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Jack_Ian
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 Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:32 pm Post subject: 1002 |
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Skadoosh
I have a feeling this might become the most annoying thing since annotations. |
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Scurra
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:51 pm Post subject: 1003 |
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iPod magic
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Samadhi
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| Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:31 pm Post subject: 1004 |
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Neil Patrick Harris at the Tonys[/url]
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Chuck
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Jack_Ian
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:18 pm Post subject: 1006 |
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Flashed face distortion effect
| Jason M Tangen, Sean C Murphy & Matthew B Thompson wrote: |
| We describe a novel face distortion effect resulting from the fast-paced presentation of eye-aligned faces. When cycling through the faces on a computer screen, each face seems to become a caricature of itself and some faces appear highly deformed, even grotesque. The degree of distortion is greatest for faces that deviate from the others in the set on a particular dimension (eg if a person has a large forehead, it looks particularly large). This new method of image presentation, based on alignment and speed, could provide a useful tool for investigating contrastive distortion effects and face adaptation. |
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Quailman
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:53 pm Post subject: 1007 |
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| There were some "highly deformed, even grotesque" faces in that video. Try stepping though it. You'll see. |
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Jack_Ian
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:33 pm Post subject: 1008 |
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I tried stepping through and didn't see anything "highly deformed".
Each individual face appears normal (in the sense that it's the face of a real person and not a photoshopped airbrushed image).
Of course there are minor anomalies, but that's what normal is.
You might be seeing the effect by viewing a single side too quickly. Pause it and see if it still appears "grotesque". |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:24 pm Post subject: 1009 |
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It's very weird. Some observations:
1) If you cover one side, and let it play, you still see distorted faces.
2) If you cover one side, and step through it slowly, you don't see distorted faces.
3) If you don't cover either side, but watch one side, and step slowly from one face to the next, the side you're not looking at looks bizarre on the switch. |
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Quailman
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:08 pm Post subject: 1010 |
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| Okay, maybe not deformed and grotesque, but no one I'd want to be seen out in public with. |
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Scurra
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| Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:09 pm Post subject: 1011 |
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News International: the Movie
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Chaz
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:01 pm Post subject: 1012 |
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This made me think of Samadhi.
Like a Bus.
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Samadhi
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:46 pm Post subject: 1013 |
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Not exactly safe for work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoJo81lujk
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Quailman
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Chuck
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Kd
Mei Li De Hua
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Zag
Tired of his old title
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| Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:19 pm Post subject: 1017 |
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I really tried! I made it as far as the thigh bone coming out of the window, and at that point I realized that I had failed. |
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Death Mage
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| Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:06 pm Post subject: 1018 |
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I am too desensitized to anything coming out of Japan to have been phased by that music video.
Which probably should frighten me more than the video frightens normal people.
(For those wonder, the answer to ANY question about the video starting with "Why...?" is "Because, JAPAN.")
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extropalopakettle
No offense, but....
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:37 am Post subject: 1019 |
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| Deaf woman hears for first time ... I'm not actually posting this as a "classic", but it reminds me of similar, but I thought more moving, footage I once saw, possibly on television before youtube. It was black and white footage from the 60s of a woman whose was born deaf and had her hearing restored, and they played some music for her (it was Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" I think). Her reaction was priceless - you could see instant and complete recognition and understanding of music in her reaction. Has anyone seen this, or know if it's online anywhere? |
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bgg1996
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:26 pm Post subject: 1020 |
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What if we combined the two?
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Zag
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:15 pm Post subject: 1021 |
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| extropalopakettle wrote: |
| Deaf woman hears for first time ... I'm not actually posting this as a "classic", but it reminds me of similar, but I thought more moving, footage I once saw, possibly on television before youtube. It was black and white footage from the 60s of a woman whose was born deaf and had her hearing restored, and they played some music for her (it was Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" I think). Her reaction was priceless - you could see instant and complete recognition and understanding of music in her reaction. Has anyone seen this, or know if it's online anywhere? |
I've heard deaf people talk, and none of them talk that well -- even people who originally could hear but haven't been able to since childhood do not talk nearly that well. And if she were hearing for the first time, how would her brain have any idea what to make of the nerve impulses that we receive as sound? On the other hand, nobody is that good an actor, to cry like that. If it's completely a hoax, she deserves an Oscar.
I suspect that the lie here is that she was not born deaf, but instead lost her hearing much more recently. Not that I think it is any less a terrific thing for her. Possibly it is even more important for someone who grew up with hearing and then lost it to get it back, than for someone who never could hear. They consider not hearing to be 'normal' for them. If you lost your hearing after reaching adolescence, it would never seem normal for you, just silent.
