Swimmers at a Las Vegas hotel watch a mushroom cloud from an atomic test 75 miles away, 1953
[IMG]https://68.media.tumblr.com/cd6cf80c271d037f6b2f55a8a8bb3484/tumblr_oowrcapXxp1s7e5k5o1_1280.jpg[/IMG]
That's incredible. And scary. And massive fallout vibes. I wonder what it would have been like to experience that. Fear and awe?
[QUOTE=Bbarnes005;52141405]Is that all still there or did they clean it up?[/QUOTE]
Looks like this now:
[IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Reichstag_building_Berlin_view_from_west_before_sunset.jpg/2880px-Reichstag_building_Berlin_view_from_west_before_sunset.jpg[/IMG]
Are the knight statues in the photo removed or on a different part of that building in the cleaned up image?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52147266]Are the knight statues in the photo removed or on a different part of that building in the cleaned up image?[/QUOTE]
Looks like that picture was taken inside the Reichstag.
Here's one from another point of view.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4OPpoq2.jpg[/IMG]
After googling a bit I found out that parts of the original graffiti resurfaced in 1995 and can now be seen near the north entrance of the Reichstag.
[IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Reichstag_russisch_17864_duhanic.jpg[/IMG]
[img]http://www.glocktalk.com/attachments/47-jpg.305299/[/img]
[i]Ground zero of the Damascus Titan missile explosion.
In the evening hours of September 18, 1980 an improperly performed maintenance procedure led to the rupture and draining of the first stage fuel tank containing aerozine 50. Several hours later during the attempted cleanup the fuel mixed with nitrogen tetroxide, resulting in the detonation of the leaked fuel inside the silo, destroying the complex. The blast ejected the second stage and warhead out the top of the silo at which point the second stage exploded. The warhead was thrown a little over 100 feet beyond the compound gate and came to rest in a ditch. (circled red)
One person was killed.[/i]
[QUOTE=pentium;52151510][img]http://www.glocktalk.com/attachments/47-jpg.305299/[/img]
[i]Ground zero of the Damascus Titan missile explosion.
In the evening hours of September 18, 1980 an improperly performed maintenance procedure led to the rupture and draining of the first stage fuel tank containing aerozine 50. Several hours later during the attempted cleanup the fuel mixed with nitrogen tetroxide, resulting in the detonation of the leaked fuel inside the silo, destroying the complex. The blast ejected the second stage and warhead out the top of the silo at which point the second stage exploded. The warhead was thrown a little over 100 feet beyond the compound gate and came to rest in a ditch. (circled red)
One person was killed.[/i][/QUOTE]
I think they may have circled the wrong thing. This looks more like the warhead:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/FgnzxGL.jpg[/img]
This is a diagram of a B53 bomb which contains the same warhead:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/1r6vltQ.jpg[/img]
Good thing nuclear weapons are made to take a beating and can't be set off without the proper procedures.
[t]https://i.redd.it/48xttruvkrty.jpg[/t]
[quote]Anarchist poster showing hypocritical attitude of US by using Jesus, 1917[/quote]
Believed to be Christian Anarchists who put the poster up. Will dive in for more deets
lamb fetus grown in an artificial womb, just like in death stranding
[vid]https://zippy.gfycat.com/ImperfectDarkIndiancow.webm[/vid]
It's more like it was transplanted and incubated in the artificial womb. We can't yet grow entire things in them. Still really cool and really useful for premature babies.
That was kinda disturbing to view
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52155858]That was kinda disturbing to view[/QUOTE]
That's just because it looks like it's in a Ziploc bag with doorknobs taped to it. Just wait until the technology is mature enough to create a more aesthetic incubator that looks like something sci fi.
[QUOTE=meppers;52155530]lamb fetus grown in an artificial womb, just like in death stranding
[vid]https://zippy.gfycat.com/ImperfectDarkIndiancow.webm[/vid][/QUOTE]
The thing I like about this, is that it could lead to a good compromise on the whole pro-life/pro-choice debate, where everyone can get what they want. Given, the subject matter is pretty complicated and the tech isn't quite there yet, but it's a start.
