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    • Tim
      Tim last edited by

      Long overdue thread.<br />
      <br />
      Post the spectacularly awful/absolutely awesome shit you stumble across on the internet. <br />
      <br />
      I'll kick it off with one old and one new (but lets keep it current).<br />
      <br />
      [video=dailymotion;x8vb3p]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8vb3p_tim-and-eric-minivan-highway_fun[/video]<br />
      <br />
      [video=youtube;lMRWNNBYAc8]

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        junior last edited by

        [video=youtube;0bomkgXeDkE]

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        • dK
          dK last edited by

          Like this one<br />
          <br />
          [URL=http://www.gifbin.com/984129][IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/ksvhl.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

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          • Kirwan
            Kirwan last edited by

            They don't need to make the Hobbit now<br />
            <br />
            [video=youtube;XC73PHdQX04]

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            • Crucial
              Crucial last edited by

              This is just plain bad<br />
              <br />
              [video=youtube;BFP0q4qzGw4]

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              • Tim
                Tim last edited by

                A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. <br />
                <br />
                [video=vimeo;11205494]http://vimeo.com/11205494[/video]

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                • dK
                  dK last edited by

                  [IMG]http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v652/85/101/10715938/n10715938_41472213_3592.jpg[/IMG]

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                  • Tim
                    Tim last edited by

                    "Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers."<br />
                    <br />
                    [URL]http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/[/URL]

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                    • MajorRage
                      MajorRage last edited by

                      For rocket geeks... this is pretty awesome<br />
                      <br />
                      [video=vimeo;4366695]http://vimeo.com/4366695[/video]

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                      • M
                        Munter last edited by

                        Cheers MR. That was awesome. It's amazing to see all the attention to detail that was put into those old Apollo missions. And that they come up with a successful moon landing in less than a decade. Nothing like a good cold war to get things done.

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                        • Wairau
                          Wairau last edited by

                          Thanks MR, that was great-and I clicked around and found this: the highest parachute/sky dive ever, from 39.6km-shows it about minute 4 onwards....<br />
                          [url]http://vimeo.com/4609841[/url]

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                          • Tim
                            Tim last edited by

                            That rocket footage is very cool. Project Excelsior was mental. We had a thread on it a few years ago -the guy came very close to the speed of sound during the fall.<br />
                            <br />
                            Boards of Canada used some of the footage for one of their music videos:<br />
                            <br />
                            [video=youtube;A2zKARkpDW4]

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                              red terror last edited by

                              I'm always a mark for heavy metal hockey-fight mash-ups.<br />
                              <br />
                              It's hard enuff standing on skates, let alone dancing with a jersey pulled over your head and a flurry of fists a-flyin'.<br />
                              <br />
                              [video=youtube;8Ap_eXEWLJY]

                              <br />
                              <br />
                              Thank Jeebuz for the internet, 'cos the impressionable TV stations mostly refuse to show 'em any more.<br />
                              <br />
                              [URL]

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                              • R
                                red terror last edited by

                                [B][QUOTE] [/B]<br />
                                [B]YouTube’s First Video Uploaded Five Years Ago Today[/B]<br />
                                <br />
                                Although [URL="http://mashable.com/2010/02/14/youtube-birthday/"][COLOR=#2266bb]YouTube’s birthday[/COLOR][/URL] is officially February 14, 2005, the first video was actually uploaded to the site exactly five years ago, on April 23, 2005.<br />
                                <br />
                                The video is titled “Me at the zoo.” It was shot by Yakov Lapitsky and it’s only 19 seconds long, showing one of YouTube's founders, Jawed Karim, at the San Diego Zoo.<br />
                                <br />
                                The video doesn’t look like much, but it sparked a revolution; by July 2006, more than 65,000 videos were uploaded to the site every day. In October that same year Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion — a reminder of how fast things move in the age of the Internet.<br />
                                <br />
                                [B][COLOR=red]See the first ever YouTube video below[/COLOR].[/B]<br />
                                <br />
                                [B][video=youtube;jNQXAC9IVRw]

                                <br />
                                [B][/QUOTE][/B]<br />
                                <br />
                                [URL]http://mashable.com/2010/04/23/first-video-youtube/[/URL]

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                                • N
                                  Naly D last edited by

