" Gel coat " somewhat implies that there is not to much friction going to be involved or abrasiveness to the whole thing, I do believe he just rounded off a 3 foot piece of the corner bead for one to rub against, which in this scratch happy guy, doesn't amount to anything satisfactory.

Just what I was thinking!

>> ^oohahh:

Cool, next go ahead and animate level one

Sniper's have a stigma, a stereotype. Not the movie stereotype but the stereotype described by Carlos Hathcock in numerous books. They operate outside of the standard sense of infantry, and as such they are a special breed of soldier; capable of killing so personally impersonal. Like a drone pilot.

This is a result of the Militarization of Police. Escalation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalation



>> ^gwiz665:


Can't help but think of that. Don't ever point your weapon against anything you don't want to shoot, because you just might.
>> ^vaporlock:
This is very hard to watch...
The sniper talking about "taking a bead" on his neighbors needs some serious therapy. Seems if your half crazy your either a criminal or a cop.
Oh, and that rapping is annoyingly horrible.

Can't help but think of that. Don't ever point your weapon against anything you don't want to shoot, because you just might.

>> ^vaporlock:

This is very hard to watch...
The sniper talking about "taking a bead" on his neighbors needs some serious therapy. Seems if your half crazy your either a criminal or a cop.
Oh, and that rapping is annoyingly horrible.

This is very hard to watch...

The sniper talking about "taking a bead" on his neighbors needs some serious therapy. Seems if your half crazy your either a criminal or a cop.

Oh, and that rapping is annoyingly horrible.

Not my business I know, but ya know me, Im gonna say it anyhow sooo here it goes If changed, like this, its like your speaking in someone elses voice, this is not your voice... It may not be "correct" it is however you, your manner of speaking/communicating in writing. To me its like a vocalist using one of those stupid auto-tune things to change their voice, or syncing to another singers sound. Do not change what there is nothing wrong with, when your lips move, when your fingers touch a keyboard or a pen and paper, THAT is the only voice that should come out, Yours..
>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Here you go, you owe me a pot brownie. It's still a little foreboding. I still think you could pare this down quite a bit. When is the deadline for this comment?
enoch said:
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NetRunner,
I'll take "I didn't mean to offend you" as an apology for calling schmawy, rasch and myself passive aggressive cowards who dare not say something to your face. You really don't understand, do you? sighs I say this with all sincerity and in the most human way.
What was between you and choggie was only between you and choggie.
Same as with kronos and others. It is not only unfair to lump schmawy, rasch and I into that polemic, but also dishonest. You have even stated, yourself, that we don't have issues with each other - well at least i know i didn't until you called me a pussy - yet you continue to miss the point; a point i grow weary of having to make over and over and over and over and over and over and over due to your prejudices concerning choggie.
I TOTALLY get he was a cock to you and others. I am not dismissing that, nor am I condoning choggie's actions in that regard. I never have, and neither has schmawy or rasch (as far as I know). What you failed to realize in my multitude of posts, is the truth of what I was speaking and that it had only a fraction to do with choggie. Maybe you don't think I am smart enough to make these observations? Maybe the mere mention of the word "choggie" blinds you to them because of your adversarial past with him. I do not know Netrunner, but that is your path to walk. What i DO know, is that what I was trying to say to everyone -which apparently wasn't clear enough based on the responses- is that there is a danger in like-mindedness.
Now we could talk for days about the intricacies of choggie, good and ill, but we are beyond that now. The thing that choggie fought for, though misguided and rudely most of the time, was, and is STILL, a noble thing to fight for.
I see so many people on this site berate (myself included) fundamentalist Christians...
Why? Why do we berate them? Is it ONLY because they seem so close minded? Or that they refuse to recognize facts which may disagree with their dogma? Well of course!.... or at least partially, but the real danger with a fundamentalist is the STAGNATION. The stagnation of mind and spirit. It is death. A very slow and drawn out death.
Would you like to now one of my favorite tactics? (which of course now I am going to have to change since I am posting it here.) I will put out an opposing argument - not because I actually believe that argument, because many times i don't. No..the reason I do that is force someone to challenge my argument, and in doing so, having to defend their own. It also forces them to THINK about how they came to that conclusion, and, in turn, reveals their own thought processes. If they didn't come up with the argument in the first place, then I can easily dismantle it because knowing WHAT means little without the WHY. I vote for every one of blankfists libertarian videos. Does this mean I am libertarian?
No. But, because the sift has become a place where votes are more for "agreement" than for quality or value, many times an unpopular political video needs to be heard, even if I disagree with it. I give away votes like beads to busty co-eds at Mardi Gras. Does this mean I "agree" with every video's content?
Hell. Fucking. No.
There is nothing more satisfying than poppin a vid with 9 votes, or helping a new sifter get a star, or doing a pq dive and finding a gem I can promote; or having a heated argument over something I care about with people I respect. These are good things. Things that make this place special.
You felt that choggie tried to silence you, and that had to have been a crappy feeling, and one that would have pissed me off too. Now imagine being new here and posting a video that gets laughed at and mocked with snide remarks. You are new, and you thought people would love your new christian rock video. I have often seen people shunned and berated for posting things that others either disagree or find laughable, and all it takes is the ONE comment..just one to get the ball rolling and then it's like, "hey whatever happened to so and so?" Am I accusing you of this? No, I've not seen you behave in that manner, but others do. Who are we to judge the value of another's passions, joys or interests as being worthy or unworthy? We should be voting on quality, not to ostracize.
I hope I have made myself clear. If i haven't? Well then kiss my rebel minister ass, cuz I is done with this topic, bitchez.
We cool NetRunner?
Go in peace brother.
Namaste.
This comment may not represent the views of dft comment editing services, Inc.

