Genesis Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 The title is slightly misleading. Post your most chilling of stories, videos or, pictures. It doesn't have to be you. I'll get it started with a picture I came across when surfing the PC Master Race boards. Here's some more: http://imgur.com/account/favorites/NaxHD p... and Sirius 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anikotos Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 What in the hell? What, did they figured frosting would make it run better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallitin Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 What in the hell? What, did they figured frosting would make it run better? I think he over did the thermal paste. Sirius and Fjnfnffnfn8485858 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anikotos Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I'd say. Looks like a cake in there. Hopefully it wasn't too buggered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 I think he over did the thermal paste. One of my first builds I wasn't paying attention and almost smeared thermal paste into the socket. I still have nightmares. The poor person was probably making his first build and just ruined everything. So much wasted money. But it is pins so maybe it's not so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 i almost did that. almost. it haunted me for days. sometimes i can still here my pc's screams.. Sirius and Shootter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjnfnffnfn8485858 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I feel sorry for the cpu, and that socket. p... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathByGuts Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I think the thermal was applied to the wrong side . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgen Black Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 My story was more about arse puckering than cringe but I guess it is all the same. For those that are not pilots, this may not make any sense but just trust me it was not pretty. I was below a cloud layer at the airport in a helicopter in VFR conditions, tower asked if we were ready for our IFR climb out. The copilot told tower that we were ready and started his climb into the clouds. My head was down putting in GPS coordinates when I hear the copilot say,"I need help." I look up to see the helicopter approaching zero knots of airspeed and rolling through 90 degrees of bank in IFR. He had a bad case of vertigo. To make a very long story short, I took controls of the helicopter and rolled it through 110 degrees of bank and put the nose straight down. The attitude gyro was rolling over and over, so that did me no good with relation to up and down since we were still in the clouds. I quickly recovered the helicopter and pulled power to max torque and finally stopped descending at 50 feet over the ground in IFR conditions. I saved all the lives on board that day to include my copilot, crew chiefs and the passengers. I am not proud of my actions, but humbled that my training saved us and that I get to live on and enjoy life. Remember not to sweat the small stuff, life is too short. Zero Null Cero Wolfwyrd, Brother Maynard, Flatfoot and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjnfnffnfn8485858 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 My story was more about arse puckering than cringe but I guess it is all the same. For those that are not pilots, this may not make any sense but just trust me it was not pretty. I was below a cloud layer at the airport in a helicopter in VFR conditions, tower asked if we were ready for our IFR climb out. The copilot told tower that we were ready and started his climb into the clouds. My head was down putting in GPS coordinates when I hear the copilot say,"I need help." I look up to see the helicopter approaching zero knots of airspeed and rolling through 90 degrees of bank in IFR. He had a bad case of vertigo. To make a very long story short, I took controls of the helicopter and rolled it through 110 degrees of bank and put the nose straight down. The attitude gyro was rolling over and over, so that did me no good with relation to up and down since we were still in the clouds. I quickly recovered the helicopter and pulled power to max torque and finally stopped descending at 50 feet over the ground in IFR conditions. I saved all the lives on board that day to include my copilot, crew chiefs and the passengers. I am not proud of my actions, but humbled that my training saved us and that I get to live on and enjoy life. Remember not to sweat the small stuff, life is too short. Zero Null Cero You fly helicopters? If so good to see another pilot on here, I'm doing my ppl (fixed wing). Morgen Black 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 You fly helicopters? If so good to see another pilot on here, I'm doing my ppl (fixed wing). My story involved being at ENJJPT in Wichita Falls. They had me doing an incentive flight in a T38 Talon with an Italian Major as my IP. I ended up pulling so much in negative G's during a BFM exercise that he vomited multiple times. Imagine my face when he told me to take the bird in on approach because he didn't think he could see straight...he took controls about 100m off the runway but seriously, about shat meself. We shouldn't have had Greek Gyros for lunch. >.