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This Airplane is Not Very Far Off the Ground At All [Video]

by Max Eddy | 1:19 pm, June 7th

It seems like an Argentinian pilot decided to have some fun with his buddies, and did a super-low flyby much to their shock and chagrin. Though watching a fighter jet streak by mere feet off the ground is amazing, my favorite part is the streak the plane’s exhaust leaves over the grass. He must have been very low, indeed.

Now, some of you might doubt the veracity of this video — after all, it is pretty incredible. But there are two sides to every story, and if you want to see the pilot’s perspective on this little stunt, read on after the break.

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WOOOOOOOOSH

L.A. to Paris in Two Minutes [Video]

by Max Eddy | 12:33 pm, April 8th

Nate Bolt had some very patient neighbors on his flight from Los Angeles to Paris, who didn’t mind his camera clicking every few seconds as he documented the trip for this stunning stop-motion video. Compressing 11 hours into two minutes, this video has beautiful mountains, stars wheeling overhead, and even an appearance by the Aurora Borealis. The view almost makes up for the lack of peanuts.

(via Laughing Squid)

The title pretty much says it all

Airplane, With All the Jokes Taken Out

by Susana Polo | 5:02 pm, October 10th

Turns out, there are fourteen whole minutes of Airplane that don’t have jokes in them.

We never would have guessed.

(via BoingBoing.)

R.I.P. Peter Graves: Mission: Impossible Star; Airplane!‘s Captain Oveur

by Robert Quigley | 9:46 am, March 15th

Peter Graves, the Mission: Impossible star who inspired countless geeky fantasies of espionage and self-destructing tapes as the star of the kinda-funny, kinda-serious series from season 2 on, but who we’ll remember best as Captain Clarence Oveur from Airplane! and Airplane II: The Sequel (“Clarence Oveur, over”), passed away yesterday at the age of 83 due to an apparent heart attack, the Washington Post reports.

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14 of the Best Geekiest Beers

Given beer's pervasive place in human history, it's not surprising that the geeky pastimes of drinkers would eventually rub off on the beers themselves. The result is a veritable cornucopia of nerdy beers, 14 of which are right here.

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Eric Limer I'm trying to come up with a control scheme where I can use my xbox 360 controller for leisurely web surfing. It's....interesting.
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James Plafke For a show about a sport I don't really dig, Friday Night Lights is an alright show.
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Eric Limer Just spent a few hours playing Kyntt. Stunning, cute little game. Highly recommended.
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Max Wanna create work flows, wanna make it all work work work.
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James Plafke I am jealous Elmo got to make out with Kristin Chenoweth.
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Eric Limer I swear under my breath A LOT. This must make people near by me very uncomfortable. That being said, I have no intentions of stopping.
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Max Court is now in session at the Burp Castle.
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Eric Limer I don't look at my finances as often as I should which is the main reason why I don't often want to look at my finances.
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Max Desert PolyBus: The game where you drive to Reno and then die.
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Eric Limer If I wrote a webcomic, every strip would be titled "Get it? GET IT?!"
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Max Got chili oil on my hands and face. It hurts. A lot.
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Eric Limer Suddenly I remember what I hate about PC gaming. Mainly never having a computer that can actually do it.
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James Plafke The halftime show taught me that football-watching men drinking beer who love seeing muscular men beat each other up really like to vogue.
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Max Pestering your friends at 8am is how you show you care, right? #hopeso
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Eric Limer Twitter is like RiffTrax for EVERYTHING.
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James Plafke I know global warming is scary, but not having a winter was pretty cool. I didn't have to spend money on shoes for the snow.
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Eric Limer I hereby apologize to all persons --past, present and future-- who have the misfortune of hearing me "sing" dubstep songs.
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Max Even Facebook's Timeline thinks I could have done more with my life.
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Max I did that thing where Facebook turns your Timeline into a movie. Mine had pictures of ducks and foliage set to really dramatic music.
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Max "But I don't wanna go to the dog show!"
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