Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
Japanese bug fights are brutal. (h/t: Jeremy)
Helicockter threatens Garry Kasparov. And the explanation. (h/t: shpx.ohfu and Richard)
The platypus genome was published earlier this month and, man, is that one weird animal.
Is that a javelin in your leg or are you just happy to see me? Oh, it's a javelin in your leg. Keep working, then.
Yves Rossy is the world's first man to fly with jet fuel-powered wings.
Jet fuel powered wings? Call me when he can take off without an airplane and land without a parachute.
J/k; that's pretty cool.
Posted by: Mahan Atma at May 20, 2008 11:48 AMI like this video from 2006 - there are a few scenes from a cam he has attached to himself and there is a closeup of his parachute landing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-66AcTo9TU
Looks like he's improved his design.
http://www.jet-man.com
Re: Rossy's wings.
[cue Will Smith voice] I gotta get me one of THESE!! [/will smith impersonation]
Posted by: Jon at May 20, 2008 08:40 PMIf the helicockter guys team up with Rossy, Kasparov will be in real trouble.
Posted by: Gaijin Biker at May 20, 2008 09:00 PMI was more impressed by what this guy managed to pull off.
Posted by: TokyoTom at May 22, 2008 03:41 AMDang; lost the first one!
But here's another, and another.
Posted by: TokyoTom at May 22, 2008 10:33 PMCome on, Apostropher. The first rule of Japanese Bug Fight Club is you DO NOT talk about Japanese Bug Fight Club.
Posted by: Gaijin Biker at May 23, 2008 03:34 AMHey GB, what about translations of the announcer dialog? Or is it not necessary, they're saying about what it sounds like based on the action and their inflections?
Posted by: Clownæsthesiologist at May 23, 2008 06:58 AMThey're basically just doing a play-by-play of the fight, and saying what one bug is doing to the other. I do not plan to prepare a transcript.
Posted by: Gaijin Biker at May 25, 2008 06:27 AM