                                  Guys [and girls] I have over 500 favourites on my YT, I'll post up the best of, but first I wanna check that that's all good because there's shitloads of them. Until then, enjoy one of those 'only in NZ' moments<br />
                                  <br />
                                  [video=youtube;HC-VHVIxw3U]

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                                  • N
                                    Naly D last edited by

                                    Oh and anyone remember this and if so can you put the unedited footage up online? Was hilarious watching it live at 6am<br />
                                    [video=youtube;Dq99cOkdQds]

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                                    • C
                                      Crea last edited by

                                      ...since I'm not familiar with the situation, what exactly happened here <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> edit: in the previous post

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                                      • N
                                        Naly D last edited by

                                        [quote name='Crea']...since I'm not familiar with the situation, what exactly happened here[/QUOTE]<br />
                                        <br />
                                        It was after the All Blacks played the Springboks in 2007, TJ was interviewing All Blacks players down on the field and the guy in the background was just hilarious. He took photos, he nodded in agreement with the interview and he just generally ruined the shot. It was great and went on for about 10 minutes IIRC

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                                        • C
                                          Crea last edited by

                                          <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
                                          <br />
                                          I was asking about the first video you posted... the other one was pretty self-explanatory <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

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                                            LAKiwi last edited by

                                            Looks like he was giving his pass to the stadium - to someone outside the venue - so they could get in for free.<br />
                                            Which people do all the time - what's funny here - is that it was someone they had on camera - and he was a very well known Kiwi Cricket player/administrator.

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                                              Crea last edited by

                                              the "very well known Kiwi Cricket player/administrator" was the punchline that I completely missed <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> thanks for clearing that up...

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                                              • Tim
                                                Tim last edited by

                                                [url]http://www.avclub.com/articles/sylvester-stallone-says-that-hes-done-with-rambo,40720/[/url]<br />
                                                <br />
                                                [QUOTE]Most recently, [URL="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=58909"]Stallone was said to be adapting James Byron Huggins’ novel [/URL][I][URL="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=58909"]Hunter[/URL][/I][URL="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=58909"] into the next [/URL][I][URL="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=58909"]Rambo[/URL][/I][URL="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=58909"] film[/URL] (to be subtitled [I]The Savage Hunt[/I]), where Rambo would be hired by the military to track a possibly immortal “half-human abomination created by a renegade agency through a series of outlawed genetic experiments” all across the Arctic Circle.[/QUOTE]

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                                                • N
                                                  Naly D last edited by

                                                  [quote name='Tim'][url]http://www.avclub.com/articles/sylvester-stallone-says-that-hes-done-with-rambo,40720/[/url][/QUOTE]<br />
                                                  <br />
                                                  Sorry to rain on your parade but apparently it ain't gonna happen<br />
                                                  [url]http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=27753[/url]

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                                                  • Tim
                                                    Tim last edited by

                                                    Yeah, it says that the avclub article too. I just think it's awesome that anyone even contemplated making that movie. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

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                                                    • raznomore
                                                      raznomore last edited by

                                                      [quote name='Tim'][url]http://www.avclub.com/articles/sylvester-stallone-says-that-hes-done-with-rambo,40720/[/url][/QUOTE]<br />
                                                      <br />
                                                      Not being familiar with this book I'll simply jump to my own stupid conclusions. It sounded like Stallone was trying to get his own Predator thing going.<br />
                                                      <br />
                                                      Im up for seeing him play some military type hunting some weird shit in the jungle. It doesn't need to be Rambo. Dutch and John Matrix were basically the same guy no reason why he can't just play Rambo with another name.<br />
                                                      <br />
                                                      Make this happen! Online petition please!!!

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                                                      • dK
                                                        dK last edited by

                                                        [video=youtube;u_juH0AHvwk]

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                                                        <br />
                                                        I know its a music video, but this in my mind is the epitome of cool!

