Rotoscoped Wrestlemania
I made this!
for any old wrestling fans out there, I see you hiding at the back.
I've beavered away on this in my spare time since November only for Hulk Hogan to land himself in a shitstorm of bad publicity, so I've cut it short and used what I have to make this.
p.s. Long time lurker/spamcunt
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 18:46, Share, Reply)
for any old wrestling fans out there, I see you hiding at the back.
I've beavered away on this in my spare time since November only for Hulk Hogan to land himself in a shitstorm of bad publicity, so I've cut it short and used what I have to make this.
p.s. Long time lurker/spamcunt
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Amazing
Were you behind this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta7992Tgjx4
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Were you behind this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta7992Tgjx4
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 19:57, Share, Reply)
cheers!
no that one's by a fella named Richard Swarbrick, his Gareth Bale animation was what started me off with the idea..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRZMjHzWXQc
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 20:33, Share, Reply)
no that one's by a fella named Richard Swarbrick, his Gareth Bale animation was what started me off with the idea..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRZMjHzWXQc
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 20:33, Share, Reply)
Not a wrestling fan since Marc 'Rollerball' Rocco hung up his leotard,
but that is FANTASTIC.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 21:41, Share, Reply)
but that is FANTASTIC.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 21:41, Share, Reply)
I like this! Have you sent a link to the man himself...
..he is pretty much re-tweeting anything nowadays and will be glad of the change of subject.
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 9:37, Share, Reply)
..he is pretty much re-tweeting anything nowadays and will be glad of the change of subject.
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 9:37, Share, Reply)
I have!
But I reckon it will be missed in the sea of crud floating his way right now
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 13:28, Share, Reply)
But I reckon it will be missed in the sea of crud floating his way right now
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 13:28, Share, Reply)
this is amazing.
you nailed the music too which loads of folks get wrong.
its perfect. I'm sharing this everywhere
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 12:35, Share, Reply)
you nailed the music too which loads of folks get wrong.
its perfect. I'm sharing this everywhere
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 12:35, Share, Reply)
This was awesome!
I really really want to see lots more of these! I traveled across the pond for Wrestlemania 28 & 29. Amazing times. I shared this on r/squaredcircle, I hope you don't mind.
Edit - The flashback to classic Hogan was great. What music track was used? One of the best links I have ever seen here.
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 15:49, Share, Reply)
I really really want to see lots more of these! I traveled across the pond for Wrestlemania 28 & 29. Amazing times. I shared this on r/squaredcircle, I hope you don't mind.
Edit - The flashback to classic Hogan was great. What music track was used? One of the best links I have ever seen here.
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 15:49, Share, Reply)
thank you!
No, share away! Was planning to stick it on reddit myself so you've beaten me to it. The music is a royalty free online type job. https://youtu.be/1syFpgU-zAY
One of the first I found but fit right away.
Starting the next one now and have hopefully streamlined the process.
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 16:20, Share, Reply)
No, share away! Was planning to stick it on reddit myself so you've beaten me to it. The music is a royalty free online type job. https://youtu.be/1syFpgU-zAY
One of the first I found but fit right away.
Starting the next one now and have hopefully streamlined the process.
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 16:20, Share, Reply)
Somebody beat me to squarecircle as it's already there!
Amesome man! I would love to see some more mania moments!
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 19:17, Share, Reply)
Amesome man! I would love to see some more mania moments!
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 19:17, Share, Reply)
you're too kind but I think Orston Welles still has me beat
https://youtu.be/HP1VPuXEMbg
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https://youtu.be/HP1VPuXEMbg
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This is so bad I had to post it here.
I forgot to add- wait for it.
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I forgot to add- wait for it.
