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- Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:58 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: The world's 5th oldest tree died today
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4123
Re: The world's 5th oldest tree died today
nm i got confused with congress.
- Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:25 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Goodbye YouTube
- Replies: 178
- Views: 11989
Re: Goodbye YouTube
threads like this are basically my model for default-humanity...
help
help
- Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:18 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: meanwhile, over at Fox News......
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2009
Re: meanwhile, over at Fox News......
No one said bantering isn't allowed. I'm just wondering why roid resurrected the thread, and you jumped in so quickly. Surely you guys can find more recent threads around here... :wink: you and me bud. i dunno why roid anythings here. (ps: i hadn't been here in ages, it was a catching up session, p...
- Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:42 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: The world's 5th oldest tree died today
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4123
Re: The world's 5th oldest tree died today
what kindof ★■◆● names an ancient tree TO BE PROTECTED "Senator". wtf.
Senators should all be burned
Senators should all be burned
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:45 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Goodbye YouTube
- Replies: 178
- Views: 11989
Re: Goodbye YouTube
I have a respect for ironic ends to bad news. I grew up on modern media what do you expect lol. Some ★■◆● meeting his own end via a target found to be not quite as harmless as the perpetrator expected, is an unnervingly elegant story and i find it hard to resist it's karmic charms. Yeah, a militant ...
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:53 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: meanwhile, over at Fox News......
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2009
Re: meanwhile, over at Fox News......
Oh look, you're only the millionth person i've seen who espouses a woman's worth by her sexual attractiveness to the men around her, also how thread-relevant of you thankyou~~~!. YOU PROBABLY WIN A PRIZE. I'M PUKING A LOT TODAY SO HERE GRAB A BUCKET WORTH, YAAAAAAY 4 U. heh, nah but rly with that at...
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:46 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: housing boom!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1055
Re: housing boom!!
Roid, my core positions on what our government should and shouldn't do has been consistent over many many years. During the years Obama has been in power I have spoken out about him. I haven't spoken out about whatever republican didn't get in power and isn't affecting policy. iirc i kindof left th...
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:36 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Bradley Manning...aid to the enemy or whistle blower?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 3023
Re: Bradley Manning...aid to the enemy or whistle blower?
If Whistlebowers' like Manning and Snowden are aiding "the enemy" , then we're redefining "America" to mean solely the corrupt status quo of America's current intelligence community, and thus redefining "Enemy" to mean "everyone else". Yep, that means you. You...
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:47 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: housing boom!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1055
Re: housing boom!!
ok to be honest America's fucked up 2 party system does give me some confusion when it comes to where one's ideological commitments lay, this black/white system can be a bit of a clusterfuck for my relativistic (neigh, anti-absolutist) mind to wrap itself around.
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:28 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: housing boom!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1055
Re: housing boom!!
my targets are mostly democrats right now. oh sure, if we re-define "right now" to mean the past, oh, 10-15 years plus? Basically the entire time i've been reading your posts, iirc you've been doing nothing but parroting official right-wing talking points - oh but denying it of course. Bu...
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:19 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Why are you afraid of the Tea Party?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2023
Re: Why are you afraid of the Tea Party?
indeed, one of the major confusions to me with the T Party is that they are apparently all for military spending (YEAH WAR, ★■◆● YEAH. YEAH! YAEH!!! ), or is that a misconception? i mean, wow, i saw the budget for the last major official war. One of the few times one sees the word TRILLIONS written ...
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:09 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: meanwhile, over at Fox News......
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2009
Re: meanwhile, over at Fox News......
why does FOX even employ women? HOW IS BABBY FORMED?
a house of cards, this corporation will inevitably meet modern reality and crash.
a house of cards, this corporation will inevitably meet modern reality and crash.
