Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Post
  • Reply
Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Hipster Occultist posted:

My roomate's father worked at a remote oil plant in northern Britsh Columbia, Canada. Said facility was ringed by a high voltage electric fence designed to keep bears away.

One day they noticed the fence was going haywire on their sensors. It turns out a wolverine had touched the fence. Each time it shocked him he attacked the fence, which shocked him, which triggered another attack.

This went on for about a solid hour before they had to just turn off the fence so the drat thing would leave. :v:

That's an amazing story. In the animal world wolverines are like that psychotic knife carrying guy whistling and peeing in a dark alley. They're amazing to study and watch from afar, but everything about them tells you stay far the hell away.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

JoelJoel posted:







gently caress the haters, this poo poo is more important and Bad rear end than anything invented since (or prior)

Wanna explain it to those of us that haven't taken chemistry since 1995?

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Holy gently caress. I never realized they'd gently caress each other up so much. I mean, I knew bulls could kill each other in competition, but never appreciated just how violent the contests could get until I saw that.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
Ah, I thought that one moose had a huge gash across its face.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Mustang posted:

that seems like a lot of potentially dead or critically injured people if somebody wrecks or loses control. I definitely wouldn't be standing on the side of the road like that.

Then you, sir, are not a true rally fan.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

jamal posted:

That class of racing was banned probably less than a year after that shot due to numerous spectator and driver deaths. There were basically no rules, so cars had over 600hp with 1980s suspension, brake, tire, and safety technology. Which is why they did this:



Yeah, Michelin are great tires for rally racing. Grippy on the street and loose and controllable in the dirt.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
Wasn't a common belief back then that covering you mouth and eyes and not exposing skin was enough to stop radiation? Not by scientists obviously, but by regular people?

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

pretty soft girl posted:

Wasn't this the motivation behind the invention of the Maxim Gun too or is that just an anachronism/my false memory? I'm having a hard time finding a quote but I seem to remember this being the case.

I think Gatling thought his gun would do that too.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Mr.Booger posted:

I like how the guy looks right at the camera multiple times during his speech. Not that I don't agree with him, but seriously are people this stupid?

Yes.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

ElGroucho posted:

Brutal


Perry-Casteneda Library at the University of Texas

Nothing preps you for a night of cramming quite like a library that looks like a space prison

Space prisons have laser bars :colbert:

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Its a Ningen!

http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Ningen

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Say Nothing posted:



If you haven't spotted the sniper by the time you've read this, you are already dead.

Fat chance. He's not even aiming at me.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
Guns on guns on guns. That looks like an engineer sat down one day and painstakingly redrew his sons drawings of "Mega Super Tank" to surprise him on his birthday or something.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

funtax posted:

It's actually two MiG engines strapped to the T-34, for added badass.

See, we can create this for good, but nothing else Red Alert-esque?! I demand Mammoth Tanks within the next 2 years damnit.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Malleum posted:

Does it count if it doesn't have a turret? Because West Germany made this in the 70's.

The Americans also made a 'Super Ontos' around the same time, with 2 105mm guns/recoilless rifles in an unmanned(?) turret.

And finally Russians made the 2S35 Koalitsija-SV in ~2005. People are on this, man.


I'm not seeing anti-air missiles on any of these...AWAITING ORDERS!

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Buttonhead posted:

Looks like she was killed by Goldfinger's younger, poorer brother, Concretefinger.

BAHBAHBWOOOW

Concretefinger, he's the man
The man with the gorgon touch

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
They could also be holding the hand brake and doing that, but who knows.

Say Nothing posted:

Strong legs, y'know.



Ronnie Coleman, 2500lb leg presses.

"How many plates do you want?"

".......all the plates."

Solice Kirsk has a new favorite as of 05:58 on Apr 24, 2015

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Gorilla Salad posted:

How many plates?

45lb weights like that are called "plates." Don't you lift bro? :smug:

I don't

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

JoelJoel posted:

The future is now:



link if gif loads too slowly: http://i.imgur.com/ZCnkm0g.gifv


e: Never mind. Apparently this quad glock is peuwny a veeak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU

Well this changes everything! Why hire an expensive hit man when you can do it yourself with a hovering killbot?

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyRqdzF8swY

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
And if it floats, that means it's made of wood and therefore.....

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Took me a second to see the surfer on that thing. Wow.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
He should just get all his tats like that. Be cheaper in the long run.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

bimmian posted:

I almost feel bad for the kid- He has to be a total badass his entire life. "Hey, you know that guy Cannon with the dragon scar over in accounting?" just doesn't work.

This is exactly what is going to happen. My friend's middle name is "Danger" and he is an IT nerd.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

A blue sky on Mars?

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

pik_d posted:

Why does the moon say "FoiL" on the back?

Because if you put the foil on the other side the cheese would stick. :rolleyes:

edit:
bah, didn't notice the other page and got beat with a better joke.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Brian Blessed has done a heck of a lot of kick rear end stuff, here's just one example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9c05bvN6Z0

He's got the record for being the oldest person to have reached the North Pole on foot and although he's failed in his three attempts to climb Everest he did set a record by reaching 28,500ft without oxygen at the age of 68. His hobby is climbing mountains:


He currently lives in a log cabin on eight acres of woodland where he has an animal sanctuary with over 1,000 animals, many of which have been rescued from circuses and similar places.

Most impressively though is that he and I share a birthday. Is he relished in England as much as he should be? That dude should be met with applause and admiration everywhere he goes....and ear plugs. Dude's so important god made him louder than everyone else.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Crow Jane posted:

The correct spelling of his name is actually BRIAN BLESSED

Needs to be shaking and at least two time bigger.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Thats amazing and I never knew about it. Thanks for posting it!

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

GuardianOfAsgaard posted:

IIRC they later got an Apache to hover over where he shot from and measure the distance with it's laser rangefinder (the Army that is, I don't think Guiness have Apache gunships.)

Guiness could afford a fleet of them though.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

All this says to me is he had poor retirement planning.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
It was a joke you goons.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

well why not posted:





http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/h...k-sponsorededit

7 months after childbirth. 12 years since a shark attack that took an arm.

Thats a woman that truly loves her sport.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
No one uses porn mags anymore. The days of woods porn and being friends with that one annoying kid because he knows where his dad keeps his Penthouses is over.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Double Bill posted:

Look at this loving horse



It's majestic and knows it

Thats a big loving horse. Or proportionally small people. One of the two.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

Screaming Idiot posted:

You'd think he would have welcomed the chance to stay in a morgue. "Finally, a release from being Russian!"

Its the hardest club to get into! People are dying to get in there!.........I'll just show myself out.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
I just watched Mary Poppins the other day and he didn't look anywhere close to 90. I think you're lying.

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.

dpack_1 posted:

Serious question / thought i just had.

How big does a building have to be before it has to literally take into account the curvature of the Earth?

Brick and mortar can deal with it easy enough but steel frames and siding, there's no room for play in the materials there.

This bad boy is pretty impressive. Has its own weather inside and everything.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_Assembly_Building

Solice Kirsk has a new favorite as of 01:21 on Feb 9, 2016

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
The most offensive thing to me in that picture is that it's a .45 auto glock. A poo poo tier round for a poo poo tier gun.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Solice Kirsk
Jun 1, 2004

.
Hockey stuff eh? Always loved this pic:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Post
  • Reply