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[dkotschessaa]

Just read that Discovery Channel is getting heat for stretching the facts in a "documentary";

"Discovery Channel Provokes Outrage with Fake Shark Week Documentary" (TIME).

I am so sick of discovery/history/aliens channel.

 

[DennisN]

Sorry to upset you, folks . But at least Discovery is getting criticism .

Yet, behold the horror of the mermaid:

Discovery is not new to the business of creating fake documentaries claiming to prove the existence of the strange and supernatural, In 2012, Animal Planet — like the Discovery Channel, part of the vast Discovery Communications empire — aired a piece of so-called ‘docufiction’ entitled Mermaids: The Body Found. The immensely popular special featured footage of a “mermaid” that had supposedly washed up on a beach, and told of a government conspiracy to cover up the findings. However, Mermaids concludes with an admission that the program was fictional. (Wiki link to the horror.)

So I've learned a new word today, docufiction. I will make a confession; I truly do not understand this business. The world, nature, history and the Universe is fantastic as it is, and full of mysteries. Why is that not enough? Well, well, time for some coffee...

 

[WannabeNewton]

Who the hell would have believed that a documentary about conspiracy ridden mermaids was real?!

 

[lisab]

Who the hell would have believed that a documentary about conspiracy ridden mermaids was real?!

Sadly, I think you know the answer to that question: lots of people.

For example, behold the Crazy Rainbow Woman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjZY0KufWao

She's just one of many.

 

[DennisN]

Crazy Rainbow Woman, what can I say? I'm speechless.

But when I come to think of it, there actually is a little mermaid quite close to me. But she does not move very much.

Thinking positively, and trying to forget about the shark and the mermaid, I'm looking forward to Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey, I hope it will be good. I'm also trying to get hold of Particle Fever, I'd like to see that one.

 

[WannabeNewton]

She's just one of many.

Why is the world such a scary place lisab

At least I can eat my words when the government releases its mermaid army.

 

[Evo]

Sadly, I think you know the answer to that question: lots of people.

For example, behold the Crazy Rainbow Woman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjZY0KufWao

She's just one of many.

You have to admit that those special camera effects near the end were, uhm, pointless. What's so scary is that you find so many people like her online.

 

[ChiralWaltz]

What a cool man. All those smiling faces around him "oooo"ing and "ahhh"ing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i-zYdOPG2k

 

[inotyce]

I told them too much (positive things) about Japan and they decide not to add me into Japan robot team. Waiting to be interviewed with US team reps.

 

[OmCheeto]

Someone today handed me a 3x5 card with the name of the best patent lawyer firm in town. We had discussed my invention last week, and he seemed intrigued. He knew who Lemmelson was, which meant he knew something. He also introduced me to a new name: Douglas Engelbart*.

Which meant he knew more than I.

I think I will contact this law firm, very soon.

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*And here I've been cursing for years, that old people need to die, because they haven't a clue, as to what the future holds... Goodnight Doug. I wish I'd met you.

 

[OmCheeto]

...Douglas Engelbart
...

Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013) was an American engineer and inventor, and an early computer and Internet pioneer.

Guiding philosophy
Engelbart's career was inspired in December 1950 when he was engaged to be married and realized he had no career goals other "than a steady job, getting married and living happily ever after".
Over several months he reasoned that:
1. he would focus his career on making the world a better place;
2. any serious effort to make the world better requires some kind of organized effort;
3. harnessing the collective human intellect of all the people contributing to effective solutions was the key;
4. if you could dramatically improve how we do that, you'd be boosting every effort on the planet to solve important problems — the sooner the better; and
5. computers could be the vehicle for dramatically improving this capability.

hmm... Perhaps Mr. Bernhardt had such a similar vision, when he had this PF thought.

 

[OmCheeto]

This poll is kind of funny:


MAPS: A Poll Asked America Which States Were The Drunkest, The Hottest And Which Had The Silliest Accents

Which state has the worst scenery?

They've obviously never seen Mount Sunflower.

 

[drizzle]

What a long trip.

 

[turbo]

They've obviously never seen Mount Sunflower.

The ascent can be challenging, though I recommend mounting the north face first, for the uninitiated. Relatively forgiving and the shade from the mountain can make the first ascent a bit less daunting.

 

[OmCheeto]

What a long trip.