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:26 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Digital Chef
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3144
Re: Digital Chef
never
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:16 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Final Fantasy 7 (PC) available via Steam
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1174
Re: Final Fantasy 7 (PC) available via Steam
I HAVE NEVER PLAYED OR EVEN ACTIVELY EVER SEEN ANYONE PLAYING A FF GAME YET I'M APPARENTLY A 31YR OLD COMPUTERNERD IS THIS BAD
THOUGH I ONCE PLAYED SECRET OF MANA FOR A WHILE BUT IT WASN'T THAT FUN, DO I STILL KEEP MY NERDCRED? OH GOD I HAVE A DISEASE DON'T I, IM DYING ARNT I
halp
THOUGH I ONCE PLAYED SECRET OF MANA FOR A WHILE BUT IT WASN'T THAT FUN, DO I STILL KEEP MY NERDCRED? OH GOD I HAVE A DISEASE DON'T I, IM DYING ARNT I
halp
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:04 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Homeworld Bought
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1040
Re: Homeworld Bought
Homeworld was kindof an altered mental state experience for me, srsly. The visuals, the music, the voices, the fact i had just first upgraded at the time to a 21" screen, i was kindof outof my mind while playing it (aesthetics are a weakness of mine). wait... wait... sudden realisation... can i...
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:01 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Homeworld Bought
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1040
Re: Homeworld Bought
hmm, yes, ok. please continue with commentary... (what?) edit: oh you're into Eve, so... you're also into the Homeworld series too yes? (woudl make sense, i dunno i've not played Eve but it LOOKS like a visually nepotistic* sequal) ★■◆● what's teh word. sorry i'm drunk businessasusual so my vocabula...
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:27 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Goodbye YouTube
- Replies: 178
- Views: 11989
Re: Goodbye YouTube
That was a picture of acknowledgement, not a picture of the violent war front itself. i just note now that 4/5 of the ones holding the banner at the front are women, yikes they could be anyone. Welcome to your new reactionary violent modern world Thorne, you certainly earned it, enjoy the self-defen...
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:14 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: housing boom!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1055
Re: housing boom!!
And when exactly will we see the Republicans nominate a candidate who wasn't born with the silver spoon you apparently despise but not really because wow look at who you continuously argue in defense of there is no-one who is not noticing this continual and bankable ideological correlation btw ? You...
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 3:53 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Goodbye YouTube
- Replies: 178
- Views: 11989
Re: Goodbye YouTube
now in Russia too btw . I recommend arming oneself, Russia's lovely un official (yet quite real) gay-bashing mobs shall take the risk that their next "unsuspecting" target will be their last. *Sigh*, the ★■◆● this world forces people to carry just to get by, wtf. High-5 .... that DBB guy ...
- Tue Jul 09, 2013 10:50 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Digital Chef
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3144
Re: Digital Chef
... And GMO foods are scary. Safe my ass. The other shoe will drop some day. Yup, and I think it goes miles that all other developed nations have banned them. nah, i doubt it's a blanket ban. Even in Australia, where our farming industry maintains a pure wonderful magically clean non-GMO and diseas...
- Tue Jul 09, 2013 5:59 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Goodbye YouTube
- Replies: 178
- Views: 11989
Re: Goodbye YouTube
not vile hatred Roid. Just disgust. big difference. Eastern philosophy wise CG muppet begs to differ. [youtube]kFnFr-DOPf8[/youtube] They're all mere stops on the same-old rail loop (ignorance, fear, disgust, anger, etc), the individual stops are barely worth acknowledging as separate. The loop tho...
- Tue Jul 09, 2013 5:48 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Digital Chef
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3144
Re: Digital Chef
well, i guess we could eat around the embedded silver antenna, yeah ok.
- Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:16 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Digital Chef
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3144
Re: Digital Chef
I'm still kinda confused about the whole food angle of 3D printers. It's pre-made food in a tube, it's already food before the 3D printer even gets near it. From my perspective all they're doing is stacking pre-made loaves of bread, to make a bread wall. Ok, bread wall, Ok, look at this thing we did...
- Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:41 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Goodbye YouTube
- Replies: 178
- Views: 11989
Re: Goodbye YouTube
btw, what is the OP of this thread about? From what i can gather: Youtube acknowledged that the day was an internationally recognized LGBT-related day (Stonewall riots anniversary?) , but they didn't accompany this acknowledgement with a disclaimer that they share OP's vile hatred, and thus this ang...
- Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:20 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Goodbye YouTube
- Replies: 178
- Views: 11989
Re: Goodbye YouTube
Regarding increasing LGBT support among corporations. Corporations are employers of people , and some people are gay. We'd want to maintain a safe, supportive and friendly work environment for our employees. There's also the PR angle, we want to portray a welcoming image to our customers. But mainly...
