Interesting Videos Thread

[Sapphire]

I'm tired of clogging up "The Internet" with unfunny videos. Perhaps, one day, "Funny" videos and "Interesting" videos will join hands together and not look upon each other in prejudice. Perhaps, videos will not be judged by their genre but by the contents of their character!

Anyway, here's a super cool video. I am absolutely in loved with Hip Hopized Japanese culture.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSFyrrhKj1Q&ob=av2e

[Buffalobiian]

I think this thread is redundent. The Funny Videos thread has its share of unfunny videos, and we've even had input in the past about that. After the reply that the Funny Vid thread is practically just a Video thread (which is alright), it was never brought up again. I think Animeniax was the one who brought up how videos were unfunny, and Xan replied.

If this sets a precedence, it justifies things like "The Horror Video thread" or "The Movie Trailer Video thread".

[rockmanj]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/09/23/140704746/whats-he-saying-bahh-or-fahh-a-brain-mystery?sc=fb&cc=fp

This is pretty interesting. I wonder if it works with people whose languages have no differentiation between 'b' and 'f'.

[Sapphire]

I know some people who simply can't hear the differentiation between words with a slightly different pronunciation, because their accents just don't pronounce words that way.

This British guy I know accidentally said N-*** instead of Nigga, because he couldn't hear the difference in normal spoken word. At all. No matter how much it was explained to him.

[David75]

Thing is our linguistic brain evolution almost totally stops after the age of 4 or 5. Or it becomes incredibly less efficient in deciphering and registering new linguistic sounds.
So I can understand why your british guy can't comprehend even after being explained. This also explains why it's so hard to learn languages that are too different from your natural one regarding sounds, rythm and intonations.

Regarding the McGurk effect, it worked on me. But I might be even more affected than anyone else, because since English isn't my natural language, I need to read on the lips even more than you do even in that video since it's presented in English. But even then, the sounds are so simple that I'm ashamed it worked that well. Closing my eyes proved how stupidly efficient this is...

[Animeniax]

I know some people who simply can't hear the differentiation between words with a slightly different pronunciation, because their accents just don't pronounce words that way.

This British guy I know accidentally said N-*** instead of Nigga, because he couldn't hear the difference in normal spoken word. At all. No matter how much it was explained to him.Don't most Brits pronounce words that end in "a" with an "ar" sound? So saying "ni**a" will end up sounding like the actual word.

[XanBcoo]

Don't most Brits pronounce words that end in "a" with an "ar" sound? So saying "ni**a" will end up sounding like the actual word.
I'm not really sure I understand your question, but it depends on the accent. RP/Queen's English deletes all Rs unless they are followed by a vowel but other accents pronounce the R. Yorkshire, Bristol, and Somerset accents, for example.

Somerset accent (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBvUfLUtaXM)

Here's a full distribution of rhotic and non-rhotic English accents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhotic_and_non-rhotic_accents#Distribution)



http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/09/23/140704746/whats-he-saying-bahh-or-fahh-a-brain-mystery?sc=fb&cc=fp

This is pretty interesting. I wonder if it works with people whose languages have no differentiation between 'b' and 'f'.
I'm curious to see how Spanish speakers would interpret it. Most Spanish dialects do not differentiate between b and v.

Edit: I vote we make one big "Video" megathread.
Edit 2: I haven't had a Linguistics Boner this hard since I graduated from college.

[Sapphire]

I heard "fah" like two times but the rest of the time I heard "bah".

Me = defective....?

[Edort4]

I keep hearing "bah" but its true that when he motions his teeth for a "fah" the sound feels weird, it made me feel uncomfortable.

[XanBcoo]

Strange video from a Hertzog documentary wherein a penguin goes insane and runs off into the mountains to die:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI3u7g8PPEA&feature=related

Hertzog tries to alleviate the situation by asking about gay penguins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipxaoVpuE-I#t=816s

[Sapphire]

This would make a good Zoloft commercial.

Or Happy Feet.

-

It is extremely interesting to me that some people can go out into the wilderness, by themselves or with a minimal amount of people, and just live with it for months or even years at a time. No TV, maybe some books. Just them and the study.

