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Forum Discussion about this video: Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead FSTargetDrone wrote: Big Orange wrote: Of course Jacko's demise is now wall to wall on the 24 hour news channels, so a lot of more vital and broader news is going to get buried in the next few days at the very least. Just wait until the funeral . Oh, please - I live in fucking Gary, Indiana, Jackso..   Re: Puzzling disparities found in childbirth injuries I wouldn't discount the idea that better health insurance increases compensation for intervention, leading to unnecessary procedures. I also wouldn't be surprised if fear of lawsuits from mothers of higher incomes also leads to unnecessary procedures. As any procedure carries some risk, the more yo..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead Pretty fucking cold be be "glad" anyone is dead. Even if you don't like that person. Look, Michael was fucked up. Even people who liked him knew the man had some serious issues/problems/kinks. Not everyone with great talent or great commercial success is going to be a nice person off stag..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead Michael Jackson dies, almost takes internet with him ..   Re: Cast Iron and Mustard Thing is, the beer, like all alcohol, is going to be good at cutting through grease. Again, if you have a well-seasoned cast iron pan you'll probably able to do this but if it's relatively new you are running the risk of not only a sauce that tastes like old nails but also eating away the seasoning..   Re: RC gliders. Faster than you thought. Starglider wrote: Note that the record setting events are held in South America, because the wussy Academy of Model Aeronautics (who run all the US events) impose a 200 mph speed limit. God, how I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate ha..   Re: RC gliders. Faster than you thought. Mr. Coffee wrote: A 200mph speed limit... That's lame. Fucking right it is. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead Big Orange wrote: They both had humble, quintessentially rural American roots. >cough< No, dear, Gary, Indiana is NOT rural, at least not the part of town MJ hails from - trust me on this. Admittedly the outskirts of the city have farmland, but he grew up in an urban environment. Not to mention tha..   Re: RC gliders. Faster than you thought. Starglider wrote: AFAIK you can just say 'screw that' and fly aircraft on your own in the middle of the desert Or your own backyard, assuming you have enough space. Quote: The AMA seem to do their best to imply that this is illegal, even though it isn't, and will if pressed (in the forum threads I'..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead FSTargetDrone wrote: You should take pictures. After all, when is the next time you'll see something like that? Bah. Me personally, I just don't care enough about that to bother. I've had enough overwhelming emotional stuff from my own family this year, I don't need to borrow anyone else's. Found t..   Re: Cast Iron and Mustard Not so much wrong as typical of you. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Nitram in critical care Aw, fuck - sounds very serious but I'm still hoping that tomorrow we'll hear good news. I still wish there was something I could do to help. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: 'Charlie's Angel' Farrah Fawcett dies at 62 Farrah rode her looks to wealth and fame, which is not particularly unusual, but instead of stopping there she did make an effort to be a serious actor known for more than just a good figure and great hair. I always had a lot of respect for making the attempt, even if she wasn't wildly successful. ..   Re: Hugeass Metro (DC) Pileup at least 70 injured 4 dead As opposed to some people's kneejerk assumptions about the driver of one of the trains being a slack-jawed cellphone texter ignoring her job, the deceased driver of the train doing the hitting is now being hailed as a hero. It seems that the automatic systems to detect a train ahead and slow the mo..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead Patrick Degan wrote: Maybe... But then, Elvis didn't make a public show of first trying to transform himself into the clone of Diana Ross and then into an alien from Zeta Reticuli IV. Right... because rhinestone studded jumpsuits were so common on the street in the 1970's..... Elvis wasn't the extr..   Re: Chicago [56K Die!] VERY nice job on the Chicago skyline and the skyscrapers. You also captured some very nice architectural details and some of the not so obvious details. Glad you had a good time in the big city. I see that you checked out the museums, too. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Chicago [56K Die!] Isolder74 wrote: DEATH wrote: Isolder74 wrote: did you go to the Lincoln Park Zoo? Of course, where do you think the Dogs, tiger, rabbit came from? (Also Rhinos, more tigers, lions, but those pictures failed my veto process ) There is another zoo to the west so I couldn't be sure. That would be Bro..   Re: Smithsonian Air & Space Museum (With Shep!) Someone pass me a drool bucket, please. Dammit, I've been wanting to visit there for years! Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Smithsonian Air & Space Museum (With Shep!) Mostly, I just wanted to go and soak up the ambiance. For a pilot, being around that much aviation history would be amazing. But, mostly, I'm interested in civilian and pre-1950 aviation. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Your First Music Album (Record/Tape/CD/MP3) Purchase Honestly, I can't remember my first album purchase. However, I am positive it was on vinyl as I pre-date the CD by considerable years and it may have even been before cassette tapes were a common item (never bought many of those anyhow). Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Nitram in critical care Oh, geez, I'm so sorry to hear it's that serious Tev. The two of you are in my thoughts. Spend as much time as you can with him, but don't forget to take care of yourself, too. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Smithsonian Air & Space Museum (With Shep!) Like I said, pass me a drool bucket. Now that I've satisfied that decades-long desire to fly a Stearman biplane my next Impossible Dream is to get into the cockpit of a Jenny. Even more wildly unlikely, unless I become a tens-of-millionaire and buy/restore one myself. >sigh< Found this while wander..   Re: Chicago [56K Die!] Even more impressive is that the U-505 is a genuine trophy of war - we captured the damn thing during WWII. If you're ever in the Detroit area check out the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village ..   Re: Chicago [56K Die!] Detroit AREA - the Henry Ford is actually in DEARBORN, Michigan, which is a nice suburb. The Henry Ford is actually impressive enough (I think) to warrant a trip to it just for that purpose. You don't stay in Detroit itself, you stay in the suburbs around it. Other attractions in the area include t..   Re: Solar-powered plane to make round-the-world trip There are also applications where a solar powered flying machine would be handy and wouldn't be required to fly at night, which may make for a smaller, more robust structure (as you could devote all power to flight instead of needing to store some) and eliminate some of the downsides of powered fli..   Re: Nitram in critical care I'm somewhat uncomfortable getting into a lot of speculation regarding Nitram, but liver dialysis has had FDA approval for acute liver failure since 2005 although in many ways it's still experimental. It can not sustain life for as long a time as renal dialysis can so it's considered a bridge to ei..   Re: Chicago [56K Die!] DEATH wrote: What, really? Sue's been there for years, no? True, but you know, Sue didn't come to the Field until after I moved out of Chicago, too. She's very impressive, though. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Nitram in critical care Let's see... 4-5 hours for Tevar to drive to the new location.. .then of course she'll want to see him... you know, I'm presuming that since we haven't heard from her she's with him, which is more important than updating us quickly. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Iran Elections Thread And the Empire strikes back.... Bad things being reported from Iran again today - wounded protesters being seized at hospitals ..   Re: Bad Pun Thread Pilots are just plane people. Why do sea gulls fly over the sea? Because if they flew over the bay they would be bay gulls (bagels) Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Smithsonian Air & Space Museum (With Shep!) FSTargetDrone wrote: You've never been? They just had a big fly-in ..   Re: [Discussion] Top banner on the board for Nitram? Fourthed (is that even a word?). I think both Nitram and Tevar would appreciate the moral support. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Iran Elections Thread It sure is starting to remind me of 1979. The hostage crisis back then extended over 400 days if I recall correctly, all the way in early 1981. Well, why should anyone be surprised? The people in official power now are the ones who instigated that, and didn't Mahmoud Ahmadinejad play a key role in ..   Re: Wanted: Good Scifi Samuel wrote: Stark knows quite a bit about older authors and probably can give some good advice although the one he will immediately suggest is Lensmen. I haven't read it so I cannot comment. Ah, the Lensmen series! (I assume you mean that one) The E.E. Doc Smith space opera? Very entertaining. A ..   Re: Nitram in critical care Oh, no, Nitram doesn't do organ failure - he does multiple organ failure! Seriously, Nit, glad you're on the rebound. Get better, get home, and stay there! Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead MKSheppard wrote: So the early results of his autopshy make Howard Hughes look healthy. He was only 112 lbs There have been rumors of an eating disorder for years, perhaps anorexia. Quote: LOST virtually all his hair. The pop pin-up was wearing a wig when he died and pathologists said little more t..   Re: Puzzling disparities found in childbirth injuries Episotomies: something that was a good idea for a limited number of situations that wound up being applied every time, "just in case". For unusually large babies, or unusually small mothers, yes, a surgical cut can reduce the chances of a catastrophic tear, which is no joke and can do maj..