You hiked Mt. Sunflower?

 

[Evo]

They've obviously never seen Mount Sunflower.

OMG, the website for "Into thick air - Ascent of the Northeast Face of Mt Sunflower" IS GONE!

I found it on wayback http://web.archive.org/web/20120518005800/http://www.bettingers.org/air/ks000.htm

But the pictures are missing, those incredible pictures are what made the expedition so unique as it showed you just how treacherous the climb was. Falling into dangerous crevasses (picture of a guy's foot in a small crack in the ground, treacherous climbs across perilous terrain (a ladder laying horizontally over a couple of small rocks).

We need to try to contact these brave men and see if they still have copies for us to share with their fans worldwide!

Can anyone find them?

 

[OmCheeto]

OMG, the website for "Into thick air - Ascent of the Northeast Face of Mt Sunflower" IS GONE!

I found it on wayback http://web.archive.org/web/20120518005800/http://www.bettingers.org/air/ks000.htm

But the pictures are missing, those incredible pictures are what made the expedition so unique as it showed you just how treacherous the climb was. Falling into dangerous crevasses (picture of a guy's foot in a small crack in the ground, treacherous climbs across perilous terrain (a ladder laying horizontally over a couple of small rocks).

We need to try to contact these brave men and see if they still have copies for us to share with their fans worldwide!

Can anyone find them?

My friend just got back from a wedding in Kansas. She said it was the most beautiful she'd seen it.

Though, she does own farmland there, and brown dying corn is ugly, and green recuperating corn, is green for her.

She likes green.

And then again, I've learned to like that, also.

 

[drizzle]

You hiked Mt. Sunflower?

No, multiple flights in one day.. I am sad for leaving home.

 

[OmCheeto]

No, multiple flights in one day.. I am sad for leaving home.

I am sure that there is also someone sad to see you fly away.

Red tail lights, are tough.

 

[Evo]

My friend just got back from a wedding in Kansas. She said it was the most beautiful she'd seen it.

Though, she does own farmland there, and brown dying corn is ugly, and green recuperating corn, is green for her.

She likes green.

And then again, I've learned to like that, also.

I've lived and visited many states, Kansas is UGLY. REALLY UGLY. It's flat, it's a land of tumbleweeds, I wonder where the heck fake place she was? The only ok places are not natural. Kansas is naturally a bleak prairie.

 

[inotyce]

Sad, no one calls me for the job interviews anymore.

 

[drizzle]

Don't give up inotyce.

 

[dlgoff]

I've lived and visited many states, Kansas is UGLY. REALLY UGLY. It's flat, it's a land of tumbleweeds, I wonder where the heck fake place she was? The only ok places are not natural. Kansas is naturally a bleak prairie.

And I thought this shot from my place wasn't ugly.

 

[dkotschessaa]

And I thought this shot from my place wasn't ugly.

It's gorgeous.

THIS is ugly Kansas:


It somewhat matches Evo's description.

Maybe that's what she meant...

-Dave K

 

[Enigman]

I just enabled the view avatars option for the first time and am reeling from the shock that Gad and Micromass are both women...

 

[dlgoff]

It's gorgeous.

THIS is ugly Kansas:


It somewhat matches Evo's description.

Maybe that's what she meant...

-Dave K

I've actually hung out and done a few things with one of these band members; albeit many years ago. I don't think you'd want to tell him he's ugly as he's a really big man. Just sayin'.

 

[dlgoff]

I just enabled the view avatars option for the first time and am reeling from the shock that Gad and Micromass are both women...

Ban him micromass!

 

[Evo]

And I thought this shot from my place wasn't ugly.

Now that's pretty!

THIS is ugly Kansas:


It somewhat matches Evo's description.

Maybe that's what she meant...

-Dave K

 

[DennisN]

I just enabled the view avatars option for the first time and am reeling from the shock that Gad and Micromass are both women...

And you call yourself Enigman. Doesn't that sound a bit ambiguous?

 

[DennisN]

THIS is ugly Kansas:


It somewhat matches Evo's description.

Maybe that's what she meant...

But there's a beautiful Marshall amplifier to the left, I like that. I can't really distinguish the logo on the cabinet to the right - it might be an Ampeg - which also is nicey nicey. Two of my favorite brands.