Away/Back thread

[Callaway]

What's cool about the original is that the evening lighting of the tower is copyrighted. You aren't allowed to photograph and publish it without permission.

How can one copyright something like that?

I found several images of the real Eiffel Tower at night:

[Adam]

never been on a rollercoaster and never want to lol

I hate just going down a hill fast in the car

no idea why people would wanna go on something like that

[odeon]

What's cool about the original is that the evening lighting of the tower is copyrighted. You aren't allowed to photograph and publish it without permission.

How can one copyright something like that?

I found several images of the real Eiffel Tower at night:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower#Image_copyright_claims

It's bizarre, I know, and it's hard to claim copyright on a picture that happens to be taken near the Eiffel Tower  at night, even for the French.

[Parts]

Roller coasters

[Queen Victoria]

I am terrified of roller coasters.  This section of the thread has made me determined to overcome my fear this summer. 

So I watched the video.  The first thing I noticed was the Google ad running under the video for the online First Aid and CPR class - not a good start.

The video was watchable because it had to buffer quite a bit, so it wasn't all that intense.  I noticed that the roller coaster track looked like a cross between a spine and those Cootie critter legs from my childhood.  I watched it again in real time and I'm going to watch it again and again until I'm not afraid.  Note that I won't be able to get on a real roller coaster because of a minor health issue, but maybe I can watch them on TV.

[DirtDawg]

I am terrified of roller coasters.  This section of the thread has made me determined to overcome my fear this summer. 

So I watched the video.  The first thing I noticed was the Google ad running under the video for the online First Aid and CPR class - not a good start.

:lol:


I know how google ads can seem completely misplaced in time and space, let alone context, but that one almost made my tea blast out of my nose.

Thank you.




BTW, I fucking LOVE roller coasters (the real kind, not the metaphorical kind)  or any toy that gives me massive vestibular stimulation.

[Eclair]

I am terrified of roller coasters.  This section of the thread has made me determined to overcome my fear this summer. 

So I watched the video.  The first thing I noticed was the Google ad running under the video for the online First Aid and CPR class - not a good start.

The video was watchable because it had to buffer quite a bit, so it wasn't all that intense.  I noticed that the roller coaster track looked like a cross between a spine and those Cootie critter legs from my childhood.  I watched it again in real time and I'm going to watch it again and again until I'm not afraid.  Note that I won't be able to get on a real roller coaster because of a minor health issue, but maybe I can watch them on TV.

  Hilarious.

I don't go on them because I'm not scared of them, I go on them because I'm determined not to let something scare the shit out of me.

Some would call it stupidity, yes  

There is something mesmerising about the pure fear of it and I find myself pissed off for being a wuss for not going on....so I HAVE to go on them.

Two of my more recent episodes were on these;



And jetboating. I was hungover and had no intention of going, but got to the wharf and felt like a wuss. Swallowed half the harbour laughing.

["couldbecousin"]

I am intrigued by roller coasters, but I don't trust the safety of any carnival rides. 

[The_Chosen_One]

Back again.

Never been on a rollercoaster - closest I got was the Mad Mouse at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1980.

Re pics and copyright - what if I took a pic of the tower at exactly the same time of nite under the same conditions?

Oh, and what happened to zOMG? When I log on there all I get is some shit about spies and private investigators?

[P7PSP]

Back again.

Never been on a rollercoaster - closest I got was the Mad Mouse at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1980.

Re pics and copyright - what if I took a pic of the tower at exactly the same time of nite under the same conditions?

Oh, and what happened to zOMG? When I log on there all I get is some shit about spies and private investigators?

Soph let it go. It was a useless spamtard fest at the end. The Mad Mouse sounds like the Oz version of the Wild Mouse at Santa Cruz.

[The_Chosen_One]

Back again.

Never been on a rollercoaster - closest I got was the Mad Mouse at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1980.

Re pics and copyright - what if I took a pic of the tower at exactly the same time of nite under the same conditions?

Oh, and what happened to zOMG? When I log on there all I get is some shit about spies and private investigators?

Soph let it go. It was a useless spamtard fest at the end. The Mad Mouse sounds like the Oz version of the Wild Mouse at Santa Cruz.

Pity, I s'pose people just decided to fuck it up.

The Mad Mouse had 2 small cars with 2 passengers per car joined together and the track had sharp 90 deg bends. Real chunder material.

[P7PSP]

Back again.

Never been on a rollercoaster - closest I got was the Mad Mouse at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1980.

Re pics and copyright - what if I took a pic of the tower at exactly the same time of nite under the same conditions?

Oh, and what happened to zOMG? When I log on there all I get is some shit about spies and private investigators?

Soph let it go. It was a useless spamtard fest at the end. The Mad Mouse sounds like the Oz version of the Wild Mouse at Santa Cruz.

Pity, I s'pose people just decided to fuck it up.

The Mad Mouse had 2 small cars with 2 passengers per car joined together and the track had sharp 90 deg bends. Real chunder material.

That is what happened and that is the same ride.

[odeon]

Back again.

Never been on a rollercoaster - closest I got was the Mad Mouse at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1980.

Re pics and copyright - what if I took a pic of the tower at exactly the same time of nite under the same conditions?

Oh, and what happened to zOMG? When I log on there all I get is some shit about spies and private investigators?

The copyright thing is weird, to say the least. I don't know if anyone but the French would care.

[Osensitive1]

I am intrigued by roller coasters, but I don't trust the safety of any carnival rides. 

Yes, the ones that get torn down and moved every month are creepy. Saw a show about it once; never again.

["couldbecousin"]

I am intrigued by roller coasters, but I don't trust the safety of any carnival rides. 

Yes, the ones that get torn down and moved every month are creepy. Saw a show about it once; never again.

There is a carnival like that that comes to my city once or twice every summer and sets up in the shopping mall parking lot for a week at a time, then moves on.
I'm cautious even walking past the rides, and would never get ON one. I'm especially leery of one ride that's like a Viking longship and swings back and forth.
I could picture it either coming out of the frame, or clipping me in the head as I walk past!