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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    12/11/09

    In reply to Rebuilding A Shoreline: One Of Year's Best Engineering Projects
    Wow! I thought pic#1 was a painting.
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    12/11/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    That iceberg is going to hit Australia and sink it! Oh Noes!!1
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    12/11/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    My God, it's full of stars!
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    12/10/09

    In reply to Rebuilding A Shoreline: One Of Year's Best Engineering Projects
    Very nice. I can think of a number of projects that would benefit from the success of this one - here's to it.
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    Image of joetato joetato
    12/10/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    It's only a matter of time before the beverage companies start trying to build a party camp on it and have bikini babes running around carrying ice shots of Jaeger, or Stoli, or Grey Goose. At least I HOPE it's only a matter of time! :-D

    Then again, maybe it's Superman's yacht of solitude.
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    12/10/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    Day 32: When I left the party in search of ice, I doubt they suspected I would come back with this!
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    12/10/09

    @Anekanta - Go Play!: you win the Internet!!
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    12/10/09

    @Dirk Anger: :D
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    Image of Eriamjh Eriamjh
    12/10/09

    @Anekanta - Go Play!: If you can think of a better way to get ice, I'd like to hear it.
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    12/10/09

    @Eriamjh: Well, apart from wrangling mammoth icebergs, you could always fly a mass-driver out to the edge of the solar system and launch comets back at the Earth...
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    12/10/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    Considering how badly Australia needs water, this is clearly nature offering a helping hand.
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    Image of astrogirl astrogirl
    12/11/09

    @AngriestGeek: I think we'd rather have it in the form of rain however. ;)
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    12/11/09

    @astrogirl: Hey, beggars and choosers.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    12/10/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    The Kraken Wakes. I'm calling it now.
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    12/10/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    That would make a kickass evil lair.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    12/10/09

    @J_Frank_Parnell: Ah, yes! The B-17B Floating Fortress!
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    12/10/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    I wanted to upload a related picture, but picture uploading here has been broken for weeks now. :(
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    Image of dry-roasted-peanuts dry-roasted-peanuts
    12/10/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    "All I can say is that it sounds like the great setup for an action movie: Giant Landmass vs. Mega-Iceberg!"

    Have you never seen the '57 classic: "The Monolith Monsters"?
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    12/10/09

    @dry-roasted-peanuts: Monolith Monsters was EPIC.
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    12/10/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    I was going to head down to Stewart Island to look out for them, but apparently they aren't going to make new zealand any more =(
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    Image of regis regis
    12/10/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    oh, it's just B17B again.

    seriously, every time i see something about GIANT ICEBERG, it's that one.

    back when, a friend of mine at mcmurdo suggested that the reason it stalled out for so long was that it was just stuck against the bottom of the ocean, there.

    i want to see more pictures of crazy striped icebergs, dammit.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    12/10/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    Oh, man, there's got to be something awesome you can do with that. Take people iceberg camping, or something. Build Iceberg Resort on it. Make a gigantic sail and crash it into the barrier reef.
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    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was starred braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. was unstarred
    Image of Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
    12/10/09

    @braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.:

    Take people iceberg camping, or something... Maybe.

    Build Iceberg Resort on it. Possibly.

    Make a gigantic sail and crash it into the barrier reef. Absolutely.
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    Image of Traveshamockery Traveshamockery
    12/10/09

    @Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: And take bets in Vegas on the winner!
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    Image of Spaceknight Spaceknight
    12/10/09

    @Traveshamockery: they could hold the annual New Year's outdoor NHL game on it!

    Actually, if you could get a couple zambonis out there, I'm sure you could have some fun writing messages to the people for the space station....
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    Image of Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
    12/10/09

    @Traveshamockery: And take bets in Vegas in the winter!

    Fixed.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    12/10/09

    @braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Put the frail and elderly on them for a one way trip.

    It's a Great Canadian Tradition. How else do you think we can keep the universal healthcare going?
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    Image of geothom geothom
    12/10/09

    @Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: nooooooooooo not our nicest natural wonder!!! thanks god the reef is on the east... queensland coast - this is on the west no? HAZAAH! suckers... nothing on the west to destroy but desert!
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    Image of aspiringexpatriate aspiringexpatriate
    12/10/09

    @geothom: And Perth. Oh, right. Desert.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    12/10/09

    In reply to Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia
    Only this piece of the iceberg contains a million year old frozen piece of the Ogdru.

    This movie would be to epic. We should call in one of the old timers: Peter Benchley.

    Think of the revenue from all of the commercials!
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