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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2265 - May 13^th, 2015 at 8:42am Here's a nifty physics simulator that runs in your browser. The best 60 seconds you'll have that don't involve Wes's mom. https://haxiomic.github.io/GPU-Fluid-Experiments/html5/?q=UltraHigh -b0b (...weee!)
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2266 - May 20^th, 2015 at 12:10pm Someone actually managed to make a Smart car look fun! https://www.youtube.com/watcht=29&v=tl9QO3ANIbc -b0b (...wonders how long the drive train will last.)
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2267 - Aug 15^th, 2015 at 7:04pm Here's the crater left behind by the industrial explosion in Tianjin, China:
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The_Fat_Man Wootzor von Leetenhaxor FTP Server Offline Grand High Overlard Posts: 910 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2268 - Aug 15^th, 2015 at 8:21pm Wow, that is an incredible shot.
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Reply #2269 - Oct 7^th, 2015 at 3:15pm

IT'S HAPPENING!

They're one-upping Top Gear by doing the long-awaited race between the three top super cars (a Ferrari LaFerrari, a McLaren P1, and a Porsche 918). The Top Gear producers could never get the manufacturers to agree to it, but it looks like Amazon three enough money at people to make it happen.

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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2270 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 1:37pm Are you guys ready for the ultimate mindblow? A reddit user has postulated that Jar Jar Binks was really a sith lord the entire time, and his argument is surprisingly convincing. Check it out: https://np.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/3qvj6w/theory_jar_jar_binks_was_a_trai ned_force_user/ -b0b (...absolutely amazing.)
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Reply #2271 - Nov 1^st, 2015 at 8:04am

I think his first half is a non sequitur. And the stylization is just that. Take for instance Vash the Stampede from Trigun. There, you can tell, is some effort to appear effortless.

I've always been the one to point out that Jar Jar is the one who brings about the major turn in all three movies and I would almost attribute to Lucas attempting to blink S.O.S. while someone held a gun to his head to write that awfulness.

However, the fact that these items can be pulled shows just how shotty and full of holes the story really was. Red Letter Media did the "no topping it" review and that should answer any question had about anything.

What was the answer? Spaceballs 2 - The Search For More Money!

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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2272 - Nov 13^th, 2015 at 11:08pm Hey, anyone want a code for a free digital download of the new Trans-Siberian Orchestra album? I got two codes with some concert tickets I bought, so the second code is up for grabs. -b0b (...it's pretty decent!)
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Reply #2274 - Dec 21^st, 2015 at 1:16pm

I thought this was a pretty nifty look at VR tech. It's called "redirected walking", and it a technique used to fool you into thinking you're walking one path while actually walking a different one. It can be used to fool you into thinking you're in a much bigger area than you're physically in, opening up the game world quite a bit.

As someone with a fairly small office, this could be a huge boon. Not to mention the short distance a tethered headset will restrict you to!

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MediaMaster GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline Holy Xenu! Posts: 1884 Detroit Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2275 - Dec 26^th, 2015 at 12:07am I tried the Vive the other day using that technique, and did the google paintbrush thing, as well as some zbrush and other crazy proprietary tech. I like it better than my DK2, and it might be better than crescent bay... but I haven't used oculus' hand controllers yet, so I can't compare there. Next year is an amazing year for VR!
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Random Stupidity Reply #2276 - Jan 25^th, 2016 at 10:39am For you Doctor Who fans, Steven Moffat just quit. We won't get any Doctor Who in 2016 (except possibly a Christmas episode), so we'll have to wait until spring 2017 to get our fix. http://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2016/01/doctor-who-gets-lengthy-sabbatical... -b0b (...NOOOOO!)
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Reply #2277 - Mar 14^th, 2016 at 5:14pm

CBS and Paramount are apparently getting into a heated copyright battle with a Star Trek fan film.

http://www.avclub.com/article/paramount-lawyers-call-star-trek-fan-films-bluff-n...

You've got to check out the affidavit for the lawsuit, it even mentions the Star Trek animated series...

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2757228-Axanar-Klingon.html

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