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Youtube is a minefield
Looking for the original Tigers CCC, I found this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcbYLQq_1h4
It's just amazing the volume of old music that has hardly seen the light of day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeFE-laU2C8
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 17:45, Share, Reply)
Looking for the original Tigers CCC, I found this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcbYLQq_1h4
It's just amazing the volume of old music that has hardly seen the light of day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeFE-laU2C8
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Don't all the girls dance like that when you pluck your banjo string?
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My thoughts too
But don't forget the clowns. (I wish I had a huge steam roller)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=REFKmlzV5vE
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 17:46, Share, Reply)
But don't forget the clowns. (I wish I had a huge steam roller)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=REFKmlzV5vE
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 17:46, Share, Reply)
Bloody wonderful, that.
Banjo is the ukulele for people who aren't annoyingly twee cunts.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 21:12, Share, Reply)
Banjo is the ukulele for people who aren't annoyingly twee cunts.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 21:12, Share, Reply)
HaHa!!!! That is a low point in banjo history and that is saying a lot!
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Pinky and the Brain voice actors return to swear at each other.
Good work!
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Good work!
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Pinky and the Brain - classic
I used to love that show. I went out seeking a new series, and discovered that they had made it into Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain.
Who's Elmyra? A bratty girl. Think Scrappy Do - an utterly redundant, series killing addition. What the FUCK were they thinking. Series got cancelled after that.
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I used to love that show. I went out seeking a new series, and discovered that they had made it into Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain.
Who's Elmyra? A bratty girl. Think Scrappy Do - an utterly redundant, series killing addition. What the FUCK were they thinking. Series got cancelled after that.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 23:51, Share, Reply)
Elmyra was OK in a couple of episodes.
I quite liked the idea at first... a terrifyingly awful little girl that the supervillain has got to evade while realising his plans. But yeah, she quickly got very annoying... she should never have been a recurring character.
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I quite liked the idea at first... a terrifyingly awful little girl that the supervillain has got to evade while realising his plans. But yeah, she quickly got very annoying... she should never have been a recurring character.
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 11:58, Share, Reply)
Elmyra was a character from Tiny Toon Adventures originally.
And "Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain" was a network decision forced on the creative team. Watch the opening credits and you'll hear not-at-all-subtle complaints from the writers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2aQBVBRLCg
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 14:38, Share, Reply)
And "Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain" was a network decision forced on the creative team. Watch the opening credits and you'll hear not-at-all-subtle complaints from the writers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2aQBVBRLCg
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Video footage from the SpaceShipTwo crash last year
It cuts out just before it breaks up, but the snap up at 36s gives you some idea how it went so badly wrong.
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It cuts out just before it breaks up, but the snap up at 36s gives you some idea how it went so badly wrong.
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That looks flimsy.
It's like it's been asked to perform way over it's stress levels. It just gives up.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:56, Share, Reply)
It's like it's been asked to perform way over it's stress levels. It just gives up.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:56, Share, Reply)
It gives up
because the co-pilot removed the lock holding it in place far too soon. The actuators don't have the strength to hold it in place during the boost phase so there's a Bloody Big Lock to do that job.
For reasons unknown, the co-pilot disengaged that lock while they were still boosting.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:58, Share, Reply)
because the co-pilot removed the lock holding it in place far too soon. The actuators don't have the strength to hold it in place during the boost phase so there's a Bloody Big Lock to do that job.
For reasons unknown, the co-pilot disengaged that lock while they were still boosting.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:58, Share, Reply)
Shit design innit?
why would you ever want to disengage the lock while boosting, seeing as it would make that happen?
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:14, Share, Reply)
why would you ever want to disengage the lock while boosting, seeing as it would make that happen?
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:14, Share, Reply)
Probably just messing about with it, wondering what that bit did.
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You don't actually think that they'd get real pilots to agree to go up in that thing do you?!
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Wasn't that pissflaps' defence in his playground indecent exposure case?
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There is a great story from the late 80's
About a pilot who 'accidentally' ejected from an F4 over the North Sea.
In his report he wrote that he "...was trying to change the radio station..."
