Quote from 5haz :

Sitting on the bus/train, when a random person sits next to you and starts talking to you.

Try sitting on a 7 hour night flight from NY to Heathrow and a 50 year old woman starts chatting...for the whole flight, at surprise intervals.
She proceeds at one point to mention that she thinks you look like Robbie Williams. And 2 hours later when you're standing in line for the bathroom, you see a small head pop out from its seat, TURN around against the direction of all the seats, and snap a picture of you....with FLASH...in a night flight...

Tell me...how would you feel when coming back to sit next to her. To be fair she acknowledged later what she did, she said it was for her daughter back home to see how much I looked like Robbie...

OH NO it doesn't end there...She was on the small transit fly from Heathrow to Brussels! And sat next to me at the terminal with her senile husband that didn't utter a word the whole trip...

Very nice video and driving! It's a shame the brake sensor seems on/off, I would have loved to see the braking more detailed. How does the track position overlay work? Gps?

Quote from amp88 :

Why can't we leave it at that?

Because orthodox religious people are a weight and a stubborn anchor. They not only slow down our progress, but they also get in the middle. They also love to promote close-mindedness. I have seen far too many people that seem rather intelligent, but have been destroyed by years of dogmatic upraising and can't even seem to create a logical argument about anything.

I'm with you that one needs proof, the other doesn't, that's why we can't convince religious people, and we never will. The only thing that can change is better education and getting religion out of schools. Want to grow your kid as a god servant? Do it at home. Keep this manure out of the education system.

Quote from BenjiMC :

all that calling a fat person fatty is is saying that they're fat, which last time i checked they are... doesn't mean they wont find ti offensive, because even if they are/aren't ashamed of being fat, they know you think it's something worth teasing.

So what you're saying yourself is that being black is as pejorative as being fat? I'll repeat my example, if you dress up as a chick to make fun of Paris Hilton does it make you sexist??? If a guy wants to make fun of a ginger person he can wear a ginger wig, but if he wants to make fun of a black person he can't paint himself black?

Stop victimizing yourself...Have some dignity and integrity. The racist history and present of this world doesn't mean I have to be over-protective or over-cautious not to harm a black man's feelings. I'm not going to pretend he's not black, just as I won't pretend an asian person is not asian. Most of us are well past over these differences, and I find it more insulting to you for anyone to jump through hoops not to risk making you feel bad. I don't owe shit to people with black or yellow or white skin other than respect as a totally equal human being. I will treat them as an equal person, and I WILL make fun of them just as I would with another person. This is equality.

Of course the act is not racist...The fact that the man makes fun of Hamilton is just that. The man MAY be racist, but the act itself is not. If you chose to make fun of a famous woman you would wear a wig wouldn't you? Would that make you sexist? He just impersonates someone by copying his most characteristic attribute in his field. I'm sick of this fear of these kinds of witch-hunts. Get a humor.

This one's a beauty!

''Why atheists' arguments don't work''

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... eyfeo&feature=channel

''Man stabs his girlfriend in the face 600 times because she touched his new car radio volume knob after eating fish'n'chips and not properly desalinating her hands.''

This headline wouldn't surprise me with this guy...Interesting read nonetheless. I wonder where he fins all this money when he spends all day washing rims and waxing his car.

Quote from GrIp DrIvEr :

Just one thing. Why are you athiests well athiests?

Because we're in the 21st century? And we've had the luck of getting a proper education (most I guess)?

I can't believe people still treat religion as a mystery. It's all so clear. Religions just start as sects from smart people that prey on the uncultivated and gullible for their profit. Okay there may be some that had good intentions at their core but somehow I doubt that they didn't get corrupted at some point or another. I wouldn't be shocked to find out that in 2000 years the prevalent religion in the world is Scientology. Christianism, isn't the first or the last religion to exist, and has NO more proof of existence than the previous or the last.

But then again, why would I look for proof when I have more than I can handle with science? It's all around us...That reminds me, next time I encounter an anti-scientist (how can i call them really?), I'm going to grab his laptop or iPhone or other piece of technologic equipment and samurai-smash it on their face.

And by the way, till I was 9-10 I was as religious as I could be, thanks to the pretty good attempt of indoctrination at school, but somehow the claims from the teacher that Metallica were ''satanists'' and I would go to hell if I listened to their music right before expelling their tape from the window kickstarted my brain into thinking for once for itself.

The facts are all there people, you won't arrive at a conclusion of course, but you'll certainly eliminate religion first.

