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The Ragin' South Asian
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 Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:45 am Post subject: 201 |
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| I saw Larry Bird once demonstrate this for a Boston Globe reporter. Larry was playing with two fingers taped together, and the reporter asked him if he could still shoot accurately. Larry then bet the man (who had been a successful college player) that he could completely tape up both hands, all four fingers together, and still beat him in a free-throw competition. With his hands completely taped (covering the finger tips) Larry threw 4/10 in the first set, then 8/10, 10/10, 9/10, to win their best of 5 competition. |
In general, I don't think a guy referred to as "Larry Legend" is a good reference point for how easy or difficult something is. |
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Samadhi
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:31 am Post subject: 202 |
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There's a big difference between throwing a football into a barrel (or whatever) and being rushed, having to scramble meanwhile figuring out *which* barrel you can throw to. It's akin to the difference between breaking 5 boards with a punch and actually defending yourself in a fight.
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Chaz
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:33 am Post subject: 203 |
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| Samadhi wrote: |
There's a big difference between throwing a football into a barrel (or whatever) and being rushed, having to scramble meanwhile figuring out *which* barrel you can throw to. It's akin to the difference between breaking 5 boards with a punch and actually defending yourself in a fight. |
The difference applies to all other players as well, so your point is moot. 
I think any average QB could make that video if he had enough "takes." The only impressive part is where he hits three spots on the goal post, and even that isn't that impressive. I've seen guys throw it through a swinging tire swing time after time after time.
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Zag
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Jedo the Jedi
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:06 pm Post subject: 205 |
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| I think any average QB could make that video if he had enough "takes." |
This was my thought. Like those demonstrations where they bounce the ping-pong ball off multiple surfaces and it lands in the cup.
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Pablo
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:17 pm Post subject: 206 |
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I'd say this qualifies for the "amazed" thread.
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Chaz
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:08 pm Post subject: 207 |
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| Jedo the Jedi wrote: |
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| I think any average QB could make that video if he had enough "takes." |
This was my thought. Like those demonstrations where they bounce the ping-pong ball off multiple surfaces and it lands in the cup. |
My main basis for the conclusion is the reactions of his freinds. They act too excited for this to be an expected result.
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Pablo
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:20 pm Post subject: 208 |
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| Chaz wrote: |
| Jedo the Jedi wrote: |
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| I think any average QB could make that video if he had enough "takes." |
This was my thought. Like those demonstrations where they bounce the ping-pong ball off multiple surfaces and it lands in the cup. |
My main basis for the conclusion is the reactions of his freinds. They act too excited for this to be an expected result. |
He was on the "Today" show this morning. It took 25 hours of filming and lots of attempts, but no trickery. He admitted to being "not NFL material unless they developed a Harlem Globetrotters kind of team".
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Chaz
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:58 pm Post subject: 209 |
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That sounds about right.
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wordcross
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:34 pm Post subject: 210 |
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http://www.techi.com/2011/02/satarii-star-accessory/
Pretty clever. Also cool that it doesn't necessarily have to be an iPhone, since the base is doing all of the work.
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Chaz
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:41 pm Post subject: 211 |
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Want.
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Chaz
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:58 am Post subject: 212 |
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I read through some old GL threads in ATM (Feature Request). Crazy.
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Chaz
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Sentran
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MatthewV
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:18 am Post subject: 215 |
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I like it!
(even if the shadows don't work on it) |
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Samadhi
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject: 216 |
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Positively amazing: The Human Camera
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Chaz
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| Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:37 pm Post subject: 217 |
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See-through fish The Barrel Fish
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Pablo
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:23 pm Post subject: 218 |
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This guy
Here he is a couple years ago.
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Thok
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:46 pm Post subject: 219 |
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| VCU totally destroyed Kansas. |
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Zag
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wordcross
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| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:28 pm Post subject: 221 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui2a2KTx60s
A girls choir from Belgium that has a penchant for rock-song covers (among others)
They sing in multiple languages, and do it well. I'm not sure whether I'd be more impressed if they did or didn't actually speak all those languages.
Seriously, have you ever tried singing a song in a language you don't understand? It's *hard* to get it good enough for a native speaker to understand you.
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Quailman
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:09 pm Post subject: 222 |
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This happened about 11:00 this morning. The window in the right side of this photo is in my wife's shop. No one was hurt. The sole employee in the tailor shop had just gone to the back of the store from the cash stand, which was right about where the trunk of the Lexus is resting. The only damage to my wife's store was the window frame was knocked outward (not inward) about two inches. I shoved it back into place with my shoulder.
I was able to get my son's scout pants from the tailor shop a little while later, after the Lexus was pulled out. |
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Quailman
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Lepton*
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:20 pm Post subject: 224 |
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You drive a nice car, Quailman, but it seems like you need practice parking.
I am glad to hear that no-one was hurt, and that your wife's shop didn't take any serious damage |
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wordcross
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:32 pm Post subject: 225 |
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I'd say it's obvious he drives a hard bargain.
