[QUOTE=~ZOMG;46896766]That infinity mirror is awesome, I've never seen such a big one. Do they still work as functioning mirrors?[/QUOTE]
yup, and it looks sweet:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/75kQJI6.jpg[/img]
i'm going to sell this infinity mirror when i get the chance. i plan on making one as big as a door with the money.
Damn, that's cool
A door one would be awesome. I'd personally love one on my ceiling, that would look incredible.
How does one make that?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;46896864]How does one make that?[/QUOTE]
basically you need two mirrors. a normal mirror and a transparent mirror (the kind of glass they use on buildings, that under bright light conditions becomes highly reflective). you just put both facing each other and between them you put the lights that you want to reflect infinitely. you can use any kind of light you want.
someone on fp gave me the idea to use led lights next time i make one, and hook them up to a system so i can synchronize their intensity/color to soundtracks and stuff. that would be sick.
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here's various pictures of the process of building one:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/dQug8jp.jpg[/t]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/I6L5Cr0.jpg[/t]
(this is what i used for building the structure)
[t]http://i.imgur.com/UoMgsKs.jpg[/t]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/NpSs3qJ.jpg[/t]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/WxFAnz9.jpg[/t]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/pYy6r0X.jpg[/t]
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it's about 1,45m tall.
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i recommend making one if you guys have any free time. it's a cool build and if you ever grow tired of it you can sell it, people are willing to pay good money on infinity mirrors!
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;46893864]Thats not really true. The Americans had a reasonably sized Nazi movement before Germany declared war on the US, and the SS took in tons of volunteers from literally everywhere. They had divisions dedicated to Scandinavians and even took volunteers from Neutral countries like Sweden. Even some French joined the SS or worked with the Gestapo to track down resistance members. There was even an American airman who defected to the SS.
I know we all like the idea of the world setting aside it's differences to take on a greater evil, but thats not really what happened.[/QUOTE]
They also took SS volunteers from Belgium and the Netherlands, even though according to American and British soldiers the Dutch were the ones celebrating their arrival the most.
[QUOTE=zupadupazupadude;46897117]They also took SS volunteers from Belgium and the Netherlands, even though according to American and British soldiers the Dutch were the ones celebrating their arrival the most.[/QUOTE]
A lot of men saw the chance at joining the SS was a chance to fight Bolshevism since their homelands refused too. I doubt many of them believed in National Socialist or Nazi ideologies, but they did see Communism and the Soviet Union as being the greatest threat to Europe. Thats why when Finland quit the war(s), Larry Thorn joined the SS to fight communism again, and when the Germans quit the war, he joined with the Americans to fight communism some more.
[QUOTE=MenteR;46896880]basically you need two mirrors. a normal mirror and a transparent mirror (the kind of glass they use on buildings, that under bright light conditions becomes highly reflective). you just put both facing each other and between them you put the lights that you want to reflect infinitely. you can use any kind of light you want.
i recommend making one if you guys have any free time. it's a cool build and if you ever grow tired of it you can sell it, people are willing to pay good money on infinity mirrors![/QUOTE]
Its really nice you're sharing on how to make one
Normally people are dicks and don't teach you how to build one.
[QUOTE=mecaguy03;46894577]Ill spill my full telescope loadout for any interested in astrophotography.
Celestron Powerseeker 80EQ ($160)
Powerseeker motor drive ($40)
T-ring for sony alpha mount (~$15 depends where)
Sony A560 DSLR (something like $950)
some random washers and a ziptie as an extra adjustable counterweight.
For astrophotography I usually dont use any other optical elements, but for some planets or other small objects I use a 2x barlow with a T-thread on it. I hook up the camera to my laptop which runs deep sky stacker, and since my camera cant do remote shutter with a computer I just unplug the camera to take exposures and then plug it back in to see what is there. For sighting with the camera I either just use the stock viewfinder that came with the telescope, the camera preview screen for bright objects, or the camera viewfinder for dimmer ones. I use a little remote control to initiate the exposures.
For stargazing without a camera I remove the weights and re-balance it and then use 15mm, 6mm, and 3mm eyepeices.