Quote from deggis :

BBC stream works with a proxy. Only need to use the proxy until the video starts to play, so the usual slowness of proxies doesn't matter.

Pretty damn good quality - 800 kbps and H.264. I actually feel bad wasting Brits' tv license money.

Could you gently point me towards the direction of a good proxy? I've had no luck till now. Only private proxies or time outs...

Quote from DHRammstein :

also I don't spin the tires, it's pointless, egotystical, and wasteful.

Really?! Points at avatar...

03 is:The cranberries - Zombie

Who said life is fair? The fact it was involuntary is very important...

Was around 9-10 when I went for some rafting in rapids...All was well when we stopped for 1 hour at a calmer spot to eat and rehydrate, and the kids decided to go swimming with our little water toys. I had a small bucket...
When I went around 10 meters of the beach, the current started sucking me in like crazy towards the rapids! I these 10 seconds that I struggled to get back to no avail, it was really an Omfg moment, till I figured out I had to empty the bucket and hold it over my head because it was acting like a sail with the water!

Edit: Yep, I definitely sound like a pussy, but you WEREN'T there mkay?!

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

Then again, if you crash.. you don't have to wait for 5 burly blokes in nomex suits to cut you out.

I can't believe you used this as an argument...

In an accident that needs 5 blokes to pull someone out of his wrecked car, you won't have to wait for them because they won't be of any use!

Some speed limits frequently drive me crazy, like the 19mph zones near schools (at night???), but I'm sure I'll be glad they are there when I have kids and want to feel they are safe...

It's not about ruining your personal driving fun, it's about ensuring a general safety and limiting the accidents. Roads are there for transport, not for fun, as much as I hate to admit...

Often when I'm having a bit of fun on an empty road, I have a vision of a kid or a farmer thumping against my windshield and being propelled tens of meters ahead, and I calm myself down. What is that little fun compared to my ruined psychological life?

That's why I go to track days, and have MUCH more fun!

As for the limits on highways, I've noticed they are almost always 20-30 km/h lower than when it starts getting risky. But take in account that they're not there for the people that know how to drive, but for the idiots that have no clue about vehicle dynamics. They won't feel the limit of the car's adherence even if there are big flashing lights telling them to ease off...Some of my friends have no clue what understeer or oversteer is, even if they do speed, so how can you trust them regulating there own speed?

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How do you get that beautiful light effect? Were you just lucky with the light that day or was it in post processing?

Wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid#Story
Search for the 2 and 3 also and you're set!

Quote from tristancliffe :

True! We also all have salt cellars to keep our meat fresh just in case the electricity runs out . And most of use a pair of sunglasses and shorts 'just in case'

And let's not forget those miniskirts on nights out...Who knows, maybe global warming might suddenly kick in!

Quote from yoyoML :

I've been with Il2 since its first demo, but this WW1 sim really catches my eye. The blog's in Russian so... What's the release date?

Click on the English top left...

Quote from 11SuLLy11 :

I can run graphics on ultra smoothly but graphics don't see to get that good ? why is that ?

Beware the graphics options are separated...One for resolution, antialiasing etc, one for airplane detail, one for scenery, weather etc. Check that you've got full graphics on each tab, and prepare for some serious fps!!!

Quote from sgt.flippy :

Okay, this one is lame!

You are on the bus when you suddenly realize ... you need to fart.

The music is really loud, so you time your farts with the beat. After
a couple of songs, you start to feel better as you approach your stop.


As you are leaving the bus, people are really staring you down, and
that's when you remember: you've been listening to your ipod.

Lol...actually what happens sometimes with me is I plan to let one out silently, and it goes a little out of control, I don't know if it was heard or not. So I take a look at the people near me with my peripheral vision, to see if they react, because I have no idea if it was really that loud...

I recently got back into flight simming with Fsx, enjoying the flights and the missions, however due to my heavy study schedule sometimes I just want some rapid action...

So what I'm basically looking for if any of you guys that are into flight sims is Approach missions, or Saved games on approaches, anything that might put me in the plane 5 minutes before landing! If they are dangerous approaches even better! I've looked a bit around but all I could find I have to pay for, and it's a bit silly since I'm sure something so simple could be found if I just knew where to look!

Any help or directions will be appreciated!

1.76 Gb for a demo...I miss old times!

Can't you just learn to multiply or divide by 60 and use a normal calculator?

Quote from 5haz :

In 1972 a skydiver had both parachutes fail and fell 3000ft, smashing into the ground face first, he walked away with minor injuries.

Well something must have stopped his fall...Either snow, trees, or a skirt?