- Sat Jun 29, 2013 5:33 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pls
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
Re: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pl
Hey if anyone's got some unused heat-shrink tube around, can you please try something out for me, try to turn it inside out ? Either way (outside itself, or inside itself). Lubricant optional - may as well. Different diameters would likely have different results, i'd expect the bigger sleeves and t...
- Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:18 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: NSA now spying on american citizens
- Replies: 145
- Views: 7356
Re: NSA now spying on american citizens
pondering smashing any Google Glasses i see, as an appropriate and legally defensible response to discovery of a foreign nationalist surveillance device.
ps: ★■◆● you google did i mention that
ps: ★■◆● you google did i mention that
- Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:41 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: NSA now spying on american citizens
- Replies: 145
- Views: 7356
Re: NSA now spying on american citizens
what i feel so betrayed by, is that those "Server owners [who have] always have access to the data" never saw it fit to anonymously tip off the rest of us that they actively witnessed this ROUTINELY happening. Such a secret, such a conspiracy, it gives one pause. Where does it leave this p...
- Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:41 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: NSA now spying on american citizens
- Replies: 145
- Views: 7356
Re: NSA now spying on american citizens
Just did a DBB search for PRISM and came to this thread, to say that this PRISM thing really rustled my jimmies . I've been pondering how to completely disconnect these ★■◆● companies from my life since i first heard this PRISM stuff. Including Google. ★■◆● you Google how could you do this. Just ★■◆...
- Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:02 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: The new iTrash is out
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1197
Re: The new iTrash is out
this childish hatred could probably be redirected into something useful and positive for the world.
- Mon Jun 24, 2013 4:44 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pls
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
- Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:45 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pls
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
Re: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pl
Hey if anyone's got some unused heat-shrink tube around, can you please try something out for me, try to turn it inside out ? Either way (outside itself, or inside itself). Lubricant optional - may as well. Different diameters would likely have different results, i'd expect the bigger sleeves and th...
- Fri Jun 21, 2013 10:22 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pls
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
Re: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pl
I don't want to rip anyone apart, this is a toy. I'm not expecting losses to be a problem since such low pressures* are being used. But if i do have problems with losses - I plan on just increasing the size of the controller and it's multiple "input/controller" bellows, and the human opera...
- Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:05 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pls
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
Re: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pl
yeah push-pull wires, heavy, stiff. Similar to the tendon&bone mechanical model, typically used for control of small simple manned aircraft. AFAIK it has more friction than pneumatics, and IMHO it's unnecessarily heavy and (relatively) expensive. I'm not sure it's necessary for it to be so heavy...
- Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:26 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pls
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
Re: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pl
i finally found the joystick idea in use! (albeit it uses pistons, not bellows) Behold: the De Fonbrune Pneumatic Micromanipulator https://www.google.com.au/search?tbm=isch&q=De+Fonbrune+pneumatic+Micromanipulator It has some pretty impressive capabilities , like single micrometer movement preci...
- Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:17 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pls
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
Re: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pl
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/content_images/fig/0490320206010.png this image seems to illustrate the original JOYSTICK idea quite well. Imagine that the tube outputs of those 4 bellows were connected to 4 other bellows and a 2nd joystick, so as you move the first joystick around, the the 2nd one mi...
- Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:49 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pls
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
Re: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pl
Our engineers use pneumatic actuators all the time here for our test equipment. It's quick and cheap. And with thousands of cycles (if not in the 10's of K's) per year, maintenance is low if not non-existent with those parts. Do they solely use the linear actuator types (pistons), or do they also u...
- Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:50 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pls
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
Re: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pl
It's a low power system, the only power input will be the human operator. I'm merely using the hydraulics as a fluidic lever, it doesn't need amplification which is why i can do away with valves. I don't want to rip anyone apart, this is a toy. Optics would require electricity yes? I'm avoiding that...
- Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:39 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pls
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
I'm making a Hydraulic/Pneumatic thing, need ur ideas pls
Anyone know about hydraulics here? Actually that doesn't matter i'm still going to ask. I'm curious if there is a hydraulic joystick that instead of operating valves - it instead pushes directly on bladders/bellows. What do u think? i did find a pic that seems to be illustrating the idea http://pate...
- Wed Dec 26, 2012 9:48 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: If my username was Alphadog this would be my avatar
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2038
Re: If my username was Alphadog this would be my avatar
don't all dogs do that?