Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things)

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http://timonthenet.com/

damn the url got me all excited

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Did you wish it was just a picture of Radio too?
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yes
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[Totla]

http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/200...asters.php

[Dave]

http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/200...asters.php

ahahahahha look how much writing thre is

hahah

yeah noones reading that.


probably related:

[Totla]

[quote author=Tortilla link=topic=1507.msg101069#msg101069 date=1248508332]
http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/200...asters.php

ahahahahha look how much writing thre is

hahah

yeah noones reading that.


probably related:


[/quote]tl;dr for dave: The same parasites that cause suicidal behaviour in rats are in 1/2 of humans (in your brain). In most cases women got more outgoing and men got more jealous, but both were more insecure. It rare cases it caused people to become schizophrenic, and people with AIDS die.

[Honest]

[quote author=Dave link=topic=1507.msg101077#msg101077 date=1248520769]
[quote author=Tortilla link=topic=1507.msg101069#msg101069 date=1248508332]
http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/200...asters.php

ahahahahha look how much writing thre is

hahah

yeah noones reading that.


probably related:


[/quote]tl;dr for dave: The same parasites that cause suicidal behaviour in rats are in 1/2 of humans (in your brain). In most cases women got more outgoing and men got more jealous, but both were more insecure. It rare cases it caused people to become schizophrenic, and people with AIDS die.
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AND GERMS KILLED THE MARSHUNS

[Totla]

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[quote author=Dave link=topic=1507.msg101077#msg101077 date=1248520769]
[quote author=Tortilla link=topic=1507.msg101069#msg101069 date=1248508332]
http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/200...asters.php

ahahahahha look how much writing thre is

hahah

yeah noones reading that.


probably related:


[/quote]tl;dr for dave: The same parasites that cause suicidal behaviour in rats are in 1/2 of humans (in your brain). In most cases women got more outgoing and men got more jealous, but both were more insecure. It rare cases it caused people to become schizophrenic, and people with AIDS die.
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AND GERMS KILLED THE MARSHUNS
[/quote]Actually it was old people music.
Mars Attacks part 10

[Luinbariel]

[quote author=Dave link=topic=1507.msg101077#msg101077 date=1248520769]
[quote author=Tortilla link=topic=1507.msg101069#msg101069 date=1248508332]
http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/200...asters.php

ahahahahha look how much writing thre is

hahah

yeah noones reading that.


probably related:


[/quote]tl;dr for dave: The same parasites that cause suicidal behaviour in rats are in 1/2 of humans (in your brain). In most cases women got more outgoing and men got more jealous, but both were more insecure. It rare cases it caused people to become schizophrenic, and people with AIDS die.
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Reminds me of this thing that Crystal and I found when I used to work at the cheese factory outlet store in my home town. It was always quite damp there and around the store outside, and there were crickets EVERYWHERE. We would step on them whenever we found them and then go away to do something else; when I came back into the back room later to clean it up they would have this strange tiny black coil sitting beside them.

We experimented, stepping on more crickets and we discovered that about 75% of them would have this strange black coil pull out of their bodies after you killed them, wriggle around for about a minute, and then die. It was creepy and gross.

Later Crystal found out that the coily thing was actually a horse-hair parasite prevalent in moist locations. What it would do is take over the body of the insect and force it into water, where it would drown and would then be able to reproduce.

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[KarthXLR]

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[quote author=Tortilla link=topic=1507.msg101095#msg101095 date=1248532149]
[quote author=Dave link=topic=1507.msg101077#msg101077 date=1248520769]
[quote author=Tortilla link=topic=1507.msg101069#msg101069 date=1248508332]
http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/200...asters.php

ahahahahha look how much writing thre is

hahah

yeah noones reading that.


probably related:


[/quote]tl;dr for dave: The same parasites that cause suicidal behaviour in rats are in 1/2 of humans (in your brain). In most cases women got more outgoing and men got more jealous, but both were more insecure. It rare cases it caused people to become schizophrenic, and people with AIDS die.
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AND GERMS KILLED THE MARSHUNS
[/quote]Actually it was old people music.
Mars Attacks part 10
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I LOVE THAT MOVIE

[Badgerman of DOOM]

[quote author=Tortilla link=topic=1507.msg101095#msg101095 date=1248532149]
[quote author=Dave link=topic=1507.msg101077#msg101077 date=1248520769]
[quote author=Tortilla link=topic=1507.msg101069#msg101069 date=1248508332]
http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/200...asters.php

ahahahahha look how much writing thre is

hahah

yeah noones reading that.


probably related:


[/quote]tl;dr for dave: The same parasites that cause suicidal behaviour in rats are in 1/2 of humans (in your brain). In most cases women got more outgoing and men got more jealous, but both were more insecure. It rare cases it caused people to become schizophrenic, and people with AIDS die.
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Reminds me of this thing that Crystal and I found when I used to work at the cheese factory outlet store in my home town. It was always quite damp there and around the store outside, and there were crickets EVERYWHERE. We would step on them whenever we found them and then go away to do something else; when I came back into the back room later to clean it up they would have this strange tiny black coil sitting beside them.

We experimented, stepping on more crickets and we discovered that about 75% of them would have this strange black coil pull out of their bodies after you killed them, wriggle around for about a minute, and then die. It was creepy and gross.

