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How close is this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPIbLcPiG9s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qt2WbfotkU (You really get the full effect of Shpongle when you listen to the album's tracks consecutively, without pause.) Or this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB3kaviEy_k Psybient is essentially just the "chill" parts in Goa trance. It comes and goes in waves, with varying tempos, and it's pretty much the epitome of modern-day "LSD music."

Might be psybient.

I've programmed simple games (2D and 3D) in AS3, Python and Java. I've also tried my hand at C++. C++ is difficult to learn and even more difficult to program with. Having full control over memory management (i.e. no garbage collection) is generally only necessary if you're working on the next Call of Duty or Halo. For a beginner hobbyist game developer, C++ isn't a good choice. It's also a pain to port it cross-platform. Actionscript 3 is a great language for simple 2D/3D games, but it's not nearly as powerful and flexible as Java or Python, and it's mainly suited for non-desktop games. However, it's booming right now with the development of various 3D libraries, such as Alternativa and Away. Python is a great language for fast prototyping and even full-blown 2D/3D games. Check out PyGame (2D) or Panda (3D). Java, on the other hand, is an absolutely fantastic language for hobbyist game developers. It's extremely easy to distribute to any platform. WebStart is a great feature -- most computers already have JRE 1.4+ installed. You can find open source class libraries for just about anything. Check out Slick (2D), jME (3D) or Ardor (3D). Personally, I use Java for larger projects, and Python for smaller projects. If you're already feeling comfortable with Python, I'd suggest you learn Java. Good luck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJhyzKc8QP8

The Black Keys (a rock group) collab with an MC to make a "rock-rap" album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGI5GjcEGZk Also, check this instrumental piece. Really sick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJhyzKc8QP8

The title made me think of the Dave Chappelle skit. :lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRVwrhDArOU I doubt the album will be any good. Probably gonna be some generic pop type stuff sprinkled with a few Tupac verses. Tupac is great, but not the best rapper. I'd say most people who consider the guy a "hip-hop god" don't know enough hip-hop.

Twelve Monkeys. [bleep]ed, but brilliant! Brad Pitt played a great role.

Minimal role? The whole movie was about drugs... :blink: Do you mean the actual highs weren't strongly emphasized? What were you expecting? More clichés like those in Half Baked? The movie did a good job at portraying the drug's effects on frequent smokers, and without anybody floating through windows. :thumbup:

I'd drive out to a sunny field with a close group of friends and take some hits of LSD. The rest of the day would be spent eating, playing music, and having a good time. In the evening, I'd spend some time on my own, reflecting on my life. Then, after having sex with the cute girl of my dreams, everybody would gather under the stars and wait for the inevitable. Yep... something like that. :lol:

The vaccine isn't going to change any time soon. Many clinical trials have been conducted[1][2], some on-going[3][4], that support its effectiveness as-is. Waiting a few years defeats the purpose of vaccination.

