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Saw this and just thought i should circulate it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY
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Excellent video. I've seen it before (having seen almost all of TED's offerings) but it was good to watch again. I think it should be compulsory viewing for all policy makers in education.Andy Wilson wrote:Saw this and just thought i should circulate it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY
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I haven't watched the video (tl;dw) but couldn't you have an exceptionally short game by opening with some ridiculous 'deal' (e.g. "I'll pay you £1500 if you guarantee me that if you get hotels on Mayfair I can stay there free") which leaves you with no money, and then rolling a 4? Are there any rules about what deals you can/can't strike?Charlie Reams wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHJkTz6Ej3U
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I don't think it mentions deals in the rules, so I guess that means you can't strike any deals, in the same way you can't strike deals in Scrabble, for example.Jon Corby wrote:I haven't watched the video (tl;dw) but couldn't you have an exceptionally short game by opening with some ridiculous 'deal' (e.g. "I'll pay you £1500 if you guarantee me that if you get hotels on Mayfair I can stay there free") which leaves you with no money, and then rolling a 4? Are there any rules about what deals you can/can't strike?Charlie Reams wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHJkTz6Ej3U
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Really? So you can't swap Mayfair for Regent Street + £100, and shit like that? In my experience games would never end without such deals.Jon O'Neill wrote:I don't think it mentions deals in the rules, so I guess that means you can't strike any deals, in the same way you can't strike deals in Scrabble, for example.Jon Corby wrote:I haven't watched the video (tl;dw) but couldn't you have an exceptionally short game by opening with some ridiculous 'deal' (e.g. "I'll pay you £1500 if you guarantee me that if you get hotels on Mayfair I can stay there free") which leaves you with no money, and then rolling a 4? Are there any rules about what deals you can/can't strike?Charlie Reams wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHJkTz6Ej3U
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The official Monopoly game I had on my PC a few years back allowed you to make deals, that's all I know.
But yeah including deals would make for a pretty pointless video.
But yeah including deals would make for a pretty pointless video.
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I vaguely remember the rules saying something along the lines of you can make your own house rules with regards to trading properties between each other and bartering over price etc so it is acceptable. However the video demonstrates the quickest way to lose the game just by landing on certain spaces, buying properties, getting certain cards etc where all prices are fixed.
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Yeah, there is the old house rules caveat. Well you can just as quickly say, let's make a deal, you lose, and if it's agreed, the game's over. I had a quick look for tournament monopoly rules, but didn't find anything concrete. They do have a World Championships don't they?
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This is apparently quicker.
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They might, but surely it would be pretty pointless. I can't imagine there being players that can consistently beat others. Too much luck.Jon O'Neill wrote:Yeah, there is the old house rules caveat. Well you can just as quickly say, let's make a deal, you lose, and if it's agreed, the game's over. I had a quick look for tournament monopoly rules, but didn't find anything concrete. They do have a World Championships don't they?
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They do indeed, I remember reading an article about it in the Sunday Times many years ago. The tips from the world's "top" players were things like "always be the iron, players may not see your piece and thus forget to charge you rent". What an utter load of shit. Monopoly is one of the worst games ever invented and certainly the worst to have gained significant popularity.Gavin Chipper wrote:They might, but surely it would be pretty pointless. I can't imagine there being players that can consistently beat others. Too much luck.Jon O'Neill wrote:Yeah, there is the old house rules caveat. Well you can just as quickly say, let's make a deal, you lose, and if it's agreed, the game's over. I had a quick look for tournament monopoly rules, but didn't find anything concrete. They do have a World Championships don't they?
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QFTCharlie Reams wrote:What an utter load of shit. Monopoly is one of the worst games ever invented and certainly the worst to have gained significant popularity.
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I've never played Monopoly and hate all quiz questions associated with it.
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"Pay a £10 fine or take a chance?" Isn't that tough really though is it?Ryan Taylor wrote:I've never played Monopoly and hate all quiz questions associated with it.
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ExcellentIan Volante wrote:"Pay a £10 fine or take a chance?" Isn't that tough really though is it?Ryan Taylor wrote:I've never played Monopoly and hate all quiz questions associated with it.
According to Wikipedia this either means Quit Fucking Typing or Quite Fucking True/Quoted For Truth, which are particularly different responses. I thought I'd seen all the nonsense geeky abbreviations here, but there's another new one on me.Michael Wallace wrote:QFTCharlie Reams wrote:What an utter load of shit. Monopoly is one of the worst games ever invented and certainly the worst to have gained significant popularity.
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YOU POSTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS DISCUSSIONMatt Morrison wrote:According to Wikipedia this either means Quit Fucking Typing or Quite Fucking True/Quoted For Truth, which are particularly different responses. I thought I'd seen all the nonsense geeky abbreviations here, but there's another new one on me.
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BAH. (That's just the noise "bah", not an abbreviation for "Bollocks, arse hat.")
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I like cats fine, and that's someone's pet and all, but the outrage over that story is ludicrous. There's plenty more deserving targets of people's venom. Why don't The Sun out some yobs who are making residents lives a misery, that kind of thing?Lesley Hines wrote:The Sun's idea of what you should do to the woman who threw a cat in a bin.
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Yup. It is despicable what she did, no two ways about it. However, I'm really tickled by the irony that she was outed on Facebook to a huge outcry, and yet Raoul Moat got >80,000 followers. There's nowt as queer as folk.Jon Corby wrote:I like cats fine, and that's someone's pet and all, but the outrage over that story is ludicrous. There's plenty more deserving targets of people's venom. Why don't The Sun out some yobs who are making residents lives a misery, that kind of thing?Lesley Hines wrote:The Sun's idea of what you should do to the woman who threw a cat in a bin.
