Posts by Hadyn Green
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this excellent piece of graffiti on Wallace St
Blocked at work as "pornography". That must be some graphic graffiti.
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This is an odd question, but how much are cows supposed to fart? Are they currently farting more than they should due to modern farming practice or is just the sheer number of cows causing the issue?
My point, I suppose, is: is there an easier solution than creating a new species of clover? (something that doesn't bother me by the way)
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At one point in the second half I clearly saw Nelsesn smiling as he defended against a Slovak attack. Even one goal down he was loving being at the world cup.
Well before he scored I was thinking the Reid looked the business and ignored the fact that he couldn't quite get to the header in time to stop then opening goal. They All Whites have to be a shoe in for the Halbergs now!
@Simon: yeah I think Brazil will be where we really have to knuckle down and try hard to win. Do that and the cup's as good as ours.
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I totally understand celebrating a draw. Though my used-to-rugby-watching interest was waning with the lackluster passing between the backs and the goalie.
Watching Twitter explode straight after the goal was fun though.
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And Gizmodo are reporting of a software filter that will kill the vuvuzela
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it'll be free of all that worthless screen clutter such as, oh, the score and how many minutes have flown by.
That really pisses me off too. How hard is to have a tiny thing in the corner. They do it in the rugby too, so if you come in half way through you have no idea what the situation is.
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Gizmodo has a look at the specs of the vuvuzelas:
Why are they so loud?
The loudness can be explained by the bore shape, which is roughly conical, and flares. As well as creating sound at a frequency of 235 hertz, the instrument generates harmonics – sound at multiples of the fundamental frequency. We have measured strong harmonics at 470, 700, 940, 1171, 1400 and 1630 hertz.
A flared instrument has louder higher-frequency harmonics than a cylindrical one. The flared instrument is perceived as louder because the higher harmonics are at frequencies where our hearing is most sensitive. This is partly why the conical saxophone sounds louder than the cylindrical clarinet.
Since it produces 116 decibels at 1 metre, prolonged exposure to the vuvuzela poses a risk to hearing, according to a study by the Department of Communication Pathology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Listen to just one instrument for 7 to 22 seconds and you exceed typical permitted levels for noise at work. A whole crowd produces even higher levels, and measurements at a training match have shown temporary hearing loss among spectators.
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On the topic of balls (ooh-er), here's an infographic on the ball used at the world cup, since 1930: NY Times
Well fuck. It seems I'm going to be reposting a lot of this, sorry in advance.
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re: the Jubilani ball
Don't they complain about the ball at every World Cup?
Hush! I'm penning tomorrow's post about that!
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Oh ffs, dude, I just got 'cocknuckle' into the next edition of Metro.
Really? How cool!