Turns out there is some security cam footage that caught the true reason for the RAID array failing: http://www.snotr.com/video/1259/This_is_how_websites_go_offline

(There should be an achievement for referencing a video from 8 years ago on this site.)

Tip of the day: Always centre the body on the stretcher first before carrying the person away.

One of the things I like about SNOTR is that there are users all over the world who watch and comment. So with that in mind, I am sure there are a lot of users who probably don't recognize the first two items, here is what they are:

1) Baby Ruth - a type of Chocolate bar (or a Candy Bar for those from the USA)

2) Dad's Root Beer - a brand of Root Beer

This cafe is a little known place called Tim Hortons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hortons) there are only 3600+ locations in Canada.

Sometimes even goats visit Tim Hortons: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/goat+arrested+hortons+martensville+rcmp/11397582/story.html

Wow, that is quite the transition from a cute 8 year old kid, to a strung-out white-trash looking 30 something year old.

Anybody else think of this episode of the Simpsons? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%27s_Rival

http://imgur.com/WOdgwdL

Another good piano video from a year ago..... http://www.snotr.com/video/13457/henri_s_boogie

Impressive, but Richard Turner is still my favorite card mechanic.

http://www.snotr.com/video/12951/Richard_Turner__the_blind_card_mechanic

http://www.snotr.com/video/14177/Richard_Turner_-_The_Cheat

Should have gone through a drive-thru and had him get the order from the window.

I wonder if it had additional armour plating installed as well?

Thanks for al......hey look a squirrel

I agree some sound would be nice to help explain everything that is happening.

On a more morbid note, updating this animation to show what happens when a person goes through the machine would make for a useful PSA in the farming community. Too many adults and children have been killed after falling into these machines. These types of accidents are horrific but totally preventable.

Turns out Wired has a recent article on what I was looking for:

http://www.wired.com/2015/04/volcanoes-still-not-source-increasing-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere/

Just a couple questions:
1) How much CO2, SO2, etc did this volcano spew out in these two eruptions?
2) How does the above number compare to how much CO2/SO2/etc man produces in a day?

(I am not trying to start a global warming debate, I am genuinely curious.)

A more appropriate comparison would be to have scythe vs a combine. A weed eater is used to cut vegetation around curbs, trees, fence lines, etc, it is not the tool for clearing fields of brush. (Lets see how fast the scythe does the edging around a flower bed.)

Good thing he didn't have his bike fail like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTfu0hjVtzE (skip to ~1:10).

If this xenon bulb is that dangerous if it is dropped, I am surprised that the projector wasn't designed in a such a manner to allow the light bulb to be changed while the bulb was still wearing its protective case (@2:07).

The video description should say the video is of Trevor Noah (Jon Stewart's replacement for The Daily Show).

#4 & #6, I was pretty sure I'd seen this one before too. Thanks for finding the link.

Some funny comics on Sriracha sauce:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/sriracha
http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/sriracha_addict


The Wikipedia page is an interesting read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha_sauce_%28Huy_Fong_Foods%29

There is also a documentary on the sauce: http://srirachamovie.com/

Comic to go with the video description: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/number_of_fucks

And the scene after she is done filling it up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F31xmle55w4

Here is the link to the video on Youtube with a good description of what was going on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDiuqcx-vpI


Here is a very good video on the working conditions that are found in some of these ship breaking yards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGDZiWwF_V0

@littlenicky Here is a comic to go with your comment:

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/number_of_fucks

I was worried there a moment that the girder was going to drop off the right hand side of the bridge.

I found the following post from The Oatmeal more enjoyable for learning about the Mantis Shrimp: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

Perhaps other countries should take similar pro-active approaches to avoid situations like this video: http://www.snotr.com/video/11747/Rock_Fall

Here is the link to the original Red Bull Stratosphere project that was posted on SNOTR (over 4 years ago). This video is narrated by Joe Kittenger, it shows the footage of his jump and when he first met Felix Baumgartner in 2007.

http://www.snotr.com/video/3858/Red_Bull_Stratosphere


Interesting to think that when Joe made this jump he had only sky-dived less than 30 times and he went up in an open air gondola vs Felix who had made thousands of jumps and went up in a pressurized capsule.

While many of them are admittedly funny, these videos serve as an important reminder that you always need to keep an eye on kids. Life is fragile, many of these videos could have resulted in a death had an adult not been near by.

Nice jump...too bad they got arrested.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/25/justice/one-world-trade-center-jump-stunt/index.html?iref=allsearch

I wish he had driven up a little further so I could read the blue road sign. Just curious if it listed any places that I knew.

There is another whole series of these videos at http://www.bloodylucky.ca/

These videos while graphic, do really resonate with young workers that they need to be very careful when they enter the workforce.

This reminds me of the landmine clearing machine that was made on the show "Junkyard Wars" (Scrapheap Challenge for those in the UK). One of the teams built a machine that had a spinning drum with chains to hit the ground infront of the machine to trigger any landmines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapheap_Challenge

While this is close to the ground....Jeb Corliss has flown closer. Pause at 2:00 to see how close he is: http://www.snotr.com/video/8889/Wingsuit_Crash


An interesting documentary is "Birdmen: The Original Dream of Flight". (Available on Netflix: http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Birdmen_The_Original_Dream_of_Flight/70285637?sod=search-autocomplete)

While base jumping and wing suits look like a lot of fun, what this documentary shows is nearly everybody who does the sport long enough ends up being killed.