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 20:05, Share, Reply)
About a pilot who 'accidentally' ejected from an F4 over the North Sea.
In his report he wrote that he "...was trying to change the radio station..."
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 20:05, Share, Reply)
Aaaaah, so someone pushed/pulled/activated something they shouldn't have?
No system in place to make that impossible? If this thing was destined for 'space' travel I'd have thought every single thing would have procedure locks and processes to make sure it can't be done in the wrong order or at the wrong time. Doesn't inspire confidence does it?
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 15:05, Share, Reply)
No system in place to make that impossible? If this thing was destined for 'space' travel I'd have thought every single thing would have procedure locks and processes to make sure it can't be done in the wrong order or at the wrong time. Doesn't inspire confidence does it?
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Seth Rogen with another Turd Sandwich
NSFW
Is it just me or is he completely unfunny? Watched his new trailer and it looks fucking terrible.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:07, Share, Reply)
Is it just me or is he completely unfunny? Watched his new trailer and it looks fucking terrible.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:07, Share, Reply)
If the best bits are in the trailer
then this is gonna suck hard.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:17, Share, Reply)
then this is gonna suck hard.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:17, Share, Reply)
I went to see that with my girlfriend, I got pussy afterwards so it was not a complete waste of my time.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:44, Share, Reply)
Eagle vs Shark ended in the same result......
.. don't worry even I find that kinda strange.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:27, Share, Reply)
.. don't worry even I find that kinda strange.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:27, Share, Reply)
are you the actual
Jeremy Corbyn??
Edit: Fucking hell, candles!
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 9:20, Share, Reply)
Jeremy Corbyn??
Edit: Fucking hell, candles!
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 9:20, Share, Reply)
That could be almost any American comedy of the last ten years.
It just made me think of the derp-de-derp trailers on South Park.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:08, Share, Reply)
It just made me think of the derp-de-derp trailers on South Park.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:08, Share, Reply)
I dont think he's made any film that wouldnt be better without him in it.
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That was my point
The only way that film could have been improved was by changing the catering suppliers to "Ebola and Bad AIDS Sandwiches"
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 10:44, Share, Reply)
The only way that film could have been improved was by changing the catering suppliers to "Ebola and Bad AIDS Sandwiches"
( , Thu 30 Jul 2015, 10:44, Share, Reply)
Is he intentionally competing for shittest film with Adam Sandler's Pixels?
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You may soon be able to sing Happy Birthday on film
without being sued.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 13:02, Share, Reply)
without being sued.
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What day is today...
It's Nibbler's birthday...
what a day for a birthday..
Let's all have some cake
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 13:18, Share, Reply)
will everyone who has paid for it over the years get their money back?
i'm guessing the answer is no
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 14:51, Share, Reply)
i'm guessing the answer is no
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 14:51, Share, Reply)
songs that nicely capture the miasma of the toilet at a vegan convention
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Pastor dies after telling people to bury him alive
Surely a front runner for this year's Darwin awards
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 12:23, Share, Reply)
Surely a front runner for this year's Darwin awards
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 12:23, Share, Reply)
That's why all the kids love it.
It's the new heavy metal.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 12:36, Share, Reply)
It's the new heavy metal.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 12:36, Share, Reply)
It really is
When I were a lad teenagers rebelled by growing their hair and listening to daft music.
Nowadays if you're not joining ISIS you're a bit square.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 12:43, Share, Reply)
When I were a lad teenagers rebelled by growing their hair and listening to daft music.
Nowadays if you're not joining ISIS you're a bit square.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 12:43, Share, Reply)
Black clothes, unsociable attitudes, crap videos...
The similarities are strong.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 12:55, Share, Reply)
The similarities are strong.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 12:55, Share, Reply)
all the others should use him as a roll model and do the same. rid the earth of the loony people!!!
