
BOOOOM! My mate just bought 50 records for a fiver, some seriously good stuff in there, this was amongst it.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 13:18, Reply)

and 'your mate' is lucky . . aah if vinyl be the food of love . . etc
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 15:22, Reply)

for some rare funk or jazz than d&b, I am quite jealous.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 15:26, Reply)

were my favourite labels. More of a Hospital Records fan now. All great stuff.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 19:10, Reply)

I hear nothing!
EDIT: Oh noes =(
EDIT EDIT: Doing it for real! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngVAfMDtqf8
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 13:05, Reply)

He touched my penis when i was a kid and told me he'd make me a star.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 13:10, Reply)

( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 13:22, Reply)

Some kid asked him a question, and Patrick Moore insulted his hair cut and refused to answer his question. Quality
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 13:22, Reply)

There's an opening for him here.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 13:25, Reply)

I'm trying to think of a message that can both be interpreted as me offering my condolences, but also which sort of implies I might have been suspicious all along if something comes out what with him having been at the BBC in the 70s.
I think I'll just say I thought his finest work was on GamesMaster.
Yeah.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 13:27, Reply)

'sick B3tan describes it as his 'finest work''
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 14:02, Reply)

Even RIP spits in the face of his victims who are probably thinking of whether or not to come out and say something about now.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 14:33, Reply)

An overtly British approach to erotic fiction by Mrs. Salinger.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 12:46, Reply)

There should be shortly, just translating an old piece I wrote for alternative stand-up into erotica form.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 14:16, Reply)

Geek starts off quite unimpressed with vault, then builds himself up into a veritable 'nerdgasm' :D
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 12:18, Reply)

I thought they'd stopped doing that cobblers. Its been so long since I had to do that I thought it had changed permanently.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 12:45, Reply)

Change the link to 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTtf5s2HFkA' i.e. strip out the 'feature=player_embedded&' part.
This *really* needs fixing in the board code...
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 12:26, Reply)

That's not a geek, it's motherfucking badass Professor Martyn Poliakoff (and yes, he's his brother).
( , Mon 10 Dec 2012, 19:06, Reply)

Some oldies, and some goodies.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 12:05, Reply)

There have been a great many of these floating around this year but this one's pure gold.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 10:39, Reply)

They're full of fleas.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 11:33, Reply)

The music is also by me, so please let me know what you think.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 10:27, Reply)

( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 10:33, Reply)

I'm quite a good rapper, gaz me if you want me to lay some sick rhymes over your vid blood.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 11:38, Reply)

Gaz me for a tape I done a while ago that you can use. You do have a tape deck don't you?
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 11:45, Reply)

( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 14:11, Reply)

Time to blow off your hangover or dark cloudy drug haze (or whatever the fuck your into) with the Nicholas brothers groin crunching leg popping foot spaz.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 9:18, Reply)

Cunts, I'm going to have to do buckets instead.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 9:45, Reply)

Fuck knows how, he's not dead yet though.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 9:50, Reply)

not flinching when they almost get kicked in the face repeatedly
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 10:21, Reply)

Initially disappointed, but then about half way in, where did he hide that yard of bread?
Again I was interested.
Also one of the popular posts is amusing.
(Scruntwall says no)
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 8:51, Reply)

...didn't you just accuse me of being a racist, and then delete your post?! What was that all about?!
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 9:03, Reply)

What the FUCK has that got to do with you?!
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 9:16, Reply)

There is a bunch of London wankers crying about hand hygiene and office cleanliness, swiftly followed by a report about the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Utter, UTTER spastics!
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 9:32, Reply)

Why would we need to hear about chemical weapons in Syria or anything like that when there's a crisis of slightly dirty hands in our own capital?
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 9:38, Reply)

Ah ha ha!!! What have you done with the real Pissflaps?
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 11:38, Reply)

