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This is a link post Helsinki's battle with the snow
Interesting short doc
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's nothing,
there were at least a few inches here last month. That's why we're now living in a post-apocalyptic hell.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post I liked that
I didn't know of all of that even though I live in Helsinki :) There was quite a bit of talk in the news about how the snow is actually managed at the start of winter, when the snowfall was pretty insane. Most of the time you don't even have to think about it, though, the city's trucks start clearing out the snow as soon as it falls. I guess I might pay more attention to it if I actually owned a car.. Must be a bitch.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:53, , Reply)
This is a link post that's not news!
people get stabbed to death by cocks all the time
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post oops
GCx3
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post but it didn't say GC
(thought it would defy the odds to not be here though)
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post did ya spack back and check? noooo!
GC is not perfect: same story + different link = GC fail.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:01, , Reply)
This is a link post websites from 1998 - brett glass
i challenge you to find websites from 1998 that still work!!

This article is about "Changing a Disk's Volume Serial Number" but beware, it doesn't work with FAT32!

GC sez no
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh hai, I found one
www.google.com/
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 1:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is my fave website from 1998
the-avengers.warnerbros.com/frameset.html

You may want to turn the sound down though

I particularly like the trailer playing about an inch square
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 9:26, , Reply)
This is a link post Shameless Family Plug (My sister made this)
Shameless cos I'm hunting for votes for something you probably haven't seen, BUT...

My baby sis was the designer for the Robbie Burns (Burrans!) Birthplace Museum, and it's up for an award and a click or two would make me feel even MOAR!!! little feelings of love for humanity in general and b3tans in particular. It's an amazing place if any of you are close enough to visit fo realz.

I know this is cheeky, but it's mah baby sista so I will take any amount of forum vilification for a vote or two =)

Thankyou!

S
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post Done
I'll take a cheque, if that's alright?
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post In the post!
Aithankyew
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ooo WOW well done her!
That is a stunning building :-)
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^This too

(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post had a gig there.
at one of the many official openings. didn't actually see the museum. is it good?
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well I think so =)

(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post My daughter gets married at Brig O'Doon later this year
I'll pop in then and have a look.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:53, , Reply)
This is a link post Jack Black Interview on The Late Late Show
Epic Entrance
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post "The video you have"......
(Etc.)
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post click the link, it works

(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post I both love and hate JB, I late him

(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post John Prescott has had a facelift
Gullivers Travels was wank but thats just my opinion
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post Whore.

(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post YES!
This will sit nice with my new GTX 580!
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 8:26, , Reply)
This is a link post Battlefield 3. Look about three posts down.
This isn't a funny link.

It's not even relevant to a few of you.

But B1942 was a major part of my gaming life and THIS fucker just got leaked.

I don't mind saying that a teeny-weeny globule of spunk is, as we speak, slowly dribbling down my thigh.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post Bad Company 2 certainly borrowed a considerable portion of my essay-writing time from me,
so this one definately looks like it's worth keeping my eyes on.

It'll be interesting to see whether their loyalty to PC gamers last though in light of what DICE recently announced regarding the Battlefield franchise (see www.megagames.com/news/dice-cancels-two-pc-battlefield-projects).

Good find though; some mates of mine will have gluey pants when this gets around.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post

I'm with you, but Dice have always been PC centric. They were very critical of the COD and MOH series - no prone, no modding.

They've maintained that have a huge amount of autonomy and they'll make sure that the PC is the flagship release for BF3.

I mean, I'd rather play BF2 than watch some kid in MOH get a killstreak and 'earn an Apache strike.' I mean, come on.

Project Reality is a perfect example of what Dice allows modders to do to their engine (and let's face it, Desert Combat was a mod of 1942 that actually bettered the game.)
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Im completely behind the whole Battlefield thing
I play codblops purely because all of my mates do (and because Zombies is a great way to lose a night) but I am always moaning that we never play enough Bad Company 2. Battlefield games have always been the perfect midpoint between cheater's havens like COD or MOH and (a bit more) realistic shooters like ARMA and Op Flash; they provide both the fun that you get from de-tagging a 12 year-old and the ultimate win that comes from progressive teamwork.

The only issue I have with this is that, like Crysis 2, a game that should be a PC title will ultimately be released as a console port as that is where the majority of the market is. It's a shame really, but its understandable considering that it costs me in excess of £600 to overhaul my base unit every two years to keep in with recommended game specs; it wouldnt cost me a penny over rrp to keep my console working with every new game.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post oooh. finally. a game that might make me want to upgrade
*glees*
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post As I use a laptop with a fairly archaic chip in it
I hadn't played a game made after 2005 for about three years. Then I went home for Christmas and played Black Ops on my little brother's Xbox. I felt like an Edwardian who had been handed a virtual reality set. Games are inbloodycredible now. I also had a go on Bad Company 2, and as this seems to be a newer take on that, I'm sure that at some point in the future it'll find a way to turn me into a dribbling potato.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post but but but!!
I want that buzz I had with 1942. It was never the same after and every time they go and poop it by doing modern warfare when theres so much of that about already. *cries :(
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm SORRY. I had to post this. Cover art revealed.

