You beat me to it: http://www.videosift.com/video/Indoor-Skydiving-Fun

Yeah, mercury is bad for you. It is a very dangerous neurotoxin. I wrote more on the video post if you feel like reading it.

In reply to this comment by ponceleon:
Okay, so which is it... Is mercury bad for you or not? There's that one video on the sift where the guy is handling mercury and then there is this. Make up your minds dammit...

I changed the title just for you. I think the new one is better, no?

In reply to this comment by jonny:
I almost didn't vote for this, because it seems so obvious. But as I've said before, sometimes the obvious needs to be stated.

Thanks for digging up that info. Very interesting. I tracked down some more data you might find interesting.

In reply to this comment by GeeSussFreeK:
see new post for info on this

In reply to this comment by notarobot:
>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
I am not a big fan of Glen either, but I couldn't see a finer display of argumentum ad hominem above me.


The only way this could have been better illustrated would be to follow up with a similar chart showing value vs. inflation. Maybe start at 1900 or 1908 as 100% value and show how the value of each dollar decreases over time.

Anyone know what that might look like?

Hi,

I don't know you. You seem like a decent guy who has used the sift, to a certain extent, as a means of promoting awareness of politics, justices and other issues that have been important to you. A difficult task, but in the time that you have invested into this site, you have clearly had some success.

Now, I don't know your situation. Or anything that has contributed to you needing to take a break from here for that matter. You know better then anyone what you gotta do to take care of yourself. But if you decide to take a vacation from this place, even a permanent one, I would ask you to leave your legacy intact. If you discard your videos, I don't know who would track them down to repost them. Being linked here will get some attention for some of the issues you thought were important even after your attention has turned to more important things. It's better for the sift in my opinion.

Sorry to hear times have gotten tight for you.
I wish you the best, and hope you land back on your feet soon.

-n

In reply to this comment by Constitutional_Patriot:
Look.. the basic fact is that I'm leaving the sift.. I didn't want to make this a public exibition. I was hoping there wouldn't be a sift talk about this. I've deleted all my playlists, comments and started pulling my vids.

The problem is convoluted and difficult to explain but basically I see this site as a place to find funny and cute vids with the occasional nice music vid. When I post videos on some extremely important issues that contain investigations by credible news organizations into henous acts by the govt./military complex and it gets one vote, while at the same time I'm ridiculed and taunted, it makes me think: "Why the fuck do I even bother with these assholes?"

I am removing myself from this frustrating and silly envoronment. If you like any posts I have then feel free to repost them yourself. I don't have time for this anymore. 2009 and forward are going to be some extremely difficult times for me and the rest of the world and I am on the verge of being homeless because I'm unemployed and broke. I haven't felt very welcome here and I'm sick of the stereotypes and bullshit.

I would have just deleted the account but that's apparently not an option. Look... I'm not getting paid for this. I have a difficult time dealing with some of the issues that I've brung forth to you all. The straw that broke the camel's back here has nothing to do with Netrunner. He's a good guy but I think he's politically misaligned. I don't blame him though.. I've been a Dem, a Republican, a Green party, Constitutional party, and a Libertarian. Why have I jumped all over the spectrum? Because you can't get a full perspective unless you've experienced them all. I suppose that this is why I consider myself a Centrist now. There's lots of good and bad from all parties. Also I've noticed there is corruption in all of them as well. Most notably in the Dems and Repub sides. Corruption, Infiltration, Greed, Hypocrisy, Deception.. the list goes on. I'm pretty fed up with all of it really.

If you all really want me to not delete my current vids then fine, I'll leave them be but I won't be posting anymore vids, I won't be maintaining any playlists anymore and I won't be writing anymore blogs. This isn't about who wins or who loses. This isn't about who did what or anything like that. I'm just some average guy that can't afford to do this anymore - physically and mentally.

Good luck to you all.

Glad you liked it. You are certainly not alone in admiring Dr. Pausch. I tried a while back to get his Last Lecture on here. I was very happy to see you posting it. It is among my favorite talks on the interweb.

In reply to this comment by supersaiyan93:
In reply to this comment by notarobot:
Not sure if you're interested, but I came across another speech by Randy Pauch. This one is shorter.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Randy-Pauschs-testimony-on-Pancreatic-Cancer
Thank you very much for bringing that video to my attention. I upvoted it. I admire the hell out of that man.

Not sure if you're interested, but I came across another speech by Randy Pauch. This one is shorter.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Randy-Pauschs-testimony-on-Pancreatic-Cancer

Hi arvana,
I agree with you, the documentary is better complete, then in sections. Good find. I didn't think to check for it in google's video. I'm happy to make the swap whenever you're ready.


In reply to this comment by arvana:
Hey notarobot -- want to swap the Google video into your original post, so it's the full documentary? I think the new one will have to be discarded first, which I can do for you if you like.

In reply to this comment by notarobot:
Such a great find! But, I thought it looked familiar...
http://www.videosift.com/video/Nikola-Tesla-The-Missing-Secrets-part-1-of-4