Here you go, you owe me a pot brownie.* It's still a little foreboding. I still think you could pare this down quite a bit. When is the deadline for this comment?

enoch said:
◄
NetRunner,
I'll take "I didn't mean to offend you" as an apology for calling schmawy, rasch and myself passive aggressive cowards who dare not say something to your face. You really don't understand, do you? *sighs* I say this with all sincerity and in the most human way.

What was between you and choggie was only between you and choggie.

Same as with kronos and others. It is not only unfair to lump schmawy, rasch and I into that polemic, but also dishonest. You have even stated, yourself, that we don't have issues with each other - well at least i know i didn't until you called me a pussy - yet you continue to miss the point; a point i grow weary of having to make over and over and over and over and over and over and over due to your prejudices concerning choggie.

I TOTALLY get he was a cock to you and others. I am not dismissing that, nor am I condoning choggie's actions in that regard. I never have, and neither has schmawy or rasch (as far as I know). What you failed to realize in my multitude of posts, is the truth of what I was speaking and that it had only a fraction to do with choggie. Maybe you don't think I am smart enough to make these observations? Maybe the mere mention of the word "choggie" blinds you to them because of your adversarial past with him. I do not know Netrunner, but that is your path to walk. What i DO know, is that what I was trying to say to everyone -which apparently wasn't clear enough based on the responses- is that there is a danger in like-mindedness.

Now we could talk for days about the intricacies of choggie, good and ill, but we are beyond that now. The thing that choggie fought for, though misguided and rudely most of the time, was, and is STILL, a noble thing to fight for.

I see so many people on this site berate (myself included) fundamentalist Christians...

Why? Why do we berate them? Is it ONLY because they seem so close minded? Or that they refuse to recognize facts which may disagree with their dogma? Well of course!.... or at least partially, but the real danger with a fundamentalist is the STAGNATION. The stagnation of mind and spirit. It is death. A very slow and drawn out death.

Would you like to now one of my favorite tactics? (which of course now I am going to have to change since I am posting it here.) I will put out an opposing argument - not because I actually believe that argument, because many times i don't. No..the reason I do that is force someone to challenge my argument, and in doing so, having to defend their own. It also forces them to THINK about how they came to that conclusion, and, in turn, reveals their own thought processes. If they didn't come up with the argument in the first place, then I can easily dismantle it because knowing WHAT means little without the WHY. I vote for every one of blankfists libertarian videos. Does this mean I am libertarian?
No. But, because the sift has become a place where votes are more for "agreement" than for quality or value, many times an unpopular political video needs to be heard, even if I disagree with it. I give away votes like beads to busty co-eds at Mardi Gras. Does this mean I "agree" with every video's content?

Hell. Fucking. No.

There is nothing more satisfying than poppin a vid with 9 votes, or helping a new sifter get a star, or doing a pq dive and finding a gem I can promote; or having a heated argument over something I care about with people I respect. These are good things. Things that make this place special.

You felt that choggie tried to silence you, and that had to have been a crappy feeling, and one that would have pissed me off too. Now imagine being new here and posting a video that gets laughed at and mocked with snide remarks. You are new, and you thought people would love your new christian rock video. I have often seen people shunned and berated for posting things that others either disagree or find laughable, and all it takes is the ONE comment..just one to get the ball rolling and then it's like, "hey whatever happened to so and so?" Am I accusing you of this? No, I've not seen you behave in that manner, but others do. Who are we to judge the value of another's passions, joys or interests as being worthy or unworthy? We should be voting on quality, not to ostracize.

I hope I have made myself clear. If i haven't? Well then kiss my rebel minister ass, cuz I is done with this topic, bitchez.

We cool NetRunner?

Go in peace brother.

Namaste.

*This comment may not represent the views of dft comment editing services, Inc.

