Note to self: Make documentary on company gym, yoga classes, basketball, volleyball, and skateboard clubs, but make no mention of the monthly cakes, pay day junk food orgy, and revolutionary bacon checklist system.

Sorry, I still don't get it all I can figure is maybe you interpreted the original comment as "Think about what the distance between 2 scaled down versions of the moon and Earth would look like" (what the video is about) which isn't even close to "what the moon would look like when viewed from Earth"... I'm missing something though since the comment is getting appreciation...

>> ^solecist:

>> ^residue:
huh?

>> ^solecist:
it would look like this: <holds a racquet ball several inches from a volleyball>
>> ^residue:
wow people, really? Think about what the moon would look like from Earth if it were that close...



what about a cue ball and a medicine ball?

>> ^residue:

huh?

>> ^solecist:
it would look like this: <holds a racquet ball several inches from a volleyball>
>> ^residue:
wow people, really? Think about what the moon would look like from Earth if it were that close...




what about a cue ball and a medicine ball?

huh?


>> ^solecist:

it would look like this: <holds a racquet ball several inches from a volleyball>
>> ^residue:
wow people, really? Think about what the moon would look like from Earth if it were that close...

it would look like this: <holds a racquet ball several inches from a volleyball>

>> ^residue:

wow people, really? Think about what the moon would look like from Earth if it were that close...

>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:

You know - quite frankly - I don't see why people think Tom Hanks is that great. I remember him when he first came on the scene in "Bosom Buddies". He was moderately amusing, but no more so than Peter Scolari was. He did some bit parts in Family Ties, and did that lousy D&D TV movie "Mazes & Monsters". He did nothing exceptional.
Then he went on to do crappy comedies like Money Pit, Dragnet, Bachelor Party, and Joe Vs. The Volcano. He wasn't very good in any of them. His acting in these shows was one-note. Swap Hanks in Splash with Hanks in Money Pit and there is no difference. He was servicable, but he wasn't that great.
But I think "Big" for some reason started making people think he was a good actor. In the 90s, studios were always trying to turn comedians into "serious" actors. Robin Williams tried it with Patch Adams and Good Morning Vietnam. Jim Carrey tried with "Truman Show", et al. With Hanks, it was A League of Thier Own, Sleepless in Seattle, Forest Gump, and Philadelphia. I see very little difference between "80's Hanks" and "90's Hanks". He isn't a better actor than he was way back in "Mazes & Monsters". He's still the same old one-note Tom Hanks. He just has a better movie. You could take a potted plant and stick it in Forest Gump and get the same result. Some of his performances like in Polar Express and Angels & Demons are cringe-worthy.
So I don't see why Tim Allen has to take the shot here. He's shown at least as much acting "ability" as Tom Hanks. Hanks just got lucky and happened to end up getting better roles and more credit than he deserves.

Forrest Gump may be a cliche now, but his performance in it was great. He was great in Philadelphia and The Green Mile as well. For pure strength of acting, I think you've got to go with Cast Away. Not many actors can carry a movie all by themselves with only a volleyball to interact with. If you want a role that really steps out of the norm, try The Ladykillers.

Hanks may not be one of those guys who completely transforms himself for a role, but I still think he's solid. Tim Allen has never acted, to my knowledge. He plays himself in all his roles.

>> ^westy:

>> ^LarsaruS:
>> ^highdileeho:
Had to stop after the claim that only this sport offers self confidence and discipline. Baseball, football, boxing, volleyball, cricket, poker, chess, all sports offer those elements.

Too bad you didn't listen to all of it, he has some good points in there, it is after all 9 minutes long and that comment is at around 00:45 - 1:20.
And your claim is faulty as he says that all martial arts gives self confidence and discipline to the individual. (Oh, and just FYI boxing is considered a martial art.)
There are also different kinds of self confidence and discipline. If you practice chess and are good at it then yes it will take a lot of discipline to become better and you will gain a certain kind of self confidence from it. Will that self confidence lead to you feeling secure/more secure when the shit hits the fan and a 2m & 100kg angry person wants to stomp on your skull? I would guess no. Will it help your self image when it comes to thinking strategically and with tasks that require you to plan 3 steps ahead? Yea probably.
Martial arts training will give you the self confidence to know that if you need to you can defend yourself, at least better than the average person, and the discipline to not fight unless it is absolutely necessary and not because you got angry at someone over a "Your momma!" comment or some other insignificant stuff.
Hope this doesn't come off as flaming as that is not my intent.

tell you what negates pretty much all fighting technique, is the fact that running away and avoiding conflict in the first place is 99.9% more usfull than being some sort of master at fighting.
don't have an issue with people doing it for fun weather that be in the context of a sporting event or just for themselves dont mind people doing it for self defence but again its largely redundant as a way to defend yourself
from what I have seen many people have bullshit respect for marcail arts which is stupid , just as bullshit respect for anything is stupid.