-

Crazy dog vs. people beating the shit out of each other?!?!?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kH7JfsIqzQ&lc=TjljZk5R3sC-yF5OzqoUCFIj_i1cvL8iWR3g2K8Q2P8&feature=inbox

[KrayZ33]

they are trying to beat the shit out of the dog, the man in white tries to help the other man
watch carefully at the beginning, the dog is the agressor and no one else

so either something has happened outside the screen, or the dog is just agressive as fuck

[darkshadow]

Why didn't they just kick it in it's stupid dog face?

[KrayZ33]

i dont get that either,...

edit: funny, at around 0:48 it looks like the dog vanished

[Marik]

Why is there a dog in the barber shop to begin with? lol @ that one dude looks like he's slapboxing with the dog.

[KrayZ33]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl0Cfm3AF2k&feature=related

so thats what happened :D

[Sapphire]

It bites the shit out of that guys leg at :47. It seemed pissed.

Or happy? Its tail was wagging.

[Marik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl0Cfm3AF2k&feature=related

so thats what happened :D

They should've curb stomped that dude that led it in there.

[Sapphire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4MhbkWJzKk&feature=feedu

Worth a watch. For sure.

[Animeniax]

They should've curb stomped that dude that led it in there.You guys all remind me of this guy with your harsh words:

965

[XanBcoo]

I would have used my level 9 katakana on the dog and followed it up with some taijutsu. Wtf were those losers doing?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4MhbkWJzKk&feature=feedu

Worth a watch. For sure.
Watched the first few minutes and thought it sounded familiar. Then I realized I've read that guy's book and just didn't recognize his name, hah.

At any rate, it is definitely worth a watch. Not for any scientific knowledge, but just as a basic understanding of how things work. I wish more people could think critically like this.

[Buffalobiian]

I would have used my level 9 katakana on the dog and followed it up with some taijutsu. Wtf were those losers doing?


Watched the first few minutes and thought it sounded familiar. Then I realized I've read that guy's book and just didn't recognize his name, hah.

At any rate, it is definitely worth a watch. Not for any scientific knowledge, but just as a basic understanding of how things work. I wish more people could think critically like this.

I think like that guy, and I get bashed by my family all the time for doing so. Just because "the Dr on TV said this" or the "dietitian on the radio said that", and the "newspaper journalist said so", it must be right - and I'm being defiant and stubborn for thinking otherwise.

The Funnel plot was an interesting device that I haven't seen before. Too bad it's not really something we can compile for ourselves as readers since the "standard error" isn't really something we can determine.

[Buffalobiian]

A Texas family law judge who was secretly videotaped while viciously beating his teen daughter seven years ago won't face criminal charges because too much time has passed, police revealed.

William Adams likely would have faced charges of causing injury to a child or other assault-related offences for the savage 2004 beating of his then-16-year-old daughter Hillary.

But the five-year statutes of limitations expired so the Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge probably won't be charged for beating the cerebral palsy sufferer, Rockport Police Chief Tim Jayroe said.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057419/Judge-William-Adams-beat-disabled-daughter-Hillary-video-WONT-charged.html#ixzz1cph3TILc


Seems he'll be let off by the law, but may lose his job due to Judicial Conduct. Review of the statutes of limitations?

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

It starts.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4jYdCaHrjQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1hshiMITH4&feature=related

[Janice]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSwmTrgrwo8

[Janice]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjQr3lRACPI

[Killa-Eyez]

The movie "Monsters" meets "Drunkest Guy Ever".

[David75]

Even if you don't like cars, try to watch this very short video:

http://www.autojunk.nl/2011/12/spectaculair-close-call

[Animeniax]

Even if you don't like cars, try to watch this very short video:

http://www.autojunk.nl/2011/12/spectaculair-close-call

The ad for Need for Speed was almost longer than the video. And racing in a drop top? That guy must want to die.

[Nadouku]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

You know what animals are badass? Honey Badgers.

[Buffalobiian]

Looks like the only thing other people won't steal are King Cobras (why the badger doesn't just attack the thieves too.. I have no idea).

First time I've heard of anyone getting "stung" by a snake. xD - but sleeping off the poison was pretty sick.

[Animeniax]

You know what animals are badass? Honey Badgers.
That is awesome, the guy's narration is hilarious.

@Buff: you mean as opposed to being "bitten" by a snake?

