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Wow! Thanks for the tip on some really great stuff (that real Home scared the beejeezus out of me)!
Great blog you've got running so I've bookmarked you. As you seem to have a coffee-connected team I can of course
not pass on the chance to some good old fashion self advertisement: I recently made a small
small film about coffee on my
blog, ;)
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I don't know about those photos for the tylenol ad campaign. Reminds me too much of the 1982 tylenol murders... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylenol_Crisis_of_1982
Sixties flashback for me. Our family had a 67 puke green Ford Country Squire with fake vinyl wood panels similar to the one int he picture...
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The real name of the Dutch ad-maker is Jaap Vliegenthart, but I can understand your confusion with 'art' at the end of his name ;)
Great pictures here!
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Thank you Franqie! All fixed.
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Broken link for the Antarctic huts.
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fixed, thank you!
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Cool post.
Re: the custom barcodes on products, the late Rick Tharp, a graphic designer here in the U.S., was also known for that. It caused a bit of a stir at the time. I want to say that he did it first, during the late eighties, but in the absence of solid research, I shouldn't. Who knows ... perhaps he got the idea from the Japanese.
Hmph. Maybe I shouldn't write rambling comments on others' blogs when I've just woken up.
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Back in the early days of bar codes on periodicals, Mad Magazine used to do some quite imaginative things to the bar codes on the front cover. Look at the
CollectMad web site collection of covers, starting around the last half of 1979.
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Check out the album 'Seed to Sun' by Boom Bip. It is on the Warp/Lex label and has a very beautifully illustrated and combined inner and outer sleeve which when inserted correctly reveals the bar-code through a cutout window.
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Two of my favourite things! Barcodes and Japanese stuff.
Amazing blog :)
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I remember seeing one of these on a bottle of Axe in Osaka. I bought one to bring back, but I think it was confiscated by the TSA :)
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The EE/CS building at the University of Minnesota: Twin Cities has a barcode on the sidewalk containing the date the building was erected.
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Eye-opening post, really like the examples you put together, especially the clock.
Barcodes carry a lot of information, but one neat thing about them is the permutations of the word:
abc redo
coed bar
rode cab
bra code
drab ceo
bad core
race bod
bod care
brocade
:)
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Cans of Tecate beer have an eagle-shaped UPC code.
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i love the one that says "free range human" in the flower pedals
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http://blog.yam.com/kiroro9930/article/14450063
GOOD~~
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Wow, those are some interesting designs.
Congrats on being featured on BoingBoing!
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Cool barcode from Slovenia:
http://shrani.si/?2j/Uo/3nW8zF6t/barcodefructal.jpg
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LA based artist Guillermo Bert has a great series of Bar Code pieces.
http://www.gbert.com/barcod5.htm
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My favourite is the barcode building!!
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The japanese barcodes were awarded the highest distinction the most coveted Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival gives out to the most breakthrough, groundbreaking, media changing idea.
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it's good article, You can make your video more popular to primary Indonesian Social Community site at InfoGue.com. Get more traffic from Indonesian community members by installing INFOGUE widget. your article:
http://design.infogue.com/barcode_jepang_yang_kreatif_dan_unik
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What a pretty barcodes in our country there is no barcod like this
I want to thank you for this images
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I'm very impressed with all of the barcodes. I never thought that an artistic bent could be put on them.
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These are sooo amazing. I am determined to do something nifty like this on my next book - but do they really work?
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My company had made a business card with a bar code --- the numbers under the bar code was our contact phone number.. it looked pretty spiffy.
www.theDNAlife.com
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The one I like most is that of the bloke lifting the barcode as if it was a heavy box
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Ok, now I want a screensaver of those dizzying four dimensional cubes.
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the check is two-tenths of a cent. E to the i*pi is -1 and the infinite sum is 1 so the total is .002 dollars.
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The Verizon check is from the great
XKCD. Randall Munroe is the creator of the webcomic.
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Speaking of Rubik's Cubes, I was pissed off recently to discover that in Korea, they are known as "Edison Cubes." Even in death Edison continues to steal the inventions of better inventors.
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what is the blue lego-spaceship thingy?
i kind of have the feeling, that i know it from somewhere. maybe from some computer game?
and did i recognize the spaceship benaeth the blue one right as the one from the game "Descent"?
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I wrote these about 10 years ago, sorry if they're a bit crude: http://byrden.com/puzzles/
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René - the bottom one does superficially resemble Descent's Pyro-GX, but with some substantial differences.
http://www.funbox3d.com/rebirth/3d_images/3D%20-%20Pyro%20GX.jpg
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That Blue ship you're talking about is most certainly a Vaygr ship from the Homeworld 2 game.