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He forgot the correct magic words
Izzy wizzy let's get busy.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 19:33, Share, Reply)
Izzy wizzy let's get busy.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 19:33, Share, Reply)
Its all kicking off in Cornwall today
maybe the farmers below can milk their cows this way instead of building industrial milking parlours, and they can plant trees
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 11:35, Share, Reply)
maybe the farmers below can milk their cows this way instead of building industrial milking parlours, and they can plant trees
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 11:35, Share, Reply)
that first line should be altered to:
"cow bit off more than it cud chew"
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 11:37, Share, Reply)
"cow bit off more than it cud chew"
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 11:37, Share, Reply)
Nothing a lot of lard couldn't fix.
also some onions, potatoes, carrots horseradish.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 12:34, Share, Reply)
also some onions, potatoes, carrots horseradish.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 12:34, Share, Reply)
I instinctively pity the old man, though have my doubts
reading the comments.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 20:16, Share, Reply)
reading the comments.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 20:16, Share, Reply)
Much as I sympathise with dairy farmers' plight re: pricing....
this is a toughie.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:52, Share, Reply)
this is a toughie.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:52, Share, Reply)
Police Standoff with naked man playing banjo
And yes, at 1.36 he squeals like a piggy
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:26, Share, Reply)
And yes, at 1.36 he squeals like a piggy
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:26, Share, Reply)
American cops are such pussies.
They shot him, instead of just walking over and talking to him. Guy's armed with a banjo and isn't even naked.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 13:24, Share, Reply)
They shot him, instead of just walking over and talking to him. Guy's armed with a banjo and isn't even naked.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 13:24, Share, Reply)
I didn't read that shit.
I just watched the video and read the word Washington in the title.
But I stand by my assertion, that US cops are pussies, and I add that it turns out Canadian cops are just as shit.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:01, Share, Reply)
I just watched the video and read the word Washington in the title.
But I stand by my assertion, that US cops are pussies, and I add that it turns out Canadian cops are just as shit.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:01, Share, Reply)
Psst!
You were right the first time, it's Vancouver, Washington state.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:11, Share, Reply)
You were right the first time, it's Vancouver, Washington state.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:11, Share, Reply)
What the hell is going on?
Can't they all come up with their own names for things, ffs?
They already have a city called Washington that is absolutely nowhere near Washington State, and shoving a Vancouver into that state makes the situation completely untenable.
Don't get me started on Oxford, Massachusetts.
Maybe I was overly harsh on the Canadians, but they've had this situation in their backyard for ages now and they haven't done anything about it.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:52, Share, Reply)
Can't they all come up with their own names for things, ffs?
They already have a city called Washington that is absolutely nowhere near Washington State, and shoving a Vancouver into that state makes the situation completely untenable.
Don't get me started on Oxford, Massachusetts.
Maybe I was overly harsh on the Canadians, but they've had this situation in their backyard for ages now and they haven't done anything about it.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:52, Share, Reply)
Data storage wars , one from the old archives of 2005
Format wars? any one recall vhs and betamax then the cdr cdrw and on to hdtv and bluray and on it goes.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:14, Share, Reply)
Format wars? any one recall vhs and betamax then the cdr cdrw and on to hdtv and bluray and on it goes.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:14, Share, Reply)
I think there is a need for a new type of disc of around lets say 100gig, it should work like a dvd or blueray does now and there should be a rewritable version.
Thing is it was invented years ago but there is an agreement not to release it by the big main companies in the storage market.
They do not want us to have a handy way of holding 100 films on a disc for instance. They want to force us all into cloud storage where every bit of data can be read and stolen (passed to NSA etc) and also copyright checked.
If i was to get my tin foil hat out - companies like dropbox have backdoors in for the NSA etc so that they can access everything but also use the info in the documents to better the prospects of USA companies - just like what that project Echelon has been doing for years.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 14:34, Share, Reply)
I just vpn torrent off that bitch next doors wifi and stick them all on a 128Gb flash stick.
