Thanks, Rembar. What do you research? Grad student? Further on in the academic trail of tears? Earlier?

You are a class act, my dear MG.
(seriously--I'm talking about your upvoting of the comment where I chided you)

I submitted a video that is hot, and my inclusion of the science channel, very much on purpose, is controversial. I said I would like the determination to be made by you and not random star-invocations. Here is the video:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Girl-spins-on-escalator

And here are some comments :

>> ^MarineGunrock:
nochannel happy femme comedy
How the hell is this science? And what part of this discusses engineering or demonstrates it?


>> ^oxdottir:

Geeze, MG. She's using matched linear forces to provide a rotational spin, and the escalator gadget is being used emmergently. I'm slapping those channels back on, and if the science channel guy wants to eject it, let him. But as the engineering channel guidance counselor, THAT one stays!


>> ^xxovercastxx:
By that standard we could mark probably every video on the sift as science and/or engineering. Show me a video that doesn't feature gravitational forces in action. Show me a video that doesn't feature a lever, wheel & axle, or an inclined plane somewhere.
Science is usually rigorously enforced, thankfully. A number of the other channels are becoming catch-alls or the channel owner's favorites list. The frickin woohoo channel even says "anything else that we find suitable.." right in its description.


>> ^oxdottir:
Specious argument. Yes, many videos have gravity in them, no those videos don't usually show the existence of gravity producing a novel or surprising result. Should the Science Channel owner disagree, I would not complain.
I created the engineering channel partly out of frustration that there was no appropriate venue for cool gadgets, cool use of technology, and discussions of same. This is smack dab in the intended area, and I would know that better than anyone. Which doesn't of course, keep you from being snippy, but that's the interwebs.




>> ^rottenseed:
oh and this is nature too because humans are part of nature.
and sexuality because those tight jeans make her look sexy to me


>> ^oxdottir:
I removed those channels. If their owners really wanted them in, I wouldn't complain.
I am clearly from a different planet from some of you. To extend the metaphore above, a video that contained gravity as part of the world is not worthy of a science tag. A video taken of two disparate sized objects that were dropped off the tower of Pisa and which landed at the same time would be, even if no words were spoken. Rembar, whatever you want is fine with me.

nice comments!

In reply to this comment by bamdrew:
I guess I can put this in *science, now that I've dragged some nerdy language out on the comment board,

This was it.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Roller-Coasters-increasingly-intense-rides

Thanks


In reply to this comment by lucky760:
Sure, point me at it and let me go sick on it. I can re-queue it.

In reply to this comment by oxdottir:
Thanks very much Lucky. I am really glad to learn this trick.

Now, is there anything I can do about having discarded as a dupe a posting that was actually the first of its kind?

In reply to this comment by lucky760:
If you hover your mouse over the "published by" or "queued by" text below a videos' title it tells you when it was originally posted.

Thanks very much Lucky. I am really glad to learn this trick.

Now, is there anything I can do about having discarded as a dupe a posting that was actually the first of its kind?

In reply to this comment by lucky760:
If you hover your mouse over the "published by" or "queued by" text below a videos' title it tells you when it was originally posted.

I guess his submissions that I've noticed before have seemed more defensible.
To me. I know, that's pretty biased.

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
Are you kidding? CP is the conspiracy theorist of the sift.

In reply to this comment by oxdottir:
This seems like a very strange submission from CP. I just wouldn't have imagined him buying into this Godwin's Law-riddled exposition.

I still can't login by bugging the "login" in the upper right corner. I have to go to videosift.com/login

oh comments are much nicer now. I suspect I will never again accodently double comment.

I type this from my iPhone. I can hit "expand" on blog listings, and itworks, but expanding comments doesn't because I have no way to scroll the comment window typing seems a bit faster. I wonder if I can login. I will try. Logging in was tough before.

In reply to this comment by lucky760:
Oh, great. Thanks for that bit of info.

Yeah, the pop-up channel window would be one thing except that we don't have it popping up any more, but things of that nature.

E.g., expanding videos in listing, the pop-up login/register forms, commenting, etc.

Thanks very much. I appreciate your assistance.

In reply to this comment by oxdottir:
I would love to. What should I look for? I know I won't be able to click through, but should I be able to use the channel panel, etc?

By the way, Crittter also has an iphone.


In reply to this comment by lucky760:
Hi Ox-

I just made some changes that should hopefully fix any outstanding issues with Ajax in the Safari browser. Just wondering if you wouldn't mind giving it a whirl and letting me know if everything seems fixed or if you notice any continuing problems.

Thanks heaps!

I would love to. What should I look for? I know I won't be able to click through, but should I be able to use the channel panel, etc?

By the way, Crittter also has an iphone.


In reply to this comment by lucky760:
Hi Ox-

I just made some changes that should hopefully fix any outstanding issues with Ajax in the Safari browser. Just wondering if you wouldn't mind giving it a whirl and letting me know if everything seems fixed or if you notice any continuing problems.

Thanks heaps!

I know. I didn't vote it down. I just didn't find it funny. Thanks for the note, arvana.

In reply to this comment by arvana:
Sorry to hear that. It was only funny to me because he got up again and seemed utterly indifferent to having bonked his head.

In reply to this comment by oxdottir:
That doesn't look funny to me! that's exactly what the last cat I had looked like at the moment he died. Shudder.

I wrote you a song, pussycat. make sure you have the tune in mind...

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
You have been called as a witness to cheese crimes...

http://blog.videosift.com/schmawy

Your microwave cellphone--is it a dupe, or is the one that sifted a dupe?

http://www.videosift.com/video/Cell-Phone-In-the-Microwave

I don't know how to compare dates. It's first comment was after it was sifted, so I suspect yours is the dupe, but I don't know for sure.

I'm sorry, MG, but I've been distracted of late and didn't see your fine poster until now! It makes me laugh...

It also makes me want to take a shower...