Or is it ???
I could not be less sure.
Great post, as usual. Keep up the good work Avi !
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The German steampunk stuff is not "Nazi", but for a fictional German Empire, doubtless inspired by that of the Kaiser.
("Deutsches Reich" just meaning "German Government"; that's why the Nazis were the "Third Reich", because they were the third notional unified German state, after the Holy Roman Empire and the Kaiser's unification of Germany.
The term has no specific relation to fascism and its repulsive ideology.)
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It would be so cool to see a slow motion video of the lego car hitting something head on at a high speed...
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I think the "blue lego-spaceship thingy" is the military spaceship from "Aliens" (which carried Ripley and a detatchment of Marines back to the planet where the beastie was found).
I want to say it was the Scirroco, or Suroko, or something like that.
Best of the series, IMHO
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hey guys the blue one i,m 90% sure is the "Sulaco" first seen in Aliens ;)
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don't forget the Touch Rubik's Cube!
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/touch-rubiks-cube
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Very interesting!! Very cool!!
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The blue ship is definitely NOT the Sulaco, it's more inspired by the homeworld ships, and they in turn are inspired by the Sulaco... also, the Predator head is made of Lego!
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Now this is a LEGO model! Over 180Kg in weight and over 300.000 pieces used!
http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com/2007/01/lego-aircraft-carrier.html
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Thank you guys for info - post updated
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The M.C. Escher model was built by Andrew Lipson, whose page is
here. Sadly, that picture has been reposted all over the internet without credit to the builder.
The life-size Han Solo in Carbonite is by Nathan Sawaya, not Erik Varszegi.
This is his post about it on LUGNET.
The Homeworld-inspired blue spaceship and the gray fighter right below it were built by Danny Rice, whose Flickr page is
here.
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Oh, and the "geekiest" in the title is meant as a highest compliment :)
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The red and white cruiser type Lego ship bears a slight resemblance to HMS Endurance
Here on wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endurance_%28A171%29
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The ship is a US Ticonderoga Class Cruiser. Not an HMS cruiser. Sorry. Love how it even has the AEGIS array and the SONAR bubble on the bow. Very well done.
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This was always my favorite lego sculpture.
http://www.henrylim.org/Harpsichord.html
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The Escher staircase is really something. I happen to have a print hanging on the wall right here and the lego version is pretty much perfect. ... And look, he's done other Escher's in legos too. (On his site.) Very cool!
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Sir:
I believe that 'crystal Rubik' is originally from
http://plasmadesign.co.uk/
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The ship is a US Ticonderoga Class Cruiser. Not an HMS cruiser. Sorry. Love how it even has the AEGIS array and the SONAR bubble on the bow. Very well do
Do naval vessels (American or British) typically have large rocket engines in their aft quarters?
You're both wrong, I'm afraid. It's quite clearly a Republic heavy cruiser from the Star Wars prequels. ;-) It's beautifully done, even duplicating the color scheme of Republic livery.
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Some LEGO sets look almost impossible to build:
"M. S. Escher's Staircase" -
His name is M.C. Escher or Maurits Cornelis Escher.
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I loved the Leningrad Cowboys! This is a terrific song and they all looked like they were having a great time. Just shows how music really is the universal language! Watching this gives me hope that someday we could all live together as friends. Totally fun!
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I wish you enable yourr site with http://piclens.com, just view ur cool things with cool view
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The "vintage arrangement" above is Toto's keyboardist, Steve Porcaro, arranging the wiring on his analog synth system in the studio, probably sometime in 1977-78 or so. I recognize the face, even though I've never seen that actual picture. Back in those days, synths came in "stacks", since they were pretty much analog. Nowadays, just like computers, one digital keyboard system replaces that entire mess...
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Oops! I was wrong. That pic was from 1982. More info, and more pictures of studios, here: http://usuarios.lycos.es/audionautas/Paranoias/santuarios6.htm
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I reckon the first pipe pictures loop is t prevent an open sewer connection, and so takes care of any smell.
The blue one seems like a diy radiator.
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The first pipe loop looks like a moisture catch...it has a drain tap.
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The scary part is when places network older buildings, they look just like the first picures of cables in a crawl space.
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The 'unnecessary' bends in the pipes are mostly to allow the pipes to expand and contract (due to thermal changes) without breaking - since a pipe can BEND OK, but they don't COMPRESS (longitudinally) very well at all!
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Quelle 2 = http://www.offtop.ru/misi/v20_579528__.php
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Quelle2= http://www.offtop.ru/misi/v20_579528__.php
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Soundtrack for this post: "La vida es llena de cables" (Life is full of wires), by Los Samplers.