Should have pepper sprayed his nuts once he got the pants down.

Who stole the warning sign?

Wonder if he's this guy's brother?

http://www.snotr.com/video/1243/Bobcat_loads_itself_onto_truck

It was nice to finally see the "behind-the-scenes" version of this video:

http://www.snotr.com/video/10072/Amazing_Dirt_Bike_Entrance

Only long time SNOTR watchers would remember this video:

http://www.snotr.com/video/1065/Laser_Flashlight_Hack

Just follow the hack in the above video, but instead of using a laser out of a DVD burner, grab a laser out of a blu-ray burner.


As always: "Don't look at laser with remaining eye!"

For those that are interested here is link to a video that shows you in detail how hydraulic fracturing works and how it has been regulated for decades in Alberta, Canada. Of particular interest is at what depths drinking water is typically found versus the depths of hydro-carbons. http://www.youtube.com/user/ERCB101

Here is a link to the regulatory body in Alberta. Yes, there are places in the world that do successfully regulate the oil & gas industry.
http://www.ercb.ca/

Interesting article on the "power densities" of various forms of energy:
http://scitizen.com/future-energies/how-many-windmills-does-it-take-to-power-the-world-_a-14-1487.html

Finally, remember that anything can be made to seem highly dangerous. (Just look at this website: http://www.dhmo.org/ <--- this is scary stuff and should be banned. ) Make sure you do your research and understand what is being said before you start demanding that something should be banned. Honestly, the way people start freaking out about things they know nothing about reminds me of the dark ages where people would be burned at the stake for suggesting the earth is round, or the earth revolves around the sun.

Wow my daughter would love seeing this.....a real life scene from the movie Tangled.

Which are worse?

Drivers in Russia

or

Drivers in Houston who keep crashing into the metro line.

Hmmm....what was the bird really scared of???

1) The flashing lights and sound.

or

2) That the scare crow opens its trench coat like some creepy flasher pedophile showing off his trouser snake in the park.

Hmmm...I guess I am the only person here that has actually ridden the Houston LRT and driven in downtown Houston.

I can confirm that the Houston LRT is a TERRIBLE design. (Furthermore the system doesn't go that far, it is only 12.1 km long.) While many of these crashes are related to "driver error", the Metro system is at fault for having a completely messed up and confusing LRT.

Everywhere else in the US/Canada (and the rest of Houston), when you want to make a left hand turn, you get into the far left lane and watch for a gap in the ONCOMING traffic. But here in downtown Houston over that 12.1 km of track, you expect the drivers to remember that to turn left they must be in the middle lane and watch for a gap in the oncoming traffic and also watch for a gap in the train coming FROM BEHIND THEM. It should come at no suprise that numerous people forget about and don't look for train coming from behind when they turn left.....because this is never taught in driver training NOR do they encounter this anywhere else in the US/Canada. What everybody is used to when they can turn left across a set of train tracks, is the tracks are fitted with signals and sometimes barricades.

Houston LRT === "Worst LRT Ever!!!!" <--- said in the comic book shop guy voice.

(Light/Heavy Rail Transit systems I've ridden: Vancouver Sky Train, Calgary LRT, Edmonton LRT, Houston LRT, Paris RER, London Metro, Holland Train/Tram/Bus, K.L. Train/Tram, Disney Land Monorail )

The important thing we learn here is to buy the biggest TV available, that way nobody can steal it. I recommend this one from Panasonic:
http://gizmodo.com/5442012/panasonics-152+inch-3d-plasma-the-biggest-tv-yet


Just being nit-picky, I think those were LCD's and not Plasmas. Depending on the size a Plasma weighs 75 - 100 lbs, while a similarly sized LCD is only 30 - 40 lbs.

0:23 - I love that trick!!!

#2 You shouldn't be allowed to comment on things you obviously have ZERO knowledge about.

Clearly you've never taken a car to the car wash before. At this automatic car wash, before you enter there will be a big sign that says "PUT YOUR CAR IN NEUTRAL AND DON'T ENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE AND KEEP YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE."

Once you've done all of that a giant skate comes and pushes your car through the car wash. When your car gets to the end of the car wash, you need to put your car into "DRIVE" and drive away.

The problem is the person in the first car put their car into "REVERSE" and kept stepping on the gas. The person in the second car did nothing wrong.

The guy with the watermelon on his head is Freddie Wong aka "freddiew". He is a former film student who now spends his time creating videos for his YouTube channel. If you go to his channel or his website you can view his entire library of films. After each film he gives you a behind the scenes look of how the shot the video and how it was edited in Adobe After Effects.

For this film a real 50. cal round was shot at the washing machine you see at the end of the field and nobody was on the field. After the gun was fired, Freddie went out on the field with the Watermelon on his head. A fire cracker hidden inside the watermelon caused it to explode.

The two separate videos were then combined into this single video, giving you a very convincing video. The only short-coming that they had was the .50 cal bullet would have hit the hill behind him and kicked up a pile of dirt.