I'm shocked at the level of ignorance and stupidity coming from this thread. Don't ever trust the government? Vaccines don't work? H1N1 isn't something to worry about? Vaccines are extremely important not just for your own sake, but for the sake of those around you. The more people that skip out on vaccines, the more those people are endangering the rest of society. Wired - How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All [hide]... This isn’t a religious dispute, like the debate over creationism and intelligent design. It’s a challenge to traditional science that crosses party, class, and religious lines. ... Consider: In certain parts of the US, vaccination rates have dropped so low that occurrences of some children’s diseases are approaching pre-vaccine levels for the first time ever. ... In states where [opting out] is allowed, 2.6 percent of parents did so last year, up from 1 percent in 1991, according to the CDC. In some communities, like California’s affluent Marin County, just north of San Francisco, non-vaccination rates are approaching 6 percent ... That may not sound like much, but a recent study by the Los Angeles Times indicates that the impact can be devastating. The Times found that even though only about 2 percent of California’s kindergartners are unvaccinated (10,000 kids, or about twice the number as in 1997), they tend to be clustered, disproportionately increasing the risk of an outbreak of such largely eradicated diseases as measles, mumps, and pertussis (whooping cough). The clustering means almost 10 percent of elementary schools statewide may already be at risk. ... In May, The New England Journal of Medicine laid the blame for clusters of disease outbreaks throughout the US squarely at the feet of declining vaccination rates ... “I used to say that the tide would turn when children started to die. Well, children have started to die,” Offit says, frowning as he ticks off recent fatal cases of meningitis in unvaccinated children in Pennsylvania and Minnesota. “So now I’ve changed it to ‘when enough children start to die.’ Because obviously, we’re not there yet.” Before smallpox was eradicated with a vaccine, it killed an estimated 500 million people. And just 60 years ago, polio paralyzed 16,000 Americans every year, while rubella caused birth defects and mental [developmentally delayed]ation in as many as 20,000 newborns. Measles infected 4 million children, killing 3,000 annually, and a bacterium called Haemophilus influenzae type b caused Hib meningitis in more than 15,000 children, leaving many with permanent brain damage. Infant mortality and abbreviated life spans — now regarded as a third world problem — were a first world reality. Today, because the looming risk of childhood death is out of sight, it is also largely out of mind, leading a growing number of Americans to worry about what is in fact a much lesser risk: the ill effects of vaccines. If your newborn gets pertussis, for example, there is a 1 percent chance that the baby will die of pulmonary hypertension or other complications. The risk of dying from the pertussis vaccine, by contrast, is practically nonexistent — in fact, no study has linked DTaP (the three-in-one immunization that protects against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) to death in children. Nobody in the pro-vaccine camp asserts that vaccines are risk-free, but the risks are minute in comparison to the alternative.[/hide] The difference with H1N1 is that it has a tendency to affect healthier, younger people. This means students are at higher risk; not just because of their age but because of the crowded environment they reside in. Swine flu has different effects on different people. For many, it may be no worse than any other flu, but for some, it can be deadly -- even with no prior conditions.

Primer was great. It's $7,000 budget, 77 minutes running time, complex dialogue and fantastic premise all make it one of the best (and most re-watchable) low-budget films I've ever seen. I really enjoyed The Last Samurai, aside from Tom Cruise. Reminds me of how fascinating Japanese culture was during the Edo/Meiji periods. Also saw Up with a group of friends. Cute, and really funny. Good movie -- although I would have liked to see more development with Ellie's character. (I guess they were going for more of a Family Adventure than a tragedy, though!)

On the subject of psybient... Be sure to check out Shpongle. [hide]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2LK-zGfdUU[/hide] I've only ever heard Leftfield's "Release The Pressure", but it was good: [hide]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-qdrtWPgdw[/hide]

Also, Ratatat is sick. [hide]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0VAkPjrnWM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64liF2VuLxI[/hide]

Birdy Nam Nam are worth a mention. They are a group of French DJs who use the record player as a musical instrument. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ICcz6kXP0 You can get a clear idea of how they work with this video of Abbesses: Other great "electronic" artists that haven't been mentioned yet... Moby - ambient/chillout [hide]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDrfXVwHk9Y[/hide] Bluetech - psybient [hide]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB3kaviEy_k[/hide] Flying Lotus - experimental/hip-hop [hide]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CybO7XtYpdU[/hide] EDIT: Burial - dubstep/downtempo/ambient [hide]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtEBEVC0HUc[/hide]

Haha, that's great. :thumbup:

Lmao, that is pretty awesome. That was in an episode of How I Met Your Mother. Been wanting to start it, but I never pay enough attention to catch words like "major" and "general" during a conversation. :lol: My group pulls a lot of jokes off shows like Seinfeld, How I Met Your Mother and The Office (e.g. "Parkour, parkour!", "That's what she said", etc). This weekend some friends and I are "suiting up" and hitting the bars with old-school 70s plaid blazers. One of the guys is named Ted, so we tend to use the line "Have you met Ted..." a bit much!

Woodstock: '69 Paris: '50s Lesbos, Greece: 6th century BCE Prehistory: 15,000 BCE The future: 3000, 5000 and 10,000 CE I would then return to the present (it would be too difficult to move into a foreign era and culture) and write books about my experiences, earning millions in sales. :thumbup:

I use playlists all the time. They help organize my music library by genre and mood. "Acoustic Chill", "Study", "Upbeat Hip-hop", "Chill Hip-Hop", "Beats", "Tripout", "Reggae", "Hookah Sesh", etc. It's great to throw a playlist on shuffle at a house party and other events. Last night I got to play one of my "underground rap" playlists at a popular university bar. :thumbup: [hide]Soulution - Yao Ming ft. Project Move Sojourn - All Things Considered Blame One - Disturbed ft. Sean Price Memphis Bleek - Alright (Ratatat Remix) AZ - The Format Us3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) Talib Kweli - Listen!!! Gang Starr - Moment of Truth etc..[/hide] Full albums never really did it for me... Generally not enough variety, and most of them have at least one or two tracks I always skip.

