thebear's list of interesting websites - Page 8

thebear · 19 Sep 2006, 01:23 (Ref:1713340)

A dictionary of HOMOFONES .

thebear · 20 Sep 2006, 15:10 (Ref:1714748)

A bit of comedy HERE .

thebear · 22 Sep 2006, 18:29 (Ref:1716602)

THESE guys are GOOD!

thebear · 24 Sep 2006, 21:11 (Ref:1717933)

Can someone please advise if THIS is asjusted for your local time?

1200Datto27 · 25 Sep 2006, 12:30 (Ref:1718395)

Shows my local time in Victoria, Australia. Pretty cool actually.

Suze · 26 Sep 2006, 01:54 (Ref:1719887)

Not for me - showing UK time - currently in Atlanta, US so five hours behind.

**silver bullet** · 26 Sep 2006, 08:37 (Ref:1720066)

Check it against the clock on your pc.

thebear · 27 Sep 2006, 00:18 (Ref:1720782)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suze

Not for me - showing UK time - currently in Atlanta, US so five hours behind.

When I posted it I wasn't sure what the "Worldwide" results would be which is why I asked for replies.

When you acces the link from 10-10ths you are connecting from a UK server.

You should get the correct local time by connecting using the original link and doing one of the following (MS Internet Explorer only. There must be a Netscape & Mac users with appropriate knowlege. Please post):

1. Right click anywhere on the screen and select "Create Shortcut".

or

2. At the top of the screen left click on "Favorites > Add to Favorites".

Either of these will allow you to connect thru your local server and the correct local time should appear.

thebear · 1 Oct 2006, 13:42 (Ref:1724432)

If at first you don't succeed, SKYDIVING is NOT for you.

This would, like, really suck, like, and everything, like...

thebear · 12 Oct 2006, 12:15 (Ref:1736138)

Nippon Rube Goldberg machines...Similar to Honda's "Cog" TV spot.

Ahh-SO!

and (may take more than a minute to load)

Ahh-SO!

thebear · 12 Oct 2006, 17:44 (Ref:1736442)

How does he do IT ?

thebear · 16 Oct 2006, 01:35 (Ref:1738822)

Anybody remeber RUBIK'S CUBE ?

thebear · 18 Oct 2006, 10:27 (Ref:1741009)

I wouldn't have SEEN it if I didn't believe it. :Shrug;

thebear · 18 Oct 2006, 19:50 (Ref:1741502)

Happy Halloween-Hangman GAME .

Suze · 18 Oct 2006, 22:04 (Ref:1741620)

Glass thing - what's to say they're not all actors and different camera takes?

thebear · 18 Oct 2006, 22:17 (Ref:1741635)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suze

Glass thing - what's to say they're not all actors and different camera takes?

Didn't appear to be any "cuts". He is an "Illusionist" after all.

Suze · 18 Oct 2006, 22:22 (Ref:1741640)

exactly, so something somewhere. loads of comments after the clip with bits of speculation.

thebear · 19 Oct 2006, 14:44 (Ref:1742157)

A REAL TRANSFORMER and ROBOT WRESTLING

thebear · 22 Oct 2006, 12:22 (Ref:1744926)

Pretty cool..and a bit cerebral - Here's a GAME game to play, if you have the time.

Matski · 27 Oct 2006, 23:07 (Ref:1751574)

Quote:

Originally Posted by thebear

Pretty cool..and a bit cerebral - Here's a GAME game to play, if you have the time.

okay thats pretty trickey.. just got 31 out of 50 in 28 mins, now i'm stuck!

thebear · 2 Nov 2006, 17:28 (Ref:1756402)

Want to dress up your Mazda MX-5 ?

thebear · 3 Nov 2006, 02:06 (Ref:1756740)

Finally! Somebody put all the cheap prison gags in one FILM .

I can't wait for Prison 2: Gitmo. That'll be hilarious.

thebear · 17 Nov 2006, 02:20 (Ref:1768200)

Snowmobile races a Jeep across the WATER .

thebear · 18 Nov 2006, 02:13 (Ref:1768941)

A controller for the Wii games console. You too can DRIVE the "Shinkansen"!

. . .

thebear · 19 Nov 2006, 02:46 (Ref:1769371)

Read the text on the incident and then Click on the Link at the end to watch an animation.

This, friends, is what I call close. Fortunately there was an experienced crew in the United Airlines 737.

Wonder if the controllers responsible were ever reprimanded for this near-collision?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jets Came Within 35 Feet Of Colliding:

The National Transportation Safety Board says a near-collision between an airliner and a cargo jet this summer was a lot closer than first reported.

As Aero-News reported, a United Airlines 737 was cleared for takeoff at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport July 23, just as an Atlas 747 was landing on a crossing runway. The pilot aboard the 737 saw the jumbo jet too late to abort, and chose to rotate early to avoid the collision.

Early reports said the two aircraft were never closer than 300 feet. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, however... a new NTSB report says they missed by only 35 feet.

The controller who cleared the United flight is heard to say STOP, STOP, STOP on the tower tapes as the aircraft passed each other.

NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker said the incident "could have been catastrophic had the airmen not been skilled and not been lucky. Luck is not a way to run a safety system."

The airport's ground alerting system wasn't operating at the time... but the NTSB says that doesn't matter. The system wouldn't have given enough warning to avoid the incident.

The NTSB also released a Flash animation reenactment of the event, available for viewing. Click HERE . You have to click TWICE on the ">" at the lower l/h corner of the screen.

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