The following links are interesting...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Jeffrey_Hudson
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/3/toolsofartvandalism.php
http://austin.weblogger.com/
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list
http://www.20q.net/
http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/demster_2006/
Mike
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/36907
I might as well recommend the StumbleUpon (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/138) add-on for Firefox. It's the best for finding random 'interesting' websites. :)
And remember to give GMG a good rating! $:)
Link-following on Wikipedia is annoyingly addictive. "Where does this go..." - it goes to random interesting stuff like these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Dog_affair
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Low-Life_Deeps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordoba_Fighting_Dog (the first paragraph of the "History" section - surely it was nothing if not successful, despite that rather unfortunate side-effect...)
Quote from: Lethe on December 07, 2008, 11:07:36 PM
Link-following on Wikipedia is annoyingly addictive. "Where does this go..." - it goes to random interesting stuff like these:
There was a game people used to play in another forum I visit. A person provides the starting and ending articles in Wikipedia, she having already worked her way through from one to the other. The object of the players is to find that or another path between the two articles. I never played it - I waste enough time getting lost in a dictionary! ::)
Anyway, here's the link I came here to post: Top 20 Top-10 Lists of 2008 (http://lifehacker.com/5099979/). (Mostly tech-oriented.)
Quote from: opus67 on December 09, 2008, 08:09:33 AM
There was a game people used to play in another forum I visit. A person provides the starting and ending articles in Wikipedia, she having already worked her way through from one to the other. The object of the players is to find that or another path between the two articles. I never played it - I waste enough time getting lost in a dictionary! ::)
There is a more generic game with WP: click "Random Page", then see how many internal link clicks it takes to reach the page of Adolf Hitler (the average number on one forum I found seemed to hover between 3 and 8 ).
Let's see...
*Clicks Random Article* Love Field (Disambiguation page) -> Love Field (film) -> Washington, D.C. -> Walter Reed Army Medical Center -> Normandy -> Nazi Germany -> Adolf Hitler
6.
So you have to search for internal links that look like they will eventually lead to Hitler?
I did two:
Rodney Pocceschi -> Police officer -> Germany -> Adolf Hitler (3)
Savamala -> Serbia -> Adolf Hitler (2) :P
Theirs Is the Glory -> World War II -> Adolf Hitler (2)
S.E.X. Appeal -> Germany -> Adolf Hitler (2)
Quote from: The Six on December 09, 2008, 10:57:43 AM
So you have to search for internal links that look like they will eventually lead to Hitler?
Yeah, follow through links in the text of the article you get. This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random) is the link to get a random article.
Sadly most links involve going to the "United States" page.
Iván Ríos > Guerrilla warfare > World War II > Adolf Hitler
though I feel cheated because Hitler was mentioned on the Guerrilla warfare page without a link.
Aw, you have to pick and choose the links, that's no fun.
http://www.latinoreview.com/news/hollywood-2008-black-list-released-caution-for-your-eyes-only-5840
Crap alert!
When reading through it, I could perfectly understand how lives would be at stake; mine for one.
Mike
Quote from: tanuki on November 28, 2008, 02:15:14 PM
I might as well recommend the StumbleUpon (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/138) add-on for Firefox. It's the best for finding random 'interesting' websites. :)
That is awesome! Thanks! :)
I am never going to let this die, btw ;D I'll merely keep my bumps infrequent:
http://www.riskybuildings.org.uk/index.html
Don't know if anyone has seen this photo, but this family from Chongqing in China refuse to move for the amount of money offered (about 3 times the market value). They went ahead with the construction.
Quote from: springrite on December 19, 2008, 12:23:15 AM
Don't know if anyone has seen this photo, but this family from Chongqing in China refuse to move for the amount of money offered (about 3 times the market value). They went ahead with the construction.
Hehe, that dude was in the news half a year or so ago, although at that time his house wasn't on an island of mud.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wobbly_hedgehog_syndrome
This one got a mention in the London Times yesterday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baked_potato
Seemingly there was also a coma inducing item about the uniforms worn by employees of the supermarket Waitrose; but it has disappeared.
