search results matching tag: gambling

» channel: learn

go advanced with your query
Search took 0.000 seconds

    Videos (97)     Sift Talk (2)     Blogs (7)     Comments (426)   

World War Two Movie Making Gone Wrong

Babymech says...

What the fuck? SInce when is there a 'rule' that people get to do their dumb cosplay wherever they want and the rest of us have to respect that? If this was a professional movie shoot they would have gotten permission to block the road off and they would have done so. Instead they decided to wing it and hope there wouldn't be any traffic. Sorry, they gambled and will have to do a reshoot; there's nothing (in this video) that says the guy on the bike did anything wrong.

Art Sale - Anyone want to buy a Banksy?

chingalera says...

The nature of the game of experts and critiques schooled or otherwise in the realm of art, is that even if these are 'replicas' or forgeries that some smugly fart-sniffer will STILL spend bank on the gamble-I hope that's Banksy is disguise, say what you will about the artist, the guys' a genius guerrilla marketing enigma-

rich_magnet said:

Well, being stencils, they're all, strictly speaking, copies.

I'm curious about the catch - are they real banksys? Is that Banksy in disguise?

MSNBC PSA - All Your Kids Are Belong to Us

blankfist says...

@ChaosEngine, again, I don't entirely disagree with you. I think allowing the law to protect the rights of the individual makes total sense. Whether that individual is a minor or adult.

Where we definitely will have our disagreement is, as you mentioned, to the extent of the laws' reach.

I think laws should protect the minority, not impose the majority's will. I also believe children should have a voice in their personal choices that supersedes the will of the parents or the will of society.

I understand a seven-year-old child who was homeschooled that God will cure his cancer may not be the most qualified mind to make complex medical decisions, but, in the end, we either give people control over their lives or we pretend to know best.

Just because you and I don't believe God will cure little Jimmy's cancer doesn't mean we should have a right to tell little Jimmy he has to go to the hospital and receive care. Otherwise we end up with these kinds of stories.

The war on drugs is a perfect example of the majority, or community, knowing best how we should all run our lives. So was prohibition in the States. So are seatbelt laws, soda bans, sin taxes, prostitution bans, Tennessee's baggy pants law, bans on rain collection, fines for muddy tires, gambling laws, private establishment smoking bans, and even NJ going as far as to ban hugs in a middle school.

People know best how to run their own lives. Families at least have an interest in the well-being of their members. But the community doesn't always make the best legislative decisions when trying to do good.

Ron Paul's CNN interview on U.S. Interventionism in Syria

coolhund says...

Assad wrote them? He works for the Guardian? For RT? For several independent news magazines? Thats news to me! Alright! Youre right! Yep.

It doesnt matter what Assad did, and what he didnt. You dont know anything about it. You marking him as the one who used chemical weapons, without any proof, is gambling at best and only shows you are following an agenda.

No, we should use political matters. We shouldnt have interfered in the first place, because THAT IS WHAT MADE IT WORSE!!!!!!!!!!
Assad has often offered many things to the rebels - they were never accepted, because they knew they had a powerful ally from the beginning.
Assad != his father. Youre assuming too much. And right now I notice that there is no point in continuing talking to you, if all you do is spewing typical propaganda without proof.

bcglorf said:

You do recall that those "reports" calling this a CIA induced uprising were written by Assad? Are you aware that the ONLY ones claiming uncertainty who was behind the attack are Assad and the Russians? Assad being the one who actively blocked the UN from investigating the site he claimed would prove his innocence?

You are advocating we do nothing as a dictator uses chemical weapons against his own people. How is it humanly possible to have any more certainty than we already do about what is happening within a war zone? This isn't the first time Assad's family annihilated a people. His father put down a rebellion in his time by taking an entire city and simply turning it into a parking lot and mass grave of the residents. Assad has been deliberately targeting civilians and unarmed protesters from the very beginning. This latest attack isn't some lonely isolated charge, it's the icing on a very horrific cake of war crimes.

None of that is to say anything positive about the rebel forces, disparate and varied as they are. Yes, they include people I would declare our allies in the region who from the start were protesting and advocating for a Syria free of dictatorship and the Assad crime family. Unfortunately, the rebels most effective/powerful fighting forces largely seem to be jihadi fighters back by Saudi money, or even worse, Al Qaida and like minded foreigners coming over from Iraq to take on a hated Shia led military in Assads forces. Al Qaida sees a chance to win hearts and minds among Syria rebels, and we play right into that by doing nothing.

More over, with all that Assad is doing, you need to stop and think before apologizing for him. You need to at least admit that when advocating that we do nothing you are up front and honest with the horrific crimes you are demanding we ignore.

Russian Roulette Wedding Game (Warning! Graphic!)

George W. On PRISM

chingalera says...

I'm instinctively distrustful of institutions, apolitical, and have lived for 48 years now the bulk of those watching this hydra from the comfort and safety of free will and self-determination. I seldom gamble unless the odds are favorable or there's good company to be had in doing so, and never at a casino. I chose not to participate in anything with odds as tainted or with games as rigged as "participatory" government. I'd rather stand on a mountaintop shouting at the rabble in hopes that the few who would hear the insane voice of common sense beckoning, " Jesus shoved the money-changer's shit up their asses, take a lesson from history and call the assholes on their crimes against humanity and the planet."

My place in the new paradigm? How would I "fit in?"....