I snapped a pic of my Monte Cristo before I devoured it. Didn't have any powdered sugar, so I used some mustard for garnish. :lol:

Om nom, yes please. Here's my own version of the Monte Cristo [hide=Recipe]Ven's Monte Cristo Sandwich Ingredients: - 1 large egg - 1/3 cup whole milk - 1/4 teaspoon salt - 1 teaspoon sugar (optional) - 2 slices of stale/stiff wihte bread - Cheese (preferably Swiss) - Ham (preferably Black Forest, shaved) - butter (for pan) - Honey mustard or maple syrup on the side (optional) - Powdered sugar (optional) Directions: I like my sandwiches with grill marks, so I prefer to use a sandwich grill or a grill pan for this recipe. If you don't have these, you can use a regular pan. Set your pan or grill to medium-low heat. If you're using a pan, add a small amount of butter and push it around to coat the surface (helps avoid stick). As the pan/grill heats up, break the egg into a wide, shallow bowl or a pie plate. Add milk, salt and sugar. Beat lightly with a fork. Coat the bread in the egg mixture by laying a slice in the bowl or plate, waiting a second or two, and turning it over. Repeat with the other slice. Place the coated bread on the grill or pan. Note: French toast requires thick slices of stiff bread. If the bread is too soft, it will come out mushy. Stale bread is ideal, but you can also leave the bread in the fridge about 30 minutes prior to cooking. Heat the bread until its underside is golden brown (should take about 3-5 minutes). Flip the slices with a spatula. Place ham and cheese on top of one slice and continue cooking until the underside is golden brown. (If you're using a sanwich press, add the ham and cheese after both sides are browned, then press the full sandwich together to heat the cheese). Note: If you're using a grill pan, put some weight on the slices as they cook using a large spatula or the lid of a pot. This ensures that the grill marks come out well and that the slices are cooked through. Remove from pan, push slices together to create a sandwich and cut diagonally. Serve with honey mustard or maple syrup, and garnish with powdered sugar. Result: (without powdered sugar) [/hide] It takes some experimenting, especially with how much milk to use and how long to cook. Some recipes also add a bit of vanilla extract to the egg mixture. Different cultures, different upbringings. Most North Americans are never introduced to the idea of snakes/human organs/dogs/etc as a kind of food, and so when they hear of it they tend to think "WTF? Nasty!".

I gotta give this a go one day: Brined Fried Chicken Recipe Make whatever you want. Cooking is incredibly easy when you follow recipes. :thumbup: Ever tried a Monte Cristo? Ham and cheese sandwich using french toast as the bread. It's super easy to make and it tastes fantastic. I can post up a short guide if you are interested.

Made pumpkin ravioli tonight in an olio garlic sauce with sauteed zucchini and tomatoes. It was great, but next time I think I'll try it in a rosee sauce. Sounds like a cottage/shepherd's pie variation. Poutine is delicious... But certainly not healthy!

I have a running list that grows every year... here are some I can think of right now: - Get a tattoo. - Try wingsuit base jumping or skydiving. - Travel the world and stay in the most remote and/or interesting places I can (e.g. ice hotels underneath the Northern Lights). - Try some of the scarcer psychedelics such as DMT, LSD and (pure) MDMA. - Help invent, design or create something that significantly benefits science and/or humanity. - Have a number of full-blown out-of-body experiences. - Write a book. - Learn to play the harmonica well. - Listen to my favourite albums through a full set of 'audiophile' equipment (best possible quality speakers, headphones, record players, etc). - Have a threesome with two gorgeous women.

How do you screw up pasta, and what were you thinking putting food dye in the boiling water? :lol: If you buy fresh pasta and get a pre-made sauce, it's even easier than something like kraft dinner.