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| wasssup1990 |
Posted - May 31 2011 : 05:24:42 AM
This is absolutely hilarious!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzrtEYmuQJQ&feature=feedu
Love it! |
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| Aaron Cake |
Posted - Jul 03 2011 : 10:39:06 AM
Problem is that there's the scientist that is one of about 4 people in the world who understands the work. S/he talks to the media rep who maybe has a passing interest in science but has a liberal arts degree, so s/he can talk to the media. So about 2% of what that scientist says is represented accurately. Then the reporter, who has maybe a 2% understanding of what the media rep says, passes the report off to an intern that has about a 10% understanding of what the reporter has tried to communicate. Then it goes through editing, at which point it is made "understandable" so the rest of the public will watch...yeah...that's about right. |
| wasssup1990 |
Posted - Jul 01 2011 : 12:57:37 PM
The media does a poor job at reporting science. People must always trace back to the source.
For example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adAvYK1O-ic
Nuclear explosions through time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r2VIN4M6QU |
| Aaron Cake |
Posted - Jul 01 2011 : 10:26:19 AM
Pretty typical of media and bloggers these days. Note I separate the two, though each one is as bad as the other. I'm always laughing when I hear that "blogging will revolutionize reporting!" when all that bloggers do is copy reports from the mainstream media, and often inaccurately. Now of course the mainstream media is treating bloggers as an actual information source, as well as things like Wikipedia that really are only good for pop-culture reference.
Sadly, with the departure of Jay Ingram, Discovery's "Daily Planet" is going down that road as well. I've heard them utter sentences like "It uses the same power as two one hundred Watt light bulbs" several times in the past few months. So, uh, why not just say "It uses 200W"? Recently they had a report on an engineering student built electric VW bug (complete with wiring so terrifying I wouldn't drive it around the block). When the students told them that it was 96V and would travel for 30KM before being recharged in 3 hours by a standard household outlet, Daily Planet didn't question it. Uh sorry, no, you're not filling 96V 50AH worth of lead from a standard 120V 15A outlet in 3 hours. That math doesn't add up. The fact that they didn't catch that worries me. What else are they missing? And the mainstream general media is a thousand times worse. |
| wasssup1990 |
Posted - Jun 29 2011 : 1:58:06 PM
quote:
Originally posted by wasssup1990
Take a look at this cool mirage in China:
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/mirage-of-a-city-appears-in-huanshan-city-in-east-china/story-fn5fsgyc-1226082498230
Did you fall for it?
http://forums.zerolizard.com/showthread.php/184-Huangshan-City-Mirage-Not-very-incredible-at-all |
| wasssup1990 |
Posted - Jun 28 2011 : 06:11:10 AM
Take a look at this cool mirage in China:
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/mirage-of-a-city-appears-in-huanshan-city-in-east-china/story-fn5fsgyc-1226082498230 |
| wasssup1990 |
Posted - Jun 22 2011 : 11:55:53 PM
Proof the Irish discovered Africa:
http://jrcamenzuli.no-ip.org/Humor/proof_the_irish_discovered_africa.wmv |
| wasssup1990 |
Posted - Jun 22 2011 : 03:36:21 AM
Oooooo la la. Very nice. She's still got it. Fun video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-sxSd1uwoU&feature=feedu
This one's going straight to the front page of my YT channel. Not that I care who vists.  |
| wasssup1990 |
Posted - Jun 21 2011 : 12:36:33 AM
Babies, children... there not so bad. I grew up around lots of little people in my house. When I come home, they see me through the front door and they are like "It's JohnnyYYyYYYYyyy! Let's get him!". Before I knew it I was under a pile of kids in the lounge room. Literally. Babies stop crying and they just stare at me when I am near them and it doesn't matter if their own mother is holding them. Then when I leave they start crying again. Well that was my experience years ago. It's just funny when it happens. Am I really that attractive?
