>> ^BoneRemake:

I was honestly thinking of whipping up something similar, Now that I had seen that video of the laser disintegrating the mosquitoes wings, I wish to have a holster and a pistol I can whip out and eradicate some flying intruders such as fly's, moths , mosquitoes and many many other insects roaming the walls.


You just gave me a nerd-on.

I was honestly thinking of whipping up something similar, Now that I had seen that video of the laser disintegrating the mosquitoes wings, I wish to have a holster and a pistol I can whip out and eradicate some flying intruders such as fly's, moths , mosquitoes and many many other insects roaming the walls.

>> ^videosiftbannedme:

Am I the only one who sees two cartoon dogs?


Looks more like a pair of sad quadruple amputee turtles than dogs to me.

>> ^videosiftbannedme:

Am I the only one who sees two cartoon dogs?


I don't see that... I do however see patterns along the bottom of the wings which look like the tops of skulls.

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its not moths that eat the sweater its the moth larva. the lil wormies.
In reply to this comment by Truckchase:
Holy cow; I suspect that thing eats entire sweaters for lunch.

I for one welcome our new moth over... aaawww, forget it.

>> ^raverman:
What did they expect? it would gently push off from the side and glide in tiny circles?
This is why we don't have a Moon base - because of stupid scientists wasting money on experiements in space where the outcome is OBVIOUS.
But wait - we might see what it does to their physiology?
I say: who gives a shit! are we planning to fly to Mars on giant moths? It's hardly relevant to human exploration.


Wrong. Nature long invented a lot of science/technology well before humans "invented" it. Dismissing nature for the advancement of human science is inconceivable. Also to all you "obvious" people, what if it flew? what if it flew perfectly and elegantly? Hmmm could it be grounds for study in to improving our movement in low gravity? Everything is obvious in retrospect, thanks.

I'm glad there are scientists out there who don't listen to naysayers and actually try new things. Black swan people, black swan, will we ever learn?

What did they expect? it would gently push off from the side and glide in tiny circles?

This is why we don't have a Moon base - because of stupid scientists wasting money on experiements in space where the outcome is OBVIOUS.

But wait - we might see what it does to their physiology?
I say: who gives a shit! are we planning to fly to Mars on giant moths? It's hardly relevant to human exploration.

This happens so often I have the routine memorised.

Some distributor or developer decides the best way to give their game publicity and to boost its all important opening earnings is to include a gratuitously provocative, sensationalist and utterly unnecessary segment. Somebody acquires the game early, posts the footage on youtube and it reaches critical mass.

The media is drawn to this like a moth to flame in anticipation of easy ratings. They sensationalise it, take it out of content and bring in some 'experts' who have never actually played it or any other video games for that matter but are stalwart advocates against violence in videogames.

They pontificate about how because games are interactive and so realistic, they compel people to commit violence mentioning notable mass killings but being unable to provide any peer reviewed evidence for a significant link between the two.

Uproar ensues, game sells better than it would have otherwise. Rinse, repeat.

Try this:

http://www.thedailytube.com/video/20140/norm-macdonald-tells-a-long-joke-about-a-moth

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Im upvoting for 3 reasons:

1. Sexy
2. The way he has his face hair makes his moth look like a butt hole
3. My kid is getting down to it.

Interesting that you should mention the eyes, I will elaborate because it gets even more interesting. The owl was just to my left and a little behind me, so I only peripherally glimpsed (with one eye) his flapping silhouette against the twilight as he landed some distance away. I now re-estimate it to be much less that 100 meters, more like that in feet actually.

I scanned the branches once I realized it was too cold for moths, suspecting that it was an owl because of how big it was at a distance. Once I located it, I kept my eyes locked on him as to not lose him, and started to grope my way up the two-story porch and stairs in the back of the house. It's like this...


____| - where my binoculars are
_/__| - first floor porch
_/__| - where I was


Now, the first floor porch is built with 10 inch joists, plus the decking, and the stairs come up through the porch floor. So, in the time that it took me to dart my head past the thickness of the first floor porch to try to re-fix my eye on him he took off and left only that deeply swaying branch. I realized tha he was fixed on my eyes too. So yeah, he won that staring contest .

>> ^ForgedReality:
^Do you lack an eye? How did your depth perception not chime in? O.O
The owl would kick your ass in a staring contest.

When this guy talks its like he moves his moth 2x more than necessary , like he is a sock pupit and doing a voice over but the guy who is moving the puppet is moving it wrong.

I saw an owl a few month ago. I thought it was a moth fluttering right near my head, and swatted it away. I realized that it was still too cold for moths, and that an owl had just alighted on a tree, about 30 meters away. Huge. Didn't make a sound. Gone again in a blink, leaving the branch deeply swaying. Almost scary.

Now, if I was a rodent, this silent night-vision hunter would be the size of a Cessna .