hi res pic of the crew from the new star trek movie
and there pegg as scotty in the middle.
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Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:48,
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In all the shots I've seen
Kirk just looks like he's in a t-shirt. I think they've got everyone else spot on though.
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Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:50,
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Apart from Pegg they all look like kids!
Christ I'm getting old...
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Monty Propps, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:52,
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it does look good
justinflood.com/2008/10/first-shots-from-the-new-star-trek-movie/
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Lord_Munkee, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:26,
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Id this is a prequel,
why does the ship look far more sophisticated than the one in the original series?
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the RAND corporation a.k.a. Kevin Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:36,
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i'd prefer to not call it a prequel
its a reboot of the original series created by roddenberry. with the original characters, played by a new cast.
if they did a retro looking ship, it'd be naff, same as enterprise had to...
lets just pretend this is something new and not be overly critical :P
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Lord_Munkee, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:01,
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Play This
I made this!
I've been doodling in code, and ... well ... this happened: multi-player Connect 4 and Boxes.
It works in FF3 and IE7, untested in anything else. Don't expect it to stick around forever, it's kind of an experiment...
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robtoo is all out of gum, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:20,
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that's ace!
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:22,
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Very good
But I've just remembered how much I suck at connect 4.
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t0ria has forgotten how this all works, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:32,
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hehe!
I beat you!!
Lost to Monty Propps though :-(
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Meglos -.-. ..- -. - ..-. .-.. .- .--. ..., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:34,
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*cough*
;)
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:40,
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Me too,
I just lost :(
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Blackdogmanguitar is out with Fat Larry's Jazz Band on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:35,
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You lost
I wins!
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Mx-Dr Trying to be somewhere between an ape and a robot., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:51,
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That totally rocks my cock
very good effort that man!
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The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:34,
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Sorry I was distracted from play
by a puking Boxer dog!
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The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:54,
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That is cocking ace
Not sure what else you were planning to do with it but here are some developments that I would make (not sure if they are possible or not, just off the top of my head)
In the menu page have a list of players in each game in the team colour. And maybe a * next to who went last.
Also an archive page so you can look at old games.
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bobzarkoff, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:44,
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Genie Arse
:D
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Mx-Dr Trying to be somewhere between an ape and a robot., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:47,
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Sir, that's excellent
but I'm bowing out. The shame of the move I just made will never be lived down.
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Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:48,
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I'm a bit confused
How do you play boxes in teams? And how come one of the players was on both teams? I don't understaaaaand!
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flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:04,
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not so much teams, more "uncoordinated rush"
and he probably got on both teams by using the "switch teams" option on the main page.
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robtoo is all out of gum, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:33,
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Don't expect it to stick around forever, it's kind of an experiment.
BOO! That's fab fun!
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redazril I LIKE DRUGS!, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:28,
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was thinking the same thing
I've always looked at the chatrooms on kongregate and thought "meh! what's the point?", but they would be really handy here.
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robtoo is all out of gum, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:57,
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I just end up screaming at my monitor
as idiots on my team ruin my carefully laid traps :(
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chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:03,
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I saw that
I was very impressed with your traps, I couldn't believe I walked straight into it.
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bobzarkoff, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:06,
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very nice
clear and no fuss design. Connect 4 online is right up there for wasting worktime away with many other internet pursuits.
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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:56,
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Camino on Mac
Looks like it works OK
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Spherix What, with these feet?, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 21:33,
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More Buckethead please
Any b3tards love buckethead?
Even with an acoustic, (without the feedback), he's a frugging genius.
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MrGomez and David Bellamy's big pubey beard, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:35,
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Meh
He's got a Boss Digital Delay. Whoopdeedoo.
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Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:44,
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but he does have a KFC bucket on his head
which means I know who he is. He's that buckethead bloke.
