Tags for this video have been changed from 'Just For Laughs, prank, toilet, police, cop, handheld, camera, was NOT me' to 'Just For Laughs, montreal, prank, toilet, police, cop, handheld, camera, was NOT me' - edited by calvados

I'm against removing voting power from Probies -- That's how I started here, after all. I signed up for an account to vote on videos, then a couple of years later, I got tired of my red 'P' and sifted a video of a guy building a homebrew handheld SNES. Now I'm a few points away from silver star, and while my videos are not all highbrow art, I think there's some good stuff in there. I doubt I would have gotten involved on the site without probationary voting.

Personally I think the site should be moving in a direction of greater customization rather than trying to control the type of videos that get promoted and the culture of the site. Decide on what kind of stuff you want to show the public (unregistered accounts), and then make the site very customizable for registered accounts so it's easy to find what you're looking for. I think VideoSift already does a good job of that, but I'd rather continue walking down that road rather than trying to otherwise restrict what gets promoted.

If grinding up stars for powers is really a huge concern, then maybe the solution is adding other requirements to gain those powers. Some of that already exists in charter memberships -- Some powers are only available to donors of the site. Perhaps a member has to spend a certain amount of time on the site before they can create channels, or view a certain number of videos, or own an existing channel before they can create a new one.

There is very little camera shake when it's mounted to something like the frame of the craft. Imagine a movie shot where the camera is mounted to a car. Everything seems to move except for the car. Most camera shaking comes from handheld shots. Anyway, if the entire plane shook like the stick, the craft wouldn't hold together very long.

I somewhat resent the title on that, but it does catch attention more in the mentioned skimming eyes of today's internet users. I don't feel that it's just the net, it's everything that has come along with it. It's modern technology. People grow up playing their handheld consoles and use laptops in school, using online dictionaries and taking advantage of the ctrl+f option to get to the part they need. Our way of communicating makes most of what we say available pretty much instantly half way around the world.

I feel that it's not so much a matter of stupidity as it is a matter of adaptation. Holograms and thought-reading technology is pretty much here. Automation is everywhere. It's a dangerous change 'cause it's happening so suddenly but with the right education ( oh god I could go on for hours about how wrong the public education system is ) and right circle of support from families and friends, people can grow up thriving and not being any bit more lazy or stupid because of said automation.

I feel like it's a combination of the public school system, lack of true democracy - and therefore true responsibility - and warped views of human needs forced onto people by the big guys and girls that get a lot of attention, that creates a lot of stupidity in our globalized society.

Should probably stop now, could go on about this for ages. >.> Basically, people need to be more responsible for themselves and their minds.

The most I ever give to beggars is a promote, but that's just here on the Sift. In the real world, I never give no more than a bag of food to solicitors. (Give a beggar a fish and he can eat for a day, give him cash and he'll get high for a lifetime. Or something.)

There is, however, a fellow I've seen for more than a decade living around the same few blocks, and I have seen him countless times eating at McDonald's, sitting on a bus stop, or pushing his shopping cart down the sidewalk, but not once ever begging for a handout. To him I've given cash several times.

One time I came upon him at a bus stop and he was watching a handheld portable TV. I wonder who gave that to him.

First game to earn a 10 out of 10 since Ocarina of Time.

Just to pick some nits, they gave Soul Calibur 10/10 a year after Ocarina, even if you don't count the several handheld games that also got a perfect score.

What the hell kind of weapon was that anyway? Every handheld RPG I've ever seen works on a recoilless design, because if it didnt you'd be fucked up shooting it, not to mention hard pressed to hit a lake unless you were standing on the bottom of it (and even then it'd probebly be a challenge).

Leads me to believe there was some kind of malfunction with this one, either that or they used it in some way it was clearly not intended.

did I upvote your comment Farhad? can't tell on a handheld. I meant to downvote it 'cause i simply detest name-calling. even though I kind of agree.

I've heard "Jaw Harp" too. Maybe that's a PC-ification. Okay Pho3nix, I'll bite...

