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Sunday, June 03, 2007

Archive: May 2007


"Jets & Clouds" Effects
"Romancing the Clouds" - Jet Trail Photos
Best Faces Ever
Opening up our "Ugly Face Contest"! Vote in the comments!
Men Rules: Guide for Women (humor)
These are the rules we abide by; plus some extreme ironing tips
Soviet Army Super Vehicles
Ballistic rocket carriers (part 2), and more
Burj Dubai:
Now the Tallest Building in the World

Construction pictures, plus rival towers
Dubai's Architecture Update, Part 2
Las Vegas Clone, Rotating Tower, Death Star City, etc.
Silly Animals, Page 2
Hunted, Hunters and Acrobats
Silly Animals, Page 1
The Cute & the Ugly (and those who just ARE)
Car & Plane Parts Furniture
Unique design statement, plus ejection seat
American Supersonic Airliners
Boeing-2707 & other supersonic marvels
Fantastic Art by Tomasz Maronski
Realm of Dreams
Painted City Blocks
How much of the color is TOO much?
It's a Geek Thing
One Day in the Life of an Office Computer Worker (funny)
Monsters on Display
Night in the Museum: Weird Galleries and Fossils
Communist Gothic:
Architecture by Yakov Chernikhov

Soaring Palaces of Communism in Gothic Style
More Moments in Sports
Funny & almost impossible situations
The Glory of American (Classic) Automobile
American Dream of Happy Motoring
Faces of Putin
Agent Smith or a Russian King?
Mystery Devices, Issue 2
Can you tell what they are?
What can be done with the VW Beetle, Part 2
Beetle as "All Things to All People"
Spectacular Lightning Strikes
Collection of hair-raising electrical storms
Strange Towers of the Third Reich
Hide from bombs above ground, not under it.
All Cranes Are Doomed
Crane Accidents!
How to Wash Airplanes?
and how not to wash them...
Ekranoplans Showcase
Airplane or Hovercraft?
Pleasures of Vertical Scrolling
Spectacular vertical panoramas
Newborn Hedgehogs!
Prepare for cuteness overdose

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  • "F/A-18F Super Hornet completes a super-sonic flyby:"

    To me it seems to be the F-14?

    At least definately no Super-Hornet.
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  • Hello.
    First of all, your blog is very good.

    It´s not a F-18 super hornet. It´s a F-14 (wacth the rest of the photos, the diference is noticeable), and there is an aditional reason for the vapor contrail: at certain altitude there are air zones of very low temperature (-X ºC), so the condensation is another reason.
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  • Hey guys, thank you for correction! .. Sharp eye!
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  • Actually the disk shape and most of the other photos; these weird clouds occur when the aircraft is moving at transonic speed- these are from about Mach 0.8 to Mach 1.2, and I suspect that none of these aircraft are actually going faster than mach 1.0 in fact for practical reasons. (The shapes are caused where the *air* is *temporarily* forced to speed up past the aircraft to supersonic speeds, but since the aircraft is moving below the speed of sound, no sonic boom reaches the ground.)

    Also the bit about the throttle is a bit misleading, it's the speed of the aircraft that determines where the disk forms (of course the pilot adjusts that using the throttle, but there's a lag since it takes time to accelerate...)

    Hope this helps.
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  • great info, thanks!
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  • Contrails have nothing to do with vortices from the wing tips. They are formed from the water vapor in the engine exhaust. If it were from the wingtips, all planes would produce the same number of contrails. Coincidentally, it is always the same as the number of engines.
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  • The girl in the red shirt has the most rediculously photoshopped boobs ever.

    I vote for the first pic, #1. Everybody in that picture is making a horrible face and it's brilliant.
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  • Voting for #1; even if its posed, it doesn't look like it, the rest all look posed.
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  • Yeah, vote down the photoshop jobs. Anyone can make an ugly face with the liquefy tool, e.g. that last girl with the eyebrows up.
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  • My vote goes to #1. I sat here for a minute wondering who the true "subject" of this picture is, not that it matters! This one doesn't appear to be staged and doesn't look like a picture someone had taken simply to win this contest. :)
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  • #1, agreed.
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  • #1 - everybody is fooooooogly
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  • Number 1...it was the first one, but the others didn't make me laugh nearly as much...though the Japanese? girl with her face smushed up against the window thing was quite funny.
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  • #1. Without a doubt.

    It looks like a zombie dance party.

