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The `water heater' is an invention from a polish student's dorm in Krakow. I have covered this with a bit of a background some time ago here:
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Well, it seems that URLs are filtered away on DRB. So, CTRL-C CTRL-V:
,,Long live ages old, never repaired student dorms…
Actually the problem is more complex. There are quite many dorms located in old buildings that have a `cultural heritage’ status and as such may not be modified without authorisation of responsible institutions.
In principle a good regulation, as it prevents ruining rests of old architecture, but sometimes it really backfires - in this case the dorm cannot be modified to provide in-room hot water.
Renovation costs are also pretty high - it’s really controversial sometimes, as the materials used must match the style and finish of the original fittings.Sure again - it’s a god idea, but what if there’s no money for special paint orexotic type of plaster? Shall the building fall into ruin just because nobody’s ready to pay for reverting it to the truly original state, or maybe it’s good to use something cheaper, but preserving the state if not the style? ''
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"Train car, converted into... something" - it's orthodox church :)
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the train car is converted into a church :)
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the green car sticking out of the parking is in bordeaux, parking victor hugo, it's an old jaguar , next time i go there i can take a picture from inside if you want :p
here's a closeup from outside :
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/90/258534534_e71553ad0b.jpg?v=0
and a wider view:
http://kaustik.org.free.fr/images/bordeaux/parking_victor-hugo.jpg
enjoy :D
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Probablöy the majority of the crowd has noticed, that most of the pictures were of cars with Russin plates. Wonder why..
It's the same shite here in Estonia, where the daily news tell us about fatal crashes involving BMW's and Vladimirs. And I do mean -every day-.
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Pickaxe Audi: You have 5 new messages.
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Put me out of my misery: what do you mean by 'squidpunk'? Is it just an inside joke, or am I witnessing the coinage of a new literary genre term? It doesn't produce many search engine hits...
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hm.... Robert, this is a joke for now. But you got me thinking...
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In the comments on http://faceofthemoon.blogspot.com/2007/10/squidly-dots.html I've been given the suggestion: 'I'm pretty sure it has to do with underwater cities, magic, and squids with top hats and perhaps monocles of some sort.'
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this image:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2087/1557540210_1e73b3f1c4.jpg
is a detail from the work of Tim Hawkinson. 'Untitled' from 2003.
Another similar piece is here:
http://www.acegallery.net/artwork.php?pageNum_ACE=22&Artist=1
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Water bears- the pinnacle of evolution... best adapted to multiple environments. Too bad they're not intelligent- or maybe they are? :o
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Cool! If only we could enlarge one of these things to life size dimensions. sigh.
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Maybe they're merely the protrusion into our dimension of vast hyperintelligent pan-dimensional beings. ;)
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Ah yes but do they have any knowledge of self?
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There is a great song about them available on iTunes (and other places) by Mal Webb
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Who wants to live so long, being so ugly?..
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Lovely article, but it's "minuscule," not "miniscule."
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imagine if we grew one of those to human size... holy crap! it will destroy us all! these would be like indestructible. radiation, freezing, burning, we couldn't stop it! it would be the ultimate killing machine!
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"imagine if we grew one of those to human size... holy crap! it will destroy us all! these would be like indestructible. radiation, freezing, burning, we couldn't stop it! it would be the ultimate killing machine!"
Well, I'm sure if they got that big a spear would do nicely....
er...
You try the spear. If it doesn't work, I'll be back here with the rocket launcher!
:-D
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I think we should use their genetic material to cross-breed a new strain of humanoids. These things are awesome.
Oh, and to Anonymous: "miniscule" is an accepted alternative spelling of "minuscule"... look it up, if you don't believe me.
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Why are you boiling me?! Why are you boiling me?! Owwww! This is so painful!
