In soviet russia.. we post first.

Comment by FlappyCunt — October 10, 2008 @ 7:05 pm

Gunface’s mother and I visited this on our first date. It was simply amazing.

Comment by FlyingMantisShrimp — October 10, 2008 @ 7:59 pm

Dude i wold so have burning torches and black metal music constantly playing if i lived there. Also some horribly deformed hulk of a man who wears a skull shaped mask made out of iron scraps patrolling the grounds with a nail spiked pike. And Ronnie James Dio would be sitting on the top of the tower constantly singing rainbow in the dark while dragons being ridden by jagged armor knights are locked in an eternal battle of evil versus pure evil in a black and blue thunder lit sky made OF FIRE.

Comment by thelotuseater725 — October 10, 2008 @ 8:40 pm

This looks a lot like a police academy near Novorossiysk, which is on the shore of the same sea. Why, you ask?
The land was offered free for construction that wouldn’t make the shore uglier. The solution was, of course, castle. Then it was repossessed in the Revolution and put to good use. Maybe the people who train there then go to fight the dragons that the above poster was talking about, but more likely they just get drunk a lot.

Comment by Flickerdart — October 10, 2008 @ 8:56 pm

@thelotuseater725: After reading that, I am extremely aroused.

Comment by FlyingMantisShrimp — October 10, 2008 @ 9:38 pm

thelotuseater725, whoever you are, you MUST make a comic book. NOW!

Graphic novel. Whatever.

Your talents are wasted on whatever you are doing now.

Comment by Marianne_W — October 11, 2008 @ 2:52 pm

That is just sweet. What I wouldn’t give to live somewhere like that…

Comment by Phyreblade — October 11, 2008 @ 6:34 pm

Oh, that’s pretty awesome. I should be heading to Ukraine at the end of the year, unfortunately Yalta is rather out of my way. Must look into it though.

Rob.

Comment by robzy — October 11, 2008 @ 11:32 pm

@Nyokki
Another enlightening post.
Thanks for consistently rising above the B.S.

Comment by macio — October 12, 2008 @ 12:52 am

One thing about those daguerreotypes, because of the long exposure times needed for the image you hardly ever see people unless they stay really still for a long time.

I used to have a scan of one taken in NYC about the same time as this and all the people look alomost like shadows, made the city look like it was populated by ghosts.

Comment by Marrock — October 8, 2008 @ 7:10 pm

Second!

Comment by the3g_ipwn — October 8, 2008 @ 7:15 pm

Looks alot different, Lovefest 08 was awsome! my legs still hurt from walking everwhere.. LA trains are better..

Comment by FlappyCunt — October 8, 2008 @ 7:25 pm

Hmm, I think the colors are off. The picture should be in RAINBOW!

Comment by multi_masked — October 8, 2008 @ 11:17 pm

Oh no! They say he’s got to go….

Comment by Tyger42 — October 7, 2008 @ 12:04 pm

Not true! Everyone knows Godzirah was in the Pacific not the Atrantic.

Comment by toof — October 7, 2008 @ 12:10 pm

We need a bigger boat.

Comment by nyokki — October 7, 2008 @ 12:33 pm

Now we have Godzilla to blame for that abortion of a movie about that giant boat that sank and Di”crap”io danced and died in … what was it called?

Comment by BowToMe — October 7, 2008 @ 1:38 pm

This goes in my “Keep” file.

Comment by jediadept — October 7, 2008 @ 2:07 pm

@BowToMe:
“The Giant Boat That Sank”

Comment by Corman — October 7, 2008 @ 2:07 pm

@BowToMe: You’re an idiot. Dicaprio is an amazing actor, and that was an exceedingly well made film. Yeah, it was sappy and over the top- the story was cheesy. But to call a movie that successful, in both merit awards and at the box office, an abortion(?!) means that I have to repeat myself: you’re an idiot.

ps: you just hated dicaprio ’cause all the girls went retarded over him when the movie came out- The Aviator and The Departed, i think pretty much lock him in as an great actor, and those are just two notable examples.

Comment by elzarcothepale — October 7, 2008 @ 3:24 pm

@elzarcothepale: BowToMe has just used BAD PUN on on an actor you like. It’s SUPER EFFECTIVE! ELZARCOTHEPALE’s turn. ELZARCOTHEPALE is sad. ELZARCOTHEPALE used WHINE LIKE A BITCH. It’s not very effective…

Comment by Doctor Thompson — October 7, 2008 @ 4:26 pm

Nothing wrong with Leo. Departed & Gilbert Grape were two examples of how great he can be.

