The Banter Thread / Banter Topic / Sean Bean

[anephric]

Screen refresh - the screen's refreshing faster than the camera is capable of capturing, hence it's catching it out of sync mid-refresh etc, which is why, in films and tv, often you have a Video 24fps Playback technician in the credits (he ensures that the screen refresh on monitors matches the framerate of the camera, hence no rolling bars).

EDIT ^ Damn you and your fat fast fingers!

[Pavey]

Sorry. Here's my question for the day. How does an electric toothbrush charge,when,on mine at least,its just plastic sitting on a plastic charger.

Always bugged me this.

[anephric]

Magicelectroconduperism.

It's technical. I could explain it to you, but your brain would fall out like a brick. And that can hurt.

[Pavey]

Best leave it at that then i guess. 8)

[marcus]

Why do cats purr?

[Pavey]

Because they're happy?

Im not sure actually. Its vibration from a gland near the wind pipe. I did know that.

[Ady]

Why does your heart beat?

[marcus]

Cats that are injured or (gulp!) dying are known to purr also. I associate it with it being content, as mine typically does it when I rub its stomach.

[anephric]

Why does your heart beat?

An interesting "thing" is the explanation for why people find being patted on the back reassuring - according to various anthropologists, it's because it's subconsciously reminiscent of your mother's heartbeat vibrating you in the womb...

[radio]

oops

[djjimbob]

An interesting "thing" is the explanation for why people find being patted on the back reassuring - according to various anthropologists, it's because it's subconsciously reminiscent of your mother's heartbeat vibrating you in the womb...

It's when I need burping.

[Spatial]

Long, but rather obscure and nifty flash animation

http://tokyoplastic.com/drummachine.html

Click on `Enter Flash Animation` in the top left corner and don't forget to click on the dots, boxes and text until the main drumming track stars

edit: in fact the whole of Tokyoplastics main site is pretty funky if you take the time to explore it

[VR46]

lonely hearts ad

[yosai]

^ Class

http://www.m90.org/gallery/video/flipped%20from%20horse0-2143.wmv

makes me laugh every time.

[VR46]

http://americaninlebanon.blogspot.com/2005/07/backstroke-of-west.html

A Pirate copy of Star Wars Episode 3 translated into chinese then back into English then sold in Beirut.

Seen on the back of a t-shirt in London;

'If you can read this then ive left my rucksack in a crowded place'

ouch.

how long before he got beaten up/arrested ?