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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #675 on: February 29, 2008, 08:47:23 pm »
Interesting wind power crisis:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/28/1303/48225/299/465497
I guess even an alternative needs a backup, but I also guess that's what you get when you put all of your proverbial eggs in one
basket.
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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #676 on: March 02, 2008, 05:38:33 pm »
Oh! Oh! Something that makes me happy!

Click here... then click here.

Oh, and one more thing. Click me.

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #677 on: March 02, 2008, 09:30:24 pm »
it looks like icanhazcheezburger has some competition...

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« Reply #678 on: March 03, 2008, 12:48:44 pm »
Whoah, this simply has to be the most amazing children's show I've ever seen. Claymation kids meet SATAN!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqi5F5MqqTQ

It's disturbing as I'll get out - maybe something most suitable for Halloween - but I would absolutely recommend that kids watch this. Taken at face value in an areligious context, it is a statement on the wrongness of exercising control over the lives of others, and the wrongness of not valuing the lives and spirit of conscious beings. If I were to examine this in a religious context, I would say that it's a very compelling example of some Gnostic arguments according to which the God of the Old Testament is a being of evil and not a force for good. Not that I'm advocating such a belief here - I won't go into my own convoluted views on that subject here, that sort of thing is for the religion thread - but a study of Gnosticism is great as an intellectual exercise and for developing greater commitment to personal values, regardless of what your worldview is.

The fact that I'd make my kids watch this and write a thesis on it is proof that I should never be a parent. I'd have to balance this out with lots of Thunder Cats or Ninja Turtles.

EDIT: A kind soul at Youtube has informed me that there's way more -- it's from a show called The Adventures of Mark Twain. It was done in the 80s -- one of the finest creative phases in Western pop culture, IMO. I've so got to get a keg of beer and watch this from beginning to end some day. But that's after we finish the Chrono Cross file structure project and the Chrono Trigger tile insertion tutorial. Which will coincidentally require more kegs of beer. 8) I'm such a horrible role model.
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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #679 on: March 03, 2008, 08:06:53 pm »
Whoah, this simply has to be the most amazing children's show I've ever seen. Claymation kids meet SATAN!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqi5F5MqqTQ
it's also amazingly old. I remember watching this years ago. Hell, it was one of the first things i saw on 4chan.

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #680 on: March 04, 2008, 12:30:07 am »
whoa.... i had never seen that before...

2:46 made me laugh, though.

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #681 on: March 05, 2008, 04:15:34 am »
I don't know how much it matters to most of you guy, but earlier today
Gary Gygax, creator of D&D(and therefor most modern RPGs) passed away. Here's to wishing him luck on his journey in the Farplanes.


A fitting tribute.

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #682 on: March 05, 2008, 04:24:45 am »
Yeah. I played D&D only two times, but despite all the nerd stigma and that stuff, it is a phenomenal way of recreation for imaginative people, and the world is a hundred times better for it. Total respect for him; he promoted thoughtful entertainment.

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #683 on: March 05, 2008, 10:28:53 am »
We all owe Gygax some major props for popularizing the RPG phenomenon. Who knows what turn videogames would have taken had tabletop RPGs not existed?

In other news...
Quote from the Globe and Mail in February:
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"...Clinton is finished...It's all downhill from here."



You have to admit, she's doing better than Huckabee.
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« Reply #684 on: March 05, 2008, 03:40:17 pm »
i REFUSE to go into politics because i may turn into the hulk...

but huckabee may be the funniest thing to happen to American politics in a loooooong time.  and i don't mean that as a good thing, OR a bad thing.  that's simply a neutral comment...

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #685 on: March 05, 2008, 04:06:33 pm »
Colbert made Huckabee, Conan made Colbert, John Stewert made Conan, so therefore,

John Stewert made Huckabee!

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #686 on: March 05, 2008, 04:20:06 pm »
Very interesting that both Huckabee and Clinton made appearances on Saturday Night Live and the Daily Show just before this round of elections -- it's probably the best way to get in touch with voters nowadays.

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« Reply #687 on: March 05, 2008, 04:34:24 pm »
...which is almost sad.

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #688 on: March 05, 2008, 06:46:34 pm »

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #689 on: March 05, 2008, 07:12:33 pm »
Have fun with... www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0fvQQtkqoA

WHY?!?! WHY!?!
MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!!  :shock: :shock: :shock:
THIS WILL HAUNT MY DREAMS!!