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Currently Chauvet caves in France[^].
Largely because it shows an understanding of and sensitivity to art that was lost in the 30 thousand or so years that have passed since.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Fabuleux
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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I'm not a big one for lost civilisations a la Graham Hancock - however that painting definitely shows something was present within the conciousness of the artists that was far beyond what many art school graduates can produce nowadays.
The amazing thing is that this was painted over 30,000 years ago!
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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The Windows flower/plants theme.
I used to have pictures of my (now deceased) cat rotating, but I rarely use my own computer now that I have a work laptop and don't play games anymore.
That deceased cat isn't Nika by the way. She's the cat I grew up with, Siepie. We got her when I was about five years old and we had her for 19 years.
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Sander Rossel wrote: we had her for 19 years
You kept a deceased cat for 19 years? Is this some weird Dutch tradition or did you just forget where she was?
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Member 9082365 wrote: You kept a deceased cat for 19 years? Other countries don't do that?
Member 9082365 wrote: Is this some weird Dutch tradition Yeah, none of that Schrödinger sh*t for us, we know exactly what state our cats are in!
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Luke[^]
The boy in the shirt is Luke, attack dog #1.
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This one[^]
"You'd have to be a floating database guru clad in a white toga and ghandi level of sereneness to fix this goddamn clusterfuck.", BruceN[ ^]
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I'm using the Windows 7 theme "Winter" that has a dozen or so pictures it cycles through.
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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Currently I have this[^] stretched across my two monitors.
It being -24C this morning, it's nice to remember summer!
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Currently I've got a selection of Skeletor Affirmations[^]
Before that, it was a selection of backgrounds from Miyazaki movies.
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I have a set of random wallpaper but my favourite is [this^]
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Used to rotate a few, but currently I use this[^] from the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns. Not the finest quality but a good personal memory.
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If a big cat could use The Force, would it be a lightsabre tooth tiger?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I have a bad feline about this!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Gives one paws for thought.
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A purrfect way to start the new year!
/ravi
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Purrhaps, but we've barely scratched the surface.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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You're kitten me, right!?
/ravi
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The same way that my cats are no longer French... They are de-Claud
Hogan
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Darth Brij
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To directly answer your question, @OriginalGriff: NO!
Here's scientific proof the the cat had not The Force:
Saber-Toothed Cat Had Wimpy Bite ~ article link[^]
"For all its reputation, Smilodon fatalis (saber-toothed tiger) had a wimpy bite," said study team member Stephen Wroe, a paleontologist at the University of New South Wales.
Wroe, lead author Colin McHenry of the University of Newcastle and colleagues used fossils to digitally reconstruct the skulls of a Smilodon and a lion (Panthera leo).
"We simulated the forces you might expect if each one was taking large prey," McHenry said. The "computerized crash tests" showed if the prey was still on its feet and struggling, the saber-tooth's skull didn't hold up to the associated forces, while the lion's skull did fine.
McHenry likens these forces to a person chomping down on a raging bull. "Imagine biting onto something like a bull at a rodeo while it's trying to buck you off," McHenry told LiveScience. "Imagine the forces that would go through your skull as it's trying to throw you off. The lion skull actually copes with those [forces] really well, but the saber-cat skull doesn't."
The results show the saber-toothed cat had a less-powerful bite compared with the lion, which the scientists suggest is partially due to Smilodon's relatively small lower jaw (a feature that makes space for the cat's lengthy sabers).
modified 4-Jan-16 12:49pm.
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