Let’s not kid ourselves, though. Big Gay Al’s Big Gay Boat Ride sucked. There were scenes so heavy with cheese that I could simply not stomach them.

Just because you win an award doesn’t mean your movie didn’t suck.

Comment by suicydking — October 7, 2008 @ 4:58 pm

you see, elzarcothepale, there’s this thing called personal taste. Everyone’s is different and relative to their experience.
For example; I could say that I think your screen name sounds like some kind of syphillitic gay albino magician of some sort, but that would just be based upon my personal opinions. Others may feel different, though based on your sand in the vagina rant about your screen crush dicapcap I think the general opinion on you here has pretty much been set.

Comment by garbledxmission — October 7, 2008 @ 5:36 pm

@suicydking: I don’t even like the movie - doesn’t mean I can’t understand that from a production level it was a well made movie. “Dude Where’s My Car” isn’t “good” or “well made” by most stretches of the imagination, but I’ve watched it 6 times or so. I know what you mean, though- the cheese in “Titanic” was ridiculous.

@ garbled: I’m a big fan of that personal and relative experience- however, that doesn’t mean that you get to segregate yourself from the opinions you put forth based on that personal and relative experience. BTM’s statement that Titanic was a bad movie is false by most standards of judging such a thing- if he had said he didn’t like it, or that it made him feel like bashing the heads of small children in, that’d be perfectly fine, if a bit deranged- however if you were to list the ways in which a professional film could be deemed successful, ie:
A)Comparing box office sale to others films of similar genre or audience,
B)Measuring its accolades from the community that is the accept standard setter on quality in film,
C)Noting the impressive and lasting income from DVD, soundtrack and other related paraphernalia
it becomes clear that it was, at least by most accepted standards, a “good” movie.
If you want to judge it based on the levels of annoyance it inspires in males who also happen to find the star of the film obnoxious (likely due to some form of jealousy) then I’m sure you’d find the data to support a claim that it sucked, no offense to those polled.

As for your comment,
A) that was clearly not a rant- you need to watch a Dennis Miller special, or listen to the late great Bill Hicks if you want to hear a fucking rank. that was. . .scorn, i think is the best term, followed by a simple statement.
B)Your description of my screen name is nice- i particularly liked the syphilis, but I would have gone the Mexican wrestler route. “EL Zarco?” c’mon.
C)I was going to think of some sort of horrible suicide to commit the day I ever gave half a shit about the “general opinion on here,” but it’s just so damn laughable that I couldn’t concentrate

Comment by elzarcothepale — October 7, 2008 @ 6:19 pm

@Doctor Thompson: damn, i forgot about Doc! good burn- but that was about as much of a whine as it was a rant

Comment by elzarcothepale — October 7, 2008 @ 6:21 pm

GODZILLA Vs GILBERT GRAPE?
A lizard and a retard…
i say good movie.

Comment by FlappyCunt — October 7, 2008 @ 6:59 pm

Jesus fucking Christ that’s an essay and a half. It’s just a fucking movie. And it blows.

Comment by 24601 — October 7, 2008 @ 9:42 pm

Haha. I have never seen “Titanic.” I win.

Comment by reptilecobra13 — October 7, 2008 @ 11:23 pm

eltardo:

Thanks for your well thought out reply. Only a couple points I’d like to refute.

1) My whole point, (which I guess you missed), was that people are going to have INDIVIDUAL opinions about the movie in question, regardless of box office, awards, DVD sales, etc.
2) Just because the masses like something sappy, full of pap, overly cheesy, faux romantic and overacted with, admittedly, a very pretty, (yet mostly CG), background, sets, costumes, doesn’t make it truly good, just popular. To prove my point I submit exhibit A - Nascar, blue man group, Celine Dion, Reality TV, soap operas, Oprah, Christianity, etc, etc…
3) It wasn’t supposed to be a rant. I believe I clearly stated that it was an EXAMPLE. Once again, you missed the point. I’ve seen Dennis Miller, Leary and Lewis Black live so understand when I say when I’m ready to unleash a rant of biblical proportions upon your fevered brow, you’ll know it.
4) Glad you like my descrip of your screen name. You are right, I should have made the luchador reference. Sigh, opportunity wasted…
5) Don’t kill yourself, you are far too entertaining.
6) We found him annoying because his character was a wimpy, pre-emo, annoying little cocky douchebag. “I’ll never let you go!” Then she dumps his corpse off the board for the crabs to eat. Priceless.

