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I'm trying to figure out how to capture video from different sources in order to make gifs from whatever I want. i.e. tv show websites, youtube, etc. etc. I really don't want to be bothering people to do something that I could figure out on my own. I've figured out how to edit gifs once they are on my computer by tinkering around with GIMP, but this critical step of getting my own 'original' material is prohibiting me from doing what I want. I searched gaf via google and saw a couple threads, mainly this one http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159197 but to be honest, I don't know what I'm looking for.
I also found this one for youtube videos, http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=343856 but it seems difficult, and I really don't know if these are applicable for other sources. Plus both of these threads are from 07 and 08, respectively, so maybe there is new and easier technology out there by now to use.

If anyone has tips about what programs are out there, or what is easiest for them to use, it would be much appreciated. Free programs would be preferable.
 
not so much a question but more of a request..

Does anyone have that gif of that guy at a convention or something and he stops and stares at a woman eating a sausage?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
Tntnnbltn said:
Own gif request: Guy on boat steals lifejacket from woman, jumps into ocean only to get swallowed whole by shark.
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H.Cornerstone said:
not so much a question but more of a request..

Does anyone have that gif of that guy at a convention or something and he stops and stares at a woman eating a sausage?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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I heard a song on the radio the other day. I don't know the name of it (or at least, I don't know it now) but I've heard it a million times before.

I think the main chorus included a line that sounded like "I'm not gonna be [missing word(s) here] toniiiight" and then repeated that line. Also, I think it was a song by The Police.

Can someone please help me discover the name of this song?
 
Blader5489 said:
I heard a song on the radio the other day. I don't know the name of it (or at least, I don't know it now) but I've heard it a million times before.

I think the main chorus included a line that sounded like "I'm not gonna be [missing word(s) here] toniiiight" and then repeated that line. Also, I think it was a song by The Police.

Can someone please help me discover the name of this song?
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Roxanne?

Rooooooooxanne. You don't have to put out the red light tonight.
 
This is a stupid question.

When I see someone type out FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU. How is that supposed to sound?

Eff-You
Fuck You

or far less likely:

Foo

I know it's foolish, but for months whenever someone would post the David Caruso, CSI Miami jpeg, I would read the "Yeeeaaaah" in the last panel as David Caruso yelling "yeah!" as I'd never seen the show and didn't know that it was referencing Won't Get Fooled Again.
 
Blader5489 said:
I heard a song on the radio the other day. I don't know the name of it (or at least, I don't know it now) but I've heard it a million times before.

I think the main chorus included a line that sounded like "I'm not gonna be [missing word(s) here] toniiiight" and then repeated that line. Also, I think it was a song by The Police.

Can someone please help me discover the name of this song?
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I think the song is called Your Love by The Outfield.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_bmOp2UWOc&feature=related
 
Shurs said:
This is a stupid question.

When I see someone type out FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU. How is that supposed to sound?

Eff-You
Fuck You

or far less likely:

Foo

I know it's foolish, but for months whenever someone would post the David Caruso, CSI Miami jpeg, I would read the "Yeeeaaaah" in the last panel as David Caruso yelling "yeah!" as I'd never seen the show and didn't know that it was referencing Won't Get Fooled Again.
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Haha

I actually read it in my head as "Fooooo..." even though it makes no sense :lol . Actually, it's suppose to just be the word "Fuck" but without enough literal space in the picture to type all the letters. It's some dumb kid's picture posted on 4chan, it was never meant to be read aloud and examined :lol
 
Shurs said:
So it's like fun without the n?
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Yes. Think of it as a villain falling off a cliff while looking up at the hero but the only thing he can think of at the time is "Fuck."

Does anyone know of a good wallpaper randomizer? I found one online but it's only a trial version of a paid product.
 
Is there anything in the design of Macs which makes them less prone to viruses, or is it just that since most people use windows, most viruses are made for windows computers?
 
JCX said:
Is there anything in the design of Macs which makes them less prone to viruses, or is it just that since most people use windows, most viruses are made for windows computers?
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It's just that so few people own Macs... at least compared to Windows machines, especially in the business world.
 