[Sapphire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbp3iff5OOc&feature=related

the fuck???????? and how did that baby not DROWN?

Linked; NSFW

[Buffalobiian]

This is long, so watch it in your own time..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=es6U00LMmC4

And someone's counter:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAwNBbZcwpA

[Animeniax]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbp3iff5OOc&feature=related

the fuck???????? and how did that baby not DROWN?

Linked; NSFW

Babies spend most of their first 9 months of life floating in amniotic fluid, so they can breath fine in liquid suspension. Only once they enter our world do they lose this valuable ability. Now if only science could harness this ability to make it possible for people to breath underwater without mechanical assistance. What a world that would be!

[Buffalobiian]

Babies get their oxygen through the placenta. Their lungs are filled with liquid during pregnancy, but they don't breath with them.

[Sapphire]

I thought the shock of birth inflated their lungs and caused them to breathe air. Couldn't they easily get shocked into breathing submerged in water?

[Sapphire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdkNn3Ei-Lg
OMG The kid is so good at writing, inspirational story, <33333

Artistic genius moved through tragedy!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA8kf2Ygt4M&feature=related
spoilers below:
wtfsnottynosedobnoxiouskid ugh wtf thought he was awesome for a 14 year old wtfwtf just a typical snotty nosed kid UGH.

[Sapphire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUFWq_V86Ug

[Sapphire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ybxQJd5QwQ&feature=autoplay&list=UL27f1xPdDHjk&lf=mfu_in_order&playnext=1

North Korean slaves in Siberia.

[Marik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGC-_o6QteU

[Sapphire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETGDPlcE-NE&feature=g-u&context=G23b3f66FUAAAAHgAYAA

How do they not get high while making it with no gloves, etc?

THAT IS SO GHETTO

[Buffalobiian]

I'm more amazed that they mixed all that stuff in plastic buckets...

[Sapphire]

I like how they use spoons and old shirts. Top quality merchandise!

[Janice]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaNBuqSuNqk

These people are absolutely insane

[KrayZ33]

where is that? the landscape looks awesome
and the clear-water made me fetch something to drink.

[Sapphire]

Whole cocaine video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MtxWQPGGge0

[Sapphire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuXuTWye6p0&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
If you get bit by an anaconda omg~!

[Animeniax]

Wow, talk about a complete lack of respect for the animal and it's habitat. These idiot "scientists" waded right in and got punked by that snake.

[Nadouku]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj6DK_WX7Yc

This guy's pretty good.

[Xelbair]

That was awesome.

[Sapphire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82psajSIQTY

I watched this in class. American soldiers watched this video before they went into war during WWII.

[Uchiha Barles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82psajSIQTY

I watched this in class. American soldiers watched this video before they went into war during WWII.

I'm not quite sure what to think about this. After watching it, all I see is a video about a clearly different people with a different culture, detailing the leader in what is almost certainly a 1-sided, biased fashion. I guess if I had gone through basic training and all the molding that comes with it, the video might have a different effect.

[Animeniax]

The Americans must have been scared shitless watching that video before heading to war. "He and his brother soldiers are as much alike as photographic prints off the same negative..." Fighting fucking clones man, there's no hope of winning.

[Sapphire]

I'm not quite sure what to think about this. After watching it, all I see is a video about a clearly different people with a different culture, detailing the leader in what is almost certainly a 1-sided, biased fashion. I guess if I had gone through basic training and all the molding that comes with it, the video might have a different effect.

I think your first sentence is the biggest point of the video. I think the whole point of the video is to make the Japanese seem inherently different in every crucial way, less human, even. Anti-freedom, hive-minded, anti-democratic, etc. Easier to kill when they conflict your every American ideal.

[Uchiha Barles]

I think your first sentence is the biggest point of the video. I think the whole point of the video is to make the Japanese seem inherently different in every crucial way, less human, even. Anti-freedom, hive-minded, anti-democratic, etc. Easier to kill when they conflict your every American ideal.

For the life of me, I cannot see how the video was successful in doing that. At it's best, it made me respect the resilience of Japanese soldiers, and love some of the pretty costumes and dances. At its worse, it made me want to see the emperor dead, but even this feeling existed only momentarily before the application of any higher form of thinking. I wish I could see testimony of how actual soldiers of the era responded to this.