Los Samplers is one of Uwe Schmidt (Atom-Heart, Señor Coconut) experimental music alter-egos.
You can hear the track
here at the end of the post, there is a player.
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The blue spirally pipe must be a wall heater...
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Priceless... I honestly laughed more at this wonderful collection than any other I have ever seen. The smooth transition to pipe was such a stupendous surprise!.. thank you.
Personal fav.... russian white pipes pic, monkey with dangerous cable 2nd.
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now try to tell me that first pic wont overheat..?
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Geez, Blade Runner and Brazil are coming to pass!
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Hey a page on the neatest wiring would be cool - I've seen some awesomely anal server rooms!!
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Those phone wires actually aren't that bad. I mean, they're not attractive, but as long as they all go where they say they're going, then the tangles don't really matter.
Until you get a short or an open halfway down the cable. Then you're fucked no matter what.
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That picture of the Pope looks like something hellish from Dante's Inferno.
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About the pope picture : At first glance, I tought it was a scuplture from H. R. Giger!
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I forgot to say that the baby sculpture was creepy!
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The picture of the guy with parrot could have been taken in Tucson, AZ. I have seen just a guy like him (same bike but with longer hair) and a scarlet macaw on Oracle road over a year ago. I also seem to see Mount Lemon in the background. The macaw was enjoying itself a lot and would walk all over his back during traffic stops. The moment the guy was driving off, the parrot hunkered down behind him and occasionally sticked his head into the wind.
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1 with the cat is kinds sad because somewhere in japan i think they do something like that...
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If you are ever find yourself driving down I-90 and feel the need to stop into Mitchell to see the "famous" Corn Palace - Don't. Those pictures are enough.
(BTW - I live in Mitchell, SD)
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Dark Roasted Blend- Cute cat pictures do not good content make.
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I'd like to have that baby doll. I'd find random people in public and toss it to them and tell them to "catch"!
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Great site! I'm a regular visitor. Next time you need some ice storm sculptures, check out these at our local airport:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10695746@N02/2340683807/in/set-72157604140007608/
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Thank you, kcav8or - will keep this on file for ice formations! glad you like drb :)
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WOW! Incredible pictures. Makes me think of an expedition of an alien planet, or maybe of aliens exploring Earth...
The arctic ghost town and the mammoth bones (can that really be possible?) are also gems.
To save anyone else who was interested from having to search through the Quark site, prices for a 16 day trip on the "50 Years of Victory" this year start at $23k and go up to $33k!
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They will lose their jobs in a few years because of global warming :-Þ
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Wow,awesome pics, but they make me feel a little cold... ;-P
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There is no such thing as global warming.
It's a scam by the left to terrify the feeble minded.
You see any global warming in those pictures?
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I can see why you choose to stay anonymous...
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nice shots although I believe those are whale bones, not mammoth
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There is no such thing as global warming.
It's a scam by the left to terrify the feeble minded.
You see any global warming in those pictures?
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Shut up and come back when you've done some research.
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Among all the posts of Dark Roasted Blend, an absolutely great site, the frequent Russian posts are distinguished by their almost uniform excellence. Speaking just for myself, but I suspect many others too, I would love to see a specialized DRB "Best of Russia" site.
And please, let's stop name calling and rudeness not only on DRB, but all forums.
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Best of Russia, eh?
Probably worth a separate category... good idea.
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You sure about that 75000 horsepower figure? That seems rather low. A single 747 engine gets about twice that.
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That's what quoted on "Quark"
site. Wiki also mentions 171 megawatt output for each reactor.
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Nuclear-powered icebreakers? North Pole? Which travel agency I have to go to?
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This is simply an amazing post. The photography is more than outstanding. Such huge icebreakers and sitting so low in the water.....2 nuke reactors on one ship.....WOW!
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Wow, that was one of the best post from the past few days (along with the radioactive mines exploration one.)
The part with the bears is so sweet! (pun)
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171 megawatts * 2 is much more reasonable!
171 megawatts = 229314 horsepower
2 * 171 megawatts = 458629 horsepower
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To anonymous:
Sure, theres no such thing as global warming...
...And the earth is, of course, flat.
Hopefully, you got the sarcasm. Instead of mindlessly regurgitating a political line, perhaps educating yourself would be a good idea. (As its obvious your IQ score wouldn't even buy a candy bar).
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Global warming .. I agree with Mr Anonymous...this was the coldest Winter in 80 years for the entire globe. Maybe you should quit buying the party line and start doing some research. Back in the 1970's we were headed into a new ice age...everyone freaked out like you are now. Don't kid yourself, the planet is a lot bigger and has more staying power than you do/will.
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Great photos !!
