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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #820 on: October 28, 2008, 02:24:59 PM »
When you get to South Africa, they have 2 capitals, one for the winter, and one for the summer.
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #821 on: October 28, 2008, 03:18:46 PM »


Useful fact: The above image is just black & white, so there is a lot more stuff going on there than just "the lines moving".
Useful fact 2: Your brain's visual processing center sucks.

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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #822 on: October 28, 2008, 04:42:03 PM »
ow!  my eyes hurt!  can't stop staring!   :P



A Weapon Of Mass Indifference

On November 1, 2005, in a very unusual action, Harry Reid (D-NV) moved that the Senate go into a closed session, a move intended to draw attention to the continuing controversy over the inaccuracy of the Bush administration's claim that Iraq was in possession of weapons of mass destruction.

Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) had promised in July 2004 to investigate the administration's misuse of intelligence before the Iraq war, but had not yet released any findings of such an investigation.

When he called for the closed session, Reid expressed anger that a letter signed by Democratic senators to the White House demanding such an investigation gad been answered by a form letter.



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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #823 on: October 28, 2008, 08:24:28 PM »
Useful fact: The above image is just black & white, so there is a lot more stuff going on there than just "the lines moving".
Useful fact 2: Your brain's visual processing center sucks.

what moving lines?
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #824 on: October 28, 2008, 08:46:21 PM »
if you see them, they will come...


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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #825 on: October 28, 2008, 08:51:38 PM »
Some old sci-fi Trek art I stumbled upon:


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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #826 on: October 28, 2008, 09:18:22 PM »
I believe that is from the Animated series.  not sure of the episode, and I'm not about to break out the DVDs and start watching......on second thought.....
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #827 on: October 29, 2008, 10:32:59 AM »
And here is some completely irrelevant with Trek art. That way to board your ship makes perfect sense doesn't it?



Btw, these are from: http://astrona.blogspot.com/search/label/Sci-Fi%20Art

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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #828 on: October 30, 2008, 07:38:09 AM »
Heckuva Job, Wolfie!

Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz was one of the chief neocon architects of the Iraq war, the one who justified invading Iraq by saying that it was a "Brittle, oppressive regime that might break easily - it was doable."
His ideology dictated a pro-American democracy would flourish there and "Americans will be welcomed as liberators."

When confronted with international opposition, he pressed the neocon belief that diplomacy, allies, and coalitions were of little use, instead adhering to the Bush Doctrine, which features preemptive, unilateral military.

In the wake of the disastrous consequences one might think that he would have been forced to resign like FEMA Director Michael Brown after Katrina.
Instead, Dubya rewarded him with the Medal Of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor.


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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #829 on: November 01, 2008, 02:37:07 PM »
Worlds oldest tree is older then civilization itself.

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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #830 on: November 02, 2008, 01:51:47 AM »
Bet you don't know what this is:


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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #831 on: November 02, 2008, 03:08:44 PM »
Submarine?
MUSE!!!


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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #832 on: November 02, 2008, 08:41:20 PM »
An f302 refit? :P

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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #833 on: November 03, 2008, 01:59:35 AM »
It is a Mitsubisi Yamato 1 ship with a Magnetohydrodynamic drive of cource.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamato_1

Magnetohydrodynamics as in, no propellers, no pumps. Instead, moving water around it with an electromagnetic field because seawater is conductive like that.

It is from 1992.

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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #834 on: November 03, 2008, 02:05:16 AM »
Also:



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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #836 on: November 10, 2008, 08:05:46 AM »
The Electorate Talks - And Rummy Walks

In April 2006, six retired army and marine corps generals, including two who were ground commanders in Iraq, called for the resignation of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, citing his hostility to the uniformed military and his incompetent planning for the war in, and occupation of Iraq. 
In a written White House response, President Bush replied that the secretary had the president's "full support and deepest appreciation."

On November 8 of that year, one day after the Republicans lost both houses of Congress in the midterm elections, Dubya finally ousted the embattled secretary of defense.

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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #837 on: November 10, 2008, 09:04:26 AM »
It is a not so prettyful building being slowly covered in prettyful vine.


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RE: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread
« Reply #838 on: November 10, 2008, 11:29:22 AM »
looks like something for an airport... maybe an old control tower....
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