JCX said:
Is there anything in the design of Macs which makes them less prone to viruses, or is it just that since most people use windows, most viruses are made for windows computers?
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The main security benefit when comparing Unix-like systems (OSX, Linux, BSD, etc.) to Windows-based ones is that, by default, a user does not run with administrative privileges. Even if someone were to write a virus for a *nix system (and they do exist, just not really "in the wild"), the most it can usually do is own your home folder.

Newer versions of Windows are better at starting users in a non-administrative mode and accessing those rights when necessary, but it isn't perfect.

Your reason is also fairly valid too. We've kind of moved past the days when people would spread viruses just to destroy an OS install; It is far more lucrative to sit quietly and mine all of the user's personal information. Logically, if you're in it for the money, you're going to target as many computers as possible.

Trent Strong said:
Remember that thread about Beyblades? Why did people think that guy was serious? It was an obvious troll.
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I remember posting in that thread. After the second or third post, I think most people caught on. I imagine that most of the posts after that point were entirely sarcastic and just taking advantage of a thread that was going to get locked.

Now, why did people give him the benefit of the doubt for the first few posts (and, potentially throughout the thread)? Because we're a forum largely filled with turbonerds. One person having an obsessive fetish about beyblades is, by far, one of the least weird things to grace this place.
 
cosmicblizzard said:
If they could get a hold of one, would marine biologists use submarines?
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...I'm pretty sure some of them would. It depends what field work they are doing.

Why is this question phrased like a hypothetical?
 
cosmicblizzard said:
If they could get a hold of one, would marine biologists use submarines?
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Sure. Places like Monterey Bay (MBARI) have their own boats that can launch small research subs.
 
Anyone know what happened to Boxxy? Did she just disappear?

Can I even discuss her here? Am I breaking some sort of rule?
 
Tntnnbltn said:
...I'm pretty sure some of them would. It depends what field work they are doing.

Why is this question phrased like a hypothetical?
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Wiki says most are military owned so I assume they didn't have the funds or something. Guess I was wrong.
 
What would be the ideal approach in a fight to the death with a large dog?

For the record, I'm not planning on attacking any dogs but a friend has a large dog that doesn't seem to like me and if something were to happen I need to be ready.
 
Snuggler said:
What would be the ideal approach in a fight to the death with a large dog?
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Somehow get a grip on two of its legs, probably hind legs, and use centripetal motion to keep it spinning and disoriented.
 
Shurs said:
This is a stupid question.

When I see someone type out FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU. How is that supposed to sound?

Eff-You
Fuck You

or far less likely:

Foo

I know it's foolish, but for months whenever someone would post the David Caruso, CSI Miami jpeg, I would read the "Yeeeaaaah" in the last panel as David Caruso yelling "yeah!" as I'd never seen the show and didn't know that it was referencing Won't Get Fooled Again.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtuHWh3ED4o
 
Snuggler said:
What would be the ideal approach in a fight to the death with a large dog?

For the record, I'm not planning on attacking any dogs but a friend has a large dog that doesn't seem to like me and if something were to happen I need to be ready.
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Timing is the key, snap it's neck after it pounces on you but before it bites, COD-style :D
 
Snuggler said:
What would be the ideal approach in a fight to the death with a large dog?

For the record, I'm not planning on attacking any dogs but a friend has a large dog that doesn't seem to like me and if something were to happen I need to be ready.
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click in on the right thumbstick at the prompt.
 
cosmicblizzard said:
Wiki says most are military owned so I assume they didn't have the funds or something. Guess I was wrong.
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Oh, you mean an actual 'submarine' submarine. There are other submersible water vehicles they could use that would be cheaper and better equipped for the job. They wouldn't need a 200ft submarine with sonar and torpedos... (Well, maybe the sonar)
 
Grabbing it's legs seems like a decent idea, all I can think of is trying to take control by getting on it's back and choking it out until it goes unconscious.
Maybe theres a wikipedia entry...
 
Snuggler said:
What would be the ideal approach in a fight to the death with a large dog?

For the record, I'm not planning on attacking any dogs but a friend has a large dog that doesn't seem to like me and if something were to happen I need to be ready.
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Grabbing the front legs and pulling them apart as hard as you can apparently works.
 
