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Too bad the notes aren't labeled like A... A8, B... B8, C#... C#8, etc.

In case you're wondering, the numbers tell you the octave. So middle C would be C4 and concert A would be A5.

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Too bad the notes aren't labeled like A... A8, B... B8, C#... C#8, etc.

In case you're wondering, the numbers tell you the octave. So middle C would be C4 and concert A would be A5.

cool insider knowledge! pentatonic scale, etc

If nothing else you have to appreciate the ammount of effort that went into this.

A couple in Devon, England found something way more (or, arguably, slightly less) valuable than a Kennedy half-dollar while poking around under their living room sofa recently: a 33-ft deep medieval well, filled with old peasant weapons and, most likely, magic and a passageway to times unknown.

The Telegraph reports that Colin Steer had wondered for years what caused the floor under the family's couch to dip. One day, while performing some maintenance work, he dug down about a foot into what appeared to be a steep shaft, filled in with the foundations of the house.

Steer, evidently mistaking a hole for a rainbow, hopefully speculated that he might "find a pot of gold at the bottom" if he dug down deep enough.

Enter: Vanessa, his killjoy wife. She requested that her husband please not dig a hole to Hell in the middle of their living room, lest any of their three young children fall into it.

Luckily, now that the kids are grown, Colin Steer is retired, and Vanessa's pained sighs have become nothing more than white noise, there's nothing to stop him from exploring the unknown through a deep scary portal in his living room.

In fact, Colin's already found a centuries-old sword in the stone-sided hole that, contrary to what Vanessa would have us believe, sounds like a perfectly safe place for toddlers to roam.

"[It] sort of just fell out. It looks like an old peasant's fighting weapon because it appears to be made up of bits of metal all knocked together."

Wells are valuable resources for archaeologists, as, once they are abandoned, they are often treated as refuse dumps. Artifacts discarded down well holes or privy pits "can often be reassembled into nearly complete objects," because they've been left to lie undisturbed for centuries. (Even when "nearly complete," though, they're still just some schmo's trash.)

The land on which Steer's home now stands was woodland until the late 19th century. The watercourse that fed the well was built in the 16th century.

Though he hasn't yet encountered a pot of gold, a changeling, or the beast numbered 666, Colin remains optimistic about the hole's untold treasures.

"I love the well and think it's fascinating. I'd love to find out who was here before us. I've got a piece of Plymouth's history in my front room."

His wife, Vanessa, was less enthusiastic.

"I hate the well."

The photograph says it all.

http://i47.tinypic.com/dpa1rk.jpg

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It's just that 'it's cool to hate' culture that festers on the internet, the same thing can be found for people too. I have nothing against Justin Bieber for instance, I don't like his music but I find the best remedy for this is to not listen to it. I don't know him as a person so I can't hate him. If you enjoy Reddit, fuck what everyone else thinks!

Actually it's because of disgusting pedophiles and a conglomeration of the most noxious, detestable atheists on the internets but hey nice pseudoanthropological try champ

This reaction video for The Odd Life of Timothy Green almost makes me want to see it.

I just learned that some species of cicada have hatching cycles of prime numbers of years, so that they don't repeatedly run into predators with more regular cycles.

So, a bug that eats cicadas might have a 6-year cycle. You can't divide 13 by 6, so even if they and the 13-year cicadas hatch at the same time and a swarming, airborne massacre occurs, it won't happen again for 78 years. There's no synchronisation. For animals whose main measurement of time is their own reproductive cycle, the hatching cicadas seem to keep "moving around". It's like generational teleportation.

Maths is GREAT

It's the source code of the universe, don't you know.

http://i.imgur.com/Mmusa.gif

I wish I had found this when BM posted his blog comic.

I wish I had been blind, or easily manipulated when BM posted his comic. But yeah, that was pretty good too.

http://tonematrix.audiotool.com/_/lk...14.8i6.8g2.900

This time I just scribbled around randomly. Still works.

http://tonematrix.audiotool.com/_/o0...008.o0g.770.o0

I've put all my musical education into this - notice the clever placement of the C note

That's stupid. It's not even music.

http://tonematrix.audiotool.com/_/1v...17vf.1oov.1v7v

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That's stupid. It's not even music.

http://tonematrix.audiotool.com/_/1v...17vf.1oov.1v7v

*thinks*

I wouldn't say it's bad, but it just lacks something which is present in my song

EDIT:
http://i.imgur.com/G2t00.jpg

dunno where to put this so i'll just stick it here. Team Fortress 2 Xbox Petition. if you have an Xbox Live gamertag, slap it on this petition. TF2 for Xbox was supposed to be updated in 2008, adding the new weapons, tools, hats and other shit that PC users have had for ages, but it still hasn't been done. a lot of people can't play TF2 on PC because of the fucking terrible lag, myself included, so Xbox/console was the next option. i'd love to play it on PC, but my computer just isn't good enough. ALL I WANT IS A FUCKING UPDATE

That looks a bit like David Schneider.

The kids has stopped this from being embedded. You have to watch this, it's basically a 14 year old called Caiden Cowger and his unending pledge to remove homosexuality from America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebptE...=ULebptEpIQfuU

To need to watch one or two of his other videos to get some perspective I think.

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He's got a great radio voice.

My grandmother used to say that if you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything. I've said everything nice.

He's got a great radio voice.

This guy has better

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My grandmother used to say that if you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything at all.

"Will that hold up in court?"
"No, I've tried it before!"

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He's got a great radio voice.

My grandmother used to say that if you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything. I've said everything nice.

I do agree actually, I was surprised at his elocution. It's a shame he's been brainwashed. The thing is though, ignoring that he's tying his religion into his political view point, I can see why he feels the way he does about homosexuals. That doesn't mean I'm condoning it, what I'm saying is that I come from a Catholic background and as I've mentioned in the past, I did used to be a homophobe because those were the principals installed in me by my faith. It's one of the reasons I gave it up entirely. I think he needs to have a serious debate with someone to open his mind a bit, as I did.

Send him a PM over YouTube. If it sounds sensible enough rather than just bashing him, he might respond and you can be the person to debate with him since you have the experience.

I don't care what anyone says, he has some serious Luciferian eyebrows going on.

So he can't clean it up because he doesn't have hands. How will he open the door to trick and treaters without hands?

I liked that part that wasn't Fallout 3

What's wrong with Fallout?

With Fallout? Nothing

I did not make any pun D: Fallout1 was a brilliant game. I dislike F3

Fallout 1 and 2 in my opinion where better than 3, but I'm a retro-gamer really so it's a moot point. I still loved Fallout 3 too.

I loved Fallout 3 and the only people I've met who outright dislike it are the people who played the originals before 3 came out. Most of them seem to think quite highly of themselves, and don't like the change to their games. I guess I can understand that, I'd be pissed if my favourite franchise got turned into something... else, but as long as it's not an inherently
bad game, I don't see the problem. I think they treated the franchise fairly respectfully.

Also, what makes on a "retro" gamer? I love old school games too, but that doesn't mean I think Mario 64 is better than Mario Galaxy, or that Ocarina of Time is better than Wind Waker.

EDIT: Just realized this isn't the gaming thread. You guys sure fooled me.

Nothing is better than Wind Waker. NOTHING!