hip hop is an attitude

( Woodkovsky can use the Force, Fri 20 Jul 2018, 8:51, More)

Link on the popular page made me think of this

( Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Thu 19 Jul 2018, 22:49, More)

The Mystery Soda Vending Machine
I love this kind of Fortean stuff

"the seemingly ancient machine is well known for dispensing random, sometimes rare, cans of soda- a fact that’s made all the more intriguing when you consider that nobody seems to know who stocks the machine or where it came from."

Apologies for double post but I'm bored and it's late
( The_cold_stare Summer - what beer was invented for, Thu 19 Jul 2018, 0:46, More)

Cosplayers are amazing aren't they
Well, here's some you don't get to see. The Jabba/Leia effort is just sublime
( The_cold_stare Summer - what beer was invented for, Thu 19 Jul 2018, 0:23, More)

One of Alan Partridge's many TV ideas.

( executiverocker only wears C&A, Wed 18 Jul 2018, 23:21, More)

another one of these

( Woodkovsky can use the Force, Thu 19 Jul 2018, 6:29, More)

A telescope as large as Earth - Scott Manley
To see a long distance, you need a big lens.

Even with the biggest current telescope - Hubble, with a 2.4m mirror - the largest thing we left on the Moon is less than a single pixel. The James Webb Space Telescope, planned for 2021, is 6.5m. See here for a really cool comparison picture.

But we need to see much further, deep space objects -so they have to get bigger. Much bigger. Radio telescopes can be combined - using two spread wide apart, and do a bunch of maths, to get an effective lens as large as the space between them - albeit with a big blind spot.

If we join a whole bunch, around Earth, we might be able to see the black hole in the middle of the Milky Way.

I feel compelled to post this cartoon too - many of these are real telescope names! (explained here.)



XKCD also had a great article about what Hubble can see, if pointed at Earth.
(SockCooker Sock FTW 2012, Wed 18 Jul 2018, 19:43, More)

Important corvid update
GC says no.
( ChairmanMiaow Stop! Look! Kitten!, Wed 18 Jul 2018, 17:10, More)

World Cup Pundits Have One Last Say Courtesy Of Cassetteboy

( planearm, Wed 18 Jul 2018, 20:14, More)

"Siri: show me a tech job advert built entirely of red flags"
I'm not sure this is real. It cannot be real.

CANNOT BE REAL.
( colmcq2, Wed 18 Jul 2018, 14:14, More)

Cats know there is about to be an earthquake
Surveillance camera in "Cat Cafe Catch", Wakayama City (bottom middle of Japan), during the M5.5 quake in Osaka on 18 June 2018.

The cafe hadn't opened because it was about 8AM. The cats were all fine.

This is 100km from the epicentre, so it looks quite mild - elsewhere 4 people were killed.

Incidentally, I don't think it's anything mystic. They detect the faster nondestructive primary waves.
(SockCooker Sock FTW 2012, Wed 18 Jul 2018, 8:14, More)

He is the very model of very stable genius
Though he has a tiny penius.
(gijoel, Wed 18 Jul 2018, 0:25, More)

UKIP comedy gold
"Okay, so is it just the two of you in the house?"
(MC Chicken Sandwich Me gusta ver la pornografía de los milfs., Tue 17 Jul 2018, 23:31, More)

Having breakfast on the edge of Dubai tower

( planearm, Tue 17 Jul 2018, 18:41, More)

U.S. weapons exports from 1950 to 2017

(disconnected, Tue 17 Jul 2018, 20:14, More)

WWE commentary in real life
oh my gawd
( executiverocker only wears C&A, Tue 17 Jul 2018, 17:20, More)

Was thinking about Record Breakers and their domino obsession
Found this. Things have moved on since 1984 it seems.
( DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Tue 17 Jul 2018, 13:29, More)

Blurst of Times

( presferatu, Tue 17 Jul 2018, 13:17, More)

Nürburgring madness
Pay a few Euros and enjoy a beautiful track. Taxis, coaches, hearse and wonder where your parcel went DHL driver is doing a few laps before dumping it your garden.
( spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Mon 16 Jul 2018, 23:21, More)

Superb magic.
I love a bit of sleight of hand magic, and I think this guy on Penn and Teller: Fool Us might be the best I've ever seen. Shame his monologue is a bit annoying.
( Edenmonster is still bored, Sun 15 Jul 2018, 8:09, More)