Mike
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War
I think calling it the 'Pig and Potato War' allows it more gravitas.
Mike
For want of a better place to put this, the response to this review made me giggle:
Click (http://www.amazon.com/review/RAHYEN34QMZXC/ref=cm_cr_pr_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000002ZFU&nodeID=#wasThisHelpful)
I am always grateful for you keeping this thread alive. Of course the reviewer need fear no further from king, whose career has been ended at Her Majesty's Pleasure.
Mike
Quote from: knight on April 13, 2009, 12:09:20 AM
I think calling it the 'Pig and Potato War' allows it more gravitas.
Mike
Only tangentially, I was reading in a history of the potato, and it seems that at the time when it was
first brought over to Europe, the interest was in the foliage and flower, not in the edible tuber . . . .
Glasgow Bus Driver's blog, Sunday Times.
The Driver's diary
Seven minutes break until my last run of the night. Doesn't sound like much, but seven whole minutes sitting at a putrid terminus deep within that dribbling colostomy bag known as Drumchapel was something to be endured rather than enjoyed. I buried my head in the Metro and hoped my presence would go unnoticed.
Knock, knock, knock, went the skinny wee junkie who had slithered up to my door unnoticed. "Orite, pal. I've loast somethin' on wan o' yer buses. Is it orite if ah come oan an' have a wee look fur it?" Ever wanted to pull out your shoe laces and just strangle someone?
"Aye, help yourself," I said with a shiver. And on he came.
He was tiny. A voodoo doll. The Devil's chihuahua. The scabs, scars, wheals and welts on his face were like fungal outgrowths from a dead tree stump.
"What is it we're looking for?" I asked.
"My bail conditions," he said.
"Bail conditions?" I choked.
"Aye, it's just a wee bit o' paper. Ah've got tae huv ma bail conditions oan me at all times. Else the polis could lift us," he said, getting down on his hands and knees.
"What was the offence?" I ventured.
"Eh? Oh, ah got busted under eh misuse o' drugs act," he replied.
The rummaging got louder and the swearing more frequent.
Then there was a "clunk", followed by an odd silence.
The junkie stood up holding a long, black, rectangular object and studied it carefully. What had he found?
"Here, driver!" said the midget. "Want tae buy a snooker cue?"
"But wait a minute. You just found that on my bus," I said.
"Aye."
"Well, don't you think I should hand it in at the depot?"
"F*** off! Finders keepers!"
Full article here.......
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6300978.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1
Mike
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Township,_Indiana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Township,_Ohio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Township,_Missouri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Township,_Iowa
what
This thread is an amazing failure, so I am going to humiliate it some more:
http://www.5ad.org/AmazingFacts.htm
Quote from: Lethe on September 09, 2010, 09:29:24 AM
This thread is an amazing failure, so I am going to humiliate it some more:
http://www.5ad.org/AmazingFacts.htm (http://www.5ad.org/AmazingFacts.htm)
The highest ranking American killed in WWII was lost to friendly fire?
I enjoyed this hilarious review of London's worst restaurant (http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2002/oct/03/foodanddrink.shopping) the other day.
chaotic motion of a triple double pendulum
http://www.youtube.com/v/foZHjI8Lydo&feature=related
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11281.pdf
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/Study+debunks+myths+organic+farms/5462520/story.html
I case you were wondering, every day in every way, things are getting better and better:
http://edge.org/conversation/mc2011-history-violence-pinker
Danke, that is neat.
The non-clickable graphs can be enlarged by modifying their url to match the format of the clickable one.
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Pettersson on September 09, 2010, 09:29:24 AM
http://www.5ad.org/AmazingFacts.htm
"At the time of Pearl Harbor, the shoulder patch of the US Army's 45th Infantry division was the Swastika"
The Division recruited in Arizona and New Mexico. The swastika was a Native American symbol. It was changed to the Thunderbird.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/aug11/45%20ID%20patch.jpg)
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 01, 2010, 09:40:50 AM
The highest ranking American killed in WWII was lost to friendly fire?
