2020 Miscellaneous Links: Untitled Moose Game

[Grefter]

Even his taste?

[metroid composite]

That was certainly an interesting watch.  One thing that stood out to me was the end with the splitting an on-coming arrow since I think mythbusters claims to have disproved that feat, but here we have concrete evidence of something much more difficult being do-able?  Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but if I'm not, I think this guy just proved their methods are indeed flawed.

Some people were discussing the splitting the arrow thing in the comments.

Apparently lots of people have "done" it to some degree, which is to say they split the arrow partially.  But other people say that yeah, but they've never seen someone split the arrow all the way down to the base, and then have the arrow stay lodged there.

So...it depends exactly what they were disproving.  If they were disproving splitting the wood in half, then no.  But if they were disproving the scene in the movie, then yeah maybe.


And as for Djinn's link, I found this in the related videos (by the same group apparently):

[Game of Thrones SPOILERS]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXjFUpaIfSs

[DjinnAndTonic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6HhCNzIOP4

My new favorite song about video games. It is a Djinn anthem. A Djinnthem.

Why is everything about you so horrible?

It's all part of my charm.

[Captain K.]

Johnny Cage best waifu.

[Cotigo]

Even his taste?

Motherfucker needs to eat more pineapple if you knowumsayum

[Grefter]

I can't understand you, it sounds like you are doing your Pop-Eye impression.

Ugugugugugugugugugug

[Cotigo]

Mostly posting this since it came up with regards to one of Jim's link a few weeks back.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/02/son-deceased

Long, but if you have any interest in looking closer at the current state of the Albuquerque Police Dept. and how they got there I highly recommend reading this article. Very thorough and worth the time.

[Luther Lansfeld]

I want to throw something right now. Fuck the police.

[NotMiki]

https://soundcloud.com/nycmayorsoffice/01-27-15-mayor-de-blasios-dramatic-reading-of-the-onion

[metroid composite]

So a few people have posted rebuttals or debunkings of the archery video.  Some of them are "we are effective shooting another way"--I'm certain they are.  Some of them are "he probably had a lot of camera cuts and is overdramatic in some spots" yeah probably.  Some of them are interesting though.

http://geekdad.com/2015/01/danish-archer/
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2015/01/in-which-i-am-crabby-about-vir.html

In particular, arrow splitting seems like it was debunked for wood, specifically due to the way that wood splits; it is possible with other materials.  (Bamboo was speculated for the splitting in the video).

[SnowFire]

Yeah, the short version is that Lars Anderson's style of speed shooting with low-draw bows totally wouldn't work for actually damaging targets > 30 feet away or so.  A thumb draw just won't have the force required to give the arrow some oomph for a high draw bow, let alone if you want to pierce medieval knight armor.  Choose one, power or speed.

THAT SAID for trick shooting cans / targets in Parkour style really fast set to music, it's p. cool and should be enjoyed as such, just ignore all the "historical recreation" nonsense.

[Fenrir]

http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/SRHoliwell/20150130/235329/A_Maze_of_Murderscapes_Metroid_II.php

Amazing read on Metroid 2. Worth checking out even if you don't care about Metroid like me.

[Fenrir]

I guess Metroid 2 is the best Metroid now
sorry

[SnowFire]

Shocking new revelations about inflate-gate.

[Captain K.]

Post-Superbowl videos!

Conan's touchdown dance is epic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNpkSyryQz4

Clash of Clans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC2qk2X3fKA

Fiat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAcLViTHDOo

[Luther Lansfeld]

http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/qgyc3zxrhmzz5kxhdqp3.jpg

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/02/05/real-first-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-plus-size-model-robyn/22932665/

Silliness. First they announced that a woman who was Size 16, 5'9 was the first plus-sized model to be in Sports Illustrated (in the first link). She is very nice looking but absolutely looks 'plus-sized' and if we take the standard definition of plus-sized as applicable to clothing, she indeed fits the bill. But then people say, no, the first plus-sized model was the woman in the second link. Except that at Size 12 and 6'1, there is no way you can call her plus-sized (I've never seen a plus-sized store that carries Size 12 clothing and at 6'1, women tend to wear larger-sized clothing just by nature. And she's surely not overweight, so you can't really call her plus-sized in that regard).

Perhaps plus-sized compared to http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/2300000/Supermodel-Obsession-Swimwear-2008-victorias-secret-2360692-600-900.jpg ?

I find this partially amusing because women's clothing doesn't make any damn sense and trying to decide if someone is plus-sized by women's clothing metrics is utterly inane to start with. <_<

[NotMiki]

Maybe instead of 'plus sized' they should go with 'not photoshopped (as much)'

[Cotigo]

If you can't see your ribs you're plus sized. Incidentally, the ideal woman you can see the front side of her spinal column. Famine victims are sexy. I read it in a book once.

[metroid composite]

I think my sister is size 8, actually (6'...oh sorry """"" 5'11.5" """"", and she's been through two pregnancies).  And I've certainly been thinner myself, even if I'm size 12 or 14 right now (and taller than 6'1").  And like technically I'm bordering on being overweight according to BMI charts (dipped into the overweight region briefly, but I'm back under).  So...yeah, size 12 and 6'1" could be plus size in the sense of "technically overweight according to BMI charts".

Of course it doesn't LOOK plus size, which is the point.

[Luther Lansfeld]

I wear Size 12-14 and I am ~5'6. I am overweight. You wear Size 12-14 and you are whatever way-taller-than-me height you are and you aren't overweight. >_> That is why it is silly to measure plus-sizedness based on clothing size.

Of course I agree with Jim as well.

[metroid composite]

Adult Wednesday Adams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHUajqrhF30&index=4&list=PL7_LetEm-ez8YH4XGJPdSXgg1oTMZ0n5T

[Captain K.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaoB7lnOiXM

Now this is how you make a proper leak.

[metroid composite]

The woman who invented monopoly:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/business/behind-monopoly-an-inventor-who-didnt-pass-go.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=2

[metroid composite]

Fascinating article on the history of human colour perception--apparently the Illiad didn't ever mention the colour blue, and there are cultures that just plain have a very hard time picking out the colour blue:

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-blue-and-how-do-we-see-color-2015-2

[Dark Holy Elf]

Pretty interesting. Colour is definitely cultural; Japanese frequently used (and to some extent still uses, I believe, though one of our Japanese-speakers should weigh in here) the same word for what we would call green and blue. It does make sense that blue, which doesn't occur that often in nature (especially if the sky and ocean are seen as their own, unique colour), would be one of the later words to show up.

Latin very definitely had separate words for green and blue (from which we get our words viridian and cerulean) and quickly looking things up it did as far back as we have records of the language. Which is interesting to note, due to its geographic and chronological proximity to Ancient Greek.