(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post BIGGAR

(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post

I will pull this down in a minute. But it is fucking cool and makes me all warm and tingly.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm with you spunker!
I can remember when I first saw screenshots of BF2 and thinking OMFG WHOA!

...turned out the game was about as balanced as a Fox News report on gay atheists and had nowhere near the amount of content (vehicles, maps, etc.) as BF1942... and then there were the mods!
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 1:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ooh yeah. Big Battlefield fan. BF3 will be a (rare for me) pre-order.
Looking forward to this. I like BFBC2, but the maps are too small and deaths are too random. If BF3 has bigger maps and more players, it will be awesome.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 6:06, , Reply)
This is a link post Eye of the storm-Lovett
I just watched it in big, very nice, in fact.... I lovett!
(sorry)
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post another nice film today :D
yay
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Aces!

(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 8:33, , Reply)
This is a link post Surreal Dutch comedy programme takes on 'English Sport'
About accurate, I'd say.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post that
is strangely compelling.

i must know the rules!!
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post See that BBC4 programme about lost sports?
If Quintain doesn't become popular, I'm up for a spot of this.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:02, , Reply)
This is a link post Tories revert to traditioanl methods
Sorry if this is GC but it has me so enraged I'm considering moving back to the UK and hunting down George Osbourne for future generations.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post I can't bring myself to read that : (
the tubby prick lives up here in Cheshire I think. He came to where I used to work, I wish I was there that day I would have told him what I thought of him. Not that he would have cared.

I wish the Rothschild man pushed him off his boat and into the sea Maxwell style when they had that argument or whatever.

One day peeps, we will **************......one day....
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post George Osbourne is a cunt.

(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't often do this, but
^This.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post Neat article, read earlier
what's troubling me is to be blunt, the trillions of debt we as a nation now owe: www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/budget/7521426/Budget-2010-Interest-bill-on-UK-government-debt-set-to-soar.html Which, given I voted for labor the last four times, and beginning to wonder what the hell went on. Ringfencing 7% of our national spend on foreign economic aid is madness, given aide to countries so bogged down with religious culture where having ten kids might actually be part of the problem, yet have their space program is lost on me, given that's all tax that could be invested back into our own society, like affordable housing, libraries; laptops for chavs to sell etc

Banks, and bankers, on the other hand make me more angry; why they feel they have some right to enjoy simply monstrous bonuses when the taxpayer bailed them (and us) out in the first place is beyond me. There comes a point when you must realise avarice for what it is.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post well
sadly, most people don't see these people for the cheats they are. The whole game is to steal our money and more.
I get so angry about all this and these criminals. Tory, labour....whoever. All the same kind of people playing the game.
Simple but they pull the wool over our eyes every bloody time.
GAhhh!!
engage angry mode.....BEEP BEEP BEEP!
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post blah blah blah charity begins at home blah blah
Apart from the fact that humanitarian aid is actually quite a nice thing to do, it also stimulates foreign demand for British goods and services which seems to me a fairly laudable aim.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post We apparently can't afford to look after ourselves
Fuck off with being 'quite nice;' two nations in Asia have squandered vast amounts of money developing and building nuclear weapons so the next war they have will be their last, when that money could have been slightly better spent addressing problems in their societies that create religious freaks like the Taliban and hardcore Hindu zealots resulting in maoist cunts, and probably some of the reasons why they hate each other so much, a culture of saturated in religion. I'll be fucked if my taxes get spent on that shite any more.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post Much as I hate to agree with P.J. O'Rourke, funny though he is...
'If more politics is the answer, you're asking the wrong question.'

Have to say I'm with Jahled on this to a certain extent. Not a hardcore anti-taxation libertarian type by any means, but I do get sick of the bollocks that happens once the tax is taken.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post I presume youre talking about India and
Pakistan but as you dont mention any names I cant be sure. Firstly I must say that the Taliban originated and took power in Afghanistan, which although it borders Pakistan and shares many of the same problems is an entirely different political entity. It does not have a nuclear program or a space program as far as I know. As for the "maoist hindu" situation you describe, the closest parallel would be Nepal - Mao abolished religion in China btw - which again does not have a space program or a nuclear capability.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 8:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Virtually every state in India has a Maoist insurgency to one degree or another
born from poverty and a religious caste system. China is very nuclear and has a space program
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 19:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post This has been enraging
me and my fuckbook friends all day. I despair.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post *seethes*
Fucking cunt tory motherfucker shit-stain dribble-piss little rat-vomit fuck-cunting fuckcunts.

Or something.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post george is a cunt faced bawbag.

(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post has it occured to anyone
who we owe the money to? A government can print it's own currency without the need to loan from a central bank and pay back with interest. think about it. if the Bank of England was truely nationalised as they say, why are we borrowing from ourselves and paying back with interest? something is not right
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post we can't just print money
i hear what you are saying, but (and IANAE) i believe it can cause spectacular inflation. or something. economists huh?
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post not if its tied to gold standard, a finite commodity
at the moment the CBs have the power to create it times the actual currency held. a very dangerous situation. We neeed to start asking the fundamental questions.Th e problem is we are paying back money which is being borrowed (supposedly from ourselves) with interest. there is more money owed than in cirulation. It can only lead in one diretion.

