O.K. – don’t be too sure. Sometimes the
most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re
drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way
to be sure? Ask them: “Are you alright?” If they can answer at all – they probably are. If they
return a blank stare – you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents:
children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out
why.
More at this site: http://gcaptain.com/drowning/ where the bulk of this journal comes from.
I'm finally back on the internet!
General | Posted 14 years agoNot like anyone cares, but after three months of setting up and settling into the new homestead,
I've finally been able to afford getting re-hooked to the internet!
(Yep, that's me, a fallen off the wagon packet junkie)
Now, after a few days of wading through a backlog of emails
(and giving one provider the boot for being such a lousy host),
I've finally started logging onto my favorite sites.
.... 3027 messages??? ...This is gonna take awhile!
I've finally been able to afford getting re-hooked to the internet!
(Yep, that's me, a fallen off the wagon packet junkie)
Now, after a few days of wading through a backlog of emails
(and giving one provider the boot for being such a lousy host),
I've finally started logging onto my favorite sites.
.... 3027 messages??? ...This is gonna take awhile!
Maybe this is why the FAA is out of money
General | Posted 14 years agoA tale of one pilot/owner's encounters with the bureaucracy:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/.....ment-spending/
Youtube of this being read to congress:
http://www.youtube.com/congressmanj...../0/7H2PytEiUPU
edit: I can't seem to get the embedding to work, so I just left the link as is.
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/.....ment-spending/
Youtube of this being read to congress:
http://www.youtube.com/congressmanj...../0/7H2PytEiUPU
edit: I can't seem to get the embedding to work, so I just left the link as is.
Another reason to love the Japanese
General | Posted 14 years agoFreakin' cyborg zombie moths! (And yes Virginia, these are real!)
http://www.botjunkie.com/2009/07/20.....ontrols-robot/
Why did they create them? To see if they could!
http://www.botjunkie.com/2009/07/20.....ontrols-robot/
Why did they create them? To see if they could!
Mr. Magundi Speaks His Mind
General | Posted 15 years agoA thought provoking little site I've run across:
Mr. Magundi Speaks His Mind http://salmagundi.webuda.com/
It looks like the site's just started, but in my loopy opinion, it has the potential for some really great discussions.
Mr. Magundi Speaks His Mind http://salmagundi.webuda.com/
It looks like the site's just started, but in my loopy opinion, it has the potential for some really great discussions.
Yes Virginia, there are ninjas
General | Posted 15 years agoMight be a christmas to remember
General | Posted 16 years agoEspecially since I've noticed that her folks hang wolf bane instead of mistletoe over the doorway...
