Steve PackardA rare public appearance by Ayn Rand in the 1970's. She's in her 70's in this video and her first public apperance since husband Frank O'Connor's death.
Ayn Rand Interviewed By Phil DonahueSteve Packard2012-05-06 | A rare public appearance by Ayn Rand in the 1970's. She's in her 70's in this video and her first public apperance since husband Frank O'Connor's death.Quick tour of my collectionSteve Packard2023-05-04 | My friends call it "the museum"Roller Boogie at Rockefeller CenterSteve Packard2022-06-22 | ...RuPauls Drag Race Party At Rock CenterSteve Packard2022-06-22 | ...St Patricks day at the Rockefeller RinkSteve Packard2022-06-22 | ...Best Way To Start The DaySteve Packard2022-06-22 | ...RuPauls Drag Race At Rock CenterSteve Packard2022-06-22 | ...Just A bite after workSteve Packard2022-06-22 | ...Having Fun like nobody is watching after Ru Pauls Drag Race at Rock CenterSteve Packard2022-06-22 | ...Apollo Saturn V staging (at aproximately real speed)Steve Packard2015-02-23 | These images were taken on the Apollo 4 and Apollo 6 Saturn V test flights. They are often mistakenly attributed to Apollo 11. They're iconic, but when seen, they are usually played back at about 1/4 the speed of the actual event. The cameras were running at 4x normal speed (About 96 fps).
Here's what it would look like if you were really there and saw it happen in real time.Dealey Plaza Knoll Steps Sequence by Jim UnderwoodSteve Packard2014-11-26 | Footage taken by Jim Underwood of witnesses running up knoll steps. Sorry for the poor quality. playback is at about 50% speedCommercial for Pong Phone Radiation DeviceSteve Packard2014-11-23 | I saw this commercial today when I turned on the TV, for a device that has no purpose. No, cell phone radiation does not cause cancer. It just doesn't. They can try to appeal to this idea that common sense would dictate that it does. Well, it does not.
I don't have the room to explain why this is the case here, but I have been interested in this topic for some time and have looked at the science. yes, there is much data. Hundreds if not thousands of studies have been done. RF radiation and health has been an issue of interest since at least the 1920's.
Environmental causes of cancer generally occur because of damage to dna which things like ionizing radiation and certain chemicals can cause. RF radiation is not ionoizing. It has no direct effect on chemistry because the waves are too large to individually energize molecules. They only impart heat.
Yes, there exists volumes of information on this topic. Radio energy will not do much to tissue other than heat it. This can certainly cause injury when the source is powerful enough and a subject is close to it. But mobile phones have nowhere near the power necessary heat tissue to the point of injury.Picking a lockSteve Packard2012-09-03 | ...Nuclear Tests to the 1812 Overature - New RemasteredSteve Packard2010-02-03 | Updated version of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo48YpNOesQ
When I first uploaded this video, Youtube only supported QVGA resolution videos (320x240) so I down-sized the video to that resolution. Now that Youtube allows for higher quality videos here it is at a higher resolution and remixed with some new, better quality footage.
Note: people are taking this video way too seriously and reading way more into it than they need to. This is just a video of some enormous explosions - the largest mankind has ever produced. Everyone loves explosions, right? They're eyecandy and pretty damn impressive.
These were tests, nobody was hurt directly by these. Yes, we can have a long debate about what the long term concequences of the fallout are and we can turn this into a big argument over the United States' place in the world, the Soviet Union, the Cold War, Hiroshima, the ethics of having nuclear weapons at all, the enviornmental impact of tests, the validity of nuclear weapons as a deterrent, Hiroshima, Nagasaki etc etc etc...
DON'T BE THAT GUY! Just enjoy the goddamned explosions.
You may have seen the 1812 overture done with fireworks before, but here are some REALLY big fireworks. The movie does not account for the fact that it takes time for the sound to get from the explosion to the observer, because it wouldn't look as cool then.
And yes..those troops are very close to the explosions. It was not completely understood at the time the consequences of longterm exposure to fallout. Most of them were okay in the long run, but a few had problems. Too bad...Examples of Video and Motion Picture Restoration (different music)Steve Packard2009-11-27 | The previous video I made can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO0VALjd4Dk
Unfortunately, it contains the theme to "Back to the Future", which I was hoping I could get away with and not have anyone raise objection. Well, apparently the content owner's policy is that I'm okay having it up in the United States, but the content distributors for:Czech Republic, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom
Do not feel the same way. So here's a different version with different (and worse) audio that I am pretty sure is public domain.Examples of Video and Motion Picture RestorationSteve Packard2009-11-22 | This is part of an online portfolio I am creating of works I have done. I'm hoping to find more gainful employment and thus I am expanding my offerings into some of my multimedia work.
