Pictures that actually made you LOL **may contain some NSFW content**

[C0rinthian]

 

[heySkippy]

A couple classics, because there's always someone who hasn't seen them.

Linked because it's teh huge.

 

[Gulielmus]

 

[Punk Walrus]

So wrong... so wrong...

And then there's this, which only makes sense to art nerds...

 

[OldManBrodie]

I can't believe I'm the first one to post this... and on page 2, no less!

Some others:

 

[Tim L]

Now that's the way to tell it.

 

[fitten]

This one keeps me laughing.

 

[fitten]

 

[Emkorial]

I wish I could watch a whole movie based off of this.

My favorite of those is the "One does not simply telnet into Mordor"

 

[StarSeeker]

I can't find it, but the one that always causes me to chuckle is the picture of Batman kicking somebody in the back of the head for eating icecream.

 

[pokrface]

And who could forget this classic:

 

[StarSeeker]

Oh come on everybody knows the Sea isn't level.

 

[Mudshark]

 

[HydraShok]

Forgot about this one...

 

[Sandman018]

 

[Keiman]

 

[HydraShok]

 

[LordJosh]

I abso-fucking-lutely love this image. It makes me laugh my ass off (look for yourself, I am now without an ass); it's fucking hilarious.

 

[NotContinuum]

And who could forget this classic:

I don't get it.

 

[SO1OS]

This thread on Cracked is completely full of awesome.

I read the whole damn thing! Here's some that tickled me:

 

[Frennzy]

And who could forget this classic:
stupid webster idea

I don't get it.

It was webster's genius plan for green energy production. Dig a canal across a peninsula and let the water flow downhill, and put a generator in it's path.

Sea-level escaped him.

 

[Oddabe19]

And who could forget this classic:
stupid webster idea

I don't get it.

It was webster's genius plan for green energy production. Dig a canal across a peninsula and let the water flow downhill, and put a generator in it's path.

Sea-level escaped him.

didn't we also say it looked like a nipple too or something... or is my mind always in the wrong place?

 

[Henwen]

Smug Dog has me LOLing for reals. Really reals. I got looks.

 

[Mat8iou]

I made a video of that story a while back...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhuMiD9CoP8

 

[aC]

Holy fucking shit! From the cracked thread.

I couldn't stop for a good 5 minutes.

 

[Genome]

And this, just because this man is now a US Senator:

 

[wb]

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[Decoherent]

My all-time favorites:

 

[R-T¥PE]

This one keeps me laughing.

Me too, I've seen a lot of Internet pictures but somehow I missed that one. It's funnier if you think of why the guy grabbed a cactus, maybe all was left to swing where heavy rocks and the cactus was more appealing.

 

[RojBlake]

Forgot about this one...

Haha, genius!

 

[Control Group]

 

[RojBlake]

And who could forget this classic:
stupid webster idea

I don't get it.

It was webster's genius plan for green energy production. Dig a canal across a peninsula and let the water flow downhill, and put a generator in it's path.

Sea-level escaped him.

Isn't the Atlantic sea level in Panama something like six feet higher than the Pacific sea level? (Or vice versa; I forget which way round it is.)

 

[StarSeeker]

And who could forget this classic:
stupid webster idea

I don't get it.

It was webster's genius plan for green energy production. Dig a canal across a peninsula and let the water flow downhill, and put a generator in it's path.

Sea-level escaped him.

Isn't the Atlantic sea level in Panama something like six feet higher than the Pacific sea level? (Or vice versa; I forget which way round it is.)

It's 20 cms. *Snicker*

3. Is sea level of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans the same?
If so why are locks required in Panama?
Sea level is about 20 cm higher on the Pacific side than the Atlantic due to the water being less dense on average on the Pacific side and due to the prevailing weather and ocean conditions. Such sea level differences are common across many short sections of land dividing ocean basins.

The 20 cm difference business is determined by geodetic levelling from one side to the other. A datum called Panama Canal Datum is used. When you use spirit levelling you follow a 'level' surface (to our perceptions, see 1) which will be parallel to the geoid (which is geometrically a 'lumpy' surface). The geoid is the surface of constant gravitational potential (plus a 'centrifugal potential' term) which on average coincides with the sea surface i.e. a 'level' surface in everyday language. The 20 cm difference at Panama is not unique. There are similar 'jumps' elsewhere e.g. Skagerrak, Indonesian straits.

If the canal was open sea and not locks (i.e. if somehow a deep open cutting had been made rather than the canal system over the mountains) then there WOULD be a current flowing from Pacific to Atlantic. An analogy (although not a perfect one because there are many other factors) is that you could compare Panama to the Drake Passage off the south tip of Chile which has a west-east flow (but mostly wind-driven of course, but Pacific-Atlantic density must play some role).

Locks are needed in the Panama Canal because the canal climbs over the hills and makes use of mountain lakes. Therefore, locks would be needed even if sea level was the same on the two sides. (So, for example, there are also locks on canals here in England which is much less mountainous than Panama).

Note also that the tides have opposite phase on the 2 sides of Panama, so, if there was a sea level canal, there would be major tidal currents through it.

 

[Genome]

 

[puckfreak]

 

[niclake13]

Ah, teenage love...

Or at least, they look that way.

Also, courtesy of psychomonkey's Calc final:

(Transcription: Extra Credit: some random calc problem Explain The Matrix

If you’ve ever seen the (second?) Matrix film where Neo gets to the Architect. This is like that, kind of. I, Neo, was always destined to suck at this test, and this class, until now. You, the Architect, have seen this cycle a hundred times. Some Neo eventually comes along, destined to be ‘The One’ and break the system thus achieving victory. I will am can be the One, thus achieving the ultimate goal of a C+ or better. But will the Architect let me turn in some late assignments? I can defeat Smith, if only given one more chance! Believe in Neo!)

 

[pokrface]

 

[niclake13]

More pictures courtesy of psychomonkey (he doesn't have a subscription):

 

[webster]

And who could forget this classic:

You're freakin' welcome too.

I'll also bring this up, one of my favs:

 

[fitten]

More pictures courtesy of psychomonkey (he doesn't have a subscription):

I've always thought that is a most excellent picture... It certainly is worth 1000 words