The General and 111 men died that day from bombs dropped by the Eighth Air Force. 490 were wounded.
Sarge
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Pettersson on September 28, 2011, 11:59:28 PM
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/Study+debunks+myths+organic+farms/5462520/story.html (http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/Study+debunks+myths+organic+farms/5462520/story.html)
Nice!
It's all pinko propaganda of course - growing food without the aid of laboratories and corporations.
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Pettersson on September 29, 2011, 06:06:32 AM
It's all pinko propaganda of course - growing food without the aid of laboratories and corporations.
Who knew that it was medically possible?
Some people even think they can drink water out of a tap.
Tap = faucet, people!
https://torrentfreak.com/politician-violates-his-own-two-strikes-anti-piracy-plan-111001/
Today I Learned: video games have been banned in China since 2000.
http://kotaku.com/5587577/why-are-consoles-banned-in-china
I don't use them, but I stand up for your right to, Sara . . . .
n__n
The description makes even less sense than the title. (http://www.amazon.ca/Socks-Including-Loose-Puppet-Diabetic/dp/1243073292/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1323650399&sr=8-2)
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/objects/display.aspx?id=5936
19thC prosthetic arm :3
Wikipedia blackout: Why even supporters question anti-SOPA move (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2012/0117/Wikipedia-blackout-Why-even-supporters-question-anti-SOPA-move)
Could you pass a US citizenship test? Find out. (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0104/Could-you-pass-a-US-citizenship-test/Who-signs-bills)
Quote1. Who signs bills to become laws?
the Secretary of State
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
the Vice President
the President
Okay I give up - Mexico has a drier kind of heat anyway :(
Congress passes the Bill, but it's not a Law until the President signs it : )
Damnit, the question about the ocean off the East Coast threw me.
Quote from: karlhenning on January 18, 2012, 09:06:38 AM
Could you pass a US citizenship test? Find out. (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0104/Could-you-pass-a-US-citizenship-test/Who-signs-bills)
69 out of 96... :P
Got my 58th on "who is the current president of the USA".... ;D
Hitler lair to become tourist spot in Poland (http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0119/Hitler-lair-to-become-tourist-spot-in-Poland)
Quote from: karlhenning on January 19, 2012, 11:45:09 AM
Hitler lair to become tourist spot in Poland (http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0119/Hitler-lair-to-become-tourist-spot-in-Poland)
In a link from that article:
(http://i.imgur.com/PBQr6.png)
Why couldn't the US citizenship test quiz be like this :( Name the pictured individual: Chairman Mao, Abraham Lincoln, A Horse, Tom Cruise
Sixteen months later, he's walking. And he wants to write a song about it. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/military-veterans-seek-support-and-release-through-music-at-lifequest-arts-camp/2012/01/23/gIQAeRcMQQ_story.html)
Quote from: Todd on January 18, 2012, 09:49:54 AM
Damnit, the question about the ocean off the East Coast threw me.
There's an
ocean off the East Coast? :o
Sarge
There was talk of having the ocean paved, but it languished in committee.
Quote from: karlhenning on January 18, 2012, 09:06:38 AM
Could you pass a US citizenship test? Find out. (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0104/Could-you-pass-a-US-citizenship-test/Who-signs-bills)
For what it's worth, when my wife got naturalized, we studied the hell out of this stuff. In the interview, she was asked the colors of the flag.
Aye, my wife and mom-in-law studied with admirable diligence.
http://textsfrombennett.tumblr.com/post/15535858996/bennett-shows-his-respect
MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120120/14472117492/mpaa-directly-publicly-threatens-politicians-who-arent-corrupt-enough-to-stay-bought.shtml)
Quote from: Lethevich on January 29, 2012, 07:37:07 PM
MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120120/14472117492/mpaa-directly-publicly-threatens-politicians-who-arent-corrupt-enough-to-stay-bought.shtml)
USA - where the dollar is king.
