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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rictor on February 27, 2006, 08:15:08 pm

Title: Soviet science at its finest.
Post by: Rictor on February 27, 2006, 08:15:08 pm: (http://static.flickr.com/26/96987694_77a700b35d_o.jpg)

Honestly, what more is there to say? I think Stalin's reign was well worth it if managed to produce something of such sublime brilliance.
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Post by: Mefustae on February 27, 2006, 08:21:05 pm: You should not mock Mother Russia, lest you find one of their fabled flesh-eating viruses between your sheets tonight. :nervous:
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Post by: StratComm on February 27, 2006, 08:36:35 pm: Hahaha, that's a great sequence. Good old-fashioned live-subject testing (looks like it's for testing the safety devices of the Russian Soyez-style capsule landing) at its finest.
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Post by: Ford Prefect on February 27, 2006, 08:59:27 pm: In the Soviet Union, parachutes deploy you!
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Post by: Taristin on February 27, 2006, 09:05:58 pm: Quote from: Ford Prefect on February 27, 2006, 08:59:27 pm
In the Soviet Union, parachutes deploy you!

We will not stand for that abysmal joke any longer! It's Stolypin's necktie for you!
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Post by: kv1at3485 on February 27, 2006, 09:25:08 pm: Pre-1943, I see.
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Post by: achtung on February 27, 2006, 10:09:51 pm: I smell a YTMND.
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Post by: an0n on February 27, 2006, 10:21:02 pm: BAHAHAHAH!

I never scrolled down far enough and I was like "WTF? Where'd the pig go?!?"
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Post by: Nuke on February 28, 2006, 01:31:10 am: and what purpose did the vodka serve. to test weather astronauts could drink before flying?
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Post by: kode on February 28, 2006, 01:46:32 am: wikipedia anti-tank dog.
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Post by: Gortef on February 28, 2006, 04:33:24 am: Heh, saw this strip a week ago myself. It is quite funny indeed. That's on tough piggy.
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Post by: Nuke on February 28, 2006, 04:48:40 am: communst fast food?
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Post by: karajorma on February 28, 2006, 04:54:41 am: Quote from: kode on February 28, 2006, 01:46:32 am
wikipedia anti-tank dog.

Good. But not as good as the pigeon guided missile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon) :D
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Post by: aldo_14 on February 28, 2006, 05:41:46 am: Quote from: Nuke on February 28, 2006, 01:31:10 am
and what purpose did the vodka serve. to test weather astronauts could drink before flying?

I don't think there was ever any question whether cosmonauts would drink before flying..........
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Post by: Flipside on February 28, 2006, 10:20:42 am: Piiiigs In Spaaaaace!!
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Post by: karajorma on February 28, 2006, 10:31:24 am: Quote from: Flipside on February 28, 2006, 10:20:42 am
Piiiigs In Spaaaaace!!

Can't believe we all missed that one :D
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Post by: bfobar on February 28, 2006, 10:44:54 am: Pig says, "Man I don't know what I drank last night but I passed out and had the weirdest dream..."
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Post by: Taristin on February 28, 2006, 11:16:39 am: Quote from: karajorma on February 28, 2006, 04:54:41 am
Quote from: kode on February 28, 2006, 01:46:32 am
wikipedia anti-tank dog.

Good. But not as good as the pigeon guided missile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon) :D

"although he had some success with the training, he could not get his idea taken seriously."

Gee. Wonder why...
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Post by: Janos on February 28, 2006, 11:46:37 am: Quote from: Raa on February 27, 2006, 09:05:58 pm
Quote from: Ford Prefect on February 27, 2006, 08:59:27 pm
In the Soviet Union, parachutes deploy you!

We will not stand for that abysmal joke any longer! It's Stolypin's necktie for you!

In Soviet Russia, tired old jokes tell YOU!

gaaahhh
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Post by: aldo_14 on February 28, 2006, 04:25:00 pm: *BOOM* squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkk!
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Post by: achtung on February 28, 2006, 05:59:11 pm: http://pigsovietla.ytmnd.com/

heh....
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Post by: Taristin on February 28, 2006, 06:36:03 pm: *grooooaaans*
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Post by: Grey Wolf on February 28, 2006, 07:10:19 pm: Well, your animation quality is better, but the music is better in the other.
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Post by: Turnsky on February 28, 2006, 07:14:39 pm: or the infamous bat bomb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb)
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Post by: achtung on February 28, 2006, 07:24:41 pm: Quote from: Grey Wolf on February 28, 2006, 07:10:19 pm
Well, your animation quality is better, but the music is better in the other.
Yeah, I couldn't think of anything, and I didn't know about the other :ick:.
Title: Re: Soviet science at its finest.
Post by: Rictor on February 28, 2006, 07:36:30 pm: :nod: :nod:

Good man Swantz. I especially like the music.
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Post by: achtung on February 28, 2006, 09:15:59 pm: Thanks a bundle. :)

I was thinking of slowing the image so the guys observing would catch up to the quiter section of the song. Good idea or bad?
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Post by: Flipside on February 28, 2006, 09:24:39 pm: I like the pace of it to be honest.

I love reading the comments. Theres always one grumpy old git, usually more.