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Interesting Non-Game Stuff

Started by Strolen Dec 25, 2005 412 posts Locked

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    #41
    The Rules Of Bureaucracy

    1. Preserve thyself.

    2. It is easier to fix the blame than to fix the problem.

    3. A penny saved is an oversight.

    4. Information deteriorates upward.

    5. The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time; the last 10% takes the other 90%.

    6. Experience is what you get just after you need it.

    7. For any given large, complex, hard-to-understand, expensive problem, there exists at least one short, simple, easy, cheap wrong answer.

    8. Anything that can be changed will be, until time runs out.

    9. To err is human; to shrug is civil service.

    10. There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over.

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    #42
    http://www.archaeology.org/0703/abstracts/antikythera.html

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    #43
    Strolen: Perhaps you should include headers to make the linking system work inside the forum too?

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    #44
    It works just fine if you don't put the brackets around it.

    I don't like modifying the actual forum code because then the automated updates won't work.

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    #45
    http://thirdeyedumb.com/2007/04/egg_stacker.html

    BEHOLD! The Amazing Egg Stacker! Bow thee down in Reverance!

    (do you think this guy would like omelettes?)



    On a seperate note...WE NEED A STROLEN BUS OF OUR OWN!!! OH GOD DO WE EVER!!!!

    http://thirdeyedumb.com/2007/04/bus_advertising.html

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    #46
    First habitable Earth like planet outside Solar System discovered

    Yes, ladies and gentlemen, that's the news of today.

    The planet has a radius only 50 percent larger than Earth and is very likely to contain liquid water on its surface.

    “We have estimated that the mean temperature of this super-Earth lies between 0 and 40 degrees Celsius, and water would thus be liquid,” said Stéphane Udry from the Geneva Observatory, Switzerland and lead-author of the paper in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.

    “Moreover, its radius should be only 1.5 times the Earth’s radius, and models predict that the planet should be either rocky – like our Earth – or covered with oceans,” he said.

    “Liquid water is critical to life as we know it and because of its temperature and relative proximity, this planet will most probably be a very important target of the future space missions dedicated to the search for extra-terrestrial life. On the treasure map of the Universe, one would be tempted to mark this planet with an X,” added Xavier Delfosse, a member of the team from Grenoble University, France.

    According to the research team, the host star, Gliese 581, is among the 100 closest stars to us, located only 20.5 light-years away in the constellation Libra (“the Scales”).

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    #47
    Quick!!  We must settle it and exploit the resources!  Drill for oil, mine for gold!

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    #48
    we live in interesting times.

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    #49

    Quick!!  We must settle it and exploit the resources!  Drill for oil, mine for gold!


    Earth First!  We can strip mine the other planets later!

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    #50
    He who controls the spice controls the universe!!

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    #51

    Earth First!  We can strip mine the other planets later!


    You know, "Earth First" might be a great name for a 'nationalist'/planetarist movement one distant day from now.

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    #52

    [quote author=Wulfhere link=topic=2808.msg53510#msg53510 date=1177454129]
    Earth First!  We can strip mine the other planets later!


    You know, "Earth First" might be a great name for a 'nationalist'/planetarist movement one distant day from now.
    You know, I think it was on an episode of "Enterprise," only they used the Latin phrase "Terra Prima."
    Edit: Actually, they call it "Terra Prime," which is just broken Latin and means the same thing.

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    #53
    http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

    Welcome to the Uncyclopedia! If you're here, you've probably found us through some blog, or other variety site, and have stumbled on to the Main Page with the intent of contributing to our giant mass of misinformation to add to the even larger mass of porn and other misinformation called the Internet. If not, then you've been sent here by an admin for an error in judgment or lack of sanity. Either way, we're glad you're here and reading this.

    "I like to right"  This is the fucking n00b Beginner's Guide to Being an Uncyclopedian. It is probably one of the few serious semi-serious pages here, only by virtue of the fact that we need to balance out pages like Kitten Huffing, i burning your dog, and other insane crap, lest we fall off of the wikicity upon which we've precariously perched ourselves.

    Most aspects of the Uncyclopedia's existence are outlined in our aptly named "about" page: Uncyclopedia:About.

    There are a couple of important pieces to note in this article

    "Uncyclopedia is an encyclopedia full of misinformation and utter lies."
    We are not wikipedia, but that should already have been plainly obvious. Fact is discouraged, comedy is paramount. However, please note that the opposite of the truth is hardly ever funny. Funny > lies.
    "The mission of Uncyclopedia is to provide the world's misinformation in the least redeeming and most searingly sarcastic and humourous way possible."
    Humorous is the operative word here. While we say sarcasm is vaunted, we are not a dumping ground for pure propaganda, humourless nonsense, opinion, or flames.
    "Try to be funny and not just stupid."
    Stupid is not the same as funny. The next section illustrates this point exactly.
    In essence, we are about parody. Parody is about making people laugh. Make people laugh. This is easily done by bearing the next section in mind when writing texty thingies about stuff.

    Unlike Buddhism, Being a Good Uncyclopedian requires two Good things: Good Writing, and Good Behavior.

    Upon first coming here, some people have the impression that this is not a "serious" website. Their brains then take them on a magical journey which leads them to think that anything goes here. This is simply not the case. We pride ourselves in humor that can be understood and appreciated by most people, or at least a very large number of people. Jokes that only you or your friends understand are not acceptable content for the Uncyclopedia. We do take this site seriously as a parody, if you can wrap your head around that.

    And well it just goes on...