[Sapphire]

Really? I took the confusing, random juxtaposition of senseless (alien) cultural images as an attempt at fearmongering. We tend to marginalize China and Iraq in the same way these days.

But yes, the "stereotypical" image of the Japanese mindframe has twisted and taken a turn for the positive since the turn of the 21st century, especially from an economic and technological stand point.

[Animeniax]

Given the amount of weeabooism prevalent on these forums, a video aimed at deriding the Japanese will probably not have the same affect as it has for combat soldiers heading into battle with imperial Japan.

[Uchiha Barles]

Yeah, pretty much. Except I'd like to think that I know I'm not being told the whole story when what I'm watching is a 10 minute "documentary" designed to give me insight on the minds of a strange people.

[Sapphire]

Understandable, since you are viewing the film from a 2012 mentality that is generally informed about the nuances of Japanese culture.

The documentary definitely poisons the well by the disclaimer at the beginning:

"Yes, there are Japanese in our country, but they're the good ones who work hard and believe in freedom like us. Now let us show you the horrifying lives of the Japs over in the Japan - our enemies".

The WWII American public didn't have the access to explanations of Japanese cultural iconography like we do - so the nonsensical battering of images that they see, of dragon worship, high tempo marching, and rice milling, can only be seen as demonic and freakish, and therefore a threat.

I mean, dayum, that production value. I felt like I was watching The Ring.

[David75]

Nowadays, I'm pretty sure you could select quite a lot of people with the same kind of propaganda to send them to Iran for example.

Everyone makes use of that, even in peace times, only it is a lot less stronger.

[Sapphire]

IRL anime girl!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=FQr0Hk_R6fQ

[Buffalobiian]

IRL anime girl!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=FQr0Hk_R6fQ

:3

Perhaps it's due to how close she looks to anime depictions that the first thing I noticed was the one thing she couldn't compensate for (and if she couldn't do it... probably no one can without sacrificing other things)...

... hair volume...

She flings her hair back for the back shots, and pulls it in front of her for the frontal shots. Both look good, but you can't have that much hair at both the front and back at the same time. Anime-hair is pretty crazy like that.

And if you DID have that much hair IRL.. to tops of your head will be unmanageable (and less good looking I'd gather).

I'm obliged to watch her "big, curly twintails" video, so I did. :p

[shinta|hikari]

2d beats 3d anytime, even if 3d tries to copy it as much as it can.

[Sapphire]

Her hair's particularly thin, but volumous hair is plenty achievable through the magics of hair engineering.

IMO she was showing you two different hair styles anyway, not necessarily trying to do the double duty.

[darkshadow]

I hate how stupid her face looked most of the time, and how she was pointing her toes towards each other; just fucking stand normally...I hate it when people do that.

[Buffalobiian]

Her hair's particularly thin, but volumous hair is plenty achievable through the magics of hair engineering.



And if you DID have that much hair IRL.. to tops of your head will be unmanageable (and less good looking I'd gather).

I actually like her hair volume right now.

[Sapphire]

What you mentioned isn't really an unmanageable issue in this day and age.

[Animeniax]

I hate how stupid her face looked most of the time, and how she was pointing her toes towards each other; just fucking stand normally...I hate it when people do that.

Pigeon-toeing is an affliction, but these silly weeaboos think it's cute so they pretend to have it. Try walking with that shit, bitch.

[Sapphire]

Apparently there's an entire section of Youtube dedicated to lolicons:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mU8MvMwSsg&list=UUIyMwXronD5pT5cx-G_KSHA&index=10&feature=plcp

[Sapphire]

Pigeon-toeing is an affliction, but these silly weeaboos think it's cute so they pretend to have it. Try walking with that shit, bitch.

It's pretty hard NOT to stand like that in six inch heels, as I discovered last night.

Found a mean (http://encyclopediadramatica.ch/Kotakoti) article about her. D: Why can't people just be happy for prettiness?

[darkshadow]

I thought that article was pretty hilarious, explains why I felt she had a stupid face. And hey at least she was standing normally in those...odd pictures.

[Assertn]

2d beats 3d anytime, even if 3d tries to copy it as much as it can.

This is the most forever-alone-esque comment I've seen on the forums in quite some time.