    You know... without all the ooze.
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  • Has to be #1 with #11 a close second. The rest look too posed or manipulated.
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  • totally #1! that wasn't scripted. It's brilliant
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  • #14's arms are so damn hairy!!
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  • I like #49, Mr. Bean's face juxtaposed with the sloth!
    There are more cool animal faces on National Geographic's Your Shot, a gallery of photos submitted recently by readers. I especially like the yawning cheetahs:
    http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/yourshot/animal-gallery.html
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  • I like the rules but not the response. :)
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  • ahahaha.

    you'll hear from the feminists.

    who came up with extreme ironing?!
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  • The "funny" here hinges completely on the readers ability to identify with 13 year old boys.
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  • The extreme ironing is crazy! The rhino is creepy, and the list is cool.
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  • Hmm, I guess it's true that some guys have unrealistic expectations from a relationship. Your SO is supposed to be physically attractive, accept your interests, suppress her emotions, and play second fiddle to your TV. Meanwhile, you get to be a fatass who just doesn't give a shit about her hobbies, self esteem or thoughts. Puh-leeze. These lists aren't funny, and anyone who thinks they are is just sending out a strong signal to the world about how self-centered they are.

    Here's a protip, in case you didn't pick up on it. If you don't want to have to read her mind, don't bitch when she expresses her emotions. I'm surprised you feel you need space- most women I know have enough respect that they wouldn't touch someone like you with a ten-foot-pole.
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  • I know its supposed to be something funny but in actuality its pretty much true & that's not funny, its disturbing, its not right, its... many things, too many to say.
    Men are from Mars, Woman are from Venus, if women were like men then the world would be full of pigs (dogs, scum, a-holes... whatever you want to call them)
    Why is it, if women acted as men do they would be considered whores? How come men don't know its wrong to lie when they cheat? Or just because their not actually caught in the act, they think they haven't done anything wrong? Why do men lie about what they do? If you know its wrong then don't do it. If you know you f..ked up, then be a real man & admit to it.
    Have you ever thought if you actually treated someone with respect then maybe you would get it right back? If you have & you still don't get it then that person isn't worth it or the real attraction isn't there, your just settling for something.
    Attraction is one thing, but to be attracted & fall in love... True love is hard to find but you can't LOOK for it, I believe in time & at the right time it will COME to you.
    In the mean time don't expect a miracle, just remember, to keep what you have, realize they are who they are, that's why you are w/ them. If you expected something else then you shouldn't be with them. All men lie. They have their reasons. All women bitch, we have our reasons, too. Men are the #1 reason.
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    just saw ur blog find it really kool,it really rocks man hey i've got this really kool!!nd krazyy kinda website check out the link below
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  • You have a great blog. Can you also share links to your article on http://www.bestofindya.com
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  • Looking at these monsters, does anyone think "Wow, Thunderbirds are go!"
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  • i think the rotating tower idea is slightly insane and extremely dangerous, but if they pull it off, it will be a masterpiece of architecture
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  • The Rem Koolhas "Death Star" is not proposed to be built in Dubai, but in another Emirate, Ras Al Khaimah.
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  • wow! i thought dubai is full of camels and donkeys. now they have their belly dance party in this building.
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  • this building is kewl. i might visit dubai next week.

    Adam
    http://www.Spaml.com
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  • As a glazier, this must have been a great project for the glass work.
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  • Burj Dubai has overtaken Canada’s CN Tower also which was the tallest standing free structure at 553 meters. I have blogged about it in more detail. You can check out here: http://desinotes.com/burj-dubai-races-past-cn-tower/ and also check this one
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  • I'm curious, do they really think that THAT many people will move in when this city is completed? Or will it become the world's most expensive Ghost Town in human history?

    ...But hey, if you're wealthy now and you know your oil will eventually be gone building a luxury city like this is a pretty good idea (even if it is a risky bet) to create a steady revenue for the future.

    At the pace that they're building all of these architectural wonders do you think they're trying to "finish" the city before the oil runs out? Do they know something we don't?
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  • ..and it's all funded by the American gas consumer!
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  • Future of Copyright Protection is actually a joke. See the full series here: http://www.perryhoberman.com/accept/html/infringement.html
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  • Thank you Ilker

    cool link
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  • I'm pretty sure that last little fellow is called a tapir. They're south-American and endangered, and aren't they gorgeous? I believe the stripes disappear before they're mature, and they're meant to be good swimmers.
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  • Yes, Annie's right. Its a tapir's (Tapirus Terrestris) puppy. Here in Brazil they're most called "anta", and can be found in almost the entire South America. They're much friendly, you can literally hug them and feed by hand (they're herbivore). In my town's local zoo we had one female, she died few years ago.
    You can check Wiki out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapirus_terrestris (english) or http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anta (portuguese - in this page is depicted an puppy).
    And for the record, the site is amazing. I check it daily and always have a great time.
    Cheers!
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