Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/polish-resistance-fighters-who-fought-side-by-side-in-wwii-reunited-in-care-home-a6683806.html'>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/polish-resistance-fighters-who-fought-side-by-side-in-wwii-reunited-in-care-home-a6683806.html</a></p>
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<p>I know this is put together by scientists who are funded by big Pharma Co's but this still looks pretty cool</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.popsci.com/see-star-get-shredded-by-black-hole?src=SOC&dom=fb'>http://www.popsci.com/see-star-get-shredded-by-black-hole?src=SOC&dom=fb</a></p>
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<p>iOS users, ask Siri what's 5 centillion squared. (Turn the volume up first)<br><br>
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<p>I have now tallied three iOS users sucked in with this. Has made the respective days on which it occurred.</p> -
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I have now tallied three iOS users sucked in with this. Has made the respective days on which it occurred.</p></blockquote><br>
For those of us who are not apple fanbois please elaborate? -
Sad day for the republic <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/73376787/Whangamomona-Republic-loses-its-president'>http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/73376787/Whangamomona-Republic-loses-its-president</a>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="jegga" data-cid="534663" data-time="1445835751"><p>Sad day for the republic <a class="bbc_url" href="http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/73376787/Whangamomona-Republic-loses-its-president">http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/73376787/Whangamomona-Republic-loses-its-president</a></p></blockquote>
Known Murt since I was a kid. Saw him a couple of years ago at his sons funeral, seemed in good health. Interesting character. -
<p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/PgdPLmd.jpg" alt="PgdPLmd.jpg"></p>
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<p>That bloody sound. Very hollow.</p>
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<p>Actually - the wife posted on FB a version that had Men At Work's <em>Land Down Under</em> and the bottle percussion at the start is a perfect match :lol:</p> -
<p>Amazing high res rendition of Everest</p>
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<p><a class="" href="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/1280_720/images/live/p0/34/rs/p034rsym.jpg"><img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/1280_720/images/live/p0/34/rs/p034rsym.jpg" title="(Credit: David Breashears/GlacierWorks)" alt="p034rsym.jpg"></a></p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://s3.amazonaws.com/Gigapixel_Trees/Pumori_Spring2012_EBC_Full/EBC_Pumori_050112_8bit_FLAT.html'>Interactive: Browse a stunning 'gigapixel' image of Everest in extraordinary detail.</a></p>
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<p>I got the link from this article about "green boots" Everest's most famous body</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151008-the-tragic-story-of-mt-everests-most-famous-dead-body'>http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151008-the-tragic-story-of-mt-everests-most-famous-dead-body</a></p> -
<p>Wow. That level of detail looking at the Icefall is amazing. Love the way you can get some idea of scale by zooming in at Basecamp. </p>
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<p>I have heaps of photos that the wife took while there and even though you know, you simply cannot get the scale right in your head. These mountains are both enormous and close at the same time.</p> -
<p>Very cool!</p>
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<p>Man - Base Camp must be a disgusting place these days - it's a similar scale to Kaiteriteri camping ground!</p>
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<p>If you look into the Western Cwm on full zoom you can see a small horde of punters approaching and ascending the Lhotse Face - with some tents perched on the edge of the more broken slope.</p>
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<p>My brother and I went there in 1989. There was probably only half a dozen people, including us, on Kala Pattar (the hill below where these shots were taken from) that day. </p> -
<p>not really the right place for this (is awesome and involves the internet) but just cracked up reading in the herald about a massive torrent website that 'my friend' used to get a lot of movies from that you may have heard of - YTS / YIFY is not actually based in eastern europe but Mt Wellington auckland and has just been taken down!</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11540096'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11540096</a></p> -
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<p>not really the right place for this (is awesome and involves the internet) but just cracked up reading in the herald about a massive torrent website that 'my friend' used to get a lot of movies from that you may have heard of - YTS / YIFY is not actually based in eastern europe but Mt Wellington auckland and has just been taken down!</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11540096'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11540096</a></p>
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<p>My 'friends' wife is going to be gutted about that!!</p>
