Hey.. I'm at work.. Entertain me...

[President]

So far today ive found out my company is on this list..

http://247wallst.com/2010/01/05/the-15-most-hated-companies-in-america/


How stonehenge was built:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK1Rzch89Dw


And a bunch of other retarded shit...

give me more stuff

[Shaun421]

Are we supposed to guess which company you belong to? I guess number 12 :D

[President]

Are we supposed to guess which company you belong to? I guess number 12 :D

Not going to tell you which one I work for but I can at least tell you I don't work for that one...

[Shaun421]

Alright, play that way :mad:

I was breifly a part of a scheme involving one of those on the list but something about it just smelled bad. I'm glad I got out before it fell on its face.

To start a totally random discussion to help pass the time at work...

**Spoliers??**

For those of you who saw Avatar, did anyone else notice, and were extemely bothered by, the giant ant eater horses used the same sound effect as the Velociraptors from Jurassic Park? Everytime I heard that noise it really took me out of the film.

[President]

I haven't seen the film and with how many people I know have boners of it in 3d I think I never will.

With a name of President Marijuana ill keep where i work private ;p

[Shaun421]

Haha, thats why I guessed the pharmacy.

Oh, and how Stone Henge was destroyed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DewEKz9TzmM

[President]

lol nice

[Hasbinbad]

For those of you who saw Avatar, did anyone else notice, and were extemely bothered by, the giant ant eater horses used the same sound effect as the Velociraptors from Jurassic Park? Everytime I heard that noise it really took me out of the film.
What you're noticing is either formulated or stock foley sound.
It's an industry standard in the post-production world to use samples from a common bank to add in sound effects or to create sound effects using a method. When the same sound is used, it is obvious why they sound similar. When a method is used to produce a sound effect, it may sound similar because a similar technique was used to produce the sound effect. Often, the source of an effect is very dissimilar from the action in the shot supposed to have produced it. Spend some time working with sound effects, and you will hear like 7 or 8 of these effects that get used OVER AND OVER again in movies, tv, radio, advertisements, etc., and it will drive you absolutely batty.

[Shaun421]

Oh I am aware of that, Hasbinbad, and it does drive me batty! :eek:

I think the thing that bothered me was not the fact that they reused sound effects, it happens in every movie, but the fact that they reused such an iconic sound. The kitchen scene in Jurassic Park is arguably the most memorable scene from that movie, and it just seems like... all of the new technology was invented to make this visually spectacular film, but they couldn't be bothered to make up their own anteater horse sound.

I guess I'm just nitpicking.

[Goobles]

What you're noticing is either formulated or stock foley sound.
It's an industry standard in the post-production world to use samples from a common bank to add in sound effects or to create sound effects using a method. When the same sound is used, it is obvious why they sound similar. When a method is used to produce a sound effect, it may sound similar because a similar technique was used to produce the sound effect. Often, the source of an effect is very dissimilar from the action in the shot supposed to have produced it. Spend some time working with sound effects, and you will hear like 7 or 8 of these effects that get used OVER AND OVER again in movies, tv, radio, advertisements, etc., and it will drive you absolutely batty.

Hi.

[Zexa]

Pres, that Stonehenge video is the coolest thing I saw all day; and I saw a lot today.

[President]

Then you should probably start reading Reddit

[Hasbinbad]

Pres, that Stonehenge video is the coolest thing I saw all day; and I saw a lot today.
I did see that too, and it was hella cool.
I think that is like the first legit stone-age tech way to do that that I have seen, and I have seen a lot of stupid Discovery channel Stonehenge hour-long waste-of-times.

[guineapig]

If you ever played Star Wars Dark Forces, think back to the sound your character makes when he falls off a cliff.
My vote for most annoying and over used stock foley sound ever...
It's literally in EVERYTHING!!!

[Shaun421]

Haha, I know exactly what your are talking about. They even use it in a Marines comercial. Very abnoxious.

[vageta31]

The sounds I always hear are the stock stormtrooper Star Wars death cry and the Doom door sliding open.

[Zexa]

If you ever played Star Wars Dark Forces, think back to the sound your character makes when he falls off a cliff.
My vote for most annoying and over used stock foley sound ever...
It's literally in EVERYTHING!!!

Let me guess. It's the sound of the Marine Barrack(I think?) in StarCraft also? I hear that damn screaming everywhere and I always think of StarCraft.

[guineapig]

How stonehenge was built:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK1Rzch89Dw




They don't seem to cover how to add the blocks on top. Was he unable to figure that part out?

[Zexa]

They don't seem to cover how to add the blocks on top. Was he unable to figure that part out?

I think he covered enough lifting and movement methods to leave us with enough to put together the rest. I could see them using the jack method to lift the horizontal top stone high enough while you set the vertical stones in place underneath so that you can later lower the horizontal stone back down to rest atop them.

[guineapig]

True, would love to see him make a video of that part. Definitely would be the most time consuming/tedious part.

[Yiblaan]

Yay Cool video.

It entertained me, while in class haha