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    #54
    With all those videos popping around, I have been pondering for some time to post the following one. There is no problem with scientifical discourse and disagreements, but this one has a most actual political context... so I hope it won't produce too much controversy. Anyway:

    http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2332531355859226455&q=great+global+warming+swindle
    (the documentary has over an hour)

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    #55
    A real cyclops cat

    http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/oneeyed-cat-no-hoax/2006/01/13/1136956335177.html

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    #56
    http://liberatedgames.com/

    Liberated Games is dedicated to cataloging all full commercial games that have been liberated and made free in playable form to the public.

    There are two basic types of liberated games:
    Source code, no data - These games have had their source code released, which means that the games can often be improved, fixed, and ported to new platforms. The prime examples of these are the games from id Software, like Doom and Quake, which were released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). With nearly every source release, the player must still purchase the assets, like graphics, models, sounds, and music, before playing the full game. This is often done by buying a used version of the game, or when available, a new version. Limited play may be available through the use of the data contained in a shareware version of the game.
    Binary executable and data - These games have been released in binary-only form. The packages typically contain everything needed to play: the program, graphics, models, sounds, and music. However, because the source code is not available, these versions are limited to the original platform for which they were built. These games cannot be fixed, improved, or ported to new platforms.

    There will naturally be some exceptions, and our definition will expand to include those new games and types of releases as they are made.

    We neither condone nor engage in distributing games which are commonly called "Abandonware". We strive to respect the rights of the developers and publishers who retain the distribution rights of their works. Do not ask us about including games on the site that have not been liberated by the copyright owners.

    We support the liberation of new games and encourage players to file information in our database about an older game which they recommend for liberation. If interest is high enough, we will attempt to work with developers and publishers to investigate the possibility of liberating the game for the benefit of the community.

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    #57
    Wow. What did you say you want to buy....? Yes, we may have that.

    http://www.necromance.com/

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    #58
    http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11864-strange-alien-world-made-of-hot-ice.html

    (this link inspired Moon to post a new planet in http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=3352 Worlds and Planets...woot.)

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    #59
    missing gravity???

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/weirdgravityincanadablamedonheftyglaciers

    valadaar, be careful! dont go to Hudson Bay!  :P

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    #60
    new marine creatures.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/sci_nat_antarctic_treasure_trove/html/1.stm

    check out 3, 5, and 7!!

    R'lyeh anyone?

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    #61
    Adventuring lives!

    Shipwreck Yields $500 Million in Coins

    A jet chartered by Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration landed in the United States recently with hundreds of plastic containers brimming with coins raised from the ocean floor, Odyssey co-chairman Greg Stemm said. The more than 500,000 pieces are expected to fetch an average of $1,000 each from collectors and investors.
    ...
    "The outside world now understands that what we do is a real business and is repeatable and not just a lucky one shot deal," Stemm said. "I don't know of anybody else who has hit more than one economically significant shipwreck."

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    #62
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070521/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/army_body_armor

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    #63
    Well, it doesn't matter if it is so good or not... it's not real dragon armor.

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    #64
    alas...it is not. Its the only reason I posted this item though, the cool sounding name of the armor.  :D

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    #65
    http://www.livescience.com/animals/070521_new_insects.html

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    #66
    Gamma Rays for lunch!

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070522210932.htm




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    #67
    Recovering from the initial disbelief, this is of course perfectly reasonable!


    (And you know, it is also a very indirect hint of the possibility of space-borne lifeforms, whose chemistry might be surprisingly close to ours... nice to consider, isn't it?)

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    #68
    The Strangest Disaster of the 20th Century

    Not that strange, once you understand the reason, but it is still frighteningly fascinating. One of the less probable catastrophes to see.

    ---

    On a somewhat lighter note, Magnets may boost brain and correct memory loss.

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    #69
    Infants Have 'Amazing Capabilities' That Adults Lack

    Just a foretaste:

    -  At a few days old, infants can pick out their native tongue from a foreign one.
    - At 4 or 5 months, infants can lip read, matching faces on silent videos to "ee" and "ah" sounds.
    - Infants can recognize the consonants and vowels of all languages on Earth, and they can hear the difference between foreign language sounds that elude most adults.
    - Infants in their first six months can tell the difference between two monkey faces that an older person would say are identical, and they can match calls that monkeys make with pictures of their faces.
    - Infants are rhythm experts, capable of differentiating between the beats of their culture and another.

    I think that level 1 baby was character sheet was incomplete...

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    #70
    Before I lose this link again...

    http://ericpoulton.blogspot.com/search/label/steampunk%20star%20wars

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    #71
    Africa's 'cyber' currency

    There seems to be a thriving segment of business in Africa that runs completely on mobile phones and works much like the credit cards we know - but accessible to a large (and often even poor) part of the population.

    There's nothing like throwing away costly old infrastructure like physical banks, and running on a new technology that is available nigh to everyone; and works easily across state borders.

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    #72
    The Slime Cometh!

    http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/latest/lat_126668.shtml

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    #73
    Well I said there could be life in space - and this is only another indirect possible sort of confirmation! Guess we should start a new church or something. :)

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    #74
    Mysteries of Mars!

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20070606/sc_space/deepholefoundonmars

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    #75
    Mmm. Magnetoresonanetic Energy Transfer!

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070607171130.htm

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    #76
    Neat page describing Movie Physics problems:

    http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/

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    #77
    Delicious reading!

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    #78
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/4088281a10.html

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    #79
    Darn right!

    If you didn't know, you will know now: Anger fuels better decisions

    "Anger is designed to motivate people to take action - and it actually helps people to take the right action."

    Kids, take a lesson from this. :)

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    #80
    http://www.glumbert.com/media/kineticsculpture

    Kinetic sculpture. Wow.

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