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Re: Podcast: Tokyo Vampire Hunting With Trey

Charlie Smith-Brake — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:36:21 -0000

Try http://www.khanacademy.org/ I think that's the one.

Re: The Scorpions of Venus: Russian Scientist Claims He’s Found Life on Cloudy Planet

mxyzptlk — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:41:10 -0000

John Carter of Mars, Ivan Kartarov of Venus.

Re: Your Brain Shuts Off When Tripping Balls on Acid & Why it Could Cure OCD

mxyzptlk — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:17:38 -0000

And how about those effects! Subjectively speaking, of course.

Re: Oregon’s Bigfoot Trap

mxyzptlk — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:47:05 -0000

Squatches don't dig carcasses -- squatches dig beer. Every squatch hunter knows you need beer to make a place squatchy.

Re: Your Brain Shuts Off When Tripping Balls on Acid & Why it Could Cure OCD

John Snyder — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:50:21 -0000

The article talks about psilocybin, but your article title calls it acid. The two act in different ways on the brain and the subjective effects are quite different.

Re: Can You Spot the Mysterious Face in Trey Ratcliff’s Photo?

nifty — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:00:20 -0000

The one to the far left looks clearer to me and looks like a viking.

Re: The Scorpions of Venus: Russian Scientist Claims He’s Found Life on Cloudy Planet

EbonNebula — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:13:20 -0000

Imagine, in just a short 10 years, we could have alien scorpions on display in the New York City Zoo... where they will inevitably break out and go on a horrific killing spree. If we are lucky, they might even leave an egg sac or something, so we can have a sequel.

Re: Woman Wakes Up In Alternate Reality, Ours

obisgirl — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:43:43 -0000

Wow. I don't know what else to say.

Re: Can You Spot the Mysterious Face in Trey Ratcliff’s Photo?

Snake_Oil_Baron — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:19:22 -0000

Too bad those two demonic cloud people (there's a second one left of Prometheus) had to photobomb the shot because it's quite stunning.

Re: Podcast: Serial Killer Christmas Card

Lauren Cocilova — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:45:30 -0000

But wait, there's a wolf-dog rescue?! MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE!!

Re: Woman Wakes Up In Alternate Reality, Ours

mxyzptlk — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:58:24 -0000

Bets that this is an ARG for another J.J. Abrams joint?

Re: Podcast: Tokyo Vampire Hunting With Trey

AaronJones — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:48:30 -0000

Does anyone know the name or the URL of the Math game that Trey mentioned? He mentioned it was Khan Academy but I think he just said the wrong name. Any help thanks!
Aaron

Re: Woman Wakes Up In Alternate Reality, Ours

Patrick Delahanty — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:35:57 -0000

She should get in touch with Jerry O'Connell. Maybe he can help her slide back to her homeworld.

Re: 100 Years Ago Today: The Worst Adventure Ever Hit Rock Bottom

Jaye Sunsurn — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:09:01 -0000

Such a shame too, not so much that they were second, but rather they (in hindsight) made so many poor decisions before they set out and on the trek itself. Amundsen did it right, took the right equipment, didn't saddle themselves with any goal other than getting there planting the flag and then getting home. But despite how badly things went, we remember Scott more than Amundsen, that exploration into new territory is hard, dangerous and yet inspiring. Not everyone succeeds but the attempt even one that fails as badly as this one did, we learned a whole lot from it.

Re: Is This the Sound of the Earth Dying?

Netsquash — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:07:31 -0000

Yeah, it sounds exactly like the horn from red state

Re: Is This the Sound of the Earth Dying?

Pyramidhead17 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:34:36 -0000

I'd really, really love it if this was a viral ad campaign for the upcoming game 'Darksiders II'

In the first game the Apocalypse is triggered early and the Horseman 'War' is framed for it as the last Seal wasn't broken.

The upcoming sequel shows us the story of the horseman 'Death' and how his behind-the-scenes actions helped War's situation. The two stories run side-by-side.

It's probably just a rubbish hoax but i prefer my theory, it keeps me warm at night :)

Re: Is This the Sound of the Earth Dying?

mxyzptlk — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:04:50 -0000

Something very similar was also the trigger for the apocalyptic religious cult's freak-out in Kevin Smith's film Red State, and it was done by people.

So it's not like there isn't some sort of pop-culture precedence that might not be influencing a clever meme -- kind of like sonic planking.

Re: Can You Spot the Mysterious Face in Trey Ratcliff’s Photo?

GreyEarth — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:07:32 -0000

Mild case of Pareidolia ?

Re: Strange Comet: Want to Watch a Failed Russian Probe Burn?

EbonNebula — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:09:17 -0000

...and these are the people who we have to bum a ride off of.

Re: Strange Comet: Want to Watch a Failed Russian Probe Burn?

Dave — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:57:08 -0000

I saw this one today, i thought it was a really fast airplane, i guess it was that thing, cus it was going super fast, but not breaking the sound barrier

Re: Who is the Lady Driving the 2,000 MPH Car?

EbonNebula — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:38:34 -0000

Edit: lol, I replied to the wrong article. Rock on, Racer X.

Re: Who is the Lady Driving the 2,000 MPH Car?

mxyzptlk — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:07:47 -0000

Cha Cha Muldowney

Re: Can You Spot the Mysterious Face in Trey Ratcliff’s Photo?

mxyzptlk — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:02:19 -0000

Ahh -- I see what you did there.

Re: Macarena to Goose Stepping: Synchronized Movement Controls Your Brain

mxyzptlk — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:34:58 -0000

The researchers should take the synchronized people and see if they can lick more ants off a screen than an iguana.

Re: Macarena to Goose Stepping: Synchronized Movement Controls Your Brain

Jonny Zavant — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:20:26 -0000

Guess that explains why every magician opens with the interlocking hand rotation bit. . .