Wow! So I assume these degrade into the water?

Comment by Namelis1 — June 14, 2008 @ 4:39 am

i read the news today oh boy
400,000 balls in ivanhoe
and though the balls were rather small
they had to count them all
now they know how many holes it takes to fill the reservoir

Comment by Billy Manic — June 14, 2008 @ 4:42 am

I’m relieved that it’s not a crazy all male, all black naked parade like the title suggests.

Comment by gravmark — June 14, 2008 @ 7:07 am

And in a dramatic twist of irony, the plastic that the balls are formed from end up causing cancer to whomever uses the reservoir.

Comment by Sikras — June 14, 2008 @ 8:10 am

Thank you, Billy Manic. That made my day.

Comment by suicydking — June 14, 2008 @ 9:29 am

All that plastic leaching deadly plastic chemicals into the water is an improvement?

Comment by peach — June 14, 2008 @ 11:07 am

If these balls save people from cancer, why don’t they give them to people, instead of throwing them in a reservoir?

Comment by numb7rs — June 14, 2008 @ 11:12 am

The black balls are black, they will heat up the water, degrade ever so fast and render the water undrinkable.
Bravo.

Comment by gx5000 — June 14, 2008 @ 11:18 am

I read the Gizmondo link. I don’t think this guy has any idea what he’s doing and hasn’t considered all the ramifications. He writes like he’s 14 so I don’t think he’s smart enough to. Kids, when you’re about to do something that effects other people and you’re not sure it’s a 100% good idea, please consult a grown-up or a scientist before proceeding, kthxbye

Comment by AlecDalek — June 14, 2008 @ 12:06 pm

yup- some people are REALLY stupid…..

Comment by storminator — June 14, 2008 @ 12:16 pm

They’re supposed to do what exactly? The city gov’t of LA are ok w/ this? The people of LA are ok w/ this? If I lived in LA, I’d start buying bottled water exclusively.

Comment by nyoki — June 14, 2008 @ 12:59 pm

http://www.nelsonenvironmental.....system.htm

Comment by Pants — June 14, 2008 @ 12:59 pm

^ tl;dr: the balls provide shade to the reservoir, which prevents certain carcinogens from forming.

Comment by Billy Manic — June 14, 2008 @ 3:09 pm

it’s gay… balls are touching. >_>

Comment by rompSku — June 15, 2008 @ 3:45 pm

@ Peach : Ever hear of Tupperware? Same material. Ever hear of tin foil? Do you wear it as a hat?

Comment by unknown — June 16, 2008 @ 12:27 am

CARBO LOADING, LOL!

Comment by Tony — May 26, 2008 @ 5:32 pm

good thing he’s wearing those speed racer glasses. Those toothpicks look really sharp.

Comment by GorillaMunch — May 29, 2008 @ 11:49 pm

Man, I would have paid at least two fiddy for that! I guess you left out the ‘million’.

Comment by Tony — May 24, 2008 @ 10:02 pm

and i care because?

Comment by wizardoffahz — May 24, 2008 @ 10:21 pm

Ferrari sure did make some pretty cars. It’s too bad Enzo could never figure out that racing on an oval track was as close to a 500 mile drag race as you could get. He just couldn’t get his mind around that fact.

Comment by storminator — May 24, 2008 @ 10:23 pm

wouldn’t being that close create some kind of drag coefficient or destabilized vortex?

Comment by maxcw — May 7, 2008 @ 9:55 pm

I was in the united airlines plane while this happened.

Comment by banjo_picker — May 7, 2008 @ 10:00 pm

Thats impossible, two planes cant be that close without some sort of impact. This image must be altered

Comment by czanime — May 7, 2008 @ 10:05 pm

Or maybe they appear closer due to the vantage point of the photographer; ever heard of forced perspective? You don’t need to “alter” ( I am guessing you are referring to shopped but decided not to use that term.)an image in order to achieve a desired effect.

Comment by thelotuseater725 — May 7, 2008 @ 10:21 pm

most likely they are a good ways out so the photographer was using a large telephoto lens. Zooming in makes things look much closer together especially when they are that far away.

Comment by Darthmalt — May 7, 2008 @ 10:45 pm

they r making little planes

Comment by RoQ — May 7, 2008 @ 10:45 pm

The United plane is a Boeing 757, and the Lufthansa plane is a Boeing 747, the latter a plane which is approximately three times the size of the former. You are correct Darthmalt when you said that this photograph is indeed unaltered in digital form, however, appears as an illusion due to the perspective of the photographer and possibly the lens.

Comment by Bodero — May 7, 2008 @ 10:51 pm

If it was forced perspective, though, wouldn’t the smaller plane in front look bigger than the plane in back? Or wouldn’t the letters on the plane behind be less in-focus than the letters on the one up front?

Seriously, I’m askin’. The last time I got higher than a C in a science class I was in the second grade.

Also, considering the light source, wouldn’t there be a shadow on the Lufthansa plane if they really were that close?

Comment by rattybad — May 7, 2008 @ 10:52 pm

this is what a parallel approach looks like….now they could have been landing on runways in close proximity….but they are not all that close to each other…..the photography is distorting our perspective

Comment by boris89 — May 7, 2008 @ 11:28 pm

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/.....ith_a_737/

Comment by boris89 — May 7, 2008 @ 11:29 pm

Yeah, perspective folks, simply put, the actual size of the aircraft makes it easier to spot.

Comment by Wally — May 8, 2008 @ 1:37 am

Oh, and nothing quite that rare, i do parallel approaches fairly often, in smaller aircraft mind you but a LOT closer than this without anything really scary.

