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greatest freak out ever - respot?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:29:34 GMT

this kid has issues.

Mind Blowing Hyperrealistic Sculptures!

Johnmikins — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:57:07 GMT

Ron Mueck

Ron Mueck is one of the premier names in the photorealistic sculpture field. He used some of his talent to create visual effects for the 1986 movie Labyrinth.

After that he opened up a studio to produce visual effects for the advertising industry, which he was successful at for some time. In 1996 he transitioned completely into fine art, devoting all of his time to photorealistic sculpture.

He is best known for faithfully reproducing all aspects of the human body in either a larger or smaller than life scale. His work has been featured in art galleries all over the world, including the Tate in London.

Age spots, wrinkles, and every detail of a face are featured in the work of Toronto artist

Evan Penny

He generally produces head-and-shoulders busts larger than life size, and implants each hair one strand at a time while creating his sculptures.

Jamie Salmon

Uses human hair to help accentuate his photorealistic sculptures. Together with fellow artist Jackie K. Seo, they form Avatar Sculpture Works. Salmon uses a complex, multi-stage process to create each piece that can take weeks to months to acheive the realistic details that he is known for.

Duane Hanson

Was one of the pioneers of photorealistic sculpture. After acheiving a Masters of Fine Arts and teaching high school art, he created his first photorealistic sculpture in 1966. He specialized in horrific tableaus, such as his first work, Hanson�s Abortion, which documented a �backroom� abortion. He started producing more simplistic, single-person sculptures in the 1970�s.

Sam Jinks

Sam Jinks creates hyperrealistic sculptures from silicone. He too has been a film and television special effects wizard for 11 years, having spent the last 5 years primarily on his own art. His works feature oddities such as a fox�s head on a man�s body and a man hanging by the armpits on pegs. He names renaissance artists such as Bosch as his inspiration.

Adam Beane

Only began sculpting in 2002 and developed his own material, called CX5, to lend even more detail to his hyperrealistic action figure sculptures. The material handles like clay when warm, but is as hard as plastic when it is cool. He is known primarily for his posed action figures.

Modern Warfare 2 on the X to the Box

G35 Mass — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:49:26 GMT

G35Mass on XBox live. I'm home sick from work and can't sleep. Let me kill you.

Would you pay to be called Fat and hit with a bat?

Evil Wayzz — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:35:10 GMT

THIS IS REAL!

What to do with old Hard Drives

JOKER — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:38:00 GMT

They are not exactly old but not the new sort as well.

All of them are 7200 rpm but they are all ATA.

Here is the list:

60 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA/133
60 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA/133
160 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA/133
120 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 PATA 133
123 GB Hitachi Deskstar
120 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9
120 GB Seagate U Series 9

Last two Seagate drives still have warranty on them till 2011

Any Idea what I can do with them besides trying to sell on Ebay.
I doubt I can get any kind of serious $ for them, prolly just end up losing money and time.

What should I do?

vhtran — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:25:06 GMT

Ok...Here's what going on.

My wife and I took a short vacation back on Oct. 16th. Got to Orlando and we had reserve a rental at Dollar Rent A Car. There's a toll from the airport to my hotel and I am 100% sure that I paid the toll. There's no way you can miss the toll or trying to void the told since that you're out of town.

Today I just got the letter from that rental place and they're charging me $25 for not paying the toll on that night we got there. So, I did a little online search and found out a lot of people getting the same issue/scam with this car rental company. They didn't send me a copy or any information from the toll department. With what I know and my past experience, even when you're violate such thing. The toll department will send you a letter and you have to explain why that happened. If you do they will not charge you, unless you don't response to their letters. I am not sure what to do now. Any input would be appreciated.

someone spotted my car!!!

Kris79 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:05:52 GMT

i got a call this morning from my ex she spotted my old sedan in texas. i sold it 3 years ago. lol i thought that was funny. she also spotted my old 00 integra ( custom painted).

anyone ever spot their old cars around? i was expecting some kid to rice it out after i sold it.

if ur in texas(san antonio area) and see a ob sedan black axis mod 7s with full wald kit and stillen exhaust around the colleges there say hi to them and tell them u know the original owner lol.

Any Jesse Cook Fans Here?

Garnet Canuck — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:38:10 GMT

I know that this type of music isn't exactly mainstream, but I've been a big fan of him and this type of music in general for a long time. I am going to see him in concert in April for the 3rd time and am pretty exited for it. His newest CD is probably one of my favorites. This is my favorite song off of his new CD......I just love listening to it cranked in the G. :)

Btw, this isn't a real video..... but some decent scenery nonetheless.

Another Mac Question....

Kuneff — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:18:09 GMT

OK, i moved our vacation and honeymoon pics into a folder of their own. Then I saw on the Hard Drive page the searches for Images... clicekd on it and there were a bunch of pics. I figured they were duplicated... I moved them to trash.... :eek: FVCk...

How do I get them back into the folders they were in??? Its like 2 gigs of vacation pics... Bike pics... track pics... and everything....

Any ideas of a quick fix rather than going back through them all??

I need pictures of flat tires...

nixed — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:48:31 GMT

please post pics in here or link me! Need for a project I'm doing for my design class.

Investing in Real Estate

AGThing1227 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:32:03 GMT

Who here invests in Real Estate?

I am looking to invest in some real estate and was looking for places to turn to for information. I signed up for local real estate classes and have been reading a lot! Does anyone recommend any online courses or any seminars?

Share your stories if you have any!

Let's make a deal

slaytan213 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:48:33 GMT

I will run 10 miles tonight, in your honor, if you guys help me raise 100 bucks.

http://www.firstgiving.com/omarreyes

I will post my Nike+ running log to prove I did it.

Laptop repair suggestion?

evolver — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:46:02 GMT

I have an Acer TravelMate 6262 laptop. It works well except for one thing. The battery does not hold charge for more than 2-3 days if left in the laptop while it is turned off. It last for over three hours when laptop is running but if I leave it unplugged and turned off over a weekend. It would not even turn on.

I tried pulling a fully charged battery out and kept it for about 5 days on a shelf, detached from the laptop. It did not drain by itself. I plugged it in and about five minutes later the battery charge indicator showed about 97% full. If I left it in, it would definitely discharge.

I suspect there is something broken in the power circuit inside the laptop. It is off the warranty by now. Where would you go to get it repaired?

Oh, forgot to mention that it runs from a power source plugged into the wall outlet, however, the power source makes unhealthy noise as if it runs overloaded and it heats up quite a bit.

So, I suspect it is laptop's internal circuitry failing but I don't have a good idea of where should I go to get it repaired for a reasonable cost.

Any suggestions?

Beware of BearShark!

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:12:13 GMT

I got bored in class...

Inspiration:

Here is something to make one think....

Kuneff — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:12:08 GMT