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead People like Elvis's music , and there's a performance niche for Elvis imitators who re-create his style of performance, but that doesn't mean the man is remembered fondly. Some of this is, yet again, people confusing the art with the artist. It is entirely possible for Mr. Jackson to have been a ph..   Re: Wanted: Good Scifi Second hand booksellers, libraries... but as it's been out of print awhile locating a copy may or may not be difficult. When I read the series I actually started with Triplanetary but (yes, I'm showing my age) when I did so the series was still in print and finding it was easy. Found this while wan..   Re: Billy Mays found dead in home If you ever seen a Billy Mays commercial (he did regular 30 second ads along with informercials) you'll know it BECAUSE THE GUY WAS FAMOUS FOR SHOUTING ALL HIS LINES. SORT OF LIKE THIS. On a certain level he was paid to be annoying and he did a good job of it. Other than that, he apparently wasn't ..   Re: Bernie gets 150 years It is highly unlikely that the investors will get any meaningful percentage of their investments back. 150 years? Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Giving him the maximum makes a statement, namely that being a rich, connected white guy doesn't get you leniency in this case. If only justice was..   The External Combustion Engine for Automobiles While wandering about the internet I somehow found myself in Jay Leno's garage* in the steam-powered section. Aside from this guy having such a huge car collection that he owns multiple steamers, to the point his garage has a "steam section", the video on how to start the Stanley Steamer ..   Re: Bernie gets 150 years There isn't really a fix for the investors, they will never see justice in the sense of the wrong being righted and getting their money back. That's one reason it's a crime to do this sort of thing, and why a life sentence isn't that outrageous. Madoff has caused a hurt to a lot of people that will..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead Big Orange wrote: Oh how cute, we've got a few insigntful comments under that video that are racist or LOLbertarian in tone: That is one of the reasons I seldom read YouTube comments. Quote: With the steel industry gone down the toilet long before the automakers, a lot of Gary has been reclaimed by..   Re: The External Combustion Engine for Automobiles The Duchess of Zeon wrote: There is however a serious issue with steam powered cars--they're as dangerous as hydrogen cars or compressed natural gas cars because there's something under pressure on them which can explode with relative ease, the boiler. And jets of superheated steam can be invisible..   Re: The External Combustion Engine for Automobiles Stark wrote: Broomstick wrote: Poo. You're no fun! Efficiency is not always the final determinant. The Dvorak typing keyboard, for example, is more efficient than the Qwerty keyboard, but it's the Qwerty that's standard. How is this comparable? The Dvorak isn't popular because of changeover costs a..   Re: Would you use a Walkman instead of a iPod for a week? Not only do I NOT have an MP3 player (really, I don't) I STILL own a working walkman and TWO discmans!!! And I still use them regularly! Gosh, I feel so old. >sniff< The official old hag fossil of SD.net.... (I also still have a turntable and a collection of vinyl records.... I am SUCH a dinosaur....   Re: The External Combustion Engine for Automobiles Stark wrote: Even in countries where diesel is relatively popular, people still buy new 'turbodiesels' with 'diesel only' written ON THE GAS CAP and they still fill it with gas and have to call the automotive assistance... so... people are just dumb there. What I meant was that in your typical fuel..   Re: Toilet seat Debate - What logical fallacies are used? Are you talking about the seat being down, or the lid being down? If the lid is down everything is down and EVERYONE has to lift something to do their duty, which is arguing fairest of all from the standpoint that everyone is equally inconvenienced. If the lid is up (or absent) we then have the que..   Re: Toilet seat Debate - What logical fallacies are used? Surlethe wrote: Is it potentially unsanitary for a woman to sit in toilet water? Especially if a family has, say, a "no flush at night" rule to avoid disturbing little ones, as my in-laws do? Well, YEAH! Urine isn't too bad (assuming no one has a bladder or kidney infection) but if someon..   Re: Would you use a Walkman instead of a iPod for a week? Ah, I have a cellphone! Yes, I do! Although my sisters grumble that I can't send/receive text, there no camera, no pictures, no internet, and no ringtones - when it rings it rings like a 1950's style rotary dial phone. BRRRRRRRRING! I do have voice mail, my message goes like this: "You have re..   Re: Toilet seat Debate - What logical fallacies are used? Stark wrote: Who sits IN water? Someone's toilet water level is WAAAAY too high. And getting your pants in it? Are you climbing in? I mean, there's no fucking way sitting on the toilet itself is a good idea, but actually getting your pants wet? Stark, do I need to point out that some women are quit..   Re: Toilet seat Debate - What logical fallacies are used? Stark wrote: It's not a bowl-size issue, it's a balance issue. It means people are descending at high speed in an uncontrolled fashion expecting the seat to stop them, without looking, and then blaming someone else. This is fine when you're drunk (who hasn't pissed into a closed toilet, lol), but i..   