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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7395 on: June 05, 2014, 08:14:45 pm »

How would that even work? Shifting your perspective, I mean.
Since the stars we see and other celestial objects are so far from us, it means that we would only get one side of the light they emit or reflect. Our eyes are only a few inches apart as well, so I don't think it is possible for us to obtain the depth of an object so far away from us that we might as well have one eye.

Seems to me the only way for that to work would be to actually do what Randall proposed.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7396 on: June 05, 2014, 08:18:12 pm »

Well you could get a scaled-down version of that effect by using some sort of double-periscope spectacles.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7397 on: June 05, 2014, 08:26:06 pm »

Apparently there was a shooting about a half mile from me as I walked home.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7398 on: June 05, 2014, 08:36:45 pm »

Seattle or yet another place?
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7399 on: June 05, 2014, 08:44:08 pm »

It might just be Blue Cars effect but is it just me or shooting rates increased lately?
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7400 on: June 05, 2014, 08:58:09 pm »

Seattle or yet another place?

The former.
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« Reply #7401 on: June 05, 2014, 09:12:45 pm »

It might just be Blue Cars effect but is it just me or shooting rates increased lately?

Blue Cars effect? Or maybe you mean the White Van effect?

We've been having these mass shootings every month or two, or three, unfortunately.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7402 on: June 05, 2014, 10:34:13 pm »

The person who is probably my best friend (you guys would know him as Ehndras) just tried to commit suicide.

And I think I may have been all that was stopping him from trying again.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7403 on: June 08, 2014, 06:55:28 am »

My computer nearly gave me a heart attack. I went out for a few minutes and return to a black screen. The computer said it was on but the screen showed nothing. I checked with a different monitor and cables, VGA (from DVI-A port), HDMI and nothing. I thought the graphics card had died or something.

One quick reboot, though, and the PC shouts hibernation failure. Except the PC didn't show any signs of hibernation. So what, did it hang on the hibernation process or something?

Oh well, at least it's functioning now. Except it moved around all my organized desktop icons >:(. Probably because it moved from 16x9 to 16x10 resolution and back when switching monitors.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7404 on: June 08, 2014, 07:05:21 am »

Hybrid hybernation or whatever it's called apparently works really badly, it could be that.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7405 on: June 08, 2014, 10:32:43 am »

Except for New Zealand. They don't have buttholes when they come out of the womb; they require surgery at birth. :<

Anal atresia? Poor bastards.

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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7406 on: June 08, 2014, 05:29:32 pm »

There are the biggest hailstones (? not sure it's the right word) falling around atm. Some of them are bigger than my fists, and they make impacts on cars. I'm seriously thinking my window is gonna break if this continues.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7407 on: June 08, 2014, 05:33:12 pm »

* Cmega3 tries to get a perspective shift to happen.
* Cmega3 somehow manages to actually make it work and stick this time.

HELP I'M MOVING THROUGH SPACE AT AN EXTREME RATE AND IT WON'T STOP I CAN'T UNTHINK IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAA
You mean just a mental thing or did you actually do the camera thing?
If the former, yeah that happens sometimes. Don't worry about it.
If the latter, pics please.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7408 on: June 08, 2014, 06:31:40 pm »

* Cmega3 tries to get a perspective shift to happen.
* Cmega3 somehow manages to actually make it work and stick this time.

HELP I'M MOVING THROUGH SPACE AT AN EXTREME RATE AND IT WON'T STOP I CAN'T UNTHINK IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAA
You mean just a mental thing or did you actually do the camera thing?
If the former, yeah that happens sometimes. Don't worry about it.
If the latter, pics please.
Sadly, the former.
I wouldn't be able to do the latter without raising suspicions being asked by other people to allow them to try.
FTFY, you greedy bastard.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #7409 on: June 08, 2014, 11:17:22 pm »

Except for New Zealand. They don't have buttholes when they come out of the womb; they require surgery at birth. :<
Anal atresia? Poor bastards.
I can confirm this, and it is as awful as it sounds.
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