This is the module with the cupola, right? (Looks like it from the graphic.) It doesn't really matter what the "official" name is. The astronauts are going to call it the "Love Shack".

^ I'm on the same wavelength as you. I could spend a couple pages flaying it to pieces, but I've enjoyed the show so much, I'll forgive the total deus ex machina ending that didn't answer hardly any questions.

Two nits I do want to pick. First is the issue of Greek mythology and Zodiac. Did the greeks find the Scrolls of Pithia, some 147,000 years after the Colonials landed? If not, why did they end up with their own version of the exact same frakkin pantheon as the Colonials, long, long, long, long after they must have died out?

Second, is agriculture. As much as the colonials seemed to want to give up technology, they all seemed to be talking about building subsistence farms and shacks. 150,000 years ago, that was a technological revolution larger than the printing press in terms of how it shaped human society. No, it's not the same as laying down a futuristic city in Tanzania 150,000 years ago, but our contemporary society would be some 140,000 years more advanced than it is today.

However, I think they're doing a similar thing to what Babylon 5 did when it ended -- wrapping up character plot, and giving us new major revelations that raise more questions than they answered. They both think they have a new series to slowly work out the rest of their plots (Crusade for B5, Caprica for BSG).

Based on the trailer for Caprica, it looks like the theme of God & Resurrection will be front and center, and since the elevator pitch for that series is that it's also about the genesis of the 50-years-ago branch of cylons, it has an opportunity to answer questions about the final 5, and why they kept saying "this has all happened before..."

All in all it was a good ending on the character front, though I was deeply saddened by their choice to have Roselyn die, and Starbuck vanish. I think they deserved happier endings.

Yeah, I thought that the poor combat would be due to it being just a demo.

And 12 weeks... amazing work.

Your texture work is beautiful, and the environmental effects are great (as is the idea of being inside the shack and being able to shoot through the walls at the creature).

So, did anything come of this? Did it get any of you further work or start something else off in a similar vain?

Note to Blankdick:

Open market capitalism is not the hand of God.

Our economy is a set of rules that most of us have agreed to live by.

19 million houses are now sitting empty, and 19 million families are either living on the street or shacking up with kind relatives.

Not that you would give a shit.

Your Navy training has obfuscated your humanity.

Where's the profit in that?

1. I work for a video game company.
2. I'm pretty good at video games, but I don't play fighters.
3. Our "break" room has nothing but fighters: Street Fighter 3, 4 and Marvel Versus Capcom. We have a Wii, but it's always occupied with people playing Smash Bros. Brawl.
4. I once lived on someone's couch and went by the name Guitar Matt, because my name is Matt and all I did was play Guitar Hero.
5. I'll probably work at the same company for the rest of my life.
6. I skate pools.
7. I did not choose my handle because of skateboarding.
8. I just started doing indoor rock climbing, because I'm tired of weight lifting. Ugh.
9. I spend a lot of time with PK Cali (Parkour California) and have met David Belle. On weekends you may see me crawling, climbing and jumping around UCLA, Fullterton college, or various California parks with old walls.
10. My body is always sore.
11. I probably have ADD.
12. Despite probably having ADD, I read a lot of books.
13. I cannot read one book for more than an hour, so I'm usually reading 5 to 10 books at a time.
14. I can't bring myself to study for anything. As such, I'll never finish college.
15. I did a lot of extracurricular activites in high school, despite having a C average -- or maybe that's why I had a C average.
16. Doing drugs has been the only way for me to concentrate. Unfortunatley it does not help me study. (I did not do drugs in high school, nor in college.)
17. I was in academic decathelon in high school because they needed a smart person with a C average. I won a lot of medals.
18. I was in drama and have written, directed and starred in several plays.
19. I was a film major until I realized the reality of filmmaking, namely the spending and aquiring of large sums of money.
20. The man who wrote and directed The Stewardesses, Allan Silliphant, is a family friend. His brother was Sterling Silliphant, who is best known for winning an Academy Award for In the Heat of the Night and being close friends with Bruce Lee.
21. Like my father, I am a jack of all trades and a master of none.
22. My grandfather was in the Navy and worked for General Dynamics during the Cold War, investigating missle silos. He told my father freaky stories about nuclear isotopes and communists hiding in closests. My uncle described my grandfather as being to the right of Archie Bunker. All in the Family was his favortie show, he said nigger a lot, owned a German Shepard and had several guns nearby at all times. He was also an atheist. Oddly enough, it was his atheism that my parents were scared of the most. "Grandpa's going to hell, son." If there's a hell, he'll probably be there, but not for being an atheist.
23. I'm not quite white trash, but I wouldn't be entirely uncomfortable living off the land in a shack full of automatic weapons, distrustful of the government, waiting for the revolution.
24. I'm neither religious nor rascist, nor am I an atheist. I just don't care.
25. I'm writing a book. My screenplays have never sold. One of my professors suggested I write a book, then write the screenplay for the book. Only problem is, I can't concentrate (which is why I wrote screenplays to begin with) so it's taking me forever. Ugh.
26. I have been drawing since conception and have been doing life drawing off and on for 8 years, but I don't see myself pursuing a career in it. It's just for fun -- which pretty much sums up my life.