Re: Toilet seat Debate - What logical fallacies are used? Oni Koneko Damien wrote: Broomstick wrote: And, again, as I mentioned upthread due to physical configuration women don't need to look The fact that sometimes the seat isn't down kind of blows that assertion out of the water. Claiming that you don't need to look presupposes that the seat will always..   Re: Toilet seat Debate - What logical fallacies are used? Darth Wong wrote: In our household, we do not have a "seat up" or "seat down" rule. To make such a rule in the first place is stupid because it might lead someone to think he or she can actually assume the state of the toilet seat without bothering to check. The rule in our hous..   Re: Toilet seat Debate - What logical fallacies are used? Stark wrote: It amuses me to think that Americans basically shit in bathtubs full of water. New toilets can only use a maximum of 1.6 gallons per flush (about 5-6 liters), and some models use even less. So we're slowly moving towards a more ecologically sound flush method. There is not requirement,..   Re: Billy Mays found dead in home Right - Mr. Grim got #3 and Billy popped up to say "BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE!" Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: people that brag about how primitive their phone is Crossroads Inc. wrote: Behold! My phone is over 6 years old! Has been through the laundry TWICE! has been dropped walked upon, run over by a car AND Dropped in a swimming pool and STILL WORKS! Fucking amateur - I dropped a cellphone out of an airplane! Oh, alright - after that the "3" key..   Re: The External Combustion Engine for Automobiles Simplicius wrote: I can only see steam powered personal vehicles in the absence of anything better. Imagine having to schedule your trips to include getting a head of steam up before you go anywhere, or tending the car until it was so prepared in the middle of winter - gives a whole new meaning to ..   Adminsitration Seeks Change to Don't Ask, Don't Tell From CNN ..   Re: logic in therapy? The teacher is full of shit. Logic is necessary in ANY therapeutic relationship. You were trying to see things from the patient's viewpoint, and the teacher was trying to shoehorn the patient into a static model. People do not exist in isolation, and there are few influences greater on a person tha..   Re: "Alien Nation" remake in the works If they did as good a job with a remake as was done with Battlestar Galactica I'll be happy. As it is, I have all the Alien Nation novelizations. Would like to get the TV series on DVD, but it's not in the budget >sigh< Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Fun With: Genetic Drift rhoenix wrote: Biology/Ecology: = The first new species is intentionally adapted for an all-water environment, complete with more dense bone structure, more resilience to temperature extremes, articulated fins, gills on the ribcage which feed directly into the lungs (which themselves have been adap..   Re: Fun With: Genetic Drift Samuel wrote: Well, number 2 would obviously focus alot on artifical wombs. Why? I don't see an obvious connection there. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Baucus cuts $600 billion in subsidies from health care bill One problem is that even a lot of Democrats/"liberals" have bought into the health care propaganda that's been spewed for the last decade or so. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Happy Canada Day! Happy Canada Day to the best neighbors any country could have! W H E E E ! ::: throw confetti ::: Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Fun With: Genetic Drift Pelvic bones actually do have a joint. In pregnant women that joint loosens up, allowing the bones to move slightly apart. Bone density should not affect that. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead From the sound of the reports he looked like shit under the wig and makeup - not enough of the real Michael Jackson to preserve, I guess. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Fun With: Genetic Drift rhoenix wrote: This ties into my earlier idea about the gill-fronts replacing their hair The problem is that such gills would be enormously vulnerable to damage, and being highly vascularized if they're damaged they're going to bleed a LOT. Quote: With no other effects...which also clears them for ..   Re: Fun With: Genetic Drift Being tall has social effects in humans which can affect breeding success. Tall men, in particular, are, on average, seen as more desirable by women - in a context where there are fewer biological penalities for greater height the population may well drift in that direction simply due to sexual sel..   Re: Happy Canada Day! I wonder how many of those people are in my shoes, where a free meal of $20 (with the possibility of leftovers to take home for yet another meal) would seem a bargain even at a several hour wait simply for how it would ease a very tight food budget. I spend about $30 a week on food total, and meat ..   Vitiligo and Celebrity (image heavy OP) A certain recently deceased celebrity has claimed to have suffered vitiligo for years. Well, let's look at the evidence. Here are some pictures of vitiligo: link to very large picture ..   