Comment by garbledxmission — October 7, 2008 @ 11:44 pm

@garbledxmission:
relatively retort:
on point 2) i agree, but how else do you determine the quality of something that bases success on popularity? If you don’t go off industry standards, the word “good” is just up for grabs. There is no Department of Movie Weights and Measures. This means that we have to base a quality judgment (not a personal opinion) on a combination of artistic merit (also fuzzy- usually agreed to be best assessed by peers, experts and critics) and financial success.
NASCAR, Oprah, Christianity, etc. . . are all very good at what they do- ridiculously so. You seem to be trying to separate “Good” (read: high quality, i assume) into some fixed value that a phenomenon can be lacking in and still be popular. If Oprah, in fact, sucked at being Oprah(tm), she wouldn’t be reaping the benefits of her success. Just because you, or even everyone that you know/like/agree with, thinks that Oprah is lame, doesn’t mean she isn’t scoring a 9 out of 10 at what she has set out to do. I hate NASCAR as much as you do. Maybe more, since I’m from Kansas and have to deal with these fuckers on their way to the race. But you can’t say that it’s a “dumb sport” anymore than you can say golf is, because it’s worth or quality isn’t defined by your or my opinion of it- it’s defined by how popular it is with it’s target population (of jerkoffs)

3)yeah i know you weren’t ranting- you called my first comment a: “sand in the vagina rant” and i was simply directing you to better ranting materials- you have to get copy of Bill Hicks.

5)i know. my mom says i should do stand up.

6)yeah, you say that, and for you it may even be true, but the character was one thing- busting out a 3rd grade lvl name calling that BTM did is more about hating the actor- which would only happen if A) he was an idiot, like i said, or
B)he was just jealous.

Comment by elzarcothepale — October 8, 2008 @ 12:51 am

@ garble & elzarco

*Ahem*

“Doo-bee-Durr-Bee-durr-durrrrrr.”

/fail x2.

Each one of you, -1 cool point for arguing on interwebz.

Comment by mintymadness — October 8, 2008 @ 9:43 am

To minty:
Ultimate fail to you for still doing that retarded, lame-assed internet pointing shit.
Mouthbreather.

Comment by garbledxmission — October 8, 2008 @ 10:20 am

also to minty:
Do you think it’s likely that two people bickering on the net give two shits about cool points?

Also, your impression leaves a lot of imagination and subtlety to be desired. Unless, of course, that was just an oddly capitalized statement addressed to us. Either way, you really ought to leave the discussing to those who posses the wherewithal to participate.

Comment by elzarcothepale — October 8, 2008 @ 8:11 pm

Yeah, what he said.

Comment by garbledxmission — October 9, 2008 @ 12:20 am

First!

Comment by diabeetus — October 7, 2008 @ 9:39 am

I like Nyokki’s pics. I feel like I learn something while wasting time at work.

Comment by macol — October 7, 2008 @ 11:13 am

I will visit the Thames some day.

Comment by Puulaahi — October 7, 2008 @ 1:00 pm

Been there done that.

Comment by Caio — October 7, 2008 @ 4:47 pm

Ay, it’s da tems…!

Comment by Phyreblade — October 7, 2008 @ 8:33 pm

@Phyreblade
Just in case that was an attempt at a London accent, no-one in London says Ay except Irish & Scottish tourists.

Comment by colonel-yum-yum — October 8, 2008 @ 5:37 am

Must have been quite the workout…

Comment by Phyreblade — October 7, 2008 @ 1:37 am

Gnarly!!! And in the name of science too.

Comment by Puulaahi — October 7, 2008 @ 2:05 am

Chang Tang? Looks more like Leng.

Comment by deuce — October 7, 2008 @ 2:29 am

Oh shit, Polar Bear. RUN!

Comment by colonel-yum-yum — October 7, 2008 @ 4:36 am

“expedition to witness births at the remote calving grounds of the elusive chiru”….

perverts.

Comment by peatpunk — October 7, 2008 @ 9:09 am

First!