[Buffalobiian]

Look after your body... or...shit happens....bad shit happens... (disgusting vids below, should you wish to test yourself).

http://youtu.be/nldHGkLw2Zw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbYyOxbBAnk&feature=player_detailpage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvLEC7YvwuU&feature=player_detailpage

I watched these in mystified fascination, but I'd imagine I'd get pretty uncomfortable in real life when there's the smell and glistening moisture to go with it all..

[Ryllharu]

Ugh. For the second one...how do you get them out?!

I'm guessing the third one is a goner.

[dragonrage]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaNBuqSuNqk

These people are absolutely insane

this is awesome, I really want to go riding there (need to do maintenance on my bike first )

Damn it's in Austria, to far. Wish they had something like this close by, but sadly even if there was it would be closed for safety issues, sighs.

[KrayZ33]

http://www.wimp.com/welcomeearth/

Planet Earth kicks ass.
I enjoy watching these videos. I feel like I'm missing out so many things.

[darkshadow]

That was one hell of a badass video; we should beam that into space for aliens to enjoy.

[Killa-Eyez]

Might attract some f'd up aliens though. ;p Awesome vid. Especially the awesome waterjet diving vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM8kEHjQz9U) and the awesome skydiving/gliding vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k) stood out for me. Great dubstep remix also.

Edit:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzw

[dragonrage]

Sky gliding looks like one hell of a trill ride. I want to try it, it certainly gets my heart pumping just watching but also scares me. Have a short life expectancy doing it doesn't help either. If I don't settle down, definitely doing it. Sweet videos.

[Penner]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjPv8SRr5Vo

Seems somewhat hard to control, but pretty cool anyway.

[Buffalobiian]

Reposted from Xel's link on IRC. Interesting watch for if you're interested in a bit of history about how video-game distribution or marketing ideas changed with the emergence of the internet.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GOMI0BxB0yA#!

[Killa-Eyez]

All over my facebook updates:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LFZJ1CM_xI

FB wallpost from Japanzine Magazine "Otaku Heaven (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150850162212149&set=a.125116597148.108448.48619067148&type=3)":

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/555457_10150850162212149_48619067148_9964860_19297 93816_n.jpg

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Row 1: Nintendo FDS, Sega Master System II, Atari 7800, Nec PC-Engine CD-Rom2, NES-001, NES-101.
Row 2: Nintendo SFC, Sega Genesis, SNK Neo Geo AES, JVC X'Eye, Nec TurboGrafx-16, SNES.
Row 3: Sega Genesis 2, Sega Saturn, Panasonic FZ-10 3DO, Nec PC Engine Duo RX, Sony PS, Atari Jaguar.
Row 4: Sega Dreamcast, SNK Neo Geo CD, MS Xbox, Sony PS2, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube.

[darkshadow]

That SFC could very easily also just be a PAL SNES.

[Killa-Eyez]

Can't tell if it's the PAL version. It's more likely to be a Japanese NTSC SFC as the dude sounds American. But visually there's no difference between the EU PAL SNES and the Japanese SFC.

[Animeniax]

I see the PS3 in the upper right corner, but is the X360 still in the GoW3 collector's box?

[Buffalobiian]

I see the PS3 in the upper right corner, but is the X360 still in the GoW3 collector's box?

He said the 360 was in another room because his son plays with it. Doesn't eliminate whether there's another one boxed somewhere though. It's interesting that this guy collects consoles because "they're an awesome console", but I can't seem to see how he arrives at that conclusion when he doesn't really seem to play them much.

[Animeniax]

He said the 360 was in another room because his son plays with it. Doesn't eliminate whether there's another one boxed somewhere though. It's interesting that this guy collects consoles because "they're an awesome console", but I can't seem to see how he arrives at that conclusion when he doesn't really seem to play them much.

He probably played them more when they were the big thing on the market and there were new and innovative games for them.

[Buffalobiian]

0@Buffalobiian: I wonder if anybody has an x-ray titty fetish..

This comes pretty close...

(perhaps NSFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVAdCKaU3vY

[KrayZ33]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhMmgt9xh6U&list=UU-fSuGad4hbzZjphsZc_AFA&index=1&feature=plcp

They don't get much better than this one
its amazing isn't it?