You are correct, the best self defence training you can do is 400m hurdles and 60m sprints. That along with not reacting to insults, as they are only words and can't injure you, will keep you out of harm's way for most of your life, all of it if you are lucky. Your brain is the best self defence tool you will ever have, if you use it. Thinking first and acting later might save your life. Should you take the 3 minute shortcut through the dark alley at 3 in the morning or take the brightly lit path which is a bit longer?

However, it might not be possible to run away. You might be out with your family or you might have to defend someone else who is being assaulted/raped/whatever. In those cases knowing some basic fighting techniques and dos and donts (sp?) might save you or someone else you hold dear.

>> ^LarsaruS:

>> ^highdileeho:
Had to stop after the claim that only this sport offers self confidence and discipline. Baseball, football, boxing, volleyball, cricket, poker, chess, all sports offer those elements.

Too bad you didn't listen to all of it, he has some good points in there, it is after all 9 minutes long and that comment is at around 00:45 - 1:20.
And your claim is faulty as he says that all martial arts gives self confidence and discipline to the individual. (Oh, and just FYI boxing is considered a martial art.)
There are also different kinds of self confidence and discipline. If you practice chess and are good at it then yes it will take a lot of discipline to become better and you will gain a certain kind of self confidence from it. Will that self confidence lead to you feeling secure/more secure when the shit hits the fan and a 2m & 100kg angry person wants to stomp on your skull? I would guess no. Will it help your self image when it comes to thinking strategically and with tasks that require you to plan 3 steps ahead? Yea probably.
Martial arts training will give you the self confidence to know that if you need to you can defend yourself, at least better than the average person, and the discipline to not fight unless it is absolutely necessary and not because you got angry at someone over a "Your momma!" comment or some other insignificant stuff.
Hope this doesn't come off as flaming as that is not my intent.


tell you what negates pretty much all fighting technique, is the fact that running away and avoiding conflict in the first place is 99.9% more usfull than being some sort of master at fighting.

don't have an issue with people doing it for fun weather that be in the context of a sporting event or just for themselves dont mind people doing it for self defence but again its largely redundant as a way to defend yourself

from what I have seen many people have bullshit respect for marcail arts which is stupid , just as bullshit respect for anything is stupid.

>> ^highdileeho:

Had to stop after the claim that only this sport offers self confidence and discipline. Baseball, football, boxing, volleyball, cricket, poker, chess, all sports offer those elements.


Too bad you didn't listen to all of it, he has some good points in there, it is after all 9 minutes long and that comment is at around 00:45 - 1:20.

And your claim is faulty as he says that all martial arts gives self confidence and discipline to the individual. (Oh, and just FYI boxing is considered a martial art.)

There are also different kinds of self confidence and discipline. If you practice chess and are good at it then yes it will take a lot of discipline to become better and you will gain a certain kind of self confidence from it. Will that self confidence lead to you feeling secure/more secure when the shit hits the fan and a 2m & 100kg angry person wants to stomp on your skull? I would guess no. Will it help your self image when it comes to thinking strategically and with tasks that require you to plan 3 steps ahead? Yea probably.

Martial arts training will give you the self confidence to know that if you need to you can defend yourself, at least better than the average person, and the discipline to not fight unless it is absolutely necessary and not because you got angry at someone over a "Your momma!" comment or some other insignificant stuff.

Hope this doesn't come off as flaming as that is not my intent.

Had to stop after the claim that only this sport offers self confidence and discipline. Baseball, football, boxing, volleyball, cricket, poker, chess, all sports offer those elements.

a most umm stimulating game of beach volleyball... maybe theres a league here.... Nice one!

Only now do I realize that Hugh Laurie's manbitch on "House" is named after Tom Hanks' volleyball. 1:11 onwards might have aswell been Greg House.

As for 8:12 onwards: WTF?!

And where's "don't you die on me!"?

Well, when it comes to sports, a single injury can mean a lot to a team. So, reducing the injury rate as far as possible is clearly ideal. Given that I injure myself in small ways at work all the time (construction...kneeling, bending, carrying crap) I personally can't afford to tear my body up outside of work as well. If I did high-jerk training on top of working all day and playing volleyball a few times a week, I'd soon not be able to work...the equivalent of an athlete not able to play.

I understand about the accessory muscles because it seems intuitive, but that isn't the case. Lifting weights makes your muscles stronger. That whole "core training" mentality with balance balls and crap like that is nonsense. If you lift with those muscles, you get stronger. Balance is a skill you train, not a method of getting stronger. If you're trying to get good at balancing, balance. If you're training for a sport, train your skills in that sport.

In no way am I trying to say that free weights are always bad or anything like that. I use dumbbells and free weight bench press, etc etc. It's the high-jerk stuff that's a bad idea. The article about mTOR is just evidence that it's not only because of injury but for a whole host of reasons.

Really, the point of studying the science isn't about supporting your preferred methodology. It's about agreeing on best practice. I hope everyone keeps that in mind.

I can't believe they didn't use the volleyball scenes.

Extremely impractical, but hey, just imagine what those evil mud-hut-living bastards who have apparently been declared our enemies would think to be seeing giant robots playing high-speed volleyball in their back yards!