That cook the dough as he's pulling it through his hand. NEXT !
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 9:06, Reply)

there are some weird post production camera shifts and stuff (the zoom in when they notice the reflection on the table might give something away)
Problem is in this day and age it's just too easy to edit it in After Effects you can only be properly impressed with their slight of hand if you are there to watch it yourself
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 9:15, Reply)

I assumed the croissant was sleight of hand done properly, due to how crushed it appeared to be, and the subtle massaging he had to do to get it back to croissant shape. The bread on the other hand was quite clearly edited.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 9:18, Reply)

it's not that surprising, just disappointing
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 9:23, Reply)

magicians have been using (and indeed, inventing) editing tricks since 1896
Anywho, the croissant trick can be done fairly straightforwardly live as he appears to have a lot of space for a topit, and the angles look workable.
The baguette however, I'm not convinced by at all as the handling just doesn't look like something which could work live - especially with the punters sat on the sides. The only way you could load at that angle, with that much clearance would be *incredibly* obvious from anywhere other than the camera position.
There's just too much negative space around the load area, and the production angle is too steep for it to be anything other than an edit.
Pity, because the other effects were nice enough, and would easily work live.
</retired closeup magician blog>
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 10:12, Reply)

*raises eyebrow*
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 12:46, Reply)

The rubber band trick is so slowly done that it becomes clear how he's doing it. His hands repeatedly go out of frame during the phone trick, and there's also a convenient reflection at the first reveal, followed by some dodgy focussing at the change.
That baguette trick is really badly done though. If it's not edited in post, then he should try to make it look like it wasn't.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 10:37, Reply)

Bring back the guy with the cup and the balls from yesterday.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 11:29, Reply)

He keeps blowing on stuff.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 10:03, Reply)

I have a talent for seeing through bad acting. And, yeah,^ the music can sod off as well.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 12:16, Reply)

One of the best funk songs, by one of the best funk bands...
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 8:03, Reply)

( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 7:54, Reply)

Humans didn't win the war, he's working for aliens. That's OK though because he's a scientologist. And a cunt.
Done.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 8:25, Reply)

Especially for Sci Fi movies. He killed War of the Worlds stone dead by spending the entire time staring into the middle distance with a knotted brow (this is my acting face).
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 11:30, Reply)

All looks like it's done by the same company using After Effects.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 12:19, Reply)

...because it is mass-produced at the lowest possible cost. In fact it is a testament to the talent and dedication of the artists involved that it looks as good as it does.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 12:43, Reply)

they say "fuck it, we'll CG it all".
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 19:50, Reply)

Because I'm pretty sure all action heroes now are called Jack.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 12:37, Reply)

saying 'rise of the planet of the apes'
sequence of clips made me somehow think that blacks represented either aliens or apes here...must see trailer again later
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 13:54, Reply)

It's a tad more grown up but should still be reasonably familiar to fans of the GREAT adventure time.
(there are four episodes so far)
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 2:57, Reply)

( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 7:39, Reply)

IS ACTUAL MECCANO!
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 23:42, Reply)

www.flickr.com/photos/soundman/sets/72157632200907404/with/8254637117/
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 8:14, Reply)

Took me a minute to work out where the operator's head goes...yes I know I'm thick. Bonus points for blinking eyes and realistic snuffling snout noises! Oh come on, it's nearly Christmas!
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 23:22, Reply)

One of the few animals that will see a human and think "lunch".
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 2:10, Reply)

I'm sure its deliberate
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 6:59, Reply)

If they see another polar bear they also think "lunch". Unless it's shagging season.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 8:36, Reply)

Needs 25k. Up to almost 13k as of this post.
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 21:47, Reply)

he could make a few quid from ad revenue probably
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 21:49, Reply)

Edit: "But the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency shut down the website claiming he had earned more than $230,000 (£147,000)"
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/nov/28/wikipedia-extradiction-law-review-odwyer
Assuming he earned anything close, he can afford his own legal bills
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 21:51, Reply)