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Sure that is a solution but flashdisks are more expensive that a disc would be and also not as handy to store, I mean like a disc wallet for instance containing 250 discs like I have for my old burned DVDs.
Not burned a DVD for years now but back in the day I would buy them down the market in boxes of 100 for pennies per disc.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:32, Share, Reply)
You know all that stuff you burned onto CDRs?
I'm willing to bet about half of it is already unreadable. Mine certainly are.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:54, Share, Reply)
I'm willing to bet about half of it is already unreadable. Mine certainly are.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 15:54, Share, Reply)
I had a root through them a few months ago and I tested out 10 of them at random from the cases and they all were fine and the films I had on them played in VLC fine.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 16:54, Share, Reply)
I bought these fancy cases with foam backing the strong clear plastic in "pages" that clipped into something like a big foam lined ring binder, been lying under a desk for years now full up and hardly ever do I need a disc from there but each binder has tons of films and tv series in there.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 21:02, Share, Reply)
May I interest you in these?
audiofidelity.net/category/24-karat-gold-cd
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 23:33, Share, Reply)
audiofidelity.net/category/24-karat-gold-cd
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 23:33, Share, Reply)
I knew this 74 minutes thing.
Old CD-Rs even had it written on.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 20:23, Share, Reply)
Old CD-Rs even had it written on.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 20:23, Share, Reply)
B O B
Macy Grey has written a - rather catchy - love song to her vibrator.
The video is rather cute to boot.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 9:15, Share, Reply)
Macy Grey has written a - rather catchy - love song to her vibrator.
The video is rather cute to boot.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 9:15, Share, Reply)
Have we had this here? Dentist "upset" at people's reaction to his killing a lion.
His statement really boiled my piss: He travels round the world killing animals, but can't even bear to use the word "kill" himself.
Obviously, internet witch-hunts are obviously terrible, however I'm having trouble empathising with this man's current plight.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 9:14, Share, Reply)
His statement really boiled my piss: He travels round the world killing animals, but can't even bear to use the word "kill" himself.
Obviously, internet witch-hunts are obviously terrible, however I'm having trouble empathising with this man's current plight.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 9:14, Share, Reply)
In light of this is Zimbabwe going to stop offering safari killing tours?
Or is it just the famous animals they care about?
It costs $49,000 to hunt a lion and you've got to pay extra 4% "government fee" aparently.
www.luxuryhunts.com/zimbabwe_lion_hunt.html
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 9:35, Share, Reply)
Or is it just the famous animals they care about?
It costs $49,000 to hunt a lion and you've got to pay extra 4% "government fee" aparently.
www.luxuryhunts.com/zimbabwe_lion_hunt.html
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 9:35, Share, Reply)
speaking of the commercial value of wildlife in Zimbabwe:
africageographic.com/blog/zimbabwes-elephants-sold-chinese-zoo-malnourished-injured/
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:04, Share, Reply)
africageographic.com/blog/zimbabwes-elephants-sold-chinese-zoo-malnourished-injured/
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:04, Share, Reply)
Done "properly" big game hunting benefits local economies, and improves wildlife diversity.
In this case, however, it has been a string of cock ups.
The thing that gets me about this particular individual is that in the 21st century he thinks using a bow and arrow against big animals is sporting and humane. It's not. You need a big gun to deliver enough energy into a rhino, buffalo, favourite lion etc. in order to produce enough damage for a quick kill. Hydraulic shock transmits a lot of energy into the animal. The energy of an arrow is not sufficient, and is localised; it depends on hitting a vital organ to result in a fatal hit. I think the account of this hunt was that they found the lion injured (quelle surprise!) the next day and had to dispatch it. So, completely avoidable suffering.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:12, Share, Reply)
In this case, however, it has been a string of cock ups.
