JESUS HAS HAD ENOUGH OF THIS BULLSHIT, IN THIS YEAR'S LATEST HIT FILM: [b]BIBLE 2: CRUCI[I]FUCK [/I]YOU[/b]
Have part of an essay
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According to legend Rome was founded by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus after a shepherd found them nursing from a wolf. Upon seven hills along the Tiber River the Eternal City was founded and it was there that for some 250 years seven Etruscan kings ruled over the Latins until they were thrown out by an angry populace dissatisfied with their Etruscan overlords and laid the foundations for a democratic government that would become known as a republic. This idea of democracy was not unique to the Romans however and like most things Roman it was borrowed from the Greeks, more specifically Athens in this case.
However this idolization would not save the Greeks from eventual conquest at the hands of the SPQR, which is stand for Senatus Populusque Romanus, or the Senate and People of Rome in Latin. In fact no one on the Mediterranean would be safe from the ever expanding ambitious Roman Eagle. Once proud and ancient Empires, like those of Macedon, Egypt, and Carthage, all fell before the legions of the republic.
This great period where democracy ruled over the Mediterranean however, was not to last. In the year 49 B.C. the great hero of Rome and conqueror of Gaul, that barbarian land to the North West that caused endless grief to the Romans with Gallic hordes sacking Rome in the 400s B.C., crossed the Rubicon and entered Italy with an army at his back where he proclaimed himself Dictator of Rome upon his entrance into the city; One of the rare times in history when a Legion would enter the City following a conqueror. Julius Caesar was hailed by the citizens of Rome as a hero and cheered for when he was declared Dictator for life, This would not last long as the hero of Rome died a mere five years later he was assassinated by senators who viewed his ascension to power as a threat to the republic.
The senators though could not stop the inevitable path that Rome was taking, and though Rome suffered from a series of civil wars for the next two decades, Octavian, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, took on the mantle as Emperor of Rome and took the name Augustus Caesar in the year 27 B.C., bringing Rome into the Pax Romana, Roman Peace, for the next two hundred years.
Such a peace would not last as towards the end of the 2nd century A.D. war returned to the Empire, and the time of prosperity it once enjoyed was beginning to unravel. After decades of Civil war and strife the Empire was eventually brought to order under the Emperor Diocletian. Who, using religion and his military prestige, helped bring order to the Empire and turn it into a Tetrarchy, or rule of four. Dividing the Roman Empire into four parts ruled by two Senior emperors, one in the East and one in the West, and two Junior emperors, both subordinate to their senior. This system was meant to be in place so that when the time came the senior emperors could step down and the juniors could take their place as the senior emperor. However while this system worked in Diocletian's time after his death it began to fall apart. Emperors fought tooth and nail for control of the dying empire and each side decided it was the rightful ruler. It was not until the death of the western emperor Constantius Chlorus that the unifier of Rome would rise.
Constantine, known later as the great, rose to prominence under his father’s rule having served dutifully in the military and winning the die hard loyalty of his soldiers. It was these same men who named their general Caesar of Rome upon the death of Constantius. Constantine led his men out from britain and through Gaul and upon his nearing of Rome it is said that a comet flew across the sky, an omen in these times, and there Constantine claimed to have received a vision from the Christian God who showed him the Chi Rho, a crossed P and X that are the anagram for Jesus Christ in Greek, and said to him “By this sign You will conquer.” It was then that Constantine painted the image onto the shields of his legionnaires and displayed them proudly at the battle of Milvian Bridge where Constantine issued a devastating defeat upon the armies of the false Emperor Maxentius, whom was slayed in the fray. When he entered the Eternal City he came not bearing the banners of the Gods of Rome but the sign of the Christian God; needless to say this was quite the controversy of its time. Constantine would go on to conquer the Eastern Empire and found the great city of Constantinople; built in a remarkable six years the city would go on to be the Capital of the Roman Empire until its dying breath in 1453.
After Constantine every Emperor of Rome, bar one Julian the Apostate, was a sworn Christian and champion of the Church. However this Title would not save the empire as with the death of the Great Theodosius, who constructed the legendary walls of Constantinople, the empire once again was divided. And this division would stay in place as no Ruler of Constantinople would ever again rule over the entirety of the old imperial borders. and With the Western Empire's death in 476 AD, many say the Roman Empire died with it.