EDIT: Idealistically, we'd have a system in place where a pregnant woman who doesn't want the child can have the fertilized egg extracted via a medical procedure and placed in an artificial womb; the medical procedure would have to be made as accessible as possible to even poorer folks for it to work. Admittedly, this may lead to issues involving overpopulation...I don't have a solution in mind for that at the moment, admittedly. Just my two cents. Don't want this to get any more political then it could potentially get.
[QUOTE=KnightLight;52156206]The thing I like about this, is that it could lead to a good compromise on the whole pro-life/pro-choice debate, where everyone can get what they want. Given, the subject matter is pretty complicated and the tech isn't quite there yet, but it's a start.
EDIT: Idealistically, we'd have a system in place where a pregnant woman who doesn't want the child can have the fertilized egg extracted via a medical procedure and placed in an artificial womb; the medical procedure would have to be made as accessible as possible to even poorer folks for it to work. Admittedly, this may lead to issues involving overpopulation...I don't have a solution in mind for that at the moment, admittedly. Just my two cents. Don't want this to get any more political then it could potentially get.[/QUOTE]
It's intended to treat premature babies iirc.
[t]https://i.redd.it/wibtix8wtqty.jpg[/t]
[quote]"These are the enemies of democracy!" (SDP, Germany, 1930)[/quote]
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;52156696][t]https://i.redd.it/wibtix8wtqty.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
Kind of ironic coming from the same party which helped kill Rosa Luxemburg,and break the protests in Germany.
[QUOTE=Egon Spengler;52137479]shameless self post
Snapped a pic of what had to be the longest hallway I had ever seen in my life at LAX baggage claim
[t]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2897/34028217152_41dd685bea_k.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
this hallway in LAX is the equivalent of the really long ladder in MGS3
ive been in it and it's hilariously pointless and long
[QUOTE=KnightLight;52156206]The thing I like about this, is that it could lead to a good compromise on the whole pro-life/pro-choice debate, where everyone can get what they want. Given, the subject matter is pretty complicated and the tech isn't quite there yet, but it's a start.
EDIT: Idealistically, we'd have a system in place where a pregnant woman who doesn't want the child can have the fertilized egg extracted via a medical procedure and placed in an artificial womb; the medical procedure would have to be made as accessible as possible to even poorer folks for it to work. Admittedly, this may lead to issues involving overpopulation...I don't have a solution in mind for that at the moment, admittedly. Just my two cents. Don't want this to get any more political then it could potentially get.[/QUOTE]
Kinda makes me wonder about the implications. I've had psychology classes for the past year, and studied about what happens when a child is denied human closeness at the early stage. Basically if the child forms an unstable or insecure bond with the mother, it will grow up severely emotionally stunted. Kids who are passed between nurses in the early age experience a sort of state where its psyche basically gives up trying to be social, and the kid will just sit there, not crying, not even moving its eyes- The brain sort of shutting itself in.
So i'm wondering if it has repercussions for the human mind if you develop in an artificial womb, without hearing the sounds of your mother reverberating from the outside, without hearing her heartbeat and such.
Like, could you tell that there was a fundamental mental difference between a conventionally-made kid and a test-tube kid? I'm not for or against anything here by the way, just wondering out loud.
[QUOTE=Sprockethead;52158415]Kinda makes me wonder about the implications. I've had psychology classes for the past year, and studied about what happens when a child is denied human closeness at the early stage. Basically if the child forms an unstable or insecure bond with the mother, it will grow up severely emotionally stunted. Kids who are passed between nurses in the early age experience a sort of state where its psyche basically gives up trying to be social, and the kid will just sit there, not crying, not even moving its eyes- The brain sort of shutting itself in.
So i'm wondering if it has repercussions for the human mind if you develop in an artificial womb, without hearing the sounds of your mother reverberating from the outside, without hearing her heartbeat and such.