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Sorry to disappoint all those that think growing a human size one of these would be great and indestructable... If you did manage by some mystery of science to create one any larger than they are now it would probably die, restrictions in cell size, body size and organ size due to water loss, diffusion and active uptake means that surface area to volume ratios must be kept in a certain range or the poor little thing would just die :-( but if you do manage to get a big one going... dont keep it a secret! lol!
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How interesting!
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Movies! http://tardigrades.bio.unc.edu/movies/
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Amazing! Great post!
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makes you think.. and believe the earth will go on even after we are extinct. i think they maybe ETs aka extra terrestrials. maybe we all decend from other worldly beings. would love to get a animal psychic in on this one.
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You're right when you say they aren't publicized. This is the first time I've heard of them. No mention even in high school biology.
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The song itself is completely worthless. Apparently "experimental" means it's supposed to be deserving of respect even if it's garbage. But the video is absolutely gorgeous. A very nice find!
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the structures in the last photo look like observation towers, either for a prison or a factory. maybe they have been left to decay at the factory where they were made?
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The towers at the last photo are looking like mobile observation towers. They could be used to watch for forrest fires.
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More likely to be cement or lime kilns, that looks like a chalk pit face behind. They are charged from the top with chalk and coal, the cement or lime is drawn off the bottom. The slope in the foreground could be for trucks to tip chalk into crushers.
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The 'forest cinema' photo is of an abandoned outdoor theater, part of Moscow's All-Russia Exhibition Centre - see map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=moscow&t=k&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=0&ll=55.831306,37.617322&spn=0.002118,0.004699&z=18&iwloc=addr
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The rusty towers in the last picture are from Krakow, Poland. It's an old granite quarry: http://www.silentwall.com/QuarryI.html
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Thank you guys! I updated the post with new info.
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Did anyone else notice that in the control panel picture, there are a couple of lighted buttons still on? That building cannot have been powered? right?
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Not only is the instrument panel powered on, the oscilloscope on top of it is also powered on, and there is a faint line to be seen on its screen, so it's actually measuring something as well. It seems this equipment is still in use.
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the country isnt as wealthy as the us(but they also aren't in debt as much either)
so they are probably using it as an antenna to this day, other wise the complex would probably have been tore down and recycled for the metal
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HAARP.
I was not aware of the Russian equivalent. Thank you.
The concept is excellent.. blast the mind of the guidance electronics in an incoming ICBM with an extremely high microwave field. HAARP is convienently situated geographically to do so with incoming missles from North Korea. I'd think the Soviets had positioned their devices with launches from the continental U.S. in mind.
The problem is focusing the antennas to yield the necessary energy levels [flux densities'] at the target. Our physics is just not up to it, and that is why the beautiful parabolas sit rusting. Megawatts effectively transmitted but then spread out as the energy travels to the target yields little more than a nuiance to the missles, as the rad hardening technologies have improved since these projects were begun.
The facilities though would still be a great gift, and highly functional, to a [poor] radio astronomer.
meaux
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The last picture is from an ad: http://www.pantherhouse.com/newshelton/who-do-ya-think-youre-talking-to-some-lamo-that-scuba-dives/
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Everyone in Japan does that pen twirling thing, it's practised at school until it comes second nature.
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Makes me want to take up my juggling sticks again.
I found out through a last-minute invite that you can get pretty good at a skill if you practice it intensively for a couple of weeks. (While walking is good.)
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Electrical engineers everywhere are having trouble breathing...
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That image of the Indian "electrician" is not uncommon here where I live in Venezuela. Every now and then you get to know these guys' abrupt end-of-lives via the local newspapers.
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And to think I can't stand the sight of an extension cord showing. I have to hide wires from the computer, printer, etc. because they're so ugly.
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Samuil’s Vomit Urinal: While the design might be original, the basic idea is not. These things used to be quite frequent in Germany and Austria. They can still be found in old taverns and even in some newer ones. Look it up here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speibecken
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The 'Gary, Indiana: Ghost Town - [abandoned]' link seems not to have the correct target.
fixed! thank you.
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