Why, Secretary General of the Ministry of Chaos, Mr. P

A10anis said:

You say; " He's satisfied that history shall continue to be manipulated in a favorable light for himself and his ilk."
It is getting so tiring reading the opinions of you, and the likes of you, who do nothing but glibly criticize politicians, their policies, actions and personalities.
Instead of childish "terminator" jokes why don't you, for our edification, enlighten us as to how YOU would run things if you could be arsed to do the necessaries, and become an instigator of change. Of course you can't, because you wouldn't have a clue about policy, instigation of policy, ramifications and, well, anything. Constructive criticism is necessary, and can change things, but simply sitting at your comfortable desk spewing bile, discontent, and vitriol, is not.

How to share games on the PS4

RFlagg says...

The current XBox allows you to borrow, rent games. You can buy and sell used games without any issues as well. The upcoming XBox One however allows a title to be resold only once through a very specific process that they haven't revealed yet. You can't borrow a friends copy of a game, and I'd presume you can't take your game to their house to play there unless the game is tied to your account not just your XBox One... Either way...

As Jinx noted, this was likely done to appease the publishers. They've been wanting to get rid of the used game industry for some time (an industry I don't get anyhow, you'll give me less than half the used price of a game, then sell it for $5 less than a new copy... why buy used if it is only $5 less?).

The question becomes, as noted before, if the publishers make it worth Microsoft's time and losses due to that policy then it will work out, but if they support Sony just as well, or even after a short delay, then Microsoft gambled wrong. They are going to lose sales over the policy. That, the fact the system needs to connect every 24 hours or it will lock down even single player use until it connects again...

To play games online with XBox Live you need a paid Gold account. You can play games on the PS3 without a PS Plus account, but there are rumors that the PS4 will require a paid PS Plus account to play multiplayer. That will just be leveling the playing field, and if you still don't need a paid account to access Netflix (you need a paid Gold account on XBox to get Netflix or Amazon videos... and I think to access your YouTube account fully) on the PS4 then they'll still have an edge on the multimedia front.

Another of Sony's big upsets was pricing the PS4 $100 under the XBox One price... now I'm going to hazard a guess they had a couple prices ready to roll based on the XBox's price and decided to undercut, it could have been the planed price from the start, but I'd guess they wanted to scare Microsoft. I'm also guessing Microsoft will announce "new cost saving measures" right before the holidays and adjust theirs down, they are already behind the 8 ball with the used and borrowing game limits, I can't see them letting Sony getting a huge boost from price as well... if they reverse course on borrowing/used games they might be able to keep the price up "we've heard the complaints from our users and have decided not to implement that feature at this time" sort of thing, but I'm guessing they are too far into that to reverse that and will just price match.

EDIT: I should note that I'm mostly a PC Gamer, followed by XBox games then PS3... well iOS games are probably after PC Games but before console games... I like XBox better as a gaming platform, but my PS3 has better networking for Netflix and Blu-ray support (XBox One gains Blu-ray support) so it is my multimedia machine of choice. I don't think I'll upgrade either system at this time though...

eric3579 said:

I don't play video games, but for some reason i find this kinda interesting. So, for the xbox is it that your friend is not able to play your copy of any xbox game if you lend it to him? Also do you have to be online with your xbox to get a game to play, and does that mean you have to pay an additional monthly fee to be online with your xbox?

Cracked Chiropractor Commercial: Is This For Real?

xxovercastxx says...

Find one who uses stretches and massage, one that starts with an MRI or Xray, and above all, one that doesn't crack anything.

Or you could just go to a massage therapist and take the gamble out of it.

gwiz665 said:

Srsly though, that was the one that made me go ooh. I don't believe in the more "magical" properties of chiropractic, but I would like to try being adjusted.

M.I.T. Computer Program Reveals Invisible Motion in Video

aimpoint says...

This reminds me of oceans 13 where they had a supercomputer monitoring a person's heart rate and facial expressions to determine if gambling wins were legitimate or not. For as good as something like this is shown, I hope it doesn't have a bad side that opens up ethical use questions.

blahpook (Member Profile)

Japanese Movers Have Been Rigorously Trained

yellowc says...

Typically you pay a mover because they're insured and the liability of breaking stuff and ruining buildings, walkways etc is moved from your hands.

Also unless you move very often, avoiding a small cost for the ensured safety of your back frankly seems like a ridiculous gamble. You can have serious injuries even with little weight and a lot of muscle, the wrong twist and it's over.

But, to each his own.

braindonut said:

I have never paid a mover, because moving the heavy stuff is the easy part. Packing and unpacking is the part I hate.

I'd totally pay a mover if they did all of this.

The Chemistry of Addiction

siftbot says...

Tags for this video have been changed from 'scishow, drugs, brain, chemicals, dopamine, gambling, addiction, vlog, brotthers' to 'scishow, drugs, brain, chemicals, dopamine, gambling, vlogbrotthers, hank, green' - edited by messenger

The Chemistry of Addiction

siftbot says...

Tags for this video have been changed from 'scishow, drugs, brain, chemicals, dopamine, gambling, addiction' to 'scishow, drugs, brain, chemicals, dopamine, gambling, addiction, vlog, brotthers' - edited by messenger

Officer Leroy Pyle on Assault/Military weapons

def says...

Same happened to poker in Poland. None of the legislators understood what it is, for them it was just gambling same to the one armed bandits in smoky bars, so they banned it... Similar thing happened to the betting legislation. Pity.

Al Roker: He Gambled....He Lost

charliem says...

Best video title ever. Had me thinking it was a gamble for his life....oh no.....not at all.

The old shart gamble. A friend of mine had half his liver removed (as he had a benign growth around it at the time), and for the past 2 years....every single one is still a gamble. Hilariously dangerous game to be playing.



Send this Article to a Friend



Separate multiple emails with a comma (,); limit 5 recipients






Your email has been sent successfully!

Manage this Video in Your Playlists

Beggar's Canyon