Like, could you tell that there was a fundamental mental difference between a conventionally-made kid and a test-tube kid? I'm not for or against anything here by the way, just wondering out loud.[/QUOTE]
Only one way to find out.
Rev up those womb bags.
[QUOTE=aznz888;52158305]this hallway in LAX is the equivalent of the really long ladder in MGS3
ive been in it and it's hilariously pointless and long[/QUOTE]
The best part about it is that after walking down ~250 M, you take a slight turn and it goes on for another 100. And also the fact that it's so long they have a security guard stationed in the middle.
[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3480632741_0836da6422_o.png[/img]
[i]50 years ago today on April 27 1967 the Montreal Worlds Fair, Expo 67, opens to the public.
[media]https://youtu.be/RIq4zCq_ROM[/media]
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[img]https://cdn.mtlblog.com/uploads/70983_abf51801c734b145cc040de7a3c40c9bb91ce6bb.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/media-5377/Expo67_14.jpeg[/img]
[img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L1YEpVrk77k/T_EYvXLUrZI/AAAAAAAAJbk/9GRZRiZh1HY/s1600/The+crowds+come+out+for+Expo+67.jpg[/img]
[img]http://expo67.ncf.ca/kaleidescope_nae000990935.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.taylornoakes.com/wp-content/galleries/2011/11/6263365046_e29631e1bf_b.jpg[/img]
[img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MJUnlxEsVdw/T5wCtJukbBI/AAAAAAAAGI8/_1w7jUtGoFs/s1600/Germany+expo+67.jpg[/img]
[img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/64/99/b3/6499b3530661344ba809cbddd326a3d3.jpg[/img]
It would be Canada's first Worlds Fair and become the most successful fair in the 20th century with over 50 million visitors between April 27 and October 29.[/i]
Why don't we have big world fairs anymore?
[QUOTE=$$>MUFFIN<$$;52159497]Why don't we have big world fairs anymore?[/QUOTE]
Optimism is dead.
Just kidding. We still do: [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2017[/url]
It's just no one cares anymore.
[url]http://time.com/79600/the-fall-of-the-fair/[/url]
[editline]27th April 2017[/editline]
New Castle has a bid for the 2022/23 World's Fair, along with the US state of Minnesota.
The US Cities of Houston, San Francisco, along with New York State have bids for the 2025 world's fair.
[QUOTE=OvB;52159545]Modernism is dead. [/QUOTE]
Fixed it for you.
I think the nihlistic dread of the 20th century kinda turned people inwards. And the hyper connected nature of culture also removes a lot of novelty.
[t]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/PRR_S1.jpg[/t]
Like, is it even possible to build/create something this spectacular, novel, forward looking, unique and [I]real[/I] today? I'm not sure it's even possible to captivate people like that today.
And with the plateau of innovation, what profound new universally revolutionary shit can you present anymore? at the 1890 worlds fair, Westinghouse and "edison" introduced [I]the light.[/I] Later on westinghouse introduced [I]the appliance.[/I]
The last real technological revolution we had was the transistor in 1955. Everything since has been iterative. Worlds fairs are about the wonder of man's crusade forward. And we've plateaued.
Personally, i blame the death of modernism and the subsequent failiure of the western education system. Just look at berkly. That whole area of socal was this hyperactive hive of progress in the 50's. Berkly has a fucking eponymous element on the periodic table. And now it's a fucking post modernist hive, so possesed in anti-western thought that last week the whole town looked like the civil war in spain. In a culture like that, how could you possibly come out with some world altering revelation like the computer or any number of the infinite things necessary to uphold the concept of a domestic household? I don't think that that wave of progress in the early 20th century would happen today. Something has gone wrong.
We need to get our shit together.
I think it has more to do with modern design technology that evolved.
Better lighter materials, technology to simulate designs, getting efficient designs all while being cheaper to make.
