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Even stranger was my Sega Saturn system that shot flames out the side. Not so collectible....
Commented on Soviet war painting gallery
Canada has had some fantastic War Artists. I would point to the paintings of Edwin Holgate, Alex Colville, Charles Comfort, Lawren Harris, and Thomas Wood. Each were influenced by Canada's Group Of Seven, and to see these styles and techniques...
Commented on Huge fanged mouth hoodies
If you use the promo code FACEBOOK they will ship for free! It does not work for orders to Canada though, as I found out. We ordered the Shark one, can't wait to see my boys face!...
Commented on Huge fanged mouth hoodies
Anyone have a promo code?...
Commented on Olympic Committee Member to Chicago bid team: US Customs is "harrowing experience"
But if Chicago had got the Olympics the Terrorists would have won....
Commented on Public fountains are disappearing because the concept of public is disappearing
I have to laugh at this one. You can plainly see who has read the article and who is commenting based purely on the title of the article. Well played, sirs....
Commented on Indiana prosecutor says she's duty bound to prosecute grandma who bought cold medicine
Republican?...
Commented on Daily photos of a healthy cervix for one month
This cannot have been more poorly placed above the Rocket Shaped Air Blower. I just had a psychological embolism....
Commented on Snapshot: A series of tubes.
Dan Flavin. 'Nuff Said!...
Commented on Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009
I worked on a movie with Mr. Swayze, and I won't ruin anyone's moment here by telling you some of the things I saw and heard on set, to the point that the crew had to sign non-disclosure agreements with...
Commented on What the world will look like if/when the oceans rise.
Suddenly living in Winnipeg isn't looking so bad!...
Commented on The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D
The research I have done indicates that it would fit into the space shuttle's payload bay. If they have nothing in the bay, it would technically be a 'free' ride home, as the shuttle is already in orbit with the...
Commented on Photo-crashing squirrel
This brings back some great memories for me! My ex spouse and I used to hike the C Level Cirque trail out of the Upper Bankhead Picnic Site next to Lake Minnewanka. Once you get to the boulder pocket (cirque)under...
Commented on The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D
Excuse my ignorance, but wouldn't it be somewhat more cost effective and safer to bring the Hubble back to Earth on a return mission(after doing something else) and work on it on earth? I mean, the shuttle seems to do...
Commented on ColorSuckr sucks out colors from online images
It seems to chose 12 colours. Maybe the algorithm yanks the twelve most dominant tones....
Commented on Associated Press will sell you a license to quote the public domain
The moral of the story here is that it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission....
Commented on Associated Press will sell you a license to quote the public domain
The saddest part for me is that someone might legitimately be trying to cover their ass legally, and decides to pay up not realizing that the AP has no legal domain over the content in question. It's the journalistic equivalent...
Commented on Water-fueled "jet pack"
Heaven forbid that you should accidentally swing your leg under one of those jets. Instant self-flaying....
Commented on The sad fate of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster
Loved the story. I was unaware Flikr let's you put bewbs in your pictures; when I signed off a couple of years ago that was strictly verboten....
Commented on Hidden Booze Treasure Ad Campaign
I'd be very surprised of the caps were able to withstand the corrosion and pressure at depths to have protected the booty. You'd likely end up with a very interesting conversation piece, but no hangover....
Commented on Race and book covers: why is there a white girl on the cover of this book about a black girl? -- UPDATED
Ummm.... Irony?...
Commented on Nominations open for EFF's Pioneer Award
Michael Geist!...
Commented on Mystery blob devouring Alaska coastline
This is a job for... SuperPalin!...
Commented on Video about wannabee amputee
This kind of story always makes me feel creeped out, especially the ones where people get sexual gratification from amputation....
Commented on Citizen Engineer: open source hardware comic and kits
This is awesome! Free laundry from now on!...
Commented on Toshiba R600 with colossal SSD reviewed. Verdict: "The Bee's Knees."
Does anyone know if these SSD are built with the same footprint as a regular notebook HD? IE can you simply go buy one of these and pug it into an existing notebook?...
Commented on Welcome to the e-wasteland
Mercurial....
Commented on Desperate-to-leave LinkedIn users rename accounts "delete delete delete"
Secret Life Of Plants spake thusly: It is especially difficult because most of us are graduate students and academics who need to retain some privacy and distance from our students and employers. Yes, the Ivory Tower crowd needs their privacy,...
Commented on Luggable 75 lb "laptop" from 1968
Thanks #8 Very informative, I appreciate your nerd balls....
Commented on Video: Michael Jackson's moonwalking inspirations
Set Moonwalk to *KILL*!...

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misterfricative commented on Soviet war painting gallery
Thanks. That would make sense. I did a search on 'anti tank grenade bundle' and found a picture of a couple of German ones at the top of this thread here . So it must work something like a limpet mine/shaped charge device then. Or something like the 'sticky' sock bomb that Tom Hanks uses in Saving Private Ryan....
Tzctlp commented on Soviet war painting gallery
" .... I can't think of anything in the west in the same time period that is as moving, as emotionally evocative ...." I can. It is called Guernica, which is so superior artistically, aesthetically and politically to all these paintings that is not even funny trying to compare them. So this Allllllie person may want to try to expand on the point above, as it is it sounds like hawgash......
alllie commented on Soviet war painting gallery
"Your bickering seems uninformed and your taste is not relevant when your knowledge is so obviously lacking in the basic aspects of art history." Maybe you are right. Maybe it is only art history that matters, not if the art pulls you in and makes you feel something. I guess my sensibility is too rock and roll. I keep on thinking of what Lester Bangs said: "The main reason we listen to music in the first place is to hear passion expressed." I judge the visual arts by the same standard - what does a piece of art show me...
grey not grey commented on Soviet war painting gallery
I think it's something more along the lines of the German-style Geballte Ladung, basically an improvised bomb where several grenades are wired around another that is used as the single detonator. In terms of art it's difficult to reconcile western European modernism with Soviet realism intellectually, and short of plowing through a comparative reading of Clement Greenberg versus Andrey Zhdanov it should suffice to say that the intent of the artists was obviously meaningful and it either touches you, or it doesn't. Personally, I find it refreshing to see war art from a Soviet perspective, as it's so infrequently discussed...
Peter X commented on The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D
Ok. All this is great but answer me this... If this light is from the past, and represent the universe only a billion years after the big bang, then how did we get out here to be able to receive light from the past before the light actually reaches us?...

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