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ANIME MONSTROSITY
Jun 1, 2012

by XyloJW
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys-love

124 references, kill me now

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Meat Beat Agent
Aug 5, 2007

felonious assault with a sproinging boner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Europe

bonus points for the article being available in Japanese

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

daft punk railroad posted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Europe

bonus points for the article being available in Japanese

NFL Europe was an American football league which operated in Europe from 1991 until 2007.



drat. that's way longer than i would have guessed

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

thats about one year for every person who cares about american football

ahmeni
May 1, 2005

It's one continuous form where hardware and software function in perfect unison, creating a new generation of iPhone that's better by any measure.
Grimey Drawer
you'd be surprised how many foreigners watch American football
quite a few Aussies like it

ANIME MONSTROSITY
Jun 1, 2012

by XyloJW

daft punk railroad posted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Europe

bonus points for the article being available in Japanese

we have an actual american football league here in poland, its pretty big
its pretty loving surreal when the teams play and their names are all in english so you get Warszawa Spartans or Białystok Lowlanders or Pretorians Skoczów

Nomnom Cookie
Aug 30, 2009



Legionowo Lightbulb Changers

Nelson MandEULA
Feb 27, 2011

"...the biggest shitbag
I have ever met."

Male, aging, crooked teeth, messy hair, lab coat, effervescent test tube, spectacles/goggles, gloves, dramatic posing — one popular stereotype of a mad scientist. Sometimes combined with a German-sounding accent and/or name.

Nelson MandEULA
Feb 27, 2011

"...the biggest shitbag
I have ever met."
speaking of which:

Magnus Alfred Pyke (Paddington, London, 29 December 1908 — 19 October 1992) was a British scientist and media figure, who, although apparently quite eccentric and playing up to the mad scientist stereotype, succeeded in explaining science to a lay audience. He was known for his enthusiastic way of waving his arms around as he spoke.

Meat Beat Agent
Aug 5, 2007

felonious assault with a sproinging boner

Nomnom Cookie posted:

Legionowo Lightbulb Changers

Riptor
Apr 13, 2003

here's to feelin' good all the time
In the Scrubs episode "My New God" J.D. is tricked by Janitor into robbing a Chinese couple's apartment. When they are resting from 'helping Janitor move', they can be seen drinking Tsingtao beer.

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord
There was a small incident over the phone in 2002, involving a Martial Arts school in downtown Flushing, NY. The issue was the use of the name, "Wu-Tang", and its coincidental location near New York City. The school specializes in Traditional Chinese Martial Arts, involving the Wu-Tang System, and connected with other Wu-Tang Schools throughout the world. The issue was resolved over the phone, and no physical contact was made. The Clan's intentions are not known, as they contacted the school, but the school has been established for over 20 years, well before the start of the Wu-Tang Clan.

Baxate
Feb 1, 2011

Cat Righting Reflex

zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

Nomnom Cookie posted:

Legionowo Lightbulb Changers

the football funhouse has a new name

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007

Improbable Lobster posted:

and its coincidental location near New York City.

um

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

yeah you missed the true sperg

Falling cat problem
The falling cat problem consists of explaining the underlying physics behind the common observation of the cat righting reflex: how a free-falling cat can turn itself right-side-up as it falls, no matter which way up it was initially, without violating the law of conservation of angular momentum.

Although somewhat amusing, and trivial to pose, the solution of the problem is not as straightforward as its statement would suggest. The apparent contradiction with the law of conservation of angular momentum is resolved because the cat is not a rigid body, but instead is permitted to change its shape during the fall. The behavior of the cat is thus typical of the mechanics of deformable bodies.

The solution of the problem, originally due to (Kane & Scher 1969), models the cat as a pair of cylinders (the front and back halves of the cat) capable of changing their relative orientations. Montgomery (1993) later described the Kane–Scher model in terms of a connection in the configuration space that encapsulates the relative motions of the two parts of the cat permitted by the physics. Framed in this way, the dynamics of the falling cat problem is a prototypical example of a nonholonomic system (Batterman 2003), the study of which is among the central preoccupations of control theory. A solution of the falling cat problem is a curve in the configuration space that is horizontal with respect to the connection (that is, it is admissible by the physics) with prescribed initial and final configurations. Finding an optimal solution is an example of optimal motion planning (Arbyan & Tsai 1998; Ge & Chen 2007).

In the language of physics, Montgomery's connection is a certain Yang-Mills field on the configuration space, and is a special case of a more general approach to the dynamics of deformable bodies as represented by gauge fields (Montgomery 1993; Batterman 2003), following the work of Shapere and Wilczek (Shapere and Wilczek 1987).