The thing that gets me about this particular individual is that in the 21st century he thinks using a bow and arrow against big animals is sporting and humane. It's not. You need a big gun to deliver enough energy into a rhino, buffalo, favourite lion etc. in order to produce enough damage for a quick kill. Hydraulic shock transmits a lot of energy into the animal. The energy of an arrow is not sufficient, and is localised; it depends on hitting a vital organ to result in a fatal hit. I think the account of this hunt was that they found the lion injured (quelle surprise!) the next day and had to dispatch it. So, completely avoidable suffering.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:12, Share, Reply)
I get that they make money on hunting trips but how does killing an animal improve diversity?
Specifically Rhinos, lions and other animals that have perilously small populations?
Also killing the male lion will now result in massive damage to the system when other males try to fill the vacuum, kill his cubs to bring the females into heat, leaving their own prides unattended and at risk.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 11:00, Share, Reply)
Specifically Rhinos, lions and other animals that have perilously small populations?
Also killing the male lion will now result in massive damage to the system when other males try to fill the vacuum, kill his cubs to bring the females into heat, leaving their own prides unattended and at risk.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 11:00, Share, Reply)
In theory, there's a few ways.
Notably, there's the "hydra effect", which is the perplexing phenomenon whereby culling a population may cause it to come back stronger later. (There was a piece in the New Scientist about this a couple of weeks ago.
Second, in cases where the population of one animal is large, that might crowd out other animals, and become self-perpetuating. So, for example, there's a kind of starfish that is an incredibly voracious eater of coral; since coral reefs support all kinds of other life, culling that starfish in areas where it's been introduced and has no natural predators will be good for the ecosystem generally (assuming that we're not willing to wait the 300 000 years it might take for a local predator to develop a taste for them). Similarly, killing moose (and protecting wolves) has had an incredible regenerative effect on places like Yellowstone, because it allows for saplings to develop, which means greater landscape diversity, and more niches. (There's a wonderful novel called Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong that deals with the relationship between herders and wolves in Mongolia, by the way.)
It's not obvious that any of this applies to critically endangered animals, though. And the argument about moose might not translate easily to predators like lions.
Here's another argument - more anthropocentric in tone. By allowing permit hunting, you're actually providing an incentive for locals to conserve the population of game, on the basis that it then provides them with a source of income. More, a hard currency injection into an economy makes that economy richer, which does something to reduce subsistence farming, which reduces human/ game conflict, which reduces the need for quite so much game to be killed.
Again, that might not always work - eliminating fishing quotas in the North Sea is less likely to incentivise conservation as to lead to everyone going out to catch as much cod as possible before it's extinguished - but the crucial thing here would be regulation. Unregulated hunting may be a disaster - but regulated hunting mightn't be.
Which doesn't make it any less repugnant. But, if the argument works, we may have a reason to hold our noses and accept it for the greater good.
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Notably, there's the "hydra effect", which is the perplexing phenomenon whereby culling a population may cause it to come back stronger later. (There was a piece in the New Scientist about this a couple of weeks ago.
Second, in cases where the population of one animal is large, that might crowd out other animals, and become self-perpetuating. So, for example, there's a kind of starfish that is an incredibly voracious eater of coral; since coral reefs support all kinds of other life, culling that starfish in areas where it's been introduced and has no natural predators will be good for the ecosystem generally (assuming that we're not willing to wait the 300 000 years it might take for a local predator to develop a taste for them). Similarly, killing moose (and protecting wolves) has had an incredible regenerative effect on places like Yellowstone, because it allows for saplings to develop, which means greater landscape diversity, and more niches. (There's a wonderful novel called Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong that deals with the relationship between herders and wolves in Mongolia, by the way.)
It's not obvious that any of this applies to critically endangered animals, though. And the argument about moose might not translate easily to predators like lions.