Thats the major reason trains like the one above aren't made, they are a waste of resources, money and probably arent that effective.
Pretty sure we are just at the point in technology and design where a big major breakthrough like the transistor is extremely unlikely.
Bigger breakthroughs are still being made, its just not something like a big train, its more along the lines of chemistry, medicine, bio-engineering.
I know developing things wasn't easy back in the times but that stuff was probably easier to come up with in some garages then todays breakthroughs in science that require full laboratories. We simply have the area of appliances or "light" saturated pretty well.
Game graphics is a good analogy, it has evolved steadily, 2D to 3D being the transistor of graphics, then you still had big jumps Unreal, Half-Life 2 but pretty much ever since Crysis (maybe a few titles afterwards) there hasn't really been a major jump in graphics.
Graphics just slow down, but there are still improvements being made, expecting a new breakthrough like 2D to 3D was seems out of question but not impossible.
[QUOTE=Mitsuma;52159969]
Pretty sure we are just at the point in technology and design where a big major breakthrough like the transistor is extremely unlikely.[/QUOTE]
But that's supposing that we're reaching a level of understanding of reality where the amount of things left yet undiscovered is rapidly dwindling. Which i think is an extremely arrogant assumption.
Which is more likely, the underpinning of our society have become unmoored leaving us broadly less functional, or our philosophical priorities less productive, or we're so proficient, that we're rapidly running out of new things to discover, and therefore we discover less things at a diminishing rate?
And i don't buy the "infrastructure for discovery is rapidly more demanding." argument either, because that's an iterative method, broadly speaking. Penicillin was discovered by a guy who observed moldy bread, internal combustion was a mass expriment for backyard tinkerers, the TV and CRT was conceptualized to a sufficient degree by an amish farmboy[I].[/I] I don't buy the argument that scientific or abstract revolution is now so complicated it is constrained by requiring lab conditions or other prohibitively difficult circumstances. We live in an age where a typical consumer device that fits in your pocket is a portal to infinite information at any time in any place. The conditions for rapid widespread innovation that fundamentally changes our immediate lives, on the level of electric lights, individual transportation and the appliance has never been better, but we're not seeing it. Something is wrong.
[QUOTE=OvB;52159545]Optimism is dead.
Just kidding. We still do: [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2017[/url]
It's just no one cares anymore.
[url]http://time.com/79600/the-fall-of-the-fair/[/url]
[editline]27th April 2017[/editline]
New Castle has a bid for the 2022/23 World's Fair, along with the US state of Minnesota.
The US Cities of Houston, San Francisco, along with New York State have bids for the 2025 world's fair.[/QUOTE]
I remembered the China World expo was the last popular one, then I never heard of any other world expo again
They don't have the same wow effect as the old ones
I have a bunch of 3D photographs from the 1934 Chicago World's Fair. They're really cool to go through once in a while with the souvenir viewer that they came with. I have the original cardboard box and stuff with it all.
Can you load a stereoscopic image in like VR goggles? If anyone wants I can try scanning the photos and uploading them but they wouldn't be much good unless you can use them with VR goggles or you have your own viewer.
[QUOTE=Trilby Harlow;52159876]The last real technological revolution we had was the transistor in 1955. Everything since has been iterative. Worlds fairs are about the wonder of man's crusade forward. And we've plateaued.[/QUOTE]
You do realize that we're actually advancing at an ever-quickening pace, right? We've advanced as much technologically since the turn of the century as we did in the entirety of the last century.
You say that the transistor is the last real technological revolution but that's unambiguously false. There's been loads of major technological advancements in the last 20 years alone, just none of them have made it to mainstream manufacturing and usage yet.
There's even experimental things such as memristors which are intended to replace transistors, carbon nanotubes, incredible advancements in the field of AI, fully electric cars, sustainable clean energy, much cheaper space flight, and now even a planned Mars colony. And these are just the things that immediately come to mind for me. I know that there's a number of things that are notable enough for me to mention that I'm spacing at the moment.
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