I'm totally in love with it

[Animeniax]

Goddamn that's beautiful and awesome!!!! Very moving and gets your blood racing.

[Buffalobiian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDSdg09df8&feature=endscreen&NR=1

[Animeniax]

Precision walking:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4p0DsVPkyZg

[Alhuin]

I thought for sure there was a more recent "hottest babes" thread than the one last posted in in 2011, but it seems that's not the case, and I don't want to be a thread necromancer. I stumbled upon a .gif of a clip from this video, and I made it my mission to find it. I don't care what anyone else says, Kate Beckinsale is definitely one of the hottest women alive, so this video has to be shared.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwu2j0r4z3g

[Animeniax]

She's definitely hot, but further proof that it takes more than a hot chick to make a terrible movie worth watching, ie pretty much every movie she's been in.

[Buffalobiian]

She's definitely hot, but further proof that it takes more than a hot chick to make a terrible movie worth watching, ie pretty much every movie she's been in.

The first Underworld was an enjoyable watch, but my memory might be confusing it with Blade. Sarah Michelle Gellar would have given her a run for her money in her prime IMO, but I will have to side with Kate if I go by recent google images.

[Alhuin]

I enjoyed the Underworld movies. They may not be "worth" watching, but, even if they are "terrible", it's entertaining to me. Besides, she's pretty damn hot in that skin-tight leather.

As for her other films... I've only seen a handful, but I do agree that most aren't that good. I know a lot of people that like "Serendipity", though that may just be for John Cusack.

[Animeniax]

I enjoyed the Underworld movies. They may not be "worth" watching, but, even if they are "terrible", it's entertaining to me. Besides, she's pretty damn hot in that skin-tight leather.

As for her other films... I've only seen a handful, but I do agree that most aren't that good. I know a lot of people that like "Serendipity", though that may just be for John Cusack.

I watched Underworld expressly to see KB in that skin-tight leather outfit, but it was a pretty bad movie.

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

http://youtu.be/lTVwJnW_U7M

Trailer for the new Coen brothers flick, 'Inside Llewyn Davis'.

This movie has everything; Coen Brothers, Folk Music, NYC in the '60s, Lawn chairs dipped in concrete, applejuice coated strip-polls, snowmen disguised as midgets..... everything.

[KrayZ33]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXX7dRULFaE

another AMV, looks gorgeous if you ask me.

in terms of synchronisation and graphics this one certainly wins the internet, Shaft provided some damn fine material

[Sapphire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6fdr-Fiv92c

Oh gawd, dis music.

It sounds just as good EVEN BETTER live.

Live link (http://www.hulu.com/watch/502038)

[Dark Dragon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DZrjXSsfxMQ#at=165

[Buffalobiian]

That's cool. Things that pop into mind:

1) Durability: how durable the layer is, such that you'll know when to reapply before it's too late
2) Breath-ability: Will the shirt/shoes breath, or will it feel like you're wearing a plastic bag? Does it harden the fibres?
3) If my shirt resists fluids, does that mean it won't absorb any sweat from me? That could be both a good and bad thing.

[Dark Dragon]

From the website

"NeverWet™ coatings have remained under seawater for over a year and reemerged completely dry."

Certain things like skin oil and soap will wash it off, so you can actually rub it off just by using your hands.

Most of the compound in the stuff is no more toxic than spray paints, which isn't to say that it's safe. I wouldn't go about spraying this stuff on cookwares. There's need for more research into the actual safety of the product.

The coat it leaves is not clear either, you'll get a layer of filmy residue. Overall though, there's plenty of practical applications for a product like this.

I would also imagine that it wouldn't work on all surfaces. the shirt they used it on looks like Microfiber so something with a lower thread count might not give enough support for a firm layer.

[Sapphire]

Amazing new product!

So any hydrophobic solvent will dissolve the Neverwet layers (oils).

AMAZING, I NEED THIS!!!!
Too bad it probably doesn't work on paintings.

[Buffalobiian]

Amazing new product!

So any hydrophobic solvent will dissolve the Neverwet layers (oils).

AMAZING, I NEED THIS!!!!
Too bad it probably doesn't work on paintings.

Give it a clear acrylic spray first, then apply.