Later Crystal found out that the coily thing was actually a horse-hair parasite prevalent in moist locations. What it would do is take over the body of the insect and force it into water, where it would drown and would then be able to reproduce.
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I've heard of those things. Are they as creepy in real life as they are on the tee-vee?

[Luinbariel]

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[quote author=Tortilla link=topic=1507.msg101095#msg101095 date=1248532149]
[quote author=Dave link=topic=1507.msg101077#msg101077 date=1248520769]
[quote author=Tortilla link=topic=1507.msg101069#msg101069 date=1248508332]
http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/200...asters.php

ahahahahha look how much writing thre is

hahah

yeah noones reading that.


probably related:


[/quote]tl;dr for dave: The same parasites that cause suicidal behaviour in rats are in 1/2 of humans (in your brain). In most cases women got more outgoing and men got more jealous, but both were more insecure. It rare cases it caused people to become schizophrenic, and people with AIDS die.
[/quote]

Reminds me of this thing that Crystal and I found when I used to work at the cheese factory outlet store in my home town. It was always quite damp there and around the store outside, and there were crickets EVERYWHERE. We would step on them whenever we found them and then go away to do something else; when I came back into the back room later to clean it up they would have this strange tiny black coil sitting beside them.

We experimented, stepping on more crickets and we discovered that about 75% of them would have this strange black coil pull out of their bodies after you killed them, wriggle around for about a minute, and then die. It was creepy and gross.

Later Crystal found out that the coily thing was actually a horse-hair parasite prevalent in moist locations. What it would do is take over the body of the insect and force it into water, where it would drown and would then be able to reproduce.
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I've heard of those things. Are they as creepy in real life as they are on the tee-vee?
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They are creepy enough if you have no clue what they are. We didn't know they were a parasite until well after that store had been shut down (for unrelated reasons). Really is kind of freaky to watch something wiggle itself out of a corpse, whither, and die though.

[Squishy3]

Something I posted in a comment on an article about the used game business.





A little insight into the used game business, if a 360/PS3 game just came out a week ago, Gamestop typically gives $20-$30 in trade for it. Obviously a good amount of profit on it considering they usually sell used for $49.99 to $54.99. (this is by no means meant as a definitive number, it’s just the average of what they give for 360/PS3 titles a week or two after they came out, however if it’s still selling well even a month or two later they’re giving that price for it still because it’s more attractive to customers and they still sell their copies.)

The mom and pop game shop I work at, we typically beat it by anywhere from $5, to as much as $20. Obviously this depends on what they’re giving for it, we typically only beat them by a lot when the price is lower, but we still make a good amount of profit on it. I think Gamestop could offer to give more for the games, and I understand they do a great job at taking in games that aren’t even worth taking because of just terrible value on it, or they get so many they'd never sell all the way through them, (I’m looking at you, 99 cent sports titles.) because often enough we as a mom and pop shop can’t take in most of the sports titles because A) we really can’t give a fair price on it. B) We would run out of space fairly quickly if we did take them in. We don’t have a huge storeroom like a Gamestop or Gamecrazy. Most of our actual space is dedicated to displaying our merchandise rather than storing stuff.

Also, people forget that most of the time they claim used game business hurts the developer, it doesn’t as much as you would think. Since the actual company (Be it Gamestop, Gamecrazy, mom and pop game stores, etc.) buys the game direct from the company, their wholesaler, whatever. They’re spending the money. Used games allows people who would otherwise not be able to afford the games they want. I mean, even if you trade in just two recent used 360/PS3 games, you’re still most of the way there. Even though the developers don’t make a cent on the used game market because it’s held completely separate of the new game market, it still spurs new game sales, because the stores recoup more money if people trade in used games towards new ones, and it allows them to order new games, because technically they still sell, even though other games were used towards the purchase of the new game. Thus still supporting the new games business.

[HeK]

Someone has finally done it: Man climbs building with vacuum gloves



Edit:

Found another good link from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engla...168892.stm

[rumsfald]

Why will I not be surprised when, one day, Hek builds and awesome contraption to climb a building or hover on water or something?

[HeK]

Why will I not be surprised when, one day, Hek builds and awesome contraption to climb a building or hover on water or something?

It's only a matter of time until I buy a garage and a welder.

And a video camera.

[Chaosye]

I went to the Gilroy Garlic Festival with my family today.
Was pretty awesome.
Also I bought a 3000 dollar set of some of the best cookware you can get out there (Americraft), as well as 1000 dollars of free cookware from the same brand.
:D

[Surf314]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story...t=1&f=1001

[Kor]

I went to the Gilroy Garlic Festival with my family today.
Was pretty awesome.
Also I bought a 3000 dollar set of some of the best cookware you can get out there (Americraft), as well as 1000 dollars of free cookware from the same brand.

What the shit!?

Luca sappin mah TG's?

[Luca Shoal]

TG's? And I have NEVER heard of this Americraft. You got played son. All-Clad is some of the best shit you can get, especially the industrial/foodservice grade cookware.

[at0m]

TG's? And I have NEVER heard of this Americraft. You got played son. All-Clad is some of the best shit you can get, especially the industrial/foodservice grade cookware.

I stick to Calphalon and Le Creuset