Stupid World

**Brian d marge** · 29th March 2015, 14:59

Originally Posted by mashman

US drops 60,000 propaganda leaflets on IS in Syria... the ironies is astounding.

Hope they took them off the pallet first

Stephen

**blue rider** · 30th March 2015, 06:28

bwhahahahahahahahaha

**mashman** · 30th March 2015, 10:27

US academic gives NZ talk on killer robots

"Killer robots could save lives, a renowned United States roboticist says.". bwaaaaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaa.

**Scuba_Steve** · 30th March 2015, 11:50

Originally Posted by mashman

US academic gives NZ talk on killer robots

"Killer robots could save lives, a renowned United States roboticist says.". bwaaaaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaa.

**mashman** · 30th March 2015, 11:51

Finally, the Beauty of France's Chauvet Cave Makes its Grand Public Debut... $62.5 million to copy a cave, WTF.

**carbonhed** · 30th March 2015, 16:22

Originally Posted by mashman

Finally, the Beauty of France's Chauvet Cave Makes its Grand Public Debut... $62.5 million to copy a cave, WTF.

I've been to heaps of those caves in the Dordogne... awesome .

They've done the same thing for Lascaux.

Maybe they should have called you first? Then again... nobody does... right?

**bogan** · 30th March 2015, 16:41

Originally Posted by carbonhed

I've been to heaps of those caves in the Dordogne... awesome .

They've done the same thing for Lascaux.

Maybe they should have called you first? Then again... nobody does... right?

That's cool, if only they had done it for the pink and white terraces...

**carbonhed** · 30th March 2015, 17:11

Originally Posted by bogan

That's cool, if only they had done it for the pink and white terraces...

Didn't somebody propose recreating them a few years ago?

Werner Herzog did a movie about the Chauvet cave... in 3D I believe although I've only seen it in 2D.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1664894/

Lots of the caves have these circular depressions in the floor where the bears used to hibernate... I love that kind of stuff... and the Dordogne in general.

**bogan** · 30th March 2015, 17:16

Originally Posted by carbonhed

Didn't somebody propose recreating them a few years ago?

Werner Herzog did a movie about the Chauvet cave... in 3D I believe although I've only seen it in 2D.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1664894/

Lots of the caves have these circular depressions in the floor where the bears used to hibernate... I love that kind of stuff... and the Dordogne in general.

Heard a bunch of stuff about them finding them again a few years ago, can't recall any attempts of recreation though. I reckon it'd be a goer, get some chemists to figure out how to speed up the process, and start off with a concrete base, plenty of beautiful mineral pools still up there so I guess the water is still good for it...

**Ocean1** · 30th March 2015, 17:30

Originally Posted by bogan

That's cool, if only they had done it for the pink and white terraces...

Lasers weren't that common then.

Somewhere around here I have a fucking enormous point cloud from a survey of Jewel cave in the US, courtesy of the same FARO systems.

**bogan** · 30th March 2015, 17:35

Originally Posted by Ocean1

Lasers weren't that common then.

Somewhere around here I have a fucking enormous point cloud from a survey of Jewel cave in the US, courtesy of the same FARO systems.

True, was more posted to give a bit of perspective. Bit hard to put a price on preservation...

Then again, if there were no lasers back then, nobody would know if we rebuild it a bit wrong

**mashman** · 30th March 2015, 17:39

Originally Posted by carbonhed

I've been to heaps of those caves in the Dordogne... awesome .

They've done the same thing for Lascaux.

Maybe they should have called you first? Then again... nobody does... right?

No doubt they're the prettiest version of underwater basket weaving that many people will have ever seen.

Bet that's just as pretty.

They fuckin well should have!

**carbonhed** · 30th March 2015, 18:02

Originally Posted by mashman

No doubt they're the prettiest version of underwater basket weaving that many people will have ever seen.

Bet that's just as pretty.

They fuckin well should have!

Yer just a pommy clod. Nothing to offer but a Doctorate in moaning.