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The Expensive Hobby Of Kite Aerial Photography

GoneGaryT writes "The BBC is running a cool article - strapping your digital camera to a kite and doing D.I.Y. aerial photography. Examples of suitable kites can be found here. Anyone want to try this from the top of an apartment building in London or NY? A pretty accessible pastime, so long as you can afford to lose the lot in a sudden gust!" High-res digital cameras have come down somewhat in price since the last time we mentioned this.

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  1. Just strap an X-10 on it by satanami69 · · Score: -1, Troll

    And start whacking off.

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    1. Re:Just strap an X-10 on it by NanoGator · · Score: -1, Troll

      "Just strap an X-10 on it... And start whacking off."

      Ouch. Wouldn't that inhibit whacking off? Besides, the rapidly swaying view would turn nauseating.

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    1. Re:FUCK ME UP THE ANUS AND CALL ME TACO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Can you make the next one ASCII porn, like a skull with huge tits being ass-reamed by a mexican?

  3. multi-troll fo my niggahs! wurd! by slashtwat · · Score: -1, Troll

    DOLPHIN SEX
    Heyo!

    Firstly, introductions all round. My name is [removed to protect dolphinlovers], musician, pre-vet student and Delphinic Zoophile. People are often wondering just what the hell zoophilia is. Zoophilia is best described as a love of animals so intimate that the person (and the animal) involved have no objections to expressing their affection for each other in the sexual fashion. This is not to be confused with bestiality, where a person forcefully mates an animal, without their consent, and with no mutual feelings whatsoever. This is something that I would never do to a dolphin, since I love them dearly, and treat them with the same respect that an honest husband would have for his wife and children.

    Dolphins are very intelligent, highly emotional and expressive creatures. They enjoy the company of humans, and if a relationship develops between a human and a dolphin, as has happened with me, they will, on occasion, wish to express their trust and affection for you in the most direct way; through mating, or sex-play. You see, dolphins do not use sex purely for procreative reasons. They use it as a way of strengthening the bonds between pod mates (mothers and calves included), and also for fun. Dolphins and humans share this common trait with very few other animals, so sometimes it makes me wonder when people continue to ask me "How DO you mate with a dolphin?". Easy. Let the dolphin tell you!

    Well, here is a selection of questions people have asked me, so I hope this sheds some light on the subject...

    Q1) How do I tell a male dolphin from a female one?

    A1) Probably the most common question I get asked. There are 2 ways of determining the sex of a dolphin. The most obvious way is to take a peek under the peduncle (the long part of the body connected to the tail flukes). On the dolphin's belly, directly opposite the dorsal fin, will be the umbilicus, or the navel of the dolphin. Looking further down towards the tail, you start to see the differences.

    Male dolphins have two separate slits for the penis (the urogenital opening) and the anus. These are separated by a bridge of skin. The male's urogenital opening is generally located further up the belly, towards the navel.

    Females, on the other fin, have one continuous larger slit, the anus located at the end of it. On either side of the genital slit, you will find two smaller slits; these are the mammary slits, where the nipples of the dolphin are kept for feeding the calves. The slit is also located closer to the tail stock of the dolphin.

    The other way to determine the sex of a dolphin, if you can't reach their belly, is to look at their mellon, or head. The males tend to have a fatter, rounder mellon, while the females are more sleek and streamlined.

    Q2) How do I know if a dolphin wants to have sex?

    A2) There are various ways a dolphin has of showing that she or he is interested in sex.

    Males are probably the easiest to detect. They will swim around, sporting an erection (anywhere between 10 to 14 inches long for a Bottle-nose), and will have no bones about swimming up to you and placing their member within reach of your hand. If you are in the water, they may rub it along any part of your body, or wrap it around your wrist or ankle. (Dolphin males have a prehensile penis. They can wrap it around objects, and carry them as such.) Their belly will also be pinkish in colour, which also denotes sexual excitement.

    Females can be a little harder. The most obvious way a female dolphin has of displaying her sexual interest is the pink-belly effect. Their genitals become very pink and swollen, making the genital region very prominent. They may be restless, or they may be acting as normal. If you are out of the water, they may swim up to you and roll belly up, exposing themselves to you, coupled with pelvic thrusts. If you are in the water, they may press their genitals up against yours, nibble your fingers, nuzzle your crotch, or do pelvic thrusts against you.

  4. YOUR 3RD PARTY POST IS A 1ST RATE FAILURE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Nice try, but TRY HARDER NEXT TIME!

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  5. Re:SLASHDOT CENSORSHIP ALIVE AND WELL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dude, just go to Holland Michigan and plug a bullet into their faggoty heads.
    You will feel much better. Hell, I'll even contribute to your legal defense fund.

  6. HEY GNAA? WHERE ARE YOU? YOU'RE LATE AGAIN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Bunch of idiots.

  7. Re:Dangling cash by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    haha! when I was young I raped your mother.

  8. CHAOS IN THE GNAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Following their string of humiliating defeats, the GNAA have regrouped for an emergency crisis meeting. They are currently formulating a new strategy to help them make up for the ground lost to Trollkore, but let's be honest, they should just concede now and go home.

  9. ACTUALLY, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    they should all just shoot themselves in the head for trying to be something they are not: Legitimate Trolls. All they can do is suck each other's cocks. That's all. Buncha cocksuckers... GNAA = LOSERS

  10. GNAA ARE TEH L0Z3RS!!!! GNAA ARE LOSERS! LOSERS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FUCKING LOSERS!