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I Will never wake up from this nightmare because I am not asleep
and then a skeleton popped out
light a molotov and throw it in the middle of a big, biiiiig furry convention where everyone is completely dolled up in fursuits
she would rather watch a part of me die, rather than watch me thrive
He cried when there was no more worlds to conquer.
why do I cough just before the movie starts in a theatre
I LOVE THE CHOSEN ONE
LOVING HIM IS SO MUCH FUN
WE LOVE THE CHOSEN ONE
(NOT AS MUCH AS ME)
I am gonna do the math test on Friday 13th
is the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand?
pictures hanging in a hallway
and the fragment of a song
half-remembered names and faces
but to whom do they belong?
my pussy good
my pussy sweet
my pussy good enough to eat!
First few pages of a trade article I'm writing for a class:
(excuse the improper citations, they're temporary)
[B]Draft: Practical Applications of Virtual and Augmented Reality[/B]
Virtual reality is an odd term. In addition to sounding like something straight out of science fiction, it somewhat contradicts itself. So, if it has such a ridiculous name, why should we be interested in virtual reality? As you may know, virtual reality has been gaining significant popularity over the past five or so years. The largest name in the virtual reality (VR) field has been VR headsets meant primarily for video games, allowing players to experience a near full-immersion game environment. The prototypes we’ve seen so far have been absolutely mind-blowing, ranging from the well-known multi-hundred-dollar Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, to the five dollar Google Cardboard VR kit. This broad range of headsets brings virtual reality straight to your home, regardless of your budget. While you may not achieve the same level of immersion with Google Cardboard as you might with the top-of-the-line Oculus Rift, any VR experience is sure to impress you.
As popular as they are, virtual reality headsets are just the tip of the iceberg in the VR field. You may have wondered this yourself, and if you did, you are correct. There are thousands of applications for virtual reality aside from video games, and possibly many more to come in the near future. Although you may not quite yet have a virtual assembly line for armored flying suits controlled by mid-air hand gestures like Tony Stark does in the movie Iron Man, we’re getting there. In certain industries, virtual reality has already found a home in making everyday tasks more efficient, which reduces the load on workers and increases productivity. We may perceive virtual reality technology to be advanced now, but as with anything, it’s only going to get better. This doesn’t apply to only one type of application, but across all applications for VR. With the current development rate of technology these days, I wouldn’t be surprised to see interactive holographic projections within the next decade. We already have all the parts, they just have to be refined from their rudimentary forms and cleverly assembled.
That being said, virtual reality and augmented reality hold some seriously exciting developments that are just around the corner. We are just beginning to discover what’s possible with this sort of technology, and with each passing day, another idea or concept for VR is invented. Jumping back to the Oculus Rift and other VR gaming headsets, even the teams researching and developing these discover something new every week. As a matter of fact, the HTC Vive VR headset was originally scheduled for release to the public in late 2015, but toward the end of the year, “CEO Cher Wang teased that [in late November], Valve and her team made ‘a very, very big technological breakthrough’ with their virtual reality system, so big that they decided to just skip the original version and ship this new one” (Richard Lai, 2015), with the new shipment date expected in April 2016. This goes to show that virtual reality is evolving even faster than what the developers of VR tech themselves anticipated.
With the development of virtual reality slowly but steadily accelerating, many new applications are made possible. As I mentioned before, VR extends far past the gaming industry. One place you may be surprised to find virtual reality is in the commercial shipping industry. In late 2014, Rolls-Royce and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland revealed a collaboratively developed concept for a virtualized bridge aboard commercial ships. Their concept not only features a full blown heads-up-display (HUD) in the wheelhouse of a ship, but also describes an automation system, allowing the ship to require less attention from the crew as it navigates the oceans. This is an excellent example of virtual reality lightening the load on workers. Matt Collette, a professor for ship design from the University of Michigan, stated that “human beings are not very good at long repetitive tasks.’ Which is of course what standing watch on a long ocean voyage is. ‘That’s when you see lapses in concentration that lead to the ship getting into a collision or running aground,’ he explains. ‘Automation could reduce those types of accidents significantly, because the computers have no problem paying attention for a two-month voyage” (Jack Stewart, 2014). This statement brings me to another point. Safety is one of the largest concerns in the maritime industry. Even a relatively minor incident, such as a crewmember twisting his ankle, has the potential of costing a company tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees. On a somewhat larger scale, a grounded supertanker full of oil has the potential of costing billions of dollars in damages, much like the infamous grounding of the Exxon Valdez in 1989. Applying load-lightening technologies like automation and virtual reality to the bridge of a ship can greatly reduce the risk of major incidents, by eliminating human error in certain places and aiding human decisions in others.