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amygdala, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:49,
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I'm a big fan of his teacher
Paul Gilbert
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masakatsu best of all the burger meats, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:55,
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that sounds good
and strangely haunting aswell
*clicks*
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abstraction is somewhere out there..., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:09,
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"IT" Goatse!
from Stephen King's classic thriller!
It's at 1:18!
Probably GC, can't be arsed to check!
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:08, Reply)
inside out goatse!
no wonder the young lad looks so worried!
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McMookMac Crush Proof, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:32,
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that's probably one of the oldes Goatse's
whehe.
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Floppy Donkey crawled out of the ditch., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:09,
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Jimmy yersel
Possibly good, or possibly shit effort from the Stun (well, it made me laugh.)
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:52, Reply)
I'd say shit, and racist!! ;)
The bus stop one's just down from my work. He's lucky he didn't get chibbed!!
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Alzo wouldn't ride your mum into battle, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:07,
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Make your own snot
Ronseal
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Random Image Yes, yes, I'll speak to you on Monday, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:47,
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i must have been some kind of child prodigy
i've been doing it for years
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connor, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:54,
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Tips:
5. Wash your hands after playing with your snot.
*arf*
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Spherix What, with these feet?, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 21:46,
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Breaking news regarding the credit crunch / dow jones etc
ronseal
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McMookMac Crush Proof, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:28,
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a guy walks past with a cut out cock on his back...
then walks back asking who put it there :)
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McMookMac Crush Proof, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:42,
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please, oh gods of the internet...
let this be real....I'd be so dissapointed if it's fake.
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Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:05,
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I believe
it's real, but he probably knew it was there :)
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Mx-Dr Trying to be somewhere between an ape and a robot., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:31,
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HaHaHaHaHaHaHa!
This is hilarious!
:D
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LeightonJimbo has remembered his password!, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:19,
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Baby Laugh-a-lot
This doll comes straight from a 70s horror movie, I tell you!
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:23, Reply)
Kill it now!
Kill it with hammers and forks!
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flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:30,
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fucking hell!
I don't know what's scarier! The doll, or the kids!!
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Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:45,
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That is fucking scary.
There used to be a pub in Newcastle called the Broken Doll and it had broken dolls scattered all round the place.
Not a good place to be if you were pissed!
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Blackdogmanguitar is out with Fat Larry's Jazz Band on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:25,
Reply)
You never get me in there.
Dolls freak me out.
Heya BDMG, what part of Newcy?
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Monty Propps, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:51,
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It was somewhere down near the station,
but to be honest I was always in such a state it could have been in Jesmond for all I knew!
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Blackdogmanguitar is out with Fat Larry's Jazz Band on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:59,
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There is a pub...
in Hastings called The Clown....Terrifying...
and the punters are all freaks. It's the most bizarre pub I've ever been in.
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Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:10,
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Bill Bailey having a crack at U2
Made me chuckle. Sorry* if you've seen it before.
*not sorry
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mookay immune to icons since, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:09,
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hahahahaha!
splendid
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god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:01,
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Inside every Sarah Palin there is an evil freak midget trying to get out
click
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Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:41,
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B3TA and Daily Mail Joint Venture - YOU MADE THIS!
Congrats to all the B3TANS who made it into The Daily Mail's Credit Crunch pictorial feature.
Turns out the Daily Mail has not struck a deal with B3TA or (some of) the creators.
WELL DONE !
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beaubodor blogless, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:39,
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that's the second time they've done this in a few weeks....
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1057899/Pictured-The-credit-crunch-spoofs-laughing-way-bank-there.html
which reminds me that I still haven't chased them up for that. The irony is also not lost on me that in an article referencing the finanacial crisis, they are quite keen on using 'free' content
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:44,
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hmmmm
no copyright b3ta.com on the pics in the first feature.
Has a deal been done with B3TA ?
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beaubodor blogless, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:49,
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hmm, first I've heard of it.
/and not all the b3ta pics in the second article have been tagged with the copyright thing either.
Still, we always have this...
www.b3ta.com/questions/imagechallenge/post274135
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:53,
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slightly edited now to give better parameters
/and an example...