The music is the theme to "Back to the Future." No claim is made to any rights or authorization of this piece, but this use is not for profit and not intended to be taken as any claim to the material. (Hopefully they won't take it down because of the background music)"
The videos are either self-shot or are open source/public domain or are believed to be so. Most came from web.archive.org. Others aired on public television or were taken by myself or friends.Video Cleanup Experiment (Atomic Bomb Blast Effects)Steve Packard2009-10-28 | Just some messing around with AVISynth and a movie file from archive.org that was very badly degraded to begin with. I filtered it to attempt to remove noise, dust and scratches and to improve the color which has degraded. The filtering is imperfect and a few areas still have scratches and dust, but it turned out pretty good in general. To improve further, a non-linear editing program could be used to repair individual frames.
Also cropped and inverse telecine. The original footage was in MPEG-2 format with low horizontal resolution and non-square pixels. This was scaled to a more standard resolution.Guy with a Cross on The RoadSteve Packard2009-08-09 | The other day I was out in the car when I saw a guy on the side of the road walking along with a large wooden cross. The cross was over his shoulder and also had a wheeled cart bag on the end that was dragging (basically a backpack with wheels attached so it wouldn't just drag on the ground).
Considering he was doing something so conspicuous in public, I figured he didn't mind getting some attention, so I slowed down to ask him what he was up to. Apparently he's walking from Maine to Mexico to remind everyone of the love of Christ. This was filmed in Connecticut, so he's made it some way but still has a long long way to go.
Well, being an atheist I don't see this as a very useful exercise. That said, I have nothing against this guy and wish him the best. I hope he gets to his destination safely and finds some measure of satisfaction in that. While I admire that he had the conviction to actually do something, I also wonder how it is that an old book about an invisible man in the sky could motivate someone to (putting it bluntly) waste so much time. For that matter, one wonders what real good someone could do if they committed that much time and energy to doing something like volunteering for a worthy cause.
Still, as far as things people have done in the name of god, this is fairly harmless.Apollo-11 Video Cleanup Test 2Steve Packard2009-06-18 | This is an attempt to improve the video recordings from the Apollo-11 television broadcast by removing dust and noise from the recordings. This will require further refinement and improvement as the footage still contains ghosting and blur and may have some reduced quality due to the noise pre-filtering. Frame rate conversion using a motion vector algorithm improves the flow of the video but may also introduce its own artifacts.
It should be noted that this is NOT from the "lost Apollo 11 tapes" containing the raw video footage. Those tapes remain lost. This footage is an attempt to improve the existing archival recording of post-scan conversion video. This video is from the official NASA Kinescope recording and records the Australian video feed as received at the Parkes Observatory near Canberra Australia.
This is the portion where Buzz Aldrin descends the ladder to join Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface.
Temporal sharpening andApollo-11 video cleaned testSteve Packard2009-04-27 | This is a sample of an attempt to improve the existing video of the apollo-11 landing by a frame-by-frame restoration and removal of dust and noise. This is from the existing archival recording, not the "lost tapes" which remain lost.Additional 16MM High Quality Footage of Apollo-11Steve Packard2009-03-06 | This is the last of the "full motion" 16MM footage of the Apollo-11 moon landing. It shows Neil Armstrong collecting the contingency lunar samples shortly after he first set foot on the moon. Buzz Aldrin remains in the lunar module and is filming out the window. The motion looks slightly choppy because the camera was set to 12FPS, enough to record descent motion, but not perfectly smooth.
The sample was collected first in case an emergency or unplanned circumstances forced Apollo-11 to leave the lunar surface earlier than expected. Buzz Aldrin operated the television camera transmitter and kept the LM ready for a quick launch, if necessary, as Neil Armstrong took the first samples. After the end of this clip, Aldrin joined Armstrong on the lunar surface. The 16mm DAC continued to record, but Buzz Aldrin set the speed down to one frame per second. This was necessary to conserve the remaining film, which would last only minutes at full speed. Thus, after this clip, all further DAC footage is more time-lapse than full motion.Apollo 11 First Steps, High Quality 16mm DACSteve Packard2009-02-23 | Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon during the Apollo-11 mission are often shown as seen by the Apollo Lunar Television Camera - a black and white slow-scan TV camera, but there was another camera on the mission which captured the first steps on the moon and other portions of the mission.