Re: Adminsitration Seeks Change to Don't Ask Don't Tell Pint0 Xtreme wrote: Darth Wong wrote: I'm no lawyer, but in any practical sense, if this is legal, then it would mean that the President has the personal ability to nullify any law he wishes to, with no real checks or balances. Admittedly, I'm a little fuzzy on the legalities of presidential execut..   Re: French airliner missing over Atlantic The airplane pancaked? That's a very strange scenario. The next question is whether or not the descent from 35,000 feet to the water surface was at all controlled or completely out of the hands of the pilots. Even in a flat spin it would take significant time for the airplane to reach the water. De..   Re: Vitiligo and Celebrity (image heavy OP) Well, yes, if he was a well-adjusted human being he would have "dealt with it". Or at least been more upfront - "I have the disfiguring disease and I find it embarrassing, but here is what's happening". In the US (I can't speak for other countries) dermatologists do point out th..   Re: Some women now attempting DIY plastic surgery This isn't new , it's just becoming more common. If anyone is interested I could post links to prior threads both here and elsewhere regarding DIY surgery. Me, I blame several factors, including incredibly high (i.e. unachievable) standards of physical appearance in some segments of society as well..   Re: CA begins issuing IOUs.....for the Peons. aerius wrote: Cpl Kendall wrote: So, folks who require the money the most are the ones getting the shaft? I can't see how this will go badly in any way. I wonder when the riots and lynch mobs are gonna start, or if the people even have the balls to riot these days. When they get hungry and desperat..   Re: French airliner missing over Atlantic I think the French have an interest in blaming this on the pilots rather than Airbus, their technological pride and joy. In past accidents they have pushed very firmly all blame on the pilots, even when (to others of us) there seems to be legitimate involvement of mechanical failure as either a con..   Re: French airliner missing over Atlantic The Duchess of Zeon wrote: Well, if the force members failed under compression entirely than that does yield to a particular forensic conclusion from the analysis of the wreckage at odds with a midair breakup. What if the impact forces were so severe that everyone was killed instantly on landing? I..   Re: Well son let me tell you about when you were born.... I could see how a woman could give birth in an outhouse - it's unlikely, but women have had sudden onset and very rapid labor before - but leaving the baby down the shitter???? THAT's what's beyond the pale. You'd think a woman would be screaming "MY BABY MY BABY SAVE MY BABY!" not sittin..   Re: Vitiligo and Celebrity (image heavy OP) Not just that - for black people who's bone structure is closer to Caucasian, the end result of a bad case of vitiligo is that they won't even be accepted as black anymore because they don't look black. Imagine living your whole life identifying with a particular group then waking up one morning an..   Re: Some women now attempting DIY plastic surgery As far as I'm concerned this still takes the cake for, well, not DIY but certainly amateur surgery, related on another message board by a prison doctor: My patient's bizarre penis ..   Re: Toilet seat Debate - What logical fallacies are used? Cpl Kendall wrote: Well you can also lower the amount of water in a "bathtub" toilet by adjusting the level of the float (I think that's what it's called. The rubber ball on a rod.) in the tank. I'm not sure if that makes it easier to clog the toilet but I've done it on several. True. You..   Re: Vitiligo and Celebrity (image heavy OP) MJ admitted to nose surgery at one point, saying that as a young man he'd sustained a broken nose (pretty sure that's even true) and opted for surgical repair. It is possible that something went wrong with the initial nose surgery, leading to subsequent problems and more surgery. This site ..   Re: Fun With: Flight Mechanics (and Gravity) I think you may be making the same mistake many people do, thinking that gravity is the limiting factor in flight. It's not. Air density is a much more important factor. Enormously important. So much so that here on Earth, where gravity is a constant* that pilots have to recalculate runway take off..   Re: Fun With: Flight Mechanics (and Gravity) Batman wrote: Aren't most large birds on Earth ALREADY primarily gliders because while actually beating your wings for propulsion is technically doable, above a certain size it's too energy-intensive to do for any reasonable fraction of your flight time on any reasonable diet? It's not just size, i..   Re: Fun With: Flight Mechanics (and Gravity) If I have time over the next couple days I'll see about getting you some information about air density calculations and stuff like that. I'm assuming you'll want it in metric, but if for some bizarre reason you want English units let me know. This ..   Re: Fun With: Flight Mechanics (and Gravity) The latter solution may be the more practical one. Keep in mind that birds (I have three specimens under close observation as they line up to beg for part of my breakfast here) have highly specialized "arms" for locomotion and use their legs/feet not only for standing and walking but also..   