That is so obscene and corrupt that I'm not surprised it was on fox news (the interview)! >:D
And Chris Dodd was the one who delivered the message. Hilarious. Now back to figuring out how to implement Dodd Frank.
Barney is retiring to wed his dreamboat . . . .
Quote from: eyeresist on January 29, 2012, 07:45:22 PMUSA - where the dollar is king.
You were expecting the Pound Sterling, perhaps?
By God, we had a tea party over those outrages, Sir!
Wait just a minute! (http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/10674-warren-buffett-to-benefit-from-obamas-keystone-xl-decision) Does this article imply that Warren Buffett may not, in fact, be a populist billionaire?
At least he wants to pay more taxes on his new riches. Or something like that.
I'm thinking Romney's guys should call Buffett's guys.
http://isitnormal.com/story/is-it-normal-that-i-feel-this-way-about-people-in-africa-90545/
A Pompeii-esque preservation for our time:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099187/Bodies-21-German-soldiers-buried-alive-WW1-trench-perfectly-preserved-94-years-later.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099187/Bodies-21-German-soldiers-buried-alive-WW1-trench-perfectly-preserved-94-years-later.html)
Quote from: DavidW on February 11, 2012, 06:49:41 AM
A Pompeii-esque preservation for our time:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099187/Bodies-21-German-soldiers-buried-alive-WW1-trench-perfectly-preserved-94-years-later.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099187/Bodies-21-German-soldiers-buried-alive-WW1-trench-perfectly-preserved-94-years-later.html)
It's pretty weird -- or not -- how I involuntarily associate the emoticon in your signature with each of your posts and end up wondering what is there to laugh about certain statements you make or questions you ask. And then I realise. :-\
Quote from: Opus106 on February 11, 2012, 09:45:22 AM
It's pretty weird -- or not -- how I involuntarily associate the emoticon in your signature with each of your posts and end up wondering what is there to laugh about certain statements you make or questions you ask. And then I realise. :-\
I've removed it so there will be no confusion.
Quote from: DavidW on February 11, 2012, 11:32:24 AM
I've removed it so there will be no confusion.
Why? ??? I mean, it wasn't disrupting my reading of your posts in any significant way. I just thought it was funny, again weirdly so (should have included more emoticons ;D). I'm sorry if I offended you in any way. :( Please bring back your acknowledgement of John's avatar-creating talent. :)
Quote from: jowcol on January 26, 2012, 04:55:03 AM
For what it's worth, when my wife got naturalized, we studied the hell out of this stuff. In the interview, she was asked the colors of the flag.
I can imagine if it was Rick Perry. "Red, white, and...... Oops!"
Quote from: Opus106 on February 11, 2012, 09:42:45 PM
Why? ??? I mean, it wasn't disrupting my reading of your posts in any significant way. I just thought it was funny, again weirdly so (should have included more emoticons ;D). I'm sorry if I offended you in any way. :( Please bring back your acknowledgement of John's avatar-creating talent. :)
I'm not offended! :D I just saw the point to what you said. I would hate to look like a sarcastic, unfeeling jackass on say the Whitney Houston thread just because I didn't really think about the effect of my sig. :)
Quote from: DavidW on February 12, 2012, 06:17:55 AM
I'm not offended! :D I just saw the point to what you said. I would hate to look like a sarcastic, unfeeling jackass on say the Whitney Houston thread just because I didn't really think about the effect of my sig. :)
Whereas the exploding head is much more tasteful ::)
Quote from: eyeresist on February 12, 2012, 03:25:25 PM
Whereas the exploding head is much more tasteful ::)
Well I can only do so much on one day! :D
Quote from: eyeresist on February 12, 2012, 03:25:25 PM
Whereas the exploding head is much more tasteful ::)
Done. Sorry if the image was offensive. It's a well known internet meme which I thought defused the graphic-ness of the image. My new avatar is none other than Robert Simpson. :)
He looks like MN Dave's chubby older brother . . . .
