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Last post Author Topic: Interesting "stuff"  (Read 1188887 times)

Curt

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #175 on: February 26, 2014, 09:11 AM »
This leopard (spotted panther) visited a small city in India,
but was not welcome!  :o

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #176 on: March 03, 2014, 01:39 PM »
Sunset  07-08-12.jpg    04-14-13 Sunset.jpg

I have a new collection of sunsets like the ones above. Unfortunately, they are 25 and 38 MB in size, so I can't upload them here. You can download it and the original one using the links below. Let me know if you have any trouble doing that.

A collection of sunsets.pdf

Arizona sunsets.pdf

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #177 on: March 07, 2014, 01:35 PM »
I am not going to risk posting this to Silly Humor and have someone say it  isn't silly enough. The source of the gif is below it.

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #178 on: March 07, 2014, 05:28 PM »
Which do you prefer: Fire or ice? This is the original:  
   
 
 





« Last Edit: March 07, 2014, 07:15 PM by Arizona Hot »

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #179 on: March 07, 2014, 07:18 PM »
Something for you people who speak other languages.


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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #180 on: March 07, 2014, 07:25 PM »
Hilarity Ensues  
Jazmine: What's so funny?
Robert: Oh, nothing. Hilarity just ensued; that's all.
Jazmine: It did?!
— The Boondocks

Alleged consequence of any event in a Sitcom or cartoon which in the real world would result in hospitalization, a lawsuit, or dismissal from one's job, at the very least, up to and including possible imprisonment or death. Thankfully for our fictional friends, both the Rule of Cool and the Rule of Funny keep them safe (the latter more prominently).

Traditionally seen in the capsule descriptions of episodes found in programming guides: "Jimbo accidentally glues his boss to a golf cart and hilarity ensues." Outside of these descriptions, though, the phrase is usually used sarcastically, indicating that the consequences are anything but hilarious. The less charitable might say that hilarity is what happens for those hearing about it afterward.

Variants include "...with hilarious consequences" (more common in the UK), "wackiness ensues", and "hijinks ensue." In extreme cases "wacky hijinks ensue." Hijinks are often "aplenty." Compare Silliness Switch, when the hilarity is a choice in an otherwise serious medium.

Not to Be Confused with the webcomic Hijinks Ensue. Or with Humanity Ensues. When something serious happens and it's not played for laughs, you may end up with Reality Ensues. If the aforementioned hilarity is a lawsuit, it may be a case of Hilarity Sues.

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« Reply #181 on: March 11, 2014, 01:03 PM »
Saw this over on Boing Boing :

Filmmaker Tatia Pilieva asked twenty people to kiss for the first time. The awkwardness, anticipation, and culmination... Just lovely.



I found it a fascinating and rather sweet experiment. 8) :Thmbsup:

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #182 on: March 11, 2014, 06:11 PM »
^I thought it was a bit of a weird idea, but it was very moving to watch - I wonder did any relationships come out of it.
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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #183 on: March 11, 2014, 07:30 PM »
Check this Stanford article (with link to the paper) on how to build a microscope (2000x) for a total of 50 cents (USD) in material costs. Youtube video.

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #184 on: March 11, 2014, 09:16 PM »
Check this Stanford article (with link to the paper) on how to build a microscope (2000x) for a total of 50 cents (USD) in material costs. Youtube video.

That is just too bloody awesome. :Thmbsup:

Thx for sharing that. :)

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #186 on: March 12, 2014, 01:05 PM »
^whoever made the multiple choice questionnaire had a lot of fun :-)





edit// the actual results (pdf/googledocs) seem quite respectable - let's face it, why should anyone know what SEO stands for ;-)
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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #187 on: March 12, 2014, 08:20 PM »
Stupid Executive Officer ?

Surplus Executive Officers ?

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #188 on: March 12, 2014, 09:56 PM »
Somewhat Excessive Optimism...

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #189 on: March 13, 2014, 04:44 PM »
Next year's Pi Day will be even more exciting. On that day, math geeks will get one, shining moment in which they can write the date as: 3/14/15; 9:26:53. Which, everyone knows, are the first ten digits of Pi in perfect order.

Friday is Pi Day

Anyone planning to post here at that time?

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #190 on: March 14, 2014, 03:57 AM »
Would this count?



Hmm...off by a year or so? :-[

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #191 on: March 22, 2014, 03:41 PM »


Controversial mathematician Stephen Wolfram is about to release a programming language with the goal of being able to quickly do just about any calculation or visualization on just about any kind of data a person could want.

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Would you be interested in using the Wolfram Language?

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« Reply #192 on: March 22, 2014, 04:20 PM »
Some earlier DoCo discussion on Wolfram Language here.

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #194 on: March 27, 2014, 07:49 PM »
She's a CCB ?

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Cold Calculating Bitch


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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #195 on: May 05, 2014, 02:01 PM »
Two Birds.jpgInteresting "stuff"   Landscape in the Italian style.jpgInteresting "stuff"

These and others can be found at http://moveitup.ru/content/liverank/raznoe/1317(You may want to use Chrome. The site is in Russian.)


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« Reply #196 on: May 05, 2014, 05:53 PM »
Nice!  Magritte-ish :)

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Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Reply #197 on: May 05, 2014, 08:54 PM »
Major Star Wars Plot Holes You Probably Never Noticed[/url]

The reverse question is, what are some movies with the tightest integrated plot you've seen?


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« Reply #199 on: May 07, 2014, 10:02 PM »