Here's another argument - more anthropocentric in tone. By allowing permit hunting, you're actually providing an incentive for locals to conserve the population of game, on the basis that it then provides them with a source of income. More, a hard currency injection into an economy makes that economy richer, which does something to reduce subsistence farming, which reduces human/ game conflict, which reduces the need for quite so much game to be killed.
Again, that might not always work - eliminating fishing quotas in the North Sea is less likely to incentivise conservation as to lead to everyone going out to catch as much cod as possible before it's extinguished - but the crucial thing here would be regulation. Unregulated hunting may be a disaster - but regulated hunting mightn't be.
Which doesn't make it any less repugnant. But, if the argument works, we may have a reason to hold our noses and accept it for the greater good.
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A moose once bit my sister.
I totally support the culling of animals like deer which are overcrowding their environment and are also delicious.
But I can't get behind reducing populations numbering in the 100's or 1000's living in massive open spaces just because a dentist wants the thrill of bloodlust and some locals want a few grand.
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I totally support the culling of animals like deer which are overcrowding their environment and are also delicious.
But I can't get behind reducing populations numbering in the 100's or 1000's living in massive open spaces just because a dentist wants the thrill of bloodlust and some locals want a few grand.
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A complete tosser
Well now his details are out, i'm going to laugh when he goes out out of business, or someone calls by and fucks him up
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 9:38, Share, Reply)
Well now his details are out, i'm going to laugh when he goes out out of business, or someone calls by and fucks him up
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 9:38, Share, Reply)
Can't you arrange to fill his house with lions awaiting his return home?
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Online witch-hunts are okay if you have all the proper permits secured.
All proceeds go to feeding the trolls.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 9:53, Share, Reply)
All proceeds go to feeding the trolls.
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imagine spending your days wondering what it would be like to shoot exotic animals while peering into people's mouths
His brain must be like a Francis Bacon painting
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:40, Share, Reply)
His brain must be like a Francis Bacon painting
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Ha!
His teeth in photos are unnervingly white and perfect as well. I know that's more normal in America, but I find it quite creepy.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:44, Share, Reply)
His teeth in photos are unnervingly white and perfect as well. I know that's more normal in America, but I find it quite creepy.
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....he dotes over the his potplant though.
I think he named it Audrey.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:51, Share, Reply)
I think he named it Audrey.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:51, Share, Reply)
He's getting some imaginative feedback on Yelp
www.yelp.com/biz/river-bluff-dental-bloomington
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 11:02, Share, Reply)
www.yelp.com/biz/river-bluff-dental-bloomington
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Aside from all that, what kind of shit name for a lion is Cecil?
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PUSCIFER - A Bohemian Rhapsody (Cover Queen)
A veery odd music video but a great cover of a classic song
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A veery odd music video but a great cover of a classic song
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 6:13, Share, Reply)
I generally like Keenan's output
but Puscifer never really grabbed me.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 8:06, Share, Reply)
but Puscifer never really grabbed me.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 8:06, Share, Reply)
No mention of dilithium crystals.
It's space propulsion Jim, but not as we know it.
15 years ago a British man in a shed invented a new form of propulsion for space craft. NASA now think it may work, but are struggling with the concept because it doesn't appear to conform to equal and opposite reactions.
( , Tue 28 Jul 2015, 23:09, Share, Reply)
It's space propulsion Jim, but not as we know it.
15 years ago a British man in a shed invented a new form of propulsion for space craft. NASA now think it may work, but are struggling with the concept because it doesn't appear to conform to equal and opposite reactions.
( , Tue 28 Jul 2015, 23:09, Share, Reply)
Obviously NASA hadn't thought of that.
www.howmagnetswork.com
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www.howmagnetswork.com
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I think my "Big shitty Magnets" paper submitted to the "New Scientist" has fallen on deaf ears
Like yours. I will be famous one day then you will be sorry. I have a PhD from the Polytechnic of Pasadena in applied Arts, Quantum Mechanics and Crochet.
