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Messages - TuataraDude
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« on: September 18, 2009, 07:46:13 am »
A cowboy appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. 'Have you ever done anything of particular merit?' St. Peter asked.
'Well, I can think of one thing,' the cowboy offered. 'On a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota , I came upon a gang of bikers, who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker and smacked him in his face .... Kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled, 'Now, back off!! Or I'll kick the shit out of all of you!'
St. Peter was impressed, 'When did this happen?'
'Just a couple of minutes ago.....
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« on: September 01, 2009, 07:25:37 pm »
Pretty cool way to tell a story. That was awesome man. I see she won the Ukranian version of Americas got Talent. Here's another. [video]snOg1y0LQEQ[/video]
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« on: August 31, 2009, 05:53:09 am »
I used to dislike Leonardo DiCaprio, but he has done some good work of late.
Also, can't really go too wrong when Chritopher Nolan is at the helm.
[video]q8ejbGPNY8s[/video]
Plot:
A CEO-type becomes involved in a blackmailing scandal.
Cast:
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Jacob, the lead, a CEO-type
- Marion Cotillard as Jacobs wife
- Ellen Page as a young college grad student named Ariadne, who is also Jacobs sidekick
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Arthur, an associate working for Jacob
- Ken Watanabe as Saito, the films villain, he is blackmailing Jacob
- Tom Hardy as Eames, a member of Jacobs team.
- Cillian Murphy as Fischer
Also has Tom Berenger and Michael Caine in it. Not much else to say about it at this stage, but looks intruiging.
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« on: August 23, 2009, 02:58:23 pm »
Looks like SG1+Voyager+a bit of BSG.... lol, that's exactly what I thought. I said to the missus "looks like Voyager set in the Stargate Universe" (the play on words was intentional btw). As for RDA, not sure if he's let himself go or they made his look like a fat, aging general on purpose, but Patti and Selma would be very displeased.
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« on: August 10, 2009, 06:25:07 am »
That HDR photography is awesome. Thanks for introducing it to me Bill. I plan to try this out on my trip in a few weeks time. It is such an excellent way to get detail in all areas of the pic. I saw some work on You tube that included moving subjects and when done right, can be quite a cool effect.
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« on: August 04, 2009, 07:48:39 pm »
Thought this was...funny..was drunk at the time. ballroom in wellington Looks like it is actually a very good flick and very interesting that it was made in South Africa.
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« on: July 03, 2009, 02:28:01 pm »
Supernova 1987A What a coincidence! I was listening to an old podcast this morning from astronomy.com where they mentioned this very supernova (in fact I was going to google it when I got home). The remarkable thing about this one is that they had a lot of study of it before it went supernova so they could compare before and after shots. Nobody expected it to go up as it was a blue giant at the time and at that stage they thought blue giants still had to progress through to red giants before going supernova. This particular one caused them to re-evaluate their theories on star formation and star life cycles.
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« on: June 28, 2009, 06:44:56 pm »
The Last Airbender I thought it was going to be a comedy about some air guitarists :laff: I see Roland is up to his usual end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it movies.
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« on: June 10, 2009, 05:18:04 am »
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« on: June 09, 2009, 06:26:19 pm »
I am a man, now theres no confusion. Sorry TuataraDude, that is the highest resolution I have.
OK, thanks anyway MAN  . I'll use it on the secondary monitor as that is a smaller one.
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« on: June 09, 2009, 03:17:50 pm »
Say Avatar, is there any chance of getting this as a 1920x1200? It is an awesome pic (as are most of the ones you have there) but when I stretch it to fit, it loses some of its' impact. Are you able to point me in the right direction for a copy of the larger sized image? Cheers man (or woman, don't want to assume here :laff:).
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« on: June 02, 2009, 05:51:06 am »
Your turn. I'm going to be seen as a real saddo here, but...http://www.merzo.net/index.htmlTry clicking on the various zoom ranges at the top. I believe this one may be the winner (The Halo is not a ship but a structure). 1.) During the movie, it is stated that the ship is approximately 550km in diameter. From observations of photgraphs of the ship, we know it to be oblong in shape and therefor this measurement must be of one axis or the other.
2.) Upon observation of numerous images of the underside of the mothership we can infer from the known size of the city destroyers (24km dia.) that the longer axis would probably come to the length of roughly 800km, while the shorter axis does indeed come to approximately 550km. This keeps in line with the dimensions stated in the movie.
The movie also goes on to say that the ship has a mass of roughly one 4th the size of the moon, which seemed unlikely to me until my wife suggested a hull created from some incredibly dense material, which makes sense and would protect the vessel from interstellar debris and radiation.
The ship is at least partially hollow, much of the inside comprising of a vast cavern, a gargantuan open area tens of thousands of cubic kilometers in volume that seems to maintain a misty internal atmosphere. Gigantic towers of unstated purpose seem to span the entire height of the chamber at random intervals.
Up to 83 City Destoyers nest in large ports on the underside of the vessel until they are called for. The crew or population of the Mothership is not stated, but presumably ranges within the millions, as does probably the total number of auxillary and/or small fighter craft aboard. This is also an interesting battle: http://www.grudge-match.com/History/borg-id4.shtml
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« on: May 30, 2009, 05:31:53 am »
Probably nsfw but funny, in a weird, look at you sideways strangely kind of way.
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« on: April 27, 2009, 06:55:01 pm »
Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill
Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not
and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically
correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality
and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
Rule 1:Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect
you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't
be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had
a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about
your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are
now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and
listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you
save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try
delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS
NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give
you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the
slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and
very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on
your own time..
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to
leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
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« on: April 25, 2009, 05:16:09 am »
I recently picked a new primary care doctor.. After two visits and exhaustive Lab tests, he said I was doing 'fairly well' for my age. (I just turned 52.)
A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him, 'Do you think I'll live to be 90?'
He asked, 'Do you smoke tobacco, or drink beer or wine?'
'Sometimes,' I replied.. 'I'm not doing drugs, though!'
Then he asked, 'Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?
'I said, 'Sometimes... my former doctor said that too much red meat is very
unhealthy!'
'Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like the gym, sailing, hiking, or bicycling?'
'Not as much I would like,' I said.
He asked, 'Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lot of sex?'
'No,' I said.
He looked at me and said,... 'Then, why do you even give a shit?
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« on: April 24, 2009, 10:12:47 am »
why would clowns be shooting up a hospital ? Because clowns are scary man
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« on: April 22, 2009, 08:21:40 am »
Not sure if this has been posted, but man, how much skin did he lose getting this good?
[video]Z19zFlPah-o[/video]
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« on: January 16, 2009, 05:45:33 pm »
SpItFiRe;869561']Yeah, viking infantry ftw, id like to know what army has such lenient rules about facial hair tho. Not sure about facial hair, but one time I visited an air force base in the Netherlands. As I approached the front gate, a female guard of slight stature started to walk up to me. Her hair was all the way down to the small of her back. "Wow, pretty lenient there" I thought. Then as she got close enough for me to see better, I realised it was a HE! :eek:
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