>> ^MaxWilder:

I had to give up caffeine. It aggravated my sleeping problem. And yes, I had a headache for three days each time I decided to quit the stuff. Ow.


It's interesting you mention headaches, my lab supervisor is a bit of a coffee nut, and recently he switched coffee brands, after several days of really bad headaches he discovered that the new brand was roasted differently and apparently it had lower caffeine levels. He fixed his headaches by drinking an entire 1.5L of diet coke - around 150mg of caffeine I'm guessing. Seems easier just to not drink coffee in the first place, but each to their own I guess

@Matthu
@hpqp

So, after putting on my detective hat and going through advanced searches for a while (can you tell it's a Saturday and I'm happy to be at work?) here are the precedents I discovered.

Videos of the exact same event taken from different angles (same audio)

Wind Turbine Self-Destructing
http://www.videosift.com/video/Windmill-Destroyed-By-Wind (original)
http://videosift.com/video/Wind-turbine-self-destructs (potential dupe)

In this case the majority (6-4) barely decided it was not a dupe and it stayed.

Window Adjusts Lighting
http://videosift.com/video/Philips-Daylight-Window-Concept-Presentation (original)
http://www.videosift.com/video/Ambient-window-adjusts-lighting-hue-and-patterns (potential dupe)

In this case, kronosposeidon conceded the extra camera angles added nothing and left it up to Farhad2000 whether to declare it a dupe or not. Farhad apparently graciously decided not to.

Mythbusters paint the Mona Lisa with Paintballs
http://videosift.com/video/MythBusters-CPU-vs-GPU-or-Paintball-Cannons-are-Cool (original)
http://videosift.com/video/Mythbusters-Paint-the-Mona-Lisa-with-Paintballs (potential dupe)

In this case, the original garnered far more votes than the dupe, so there wasn't much controversy. Consensus seems to be that it is a dupe. However, to this day it remains Sifted.

Mentos and Diet Coke Explosion
http://www.videosift.com/video/Record-breaking-Mentos-and-Diet-Coke-Explosions (not sure)
http://videosift.com/video/Mentos-and-Coke-Light-World-Record-Attempt (not sure)

In this case, Maatc and Ant came to an amicable agreement in which they agreed to put links to each others' videos in the descriptions.

Suggestion

Precedent seems to be that the same event captured with different angles but containing the same audio is not a dupe. However, precedent also seems to suggest that most Sifters are gracious to each other and try to spread the votes around fairly. So, maybe each of you could put a link to each others' vids in your description and hopefully people who vote for one will go and vote for the other. Sound fair?

I have to admit, I liked the other version with the original audio much better.
Why dub it over with unrelated music? (not sure if I'd have called it a dupe - too bad the original wasn't posted before the dubbed version.)

Nothing against your post though Zifnab, you've done a fine job

>> ^siftbot:

6 more comments have been lost in the ether at this killed duplicate.

6 more comments have been lost in the ether at this killed duplicate.

*isdupe>> ^Hybrid:

I'm from the dupes should be declared immediately camp:
dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Mentos-Coke-Rocket-Fail

>> ^spoco2:

What a horribly unhealthy thing to have at your work. I know I'd eat too much crap food if it was just THERE and free all the time while I was coding.


My TV has channels for horrible things like hours of reality TV, soap operas, etc. but I somehow manage to not tune in.

It sounded like Gabe requested the diet Coke, presumably others have requested the fruit, trail mix, etc. so I imagine that between exercising some self control and requesting healthy alternatives an employee there could be happy, healthy, and fully snack-provisioned if they so desired.

Diet Coke product placement!?!?!?!

LOL! "Today's secret is... A NUMBER 3 VALUE MEAL, SUPER-SIZED, WITH A DIET COKE (light ice)!">> ^Trancecoach:

TAKE-OUT!

Please let that be the next Diet Coke & Mentos!

yes! dominique pinon, he is awesome.
man i can't believe i hadn't seen this yet.. just fantastic.
>> ^ponceleon:

Is that the guy from delicatessen?

Not a bad list, thanks! Whaddya want promoted/qualitied then?

In reply to this comment by demon_ix:
Afro Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs
OK Go - Here it goes again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaRfxjcpYvM
Diet coke + Mentos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM
Star Wars Kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU
Chocolate Rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
Computer Freakout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAGvPq4EesA
Ansiktsburk: See Ornthoron's reply above.
Leave Britney Alone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc
Dramatic Chipmunk / Prairie Dog / Squirrel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw

That was kinda fun, finding all that Just missed two.

Missed one... the one that looks like QVC. I don't recognize it though.

>> ^demon_ix:
Afro Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs
OK Go - Here it goes again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaRfxjcpYvM
Diet coke + Mentos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM
Star Wars Kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU
Chocolate Rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
Computer Freakout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAGvPq4EesA
Ansiktsburk: See Ornthoron's reply above.
Leave Britney Alone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc
Dramatic Chipmunk / Prairie Dog / Squirrel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw
That was kinda fun, finding all that Just missed two.

Afro Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs
OK Go - Here it goes again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaRfxjcpYvM
Diet coke + Mentos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM
Star Wars Kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU
Chocolate Rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
Computer Freakout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAGvPq4EesA
Ansiktsburk: See Ornthoron's reply above.
Leave Britney Alone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc
Dramatic Chipmunk / Prairie Dog / Squirrel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw

That was kinda fun, finding all that Just missed two.

next mission: Mentos and Diet Coke.

Heterogeneous nucleation ftw.

The only thing is.. What time is the actual swearing in? Cause unfortunately my drinking hours do not begin until evening.

I'm doing the kid thing w/ the event all day tomorrow. Is it wrong to teach kids a drinking game? We could use diet coke?

Hey, maybe they'd pay attention to the event better right? :::no parental flames please::: heheh