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What a bunch of jerks for feeding the bears condensed milk in a can. Firstly, the bear runs a risk of choking to death, secondly, the metal can tear its mouth and internal organs to shreds, and lastly, must we pollute every nook and cranny on this bloody planet?
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What an amazing piece. Thank you very much for posting this.
There has been some global warming, just as there has been global cooling in the past and the cycles have continued since there has been an earth.
The new thing is the effort to blame any slight uptick trend on humans and the motivation is political, economic, and sociological because even if we were 100% to blame the situation could not be stopped, let alone reversed, without less than the entire world human population reverting to hunting/gathering and eschewing fire to cook the game--for hundreds of years. We might then see a tiny change of no significance.
It's the sun, stupid.
It's also global elites manipulating the masses to achieve goals that failed by other means.
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Anonymous, you obviosuly have never had sweetened condensed milk. Giving it to the bears is the best thing that could ever have happened to them (the bears, I mean).
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$23K for two weeks on an icebreaker, hmm. I didn't know you could buy a ticket on an icebreaker at all. I'd love to hear if anyone knows about any cheaper ways to get a ride on an icebreaker.
thanks
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Don't blame global warming,blame the icebrakers for loseing the part of the ice-cap on top of the world which help the global image of depleeting ice formation,slicing in a straight line to the North Pole...don't blame the hunters of the Arctic on polar bear depleation...
Those were not mammoth bones but Bow head whale bones...as usual false information...probiganda to blame the innocent habitants,shame...
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what is less known is that good share of Soviet-now-Russian icebreakers were done in Finland as part of their post-WWII retribution.
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A skeptic of the global warming alarmists leaves a comment, and everyone starts hurling insults?
Did it ever occur to you that there are scientists who are skeptical of global warming? I guess you'll tell me that those are stupid scientists, simply because they don't believe what you think they should? Don't assume that anyone who disagrees is just ignorant.
For some valid arguments, and SCIENTIFIC DATA against the global warming scare, visit
http://www.globalwarminghoax.com/about
Unless you're just too afraid that you might be wrong.
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What is also less known is that those MIR deep sea subs are both made in Finland. Based on the quality of the soviet/russian tech I presume that the only thing soviet that made its way to the north pole were the crews on board.
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Great pics, and I'm sure it was a thrill to feed the bears, but why did you give them a CAN? I'm sure that feeding them a can that will get chewed into sharp chunks of metal is a great way to help an endangered species. To the guy that said this was the best thing that ever happened to the bears; What the hell are you talking about? A slow painful death is good?
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Ya, about the milk. Why didn't they just freeze it on deck, cut it open then throw them the chunk of iced milk? Not like they had no means of freezing a can of condensed milk and I KNOW they had time. You'd think a crew of engineers would have a little more ingenuity. Those pictures are really great.
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have you ever stop for sec to think it could be possible that somone accildentally drop the can? jus maybe this friendly japanesse were drinking some in the edge of de ship to admire the viw and his wife in a lovely hug make him drope it? we most learn to see beyond our sight....golobal warming? who knows,most of the humans do nothing about serious problems such as disease, hungry nacions,etc...i guess you took that for granted....stop fighting and beeing disrespectful to others...do something about it.
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Ivan Mladek isn't from Poland. He is from Czech Republic.I have no idea why everyone thinks he is Polish. And he sings in czech, polish sounds differently.
Ivan Mladek may lately be mistaken for being from Poland, because of the recent enormous popularity of "Jozin z bazin" among Polish internauts ;] but his definetely a Czech.
The table set uses a production BMW brake disc and oil filter
Pietryq, probably you're right. I"m from Poland and I know that everyone knows "Jozin..". There is also polish version of this song, made by Kabaret Pod Wyrwigroszem with alternative lyrics about polish politicians. If you are interested in: http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=v0eHLz1H-aE
It sounds funnier if you know polish, understand lyrics and notice their strong accent.
That Paul Allen looks like Slovak writer and gloss, Boris Filan.
http://static.markiza.sk/a501/image/file/5/0033/KZ7KkPGa.jpg
I wanna know about the instrument that the crazy guy is playing in the czeck video. It's like an eastern-bloc talk-box!
What about the hole ? where is it ? Is it a fake hole of a green ?
I think the last picture must be a later satire. Much of the clothing actually reflects styles that were popular at various times in the latter part of the 19th century.
Honestly, A picture like the last one would drive me to drink, just to ensure MY lips didn't touch THEIRS :)
Do any of you remember "Twin Peaks"? And the dancing midget who talked backwards? The guy on the right, in the Czech video is as horridly fascinating to watch. Just to terrible to talk my eyes off him
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