Its a pretty ghetto setup[/QUOTE]
thanks an awful lot I'll definitely look into getting that telescope !
[QUOTE=MenteR;46896479]
[IMG]http://40.media.tumblr.com/9373aff91321ea662700fe8f06e44b08/tumblr_nhrwxmNR7D1snm6fco1_1280.png[/IMG]
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if you guys want i can post a link to the full res images.[/QUOTE]
Is that the neverwinter eye logo thingy? It seems really familiar but all i can think of is neverwinter nights 2.
Its also my favorite one of the bunch, keep up the good work man.
[QUOTE=Fremontsmith;46897454]Is that the neverwinter eye logo thingy? It seems really familiar but all i can think of is neverwinter nights 2.
Its also my favorite one of the bunch, keep up the good work man.[/QUOTE]
yup, the piece is called "portal to neverwinter". i do lots of d&d related pieces.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;46894740]Sounds like Watchmen.[/QUOTE]
I don't think so. The AI orchestrated a huge drop in natality around the world and suggested we sent two humans on the moon to try and have a child there. While up there they «encountered» something alien but I think they were drugged or something.
It's a quite old short novel I read in a collection of Sci-fi shorts.
[vid]http://zippy.gfycat.com/JitteryGrippingInexpectatumpleco.webm[/vid]
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[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upland_moa"]dino[/URL] findings in NZ:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/ZQ0wBRK.jpg[/t]
[t]http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/APICollection/media/4234/640[/t]
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Megalapteryx.png[/t]
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[t]http://static.squarespace.com/static/53b25a59e4b0cb230e9f03af/53b27138e4b08c508ab85cc6/53b52761e4b028d39d147aca/1408614186875/St-Valantinus2014.jpg?format=500w[/t]
[t]http://static.squarespace.com/static/53b25a59e4b0cb230e9f03af/53b27138e4b08c508ab85cc6/53b527a4e4b028d39d147af7/1408614198985/St-Vitalian2014.jpg?format=500w[/t]
[t]http://static.squarespace.com/static/53b25a59e4b0cb230e9f03af/53b27138e4b08c508ab85cc6/53b5269de4b028d39d147a3e/1408614054431/St-Alexander2014.jpg?format=500w[/t]
[t]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02649/SK11_2649696b.jpg[/t]
It's the germanic tradition of bejeweling saints&popes.
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Roman graffiti:
[QUOTE]Located in the Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii. The subject/ victim of this caricature is portrayed with a pointy chin, laurel wreath, and a rather large nose. The Latin text above the figure reads ‘Rufus est’ (This is Rufus)[/QUOTE]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/ICB1nhf.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE]The earliest reference to the crucification of Jesus. Text says "Alexamenos worships his god"[/QUOTE]
[t]http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk188/eva243/Picture1.jpg[/t]
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Read more Pompeii graffiti [URL="http://www.pompeiana.org/Resources/Ancient/Graffiti%20from%20Pompeii.htm"]here[/URL]
why does jesus have a horsehead
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Rommel%27s_Africa_uniform.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE]Erwin Rommel's (known as the Desert Fox) Africa uniform. 1941–43
Fun fact, he acquired the dust goggles from a captured British HQ van.[/QUOTE]
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Bayeux_Tapestry_32-33_comet_Halley_Harold.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE]Fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry with the first known depiction of Halley's Comet. France c. 1476[/QUOTE]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/vogbufD.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE]Western Han Dynasty (202 BC – 9 AD) bronze rhinoceros with gold and silver inlay. Beijing National Museum[/QUOTE]
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Obelisk_of_montecitorio_arp.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE]Obelisk of Montecitorio - ancient Egyptian, red granite obelisk of Psammetichus II (595-589 BC) brought to Rome by the Emperor Augustus[/QUOTE]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/fyUb6V1.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE]Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, 3100–2900 B.C.; Southwestern Iran[/QUOTE]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/u3s7K11.png[/t]
[QUOTE]The Fish of Vettersfelde.The richest gold finds from antiquity originate from the burial mounds of Scythian princes in the northern Black Sea region, ca. 500 BCE [/QUOTE]