Well, even if it is bear-proof, you'd still crap your pants. And when the bear then tosses and rolls you around ... it's like taking a shit-shack on a rollercoaster, great fun.

I quickly realized that I was one of the few people on the sift who uses a photo of themselves as their avatar during the last meet up in the OC. When I showed up everyone said..."OH, The glasses".

^blankfist I was going to say the same about that google street view picture, it makes it look like a shack, indeed much cooler than pictured.

lol, this reminds the time my car got hit. Was in a radio shack with my buddy and we started hearing some bad noises outside, looked out the store window and saw this suv with one door open going about 10mph across the parking lot hitting shopping carts and lurching over those cement parking things.

He started from all the way from the other side and I watched in slow motion horror as he made a direct line to my car and plowed into it. If I had hadn't just stood there like an idiot I might have moved my car, but in retrospect he would have ended up going through the big plate window and into the Radio Shack.

So many cars and he had to choose mine.

Turns out he was on crutches and had wedged one of the crutches into the accelerator. He panicked and didn't think to simply just TURN OFF the car!

>> ^LostTurntable:
>> ^shuac:
>> ^MycroftHomlz:
Posting a video online does not constitute scientific research.
I am educated and I have a better than basic understanding of scientific principles (probably not as much as you, Mycroft) but I don't feel I'm qualified to perform scientific research myself. I'll leave that up to real scientists.
I'm gangbusters at my own trade so if you need some Technical Writing done, you could do worse than me.
Besides, that guy said "put up or shut up" so I was responding to that part. Way to change the argument.


When I said "put up or shut up" I meant that if you really honestly and truly believe that the government set up 9/11 and planned the murder of thousands of innocent civilians then you should start a damned revolution, march on the streets, because the people who are controlling your day-to-day lives are murderers. You pay taxes? Why? You're funding government-sponsored terrorism!! Quit your job, get in a shack and start fighting back.
But you won't do that because you either A) don't really believe what you are saying or B) too comfortable in your pathetic little life than to do anymore than whine like a baby on YouTube about how right you are despite thousands of documents proving otherwise because you are so damned vain and full of yourself that no one but yourself can possibly be right. Sure, everyone who is more educated, more experenced, was actually THERE, knows less than you MR. Anonymous Wanker On The Net with an abundance of grainy web video that disproves EVERYTHING EVER.
Shut up or run for office/start the revolution if you really believe the crap that's coming out of your sad, worthless excuse for a brain.


Crikey, someone needs a hug!

I think there's about a million steps between a) doing nothing and b) starting a revolution. I think I'll choose one of those million, dude, and if you want to call me names, that's perfectly OK. I'm a big boy now.

The post above that you did not read said that I don't know who's "behind this." I really don't. There's not enough evidence to say what really happened let alone who's "behind it." There may not be anyone behind it, like that movie "Cube."

So while it makes you feel better to claim we all hate the government and we should start a revolution instead of posting videos (how asinine is that logic by the way?) we're going to keep up the fight anyway. If that makes you uncomfortable, then you should find a way to handle it. I have faith in you, Turntable.

All we are saying is give peace a chance...no wait. All we're saying is that these are valid questions that deserve answers. And we didn't get this information from grainy video. We got it from interviews and testimonials.

