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- Wed Dec 26, 2012 9:18 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Strategies for post-apocalyptic life. (non-political thread)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4121
Re: Strategies for post-apocalyptic life. (non-political thr
I guess what i'm asking/exploring in this thread, is how best to organise a group of people who find themselves suddenly cutoff from society, quite likely permanently. ..... The details are all there in the history books and the science books. http://i.qkme.me/5bqe.jpg TL;DR. Thus i started a threa...
- Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:38 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Merry Christmas, campers
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2165
Re: Merry Christmas, campers
Live long and prosper
- Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:31 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Strategies for post-apocalyptic life. (non-political thread)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4121
Re: Strategies for post-apocalyptic life. (non-political thr
I guess what i'm asking/exploring in this thread, is how best to organise a group of people who find themselves suddenly cutoff from society, quite likely permanently. Like... if suddenly the entire world was hit by a massive EMP, and everything electronic is destroyed (yes utterly destroyed, not ju...
- Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:55 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Strategies for post-apocalyptic life. (non-political thread)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4121
Re: Strategies for post-apocalyptic life. (non-political thr
Roid, I'm assuming we won't need to start from scratch and rebuild city/states from the ground up because the people at the top will still be in power...so the few months i choose to get off the grid is based on my guess of how slow they are to regain control. It took them days jst to get water to ...
- Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:03 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Strategies for post-apocalyptic life. (non-political thread)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4121
Re: Strategies for post-apocalyptic life. (non-political thr
will said he wanted them to 'behave in a civilized manner'......I doubt anything would work for that, myself, but cookies or possibly Crab Louis would work as well as shooting at them. No. roid expressed incredulity at the notion that people think guns are a priority and suggested working with neig...
- Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:21 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: GOG.com Gift
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1343
Re: GOG.com Gift
oh well, website traffic on the holidays can be a bit hit and miss.
- Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:20 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Merry Christmas, campers
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2165
Re: Merry Christmas, campers
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwa8deUwbf1qei4dzo9_400.gif http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwa8deUwbf1qei4dzo1_500.gif http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwa8deUwbf1qei4dzo2_500.gif http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwa8deUwbf1qei4dzo3_500.gif WHITE CHRISTMAS EH [youtube]wowy-EdU4Eg[/youtube] &...
- Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:15 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: News from the future (aka Australia)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3450
Re: News from the future (aka Australia)
As I recall, when asked about the time zones, predictors usually say something about it starting on the date line, and sweeping around the Earth by time zone... :P heh, so those as yet uneffected would have been able to see people being knocked off the internet. I guess that's what Y2K should have ...
- Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:39 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Worlds Grossest Bricks + 3D printer = house?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 734
Re: Worlds Grossest Bricks + 3D printer = house?
Very plausible OP. Work is already being done. [youtube]TyOgDlUWfFE[/youtube] Lots more info http://nextbigfuture.com/search/label/contour%20crafting (also... wasn't this kinda talked about in that embarrassing documentary Zietgiest ? Yeah, they were mentioning Jacque Fresco's Venus Project , he's a...
- Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:32 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: News from the future (aka Australia)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3450
Re: News from the future (aka Australia)
i would imagine it's whatever time zone the culture in question was in. MayansAztecssdfgeoff wrote:I always wondered what timezone these end times prophesies plan to take place in.
Guess it's not ours.
- Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:24 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Science as art
- Replies: 1
- Views: 542
Re: Science as art
[youtube]7wAjIJEZp9c[/youtube] hnnnggg... evolution is pretty amazing also, on another note. i wish ANIMATED electron microscope footage was more common... of things moving around. Most stuff is just still shots, i guess coz not much stuff can live long in the vacuum needed to take an electron micro...
- Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:52 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: HDMI splitter
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2969
Re: HDMI splitter
http://torrentfreak.com/warner-bros-and-intel-sue-over-hdcp-crack-piracy-121220/ Warner Bros. and Intel’s daughter company Digital Content Protection have filed a lawsuit against a hardware manufacturer that creates devices enabling consumers to bypass HDCP copy protection. The devices, which presum...
- Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:19 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: HDMI splitter
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2969
Re: HDMI splitter
I'd think most of these might break HDCP, or if they don't break HDCP then they can only route the signal to one device at a time and it is just a HDMI switch rather than a "splitter". Granted HDCP is already permanently broken since someone decrypted the master key for it, but that doesn...
- Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:52 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Strategies for post-apocalyptic life. (non-political thread)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4121
Strategies for post-apocalyptic life. (non-political thread)
When people stock up on guns and ammo for "disaster situations" , what's actually their plan? Are they just going to paranoidly sit in their homes and shoot at passers by? That doesn't seem like a very good plan, you're just going to run outof supplies eventually, even bullets. I doubt you...
- Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:27 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: on a lighter note...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 526
Re: on a lighter note...
Yeah it's a great idea, 2000 was like this (Y2K) and everyone still had a blast.
We can always use more excuses to party.
We can always use more excuses to party.
- Sun Dec 16, 2012 8:03 am
- Forum: The DBB Testing Zone
- Topic: spider on my screen TRIGGER WARNING 2 SPOOKY
- Replies: 11
- Views: 30433
Re: spider on my screen TRIGGER WARNING 2 SPOOKY
http://25.media.tumblr.com/6f6ee000bb340ddc17368c0d581d54c3/tumblr_mf4bcnu3B11rkhtppo1_500.gif http://25.media.tumblr.com/6f6ee000bb340ddc17368c0d581d54c3/tumblr_mf4bcnu3B11rkhtppo1_500.gif http://25.media.tumblr.com/6f6ee000bb340ddc17368c0d581d54c3/tumblr_mf4bcnu3B11rkhtppo1_500.gif http://25.medi...
- Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:55 am
- Forum: The DBB Testing Zone
- Topic: spider on my screen TRIGGER WARNING 2 SPOOKY
- Replies: 11
- Views: 30433
Re: spider on my screen TRIGGER WARNING 2 SPOOKY
http://25.media.tumblr.com/3199bd2675b2f57ca2be0c4be9dc9a89/tumblr_mf33jjDngf1qhck35o1_500.gif http://25.media.tumblr.com/3199bd2675b2f57ca2be0c4be9dc9a89/tumblr_mf33jjDngf1qhck35o1_500.gif http://25.media.tumblr.com/3199bd2675b2f57ca2be0c4be9dc9a89/tumblr_mf33jjDngf1qhck35o1_500.gif http://25.medi...
- Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:20 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm going to see the midnight showing of the Hobbit!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2600
Re: I'm going to see the midnight showing of the Hobbit!
Sirius normal FPS for TV stuff is 24 FPS, 48 fps is double that, so.... yaaay :]
- Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:07 am
- Forum: The DBB Testing Zone
- Topic: dance dance dance dance dance dance dance dance dance dance
- Replies: 1
- Views: 13711
- Sat Dec 15, 2012 1:41 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm going to see the midnight showing of the Hobbit!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2600
Re: I'm going to see the midnight showing of the Hobbit!
A rookie mistake Isaac. Drinking Nog in the presence of all these impressive sights apt to send one's mouth agape with awe.
You'll Nog all over everything
You'll Nog all over everything
- Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:42 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm going to see the midnight showing of the Hobbit!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2600
Re: I'm going to see the midnight showing of the Hobbit!
Sirius doesn't like playing games at high frame rates? huh?
- Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:21 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Oculus Rift demonstration
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1196
Re: Oculus Rift demonstration
:-/ that's a pretty old video dude. Here's a video of the most recent factory prototype. http://vimeo.com/54429925 The LCD is 1.4 inches bigger than in the original prototypes (now 7 inches, vs the old 5.6 inches), which makes it a little bit bulkier, but on the good side the new LCD is better quali...
- Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:14 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm going to see the midnight showing of the Hobbit!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2600
Re: I'm going to see the midnight showing of the Hobbit!
tunnelcat wrote:The movie was shot at 48 frames per second.
oh.
OH!
OMG FINALLY
We've all been waiting for the industry to one day get over it's "eeeeh, anything other than 24fps looks weird, like family-holiday video" crap.
YES!! FINALLY!
- Fri Dec 14, 2012 12:39 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: We're the manhood
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1501
Re: We're the manhood
¡Olé!
What's Hawaii?
A hucked rock? A sneeze?
What are the West Indies?
...wow i just had a wave of apathy.
What's Hawaii?
A hucked rock? A sneeze?
What are the West Indies?
...wow i just had a wave of apathy.
- Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:47 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: We're the manhood
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1501
Re: We're the manhood
stilettos
- Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:33 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Youtube is stupid this thread is the stupid thread for that.
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10983
Re: Youtube is stupid this thread is the stupid thread for t
oh man, Years of jackass have given these guys the best TV-show ideas .
