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04/19/10 - Now Tony Almeida's Gotta Repopulate The Earth
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Ah, the trials and tribulations of finding a good capture card. I'm guessing you bought a happauge?
I wanted to get a capture card which I could use with dscaler and play my ps3 on my pc live. It would help because I capture screens for demo reviews.
I currently have a USB capture box. It's probably 4 years old or older. It has about a 2 or 3 second delay, which is murder when playing a game.
I went crazy trying to figure out what cards work for dscaler, and I read on one forum that if the card only does mpeg 2, then it's not good and that your best bet is a happauge tuner, preferably one that is not a usb plugin. -
WAT AN EMAIL?!
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I can never eat anything if it's in the shape of an animal or person. My used to torture me by eating animal crackers in front of me. One time I stole all of the snacks for my 1st grades class and hid them so that they wouldn't be murdered. The only thing I can eat are Gummi worms because they don't have eyes or any other distinct features.
I tried the AUUU UGUUU again, to try and count the uguu(s) and auu(s). For auu I got 124 and uguu 95. I am very unsure of my number because I counted both of them at the same time on my fingers and in my head. Will anyone else take up the Kanon challenge? -
Ummm, yeah. So what you're saying is that you can devour the dead, processed flesh of an animal, but a cute, fake animal cracker would freak you out?
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I think the "Kanon Challenge" is existing in the same universe as the show Kanon. We all struggle with it every day.
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[quote="YotaruVegeta"]Ummm, yeah. So what you're saying is that you can devour the dead, processed flesh of an animal, but a cute, fake animal cracker would freak you out?
Yeah. Gummi bears, peeps, goldfish crackers, chocolate bunnies, the snoopy faced ice cream, all of that stuff. I've never once eaten something in the shape of an animal that I can remember. I think it has to do with when I was little my grandma used to help her scale, clean, and gut fish that she caught. -
Were you molested as a child? Went through a traumatic episode?
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I don't like hurting animals. And animal shaped foods are kind of like animals. I also love eating meat, but I'm ok with that because it doesn't look like animals. I'll eat a fish if it doesn't have a head.
It makes sense in a nonsensical way. -
Eating food products shaped like animals is sort of like eating real animals- in that THEY ARE NOT ALIKE IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER.
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This
http://www.moyerschicks.com/MC-Web/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/baby_chicks.jpg
Doesn't look like this?
http://theinnerdoor.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/peeps.jpg
This
http://mar.baronelawyer.com/images/Snoopy%20Ice%20Cream%20Bar.GIF
Doesn't look like this??
http://www.123stitch.com/pictures/STP-F1200.jpg
Food just shouldn't be made to look like animals. It's like the most barbaric way to eat something.
YotaruVegeta.....The defense rests
And to answer the obvious question that anybody will ask. I am more than aware that actually slaughterer real animals to make meat is a lot more horrific than a kid eating some peeps. I just think humanity should draw the line at animal shaped foods.
You might see a little girl eating a ice cream cone
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1115/1288388013_ff13da36cf.jpg?v=0
I see a murder a beloved childhood figure -
My junk food doesn't chirp or bark at me. Like all humans, you are hypocritical, but I can't come to understand your particular hypocrisy.
So you know that your delicious meat was murdered for your sustenance and that's alright, but a cartoony recreation of animals etched into candy and cookies freaks you out?
Be straight with me: you saw a Maury Povich episode and you're just emulating one of his guests, right? -
For video capture you could try something like the Pinnacle Video Transfer
You don't even need a PC with this device, simply a usb 2.0 storage device. You press a record button on the device when you're ready and when you hit stop it then encodes the video into a h.264 .mp4 file and then transfers that to whatever device you have plugged into it (such as a PSP or a flash drive). I don't have one of these currently but am planning on getting one very soon in order to do some LPs of console games (Dreamcast games specifically). -
I just find ending things in the shapes of animals or people weird . I'm sure there are millions across this world that share my sentiments. I woulnd't use the term freaks me out to describe my feelings. I just get a feeling of sadness when given the opportunity to eat a shaped food. I imagine that it would screaming in pain as I eat and that adds to my hesitance.
I don't see the appeal of eating something that's supposed to be a man, fish, or bear. -
If millions shared your belief, then they would stop making stuff in the shape of people or animals. BTW, I don't think I have ever eaten anything in the shape of a person.