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Probably different people.Lesley Hines wrote:However, I'm really tickled by the irony that she was outed on Facebook to a huge outcry, and yet Raoul Moat got >80,000 followers. There's nowt as queer as folk.
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Not really sure what to make of this, but I'm pretty sure it's great.
Edit: Reminds me of Nathan Barley.
Edit: Reminds me of Nathan Barley.
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That thing totally kicked off. I posted it on my wall (via VICE magazine, somewhat ironically) and about 20 of my friends, half of which I don't speak to much, and most of which are caricatures right out of the video anyway, reposted it before the day was out. Seems to have struck a chord in the cool scene for sure. I chuckled.Charlie Reams wrote:Not really sure what to make of this, but I'm pretty sure it's great.
Edit: Reminds me of Nathan Barley.
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Made a load of people on my facebook sweat like they'd just had 6 small picked against them, they're all embracing it though in the hopes of damage limitation.Matt Morrison wrote:Seems to have struck a chord in the cool scene for sure. I chuckled.
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One girl on my list was a touch offended, properly felt like she was having fun poked at her. "98% of my friends are dickheads then."Ben Hunter wrote:Made a load of people on my facebook sweat like they'd just had 6 small picked against them, they're all embracing it though in the hopes of damage limitation.Matt Morrison wrote:Seems to have struck a chord in the cool scene for sure. I chuckled.
She still ended up posting it on her wall though, as some kind of self-assurance dickhead validation power play thing.
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Exactly. It set a cat amongst the pigeons.Matt Morrison wrote:She still ended up posting it on her wall though, as some kind of self-assurance dickhead validation power play thing.
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Yeah, it's quite enjoyable and everything but it seems to be a fairly arbitrary collection of traits - not something where I thought "Yeah that describes certain people really well".Charlie Reams wrote:Not really sure what to make of this, but I'm pretty sure it's great.
Edit: Reminds me of Nathan Barley.
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Thought some of you geeks might enjoy this:
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Amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMoKcsN8wM8
Edit: Mind still blown by this. Incredible. Must have taken months.
Edit: Mind still blown by this. Incredible. Must have taken months.
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Very clever advert well worth a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY
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And as usual, one of the top-rated comments spoils the ending. Don't read them.Martyn Simpson wrote:Very clever advert well worth a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY
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Nice. My mind is still blown by Mr Blu though. Been toying with the idea of heading back to Bologna for the entire summer 2011. Nice to know he lives there.
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Further riffing on the theme of accidental satire, I bring you this gem.Andrew Feist wrote:I now believe satire need not be intended. "Makes the building now not in structure form," indeed.
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These are the lengths you're going to to get us to respect you?Charlie Reams wrote:Further riffing on the theme of accidental satire, I bring you this gem.
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Do you love vaginas? Do you love naked flesh? Do you love intimate close-ups? Do you love the sounds of joy?
Then you'll love this! *
* May or may not be NSFW
Then you'll love this! *
* May or may not be NSFW
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Reason: Don't click the link. No really, don't.
Reason: Don't click the link. No really, don't.
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It's more the obeying that I'm excited by.Michael Wallace wrote:These are the lengths you're going to to get us to respect you?Charlie Reams wrote:Further riffing on the theme of accidental satire, I bring you this gem.
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Are these fuckers for real? Where's my gun?Charlie Reams wrote:Further riffing on the theme of accidental satire, I bring you this gem.Andrew Feist wrote:I now believe satire need not be intended. "Makes the building now not in structure form," indeed.
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I posted this on Facebook. Jack Hurst thought it was great, Matt Morrison did not. Whose opinion is best? Now you can decide for yourself.
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Has the man not heard of pubs? Or do Cambridge students vet potential friends before they arrive?Charlie Reams wrote:I posted this on Facebook. Jack Hurst thought it was great, Matt Morrison did not. Whose opinion is best? Now you can decide for yourself.
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Right lads, everyone round this side of the table for the photograph.
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Expect some of you have bumped into this already, but:
Google Beatbox
Apparently:
zk = suspended cymbal
bschk = snare
pv = brush
bk = bass
tk = flam1
vk = roll tap
kt = flam2
kttp = flam tap
krp = hi hat tap
pv = short roll
th = hi hat
...but as you can see from the one I freestyled you can just use your own. Have fun!
Google Beatbox
- Go to Google Translate
- Set the translator to translate from German to German
- Copy and paste: pv zk pv pv zk pv zk kz zk pv pv pv zk pv zk zk pzk pzk pvzkpkzvpvzk kkkkkk bsch
- Listen
- Create your own - who can do the best?!
Apparently:
zk = suspended cymbal
bschk = snare
pv = brush
bk = bass
tk = flam1
vk = roll tap
kt = flam2
kttp = flam tap
krp = hi hat tap
pv = short roll
th = hi hat
...but as you can see from the one I freestyled you can just use your own. Have fun!
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Adam Gillard wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSJCSR4MuhU
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lol.You can spot a Jew a mile away by that special glow on his/her face
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Not me who wrote that by the way.Charlie Reams wrote:lol.You can spot a Jew a mile away by that special glow on his/her face
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I thought you'd like that video, Ryan (I expected you to be the first to comment). Also, I think someone got a little carried away with that comment you've quoted, Charlie! Anyway, I thought it was a fun video and those of you who enjoy popular music doubtless recognise the tune that is being covered.Ryan Taylor wrote:Not me who wrote that by the way.Charlie Reams wrote:lol.You can spot a Jew a mile away by that special glow on his/her face