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:58,
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there's no deal
first I've heard of it is this thread
I'm not even sure B3ta is something that can legally hold copyright anyway, it's not a person or a company.
EDIT: Bollocks. This is Rob posting from a friends laptop not realising it's the wrong account.
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amygdala, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:52,
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welcome, noob ;)
and ta for the clarification :)
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:23,
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thieving twats
The new Daily Mail Watch site should be ready shortly. Happy to promote any repeat of this ebaumesque nonsense.
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Manic can teach you the secret of fire, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:49,
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b3ta does not own copyright
copyright subsists in the original item produced by the contributor (subject to their having used sufficient skill and effort in producing it- a magenta cock on an image probably won't cut it with a Judge I suspect), IRRESPECTIVE of wether the producer has the permission of the copyright holder whose work (if any) they have plagiarised.
And as such the b3tan themself should be credited with copyright as B3ta does not take an assignment of copyright (legal or equitable) when pictures are posted (food for thoiught there Robbo) as b3ta simply provides a method of artists showcasing their work.
Just because you have no ownership of the copyright it wouldn't stop b3ta being cited as a co-defendant IN a copyright infringement action against a b3tan given you allow the method for potentially copyright-infringing material to be shown to the public.
One of these days I will write a guide about the facts for b3tans, (as far as they can be determined, nothing's ever clear in law, which is a good thing or I wouldn't have a job).
Suffice to say, the Daily Mail has no right to take the images without the PERMISSION of the artist, and should not be crediting B3ta for others work. They do that because big fat corporations are cunts (yes you knew that) who like to think they can stamp on the little people because they most likely have an in-house IP lawyer or it's taken them 30 seconds of their advisors time to tell them that on the balance or risk if an internet-nerd complains they'll just tell you they're much bigger than you, so you'll believe what they say, and won't take it any further.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:55, Reply)
hahahahaha if only they knew that b3tans think of them as the biggest joke in the world...
oh the irony...
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:47, Reply)
I've tried to leave a comment.
It's rude.
It may be moderated out. We will see...
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:51,
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be interesting to see if they print mine...
The irony isn't lost on me that for an article about the financial crisis, and how we're all having to cut back, the Daily Mail seems happy to use images taken without prior permission from a non-profit making website (B3ta.com) and going against PPA guidelines to make every effort to contact a creator of an image before to using it, pretty much as they did in this article here, which also got into print a few weeks ago.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1057899/Pictured-The-credit-crunch-spoofs-laughing-way-bank-there.html
Perhaps someone from the Mail could let the users of B3ta.com know where to send their invoices for the use of the images without prior permission or seeking confirmation of copyright?
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:14,
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this freaked me out more
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1077800/Airport-admits-strip-search-body-scanners-WILL-people-naked.html
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connor, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:50,
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The url suggests the scanner
will make people naked through pure mechanical desire.
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Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:52,
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on second thoughts. since it seems i wont be flying any time soon.
it will be good to see what the burqa wearing types make of it now some security guy will see your chuff.
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connor, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:02,
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they don't appear to have made it into print
just leafed through today's offering, no sign.
if anyone wants me i'm in the shower.
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god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:59,
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the original ones did form the first article...
linked scan here:
www.b3tards.com/u/a609ede35986cfd048a1/mail.jpg
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:01,
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i know they did
that's my scan.
you've shopped my tag off it
*phones lawyer :)
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god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:04,
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haha, I forget who sent it to me?
was it you?
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:04,
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no, i just posted it on the board
to stir up some outraged of b3ta comments.
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god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:05,
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hmm, someone sent it to me
could have been Ghostie, not sure now
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:06,
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DJ Abstraction - Beyond Consciousness 13 - 3pm GMT - Trance
I made this!
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abstraction is somewhere out there..., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:26,
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hehe
I'm here lurking, once a month, in the shadows, lurking, creeping, eating wotsits...