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                                                        • V
                                                          Voltron last edited by

                                                          Thats pretty cool, dk, but is it as cool as this?<br />
                                                          <br />
                                                          [video=youtube;fIR1jLbWiz0]

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                                                            Quo vadis last edited by

                                                            [quote name='MajorRage']For rocket geeks... this is pretty awesome<br />
                                                            [/QUOTE]<br />
                                                            <br />
                                                            [video=youtube;f3sVuFjJlp4]

                                                            <br />
                                                            <br />
                                                            I like this one, if you have a good speakers crank them up, especially the base on your sub woofer - damn would have loved to have seen one of the bad boys (the Saturn V's F-1 engines) being fired up

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                                                            • Wairau
                                                              Wairau last edited by

                                                              ok, it's animal humour, but it's still amusing: Cat jump fail: [url]

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                                                              <br />
                                                              Northern Lights Time Lapse... [url]
                                                              />
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                                                              Kansas Tornado Footage - Unedited-this man has balls - [url]
                                                              />
                                                              <br />
                                                              Boxer hits himself in face:<br />
                                                              [url]

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                                                              • dK
                                                                dK last edited by

                                                                [quote name='Voltron']Thats pretty cool, dk, but is it as cool as this?[/QUOTE]<br />
                                                                <br />
                                                                Yes, cool! I give you Gloria Jones orginal "Tainted Love"<br />
                                                                <br />
                                                                [video=youtube;NSehtaY6k1U]

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                                                                • dK
                                                                  dK last edited by

                                                                  and this is also very cool<br />
                                                                  <br />
                                                                  [video=youtube;4mUmdR69nbM]

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                                                                  • L
                                                                    Luigi last edited by

                                                                    Pixels are bad, man ...<br />
                                                                    <br />
                                                                    [url]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcv6dv_pixels-by-patrick-jean_creation?start=7[/url]

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                                                                    • C
                                                                      Crea last edited by

                                                                      I look at this video once in a while jut to remind myself that patience pays off...<br />
                                                                      <br />
                                                                      [url]

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                                                                      • raznomore
                                                                        raznomore last edited by

                                                                        [quote name='Crea']I look at this video once in a while jut to remind myself that patience pays off...<br />
                                                                        <br />
                                                                        [url]

                                                                        <br />
                                                                        <br />
                                                                        Don't do this with your own kids! Its a supposed indicator of whether or not your child will be successful in later life. Personally I'd don't want to limit my child's prospects because of a marshmallow

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                                                                        • Kirwan
                                                                          Kirwan last edited by

                                                                          [quote name='Razbra']Don't do this with your own kids! Its a supposed indicator of whether or not your child will be successful in later life. Personally I'd don't want to limit my child's prospects because of a marshmallow[/QUOTE]<br />
                                                                          <br />
                                                                          Bah, I'm successful and I would have eaten it and gone looking for more.

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                                                                          • raznomore
                                                                            raznomore last edited by

                                                                            [quote name='Kirwan']Bah, I'm successful and I would have eaten it and gone looking for more.[/QUOTE]<br />
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                                                                            Thats kind of what i meant but poorly worded. I think there a certain stigma that you attach subconsciously with this type of BS though. A marshmallow has no bearing on any ones life but it can play tricks on your mind. "maybe that test was right" every time your kid gets a bad report. I say save yourself the trouble and just give your kids the bag(of marshmallows).

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                                                                              Crea last edited by

                                                                              ...I thought this experiment was a bout being patient <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> ...but I must admit I agree with both of you on this matter <br />
                                                                              ...a propos kids... a fork that I suppose could be very helpful to all of you who are parents...<br />
                                                                              <br />
                                                                              <br />
                                                                              ...and dr House spotted in Belgrade's public transport <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
                                                                              <br />
                                                                              [IMG]http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7208/beogradskihouse.jpg[/IMG]

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                                                                                Samurai Jack last edited by

                                                                                [quote name='Razbra']Thats kind of what i meant but poorly worded. I think there a certain stigma that you attach subconsciously with this type of BS though. A marshmallow has no bearing on any ones life but it can play tricks on your mind. "maybe that test was right" every time your kid gets a bad report. I say save yourself the trouble and just give your kids the bag(of marshmallows).[/QUOTE]<br />
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                                                                                Wouldn't work here. My kids hate the things and 90% of their friends here in Japan won't touch them either.

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                                                                                • raznomore
                                                                                  raznomore last edited by

                                                                                  [quote name='Samurai Jack']Wouldn't work here. My kids hate the things and 90% of their friends here in Japan won't touch them either.[/QUOTE]<br />
                                                                                  <br />
                                                                                  If I were the type to racially stereotype..... <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

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                                                                                    Parcy v2.0 last edited by

                                                                                    I never get tired of that picture. Makes me chuckle everytime.<br />
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                                                                                    [IMG]http://thisisphotobomb.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/tip-epicvombom.jpg[/IMG]<br />
                                                                                    <br />
                                                                                    You're welcome.

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