Maybe it is a reposting, not actually by the person in the video. Some moron changed the story and put it up anew, claiming for his own, and that happened to be the one that caught the attention of the Facebook and Twitter crowd. It's not like THAT never happens. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:11 pm Post subject: 1022 |
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| Zag wrote: |
| extropalopakettle wrote: |
| Deaf woman hears for first time ... I'm not actually posting this as a "classic", but it reminds me of similar, but I thought more moving, footage I once saw, possibly on television before youtube. It was black and white footage from the 60s of a woman whose was born deaf and had her hearing restored, and they played some music for her (it was Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" I think). Her reaction was priceless - you could see instant and complete recognition and understanding of music in her reaction. Has anyone seen this, or know if it's online anywhere? |
I've heard deaf people talk, and none of them talk that well -- even people who originally could hear but haven't been able to since childhood do not talk nearly that well. And if she were hearing for the first time, how would her brain have any idea what to make of the nerve impulses that we receive as sound? On the other hand, nobody is that good an actor, to cry like that. If it's completely a hoax, she deserves an Oscar.
I suspect that the lie here is that she was not born deaf, but instead lost her hearing much more recently. Not that I think it is any less a terrific thing for her. Possibly it is even more important for someone who grew up with hearing and then lost it to get it back, than for someone who never could hear. They consider not hearing to be 'normal' for them. If you lost your hearing after reaching adolescence, it would never seem normal for you, just silent.
Maybe it is a reposting, not actually by the person in the video. Some moron changed the story and put it up anew, claiming for his own, and that happened to be the one that caught the attention of the Facebook and Twitter crowd. It's not like THAT never happens. |
It's been in the popular press the last few days. There was an acknowledgement, if not an explanation, that she always spoke better than most deaf people. As far as what to make of hearing her own voice, certainly since it's her own voice - she's articulating the words - while the sounds are new, she knows what they mean. If it were someone else speaking, it would be a mystery.
In the footage I saw from the 60s (it was black and white, and I think, but not sure, I saw it in a Walter Cronkite review of his most memorable news pieces), the woman was deaf from birth when her hearing was restored (a very particular cause of deafness, fixed through surgery), and they played Mrs. Robinson, and the woman instantly started moving to the rythm, and after maybe 5 seconds there was this total, what looked like "Aha! I understand this." Of course, music is the universal language, they say. In any case, I'd love to see that piece again. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:15 pm Post subject: 1023 |
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| In the footage I saw from the 60s ... I'd love to see that piece again. |
If it's anywhere on the net at all (quite possibly not), I'd have had a better chance of finding it before this new video came out. |
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Scurra
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The Ragin' South Asian
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:39 pm Post subject: 1025 |
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| Never thought I'd be saying anything nice about Christian Laettner, but it's cool that he's willing to be a pro-wrestling style heel in an extremely hostile venue for charity. |
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Chuck
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:07 am Post subject: 1027 |
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Projected onto a building. If you watch in the beginning, there's a part where the clock on the building is spinning fast, then the building decomposes and shifts, and the clock moves downward, but you can see the original clock, very dark, where the projected image of the clock originally was. So, yes, computer graphics designed to mimic the object they are projected upon (a building). |
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Karsen
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:54 am Post subject: 1028 |
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I have came across this video having title as:
Dancing Dog - 'You're the One That I Want' From Grease
Carolyn Scott and her golden retriever, Rookie, dance to the Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta recording of ''You're the One That I Want,'' from the movie Grease. Taped at a large dog show, their performance is Canine Freestyle, considered a sport in some circles. Drop everything and watch the video clip, available through StupidVideos.com.
Review:
Although a more complete performance tape has been removed from the Internet by its host, this rendition of the couple's synchronized pup routine is still quite impressive. Somebody phone David Letterman; here is the ultimate Stupid Pet Trick. It's terrific, I tell ya. Good doggie! |
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Jack_Ian
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:33 am Post subject: 1029 |
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| Murmuration on the Shannon River. |
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Amb
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:10 pm Post subject: 1030 |
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It's been a while since anyone put any thing here:
Walk off the earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChNW7Ey7KkM
THis is their take on the Rihanna song Man Down.
I was also going to link the 40 million hit song "Somebody I used to know" but it appears to be down. |
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Jack_Ian
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Scurra
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:06 am Post subject: 1032 |
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Wonderful. Laughed all the way through that. Loved the "replays".
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jesternl
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:44 pm Post subject: 1033 |
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| That show brings back memories... |
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Undercover Monk
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Scurra
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:59 pm Post subject: 1036 |
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Fixed that for ya  |
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Neo
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Gomez*
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:07 pm Post subject: 1038 |
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[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1j8VlpnnOnc#!]Jon Gomm plays guitar; beats final boss[/url].
Seriously. I absolutely guaran-fucking-tee you this video will be the most awesome thing you'll see today, and probably tomorrow, too. |
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Gomez
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:10 pm Post subject: 1039 |
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Jon Gomm plays guitar; beats final boss
Seriously. I absolutely guaran-fucking-tee you this video will be the most awesome thing you'll see today, and probably tomorrow, too. |
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Coyote
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:31 pm Post subject: 1040 |
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There's thousands upon thousands of 'Funny Cat" videos on YouTube, and I'll admit that in small doses they can be entertaining. But when you think about it, 99% of them really aren't that notable--they just show cats doing the sort of bizarre things that cats tend to do.
But on rare occasions you'll stumble across a video of cats doing very--un-cat-like things. I think the following would fit well in that group.
Yet another damn 'funny cat' video.
P.S. Happy April Fools Day, Everyone! |
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