[t]https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2645/3944550719_9f2721c4fa_o.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE]The Surrender Room where German officers had signed the unconditional surrender agreement in a school building in Reims, which at the time was the headquarters of the American General Dwight D. Eisenhower. May 7, 1945 [/QUOTE]
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Duitslandchurchill.png[/t]
[QUOTE]Churchill's original plan for the reorganization of Central Europe after WWII[/QUOTE]
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Duitslandroosevelt.png[/t]
[QUOTE]FDR's plan for the reorganization of Germany after WWII; those are each individual countries[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Pigbear;46898033]why does jesus have a horsehead[/QUOTE]
because the drawing was a mockery, taunting Alexamenos
[QUOTE=Pigbear;46898033]why does jesus have a horsehead[/QUOTE]
it's from a time where christianity wasn't a thing
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No fucking way
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Wait I've been had
[QUOTE=godfatherk;46898074]
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Bayeux_Tapestry_32-33_comet_Halley_Harold.jpg[/t]
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I was there back in December, really cool tapestry. Its amazing, how, after so long, the fucking thing is so damn well preserved. The fucking colours were still on it. And its 70+ meters in length.
Here's an image of the building (Not allowed to take pics of the tapestry)
[t]http://i.imgur.com/f37xzDd.jpg[/t]
[URL="http://www.africam.com/wildlife/"]Live video feeds from African preserves.[/URL]
[QUOTE=godfatherk;46898074][t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Rommel%27s_Africa_uniform.jpg[/t]
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God damn the Nazis were stylish
[QUOTE=a dumb bear;46898994]God damn the Nazis were stylish[/QUOTE]
The Nazis uniforms where designed by Hugo Boss :v:
[t]http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/fiatifta/2011/10/04/oID369072957_f492e2d2-8710-4d7c-867b-483beb57be77.jpg.png[/t]
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Wojtek_soldier_bear.svg/708px-Wojtek_soldier_bear.svg.png[/t]
[QUOTE]As an officially enlisted "soldier" of the company, he lived with the other men in their tents or in a special wooden crate, which was transported by truck. According to numerous accounts, during the Battle of Monte Cassino Wojtek helped by transporting ammunition – never dropping a single crate. In recognition of the bear's popularity, the HQ approved an effigy of a bear carrying an artillery shell as the official emblem of the 22nd Company (by then renamed to 22nd Transport Company).[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=godfatherk;46898074]
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Duitslandroosevelt.png[/t]
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I seriously wondered what would've happened if they had followed FDR's plan to divide Germany after World War II, defiantly considering Germany's role in the EU.
[QUOTE=Bbarnes005;46900229]I seriously wondered what would've happened if they had followed FDR's plan to divide Germany after World War II, defiantly considering Germany's role in the EU.[/QUOTE]
Prussia and Saxony would have prolly been taken over by the soviets.
[vid]http://fat.gfycat.com/FlatGorgeousDorado.webm[/vid]
American Cruiser "New Orleans" damaged after taking a torpedo hit in a naval battle against the Japanese. 1942
[img]http://albumwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/37105-728x587.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=godfatherk;46900633]
Fireworks and volcano video[/QUOTE]
What's the occasion in this video? It's really cool
[QUOTE=clutch2;46901346]What's the occasion in this video? It's really cool[/QUOTE]
It's new year in Naples.
[t]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1209/shuttlelax_confer_960.jpg[/t]
wow is that a real pic, that's fantastic
Source: [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2905510/Ghostly-ocean-floor-graveyard-hundreds-ships-planes-makes-eerie-memorial-WWII-attack-Japanese-Pacific-base.html[/url]
Large gravesite for a ton of WW2 ships and planes in the Pacific.
[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/01/11/2496039E00000578-2905510-Attack_The_Allies_Operation_Hailstone_on_February_16_17_1944_sev-a-3_1420994035647.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/01/11/2496054900000578-0-image-a-31_1420990239957.jpg[/IMG]
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