[Sapphire]

That's too risky! No way it can be used on an oil painting. :/

[Buffalobiian]

That's too risky! No way it can be used on an oil painting. :/

The acrylic spray shouldn't do anything to the oil painting... except stop it from drying out properly if it's still wet.

edit: then again, (with current info) I would never spray my figures with this stuff.. so I can see what you mean.

[Buffalobiian]

I want to be better at medicine.
I want to be better at football.

But more than the above, I want to be better like this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUwN2uLtGg4&feature=player_detailpage

My excuse is that I won't find games fun anymore if I'm as good as that. :p

[Animeniax]

I want to be better at medicine.
I want to be better at football.

But more than the above, I want to be better like this:

My excuse is that I won't find games fun anymore if I'm as good as that. :p

It's said that you have to spend 10000 hours at anything in order to master it. Assuming 8 hours a day, that's 1250 days, or 3.5 years of 8 hours of practice a day. I think the fact that it takes a lot less practice to be that good at MP FPS means it's not a worthwhile skill to "master".

[Alhuin]

I thought about placing this in the "What are you listening to now" thread, but the execution warranted it to be much more "interesting".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8B9NqI_DuA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Animeniax]

I miss these Gap clothing ads from the late 90s and early 2000s. They were interesting and catchy. I'll always remember the bouncy chick from around 16 seconds in this one:


http://www.metacafe.com/watch/104012/gap_khaki_soul/

[Ryllharu]

This video gave me a science boner.


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http://youtu.be/0UjWqQPWmsY


They did a full flight yesterday reaching orbit with the second stage while the first stage made a successful "touch down" in the ocean. Proof of concept at full scale, they don't intend to recover it at least on this flight, but it hit the ocean at a safe speed, like this. No videos of that yet. Musk says they're going out in the ocean (in rough seas) to see if they can find it.

edit:

The new model also successfully deployed a set of landing legs before it gently splashed down.

[Carnage]

Cool video, but what's the significance?

[Ryllharu]

SpaceX will be the first company to retro-rocket a first stage of an orbital rocket back to a recoverable and reusable condition. Cost savings are enormous. Also badass.

It's like 1950s pulp scifi where the rocket lands on an asteroid nose-up and the astronaut zaps up some aliens with his ray gun to rescue a bombshell space princess, then takes off.

Rocket first stages are all dumped in the ocean or smash into bits in Altai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altai_Republic) (edit: and some bits in New Mexico desert). 1949-present, but not for long.

[Animeniax]

That looks like they just played the video in reverse after the launch to show it "landing" safely.



Just kidding :p That's pretty amazing, being able to launch and land safely. Hopefully they can use the same system to safely land craft on other worlds, and not just to recover the launch rockets on Earth. As of the last Mars mission, they were still parachuting and bouncing landing craft and hoping it survives the crash.

[Ryllharu]

As of the last Mars mission, they were still parachuting and bouncing landing craft and hoping it survives the crash.

Curiosity was a hybrid retro-rocket crane system. It's too heavy for parachutes. In general, Mars' atmosphere is too thin to drop them. Crane blasted it's retros and lowered rover to surface...then it crashed a ways off.

[Animeniax]

Curiosity was a hybrid retro-rocket crane system. It's too heavy for parachutes. In general, Mars' atmosphere is too thin to drop them. Crane blasted it's retros and lowered rover to surface...then it crashed a ways off.

Right I forgot about that. I remember it was different from previous landings. They did use parachutes but they also needed the retro rockets because as you said the payload was too heavy for parachutes alone in that atmosphere. But it would be nice to be able to touchdown smoothly and calmly instead of any type of release and crash landing.

It's amazing what SpaceX is doing, though I'm slightly concerned about private business taking on endeavors such as space travel. Will we see "SpaceX" etched into the surface of the moon and viewable from Earth in the next few years?

[Ryllharu]

It's amazing what SpaceX is doing, though I'm slightly concerned about private business taking on endeavors such as space travel. Will we see "SpaceX" etched into the surface of the moon and viewable from Earth in the next few years?
My opinion has always been, "At least someone is doing it."

When the US gov't won't fund NASA, I'm thrilled that the Russians are still reliable as ever, and have great hopes for the Chinese and Indians.