Etymology

There are many theories for the origin of the name Jew's harp, one being that it may derive from its popularity amongst Eurasian steppe-peoples like the Khazars, perhaps being introduced to Europe from that direction. Another explanation proposed is that it is a corruption of "jaw harp", while a less likely explanation espoused by some is that its name comes from "juice harp" from the amount of saliva produced when played by amateurs. Both of these explanations lack historical backing, as both the "jaw" and the "juice" variants appeared only in the late 19th and 20th centuries. It has also been suggested that the name derives from the French "Jeu-trompe" meaning "toy-trumpet".[1]. Another origin theory stems from the fact that the instrument, which resembles the form of older handheld harps, has but one moving 'string' to be plucked; compared to the many strings in a typical harp, the owner of this instrument could be considered 'cheap' (typically synonymous with 'Jew' in times past).

The Oxford English Dictionary calls theories that the name is a corruption of "jaws" or "jeu" "baseless and inept" and goes on to speculate that "the instrument was actually made, sold, or sent to England by Jews, or supposed to be so; or that it was attributed to them, as a good commercial name...".[2]

Many names of the instrument, in English or other languages, refer to other musical instruments, cordophones, membranophones, or aerophones largely included.

Great post, rickegee. You can't go wrong with Elton, and although this isn't one of his best tracks (none of his later work is), the huge handheld fluid master shot of Robert Downey lipsyncing really makes it.

Oh god. This is *never* going to be that easy to use. Half your time will be spent searching for drivers for your handhelds, getting your network connections to work without a keyboard, trying to figure out why the table doesn't recognize your WtfPod 3000, and filtering out table-spam while you're trying to drink your coffee.

Hi hi hi, Oatmeal. Mind casting "Power Word: Invite" on me? Got some essential vids in mind for contribution to your illustrious Collective. I enjoy PC games, Nintendo consoles/handhelds, and long walks on the beaches of Azeroth with my felhound, Thuuzum.

It's a friggin 3D model you blasphemous widget heads.

No camera in the world being casually handheld can freeze that kind of action with absolutely NO differential effects seen between the hub of the rotor and the far end.

It's a 3D MODEL WHICH HAS BEEN TRADED ON THE INTERNET SINCE THE EARLY 1990's:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=hind+24+3d+model&gbv=2

Additionally this whole thing would take about a day to make for someone with skills. Dont let the little specular effects and such fool you.

1) get HDR 360 degree panoramic image of the sky. If you dont have one, let Vue-6 render one for you automatically.

2) use the HDR image as the background, and also as the light source

3) place a specular "Sun" light somewhere matching up with the HDR location

4) take ancient moldy Hind 3D model from your most oldest ancient CDR on your most dusty bookshelf

5) use a flavor of hind paint scheme READY TO GO:
http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Index.cfm?FuseAction=ProcessSearch&intStartRow=1&istSearchKey=hind&intMediaType=-1
(or roll your own)

6) flop it around in the viewport, render to small movie, apply sound effects

It's obvious its a picture behind him, it's pixelated far more then he is.

The lighting doesn't match the background.

the sound levels are from a smaller room not a large hall as shown.

The head movements don't match background shifts if this was handheld camera.

And finally you can see a white fringe around him which is a tell tale sign of green screen, usually you play with the color blends and chroma keys more to get rid of that. But clearly this was done quickly.

1. invented by extreme geek

2. quote from inventor:

"this isn't your average MagLight - although it was built from some MagLight parts. Instead, it is indeed a very high powered flashlight, capable of lighting things on fire, roasting marshmallows, or blinding your would-be attacker.

If you don't believe it, take a gander at this video...

Flashlight video

Ok, so now you believe it. What makes this flashlight so powerful? A few things. First, there's some batteries. And not just a few, but 12 1.2V NiMH (rechargable) batteries capable of sustained 10 amp draws. They're in a nice, heavy duty battery carrier that can withstand the load as well.

Then there's the bulb. It's an Osram HLX 64623. This is a 12V bulb which is being overdriven to 14+V, to about 140 watts, with an estimated light output of about 4000 lumens. Compare that to a regular 2D MagLight, which is much, much less than 50 lumens.

There's also a metal reflector, as the stock MagLight reflector would melt almost instantly from the heat of the Osram.

The stock MagLight switch would also melt under the current load, so that's also been replaced with a switch capable of switching the load.

There aren't many handheld flashlights that have this kind of power. This one was built by Mac's Customs.

3. extreme *geek