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Things that impress you

MeizMeiz Registered User regular
edited June 2009 in Social Entropy++
There's a lot of raw creative energy out there in the world we live in. I decided to create this thread to see what you've encountered, be it people, animals, events or whatever that you consider to be of a high caliber. Enough to pause for a moment and stare with your jaw open.

Here's something I encountered last night watching Discovery. There's this company out there that has been clever enough to be able to recycle e-waste. They've refined it to the point where they can make fuel that runs their machinery and harvest metals to the point where it's more effective then any conventional method of doing so.

http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/daily-planet/june-2009/daily-planet-june-24-2009/#clip186834

This is a link to the company in question called GEEP Global.

http://www.geepinc.com/

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    bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    so wait they're fuelling a powerstation with my spam mails and the files in my recycle bin?

    what a world

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    OdenOden Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I am fascinated by bridges because I am a civil engineering nerd.

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    explosives

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    sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Mike Rowe

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    L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    stoya


    [tiny]someone had to say it[/tiny]


    also fjords (also good: dis)

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Smartphones. People still bitch sometimes about "Where's my flying car, where's my jetpack"

    You have a device smaller than a pack of cards that lets you talk to people on the other side of the earth, that lets you research anything you want, whenever you want, and it's cheap enough (relatively) that anyone who wants one can get one.

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    MorgensternMorgenstern ICH BIN DER PESTVOGEL DU KAMPFAFFE!Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Fast cars and loose women.

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    Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    but if star wars was just filled with people using smartphones, it wouldn't have been nearly as much fun

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    bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    cheap enough (relatively) that anyone who wants one can get one.

    uh that's quite a long draw of the bow, there

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    Canada_jezusCanada_jezus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    bsjezz wrote: »
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    cheap enough (relatively) that anyone who wants one can get one.

    uh that's quite a long draw of the bow, there

    yeah fucking seriously

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    SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    By 2030 wind will be the dominant source of electricity for the UK.

    (It's the very last sentence in that article, but still, woo!)

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    ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    my dick
    not really my dick :(

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    SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Smartphones. People still bitch sometimes about "Where's my flying car, where's my jetpack"

    You have a device smaller than a pack of cards that lets you talk to people on the other side of the earth, that lets you research anything you want, whenever you want, and it's cheap enough (relatively) that anyone who wants one can get one.

    I was going to say my iPhone but figured people would consider my imagination limited.

    But seriously though, smart phones. Blow my fucking mind.

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    Airking850Airking850 Ottawa, ONRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Stevie Ray Vaughan

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    MorgensternMorgenstern ICH BIN DER PESTVOGEL DU KAMPFAFFE!Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    By 2030 wind will be the dominant source of electricity for the UK.

    (It's the very last sentence in that article, but still, woo!)

    That is cool. What's going to happen to all the nuclear plants though?

    And I guess I should read the article to see if they mention them.

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    SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    Morgenstern wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    By 2030 wind will be the dominant source of electricity for the UK.

    (It's the very last sentence in that article, but still, woo!)

    That is cool. What's going to happen to all the nuclear plants though?

    And I guess I should read the article to see if they mention them.

    Explode them.

    The wind has to come from somewhere.

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    EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    My friends think I’m weird but I see the skyline of a heavily developed city and I just think of how much time and effort and co-ordination it took to build something like that over the years

    Also, Bagger 288
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    UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    aircraft carriers, the great pyramids, people who do crazy sports because they can

    and the depth and breadth of internet porn is pretty impressive, if not a bit scary

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    beavotronbeavotron Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    TED.com

    pretty much everything on there.

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    Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Skylines are pretty fucking incredible. Of all the things that mankind has done over the years, the feats of engineering are probably the most impressive in my opinion. Have you ever sat back and thought about just what goes into making a skyscraper? Not just raw material or manpower, but literally how they're designed?

    Shit is amazing.

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    The fact that I could get a 10 TB hard drive for about 90 dollars.

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    ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    It used to take months to cross the US and it was often ver dangerous and hard. now it takes a few hours

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    L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Think if you got transported back 100-150 years and walked up to someone, held up your phone and said 'I can talk to a person on the other side of the earth with this', they would not know what you meant, not believe you, or think you were a witch.

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    EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Usagi wrote: »
    aircraft carriers, the great pyramids, people who do crazy sports because they can

    and the depth and breadth of internet porn is pretty impressive, if not a bit scary

    Damn right, if I hadn't picked the Bagger I'd have definitely posted an aircraft carrier shot

    And speaking of crazy sports, that free-running video someone posted fairly recently was incredible

    Started out fairly "normal" but some of the shit he did was just... amazing

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    Canada_jezusCanada_jezus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    This entire topic is going to be people trying to outdo each other at being impressed by tedious shit.

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    MorgensternMorgenstern ICH BIN DER PESTVOGEL DU KAMPFAFFE!Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Such a bitter pill.

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    crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    i am constantly impressed by people with at least a modicum of artistic talent

    i think it is because don't have an ounce of it in my body

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I am both impressed and disappointed at butt-shaping jeans and bras with stuffing in them

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    EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Canada_jezus wrote: »
    This entire topic is going to be people trying to outdo each other at being impressed by tedious shit.

    Holy fuck I am so impressed right now

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    Canada_jezusCanada_jezus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Edcrab wrote: »
    Canada_jezus wrote: »
    This entire topic is going to be people trying to outdo each other at being impressed by tedious shit.

    Holy fuck I am so impressed right now

    I know right.

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    UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    also, this lady

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Usagi wrote: »
    also, this lady
    oh nooo, she died :(

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    Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    hearing like 10 different languages on a morning commute to work

    diversity!

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    Canada_jezusCanada_jezus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Wait no, i have something. Blind Bakersfield boy: 'Daddy ate my eyes'"

    Hospital staff told detectives the boy's ''left eye and muscle was gone and missing.''

    His ''right eye was still in the socket but damaged beyond repair,'' the report said.

    The boy ''later made the statement, 'Daddy ate my eyes,''' the report said.

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    beavotronbeavotron Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    this blew my mind right out of my head
    http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_full_on_animal_movement.html

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    UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    dammit, TED is blocked at work

    somebody please post the smart crow video

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I've been meaning to check out the TED speech where Gates released all those mosquitoes out into the audience.

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    ted runs so very poorly on my shitty work network that I stopped trying

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    Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    also things where animals befriend other animals

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    UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Mysst wrote: »
    Usagi wrote: »
    also, this lady
    oh nooo, she died :(

    I know, I am so sad that she got sick again after going through all that the first time

    lady was a straight up boss

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