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abstraction is somewhere out there..., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:02,
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can i just say
I was in the gym the other day, and boshed my MP3 player into the stereo putting on BC08, which was just long enough for my sets, and everyone f*cking loved it. I LIKE THIS!
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:59, Reply)
:D :D
That's great to hear mate :) Thanks a million for your feedback.
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abstraction is somewhere out there..., Thu 20 Nov 2008, 10:33,
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Jesus in Alnwick. episode three: holy shit
NSFW
I made this!
jesus is out in alnwick on mad friday and gets into a spot of bother
alnwick being a small town in north northumberland and mad friday being the friday before christmas when angry bald men drink all day and start fights.
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octopus footwear raaa, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:26,
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*****The following posts contains many many words*****
RAAAAAAH the seemingly propaganda like tone of this news article has just riled me so much i thought i'd come here and see if it rang the same bells with others.
now, i don't know about you b3tans that have experience in this area, but i've been smoking grass for rapidly approaching ten years and have so far killed........oh, no fucking people, not even come close.
i can't even put into words why it fucks me off so much that someone, who is clearly fucking mental, would blame a drug which turns even the biggest men into softarse pacifists, for a psychotic murderous attack on his girlfriend.
don't get me wrong, I totally agree that grass can get you extremely paranoid, but it takes an utter psycho (someone with propblems besides the drug) to do what this guy did.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:11, Reply)
clearly he has issues beyond cannabis
getting a lob-on was one of them
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awallafashagba Da da da da da Dah dah, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:18,
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haha
but yes, clearly issues besides the drug.
no doubt though, this case will be used as an example of why "drugs are bad m'kay" when it comes to the governments "drugs re-classification roulette".
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:20, Reply)
O RLY
well i had one bite of cannabis and drove a train into a school so there
"...now THAT'S sarcasm!"
/Homer blog
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grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:21,
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"As a police officer of 28 years...
... I can say the worst thing legislators did was to reduce the classification of cannabis to Class C and we are now starting to see the long-term issues of this drug."
It was reduced classification, what, 2 year ago... this guy had been 'addicted' for 10 years!
But, Drugs are bad, kids.
Stick to taxed ones like booze and fags
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:26,
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it makes my blood boil, truly.
it shoudn't, cos i no longer live in the UK, i live in Holland, which is wonderful.
just makes me angry that this'll get all the Daily heil/sun/anyone that actually listens to this sorta shit, up in arms about the dangers posed by weed.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:28, Reply)
I remember when I told my lovely mum
that I smoked grass when i first went to uni (Don't anymore, just eat beer now).
And she said she was appalled. I said "What exactly do you know about smoking weed?"
"Well, it's illegal"
"And..."
"Well, it's obviously bad for you, or it wouldn't be illegal"
"And wherwe do you get your information about drugs from?"
"I know what I read in the papers and see on the news."
I rest my case... sorry mum
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:32,
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totally, it's truly saddening the reasons people will give for believe in things.
luckily my mither and fither were both acid heads in the 70s so they're not too fussed by my consumption.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:34, Reply)
According to the copper
if cannabis hadn't been downgraded, psychos like this wouldn't smoke it. Because if there's one thing you can say about paranoid psychos, it's that they respect arbitrarily decided legal classifications for narcotic substances. "Class B substances? I may be a knife wielding nutter, but you wouldn't catch me going near that stuff. It's Class C all the way for me..."
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:27, Reply)
^this^
the whole concept is fucking ludicrous.
I hate the idea though, that they actuallly wanna make the sentences longer and the fines bigger. "we are now starting to see the long-term issues of this drug" yeah, just imagine what it's like in holland, probably fucking horrible with all those hopped up weed heads everywhere.
oh shit, wait, society over here is actually still functioning, we're not surrounded by weed-crazed axe murderers on every corner... how strange.
i'm almost becoming nonsensical in my rage, i think i need a lie down.....and a spliff.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:32, Reply)
This person was insane
I wouldn't blame it on the weed
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morrybyte made a subtle namechange at, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:31,
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Sorry,
but while I agree that the drug is mostly harmless it can bring to the surface latent mental problems.