The FDNY has said the WTC substructure was "like a foundry" filled with molten steel. How did it get there? How did that steel melt? That didn't appear on any video. Are the FDNY lying? See what I'm saying, Turntable?

I'd like to hear an answer, that's all.

>> ^shuac:
>> ^MycroftHomlz:
Posting a video online does not constitute scientific research.
I am educated and I have a better than basic understanding of scientific principles (probably not as much as you, Mycroft) but I don't feel I'm qualified to perform scientific research myself. I'll leave that up to real scientists.
I'm gangbusters at my own trade so if you need some Technical Writing done, you could do worse than me.
Besides, that guy said "put up or shut up" so I was responding to that part. Way to change the argument.



When I said "put up or shut up" I meant that if you really honestly and truly believe that the government set up 9/11 and planned the murder of thousands of innocent civilians then you should start a damned revolution, march on the streets, because the people who are controlling your day-to-day lives are murderers. You pay taxes? Why? You're funding government-sponsored terrorism!! Quit your job, get in a shack and start fighting back.

But you won't do that because you either A) don't really believe what you are saying or B) too comfortable in your pathetic little life than to do anymore than whine like a baby on YouTube about how right you are despite thousands of documents proving otherwise because you are so damned vain and full of yourself that no one but yourself can possibly be right. Sure, everyone who is more educated, more experenced, was actually THERE, knows less than you MR. Anonymous Wanker On The Net with an abundance of grainy web video that disproves EVERYTHING EVER.

Shut up or run for office/start the revolution if you really believe the crap that's coming out of your sad, worthless excuse for a brain.

They really don't make money. None of the ones that I went to did, anyway. I saw one that only pulled in half their expenditures.

The one I went to growing up? The house that the pastor lived in was little more than a run down shack - the church spent most of their money running a soup kitchen for the homeless or trying to feed the needy in Africa.

Sure, megachurches are evil. Don't knock the small ones, though.

Talking Heads:Once In A Lifetime
From LyricWiki
This song is performed by Talking Heads.

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself: Well...How did I get here?

Letting the days go by; let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by; water flowing underground
Into the blue again; after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime; water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!
Letting the days go by; let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by; water flowing underground
Into the blue again; after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime; water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

Water dissolving...and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Under the water, carry the water
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!
Water dissolving...and water removing

Letting the days go by; let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by; water flowing underground
Into the blue again; into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones; there is water underground
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a life time water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go to?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right?...Am I wrong?
And you may say to yourself
MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Look at where my hand was
time isn't holding us, time isn't after us
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

letting the days go by(x3)
once in a lifetime
letting the days go by(x3)
once in a lifetime

> dude, have you seen her?

Neither my wife nor I have ever seen her, though according to CNN, we buy our espresso at the same little shack.

I am not sure she fully deserves the MILF title... for full definition consult this video http://www.videosift.com/video/Riccardo-Patrese-drives-his-wife-crazy-in-Civic-Type-R

>> ^Ryjkyj:
Seriously though, have you ever seen these reviews on Amazon for Bic ballpoint pens? There are a lot but they're all freaking hilarious.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000JTOYLS/ref=cm_rdp_product


Wow, 16 pages of reviews, that guy/girl must have A LOT of free time at work, lol... my favorite was "I was able to save my wife's life using the pen to perform an emergency tracheotomy but unfortunately her cigarettes won't fit into the tube in any kind of a snug manner."

Another type of review I like are musical instrument reviews. Here's a classic by some drunken kid: http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar+Amp/product/Radio+Shack/Combo/10/1

You're gay.

In reply to this comment by thinker247:
Forgive my delayed reply reply.

You state that my forgiveness is required, instead of requested? How dare you order me to forgive you for a delay? How many questions can I write in a row? Two? Three? Even four? Perhaps even five? I think I'll end this with an exclamation!

Or will I end it with an ellipse...

--
I'm trying to find one good song from all of my favorite bands, since most of them have their videos sifted already. I'm slowly getting there.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Forgive my delayed reply reply. I was digging some of your queued videos. Even if you're sequestered in a backwoods Montana shotgun shack, you've still got good taste in music.

I guess no one's a perfect asshole.