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Ctorj
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:38 pm Post subject: 226 |
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Maybe he thought they had drive-thru service?
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Death Mage
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:09 pm Post subject: 227 |
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I think you guys are driving this joke into the ground.
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Thok*
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:16 pm Post subject: 228 |
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| Death Mage wrote: |
| I think you guys are driving this joke into the ground. |
This comment just drives us to speed up on efforts. |
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Zag
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:46 pm Post subject: 229 |
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| He should name his car Microsoft, since it is always crashing windows. |
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Sentran
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:03 pm Post subject: 230 |
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| He should name his car Microsoft, since it is always crashing windows. |
Huzzah!
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Ctorj
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:02 pm Post subject: 231 |
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| Zag wrote: |
| He should name his car Microsoft, since it is always crashing windows. |
Winning!
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Death Mage
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| Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:32 am Post subject: 232 |
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211 tornadoes in a 24 hour period. Previous record was in 1974 with 148.
That was one hell of a violent storm system. Thank God it was all well south of where I live.
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Pablo
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 2:28 pm Post subject: 233 |
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211 tornadoes in a 24 hour period. Previous record was in 1974 with 148.
That was one hell of a violent storm system. Thank God it was all well south of where I live. |
Yeah, we have our own disasters to deal with. 
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Death Mage
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wordcross
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:43 pm Post subject: 235 |
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Wooo! My Alma Mater is awesome!
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/06/02/planning-a-weekend-trip-to-mars-get-this-tent/
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The logistics of providing a team of space cowboys (and cowgirls, of course) with protection from radiation, a sustainable atmosphere, food and water are daunting.
A group of students at North Carolina State University (NCSU) think they have it worked out, though. Yesterday, the university released an announcement stating that a team of aerospace and textile engineering students believe the holy grail of space exploration is in the materials. Rather than relying on bulky aluminum, fiberglass and carbon fibers, the team designed an inflatable habitation unit using radiation-deflecting Demron™, a gas-tight polyurethane liner to seal in air, and a gold-based UV film that blocks astronauts from exposure. |
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jesus_saves
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:24 pm Post subject: 236 |
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Posting this for Sam...
I had what might possibly the BEST experience being pulled over ever. (things in parentheses are my comments)
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Got pulled over on the way to a client meeting and the officer (coming up to the passenger side for safety says "Hi. I pulled you over because your inspection sticker is expired. (very fair; it expired in Feb)."
Me: "Yes it is."
Him: "Why haven't you gotten your car inspected?"
Me: "Because I work 70ish hours a week and haven t had time. (that, thankfully is over now)"
Him: "Ok, you re busy. Can I have your license & registration?"
I hand it to him and he heads back to his car. Comes back a minute later and says "When do you think you ll have it inspected?"
"Umm this week?"
"Ok, be sure that you do. Be careful pulling back into traffic." *hands back license and registration (and a notable lack of ticket) *
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To the point, fair, honest and polite. I dont think it gets better than this. Sam, some cops don t suck. (I know it s rare; I just thought you might like to know.) |
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Quailman
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:50 pm Post subject: 237 |
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Four months expired. That is amazing.
So you don't post since April, and when you do it's something from Sam. |
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jesus_saves
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:18 am Post subject: 238 |
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To be honest, I mostly came to post about my upcoming adventures in Chicago. The story for Sam was just a bonus.
I ve been lurking a lot lately; it comes with working 70ish hrs a week and being stressed most of the time. Since that just ended, hopefully I ll get it together and become a good, contributing member of GL society.
Also, who's Quailman?  |
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Lepton*
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:18 pm Post subject: 239 |
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Several things:
Today is some sort of Stonehenge-esque equinox. The sun is setting and, today, its trajectory takes it down a crack between two buildings. As a consequence, the side of the swimming pool (outside my window) is brightly lit.
They finally captured a picture of the Space Shuttle docked at the ISS. That's beautiful, too.
I finished Dreams from my Father last week. What an amazing guy is Barack Obama: truly a citizen-philosopher. Kudos to the Americans among you for electing a guy who has wrestled so comprehensively with the race issues that seem to be the invisible basis of much of the divisive contemporary rhetoric.
I watched Al Gore's TED talks over the past couple days. What a champion: it's hard to imagine how much progress we might have made on environmental issues with him in the White House. I wonder if I lean left simply because bright, interesting optimists tend to be progressives? |
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Jedo the Jedi
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:03 pm Post subject: 240 |
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In Texas, I'm pretty sure you can't be pulled over for having your inspection out, but if you are pulled over for something else, boy will they hand you a whopping ticket for that expired inspection.
Now to counter with my own story.
A motorcycle cop sees that my registration sticker is expired (by a month), and makes a U-turn to pull me over. He asks why I haven't changed it, and I say it's because I don't have a scraper (it had become super stuck). I show him that I actually have the new sticker. He goes back to his bike, dinks around for nearly ten minutes, then comes back to my car and tells me to put it on there as soon as possible. He finishes with, "You're wasting my time and yours."
How do I waste a cop's time whose job is to pull people over and keep the peace and safety? 
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