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Xyzzy 2013-06-06 03:08

[url]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/longest-word-german-182758985.html[/url]

Flatlander 2013-06-06 03:14

Would also be great for wheelchair users. Also to help estimate the width of doorways and possible the elevation of ramps.
[URL="http://www.gizmag.com/lumigrids-led-projector/27691/"]Cyclists grid projector[/URL]

philmoore 2013-06-06 03:22

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;342608][YOUTUBE]RjrEQaG5jPM[/YOUTUBE][/QUOTE]

Reminds me of driving in Guadalajara a few years back, 50 mph on a 6-lane boulevard through the center of the city, kind of freaked me out, but I noticed that drivers continually made eye contact with the drivers in adjacent lanes. Then I noticed on returning to the U.S. that drivers rarely made eye contact with other drivers. No, I'm just a driver of a machine, no need to take other humans into account!

kladner 2013-06-06 03:23

Jeepneys and Manila traffic
 
See your India, raise you Manila.

[YOUTUBE]nhPBxZf-yMs[/YOUTUBE]

LaurV 2013-06-06 09:38

[QUOTE=firejuggler;342609]I was waiting for an accident to happen. Got dissapointed, in a good way.[/QUOTE]
There are many videos on the web, with exactly the same intersection, from exactly the same angle (most probably the same guy filmed them) and few of them show accidents too. I remember I have watched some in the past.

LaurV 2013-06-06 12:23

going really hhmmmmmmmm! about this one:

[url]http://www.raster.art.pl/gallery/artists/bujnowski/video.htm[/url]
(the text, not the video).

retina 2013-06-06 12:42

[QUOTE=LaurV;342661]going really hhmmmmmmmm! about this one:

[url]http://www.raster.art.pl/gallery/artists/bujnowski/video.htm[/url]
(the text, not the video).[/QUOTE]And now he will be on the terror watch list, or permanently banned, or jailed upon next entry, or something equally silly.

ckdo 2013-06-06 20:36

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;342624][URL]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/longest-word-german-182758985.html[/URL][/QUOTE]

How do I put this... Mine is [URL="http://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/sprachratgeber/die-laengsten-woerter-im-dudenkorpus"]longer[/URL] than yours? :razz:

kladner 2013-06-08 16:46

BDSM Correlated With Better Mental Health, Says Study
 
[url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/05/bdsm-better-mental-health-study_n_3390676.html[/url]

I'm not sure why Huff Po put this article on the "Women" page. It would seem to be gender- and orientation-neutral.

kladner 2013-06-08 17:02

In Pictures: 30 Famous Fictional Computers
 
[url]http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/632-fictional-computer-hollywood.html[/url]

jasong 2013-06-09 08:40

[quote]Last year, a man attempted to pronounce[a chemical name] it in a three-hour, 30-minute YouTube video.)[/quote]
This is quoted from the article about the longest German word.

Seems insane, but I suppose it's similar to an obsession with certain very long numbers with a particular trait.

For those who think someone's hobby is stupid, try reading Ecclesiastes in the Bible. Great read.


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