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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
COMRADE RED MOUSE! Welcome back! What the hell have you been up to for the last 10 months or so? [8D]ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
Hi guys,
Thank you all for you congratulations. [:)]
How's everyone been?
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Getting married, apparently. Mazel Tov, etc.
Glad to hear it. Will you grace us with your presence once more, or will you be in 'drive-by' mode for some time yet?ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
COMRADE RED MOUSE! Welcome back! What the hell have you been up to for the last 10 months or so? [8D]ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
Hi guys,
Thank you all for you congratulations. [:)]
How's everyone been?
Been busy. Most of it has been a good kind of busy, fortunately. [:)]
Still torturing innocent fowl? [:'(]
Rebirth! Rejoice! (the old one was @ 1002 pages...)ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
Did you guys have another abridgement or just a new Thread?
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Glad to hear it. Will you grace us with your presence once more, or will you be in 'drive-by' mode for some time yet?ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
COMRADE RED MOUSE! Welcome back! What the hell have you been up to for the last 10 months or so? [8D]
Been busy. Most of it has been a good kind of busy, fortunately. [:)]
Still torturing innocent fowl? [:'(]
Also, I never torture innocent fowl. [:-] I kill a ****load of 'em, but never torture.
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Rebirth! Rejoice! (the old one was @ 1002 pages...)ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
Did you guys have another abridgement or just a new Thread?
ORIGINAL: USS America
ORIGINAL: Nikademus
ORIGINAL: USS America
It sucks to be the only hourly employee on the afternoon before a holiday, when almost everyone else is already gone. [:D]
It sucks to be the only employee on the floor who won't get holiday pay!
None for me, either, Nik. That's why I'm working 4 x 10's the rest of this week to make sure the check isn't short. [:D]
ORIGINAL: Mike Solli
Well, some good news. I got a job offer (which I accepted). Temporary federal technician job in the Guard. Back to wearing the uniform (and shaving) every day. Pretty big pay cut, but we can easily live within the budget. It'll last about a year, so that'll give me time to get a permanent job (not in the military preferably).
I'm going to order Windows 7 shortly and get AE loaded so I can do some serious gaming again. [:D]
ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
Thank you all for you congratulations. [:)]
How's everyone been?
The underwater icicle of death: Bizarre 'Brinicle' forms BENEATH the sea and kills everything in its path
By Daily Mail UK
An underwater 'icicle of death' which sinks to the seabed destroying everything it comes into contact with has been caught on camera for the first time.
The sinking brine is so cold that it causes the seawater to freeze around it.
BBC film crews recorded the brinicle for the first time ever as it sunk to the bottom of the sea in Antarctica.
The icicle of death: The brinicle can be seen extending towards the seabed. Slowly it grows bigger over time as more water freezes around it:
When it hits the surface, a web of ice spreads killing sea urchins and starfish.
The remarkable underwater footage was filmed for Frozen Planet on BBC One using timelapse technology.
The 'icicle of death' grew so rapidly towards the seabed that teams could see it advancing before their eyes. Brine falls to the surface as it is a lot more dense than seawater.
Remarkable broadcast moment: The ice begins to expand outwards. The brine is a lot more dense than seawater so sinks to the bottom. It is also a lot colder - causing the freezing:
Touchdown: The brinicle reaches the ocean floor. Starfish can be seen. Often the brinicles break up before they become so large:
When the seawater freezes as it comes into contact with the brinicle it is a lot more spongelike than normal ice.
They are usually found in the Antarctic when saline water is introduced to the ocean.
The remarkable footage was filmed underwater in temperatures of -2C by BBC cameramen Hugh Miller and Doug Anderson at Little Razorback Island, near Antarctica's Ross Archipelago.
Mr Miller said the sinking brine grew rapidly before their eyes.
Killer: The ice floods outwards across the ocean surface rapidly, destroying everything in its wake:
Destruction: The starfish are frozen by the ice as it expands outwards:
'It was a bit of a race against time because no-one really knew how fast they formed,' he told BBC Nature.
'The one we'd seen a week before was getting longer in front of our eyes... the whole thing only took five, six hours.
'I do remember it being a struggle. All the kit is very heavy because it has to sit on the sea bed and not move for long periods of time.'
Although the existence of brinicles has been known since the 1960s, it is the first time it has been caught on camera.
Broadcasting feat: Although the existence of brinicles has long been known it is the first time they have ever been caught on camera:
Seabed spread: When the seawater freezes as it comes into contact with the brinicle it is a lot more spongelike than normal ice:
YouTube video link:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/LMhBuSBemRk
Frozen Planet was screened at 9pm on Wednesday November 23 on BBC One.
Take a virtual ride down a mountainside on the world's scariest 'rollercoaster'
By Daily Mail UK
For some people the mere thought of skiing down a mountain is off-putting enough.
But this Austrian alpine-coaster offers what is perhaps the most frighteningly fast - and seemingly dangerous - downhill descent there is.
The single-pipe ride, which is located in Mieders, usually provides tourists with a slow, open trek down the mountainside.
But one hardy adventurer recorded video footage of himself hurtling down the steep incline without applying the brakes.
The result is a terrifying downhill plunge in small, open-topped car that appears to teeter on the edge of flying off the rail as it rounds tight bends.
Close to the edge: One brave person recorded video footage of himself hurtling down the steep alpine-coaster in Mieders, Austria, without applying the brakes:
More stately pace: The single-pipe ride usually provides tourists with a slow, open trek down the mountainside:
YouTube video link:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/LMhBuSBemRk
