Author Topic: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread (Read 204603 times)

Senator · « **Reply #120 on:** September 23, 2007, 02:34:41 PM »

It's a water bridge...

blaXXer · « **Reply #121 on:** September 24, 2007, 08:28:57 AM »

must be from the netherlands :arms:

MLeo · « **Reply #122 on:** September 24, 2007, 12:36:36 PM »

Quote from: blaXXer on September 24, 2007, 08:28:57 AM

must be from the netherlands :arms:

I actually think it's from Germany.
The boat on the right looks German (based on the name) to me.
"Warsteiner" isn't an usual Dutch name.

RCgothic · « **Reply #123 on:** September 24, 2007, 01:16:53 PM »

It is in germany.

Senator half-explained it to me before he realised the reason I wasn't getting it was because the image had been hotlink blocked.

blaXXer · « **Reply #124 on:** September 24, 2007, 01:24:05 PM »

Quote from: RCgothic on September 24, 2007, 01:16:53 PM

It is in germany.

Senator half-explained it to me before he realised the reason I wasn't getting it was because the image had been hotlink blocked.

Us weird Germans, eh?
As for the 'Warsteiner'-part, this is actually a logo of a brewing company that, as it seems, sponsored the boat by advertising on it.

MLeo · « **Reply #125 on:** September 24, 2007, 01:25:29 PM »

You knowing it practicly verifies that it's German.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #126 on:** September 24, 2007, 01:59:03 PM »

that water bridge is really tripping me out the more i look at it...

Quote from: blaXXer on September 24, 2007, 01:24:05 PM

As for the 'Warsteiner'-part, this is actually a logo of a brewing company that, as it seems, sponsored the boat by advertising on it.

indeed - Warsteiner is a good beer!

Weasel · « **Reply #127 on:** September 24, 2007, 03:11:40 PM »

I believe Britain has something similar for it's canal boats. Just on a much smaller, Dickensian-type scale.

Senator · « **Reply #128 on:** September 24, 2007, 04:31:16 PM »

It's a hole in the water.

RCgothic · « **Reply #129 on:** September 24, 2007, 04:43:19 PM »

Am seriously intrigued as to what caused that...
Looks like an intake or something.

MLeo · « **Reply #130 on:** September 24, 2007, 05:32:17 PM »

I believe it's a relief "valve" (actually, more of a funnel) used with a hydrodam.

If the water level is lower, then it will show as a concrete funnel.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #131 on:** September 24, 2007, 06:46:45 PM »

Senator, youre really freaking my mind out with these pics

Senator · « **Reply #132 on:** September 24, 2007, 08:33:10 PM »

No no no, if I wanted to freak your mind I would post something like this:

Quote

Stare at the cross in the center and you will see a series of events :

* A circle of purple spots, one spot disappears clockwise.
* A circle of purple spots, one spot turns green clockwise.
* THE GREEN SPOT EATS THE PURPLE ONES !.
* Only the green spot remains, circling around the cross.

(probably have posted that one before but still cool)

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #133 on:** September 24, 2007, 09:09:18 PM »

toooooooo trippy...
*stares for hours as my eyes bug out*

Senator · « **Reply #134 on:** September 24, 2007, 09:13:08 PM »

*Pets Jimmy*
Good Human, now go kill the Federation President.

Senator · « **Reply #135 on:** October 01, 2007, 03:43:32 PM »

Shadow sculptures.

(Ok, I admit that I use this thread as a "stuff I find interesting" damping point, maybe I should start a blog or something)

MLeo · « **Reply #136 on:** October 01, 2007, 06:16:08 PM »

Those are fun (I came across those myself a couple of months ago).

You should try Google Reader, and give out shared stuff links (or, as I do, keep a bunch of tags shared, so "ought-to-read", "interresting" and "fun-stuff", but that's just me).

blaXXer · « **Reply #137 on:** October 05, 2007, 08:08:10 AM »

The Canadian Dollar is now worth more than it's US counterpart.

Senator · « **Reply #138 on:** October 06, 2007, 11:04:54 AM »

The Beagle 2, the movie Transformers also makes a refference to, was not a rover, and it was not send by NASA, mmmkey?

It was, um... British.

(If it works, it's European. If it doesn't, it's the fault of the nation that made it) :mrgreen:

Senator · « **Reply #139 on:** October 11, 2007, 07:15:27 PM »

It's ~~a stargate~~ the ATLAS detector in CERN.

News:

Author Topic: Somewhat Useful Facts Thread (Read 204603 times)

Weasel