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THE WISE IN NEOWISE:
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 16:15,
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So is there just one comet called NEOWISE? I thought there'd be a catalogue full of them.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 18:15,
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Interesting back story.
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Varmint, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 18:48,
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Always interesting, this kind of thing, thanks.
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Wed 22 Jul 2020, 19:41,
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How to build an "invisibility shield"
Interesting.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 22 Jul 2020, 13:54,
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It doesn't really work though
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 14:48,
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A whole line of them coming down the street would be pretty unnerving though.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 22 Jul 2020, 15:15,
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Like geese at a lake
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 16:46,
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thank god it wasn't a hyperstealth video
www.hyperstealth.com
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LP, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 16:02,
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Seems like a lot of work when he could've just asked the incels how to be invisible.
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BaronMunchausen Interdimensional Demon Day Laborer, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 16:33,
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But if nobody’s in his mother’s basement to see him, is the incel invisible?
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Pie of Meat ___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 19:31,
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Hmmmm... Good question.
Better consult Jordan "the great oracle" Peterson for answers.
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BaronMunchausen Interdimensional Demon Day Laborer, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 21:18,
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The sound of one hand fapping.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Thu 23 Jul 2020, 0:49,
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looks like a similar sized bit of plywood would have the same effect
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cackbastard criminally inane, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 18:46,
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Tim from the Cardiacs is gone :(
Lurkylurker returning bringing shit news really, discovered them half through here, half through a colleague. Sounds!
youtu.be/a820Xo4XdB8
Been so long literally have no idea how to embed the Tubes of You properly, soz.
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injektilo smoking the weed that killed elvis, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 12:06,
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I got my Ray Purchase purchase
Thought you might like to see.
When it came through it said
Share this link with friends/Family and Contacts. For every video they get, you get 10% commission
e.g If someone gets a video for $50 and you will get $5
www.celebvm.com/FAN39BFVT4X
so, if you do use, I'll stick any commission in the pot and we'll see if we can agree on its' best use.
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unclepills, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 11:51,
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hahaha ace!!
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 12:46,
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Every bit as half-arsed as you could hope.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 12:53,
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Possibily by contrast, this is the Boycie for the b-in-law
youtu.be/A7sfZ7WMoXg
You get 300 characters to get the info in, for them to work with. TBF, I gave Purchase little to work with other than some abuse.
Most of them on the site have an example of their level of commitment before you cough up.
He might have shaved though
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unclepills, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 16:04,
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Ray Bloody Purchase!
How's Mrs P?
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 22:29,
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Well...
twitter.com/pinknegligee
the whole cast seem to be on it, officially, including Clem. @ClemFandango_uk
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unclepills, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 23:02,
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A challenger for Benests Of Millbrook
Dunno what's best about this - the enigmatic dancing, the banging generic dance music, the 'well I'll give it a punt but I'm not promising anything' approach to acting, the fact that they couldn't find anyone who fitted the only cruise captain's jacket in Kilwinning or its absolute refusal to ever bloody end.
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Wong Fei-Hung - now with added flickr.com (see profile), Wed 22 Jul 2020, 10:14,
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Has anyone ever defended their actions with "they were being relentlessly upbeat"?
also GC albeit from a time long, long ago
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Mehitabel_Itrang, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 10:31,
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Ah
well. Nothing is ever truly new.
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Wong Fei-Hung - now with added flickr.com (see profile), Wed 22 Jul 2020, 10:39,
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Still enjoyable
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Mehitabel_Itrang, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 10:41,
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I could have been on holiday and come back and it still wouldn't have got the end.
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Wed 22 Jul 2020, 10:49,
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Obviously-man-in-a-dress doing parkour
I am crying.
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IHaveABadFeelingAboutThis most likely working from home on, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 11:04,
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I nearly gave up just before the captain made his entrance
But I'm glad I didn't - that was hilarious. Now I'm going to have to watch the rest of it to find the parkour bit.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 11:51,
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Bloody hell, they'd make mincemeat out of you.
What a terrible way to go.
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Varmint, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 13:39,
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Well that was cringingly funny.
