Nungali

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  1. The Cool Picture Thread

    for a moment there I thought ...... he was wearing a catskin hat .
  2. The Cool Picture Thread

    Okay, how was that done fast enough so it didnt go brown ?
  3. In black magic

    Great stuff ! I loved the way it slowly built up to a crescendo of crankiness and rousing If you want to know the real secret of the Philosopher's Stone ... I highly recommend this book ; If you want to experience the Philosopher's Stone yourself , I recommend this
  4. need healthy criticism

    It sounded like the inside of my head when I had too many Avil tablets ... unpleasant and i wish it would go away . Fortunately, unlike the avil tablets, I could just turn it off. The picture looks like its made up of small cylindrical beads strung horizontally , reminds me of one of those 'bead curtains'; I actually dont mind it, as I like those colours, I would like it better as an abstract , without the suggestion of images. To me it looks like two images on a screen that were put through some type of 'art effect' program . In short , neither seem human or creative, more like someone playing with the buttons.
  5. Blood type and personalty

    I would suggest you don't try to make your particular type of ' sense ' out of genetic information .... its far too complex for you .
  6. Blood type and personalty

    Indeed ! An another corny name change as well ... sounds like something a teenage goth would come up with ..... Menes - first Pharaoh of Egypt .
  7. In black magic

    Put chicken soup on the stove and make it warm ... then PM get better
  8. In black magic

    No ... that cant be it, because the oven was off . or maybe its a type of reverse thingo ..... if the oven was on PM gets a cold ? I'm not going to do any analysis of the Jimi Live 69 though !
  9. Blood type and personalty

    'Modern humans ' eh ? or did you mean AMH ? https://thesebonesofmine.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/anatomically-modern-humans-a-brief-introduction/ otherwise , this could go to ..... 'undesirable' destinations .....
  10. Blood type and personalty

    Dont B negative
  11. When a war game gets out of control

    Oneone was a racehorse Twotwo was one too Oneone won a race one day and 2 2 1 1 2 !
  12. Blood type and personalty

    I think it is better to b positive .
  13. What happens to suicides

    All of us ? Nah ..... only the rich and the 'extremely in debt' .
  14. What made YOU laugh today/tonight ?

    Well .... I couldnt resist it , could I ; a group of women talking about coffee ; W1; "Oh I am hopeless in the morning before I have had coffee, cant do anything ! " W2; " I am worse ! I cant even talk or get my pants on before I have a coffee ." Me ; "Well, as you know, I have had lots of girl friends . " W2; " So ? " Me; " I never found the need for them to be able to accomplish either of those things ."
  15. Telekinesis

    I'll stay here thanks - pretty happy to be 'left behind' (Hint ... when you already in the Promised Land , best not to tell anyone about it ) Promised Land from 3:10
  16. Burning Down the House

    Some more interesting info about this culture ; Comparison of Cucuteni-Trypillia (old pre Indo-European Europe / 'Old Europe Culture ' ) and Yamna cultures (Indo European 'horse people ) - the 'Patriarchy 'arrives in Europe . Origins : CT Blending of the Boian culture, with some traces of the Hamangia culture (both originally from Anatolia), and the Musical note culture (also known as the Middle Linear Pottery culture, or "LBK"), from the northern Subcarpathian region of southeastern Poland and western Ukraine; all of which were Neolithic and non-Indo-European. Y An amalgam of Eneolithic Proto-Indo-European tribes from the southern region of the great Pontic steppe, mostly along river valleys, including (from west to east) the Dniester, the Bug, the Dnieper, the Donetz, the Don, West Manych, and the middle Volga rivers. Agricultural model CT Sedentistic subsistence agriculture[6] Y Pastoral nomadism[2] Social stratification CT Egalitarian acephalous society[6] Y Tribal chiefdom with social hierarchical levels[2] Economic model CT Generalized reciprocity or gift economy[6] Traditional economy featuring trade bartering[2] Division of labour No occupational specialization, each household produced all necessary goods and services independently.[6] Y Many specialized occupations, including priests, warriors, healers, metalsmiths, traders, herders, and slaves.[2] Technological Sophistication Superior work in agricultural techniques, as well as in ceramics, compared to the Yamna. Cucuteni-Trypillia ceramics have been found in Yamna sites.[2] Superior work in copper metalworking than the Cucuteni-Trypillia during the Eneolithic. Later, the Yamna worked in brass, and some of their brass artifacts have been found in Cucuteni-Trypillia sites. The Yamna also used domestic horses for travel, which the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture most likely did not have.[2] Militarization CT Almost no artifacts have been found that would have been meant for defense against a human enemy. No skeletal remains have been found that would indicate the person had been killed with a weapon. Only at the end of their culture did they begin to build walls and ditches around their settlements, yet still no weapons have been found.[7] Y The Yamna perfected military weapons, rode domesticated horses, and probably conducted raids against other peoples regularly. Many weapons have been found in their grave sites.[2] In addition, they also constructed hill-top fortresses, similar to the Medieval Motte-and-bailey design.[8] Religion CT The archaeological record indicates the worship of a female fertility goddess. There is also evidence to indicate that they used clay fetishes in various ritualistic purposes, ranging from fertility to sigils for protection against evil spirits or human enemies.[9] Y There is evidence to indicate that they probably participated in ritual human sacrifice of captured enemies. They worshipped a warlike male deity.[10] Trade network CT Very rudimentary trade network involving only a handful of goods, the most important of which was salt. No indication of traders or merchants as a profession.[2] Some evidence does indicate the possible use of barter tokens as an early form of exchange. Y An extensive trade network spanning a large region from central and southeast Europe to modern-day Kazakhstan and Russia, involving many trade goods, and indication of a class of merchants and traders.[2] Encounters with each other Starting around 4500 BC, Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements began to appear in western Ukraine, where they encountered Yamna tribes. Some scholars hold that this is partly the cause for the creation of very large settlements in this region, to aid in defense against Yamna raids.[2] Also beginning around 4500 BC, the Yamna culture began to establish settlements as far west as Transylvania, which existed side-by-side with Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declin...pillia_culture
  17. Burning Down the House