Quote from: karlhenning on February 13, 2012, 04:12:51 AM
He looks like MN Dave's chubby older brother . . . .
;D His resemblance to the Elusive One was what struck me initially.
http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf (http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf)
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 13, 2012, 10:17:42 AM
http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf (http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf)
Awesome! Nice to see Minecraft making a cameo appearance too ;D
Quote from: DavidW on February 13, 2012, 04:07:04 AMDone. Sorry if the image was offensive. It's a well known internet meme which I thought defused the graphic-ness of the image.
Don't worry, I wasn't offended. If anything it reminded me that I really need to add more Cronenberg to my collection. I was unaware of any meme.
EDIT: Re "Scale of universe" - Oh, what a surprise, 4chan is blocked at work.
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 13, 2012, 10:17:42 AM
http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf (http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf)
It was blocked at work, but at home it is very cool!
Quote from: DavidW on February 13, 2012, 02:18:40 PM
It was blocked at work, but at home it is very cool!
Incredibly cool, especially if you have a scroll wheel on your mouse!
It's many years since I commuted by peak-hour train, so I don't recall if this innovation was really necessary: "quiet carriages".
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/commuters-embrace-the-calm-before-the-workday-storm-20120213-1t29y.html
Quote from: Szykneij on February 13, 2012, 02:31:48 PM
Incredibly cool, especially if you have a scroll wheel on your mouse!
Suck it mac users!! ;D
j/k
When I got down to the quantum foam I scrolled all the way out to the entire universe... it was awesome. 8)
I love things like this: http://htwins.net/scale2/
Universe Scale Interactive Graphic. Zoom in and out from the size of the observable universe to the Plank Length. Update on the 2010 one they released with more interesting things and details in it! Click on things to get information on them. :)
A beautifully written article: a paean to the telescope and a case for the James Webb.
http://lareviewofbooks.org/post/17656414662/golden-eye
Finally, more uses for bridges.
http://englishrussia.com/2011/09/19/are-you-afraid-of-heights/#more-68090
NSFW: http://sexonbridges.com/
Swiss voters reject more annual leave (http://www.smh.com.au/world/swiss-voters-reject-more-annual-leave-20120312-1uwmq.html)
Quote from: eyeresist on March 12, 2012, 07:19:15 PM
Swiss voters reject more annual leave (http://www.smh.com.au/world/swiss-voters-reject-more-annual-leave-20120312-1uwmq.html)
Quote. . . rejecting a minimum six weeks paid holiday a year
Now, without at all suggesting that I should object to six weeks paid vacation . . . it almost seems absurd that a month and a half would be the bare minimum for any working nation. Rejecting this does not strike me as at all loopy.
Quote from: karlhenning on March 13, 2012, 04:01:15 AMNow, without at all suggesting that I should object to six weeks paid vacation . . . it almost seems absurd that a month and a half would be the bare minimum for any working nation. Rejecting this does not strike me as at all loopy.
I think the way these things would work out is that permanent public servants get the 6 weeks; in the real world, everyone else gets what their boss can afford to give.
At roughly the same time, John Henry purchases The Boston Globe from The New York Times (for less than the contract of a Major League pitcher, as has been pointed out), and Amazon buys The Washington Post.
Quote from: karlhenning on August 06, 2013, 08:00:22 AM
Amazon buys The Washington Post.
Not quite. Bezos put in his own money.
QuoteMr Bezos is buying the paper and its other print properties in a personal capacity.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23581085
Thanks for the corrigendum. I must even have heard it that way, but wound up (as you note) mis-reporting it.
Quote from: karlhenning on August 06, 2013, 08:05:59 AM
Thanks for the corrigendum. I must even have heard it that way, but wound up (as you note) mis-reporting it.
Historically, most newspapers were family-owned until recently, when the business climate for newspapers turned and large corporations gobbled them up. I guess it's a good thing these two major outlets were purchased by individuals. It's hard to imagine any one person having that much money, though.