I dunno actually…just had another look…doesn’t seem to quite add up, even with the thought of different fancy lenses in mind. i can understand making a single object look a lot closer than it really is but two objects in the same frame…well, i ain’t no photographer but i am a pilot and they definitely wouldn’t have been as close as some people seem to think.

Comment by Wally — May 8, 2008 @ 1:42 am

Hey Wally, I remember seeing on Discovery Channel once about how the draft or whatever created by an airplane is not felt in an immediate proximity, and it actually only affects the pressure outside the area. So basically, if you were standing on the tip of the wing, you won’t feel as much … push as you would if you were like…20 ft outside of the wing. Is that true?
Can that be whats happening here?

Comment by SuperJay — May 8, 2008 @ 3:38 am

@ SuperJay: No. Air pressure doesn’t just “jump” 20 feet over “unpressurized” air.

Comment by unknown — May 8, 2008 @ 5:40 am

snopes has an article on this, and it basically boils down to the face that one of them is nearly 3 times larger then the other one. sadly I cannot find the exactly page on their site, but Here’s one that’s kinda like it and explains what’s going on

Comment by tiki god — May 8, 2008 @ 10:44 am

oh yes yes!!

Comment by EpicFail — May 4, 2008 @ 5:01 pm

I remember back when Star Wars was awesome…

It was a long time ago.

Comment by flintlocke — May 4, 2008 @ 6:15 pm

Nothing beats that original trilogy. Oh Mark Hammill, so dreamy.

Comment by Sarcastastic — May 4, 2008 @ 7:00 pm

that right here is the source of joker
as i know it so far

Comment by TrikYodz — May 4, 2008 @ 9:32 pm

luke skywalker steps up to the plate

Comment by asdf — May 5, 2008 @ 11:08 am

recomend
it may be disturbing
but is it worth it?

Comment by TrikYodz — May 3, 2008 @ 9:22 pm

ooo I really dont like what they do with the hammers !!!!!
I really thought american history X was bad but this movie really gets to me, another on is ichi the killer, both pretty messed up

Comment by 0dbm — May 3, 2008 @ 9:50 pm

You know nothing of the concept of “Revenge” until you see this movie. It will redefine the word for you.

Comment by Vizer — May 3, 2008 @ 10:42 pm

It’s good. Stylistic too.

I prefer Ichi.

Also Election and Election 2. And Eye in the Sky if you’re into Asian movies or just good movies and don’t mind reading subs.

Comment by mAgnUS BUTTfoorson — May 4, 2008 @ 12:00 am

Great film. You should check out the other two films in the Vengeance Trilogy, Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance. Also if you like Kill Bill watch Lady Snowblood.

Comment by lycrof — May 4, 2008 @ 12:36 am

Old Boy and Lady Vengance are tottal bad assery.

Comment by mndlssequation — May 4, 2008 @ 12:48 am

I’ve seen this film before, can’t for the life of me remember it’s name.

Comment by Ben1605 — May 4, 2008 @ 5:34 am

Oh wait, no. Just Googled ‘Oldboy’ to try and find out it’s name, turned out it’s called Oldboy. D’oh.

I was thinking of another film.

Comment by Ben1605 — May 4, 2008 @ 5:36 am

bad ass until American Hollywood gets a hold of it and remake with tom cruise…or so i hear

Comment by enoonmai — May 5, 2008 @ 8:20 am

THIS MOVIE is AWSOME . ..amazing twist at the end . . make u think about life more ahaha.. he kinda look like the guy from IronMan .. wuts his name ? robert sumthing jr. sry …

Comment by Anonymous — May 6, 2008 @ 10:00 am

Good movie, cool fights, great music, mindfuck end

Comment by Hepathos — May 6, 2008 @ 5:25 pm

I rented this movie upon your suggestion, unknown, and I have to say: holy crap. It greatly exceeded my expectations. True to the comments above, it is disturbing, it is a twisted story line, but what really slays is the cinematography… the one fight scene down the hallway is a masterpiece, and the flashbacks are so well done. Next up is Lady Vengeance.

thanks.

Comment by Vent — May 14, 2008 @ 6:09 pm

this film is so good. i think its one of my favourites

Comment by bennylenny88 — July 21, 2008 @ 4:49 pm

Now THERES a role model for the kids. We should all accept WHM into our lives.

Comment by AlecDalek — May 3, 2008 @ 8:16 pm

sexy

Comment by TrikYodz — May 3, 2008 @ 9:23 pm

Reminds me of Death to Smoochy

Comment by pedantic — May 4, 2008 @ 11:42 am

Jesus! You’re Crazy!
Crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Comment by seph — May 3, 2008 @ 7:16 pm

“maaaaaaan
fuck dat shit”

Comment by TrikYodz — May 3, 2008 @ 7:52 pm

“uhhhh ummm we need your help hepp hepp hepp!”

Comment by Abide — May 3, 2008 @ 9:55 pm

Such a good actor. As long as he’s playing Chris Tucker.

Comment by flintlocke — May 4, 2008 @ 9:28 am

Filled with chocolate awesomeness.

Comment by Bran — May 4, 2008 @ 1:50 pm

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORDS COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH??????

Comment by Elobey — May 4, 2008 @ 4:29 pm

Multipass?

Comment by Kaze — May 5, 2008 @ 9:51 am

WHARRRGARBL

Comment by ohmybob — May 3, 2008 @ 7:51 pm

Om nom noaacck AAACK!

Comment by multi_masked — May 3, 2008 @ 9:43 pm

Hatch grow eat swim eat swim eat swim eat swim eat swim eat swim get eaten.

The look on that bird’s face is priceless.

Comment by Error401 — May 3, 2008 @ 9:54 pm

Burning the remains before the cops get there, I see….

Well done.

Comment by FlyingMantisShrimp — May 1, 2008 @ 2:32 am