NASA will just start paying SpaceX instead of Roscosmos once the Dragon capsule is man-rated. I'm also of the opinion that breaking the old contractors will be a good thing. Hamilton-Sundstrand and Alliant Techsystems in particular. They throw shitfits every time another company comes up with a cheaper and/or better design for their aerospace projects. The SLS (Space Launch System) is loaded to the gills with pork.

Elon Musk has his head in the right place. Make it cheap and reliable.

Disclosure: I don't work for any of these companies or their competitors. I'm just a fan of space exploration.

[Animeniax]

My opinion has always been, "At least someone is doing it."

When the US gov't won't fund NASA, I'm thrilled that the Russians are still reliable as ever, and have great hopes for the Chinese and Indians.

NASA will just start paying SpaceX instead of Roscosmos once the Dragon capsule is man-rated. I'm also of the opinion that breaking the old contractors will be a good thing. Hamilton-Sundstrand and Alliant Techsystems in particular. They throw shitfits every time another company comes up with a cheaper and/or better design for their aerospace projects. The SLS (Space Launch System) is loaded to the gills with pork.

Elon Musk has his head in the right place. Make it cheap and reliable.

Disclosure: I don't work for any of these companies or their competitors. I'm just a fan of space exploration.
Great points. It's not that I think the government is the best backer for any endeavor. While companies like Google or even SpaceX
are advancing humanity and technology and exploration, when they become so big that they effectively control policy and discourse on their relative fields then it becomes a concern. If SpaceX works under the auspices of NASA, then that's ideal.

[Buffalobiian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlYClniDFkM

Coming Soon!

[Edort4]

Having access to all the e-mails of the world saves a lot of work. :D

[Buffalobiian]

https://youtu.be/Xdfrjbsd9fU

This is the guy who goes off on his own in horror movies.

[shinta|hikari]

I mean, crocodiles aren't really that hard to escape if you see them right in front of you. They are mostly ambush predators.

[Buffalobiian]

I mean, crocodiles aren't really that hard to escape if you see them right in front of you. They are mostly ambush predators.

He didn't see that one on the right until the last second.

He was looking at the ones further away through the viewfinder.

Dunno if that last debris throw put off the croc's lunge or not.

[Kraco]

The other people were screaming warnings to him, but he simply arrogantly ignored it all. I almost wish he had lost his camera to the croc.

[Ryllharu]

Crocodilians are exceptional ambush predators, just like the great cats.

This was as stupid as turning your back on one of the great cats. They're all opportunists. They'll go for it. People like to make a big deal about how you can just tape a gator or croc's mouth shut because they have a weak open force. But they're more than capable of doing a very quick death roll and twist your arm off in a few seconds if they do get you.

The more you resist, a natural instinct, the more effective their spin is.

[Buffalobiian]

"The Last Samurai of the Far North: Tanikawa Rokuya, Neurosurgeon" (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/4003175/?cid=wohk-fb-org_vod_Professionals_dps-202301-001&fbclid=IwAR2G2CFzyTDxV3SILEqr4sxpUrnkR0LZsqr6AoliD wnLgcpn4ICJN69zg3A)

Long video. No idea what this guy's complication rate is (but apparently the relapse rate is 0% - whatever relapse is referring to). About as close to Monster (https://myanimelist.net/anime/19/Monster)as you're going to get in real life I'd say.

[shinta|hikari]

Team Medical Dragon.

[MFauli]

"The Last Samurai of the Far North: Tanikawa Rokuya, Neurosurgeon" (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/4003175/?cid=wohk-fb-org_vod_Professionals_dps-202301-001&fbclid=IwAR2G2CFzyTDxV3SILEqr4sxpUrnkR0LZsqr6AoliD wnLgcpn4ICJN69zg3A)

Long video. No idea what this guy's complication rate is (but apparently the relapse rate is 0% - whatever relapse is referring to). About as close to Monster (https://myanimelist.net/anime/19/Monster)as you're going to get in real life I'd say.

Watching this made me almost cry. This man is such an astoundingly skilled human being, I couldn't do that even if I lived to 1000 years. He's a different species compared to me. These people ought to be treated like superstars, like gods, and yet they go to their hospital in the morning and go home in the evening like everyone else. Wow.

I want to say thank you into the online void, maybe it somehow reaches him.