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Favourite Books 1 2 3
by halisray- 58 replies
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List your top five books, I'm in need of something to read; Mine, in no particular order; Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh - simply stunning, couldn't put it down. The Winds of War, by Herman Wouk - an interesting account of World War 2. The Liar, by Stephen Fry - charmingly funny. Vintage Stuff, by Tom Sharpe - hilarious. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Dumas - a great adventurous story.
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dear watmm, i am interested in purchasing a digital tablet. there are a lot of excellent artists here and i thought maybe this would be a good place to ask for advice. i've never had a chance to use a graphics tablet in person, and i've no idea what models are worthwhile and which are lackluster... so far the most attractive one i've found is the wacom intuos 4 (the small one), but the bamboo model is a lot cheaper (it's not made out of bamboo, OK) and i guess that might be a better solution... if you've got a graphics tablet or know anything about them please drop some knowledge! $200 is as high as i can go
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LayW8aq4GLw The guy has always been a massive dick. Now it's pretty much confirmed i guess.
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I just found a picture which I fancied fucking about with to piss someone I know right off. Had a look around at what I could use to do a bit of playing about with it only to find that I have no decent editor. I did have a good open source one a while ago on my old computer which I remember to be fairly decent. I can't remember what the name was but I'm sure it was something of a stupid name. Like fud, blam, foom or something but I can't remember. What are your recommendations? Money's non-existant at the moment so an open source contender would be great.
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post more ads that wouldn't make it in these PC times.
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The lack of decent sci-fi
by Guest El_Chemso- 23 replies
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I was reading this new article while waking up this morning on zee android: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9489000/9489104.stm Brief synopsis said we weren't living like they through we would way back when but that a lot of things had happened. I watched a video on the beeb yesterday of a kid controlling a bionic hand with the powers of his mind. It was pretty futuristic: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13287537 But in that first article they mention landing on the moon and the ship was powered by anti gravity paint. Very portal 2 I thought. But in terms of an actual sci-fi story a bit laughable now days. And it got me to thin…
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Wow, they're really rubbing it in Sonys face. http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/may11/05-19MSPCXBOXPR.mspx
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link In other news, am I the first person to realize "Ono Sendai" is just the phrase "Oh no, send AI"? Google turns up no hits.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110518/us_ac/8495307_cdc_recommends_preparing_for_all_disasters__even_zombies http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/20/cdc-zombie-apocalypse-advice_n_864913.html
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BIONIC ARMS! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13273348
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Sometimes I think
by Guest Franklin- 24 replies
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that one day when I click on the lifetimers members club it will just grant me access and next thing I'm wearing some maroon-looking jacket with the upper half of a cigar reaching out of a chest pocket. i think i click it at least once a month. it would be funny if they tracked that. I'd be interested in knowing. anywayz just watched this documentary on Rothko and it was good. what else do you want to know? there wasnt really a point to the thread. No I'm not high I'm , ok I am. perhaps I'll start composing posts like rothko circa 50's paintings. ?
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I logged into my email today and it told me it was temporarily disabled. I got it enabled again via text messege. Then it made me reset the password to something else. All of my contacts had been emailed spam via my account with various links to drugs online types of sites. What else should I do? Is there a way to find out if sensitive emails were read/recorded? Anyone else had this happen?
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so my main email is gone due to me not renewing my domain/site account. I read and hear a lot of horror stories about gmail. any suggestions for a good one?
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the asparagus tinged urine phenomena is continually astounding to me. last night for dinner i had assorted salad leaves with asparagus cooked in garlic with parma ham and parmesan drizzled in a fine extra virgin. it was deeeeee eeeeee lish! less than half an hour later (no exaggeration) went for a piss and the smell almost floored me. christ there's definately something about asparagus the human body doesn't like. but it's repulsive and alluring at the same time, like i always lean into the bowl and inhale deeply just to get the full hit. it smells like hamster piss. i know cos i used to smell hamster piss all the time when i was young.
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kelly osbourne 1 2 3
by keltoi- 71 replies
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she looks like she has a strong jaw
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Any active users here? Also who has username called FLCL? I assume it might be some of you according to shares with watmm music folder full of tracks and mixes, downloading my unreleased zomby folder (116 files in a row)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otIU6Py4K_A?hd=1 reminds me of the game fallout (or as one of the youtube comments stated, "dubai in 20 years").
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Food Matters
by Guest Carlo1Brito- 7 replies
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Watch it. You won't regret it. http://vimeo.com/22502718
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Henry Markram and the Human Brain Project are in talks with EU for $1.61 billion to achieve human brain emulation by 2024. 2024 is just 12.5 years away. So... Once you build it, and it works, is it alive? Can you ethically turn it off? What if you teach it language, and it writes "don't turn me off!"? Can it experience suffering? What if you program it to feel like it's on fire, forever? Does that experience exist, does it mean anything? Or is it just a virtual representation, a terribly complex emoticon?
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Tintin The reason Peter Jackson wont be directing The Hobbit is due to this adventurous fellow. Jackson and Steven Spielberg have decided to make a Tintin trilogy, Jackson will direct the first movie, and Speilberg the second. But not only that it will be in 3D and they will be using similar motion capture technology to that of James Cameron’s Avatar. There is no word on who will direct the third, but that is years away so they have time to get someone. The only problem is that you have two amazing directors doing the first movies, so someone of equal greatness will have to take on the job and finish the trilogy, which will no doubt be a hard task. http://filmon…
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THE POWER IS OUT
by Guest hahathhat- 21 replies
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i heard a transformer or something go BLAM! then no more lights. internets is running off of UPS. i am using my laptop to post this. soon we'll be back to the dark ages. i thought we had until saturday before the world ends?
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Finland just beat Russia in the semis. Our 19-year-old star Mikael Granlund scored one of the greatest goals ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH4Yn36fh7o
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I love Bill's reasoning.
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"People who quit are losers." - Donald Trump. "I quit my run for President." - Donald Trump BREAKING: Trump not running for president Huckabee is out too. Does this mean Obama already won?
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I have had so many more posts than only six thousand throughout the years, so, for me, this is a dedication to all my lost posts, may they rest in peace. yay! Akkad 777
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