I have completed DNF but I have to say that I really didn't know what to expect before I played it. Now that I have played it I can really see what went wrong. It was basically 3D Realms fault for why it took so long to come out. Thanks to Gearbox software for effectively buying the whole franchise up and finishing off the game. No doubt they would have made a tonne of money from this game, so hopefully they will make a Duke 5 - the rather disappointing cliff-hanger ending seems to indicate so. DNF was nothing special. I was just happy to see it come out so that we can see more duke games. After the release of Duke Nukem Manhattan Project in 2002 I think, things kind of went stagnant.
My sister wants to play it now. 
She'll be in for a shock. The game goes to the extremes, but it's still fun. The strip club is... my favourite level... I think. There should've been more action in this game, like Duke3D! The graphics aren't fantastic but they are still good to look at. The guns are okay. AI is okay as well and so is the physics.
Nvidia 3D vision:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-main.html
I don't think I will ever buy a 3D screen or its relevant hardware just to have those features, if it uses glasses. There are already 3D screens out there (I don't know if they are available yet) that don't require you to wear glasses. I believe Intel demonstrated that they could do it. Now that would be cool! No friggin glasses! |
| Yerboogieman |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 4:19:14 PM
Aaron, could you send me a can of Tim Hortons Coffee? |
| Yerboogieman |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 3:17:36 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U0ZDjnQiXQ |
| Aaron Cake |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 2:42:04 PM
Was it bad that I could tell it was going to be a baby only a few seconds in? No idea how, I just had that feeling. Then it all went downhill from there...
Maybe if I had a computer that would play DNF I would give it a try. I've not really played a game in years, besides The 7th Guest (still can't get that crotch-licking-fecal-eating microscope puzzle solved!).
3D sounds cool. I should do a 3D Cosmo episode. |
| wasssup1990 |
Posted - Jun 11 2011 : 12:45:37 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Aaron Cake
Oh, it's about his kid. Good for him, but I dislike children and especially babies.
It's also a sign of the impending apocalypse that Duke Nukem Forever is released.
Awwww, you dislike babies and children? Hehe. Actually I wasn't interested in the baby but the way he described his "project" which turned out to be a baby. WTF!
DNF:
It's actually a pretty good game. The graphics are quite nice and the humour is definitely there. Lots of boobies babes, only this time they are in full 3D and not pixelated as in the 1997 game. The game is one of the first to support 3D glasses for the PC, although I don't have the hardware for that. To be honest, I am enjoying it and look forward to playing some at the end of each day. It's everything you expect for a Duke game of this era. Some people on forums give me the impression that they expected some kind of re-make of Duke3D. There's lots of reminders in the game of Duke3D and of other games and movies around 1997 such as "I'm from Las Vegas and I say kill 'em all!" and "Good, bad... I'm the guy with the gun." - Starship Troopers(Movie) and Blood(Game) respectively. |
| Aaron Cake |
Posted - Jun 11 2011 : 11:04:55 AM
Oh, it's about his kid. Good for him, but I dislike children and especially babies.
It's also a sign of the impending apocalypse that Duke Nukem Forever is released. |
| wasssup1990 |
Posted - Jun 11 2011 : 06:37:43 AM
LMAO! I thought this guy was all about blowing... things up!
Now look at his new... toy video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTD8P1FAflY&feature=feedu |
| wasssup1990 |
Posted - Jun 07 2011 : 10:40:21 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Yerboogieman
My friend played the demo and said the demo was quick and missed a lot of stuff.
I still have my reciept from 1999 from Gamestop. They'd better give me my game.
LOL! Let me know if they accept your receipt... If you don't mind me asking.
I wonder how many others still have their pre-order. I have a pre-order but it was placed two weeks ago. 
Hey!
Steam is now allowing me to "PRE-LOAD" DNF! WooOOoooo! I'll be up till midnight waiting for it. Great timing though - right before my exams.  |