What was the name of this buddy cop movie(s?) in the 90s? I remember one of them was like a cowboy who liked to get with the ladies, nothing much of the other. I specifically remember one of them riding a horse through New York City to reach a bad guy or something.
 
Snuggler said:
What would be the ideal approach in a fight to the death with a large dog?

For the record, I'm not planning on attacking any dogs but a friend has a large dog that doesn't seem to like me and if something were to happen I need to be ready.
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Most of the approaches described on the internet are disappointingly passive.

Don't use pepper spray or mace. The odds of hitting dog in the face before it can attack you are very small. Even if you can hit the dog in the face, you are unlikely to stop the dog. You are more likely just to make the dog angry.
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I am mortified at the notion of someone clawing away in their handbag for pepper-spray while jaws close on a major limb.

National Geographic video shows large dogs attacking men in protective suits. Perhaps not helpful, or encouraging, but educational and amusing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZm037jPNgc&NR=1
 
if someone where driving a mid sized 4 door car and they crashed into a concrete street pole...how fast must they have been going?? if they where going 30 mh or 40 is that enough to completely whip out the front of the car??


back story:
we where hanging out at my house on Saturday and we chill in the garage(all the entertainment is in there). we are fucking slamming back vodka and other stuff i dont remember and since where in the garage you walk out the side door to take a leak. my buddy walks out and i dont really know or care how long hes gone cause he is probably just throwing up outside or something lol. my brother walks outside and notices his car is gone...we all get worried cause this guy was fuckin passing out thats how drunk he was. we call his cell phone figuring hes at his house but nobody picks up no matter how many times we try. we keep partying untill about an hour later we here that he totaled his car driving home(the stupid fuck).

he broke his arm so bad that hes gonna need reconstructive surgery on his arm, broken ribs and bruised kidneys or lungs(i dont remember). dude says the only thing he remembers is being at my house then waking up at the hospital.........

i love the guy but.....FUCKING IDIOT!!!
 
I'd say your estimate is fairly accurate. It doesn't take a lot of pressure to break bones, but to shatter bones enough to need reconstructive surgery, on top of internal bruising, takes quite a bit of force. It also sounds as if he wasn't wearing a seat belt. He is lucky to come out of this incident with just these injuries and hopefully a lesson learned.
 
Seeing the Discovery Space Shuttle take off last night got me thinking what they do with the boost rockets when they fall off? Do they fall down on earth again? Do they become space rubble? Can Nasa control them in some way?
 
Metroid Killer said:
Seeing the Discovery Space Shuttle take off last night got me thinking what they do with the boost rockets when they fall off? Do they fall down on earth again? Do they become space rubble? Can Nasa control them in some way?
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I think they fall off, parachutes open up, they go into the ocean and are recovered later.
 
got2bekidding said:
I'd say your estimate is fairly accurate. It doesn't take a lot of pressure to break bones, but to shatter bones enough to need reconstructive surgery, on top of internal bruising, takes quite a bit of force. It also sounds as if he wasn't wearing a seat belt. He is lucky to come out of this incident with just these injuries and hopefully a lesson learned.
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yup
 
Also, sorry that you have to go through that as a friend. I know it's rough to see your buddy in that state. I hope he makes a full recovery. I should have included that in my original post, but my mind was in answering a question mode.
 
RedShift said:
Grabbing the front legs and pulling them apart as hard as you can apparently works.
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I've heard this as well. The version it was told to me in led to the dog's heart tearing in half.
 
Do some vigorous 30 minute exercise earlier in the day, don't drink caffeine or eat anything for about 4 hours before you go to bed, drink some chamomille tea, don't have any music or your tv playing when you try to sleep, and try counting backwards from 100 while visualizing the number as you think of it. And if you can help it, try to go to bed at about the same time each night.

I also find I sleep better if I spent some time in the sun earlier in the day and if I'm in a cold room (60 degrees).
 
hey gaf i really need your help. i am writing an essay on revenge and i really need 5 credible sources to quote. full text would be wonderful including some connection with emotions and consequences.

if this is not possible it ok :D
 
jaxword said:
How can I cure my insomnia?

It gets worse every night...
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If your insomnia is really bad and is causing a lot of problems, maybe you can get a doctor to prescribe you some Xanax. It is incredible at getting rid of insomnia.
 
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