The Knuckledragger 3rd Memorial Slow Forum Post

[Knuckledragger]

 

[Knuckledragger]

Marshland in front of the Lincoln Memorial, near the Potomac River, in 1917. Work is underway to turn this site into the 2,000-foot-long reflecting pool.

 

Jakobshorn, Davos, Switzerland

[ironbut]

I seem to remember something like this in Minority Report,..

Anyway, maybe this will keep archivists from having to copy everything over and over.

If you get tired of reading the slow text scrolling, just hit this link for the Cliff Notes:

http://petapixel.com/2016/02/16/glass-disc-can-store-360-tb-photos-13-8-billion-years/

Edited February 19, 2016 by ironbut

[Craig Sawyers]

Now that is interesting.  It comes out of the the Optical Research Centre (ORC) at Southampton University.  I did my research work there in the late 70's in the precursor to the ORC - the Laser Physics group.  The ORC was formed when that group (around 10 people) merged with the Fibre Optic group (about the same size).  It is now a global leader is just about everything photonic.  Led by Dave Payne, who I knew as a research fellow in '77 and is now Professor Sir David Neil Payne CBE FRS FREng - a real academic heavy hitter.

[Wmcmanus]

When Steve gets arrested...

https://www.facebook.com/theinkedboys/videos/1013235252098874/

[Knuckledragger]

Baseball player Satchel Paige, Harlem, 1941.

 

Mt. Jefferson, Oregon in the early morning light as seen from the Pacific Crest Trail.

[Dusty Chalk]

Mom?  Dad?  Goddammit.

[Dusty Chalk]

 

 

[Craig Sawyers]

Pity he didn't do Geordie, from around Newcastle.  One of the most difficult accents to do if you don't come from there.

Scan though this; close similarities to the Scandinavian languages from the invaders who populated the North East coast of England and Scotland following the invasions in the 800's.  There are parts of this in English with a Geordie accent, and bits poetry in true Geordie and Northumrbian.

There is also a sub-dialect called Pitmatic, which was spoken by coalminers.  Almost died out now because of the decline in coalmining in the North East, but my grandfather, a lifelong coalminer spoke a lot of pitmatic, so my native dielect (when I turn it on, rather than Geordie with and English accent) tends towards pitmatic.

 

Edited February 21, 2016 by Craig Sawyers

[spritzer]

It is quite amusing to us "invaders" to listen to the northern dialects as they are so similar to Icelandic in many ways. 

[Knuckledragger]

Beatnik girl dancing on a table.

 

 

[Knuckledragger]

When millennials make political signs.

 

 

Bonus lol, widescreen:

 

Also, it's imgur's 7th anniversay.  As of this post, I have uploaded 19,628 images to my imgur account.

[Wmcmanus]

 

[Knuckledragger]

Frightening picture of a child predator.

 

WH40K memes are no less stupid than other ones, but their specificity amuses my inner nerd.

 

Cold day in the Rockies.

Edited February 24, 2016 by Knuckledragger

[Hopstretch]

But Mooooom ... !

[aardvark baguette]

 

[Knuckledragger]

 

Mitch would be 48 today.  H/B/D, Mitch!

 

[Knuckledragger]

[aardvark baguette]

http://imgur.com/gallery/x4BXa1B

[Craig Sawyers]

^WTF who would even think that was a good idea - hey let's dice with death today and see if I get away with it

[sorenb]

1 hour ago, Craig Sawyers said:

^WTF who would even think that was a good idea - hey let's dice with death today and see if I get away with it

might be a little more to do with camera angle than actually rolling the dice ...

[Craig Sawyers]

Here's a different and no less scary set of views

 

[Knuckledragger]

Buzz Aldrin is 86.  He's in better shape than most 43 year olds.

 

Edited February 25, 2016 by Knuckledragger

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