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    • #2102
      recedite
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      ^^^ Tiles still falling off the thing during the launch :pac:


    • #2103
      Delirium
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      Kony 2012 Producer Arrested For Public Masturbation
      One of the men behind the Kony 2012 video that went viral this week was arrested in California on Thursday night on charges of public drunkenness and masturbation, a local NBC affiliate in San Diego reports.

      Local police say that Jason Russell, the 33-year-old co-founder of Invisible Children, appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he was found by officers "in his underwear" allegedly vandalizing cars and masturbating in public, NBC San Diego reports.

      If you can read this, you're too close!



    • #2104
      G.K.
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      I was at a Question-Time style debate today, and the bishop of Buckingham was pleasently suprising with his progressive views. Have gained tiny hope towards religious people.


    • #2105
      robindch
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      koth wrote: »
      Kony 2012 Producer Arrested For Public Masturbation
      TMZ was there.


    • #2106
      recedite
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      robindch wrote: »
      TMZ was there.

      Amazing what "malnutrition" will do to a guy :)


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    • #2107
      Delirium
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      Noam Chomsky on the Purpose of Education
      There have been many measures taken to try to turn the educational system towards more control, more indoctrination, more vocational training, imposing a debt, which traps students and young people into a life of conformity… That’s the exact opposite of [what] traditionally comes out of The Enlightenment. And there’s a constant struggle between those. In the colleges, in the schools, do you train for passing tests, or do you train for creative inquiry?”

      If you can read this, you're too close!



    • #2108
      sephir0th
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      Deliver Us From Evil (2006)

      220px-Deliver_us_from_evil.jpg
      Deliver Us From Evil is a superb documentary and a searing look at an institution protecting its leaders at the expense of its followers. A profoundly disturbing chronicle of a wolf in sheep's clothing, the film builds a clear-eyed case against pedophile priest Oliver O'Grady, and the Catholic bureaucracy that protected him. The recollections of O'Grady's victims are nothing short of shocking and heartbreaking.

      You can watch it here:
      http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7745088455537169028


    • #2109
      darjeeling
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      www.chronozoomproject.org is a clickable, zoomable multimedia timeline of natural history from the beginning of the universe to now.

      It's very content-light at the moment, but may develop over time.


    • #2110
      darjeeling
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      Here's a very interesting interview with Mark Pagel, who has just written a book called 'Wired for Culture' on the evolution of human culture.

      Pagel argues that since we started to inherit culture, the evolution of culture has far outpaced the rate at which our genes can evolve, allowing us to colonise and thrive in so many different environments.

      He proposes that the evolution of cooperation has led to the building first of small extended family groups, then larger tribes and now international organisations. His claim is that cooperation in humans has become a more successful evolutionary strategy than red-in-tooth-and-claw competition.

      He speculates on the way that selection for the ability to understand someone else's mind and intentions - vital in a highly social animal - has had the byproduct of giving us the capacity to dissect the workings of the universe.

      I think I'll have to buy the book now.


    • #2111
      robindch
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      For anybody into PLC's or software security or Iran:

      http://www.digitalbond.com/2012/01/31/langners-stuxnet-deep-dive-s4-video/


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    • #2112
      Penn
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      sephir0th wrote: »
      Deliver Us From Evil (2006)

      220px-Deliver_us_from_evil.jpg



      You can watch it here:
      http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7745088455537169028

      Something I've been meaning to watch for a while and never got round to. Cheers for the link


    • #2113
      Musiconomist
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      robindch wrote: »
      From:

      http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/06/image-of-the-day-war-of-the-worlds-above-chiles-cordon-caulle-eruption.html

      ...comes some clouds over a volcano:

      6a00d8341bf7f753ef015432e6c81a970c-pi

      The Great Eye is ever watchful...


    • #2114
      joseph brand
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      http://www.malcontentsgambit.com/2012/03/21/religious-money-influence-invade-congress/
      One of the biggest and most influential lobbying groups is the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. According to Pew, this tax-exempt 501(c)(3) group reported a $26.6 million annual budget. The group has been influential in shaping anti-abortion and birth control policies, and it has a sympathetic audience, as nearly one third of Congress – 156 members – are Catholic. . . Removing the tax-exempt status of groups like the U.S . Conference of Catholic Bishops, and other organizations like them, is an easy call to make as these theocrats are shamelessly overstepping their bounds.

      They still wonder why Atheists have a problem with religion? It's not like it affects peoples lives or anything. :rolleyes:


      Reminds me of the way the church pays no tax on commercial properties in Italy. But they soon will.
      http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/world/europe/italy-sets-tax-on-church-property.html


    • #2115
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      Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking and Arthur C Clarke discussion from the late eighties.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A54WVIFi6bw


    • #2116
      Delirium
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      Mercury poles give up hints of water ice
      Though surface temperatures can soar above 400C, some craters at Mercury's poles are permanently in shadow, turning them into so-called cold traps.

      Previous work has revealed patches near Mercury's poles that strongly reflect radar - a characteristic of ice.

      Now, the Messenger probe has shown that these "radar-bright" patches line up precisely with the shadowed craters.