"...and I am the King of May, naturally,
for I am of Slavic parentage and a Buddhist Jew
who worships the Sacred Heart of Christ
the blue body of Krishna
the straight back of Ram
the beads of Chango the Nigerian
singing Shiva Shiva in a manner
which I have invented..."

Love ya, Allen.

Thanks for the heart.

The history and on going conflict between Israel and Palestine for me has been the most difficult subject to find a non-biased summary. I know I've read in the past, both sides' propaganda only to hear later that it was false. I don't know if I'll ever be able to get a bead on whats really going on there. I will admit that for a long time I incorrectly believed Israel to be completely innocent in their recent campaigns of "self-defense". Still, I wonder how unbiased an Islamic production can be when it comes to Israel.

>> ^mentality:
>> ^rougy:
The special irony about this film is the stark contrast revolving around the beads themselves.
On the production side, in China, the people are busting their butts to meet quota and quality expectations. They are punished with wage cuts if they fail to make enough beads in a day, or if the beads aren't up to standard. They are confined to a compound and allowed to leave about once a week, if they're lucky. If they're lucky, they make $75 a month.
Contrast that with the Mardi Gras crowd. Each float in each parade throws out a minimum of $500 of beads to the crowd. Most of those beads are thrown away after the party as if they were trash.
There is no clearer example of how the third world suffers in order to maintain the first worlds decadent lifestyle.

This reminds me of reading about new immigrants coming to American in the early 20th century, looking for employment. Many would end up in cities like New York working for 16+ hours a day, 7 days a week, for pennies a day. And from this adversity there were some amazing success stories, embodiments of the American Dream. Criticize globalization all you want, but having the opportunity to work for a living is infinitely better than having no opportunity at all and starving.


Slave labor! It works!

>> ^rougy:
The special irony about this film is the stark contrast revolving around the beads themselves.
On the production side, in China, the people are busting their butts to meet quota and quality expectations. They are punished with wage cuts if they fail to make enough beads in a day, or if the beads aren't up to standard. They are confined to a compound and allowed to leave about once a week, if they're lucky. If they're lucky, they make $75 a month.
Contrast that with the Mardi Gras crowd. Each float in each parade throws out a minimum of $500 of beads to the crowd. Most of those beads are thrown away after the party as if they were trash.
There is no clearer example of how the third world suffers in order to maintain the first worlds decadent lifestyle.


This reminds me of reading about new immigrants coming to American in the early 20th century, looking for employment. Many would end up in cities like New York working for 16+ hours a day, 7 days a week, for pennies a day. And from this adversity there were some amazing success stories, embodiments of the American Dream. Criticize globalization all you want, but having the opportunity to work for a living is infinitely better than having no opportunity at all and starving.

^You're all correct of course, but "mons pubidazzling" doesn't have the same ring to it. *edit*- Missed residue's comment above- that does have a nice ring to it.

>> ^oxdottir:
I wish people would learn the difference between vaginas and vulvas. The vagina is inside, man. You don't put speed bumps in there unless you are expecting invaders.


>> ^caiter4:
for pete's sake, that was nowhere near her vagina, that wasn't even her labia. the general population needs to learn anatomy.


>> ^Chaucer:
so I dont have to worry about getting a hair stuck between my teeth. Now I just have to worry about chipping a tooth or swallowing a bead.

so I dont have to worry about getting a hair stuck between my teeth. Now I just have to worry about chipping a tooth or swallowing a bead.

The special irony about this film is the stark contrast revolving around the beads themselves.

On the production side, in China, the people are busting their butts to meet quota and quality expectations. They are punished with wage cuts if they fail to make enough beads in a day, or if the beads aren't up to standard. They are confined to a compound and allowed to leave about once a week, if they're lucky. If they're lucky, they make $75 a month.

Contrast that with the Mardi Gras crowd. Each float in each parade throws out a minimum of $500 of beads to the crowd. Most of those beads are thrown away after the party as if they were trash.

There is no clearer example of how the third world suffers in order to maintain the first worlds decadent lifestyle.

>> ^Throbbin:
Mackie's character did say he ahd spent 7 years in intelligence prior to his EOD deployment. It's not that hard to be a spotter. Handling a rifle itself is not very hard, and I don't have any military training. I've handled a .50 (never fired one) - and it's just a bigger, heavier version of other rifles. What's the big deal?
After the sniper shoots Fiennes' character, he took cover to remain hidden. Seems perfectly reasonable to me - it's what I would do.

i still don't think any sane person would take that chance and go up there 'blind'. one of the few things you know is that the other sniper has a bead right on that spot where the gun is still sitting. and you're gonna go up there, hoping he's in the middle of re-locating, or just not paying attention to the big fuck-off rifle that may be used against him and then you have to find him and kill him before he does the same to you. that seems to be putting a lot of faith in the other guy's incompetence... i mean, what happens if there was more than one of them?