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Gingerbread men.
Trust me, the silent minority EXISTS. There are probably members of this forum who share my views and but are afraid to voice their opinions. It's OK fellow consciousness objectors, I know you are with me in spirit. -
[quote="God"]You might see a little girl eating a ice cream cone
I see a murder a beloved childhood figure
You must hate Pez dispensers. "Hello Captian America. I'm going to rip off you head and eat from your neck"
One of the reasons I love this podcast is, when you guys go off on hilarious rants, I always get stuff to practice photoshop with. -
[quote="LessThanHero"]You must hate Pez dispensers. "Hello Captian America. I'm going to rip off you head and eat from your neck"
That... sounds delicious, actually... -
I actually prefer to eat things that are in the shape of animals. It gives me a feeling of superiority as a member of the top of the food chain. If I could somehow cut my steaks into the shape of a tiny cow, I would do it.
http://images.trendhunter.com/phpthumbnails/57602_1_230c.jpeg
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I only eat foods that are shaped like babies. It's kind of a pain in the ass, but dammit, I have my standards!
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If I could bite into a live cow and it would taste like Mikey D's, I would do this.
Maybe I should not have been surprised that this came from someone who chose the very humble name of God. God loves (to eat) his children- but only when they lack a face. -
If you only ate food in the shape of where it came from, wouldn't a lot of your food be in the shape of a laboratory beaker?
Would all hot dogs be in the shape of a question mark? -
The shape of a hotdog would be Legion.
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[quote="God"]It's OK fellow consciousness objectors
Is a consciousness objector a person who is sleepy?
I think squeamishness is really a matter of degrees. I have never heard of the extreme of animal crackers, which clearly have never been part of an animal and can feel no pain when you bite into them. I have no problem with eating from a fish that has been fried whole, or pinching the heads off of spiced fried whole shrimp, or cutting raw meat, but some people do. I've never had to slaughter an animal, or even kill a fish or lobster, but it weirds me out a little. Serving octopus or fish sashimi that was cut off a live animal seconds earlier and is still wriggling on the plate is not cool with me. Even if you tell me that the animal is already dead, and it's just lingering nerve impulses firing that makes the food move, I can't do it. The empathic leap between a fish whose mouth and gills are still operating out of nerve signals that continue to fire, despite the fact that it no longer has a body, and biting the head off a cookie giraffe is pretty far, you must admit.
I guess on the bright side, you'd pass a Voight-Kampff test no problem if a Blade Runner came knocking. -
I know this is completely hypocritical, but I'm pretty good with eating seafood. I used to be weary of how close seafood is to being alive but then I decided to stop being afraid. During the summer I catch crab and I boil them alive usually. Every couple of weeks I cook raw shrimp and I have to cut off the legs and head. I was able to prepare squid and that involved me cutting out it's eyes, guts, and all the other bits of it. I prefer fillets, but I've eaten whole fish catfish at family cookouts before.
Maybe it has something to do with me finding the food animals adorable? I don't know. -
RE: the crab bit
That's pretty harsh -
How exactly do you propose to kill the crab before you boil it?
I know people who used to put lobster in beer before they cooked it because they thought that was somehow more humane. -
I'm not playing when I say this: I bought animal crackers on my way home for the first time in years.
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If there's no other way...but he seemed to imply that there was a way to boil them after they're dead.
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Well the alternative to kill crabs was to take a knife aand just stab it in the brain/head. I consider that a better way the day to be slowing cooked to death. I think it's possible to make the die of CO2, if you light a fire in a bucket and toss them in.
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I'm pretty sure you wrote some words here, but the configuration of those words aren't making total sense for me.
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God said:
Will anyone else take up the Kanon challenge?
Warning: Do not take this challenge. It is a threat to your mind & soul. If you are brave and/or dumb enough to Finish its, you will either become a moe fanboy/girl or end up like the blue hair girl in the end of this video. -
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[quote="YotaruVegeta"]I'm pretty sure you wrote some words here, but the configuration of those words aren't making total sense for me.
