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2009/12/05 18:15:14
Subject: 70k USD to prove you're a dork..
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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http://scifiwire.com/2009/12/man-spends-70k-building-h.php
Scifi Wire wrote:If you've got a spare $70,000 and are as big a fan of Stargate as Jacob Yarmuth of Louisville, Ky., you too can build a home theater that duplicates the gateroom of Atlantis.
That's just what Yarmuth did, according to Electronic House:
It surrounds a 10-foot diagonal circular screen that shows a 96-inch diagonal image. The circle within the Stargate can also light up blue, mimicking the water that appears in the show's Stargate prior to transport. ...
The theater, explains Phil Chaney, president of the Louisville division of Visual Concepts, uses a blend of styles from Stargate Atlantis, the original Stargate SG-1 TV series, and the 1994 movie. There are even air pocket doors that open like those on Star Trek and a star dome that shows comets streaking across the sky.
And for the technically inclined, here are more details:
The Stargate is made from MDF (medium-density fiberboard), with the symbols, or glyphs, of Lexan (a plexiglass-like resin). The glyphs and other effects in the room are backlit with large, old-style Christmas tree bulbs.
About the only thing it doesn't do is transport you across the galaxy in an instant. We'd say SOMEONE got ripped off.
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Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2009/12/05 18:49:34
Subject: 70k USD to prove you're a dork..
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Lethal Lhamean
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Thats f-ing cool.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2009/12/05 18:49:44
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2009/12/05 18:54:02
Subject: 70k USD to prove you're a dork..
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Thats almost as bad as the guy that had his living room turned into the bridge of the Enterprise D... with the TV being the viewscreen.
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2009/12/05 19:01:17
Subject: 70k USD to prove you're a dork..
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Lethal Lhamean
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Honestly Id rate Warhammer more dorky then converting your lounge to look awesome.
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2009/12/05 19:05:20
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Da Head Honcho Boss Grot
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I want my house to look like a fortress monastery. 
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Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
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2009/12/05 19:48:37
Subject: Re:70k USD to prove you're a dork..
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Crafty Bray Shaman
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Hell yes I would totally do that.
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Jean-luke Pee-card, of thee YOU ES ES Enter-prize
Make it so!
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2009/12/05 21:06:41
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Fixture of Dakka
Manchester UK
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My flat looks like an Orky Fortress.
I really SHOULD clean up some day...
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 Cheesecat wrote:
I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.
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2009/12/06 03:09:58
Subject: 70k USD to prove you're a dork..
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Otiose in a Niche
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jp400 wrote:Thats almost as bad as the guy that had his living room turned into the bridge of the Enterprise D... with the TV being the viewscreen.
Um that's kind of cool, if it was the original enterprise. Otherwise he's being a dork.
Same with spending 70k on as obscure a show as Atlantis.
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2009/12/06 03:13:31
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Committed Chaos Cult Marine
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Shaman wrote:Thats f-ing cool.
Says the man with the Teal'c avatar.
But yes, it is f-ing cool.
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Vivano crudelis exitus.
Da Boss wrote:No no, Richard Dawkins arresting the Pope is inherently hilarious. It could only be funnier if when it happens, His Holiness exclaims "Rats, it's the Fuzz! Let's cheese it!" and a high speed Popemobile chase ensues.
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2009/12/06 03:21:33
Subject: Re:70k USD to prove you're a dork..
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Aspirant Tech-Adept
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Yup cool.  wish there were pics. edit: NM, had to reload the site. and its Freckin cool! Why yes, the boycott is doing just fine, thanks for asking .)
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2009/12/06 03:46:47
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Madrak Ironhide
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Kid_Kyoto wrote:jp400 wrote:Thats almost as bad as the guy that had his living room turned into the bridge of the Enterprise D... with the TV being the viewscreen.
Um that's kind of cool, if it was the original enterprise. Otherwise he's being a dork.
Same with spending 70k on as obscure a show as Atlantis.
For 150 dollars you can have this:
http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=RMJL1171M
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2009/12/06 03:48:15
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Aspirant Tech-Adept
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Its not the same.....
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2009/12/06 17:31:31
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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Shaman wrote:Honestly Id rate Warhammer more dorky then converting your lounge to look awesome.
And I'd rate Liv Tyler as more sexy than than Megan Fox, but Megan's still sexy.
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Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2009/12/06 17:39:26
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Ruthless Rafkin
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Dorky? Yes?
Is it awesome that this guy said "feth you, it's my damn house. I can do whatever I please with it."? Super yes.
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40k is about slamming two slegdehammers together and hoping the other breaks first. Malifaux is about fighting with scalpels trying to hit select areas and hoping you connect more. |
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2009/12/07 15:52:55
Subject: 70k USD to prove you're a dork..
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The Last Chancer Who Survived
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I could actually see someone doing it like the enterprise bridge, but stargate Atlantis? just... why..?
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2009/12/07 16:10:31
Subject: Re:70k USD to prove you're a dork..
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Alluring Sorcerer of Slaanesh
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Personally I love stargate, and much like Star trek or Star Wars it has created a hug cult following(Go Mcgiver). Richard Dean Anderson has made it richer then he probably ever could have imagined, and the creativity put into it all is just well outstanding. Either or if I could afford something like that ya I would do it, but I think the little women would want a room of her own then too, and damn it I just can't let that happen no can I 
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Listen, my children, as I pass onto you the truth behind Willy Wonka and his factory. For every wonka bar ever created in existance, Mr. Wonka sacraficed a single Oompa Loompa to the god of chocolate, Hearshys. Then, he drank the blood of the fallen orange men because he fed them a constant supply of sugary chocolate so they all became diabetic and had creamy, sweet-tasting blood that willy could put into each and every Wonka bar. That is the REAL story behind willy wonka's Slaughter House! |
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