posted by calvados
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This Intro of Freelancer appeared on an asian server for a few hours a year or so before the game was released.. It is longer than the original and it uses music from Star Trek - Wrath of Khan It's quite a gem and the sound effects are awesome especially at the end..
posted by Kalle 4 years 2 months ago • 4,095 viewsWhat Are Your Top 5 Books?
I was browsing an artsy bookstore in the city today- and got in to a conversation with someone on what their all-time top 5 favourite books would be. I'm not sure about the order - but here are mine. (and yes - I do read other books besides SF - but this is what I like most)
1. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - weird and disjointed but just so damn good
2. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell - I wouldn't think a story of ET contact and the catholic priesthood could move me so much - very hard to describe without it sounding dumb - but a great read
3. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge - The best massively imagined Space Opera ever written
4. Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood - Depressing in its dystopian vision, but so well thought out and realized.
5. The Yiddish Policeman's Union - Michael Chabon - I don't usually go for the alternate history type books - but the cold Sitka Alaska setting really works for me. The Coen Brothers are making this into a movie.
Honorable Mention: Titan by John Varley because I read it in 8th grade and still read it every 5 years
1. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - weird and disjointed but just so damn good
2. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell - I wouldn't think a story of ET contact and the catholic priesthood could move me so much - very hard to describe without it sounding dumb - but a great read
3. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge - The best massively imagined Space Opera ever written
4. Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood - Depressing in its dystopian vision, but so well thought out and realized.
5. The Yiddish Policeman's Union - Michael Chabon - I don't usually go for the alternate history type books - but the cold Sitka Alaska setting really works for me. The Coen Brothers are making this into a movie.
Honorable Mention: Titan by John Varley because I read it in 8th grade and still read it every 5 years
I am afraid of flying, and here I am.. watching and posting something like this! Add me to the list of dimwits, but oh well..
posted by mintbbb
4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 3,049 views
Iran Air Flight 655 (IR655), a commercial flight, that flew from Bandar Abbas, Iran to Dubai, UAE, was shot down on Sunday July 3, 1988, towards the end of the Iran Iraq War, by the U.S. Navy guided missile... continue reading
posted by Kulpims T'dna
(kulpims) 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 11,410 views
Past,present and future cell phones. 1.9 trillion text messages were sent in 2007
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Officer Leroy Pyle debunks common myths about semi-automatic firearms and assault weapons
posted by Farhad2000 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,765 views
Scene from 'First Kill', a documentary by director Coco Schrijber. If your interested in the full high resolution version, please visit http://docsonline.tv/ search for First Kill. If you're open for... continue reading
posted by Farhad2000 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 2,679 views
One of my favorite bits. This bit made me think twice about the way I viewed the world when I was still young. I'm not a conservative or a liberal and it's because of George Carlin.
posted by Ryjkyj
5 years 3 months 1 week ago • 6,396 views • 7:38
Trance + TF2 = Surprisingly enjoyable. The creator made a nice video which takes you on a tour of most of the maps of Team Fortress 2. It's all in-game with much of it being recorded from the spectator... continue reading
posted by Guardian-X 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 3,427 viewsChristianity and Atheism in the United States
I'm curious about the seemingly high level of vocal atheists on the Sift. I'm guessing that most or many of them are from the US (simply because I think that's where most / many of our Sifters are from). At first I was baffled as to where this movement came from, until I learned that some 25% of the US populace calls itself evangelical Christian (I think I discovered that watching "Jesus Camp"), so now it seems to me more like atheism may be an equal and opposite reaction, but I personally don't know.
In Canada (at least the parts where I've been) we hardly have either vocal evangelicals or vocal atheists, so overt Bible-thumping and backlash against it are rather foreign concepts. (As I've said before, the topic of evolution is basically a non-issue up here.) I've also barely visited the States, so haven't experienced much of what life in the US is like. Anybody care to weigh in with comments about the prevalence of visible Christianity in the US?
PS: I'm sincerely hoping this thread can happen without getting ugly or hostile. We're all grown-ups.
In Canada (at least the parts where I've been) we hardly have either vocal evangelicals or vocal atheists, so overt Bible-thumping and backlash against it are rather foreign concepts. (As I've said before, the topic of evolution is basically a non-issue up here.) I've also barely visited the States, so haven't experienced much of what life in the US is like. Anybody care to weigh in with comments about the prevalence of visible Christianity in the US?
PS: I'm sincerely hoping this thread can happen without getting ugly or hostile. We're all grown-ups.
Bullying is a bigger problem than most people care to admit, so this PSA is directed at kids who need to report bullying whenever they see it or become a victim of it. It's an eye-opener for adults too. ... continue reading
posted by kronosposeidon 5 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 3,615 views
A series of footage taken from the History Channel, National Geographic, and other sources showing footage of those executed at Nuremberg. The footage starts with a headshot of each figure, then shows them during the war years, followed by their trials and finally their deaths.
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