I was trying to read subtitles on a movie and write at the same time. Not a good combination
Well the way alternative that I used to use to kill crabs was to take a knife and just stab it in the brain/head. I consider that a better way the die than to be slowing cooked to death, but it's easier just to throw it in a pot
I heard of lighting a piece of paper on fire and then putting the paper and crabs in a covered bucket. That way the crabs die painlessly of CO2 poison. If I can get over my fear of fire, I might try that during the summer.
The Kanon Challenge isn't that bad. I've watched it a couple more times since then. Try turning off your lights, put the video on full screen, and put on some headphones. Time itself slows down. I have an experiment I will try later this week. I'm going to load up 5 windows of that video and then play them 2 seconds apart each. And do that while laying down with my eyes closed.
I think I might experience a spirit walk, or discover the secret of the universe, or die. I'm certain it will be one of those. -
Hey, I'm gonna try the Kanon challenge- oops, I slipped into an episode of Durarara!! Oh well.
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If you can watch it all and still have your soul intact, than you truly deserved to be called God
. Just remember, the person who put the clips together is the green hair chick.
[quote="RobotBastard"]
the 160 greatest Arnold quotes.
I thank it was gonna be Arnold saying "I'll be back" 160 times. -
Slow cooking to death? You do not live very long when tossed into boiling water, dude. Also, trying to kill a crustacean by stabbing it's head is a lot harder than it sounds and quite probably a lot more cruel.
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When Kanon first came up on this podcast, I wondered if it was some weird version of Air that I'd never seen. Then I actually watched Kanon and realized that, yes, it is, because Air is the exact same show.
I think Chloe becoming the boss of 24 is a reaction to them naming a Homeland Security project after her. -
[quote="karaokeninja"]Slow cooking to death? You do not live very long when tossed into boiling water, dude. Also, trying to kill a crustacean by stabbing it's head is a lot harder than it sounds and quite probably a lot more cruel.
Crabs are cold-blooded animals, so they won't notice being cook slower. -
[quote="karaokeninja"]Slow cooking to death? You do not live very long when tossed into boiling water, dude. Also, trying to kill a crustacean by stabbing it's head is a lot harder than it sounds and quite probably a lot more cruel.
I don't see how. Apparently, the more humane way to kill lobsters/crabs is by stabbing the head of the lobster, or severing the ventral nerve, both of which will destroy the ability of the organism to feel pain. Tossing it into boiling water will probably take longer to kill it, simply because high temperature is not really a targeted method, and if they do feel pain, wouldn't it follow that boiling water would cause pain until death? -
Until death, yes. While I can't say I've ever tested the exact amount of time it takes for a crab to die when thrown in a pot of boiling water, I do not imagine that it is long as well as that high heat destroys nerve endings, so that pain may not last very long regardless. There is actually a debate over whether or not crustaceans feel pain, though for crabs is it generally agreed that they do due to the presence of opioid receptors. Also, remember that a crab's exoskeleton is hard. They become softer after boiling, so plunging a knife through a cooked crab isn't going to be the same as plunging a knife through a live crab.
That being said, if you can kill the crab before boiling it and that doesn't introduce a health risk from boiling the dead crab, I've heard that killing a lobster before boiling it will cause it to release a dangerous toxin, though that might be an old wives' tale since I can't find anything on it, you should. You're all ready going to eat it. No reason to be a dick about it.
Edit: I found an article about why we boil crustaceans alive.. They apparently decay extremely fast, so storing them dead isn't an option. However, you can boil them dead. You just have to as close to immediately after killing them as possible. -
Why are you all killing crabs? Whats a-wrong with you!?
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Crab is delicious.
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You say that like anyone would argue that fact.
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Not at all. I just felt like saying it. Don't you just go up to people on the street and say, "Chocolate is awesome!" or is that just me?
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I did say that out loud once on a street. They took me to The Toombs.
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Here is another movie Vs. question for you. Enter The Dragon Vs. Legend of Drunken Master. Which is better?
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That is the most insane Vs. I have ever heard of.
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[quote="YotaruVegeta"]Why are you all killing crabs? Whats a-wrong with you!?
Coincidentally, I'm currently going back and watching an anime that is entirely about killing crabs. -
I was never that impressed with any of the Drunken Master films. I always preferred what Jackie Chan did in Snake in the Eagle's Shadow.
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I think that at any point in an anime about giant creatures or demons, there's always a crab creature to fight.
BTW, I'm still eating animal crackers. They are not in my soup. I hate soup.