Re: Fun With: Flight Mechanics (and Gravity) avatarxprime wrote: Here you go Broomstick, wing loading ratios ..   Re: Well son let me tell you about when you were born.... weemadando wrote: True enough, but it's still ridiculous when this stuff happens. Surely at some point all of the other symptoms would have at least had you thinking... Pregnancy symptoms are highly variable, not just between different women but also from one pregnancy to another in the same woman...   Re: CA begins issuing IOUs.....for the Peons. There's no question times are getting tough - I went from very comfortably middle-class to officially poor rather quickly, and it's getting harder and harder to make ends meet for everyone. Thank god I downsized my lifestyle so quickly, and never did acquire typical levels of consumer debt. And I h..   Re: French airliner missing over Atlantic FSTargetDrone, you're overstating the effect. Yes, there IS political pressure to blame the pilots rather than the airplane. It's not just in France, either - the default in any aviation accident is that the pilot(s) is either wholly or partially at fault. I don't believe there is a conspiracy, and..   Re: Vitiligo and Celebrity (image heavy OP) Vendetta wrote: I thought this was common knowledge? I certainly heard a long time ago that it was this condition which caused Jackson to progressively bleach his skin to hide the effect. No, he did not bleach his skin . Vitiligo bleached his skin. That's what it does , it destroys the melanocytes ..   Re: Vitiligo and Celebrity (image heavy OP) Yes, it's still a problem today. Sorry if I came across implying it wasn't. Today's situation, however, is much improved over prior decades. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Public Enemies (SPOILERS) thejester wrote: I've got the book; didn't realise there was a film kicking about. Whereas I couldn't avoid knowing about it - a lot of the film was shot in Crown Point, Indiana, our local county seat and just a few minutes drive down the road from where I live. It's a big honkin' deal around here,..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead Not so much creepy as sad - he doesn't look as good as the backup dancers. Of course, he's likely twice their age, that doesn't help, but the man is way too thin. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Well son let me tell you about when you were born.... LordOskuro wrote: Thanks for the update, I really didn't know about that. And I'm guessing that due to some kind of inertia, it'll take some time for this new perception to take hold, specially with all the talk about the pill being addictive or able to turn you sterile (regrettably, I'm not sure a..   Re: French airliner missing over Atlantic It wouldn't, however, be the first time that the evidence in an air crash started out contradictory and puzzling. That's why these investigations take time. It's also true that we don't always come up with a firm answer in these matters. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Midget Wrestlers Murdered By Fake Prostitutes Sedative doses are dependent on bodyweight. Even buff dwarfs are still dwarfs, and they don't have as much mass as a man of normal stature. Yeah, I could see that happening. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..   Re: Hummingbird Ornithopter UAV. Yes you read that right. Oh, it's scalable alright - we own a couple RC ornithopters right now. Ours are more toys than sophisticated spy drones. The technology is maturing rapidly and becoming less expensive. It's not so much the airframe that's improved but the battery/power storage technology. That was the limiting fact..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead It's not just a matter of wealth - in the US it can be extremely difficult to get even the poor and psychotic into treatment against their will. Unless you are an immediate threat to others or yourself it essentially can't be done. Even so, repeatedly hacking up your face via compulsive plastic sur..   Re: Vitiligo and Celebrity (image heavy OP) True. And some people with extensive vitiligo have, indeed, chosen to chemically bleach their remaining pigmented skin to even out their skin color. It is a perfectly legitimate course to take in extreme cases. However, professionally, medically done skin bleaching for such cases IS pretty total in..   Re: Midget Wrestlers Murdered By Fake Prostitutes I've met Springer in real life (NO! I was NOT on one of his shows!). Trust me, if the man thought he could make a dime off this he's no doubt sitting somewhere smoking a cigar and scheming. I can't imagine anything too bizarre for Springer. I don't want to imagine something too bizarre for Springer..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead On the other hand, if the money made can settle Jackson's debts, provide for his children and family, and make his fans happy it's hard to argue that's a problem. Sure, the backers/promoters make money - they're also the ones who took financial risks here. That is how the entertainment business mak..   Re: Michael Jackson Rumoured Dead Not quite so much for musicians. It's a rare musician that makes much money after death. Elvis is a notable exception. Found this while wandering on YouTube: Wagon Wheel ..