The owners taste in women is a bit obvious too.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 14:09,
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"You don't have to be fat to work here, but it helps."
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 17:59,
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"C to E cups need only apply."
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 18:10,
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*tries and fails to post picture of Divine in Pink Flamingos*
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Wed 22 Jul 2020, 19:43,
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Here you go:
I saw Devine a couple of times just hanging out at the Camden Palais.

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Varmint, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 21:47,
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I might be wrong but isn't that someone dressed up as Devine playing the character rather than Devine himself?
should be Divine
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Mehitabel_Itrang, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 22:35,
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Travel agents
I remember them
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MC Chicken Sandwich All I want for Christmas is your mum, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 15:23,
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RIP Tim Smith of The Cardiacs
Nobody else ever sounded or looked like this, maybe nobody every will again
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Zuowan, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 10:02,
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Oh
completely and utterly fuck that
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Wong Fei-Hung - now with added flickr.com (see profile), Wed 22 Jul 2020, 10:11,
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Oh, shit
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 10:22,
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Smells Like Teen Spirit Cover In Classical Latin (75 BCE to 3rd Century CE) Bardcore
This was recommended from the Honest John YT video.
Salvé, salvé, salvé, parve?
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nospoon The Olympigs would have been more entertaining., Wed 22 Jul 2020, 3:57,
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I did this when stuck in a hotel on a work trip.
Never put it to music though...
qo’ lughmoHlaHlaw SoH neH - Only you can make this world seem right
Hurgh wovmoHlaw SoH neH - Only you can make the darkness bright
SoH’e’ ej SoH neH - You and you alone
DISeymoHlaH - Can thrill me
‘ej bang DIlo’ teblaHmeH tIqwIj - And [can] fill my heart with love
jeH ngaS choHvam lInglaH SoH neH - Only you can make this change in me.
teHmoH SanwIj SoH - You are my destiny
ghopwIj Da’uchDI’ - When you hold my hand
vuQlIj jIyaj - I understand your (magic)
najwIj SubmoHta’ SoH - You are my dream (come true)
SoHwij neH - My (one and only) you
jeH ngaS choHvam lInglaH SoH neH - Only you can make this change in me.
teHmoH SanwIj SoH - You are my destiny
ghopwIj Da’uchDI’ - When you hold my hand
vuQlIj jIyaj - I understand your (magic)
najwIj SubmoHta’ SoH - You are my dream (come true)
SoHwij neH - My (one and only) you
najwIj SubmoHta’ SoH - You are my dream (come true)
SoHwij neH - My (one and only) you
Why can't we use code or tt tags?
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jonbob loves you, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 14:50,
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Because summoning Cthulhu, The Great Old Ones and Elder Things is forbidden
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Mehitabel_Itrang, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 16:12,
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The best you could hope for with that is an amorous Mr Worf
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jonbob loves you, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 16:22,
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Pass me the plasma cutter...
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 23:59,
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Indeed...
Whilst it may be resistant to mechanical cutting, its constituent materials are unlikely to resist thermal cutting.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 0:09,
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I wouldn’t be so sure.
The ceramic component likely won’t be affected by the heat from a gas axe, and you can’t cut aluminium with one because aluminium oxide has a much higher melting point than the metal does.
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jonbob loves you, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 11:12,
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A plasma cutter will cut aluminium
But the jet is likely to be disrupted by the ceramic making deep cuts impossible.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 11:47,
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Aye just so.
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jonbob loves you, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 11:53,
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It will matter a lot how thick the panel is.
If all else fails, try gallium.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 13:59,
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what about if you make a saw out of it?
also, there are quite a few materials that are beyond the ability of regular anglegrinders to cut, but they are prohibitively costly
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 0:42,
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If you mean to saw itself, I guess heat buildup would cause it to blunt and bind.
Clickbait headline really, wouldn't mind some to play with though.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 1:01,
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you could manufacture it into balls and make an indestructible bean bag
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 1:13,
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Carbon fibre and kevlar cover with a manganese steel zip.