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[I]The envisioned future of commercial shipping using virtual reality, by Rolls-Royce and VTT[/I]
While Rolls-Royce’s concept for a VR-enabled bridge forms exciting aspirations, there are other VR concepts out there that are about to become reality. In mid-2015, Microsoft announced a project called Windows Holographic, based on a headset called the HoloLens. This project takes on virtual reality from a fairly unique approach; instead of immersing the user in an entirely virtual world, HoloLens creates holograms of virtual objects over a real environment.
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[I]Microsoft’s concept demonstration of the HoloLens in action[/I]
Although it may seem as if Windows Holographic is just barely exiting the concept phase, Microsoft is already shipping kits to developers for $3000 apiece, starting in the first quarter of 2016. Scott Stein, a senior editor for CNET.com, visited Microsoft’s developer showcase in New York to get a hands-on experience with the HoloLens. Describing the experience, Stein said “I’m looking at a hovering watch. It splits into pieces above the table in front of me, exposing gears ticking underneath. My eyes move over glowing yellow dots, which expand into details: ad copy, indicating the Swiss watch's inner workings and fine details” (Scott Stein, 2015).
Despite it being only in rudimentary form today, consumer VR technologies such as the HoloLens, Oculus Rift, and other devices are sure to change the future. We saw the same trend progress with the coming of cell phones. In the 1980s, mobile phones were incredibly expensive, bulky, impractical, and somewhat rare. Today, a mobile phone capable of basic functions would cost no more than thirty dollars, fit in your pocket, and almost everyone has one. Although only time can tell, virtual reality technology appears to be starting to follow the same path the mobile phone took. It would not surprise me to see virtual reality evolve into another widely used platform in the next few decades.
One of the most significant properties of virtual reality technology is that it is incredibly versatile. It can be adapted to nearly any scenario, and can be as specialized or generalized as needed. An incredibly broad range of industries have found uses for virtual or augmented reality, and some have even started implementing VR into the work environment. In certain parts of the medical industry, VR has even become a primary tool. Virtual reality has even spawned whole new specialized procedures that are based on and designed around VR. One excellent example of this is using augmented reality in treatment for phantom limb pain (PLP), a condition found in approximately 70% of amputees. PLP is the sensation of pain or cramps in a completely nonexistent limb, caused by the brain being unable to process the fact that there is no longer a limb there. In PLP treatment through augmented reality, the patient is connected to an array of sensors and electrodes that detect muscle signals in the amputated limb. A computer reads the signals from the patient, and applies the movements to a virtual arm superimposed as a hologram in place of the missing limb. This treatment allows the patient to control the arm to perform various tasks, such as completing puzzles, or turning the steering wheel in a racing game, all with the virtual arm. The end result, ideally, being that the patient has ‘control’ over their missing limb, allowing them to relax or clench it, as far as their brain is concerned. While not all patients responded the same to the treatment, it proved to be effective for a large portion of amputees. After eighteen weeks of augmented reality treatment, most patients reported a drastic reduction in pain.
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[I]Data collected from one patient undergoing augmented reality treatment (credit: Max Ortiz-Catalan)[/I]
[sp]I wrote a LOT of this drunk[/sp]
copyright me I guess, etc, etc
jerry
I want you to fuck me jerry
[b]FUCK ME[/b]
[video=youtube;Rs9T6MYVDPw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs9T6MYVDPw&index=26&list=LLcULDykBo_AtDWj5q9MFamA[/video]
So this is basically a ramble-thread where the social outcasts that are unaware of key components in successful communication and bipolar autistic drug addicts that feed on random peoples approval gather. Where do I sign up?
Oh for fuck sake why did I post in this thread? :goodjob:
Most spaghetti westerns were filmed for incredibly cheap and incredibly quickly. They'd usually do as few takes as possible, and behind the camera there were large crowds or cars going by. Spaghetti westerns didn't actually record audio while shooting so they wouldn't have to use soundstages, clear crowds, shut down roads, reshoot if a crew member made noise accidentally, and so a variety of actors could be used since most spoke only one language (Italian, Spanish, or English).