      If you can read this, you're too close!



    • #2117
      Delirium
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      Robotic jellyfish fuelled by hydrogen invented
      Engineers in the US say they have invented a hydrogen-powered robot that moves through water like a jellyfish.

      Development of the robot, nicknamed Robojelly, is in the early stages but researchers hope it could eventually be used in underwater rescue operations.

      Writing in Smart Materials and Structures, Yonas Tadesse said the jellyfish's simple swimming action made it an ideal model for a vehicle.

      Being fuelled by hydrogen means, in theory, it will not run out of energy.

      Mr Tadesse, the lead author of the study, said: "To our knowledge, this is the first successful powering of an underwater robot using external hydrogen as a fuel source."

      If you can read this, you're too close!



    • #2118
      robindch
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      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT2sQ7KIQ-E


      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heXNrup-_b0


    • #2119
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      Real time satellite tracking 3d.

      When you run the program zoom out (instructions on page) and you will see the Clarke's Belt geostationary satellites. The Astra broadcast sats are over central Africa (click on the points to identify)
      The idea of a geostationary orbit was first disseminated on a wide scale in a 1945 paper entitled "Extra-Terrestrial Relays — Can Rocket Stations Give Worldwide Radio Coverage?" by British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, published in Wireless World magazine.

      The orbit, which Clarke first described as useful for broadcast and relay communications satellites, is sometimes called the Clarke Orbit. Similarly, the Clarke Belt is the part of space about 35,786 km (22,000 mi) above sea level, in the plane of the Equator, where near-geostationary orbits may be implemented.

      Source

      J-Track 3D Satellite Tracking


    • #2120
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      Some people hate snakes. If this thing was still around, everyone would hate snakes.

      http://www.wfuv.org/news/120322/giant-snake-slithers-new-york

      http://www.smithsonianmag.com/video/Titanoboa-at-the-Zoo.html?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=rssfeed&utm_campaign=videotest


      It could have ate crocodiles. :eek:


    • #2121
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      That is, to use the technical term, a big f*ckin' snake.


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    • #2122
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      http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/opinion/kristof-politics-odors-and-soap.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

      Interesting enough article about what might be a good book.


    • #2123
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      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0pYqk8z714


      I have to admit I didn't even consider how they got these things in the water. You learn something new everyday and this is awesome, in my opinion. :)


    • #2124
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      Jernal wrote: »
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0pYqk8z714


      I have to admit I didn't even consider how they got these things in the water. You learn something new everyday and this is awesome, in my opinion. :)
      I always thought they went in forwards... That is pretty impressive. Something tell me if they were launching a cruise ship like that they would probably hold off on loading the booze and crockery.

      MrP


    • #2125
      RichieC
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      Jimmy Carter leaves the southern Baptist convention citing their misogynistic principles.
      I HAVE been a practising Christian all my life and a deacon and Bible teacher for many years. My faith is a source of strength and comfort to me, as religious beliefs are to hundreds of millions of people around the world. So my decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six decades, was painful and difficult. It was, however, an unavoidable decision when the convention's leaders, quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second to Adam and was responsible for original sin, ordained that women must be "subservient" to their husbands and prohibited from serving as deacons, pastors or chaplains in the military service.

      http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/losing-my-religion-for-equality-20090714-dk0v.html#ixzz1qG4MbTBL


    • #2126
      robindch
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      ^^^ [s/leaves/left]. That's from 2009.


    • #2127
      RichieC
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      robindch wrote: »
      ^^^ [s/leaves/left]. That's from 2009.

      haha, how embarrassing.. :o


      I usually make a good point of checking the dates but someone normally realiable posted it to another forum I'm on

      jumpoutthewindow.gif


    • #2128
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      MrPudding wrote: »
      I always thought they went in forwards... That is pretty impressive.
      Might depend on the shipyard. I guess is the ship is built parallel to the water thats the way she goes!


    • #2129
      magicbastarder
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      MrPudding wrote: »
      I always thought they went in forwards... That is pretty impressive. Something tell me if they were launching a cruise ship like that they would probably hold off on loading the booze and crockery.

      MrP
      i suspect cruise ships are built in dry docks? much less dramatic.


    • #2130
      legspin
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      MrPudding wrote: »
      I always thought they went in forwards... That is pretty impressive. Something tell me if they were launching a cruise ship like that they would probably hold off on loading the booze and crockery.

      MrP

      The traditional arsé first method assumes you have a decent stretch of water to launch into to get the length of the ship out and turned by tugs (the engine not being operational at the time). Sideways, you can launch in water not much wider than the ship itself.


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    • #2131
      robindch
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      RichieC wrote: »
      someone normally realiable posted it to another forum I'm on
      Wouldn't worry! It's usually worth listening to Jimmy Carter -- his generous religious beliefs are a credit to him and his religion.

      BTW, he wrote a book some years back:

      http://www.amazon.com/Our-Endangered-Values-Americas-Crisis/dp/0743285018/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332843092&sr=1-1

      ...which is probably worth re-reading, given the mild-to-extreme religious lunatics lining up on the Republican presidential ticket this year.


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