You can also be pretty sure that the Customs Enforcement Agency had no way of knowing exactly what he earned so guessed on the upper end of the scale.
I still tend to agree though.
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:03, Reply)

It's not a very nice way of complementing the people who make films and software just because you are a cheap skate. DVD's cost fuck all these days; my sympathy factor is zero with this guy
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:08, Reply)

This is just the modern moral equivalent of swapping disks and tapes in the playground, or sitting around with friends to watch a taped TV show, (or attending a VHS screening on an oil rig, etc.).
People like this were/are the trailblazers for on-demand TV/video - and very often offer a better service than the official channels.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 1:22, Reply)

Applying a standard of good or evil doesn't work with this.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 5:57, Reply)

But according to this Guardian article it all ended yesterday.
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:00, Reply)

People still seem to be coughing up too.
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:22, Reply)

The internet is truly fabulous for milking tools
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:29, Reply)

I to want one, and for the time being can't justify it
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:36, Reply)

I think he got off lightly, and whatever costs he gets landed with should be covered with the money he did make.
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 23:25, Reply)

I'll then post it online so no one has to pay him for his efforts.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 11:25, Reply)

I have no sympathy for him whatsoever, but looking back I have sung a lot of covers at gigs and although the venues had a PPL licence (yes we did always check!) which aren't cheap, I have no real idea if the right money ended up with the right people.
Mind you, things have changed since I last did a gig anyway
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19783855
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 11:51, Reply)

He made nearly a quarter of a million dollars out of his website knowing it linked to pirated material. When his site was taken down and he was warned he quite literally posted "f*ck the police!" and opened it again. And now he wants more money?? I feel sorry for his Mum, spending all her waking hours defending her son (and setting up sites like this) and trying to be a nurse while he lords it up around university spending his money and doing interviews for the Guardian. C*nt of the highest order.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 12:42, Reply)

how long befor the aluminium hat wearing tree huggers start to call this a crashing ufo or debris from planet x/nabiru ?
still it gives them a chance to shoot at some thing
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 21:35, Reply)

"About the size of a basket ball" does kind of make you realise how at the mercy of fate we are down here :/
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 21:41, Reply)

they hit the earth every 100 years I think, so we should be in for a treat soon
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:02, Reply)

that one was around 100 meters and 10-15 megatons according to wikipedia
It is possible that a smaller one could have hit since then and was just too far away from anywhere to be noticed though
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:36, Reply)

I am not a haunted person as a smoker; how the hell would they detect something the size of that hurling our way?
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:12, Reply)

here's some interesting info though:
impact.arc.nasa.gov/intro_faq.cfm
As far as warning goes, the short answer is "we will either have a long lead time or none at all."
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:48, Reply)

thank goodness Jupiter has the habit of soaking so much of these cosmic pebbles heading our way
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 23:04, Reply)

That despite being thirty years old, I re-bought off abebooks.co.uk a few months ago
'The Science in Science Fiction' by Nicholls, wonderful read
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 0:01, Reply)

( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:19, Reply)

This image stolen from an earlier link works nicely as an illustration:

( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 23:03, Reply)

Can't be long till the huge cosmic hippo turd makes an appearance and fucks your day up in a big way. Just saying.
( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 4:26, Reply)

They are an excellent band, but I'm not sure what they're doing flying over Texas?!

( , Sun 9 Dec 2012, 7:42, Reply)

"A visual response to Carl Sagan's famed 'Pale Blue Dot' piece where he muses on our planet's appearance in a photograph taken by the Voyager 1 space probe. The most distant photograph ever taken of Earth.
A personal project designed and created in After effects with extensive sound work created in addition to the music and spoken words from the Sagan archive. Had wanted to bring visuals to something by Sagan for some time and finished this after working on it periodically over the last 3 months."
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 21:20, Reply)

and I'd still click.
( , Sat 8 Dec 2012, 23:41, Reply)
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