A (large bubble size) electric guitar body would look awesome.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 1:29,
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In the video, the blade goes into the metal
And from the text, once it is inside the metal - that's when it blunts the blade. So it seems to be soft under pressure, so probably wouldn't be able to saw. It's most likely flop apart.
For a lock, how thick would it have to be to protect the lock mechanism? Would you actually benefit weight-wise?
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 7:48,
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It blunts because the ceramic spheres are in two layers just below either surface
I doubt we’ll see it used in locks because it’s really, really expensive to make.
More likely it’ll be used for armour; foamed metals without ceramics are already pretty good against bullets.
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jonbob loves you, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 11:15,
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Will it get trapped in a whales blowhole if tossed in the sea?
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hoppitygoestotown The temporal displacement occurred exactly, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 2:53,
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We can only hope
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 8:06,
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cutting edge stuff
or not
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simbosan is too tired, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 7:26,
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cuts bit of bike frame out, removes uncuttable lock, replaces bit of bike frame
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Mehitabel_Itrang, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 10:23,
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See a lot of steel bikes about, do you?
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97800, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 20:43,
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fair point though I honestly wouldn't recognise one
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Mehitabel_Itrang, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 22:48,
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Cutting through a tube would only be useful if you're intending to strip the parts off the bike and ditch the frame.
Once damaged aluminium isn't cost effective to repair, as I found a few years back (unless you are able to do the work yourself). Whereas steel sounds like a piece of piss to find someone who can repair it.
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97800, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 23:33,
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If lockpicking lawyer has taught me anything, it’s that it’s the lock mechanism that’s the weakest point. If you have the time to angle grind then you have the time to deal with the lock.
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JauntyArt, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 11:29,
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Yes, very much so.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 13:48,
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Emergency kitten!
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:41,
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He's got huge, sharp ... he can leap about ... look at the BONES
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97800, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:52,
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It feels the hate flowing though it.
I need to see it as an adult, versus the vet and a suppository.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:54,
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VaC
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 23:05,
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Atari VCS partner with Gamejolt. Who? Let's find out
Yes, Atari tell us they're partnering with Gamejolt. Turns out they're an indie company, but is it anything to get excited about? Let's dive into it.
mod edit: have some Italo Disco instead
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BR2049, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:02,
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OH HAI SOCKCOOKER
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:06,
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I'm not convinced.
This chap seems to produce a bit of paedo-friendly content, so it would seem out of character for SockCooker to promote it without condemning it.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 23:08,
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Please speak to your doctor about your mental health.
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Huw Edwards Yer Maw's got the Hantavirus, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:08,
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Looks like I picked the wrong week .............
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:12,
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Fuck Off. Get Cancer. Die.
Just a recommendation.
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:13,
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=(
You make me very sad
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Sherbs, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:27,
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As rob's already redesigned the site around this guy to auto-delete his name from posts
perhaps that could be expanded to interrogate the names of channels or videos linked to?
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97800, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:33,
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Or everyone could just stop giving him the attention he craves by replying to his shitposting.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:43,
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Bring back Blackflag!
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97800, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:49,
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yeah, his spoken word stuff is getting tedious
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 9:47,
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Also, I reckon there's more chance these are another user posting D*F* videos via new sock accounts just to wind everyone up, rather than it actually being D* R* himself.
Fairly sure mods can see if multiple usernames are posting from the same IP ...
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97800, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 23:05,
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That deerstalker really suits you.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 7:11,
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Christ, if everyone started doing that, this website would die on its arse.
Oh.
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Plague Hedgehog 'posting crap', Tue 21 Jul 2020, 23:12,
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WC Fields in Honest John
One of the finest bits of physical comedy ever committed to film.
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Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 21:54,
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That is spectacular. I’d not seen this before. Need to seek out more stuff.
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JauntyArt, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 11:36,
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Actually brought a tear to my eye!
Very good stuff.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 21:16,
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Pink Floyd - Jugband Blues
(London Line Promo Video, 1967 London)
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 21:00,
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Many happy candles on your candle day which is today
Woop
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:10,
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Always loved this one =)
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Sherbs, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:28,
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Candles!!!
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:37,
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In honour of Belgium Day, the finest proponent of Belgium's musical instrument
played in Belgium.