LP97S
Apr 25, 2008
On both the X-Files and Dana Scully page.



A fan cosplaying as Agent Scully.

ANIME MONSTROSITY
Jun 1, 2012

by XyloJW

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe
Question book-new.svg
This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009)

Having grown from very humble beginnings, the City of Atlanta's streets are not organized in rational rectilinear patterns like better organized cities. Rather the Atlanta metropolitan area exhibits the "cluster of grapes" pattern; dozens of small communities (including Atlanta) squashed "cheek by jowl" with each having a road running to each in an overlapping maze. For that reason Atlanta's streets, such as Decatur Street, can be confusing. Decatur Street for example runs from Atlanta to Decatur on the east. However once you pass by the "zero mile post" in downtown Atlanta's Five Points district heading west, the same road runs to northwest to the community of Marietta. Hence Decatur Street is the same street as Marietta Street. The situation is made more confusing when leaving the city limits of, in this example, Atlanta, because when one enters the "neutral zone" between cities another street name is used, and when entering the "remote" city yet another name is used. So, traveling on this one street from Marietta on the northwest the sequence is: Atlanta Road, Marietta Boulevard, Marietta Street, Decatur Street, DeKalb Avenue (DeKalb being Decatur's county), and finally Howard Avenue in Decatur; all this in under twenty-five miles. (This leave out the "West" and "East" variants that are also present.) For this reason you can see why it is frequently said "half the streets in Atlanta are named Peachtree but all the others have three or four names to make up for it."

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
Immortal Technique does Support Islam in this Album and explains more about Colonialism, Fascism and Politicians. This Album also reached The Top #20 Hip-Hop Albums of 2008.

Samuel L. ACKSYN
Feb 29, 2008


looking at the home improvement characters page and

quote:

Marty and Nancy often had marital problems, largely focused on Marty's inability to hold a job due to autism, and the stress of parenting



i must have missed the "marty is autistic" episode :confused:

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe
wasn't that a fyad contest edit

Samuel L. ACKSYN
Feb 29, 2008


Install Windows posted:

wasn't that a fyad contest edit

idk maybe how would i know

Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

https://www.wikipedia.org/Wiki/The OP

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe
Emergency services and Australia's Communications Regulator prefer the phrase "triple zero" over "triple oh" because of potential confusion and misunderstanding over keying the number when using alpha-numeric keypads. This could cause people to dial "666" in an emergency, not Triple Zero (000), or even enter the alphabet characters OOO if using a computer-based dialler or telephone software such as VoIP (a feature intended to be used for numbers advertised as a phrase or word, such as 13 CABS or 1800 REVERSE).

BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

Neither the fabric ("the support") nor the image (together, "the tilma") has been analyzed using the full range of resources now available to museum conservationists. Four technical studies were conducted between 1751–2 and 1982. Of these, the findings of at least three have been published. All were commissioned by the authorized custodians of the tilma in the Basilica.
Studies conducted between 1751–2 and 1982
MC – in 1756 a prominent artist, Miguel Cabrera, published a report entitled "Maravilla Americana," containing the results of the ocular and manual inspections by him and six other painters in 1751 and 1752.[22]
G – José Antonio Flores Gómez, an art restorer, discussed in a 2002 interview with the Mexican journal Proceso, certain technical issues relative to the tilma. He had worked on it in 1947 and 1973.[23]
PC – in 1979 Philip Callahan, biophysicist and USDA entomologist, specializing in infrared imaging, took numerous infrared photographs of the front of the tilma. His findings, with photographs, were published in 1981.[24]
R – In 2002 Proceso published an interview with José Sol Rosales, formerly director of the Center for the Conservation and Listing of Heritage Artifacts (Patrimonio Artístico Mueble) of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA) in México City. the article included extracts from a report which Rosales had written in 1982 of his findings from his inspection of the tilma that year using raking and UV light. It was done at low magnification with a stereo microscope of the type used for surgery.[25]
Summary conclusions ("contra" indicates a contrary finding)
(1) Support: The material of the support is soft to the touch (almost silken: MC; something like cotton: G) but to the eye it suggested a coarse weave of palm threads called "pita" or the rough fiber called "cotense" (MC), or a hemp and linen mixture (R). It was traditionally held to be made from ixtle, an agave fiber.
(2) Ground, or primer: R asserted (MC and PC contra) by ocular examination that the tilma was primed, though with primer "applied irregularly." R does not clarify whether his observed "irregular" application entails that majorly the entire tilma was primed, or just certain areas – such as those areas of the tilma extrinsic to the image – where PC agrees had later additions. MC, alternatively, observed that the image had soaked through to the reverse of the tilma.[26]
(3) Under-drawing: PC asserted there was no under-drawing.
(4) Brush-work: R suggested (PC contra) there was some visible brushwork on the original image, but in a minute area of the image ("her eyes, including the irises, have outlines, apparently applied by a brush").
(5) Condition of the surface layer: The three most recent inspections agree (i) that significant additions have been made to the image, some of which were subsequently removed,[citation needed] and (ii) that the original image has been abraded and re-touched in places. Some flaking is visible (mostly along the line of the vertical seam, or at passages considered to be later additions).
(6) Varnish: The tilma has never been varnished.
(7) Binding Medium: R provisionally identified the pigments and binding medium (distemper) as consistent with 16th-century methods of painting sargas (MC, PC contra for different reasons), but the color values and luminosity are exceptional.
The technique of painting on fabric with water-soluble pigments (with or without primer or ground) is well-attested. The binding medium is generally animal glue or gum arabic (see: Distemper). Such an artifact is variously discussed in the literature as a tüchlein or sarga.[27] Considered as a type of sarga, the tilma is not unique,[citation needed], but its state of preservation is remarkable.