In the editing process, all dialogue would be rerecorded and sounds would be artifically added. This also means it was quicker and easier to record for other languages and get the movie in theaters. However, because of how quickly and cheaply all this was done, lots of spaghetti westerns have awful sound quality and dubs that are bad because, even if you watch it in the original Italian, the voices rarely match the lips of the actors.
Some directors, however, put extra work into making sure the audio was as good as it could be. Sergio Leone put a lot of care into his dubs, so when you watch one of his films there are only rare moments where it's very visible that the actors aren't actually speaking their lines. Compare something like Django (a great movie, but with godawful audio design) to any Sergio Leone western and the difference is easily noticeable.
memes
My tear shields are leaking... [B]AWWW![/B]
The weak point is the eyeball.
Once upon the time there was brave honorable WarMan who fought for the the world. But the cowardly dishonorable warmans at the gate were ever growing and adapting to his methods. Yet he continued to beat that ass. One day the warman drowned in pussy. and the world was overthrown. Plunging the world into a mirrored image. deaths were everywhere. The cowardly dishonorable warmans were living it up in their life and new world without brave honorable warman. But little did they know, the warman had gotten so much pussy, that his offspring was in the womb of every woman on earth.
The dishonored warmans had no idea of the ass beating they were about to get.
One day, they struck, 14 billion Brave Honorable Warmans rekt every bitch to ever lay a bad thought on the planet. And for the collective good of the people. they each went their separate ways and left the first planet and smashed alien pussy throughout the galaxy, Save one. Brave. Honorable. WarMan. And that warman, is[U] you. [/U]
"[i] . . . . hope one day. . . . am not forgotten . . . You were just a baby. . . . loved you always. . . .See you soon. . . .[/i]"
-Excerpt from an old, torn up [i]undelivered journal[/i] you came across on your travels.
broo
scared ya ; )
Why am i in facepunch again?
I want it all. Give it to me.
I want to own property on the sun.
I want a leash with your name on it. No particular reason, I just want you to know that that exists and that I have it.
I want a lever action shotgun with five barrels and a banana clip just to piss of my friends that know how guns work and know something like that should never exist.
I want a star on Hollywood boulevard with an impression of my genitalia instead of my hands and the words "no condom" written where a name should be.
I want a bathtub full of pasta so that I can make good on every time I've promised my boss that I would one day have a bathtub full of pasta.
I want a car that can't turn and only goes backward and is solar powered so that it can't be driven at night. I want to give you this car, and I want to leave it in your front yard, facing away from your house.
I want to bring Nujabes back from the dead so that he can make more music.
I want a skatepark exclusively for wheelchairs and Heelys.
I want to hold a funeral for someone that is still alive and doesn't know who I am or that the funeral is happening.
I want to publish a dictionary of words that don't exist and name it Meram Webstar's Dictionary.
I want a nerf gun that can kill.
I want throwing stars and lessons on how to use them.
I want a pound of cardamom. I don't know what cardamom is or what it's used for beyond that it's a spice and that I want a pound of it.
I want a hot meal by a fire.
I want to get into Magic the Gathering but every time someone tries to show me how to play I forget everything.
I want a cooler middle name.
I want a cooler last name.
I want my hat, I can't find my hat anywhere and I need it before I can go out.
I want Max Burbank to start writing again.
I want a Teddy Ruxpin for my birthday.
I want to be a gonzo journalist like Hunter S Thompson
I want weird public access television to come back.
I want a good mystery.
one for sorrow,
two for joy,
three for a girl,
four for a boy,
five for silver,
six for gold,
seven for a secret,
never to be told.
eight for a wish,
nine for a kiss,
ten for a bird,
you must not miss
[QUOTE=fudge blood;49813171]one for sorrow,
two for joy,
three for a girl,
four for a boy,
five for silver,
six for gold,
seven for a secret,
never to be told.
eight for a wish,
nine for a kiss,
ten for a bird,
you must not miss[/QUOTE]
>roll 1d20
>9
okay who is it
i have the high ground
potato
She remembered her people. her tribe forever lost except to her.
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