A sovereign nation can print money, its own currency, without the CBs, at the moment the CBs are doing it and charging interest!

ask this question why are we borrowing from ourselves and paying back with interest? look into the Bof E 1976 act and then the 1998 act passed by Brown. very interesting indeed.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Trouble with a finite commodity
is that it runs out. And then you end up horse-trading over something meaningless. The advantage to not having it is that you don't need to mine a lot of gold to be successful. Instead you can have a lot of, say, creative talent or manufacturing and base your value on that. All that glisters is not gold.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not going to labour the point
but seriously, look into what caused the 1930s crash in the US and the role of that CB, the fed reserve, played and the calling in of loans, the gold reserve act etc.

very revealing about the current climate

a key research point is to look at who actually makes up the shareholders of the B of E here in the UK and look into what the '76 and '98 acts meant. You will see just how private it really is.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post gaz me
i would like to know more about this.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post We can print extra money, that's basically what quantitative easing was.
The Bank of England wasn't lending money to the government, it was buying other financial products to stimulate the economy.

The risk is increasing inflation, so it probably wouldn't be wise to repeat it now with inflation already high.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post lol
b3tan to it! was gonna post this in the morning and (hopefully) inspire debate. Klien is right, Corporatism is coming. all this credit crunch stuff is our shock. people voted for the tories, knowing they were gonna make savage cuts. well done blair and brown.

the article is shocking, BRING ON THE REVOLUTION!
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's not the party
it's the caterer.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 10:22, , Reply)
This is a link post Tommy Wiseau's 'The Room' in under ten minutes NSFW
Ok, this is a tenuous link back to the original Star Trek link but Kirk's laugh at the end reminded me of Johnny.

If this hasn't been here before I'll be surprised , but, the search says no.
NSFW for a couple of swears. Enjoy
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh hai...
I don't want to see it in under ten minutes though. I want the full horror to enjoy every time. 'You are tearing me apart Lisa!'
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post
But how many times can you plausibly look at Lisa's breasts before your vision becomes impaired?
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post *looks down*
well I have to live with them.

OH! you mean HERS!
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post pfft!
click!
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 3:10, , Reply)
This is a link post because somebody posted a star trek video...
it reminded me of this!
i wish i had more chances to say McCoy's catchphrase in real life
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post hahaha, poor shatner
note in the scene in the thumbnail, that's william shatner, made up to what they thought he'd look like when old.
how wrong they got it.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post hahaha
i was confused for a sec.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 0:00, , Reply)
This is a link post Chimp vs Navy Seal
that is all :D
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post if chimps could sprint...
he would have rinsed the yankee!
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post True...
Neil Tyson has a better take on it though :-)
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post is that peter beardsley?
i thought he'd retired.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not sure if the chimp
knew it was a race, I reckon he looked pretty casual. I bet he could go much faster
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post I am so proud.
also this www.youtube.com/watch?v=he8kShL8cvA
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 10:40, , Reply)
This is a link post Burlingame Museum of PEZ Memorabilia

(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 21:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post The other day at work we were discussing the mess that getting weetabix out of a packet makes (non stop action here at magnum hq)
I suggested a super size PEZ dispenser for this purpose. If anyone cares to make one that'd be great
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post lol
good idea
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:46, , Reply)
This is a link post Chekov's Russian Misconceptions

(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 21:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post You have not experienced Shakespeare
until you have read him in the original Klingon.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 21:53, , Reply)
This is a link post BBC Horizon - surviving a car crash - iPlayer
some awesome science and tech in this horizon programme about the latest crash test research.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 21:41, , Reply)
This is a link post Tobacco, flesh, and testing
A long, but well-written piece from inside the Bloodhound camp about the complexities of powering a 1000mph car.

Yes, it's from December, but I only just picked up on it and it hasn't been posted.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 21:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post
That was excellent.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:04, , Reply)
This is a link post Dawn to dusk challenge-Patrick the Optimist
Dunno if you remember the link about Patrick, the 'face' of the MND association, wanting to paint 100 portraits. Well not only is he still doing that, but him and his dad have also done some very long flights for an aviation challenge, to raise money for MND research. If you want to see if they won 'an' award then watch.
I don't have enough words to describe the greatness of this man.
Linky if you want to know more patricktheoptimist.org/
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 21:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post Amazing

(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 21:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post The Half-million island challenge
is a stunningly hare-brained idea. Its the kind of mad plan that get cooked up in the bar with a couple of beers in you.

Much respect for the idea, even more for actually doing it.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post I had no idea there
were 119 islands around us! Learn a new thing every day.
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 22:38, , Reply)
This is a link post I'm not a wizard. I'll fakin put mah dick in the owl (remix) NSFW I made this!
Couldn't not do a remix of this pair of kids. Gave me a couple of hours of joy today making it :D NSFW lyrics *loud swearing*

Original video is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mQaIMYIvYU
(, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 20:49, , Reply)
This is a link post Tourist dies after being shot in the butt

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