moonbuggy

Laughing at things with strange names is the absolute pinnacle of comedy.

Yes it is.

An urban legend with some truth to it:

`As virtual reality simulators assume larger roles in helicopter combat training , programmers have gone to great lengths to increase the realism of the their scenarios, including detailed landscapes and — in the case of the Northern Territory’s Operation Phoenix — herds of kangaroos [..]

Being efficient programmers, they just re-appropriated some code originally used to model infantry detachments reactions under the same stimuli, changed the mapped icon from a soldier to a kangaroo, and increased the figures’ speed of movement.

Eager to demonstrate their flying skills for some visiting American pilots, the hotshot Aussies “buzzed” the virtual kangaroos in low flight during a simulation. The kangaroos scattered, as predicted, and the Americans nodded appreciatively . . . and then did a double-take as the kangaroos reappeared from behind a hill and launched a barrage of stinger missiles at the hapless helicopter. (Apparently the programmers had forgotten the remove “that” part of the infantry coding).’

`Here you will find static and dynamic 2D JPG/PNG images and 3D VRML maps of the Internet. These maps are built off of our database using two different graphing engines [..]’

Convert the first 10,000 digits of pi into music.

This site seems to have all the ones that I’ve seen floating about. Screenshots aswell.

`So, while looking for my passport this morning (which, thankfully, I found, since I’m getting on a plane to go France in a few hours) I came across this receipt I saved from the local video store last Halloween. [..]’