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Boeing vs Airbus Flame War!
Tut, tut. When did that ever stop a flame war? :devil: Perhaps it's easier getting into heated discussion about surefire vs led lenser or similar :rolleyes: (then again flashoholics are generally mild-tempered and nice people!) -
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Boeing vs Airbus Flame War!
This forum lacks a proper.. Boeing vs Airbus flame war! :rant: Guess most of you guys are americans, right? So, I'll risk taking a lot of flak claiming that Airbus planes are probably quite good. So, got some high flying arguments pro/con Boeing or Airbus? What about the Dreamliner and the... -
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Physics department: Mach's principle (no, not airspeed)
I posted this thought experiment in a physics forum some time ago (yes, I'm a nerd): Imagine you have two spheres floating freely in space. One, "A", is rotating at high speed around its axis, the other, "B" is in rest. The rotating sphere bulges due to the centripetal acceleration, the other... -
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Physics department: Mach's principle (no, not airspeed)
Thanks guys for interesting thoughts and nice pics! :twothumbs Apparantly, Mach's principle even caused Einstein some headache so it's not simple. :thinking: -
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Physics department: Mach's principle (no, not airspeed)
There's too little physics talk going on in CPF so I figured I throw this one in and see what happens :naughty: From wiki: You are standing in a field looking at the stars. Your arms are resting freely at your side, and you see that the distant stars are not moving. Now start spinning. The... -
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Monster movies!
The zombie thread now has more posts than the monster movie thread! Where are all the monsters when you need them? :candle: The Call of Chtulhu makes even the most hardened zombie shiver of dread! -
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Old school stuff (a flashlight for real men produces 10 lm max!)
I was lucky to find a military Pertrix 529, stamped "sv", in working condition. :grin2: It's a 2 D-cell version and is shown together with my 3 D-cell civilian Pertrix. I don't know what "sv" stands for, but if I should make a wild-n-crazy guess it could be short for Sverige, "Sweden". Perhaps...- baxtrom
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Monster movies!
The monster movie thread never dies! :sick2: So, did you get "tingled"? I read they had buzzers installed in the seats in some theaters.. -
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Monster movies!
Agree. Strobe lights, confined space, isolation, monster. Add fifth column android and flamethrowers, shake. -
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Monster movies!
I would like to take a moment and cite Frank Zappa: I'll tell you, a good one that I saw one time, I think the name of the film was "IT CONQUERED THE WORLD," and the . . . Did you ever see that one? The monster looks sort of like an inverted ice-cream cone with teeth around the bottom. It... -
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Monster movies!
After enjoying the C.H.U.D. trailer I stumbled upon "Rawhead Rex", which, if possible, looks even cheesier. For your entertainment, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjV32vDsyWo&feature=related -
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Monster movies!
Funny you should mention it, I downloaded it (legally I think) yesterday. Tried to find it on DVD but couldnt (I'm in Sweden). -
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Monster movies!
True, there's something special with Tremors! And, Anaconda was also on my mind for the turkey department, together with that lizard movie, "Komodo" (3.9 on IMDB! Amazing!). I just remember watching a really, really crappy monster movie when working out on my crosstrainer some time ago -... -
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Monster movies!
Another example of great pre-CGI is Cameron's Aliens from 1986. Such movies are no longer made.. If I'd have to pick one, it would probably be that one. Ridley Scott's original Alien is a total masterpiece of the psychology of terror - "Hitch" would have been proud - but the sequel probably has...