The drug is not to blame alone but it probably does have something to do with it.
I have watched several friends mental states deteriorate due to smoking it non-stop over the course of 10 or so years. One was actually admitted to a mental care home, spent 3 years off weed recovering and actually returned to the guy I used to know...unfortunately he started to smoke it again and now years later recognises none of his old friends, talks to himself, is practically homeless on the streets of Belfast and is currently trying to perfect a mathmatical equation for angels.
Anyway, i'm not meaning to sway peole one way or the other. I think it all comes down to your state of mind and if you take it respobsibly...everything in moderation and all that
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Bamboo Steamer, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:56,
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It's well known to induce psychoses in the vulnerable
There's a wealth of evidence to prove that people with underlying mental health problems, especially schizophrenia will have their condition exacerbated by using marijuana.
In a lot of cases, the condition would never develop, but smoking a lot of weed will increase the chances significantly.
I used to smoke a LOT when I was younger, with my 'partner in crime'. He later went on to develop full blown paranoid Schizophrenia, was convinced his parents were trying to kill him, and ultimately ended up hanging himself a few years ago.
So the notion that weed is an entirely harmless drug and makes everyone into cuddly teddy bears is a complete fallacy.
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HoratioFellatio Taking the the out of psychotherapist, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:36,
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Fair enough
But even taking into account the different levels of usage, the number of people seriously damaged by alcohol abuse is a hell of a lot greater than those damaged by cannabis.
Plus it's very hard to distinguish cause and effect in these things - many people with mental disorders find that cannabis helps to calm them, and I don't think there have been any really decent double-blind studies because of the ethical issues. Maybe those people who go crazy on weed would have gone more crazy without it and were self-medicating. Without extensive (and unbiased) research, it's very hard to be sure.
Final point: as you say, it's mostly about exascerbating existing conditions. Whether drug use can *induce* schizophrenia is a different question from whether it makes it worse (or better).
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flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:44,
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The obvious point here
is that pumping you body full of psychotropic narcotics is never going to do you any good.
And as for the alcohol/weed argument - alcohol only causes lasting damage after years of abuse, and the effects are more gradual, more visible and more easily reversible.
Yes, people can get pissed up and get violent, but they wake up with a hangover and they're back to normal. Bringing on full blown paranoid schizophrenia isn't something a couple of paracetamol can cure.
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HoratioFellatio Taking the the out of psychotherapist, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:51,
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While mental illness should not be encouraged,
"alcohol only causes lasting damage after years of abuse"
try arguing that point with the medics in A&E departments
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no_funny_name heart of gold, nerves of steel, knob of butter, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:56,
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Whereas one puff of a joint and you're a paranoid nutjob?
Obviously no mind-altering substance is good for you. But in terms of damage to *others*, weed is way down the list.
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flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:41,
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also this
but then again, it would not be too wise for someone with "underlining mental health problems" to drink too much booze.
Edit: Ja, what FF said
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no_funny_name heart of gold, nerves of steel, knob of butter, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:47,
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fair do's, i concede that it can do some messed up and horrible stuff to people with the wrong mental disposition in the first place, and my apologies if my post seemed a little insensitive, what happened to your friend sounds like a horrible thing.
but compare any of the figures relating to this drug to alcohol and cigarettes and it rapidly starts to look like the tiniest of worries.
it bugs me that there is still such a mssive worry being generated by the government over this drug when they couldn't care less (i know this is an understatement, but for the sake of brevity i'm simplifying) about one that is already killing hundreds of thousands a year, and is no doubt ( i can't be fucked to go google the figures, as i said, i'm a stoner) responsible for the massive mental degradation of all of it's addicts, testimony to which is abundance of piss-covered tramps in town centres who before hitting the bottle would never have considered such a lack of personal care.
all in all, it's the hypocrisy that gets me, that and the fact that i'm made to feel like a psychotic leper if i discuss this with people who have no understanding of the other side of the argument.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:49, Reply)
I have exactly the same story
to the point i'm inclined to ask if you live in sussex, as that's so close to the person I knew.