I think it's just the best watching Steve-O laughing who's with me
[youtube]Mao7lRVMgKc[/youtube] [youtube]IVXeLqNqc-A[/youtube] [youtube]c3JAXvKDYE0[/youtube]
MOAR VIDYAS
I think it's just the best watching Steve-O laughing who's with me
[youtube]Mao7lRVMgKc[/youtube] [youtube]IVXeLqNqc-A[/youtube] [youtube]c3JAXvKDYE0[/youtube]
MOAR VIDYAS
- Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:29 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: We're the manhood
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1501
Re: We're the manhood
[USA is] Canada's knees, they're ball joints
- Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:25 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Is website x down...?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6210
Re: Is website x down...?
http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/tumblr.com.html
This is a more comprehensive one, tells you how long it's been down for, among other things.
This is a more comprehensive one, tells you how long it's been down for, among other things.
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:45 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Da duh...da duh...da duh, da duh, da duh!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1751
Re: Da duh...da duh...da duh, da duh, da duh!
i've got an artificial owl, which they don't seem too concerned about. Since initial trials (putting it on various things) weren't promising, i havn't got around to properly mounting it on the roof yet. The problem is there's so many perching points here in the suburbs, and most of them aren't on my...
- Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:55 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Da duh...da duh...da duh, da duh, da duh!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1751
Re: Da duh...da duh...da duh, da duh, da duh!
They infest the area around my house, some kinda turtle-dove, they call to eachother ALL DAY, and they are very loud. I wear earplugs to bed otherwise they wake me up in the morning. I find their calls incredibly distracting, it was actually these ★■◆●ing birds that made me start to wonder if i had ...
- Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:06 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Neon (Descent inspired) New videos in reply.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2057
Re: Question from a new user
i wonder if it was perhaps that same train of thought that lead to Tron's visuals originally. Everything was wireframes back then, so they embraced the motif.
- Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:04 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Question regarding Smartphone powered HEATED SOCKS on Mars
- Replies: 2
- Views: 674
Question regarding Smartphone powered HEATED SOCKS on Mars
http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/iLjMlSmN08k/0.jpg https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/pp_YZ_6O-Ps/0.jpg Heated Socks. it's not really something i've come across in my everyday life coz I've always lived in either a mediterranean climate or a tropical climate, but i remember hearing about battery powered heated socks fr...
- Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:39 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Neon (Descent inspired) New videos in reply.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2057
Re: Question from a new user
it's like it's set in a Tron world
- Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:32 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Da duh...da duh...da duh, da duh, da duh!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1751
Re: Da duh...da duh...da duh, da duh, da duh!
i really hate pigeons
noisy assholes
die in a catfish's gob
yesssss
noisy assholes
die in a catfish's gob
yesssss
- Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:27 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Driving 4 tons for fun
- Replies: 3
- Views: 735
Re: Driving 4 tons for fun
hey it runs V-Sido for it's inverse kinematics and balance. Nice.
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:59 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: tl;dr thread
- Replies: 6
- Views: 864
Re: tl;dr thread
can you explain more Alter? IMHO computers interpret stereo vision pretty well. ie: [youtube]HqIFCnb63jo[/youtube] [youtube]SQx5vU8BA-M[/youtube] and all that without the movement (and central vision resolution) advantages of an actual eye. If we added those sorts of advantages things get scary pret...
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:33 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: TC upon reading one of TB's threads...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1112
Re: TC upon reading one of TB's threads...
Me years ago on E&C
Me now.
Here's diedel trying to participate in a thread.
nope
Me now.
Here's diedel trying to participate in a thread.
nope
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:12 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: tl;dr thread
- Replies: 6
- Views: 864
Re: tl;dr thread
At Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, they've cracked the retina neural code in a mouse and monkey, restoring near-normal sight. They want to move to humans next. http://www.nature.com/news/prosthetic-retina-helps-to-restore-sight-in-mice-1.11164 oh WOW i pricked up my ears when you said &q...
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:51 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Worst jokes ever
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1966
Re: Worst jokes ever
Q: Why did the topologist's marriage fail? A: Because he thought that arbitrary unions were open. :lol: I like that one. :P Explain this one: Q: What is the fundamental principle of engineering mathematics? A: Every function has a Taylor series which converges to the function and breaks off after t...
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:47 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: America, **** yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1042
Re: America, **** yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah
the interenet is kinda controlled by the IEEE right? they set the standards, but it's a meritocratic process, ultimately controlled by engineers i hope. I mean, there's probably officce politics involved, amongst the engineers, the various outside interest groups (i mean it's a CONSORTIUM right?), b...