(The only planet where they don't know what 'Belgium' means)
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Tue 21 Jul 2020, 18:58,
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I love Belgium
best of all the horses
no, wait...
excellent drumming too, by the way
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GforGermany looks like some sort of retaining plunger, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 19:48,
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trane was alright, but even in Davis's late 50's sextet I thought adderley was the better sax player
better phrasing and dynamics. people worship trane for his innovation, but as with free jazz I reckon part of the appeal is that by appearing to like the shrillness, the unmelodic dissonance, by association they too will seems cool and complex. /b3ta jazzfight
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 0:11,
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I agree about Adderely - I have been hammering Milestones for the first time in decades
and the richness of his tone stands out.
I used to be really into free jazz, until I noticed the one thing you're not free to do is to get into a groove, which is the opposite of free.
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Wed 22 Jul 2020, 10:06,
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Something for the weekend
I know one or two of you on here like science, space and/or music, so this is for you.
Bluedot Festival is a really good festival held at Jodrell Bank (radio telescope in Cheshire) the last 4 years (I've had the pleasure of working them all), but they had to cancel this year due to lurgi. They are doing a virtual festival this weekend instead, with talks, live and archival music performances and DJ sets.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 18:08,
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A hugely desirable flat in W11
perfect for a single person who enjoys eating beans from a tin, drinking a can of super strength lager and then crying themselves to sleep
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herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 16:27,
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It would appear to be possible to spray the consumer unit with the shower
Not sure how that passed building control.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 16:33,
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Love the floor plan. Looks like you need to keep the door open to sit on the loo
Not that you'd ever want to shut yourself in there
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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 16:39,
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That's a loo?
I assumed it was a cupboard and there was a shared toilet down the corridor
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97800, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 19:24,
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Potato masher in the shower...
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 19:46,
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I believe you have to cut your legs off to achieve privacy
Of course you could just put an indicator latchset on the front door and call it a cubicle.
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Clying Crayon draws the wrong conclusion, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 4:29,
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SPAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 16:45,
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lol
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97800, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 18:21,
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Haha!!
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Tue 21 Jul 2020, 18:55,
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{:-D
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 18:55,
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\o/
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:05,
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nicely!
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:15,
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Nice use of the wide angle lens
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 16:51,
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Clearly built to be used as a Shag Den.
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BaronMunchausen Interdimensional Demon Day Laborer, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 17:03,
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prison cells are expensive
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cockenspiel, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 17:30,
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Not sure they understand what the phrase 'bolt hole' means?
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benito vaselini no not that one, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 17:38,
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"Slightly preferable to a shop doorway"
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97800, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 17:40,
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Can you spare 3 hours a day for travel?
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-71008425.html
Plus an 8 grand one year railcard it's still cheaper.
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97800, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 18:20,
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No. Also I can't live there as I've only got ten fingers.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 19:39,
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Fancy a banjo duel?
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97800, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 20:13,
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You can't fool me. It starts with a banjo. Later there's bumsex.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 21:08,
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Jesus Wept that for a 2 bed place in Ipswich!!!
I went further and moved to a village near Diss and spent my entire day commuting into and out of London. I chose poorly.
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:29,
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I like that there is a tab to check which schools are nearby.
For when you move your whole family in
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MartinH, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 20:20,
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Nonce den...
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 20:28,
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You'd be amazed what these foreigns you get nowadays can do with 7 foot square
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97800, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 21:57,
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Haha!
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:06,
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Is that an electric hob wired up on the draining board?
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WaltTFB, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:26,
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£200,000-£180,000=£20k.
So, about 400 ferry crossings @ £50 each and you can buy this place:
www.rightmove.co.uk/overseas-property/property-94842305.html?currencyCode=GBP
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:33,
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it's worse than everyone is saying coz "NB: The property can not be let or occupied as a permanent residence"
£200,000 and you can't even LIVE THERE.
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rob, Fri 24 Jul 2020, 14:29,
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Happy Belgium day!
