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Started by mongers, June 10, 2012, 07:29:20 PM

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Berkut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu3p7dxrhl8&fbclid=IwAR212Akwr4Gtrd0mv6tSyWdZd2Mn7N_UYr-nJilupJh-TRxSQBxr1FAhdZ4


This is very well done. I really like it when I see a presentation of information I largely already know in a fashion that results in me better understanding a subject.
"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

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Valmy

Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Habbaku

Quote from: Berkut on September 11, 2019, 02:47:32 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu3p7dxrhl8&fbclid=IwAR212Akwr4Gtrd0mv6tSyWdZd2Mn7N_UYr-nJilupJh-TRxSQBxr1FAhdZ4


This is very well done. I really like it when I see a presentation of information I largely already know in a fashion that results in me better understanding a subject.

Shit, I've been meaning to send you to that channel.  :D

Eastory does great work in general. Most of those vids are worth watching due to the level of detail alone, nevermind the clear structure.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.

-J. R. R. Tolkien

Syt

Sommerabend, an album by 1970s German prog rock band Novalis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li7wJSpETpE
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Syt

Also, Military History Visualized (warning, strong German accent): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Berkut

"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

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Malthus

Quote from: Valmy on September 12, 2019, 10:07:55 AM
CGP Grey descends into madness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex74x_gqTU0

Aw man, this was great!  :D

Doing what every historian should do.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Oexmelin

Quote from: Malthus on September 12, 2019, 04:41:23 PM
Doing what every historian should do.

This is what we do.

(Also, oral history is not hearsay).
Que le grand cric me croque !

Habbaku

Classic Scalia in that SCOTUS clip, too.  :D
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.

-J. R. R. Tolkien

Syt

https://vimeo.com/117815404

QuoteIn our terrestrial view of things, the speed of light seems incredibly fast. But as soon as you view it against the vast distances of the universe, it's unfortunately very slow. This animation illustrates, in realtime, the journey of a photon of light emitted from the surface of the sun and traveling across a portion of the solar system, from a human perspective.

I've taken liberties with certain things like the alignment of planets and asteroids, as well as ignoring the laws of relativity concerning what a photon actually "sees" or how time is experienced at the speed of light, but overall I've kept the size and distances of all the objects as accurate as possible. I also decided to end the animation just past Jupiter as I wanted to keep the running length below an hour.

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Malthus

Quote from: Oexmelin on September 12, 2019, 05:06:32 PM
Quote from: Malthus on September 12, 2019, 04:41:23 PM
Doing what every historian should do.

This is what we do.

I'm sure you personally do. 

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(Also, oral history is not hearsay).

True: "hearsay" is a meaningless term outside of a legal setting (where it means something like 'any statement, written or oral, made outside of court and introduced into evidence in court for the proof of that statement' - usually but not always inadmissible). Probably what he meant to say was 'not reliable, an urban myth', though the reliability of oral history varies greatly with context.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

crazy canuck

Quote from: Berkut on September 11, 2019, 02:47:32 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu3p7dxrhl8&fbclid=IwAR212Akwr4Gtrd0mv6tSyWdZd2Mn7N_UYr-nJilupJh-TRxSQBxr1FAhdZ4


This is very well done. I really like it when I see a presentation of information I largely already know in a fashion that results in me better understanding a subject.

Thanks for this.  That is really well done  :)

Syt

Invicta is a great channel about ancient history. They've used the new tourist mode in AssCreed: Odyssey to give a detailed tour of the Parthenon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRuHLCpOoF0

QuoteLet's visit the famous Pathenon of Athens in the discovery mode for Assassin's Creed Odyssey! In this video I provide a guided tour of the site while discussing greek architecture, religious practices, mythology, and daily life. I really loved doing this educational tour in a virtual Parthenon and do home to make more content in Assassin's Creed Odyssey Discovery mode.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Eddie Teach

To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Valmy

Quote from: Eddie Teach on September 17, 2019, 07:20:34 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 17, 2019, 07:14:14 AM
AssCreed: Odyssey

I didn't think YouTube allowed pornos.  :huh:

People skirt that line awfully close though...or so I hear.

Pretty awesome video Syt!
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."