Comment by diabeetus — October 7, 2008 @ 12:31 am

Cool… Well hot, but still cool…

Comment by Phyreblade — October 7, 2008 @ 1:35 am

awesome. thanks nyokki.

Comment by storminator — October 7, 2008 @ 4:31 am

Now I have to change my S.P.F. again.

Comment by etiii — October 7, 2008 @ 6:29 am

The sunspot was in the form of a square because the square is a sacred geometry. The last minimum point will next become the solar maximum in 2012 which leads us to a point in time where we are then closer to the Aquarian Zodiac rather than the current Piscean Zodic. This should make for many changes, a peak in novelty as Terrance McKenna noted.

Comment by EVIL ILLUMINATI — October 7, 2008 @ 8:49 am

So even the sun is in a recession?

Comment by AlecDalek — October 7, 2008 @ 9:32 am

Does this mean Cillian Murphy’s mission was a success?

Comment by flintlocke — October 7, 2008 @ 6:42 pm

erm erm reposte!

oh yeah and FIRST!…gosh isn’t that annoying!

Comment by robustion — October 6, 2008 @ 3:24 am

Sorry for the repost - I was confused with the huge backlog and wasn’t even sure if I submitted it the first time

Comment by Corman — October 6, 2008 @ 8:13 am

what was confusing about it? how can I make it easier to understand?

Comment by tiki god — October 6, 2008 @ 10:06 am

Profile/YOUR SUBMISSIONS FYI!

Comment by Puulaahi — October 6, 2008 @ 10:50 am

But I don’t wanna use Firefox / Safari!!!

Comment by maxcw — October 6, 2008 @ 1:01 pm

First!

Comment by diabeetus — October 5, 2008 @ 6:03 pm

Haha, this is awesome. Thanks for the new background.

Comment by hvymetal86 — October 5, 2008 @ 9:45 pm

This would be better if it wasn’t so rendered. I’d love to see a similar one with a bit more texture.

Comment by Steelfeather — October 5, 2008 @ 11:04 pm

This looked much blacker on my other monitor.

Comment by nyokki — October 6, 2008 @ 1:03 am

Your other monitor was your mom. . . sorry couldn’t help myself. Love it though, its now the desktop on my bedroom computer, and the computers at my husbands work.

Comment by rguenther2b — October 6, 2008 @ 1:12 am

Oh yeah, and my kids were ROFL about it. . .

Comment by rguenther2b — October 6, 2008 @ 1:12 am

Science’ priority at this moment should be to send a probe to confirm if there are Grebulons currently inhabiting this so-called planet Haumea

Comment by RSIxidor — October 5, 2008 @ 3:18 pm

I want to live on the egg planet.

Comment by Kero — October 5, 2008 @ 3:41 pm

That’s no moon…

Comment by AlecDalek — October 5, 2008 @ 3:51 pm

On September 13 2006 at the IAU conference, the names Xena and Gabrielle (placeholder names only) were dropped. “2003 UB313″ is now officially known as Eris, with it’s moon Dysnomia.

Comment by wookie_x — October 5, 2008 @ 4:56 pm

it still pisses me off that they declassified Pluto as a planet.

Comment by storminator — October 5, 2008 @ 11:33 pm

. . . ITS A SPACE STATION!!!!

Comment by rguenther2b — October 6, 2008 @ 1:14 am

It’s shaped like that because its an actual flying saucer… that’s bigger than pluto?

Comment by Magukas77 — October 9, 2008 @ 2:35 pm

This might sound messed up, but it looks pretty.
And I never heard of wildfires being in the climate category. Couldn’t it be that they just haven’t figured out what the cause is?
I mean how would they know for sure.
But yea, I guess mister Smiley knows what he’s talking about.

Comment by dieAntagonista — October 4, 2008 @ 11:16 am

I thought it looked pretty too and it probably is…for a1 who didn’t have to live w/ its consequences.

Comment by nyokki — October 4, 2008 @ 2:33 pm

Wildfire ecology is a natural part of California’s ecosystem (as with several grassland-based ecosystems) although sometimes they can get a bit out of control. I saw some cool fires in the Cascade mountains in Washington a few years ago; they were coming down the side of the mountain (non threatening, though) it was still pretty cool.

Comment by purple banana — October 4, 2008 @ 2:46 pm

nyokki- you post some really cool stuff. thanks.

Comment by storminator — October 4, 2008 @ 4:15 pm