> Apollo, Flatfoot and Morgen Black 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TardiveDyskinesia Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Too many bad stories from 14 years in Law Enforcement and 15 in emergency rooms to pick one. Hug your loved ones and tell them you love them daily. Wolfwyrd and Overlord 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzy Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 The title is slightly misleading. Post your most chilling of stories, videos or, pictures. It doesn't have to be you. I'll get it started with a picture I came across when surfing the PC Master Race boards. Here's some more: http://imgur.com/account/favorites/NaxHD Woah! Looks like he got over excited with his first build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minted Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I cringe every time I hear/see Alex Salmond talking about Scottish Independence. Deltoran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlich Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 There was this girl......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 http://dailybuzzlive.com/mississippi-teen-dies-breaking-neck-ice-bucket-challenge/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boildown Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Here's a couple good ones about the SR-71 Blackbird:http://roadrunnersinternationale.com/weaver_sr71_bailout.htmlhttp://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/what-was-the-slowest-you-ever-flew-in-the-blackbird-1501361885They've got a Blackbird at the Air and Space Museum, and to me, its the most impressive thing there, in either museum. Outshining even the Space Shuttle. I never imagined just how freaking huge it is, until I saw it in person. Truly mankind's foremost marvel of aeronautical engineering, so far. VoA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoA Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Here's a couple good ones about the SR-71 Blackbird: http://roadrunnersinternationale.com/weaver_sr71_bailout.html http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/what-was-the-slowest-you-ever-flew-in-the-blackbird-1501361885 They've got a Blackbird at the Air and Space Museum, and to me, its the most impressive thing there, in either museum. Outshining even the Space Shuttle. I never imagined just how freaking huge it is, until I saw it in person. Truly mankind's foremost marvel of aeronautical engineering, so far. In Aerospace Engineering we often study the SR-71 Blackbird as not only being ahead of its time (I am both an Architect / Aerospace Engineer) - but still really at the forefront of aeronautics. I love how it "leaks" fuel while sitting on the ground and then as it flies at higher speeds the heat then expands each panel so it fits tight (and stops the leaks). I also love the tech behind the ram jet + how it keep setting speed records (before the space shuttle). The Russians would develop a new Mig just to break the record... and each time they did this we just flew the SR-71 again.... opened the throttle a bit more and kept reclaiming the speed record (they never opened up the throttle all the way on the SR-71 - so they don't actually know its top speed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daHawk Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 This happend more than ten years ago... Had to stop at a red light and when i looked in the rearview mirror i see a 40 ton truck coming at me at full speed... maybe the driver was sleeping. I steped on the brake as hard as i could (there was traffic crossing in front of me) and pushed myself into the seat, preparing for the impact. Boom ... the truck had hit me, but not as hard as i expected... it rolled past me and stopped a few meters ahead. Somehow the driver managed to brake and steer a bit to the left, so he just scraped the side of my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weyoun Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Thread unlocked, off topic bickering removed. Genesis, VoA and TardiveDyskinesia 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWhiskey Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 http://dailybuzzlive.com/mississippi-teen-dies-breaking-neck-ice-bucket-challenge/ damn.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 damn.... People are saying it's a hoax. There's a few videos that have this happen, or say it happened. It's hard to say for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWhiskey Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 People are saying it's a hoax. There's a few videos that have this happen, or say it happened. It's hard to say for sure. hoax or not, the stupidity of some people can make this true, the one that really stuck in my mind was when i saw a vid on a news show of 2 guys smoking a sumas tree leaves and died (not sure if i got the spelling right, but the leaves are poisonous) or the guy that decided to go fuck a horse and die stupidity, the most embarrassing killer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 Here's another http://huzlers.com/teen-dies-instantly-neck-injury-ice-bucket-challenge-falls-head-watch-video/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWhiskey Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 (guesstimate inc) from what i can see in that vid, the bucket falling is about 5-6 feet with about 60 lbs soo.... about 300 lbs of force i think? (i could be wildly wrong) and supposedly it's only around 20 lbs to break a neck (depending on what your doing it can be more or less) ... just remembered an odd bit of trivia, medieval deaths from being hit on the head (from w/e melee weapon) came more from broken necks, no idea where i heard this, probably from TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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