    [ Okay, if you not an anthro nut like me (or at least interested in human make up history psychology - 'know thyself' , or archaeology , etc .) may as well not read this . ] A little known culture and practice . The Cucuteni-Trypillian culture had the largest settlements in history up to their time. This was a widespread and long-lasting tradition in what is now Southeastern and Eastern Europe, lasting from as early as 6500 BCE (the beginning of the Neolithic) to as late as 2000 BCE (the end of the Chalcolithic and the beginning of the Bronze Age). There is a consensus in the study of Neolithic and Eneolithic Europe that the majority of burned houses were intentionally set alight. Although the reasons behind why house burning was practiced are still debated, the evidence seems to support that it occurred in such a way as to indicate it was highly unlikely to have been as a result of accidental cause. If these regularly occurring burnings, in which the entire settlement is destroyed, were deliberate, then there has still been a debate about why this happened. Cucuteni-Trypillian settlements were completely burned every 75–80 years . There is evidence that every single settlement in this culture probably practiced house burning. No real explanation has been offered, various theories all seem to have holes in them. The remains show food and goods were present in the burnings, bu no human remains. It seems deliberate as the remains are vitrified clay - like baked pottery. Experiments did not get the same results, unless they packed the remade houses with hay and wood up against the walls to get the reqiured temperature for vitrification ; Recreation of a Cucuteni-Trypillian house burning; note the amount of extra fuel (straw and wood) added to the outside of the clay walls to increase the temperature needed for ceramic vitrification. Only one idea seems to hold up ; Symbolic end of house: Some scholars have theorized that the buildings were burned ritually, regularly and deliberately in order to mark the end of the "life" of the house. The terms "Domicide" and "Domithanasia" have been coined to refer to this practice. Using this theory, objects belonging to the house (including food, containers, and ritual objects) could possibly have been viewed as sharing the same "spirit" as the house structure itself. In destroying the house, it would then also be necessary to destroy all of the various elements that made up the house, which would explain why these kinds of items have been found buried in the rubble of burned houses. The physical act of destroying the entire settlement by intentionally burning it to the ground would have required an organized joint-community effort, involving stacking huge amounts of fuel around the walls of the structures, and then torching the entire settlement. Such a systematic act of destruction would leave behind the kind of evidence that is to be found in the archeological sites . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned_house_horizon
  18. Curious, also many of the islands around there, throughout time, are separated by deep water that would have needed ocean crossing (not land bridge during low sea levels ) . This is a very early date ! A few possibilities; since archaeology and palaeontology are based on finds, there may still be a lot yet 'unfounded' . Early hominids made tools hunted and butchered. Humans been around longer than we thought . There is also evidence of early humans that died out , they were unsuccessful, no people remain but their tools do , the first settlement of the Southern Mediterranean is such a case ... maybe ingress from souther Africa via the NIle ? Or before the 'Green Sahara' phase. They appear to have disappeared . later settlement was via a 'middle eastern' / l Levant peoples . A similar thing also in Arabia. very ancient tools found that predate the (supposed) arrival of man there. Also the case there with horses - horse indications long before they thought horse riding evolved in the Pontic Steppe far to the east .
  19. The Dao Bums demographics

    I never seen this before ... so I update it .
  20. Telekinesis

    And the results of those investigations ? or is this just a book advert ? or a random pic without relevant comment ? The author seems to stand up ok . Her book previous to this one ^ The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top Secret Military Research Agency,[11] was chosen as finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History.
  21. Telekinesis

    Okay, that inspired me to give it a go, but I should have a witness nearby, so I got a friend to watch ; I opened the cupboard, we stood back, I waved my open palmed hand across in the same direction the cupboard closed .... nothing. He said "That was pretty useless." But I ignored him and tried again , this time moving my hand across a little faster .... nothing moved. He said " That was pathetic ! Didnt even make enough wind to close it ! " So I tried again, this time taking a big wind up and swung my palm at it. .... nothing. he goes " Thats just so pathetic! You are such a dork ! " So I swung my open palm at him .... he moved ! Telekinesis ! Yes !
  22. Burning Down the House

    Marblehead as a baby