But then there's a difference between exacerbating and cause - someone troubled enough to do a frenzied knife attack very probably had issues in the first place, as the hundreds of people i've met since who have also taken the drug at varying points in the lives for various periods, haven't stabbed me or anyone else up lately - they're all pretty normal, insofar as any of us are.
However, as the chap above me mentions, there's never been a sufficient study to show that a condition wouldn't have developed without it, so it's very hard to say, even if it does greaten existing conditions. Without empirical evidence, that's a bit like saying cheeseburgers make your hair fall out because lots of bald men eat cheeseburgers.
Personally, I hate the stuff. Never had any joy out of it, just vomiting.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:55, Reply)
also this.
Just ask any nurse in a psych ward.
Interestingly, certain types of grass are "worse" - notably the more trippy kinds (not surprisingly), i.e. super skunk etc. And some kinds can actually help - something to do with the constituent chemicals.
It can induce psychotic episodes in those who wouldn't have got them if they didn't smoke it.
(, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 14:30, Reply)
Yes, this
I smoked for a few years, and the best stuff I ever had was this really mild grass. It was really pleasurable and I didn't get any of the horrible side effects I got with super-strength skunk.
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krang, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:22,
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Hang on a minute...
What's your point?
It's clearly a combination of pot and having an unstable mind that fucked him up. Therefore if it wasn't for smoking dope he might not have gone so deep into mental wrongness.
It affects people in different ways, and without doubt can cause serious psychosis. My ex is a clinical pharmacist who works on a mental ward, and she says half the problems are related to cannabis.
I've been smoking on and off for 14 years, but recently i've found it makes me anxious and gives me bad nightmares, so i don't often bother anymore.
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mookay immune to icons since, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 15:20,
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That's the crazy thing about any drug though
it can effect people differently, some people turn into psychos after a few drinks of whiskey, let alone smoking grass. But you are right, it's the person that's the issue really, not the drug.
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abstraction is somewhere out there..., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:04,
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Batman 3 Fan Movies
Selection of movies for Batman 3 - bit hit n miss!
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Random Image Yes, yes, I'll speak to you on Monday, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:51,
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DVD reviews featuring hi-res grabs from many great movies
Terrific little resource for 'shopping. Bookmarked here. You might like it too. Cheers all.
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Manic can teach you the secret of fire, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:49,
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best link of the day :)
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:13,
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You only got up 20 minutes ago, you dawdling flâneur
;)
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grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:22,
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Cracking site that
Very useful for comparing different DVDs from around the world... if you're a bit geeky and have to have the BEST version of a DVD.
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 13:22,
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Patrick the Pumpkin Patch Prince
And La Catrina, the female version of Death from Mexican folklore
www.macula.tv/downloads/papertoys/gallery/catrina/gallery.htm
Paper cutouts - just in time for Halloween!
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Random Image Yes, yes, I'll speak to you on Monday, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:44,
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the N-Word SFW
he is f-word annoyed about it!
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McMookMac Crush Proof, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:36,
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ha.
he is a minor genius. I thought this was just going to be another youtube racial rant, but nay, it's a bit good.
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Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:40,
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Class act
He is a minor (or not so minor) genius, yes. Really very good stuff. :)
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one of my mates has been there
and he's a b3tan, he's a worse lurker than me though, not that its a bad thing to be a lurker of course
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weaver., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:30,
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A timeless guide to beautiful webdesign
with added irony
Pick up web design tips here
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taurus k kowalski wine, boredom, weakness..., Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:19,
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I love how he links the W3 Validator and his site is nowhere near XHTML compliant
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Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 12:33,
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