A species of penguin that can fly

[Wayne]

The BBC caught on film a rare species of flying penguins:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml

Wayne

[notageek]

Is it 1st April in Japan already ;)

Of course it is, its "The land of the rising sun"

[DCOH]

Nice April fool's Day

[JohnVV]

nice link i sent a mail with a link to my sister , she teaches 5 th grade in the Detroit area

[sideways]

They really make it too obvious with
...viewers will see the penguins not only take flight from the Antarctic wastes, but fly thousands of miles to the Amazonian rainforest to find winter sun.

Maybe that's how the polar bear got to the island in "Lost" :)

[billb]

An African penguin, maybe, but not a European penguin. But then of course -- African penguins are non-migratory.

[JohnVV]

"An African penguin, maybe, but not a European penguin. But then of course -- African penguins are non-migratory."
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but do they have any coconuts

[notageek]

No but they have donuts

[piga]

Tux can fly, he is just hiding it :p

[gthill]

Tux can fly, he is just hiding it :p

only if you have accelerated graphics enabled

[Iron_Mike]

I guess you've never seen this 1st hand account in the gallery.... :D

http://www.fedoraforum.org/gallery/showimage.php?i=1389&catid=searchresults&searchid=4319

[billb]

This penguin (http://www.birdcheck.co.uk/whackthepenguin.htm) can fly. Well, sort of ...

[sideways]

This penguin (http://www.birdcheck.co.uk/whackthepenguin.htm) can fly. Well, sort of ...

That "game" is maddening, we had a whole office waste a morning once trying to get +600.

btw, I got 555.6 on my 3rd attempt just now.

If you like those sort of games check out

http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/

[notageek]

btw, I got 555.6 on my 3rd attempt just now.


No way!! I thought no one could hit the penguin and this was a flash version of the game with currency bills.

(You know the one where a guy drops the bill, and another guy tries to catch it, which is impossible)

[sideways]

No way!! I thought no one could hit the penguin and this was a flash version of the game with currency bills.

(You know the one where a guy drops the bill, and another guy tries to catch it, which is impossible)

Well, it takes quite a bit of skill y'know :p

[sideways]

Any challengers? 593!

[Nokia]

I won't even bother until you reach 699. :D

[notageek]

Any challengers? 593!

What is your day job?

[Nokia]

Errr...penguin whacker ? :D

[notageek]

Errr...penguin whacker ? :D
He must be getting paid to do this. I wonder what is his professional title at work is though ;)

[Nokia]

Nah, doesn't really matter. He's supposed to be on Greenwich Mean Time, so he has extra time to practice unlike the others who must constantly win/loose hours of sleep :p

[notageek]

Talking of scores... 593.5!!!

[notageek]

593.6!!

(Now this is obsessive compulsive)

[sideways]

What is your day job?

Just a lowly developer.

But don't think I've wasted all morning gaining such a hugely impressive score, I did that in under 20 attempts, I just used the force.

btw, suspicious photoshop/gimp editing going on in the above attachments methinks. Play fair! :D

[notageek]

Just a lowly developer.

But don't think I've wasted all morning gaining such a hugely impressive score, I did that in under 20 attempts, I just used the force.

btw, suspicious photoshop/gimp editing going on in the above attachments methinks. Play fair! :D


Honestly fair, I'm sitting on a Windows box at work, do not have access to photoshop/gimp. The grain you see is from M$ Paint.

If I were cheating would I have posted something closer to 600. Methinks its a case of sour grapes :D

Edit: Attached the original shots.

[billb]

Honestly fair, I'm sitting on a Windows box at work, do not have access to photoshop/gimp. The grain you see is from M$ Paint.

If I were cheating would I have posted something closer to 600. Methinks its a case of sour grapes :D

Edit: Attached the original shots.

593.6 ?!? :eek: I never beat 593.5 and I'm not going to try! :p

[billb]

That "game" is maddening, we had a whole office waste a morning once trying to get +600.

btw, I got 555.6 on my 3rd attempt just now.

If you like those sort of games check out

http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/

Neat -- thanks for the link! :)

[billb]

Wow, look what I found in the paper today!