Today is Belgium day
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MC Chicken Sandwich All I want for Christmas is your mum, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 15:34,
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This is one of Belgium's greatest contributions to western culture
via The Orb
youtu.be/JgsQuibP-p0
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Tue 21 Jul 2020, 19:02,
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Belgium was just invented so France and Germany would have somewhere to fight.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 19:38,
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I fucking hate Bruges.
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:35,
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Isn't this just pan and scan across still mosaic images?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 10:08,
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logically there will come a point where humans landing on Mars is so commonplace that there will be 'fashion' instagram posts from Mars
so maybe we should just not bother going
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Mehitabel_Itrang, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 11:10,
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I'd happily support sending all the Instagrammers there and only on arrival telling them that there's no internet.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 12:50,
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or oxygen
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piss and shit, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 13:00,
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I consider that a fringe benefit.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 13:03,
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I think it was Larry Niven who wrote about Mars:
The atmosphere would be deathly toxic... if it weren’t too thin to matter.
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jonbob loves you, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 13:07,
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Indeed.
Toxicity might be around third or fourth on the list of potentially fatal issues. Some way below temperature and pressure.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 13:44,
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 13:53,
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Less Covid though
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 14:33,
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Yes. With a sleepy charmless patronising voice over telling you so.
But it still is what it claims to be.
We need a decent sized comms relay network around Mars before it's feasible to stream video back (and forth), which should hopefully be one of the first things a Starship does when it arrives there... You could fit a shitload of fairly large satellites into a Starship.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 17:48,
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or one satellite with a very big antenna
best one out there at the moment is on MRO - clicky
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custard, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 18:06,
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fake link!
Or linky no worky.
You could have fucking huge lightweight expanding dish antennas on fairly small satellites, power generation and battery storage would be the limiting factors, I think. Like, if your dish obscures your solar panels, you're not going to be able to transmit for very long.
Oh and just one big dish sat wouldn't cut it, you'd want a network dense enough to maintain constant line of sight with Earth's comms network.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 19:10,
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link fixed
it was to the comms system on the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter, 3 metre antenna, 6 Mbit/s, but now only 2 iirc
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custard, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 22:18,
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Aha
Yeah that's what I'd call a fairly large satellite. 1-2t. Pack a dozen or so of them in a Starship and Bob Kerman's your uncle.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 23:14,
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Starlink makes sense where you've got people distributed all over the surface who need to talk to each other. Any initial Mars settlement is going to be concentrated in one place and the only distant thing they'll need to communicate with is Earth. You could just as easily do that with one or two large comms sats instead of 25,000 small ones.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 19:37,
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I'm not saying we'd need anything like Starlink (they wouldn't have the power anyway)
but a good dozen or so decent sized (around 1t or so) comms satellites would do.
You could probably get away with three giant ones if they are all high enough up. Just having one in geostationary orbit (areosynchronous if you're a pedant) would mean being cut off from Earth whenever your side of Mars was facing away from Earth. A small network of big satellites in geo would make constant communication possible.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 19:53,
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Three big ones is probably the way to go to get the bandwidth back to earth. They wouldn't need to be stationary either as long as they were 120 degrees apart in the same orbit, that orbit could be anything you choose. Tracking satellites is a solved problem.
If you could live with short breaks, you could probably stick two in a really high orbit at 180 degree separation. You've got the communication delay to factor in anyway, so you could probably live with that.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 20:31,
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If we're only going with 3 I'd want them at high altitude with a low inclination for maximum coverage but I take your point.
And I'd want a further 9 for redundancy. :D
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 21:11,
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It's never a good idea to look at extreme close-ups of your food.
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Plague Hedgehog 'posting crap', Tue 21 Jul 2020, 10:42,
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never sure what we're supposed to be looking at in these things
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benito vaselini no not that one, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 11:11,
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Mars in 4k
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Cassius Kray floats like a butterfly, stings like a trout, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 11:46,
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"This is the first time Martian footage has been rendered in stunning 4K"
Really? Are you sure?
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Huw Edwards Yer Maw's got the Hantavirus, Tue 21 Jul 2020, 14:18,
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looks like a shithole. when do we start terraforming it?
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 22 Jul 2020, 1:10,
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