in a well actually
Jan 26, 2011

dude, you gotta end it on the rhyme

In 1975, the New Mexico State Police's drip gas detail – three men in pickup trucks – began patrolling oil and gas fields, catching thieves and recovering barrels of stolen gas. The detail stopped its work in 1987.

Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

Install Windows posted:

Emergency services and Australia's Communications Regulator prefer the phrase "triple zero" over "triple oh" because of potential confusion and misunderstanding over keying the number when using alpha-numeric keypads. This could cause people to dial "666" in an emergency, not Triple Zero (000), or even enter the alphabet characters OOO if using a computer-based dialler or telephone software such as VoIP (a feature intended to be used for numbers advertised as a phrase or word, such as 13 CABS or 1800 REVERSE).

Haruhi is quite ravishing in a ponytail I have to say.

Chumbawumba4ever97
Dec 31, 2000

by Fluffdaddy
In October 1971, the first two cereals in the line were introduced, Count Chocula (originally called "Dr. Count Chocula") and the strawberry-flavored Franken Berry. In February 1972, Franken Berry cereal included dye that turned some children's feces pink due to an inability to break down the heavily dyed breakfast food, a symptom sometimes referred to as "Frankenberry Stool.""[4][5][6]

Chumbawumba4ever97 fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Sep 22, 2013

Chumbawumba4ever97
Dec 31, 2000

by Fluffdaddy

Miyamotos RGB NES posted:

"Frankenberry Stool."

mnc

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
A balloon fetish is a sexual fetish that involves balloons.[1][2][3][4] A balloon fetishist is also referred to as a "looner".[5][6][7]

lua
Jun 16, 2013
Flatulist Mr. Methane recorded a version of the song with additional fart noises and alternate lyrics (describing the abdominal effects of eating hot curry).

Riptor
Apr 13, 2003

here's to feelin' good all the time
Under the Characters section of "McDonaldland"

Bernice – A strange creature that was introduced in 1992. She ate inedible things like the script in the three-part "Ronald McDonald Makin' Movies" commercial.

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

swamp izzo posted:

Haruhi is quite ravishing in a ponytail I have to say.

iirc that's supposed to be a "gender-flipped" kyon :anime:

Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

Silver Alicorn posted:

iirc that's supposed to be a "gender-flipped" kyon :anime:

If u do a google search for "haruhi in a ponytail" and "Kyonko" (the gender flipped Kyon) and compare it just turns up all the same pictures of Haruhi in a ponytail.

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
ok I'm just going by what I heard in IRC a long time ago :) I have never even watched that anime I only know it from fishmechatars

Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

Check out
https://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Kyonko
https://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Suzumiya_Haruhi_(ponytail)
for more info.

stoutfish
Oct 8, 2012

by zen death robot

i hope you realize how shameful this poo poo is

Adult Sword Owner
Jun 19, 2011

u deserve diploma for sublime comedy expertise

stoutfish posted:

i hope you realize how shameful this poo poo is

first time reader of izzos posts i take it

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stoutfish
Oct 8, 2012

by zen death robot

Dead Inside Darwin posted:

first time reader of izzos posts i take it

please remain ever vigilant and report all anime posts thank you

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