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Like yours. I will be famous one day then you will be sorry. I have a PhD from the Polytechnic of Pasadena in applied Arts, Quantum Mechanics and Crochet.
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Given that last time they tested it
They measured the same minuscule thrust whether it was turned on or off I think it'll turn out to be a dud in the long run.
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They measured the same minuscule thrust whether it was turned on or off I think it'll turn out to be a dud in the long run.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 7:53, Share, Reply)
You've missed the point.
The test results mean the magnets are so shitty, they work even when the machine is switched off.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 8:19, Share, Reply)
The test results mean the magnets are so shitty, they work even when the machine is switched off.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 8:19, Share, Reply)
Test firing a missile in Sevastapol harbour
Yep. Its Russian. You know what happens next.
Ok, apparently videos of this are disappearing as fast as they're going up. Thanks Putin.
Try this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6erksh1EiBQ
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Yep. Its Russian. You know what happens next.
Ok, apparently videos of this are disappearing as fast as they're going up. Thanks Putin.
Try this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6erksh1EiBQ
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Took almost 20 seconds for whatever that was a bit of
to land, wow.
( , Tue 28 Jul 2015, 20:55, Share, Reply)
to land, wow.
( , Tue 28 Jul 2015, 20:55, Share, Reply)
Oh boy
"As part of a demonstration of the fleet's combat capabilities, after a long break, missile fire will be conducted from a complex of anti-submarine weapons against an imitation target by the guard ship 'Ladny,'" the Defense Ministry's Southern Military District said in a statement last week.
Video footage of the explosion emerged shortly after the Black Sea Fleet commander, Admiral Alexander Vitko, addressed the festive gathering, saying that the era when the fleet was unable to replace its aging warships and weapons has ended.
Our Type 45s are way, way ahead of these old rust buckets.
( , Tue 28 Jul 2015, 21:25, Share, Reply)
"As part of a demonstration of the fleet's combat capabilities, after a long break, missile fire will be conducted from a complex of anti-submarine weapons against an imitation target by the guard ship 'Ladny,'" the Defense Ministry's Southern Military District said in a statement last week.
Video footage of the explosion emerged shortly after the Black Sea Fleet commander, Admiral Alexander Vitko, addressed the festive gathering, saying that the era when the fleet was unable to replace its aging warships and weapons has ended.
Our Type 45s are way, way ahead of these old rust buckets.
( , Tue 28 Jul 2015, 21:25, Share, Reply)
I assume some of the weapons are not joke ones
so, presumably it is a fair threat, regardless of the rustiness.
( , Tue 28 Jul 2015, 21:37, Share, Reply)
so, presumably it is a fair threat, regardless of the rustiness.
( , Tue 28 Jul 2015, 21:37, Share, Reply)
I’m sorry, I was telling to people to shut up talking
Poor old Thomas Woodrooffe, you have one little tipple and you never hear the end of it.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0208j3q
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 8:15, Share, Reply)
Poor old Thomas Woodrooffe, you have one little tipple and you never hear the end of it.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0208j3q
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They done worse. Velocity sensors in upside down can cause confusion to rocket brain.
One can only hope that mass corruption syphoning off money for projects which are then assembled by low paid muppets to cover lost money might eventually make a point to national esteem
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_EEv_CmOyA
( , Tue 28 Jul 2015, 23:04, Share, Reply)
One can only hope that mass corruption syphoning off money for projects which are then assembled by low paid muppets to cover lost money might eventually make a point to national esteem
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_EEv_CmOyA
( , Tue 28 Jul 2015, 23:04, Share, Reply)
In Soviet Russia Dmitriy Osipenko watches you.
or something
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 0:32, Share, Reply)
or something
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 0:32, Share, Reply)
Can't you tell it's a blatant western homosexual plot against glorious mother Russia?
Here is the real video of the excellent missle launch.
( , Wed 29 Jul 2015, 10:46, Share, Reply)
Here is the real video of the excellent missle launch.
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