The Maurer 16mm Data Acquisition Camera was a 16mm movie camera that NASA loaded with the highest quality, finest grained, film stock of its day. The camera was capable of running at 24 fps for full motion recording, 12 fps for near full motion recording as well as 6 and 1 fps for time laps recording. (The slowed recording speeds used to conserve film).
On Apollo-11 the DAC was mounted near the window of the lunar module and was initially operated at full speed to record the historic first portion of the EVA by Neil Armstrong. Buzz Aldrin remained in the lunar module to record the EVA and to operate other instruments such as the TV downlink before joining Armstrong on the lunar surface. If you look carefully you can see Buzz Aldrin's reflection on the window as he works in the lunar module.
After this sequence, the camera was adjusted and slowed down to the 1FPS time laps/stop motion setting which was used to record the entirety of the mission EVA by the two astronauts. Such speed was required to keep the film from running out during the EVA. The camera did not record sound, but the corresponding sound from the radio downlink has been added and synchronized.
This could be considered the first "High definition video" taken on the moon, since the DAC's film quality meets or exceeds high definition video standards.Video response: Slowed, Zoomed in and steadiedSteve Packard2009-02-16 | Purported UFO video which has been slowed, zoomed and steadiedSylvia Browne Predictions for 2008 (WRONG)Steve Packard2009-01-04 | Here is a look back at some predictions made by Sylvia Brown on the Montel Williams Show in 2007. These predictions were supposed to be for economic events to occur in 2008. Amazingly, she has gotten every one of them wrong.
2008 was a year with a large number of economic news stories but she missed every single one of them. She said the job market would improve (it got worse.) and also that the auto industry would improve dramatically due to the introduction of hybrid vehicles.
Predicting the introduction of hybrid vehicles by US automakers is certainly not difficult because by the end of 2007 there were already hybrids on the market and their marketshare was improving. While hybrids continue to gain in popularity they have not turned around the auto market.
US auto-makers are still retooling for hybrid production. GM's first next-generation hybrid is slated for introduction in 2010. Ford hopes to expand hybrid production in 2009 and introduce plug-in hybrids in 2010 or 2010. Chrysler expects to produce electric drivetrain vehicles within the next five to seven years.
No expansion or change in fortunes in 2008, that is for sure.
She completely missed the dramatic and worldwide slump in the economy.
Medical stocks have done no better than other stocks and many have done worse.Pysychic Claims Contact From Caylee AnthonySteve Packard2008-12-14 | Just one of the many psychics who claimed to have been contacted by the missing girl. Of course, these all turned out to be useless in finding her.Self Proclaimed Psychics Predictions - From 1994Steve Packard2008-12-06 | This is from "Ancient Prophecies" which was made in 1994. This guy's vision of 2000 seems a bit off. No mention of 9/11 or the Asian Tsunami but plenty of stuff that never happened!Double Your Gas Miliage Dangerously..Steve Packard2008-10-25 | Yes it does work. No I would not recommend it. I normally get about 25 MPG on the highway with the top of the car down or about 30 with the top up.
I've gotten a sustained 60 mpg on a straightaway by drafting. Of course, it could have killed me too, so it's not usually a good idea.
Really it's better to do it with SUV's or vans than trucks. If you can find one which is driving on cruise control then it's fairly easy to keep the same distance.
The problem is you don't want to get too close to the back of a truck for too long and the constant throttling can hurt mileage.
Basically... you just plain shouldn't do it.Work Inside a Coal Fired Power PlantSteve Packard2008-09-21 | Before you fall for the arguments of keeping coal power to protect the jobs of coal industry workers, consider what it is like to work in this occupation.
Here is an EXTREMELY REALISTIC look at what it is like for workers in coal fired power plants.Candu Reactor RefuelingSteve Packard2008-02-04 | Video on the refueling of the CANDU reactor by the Canadian atomic energy agencySyvlia Browne Predictions for 2007 (WRONG)Steve Packard2007-12-31 | Part of Sylvia Browne on Montel Williams in December 2006 making predictions for 2007. Many are vague but most are wrong: Dead wrong. And some may still happen but certainly didn't in 2007. Not to mention all she missed. More coming soon!Nuclear Energy - A nearly unlimited future (Carl Sagan)Steve Packard2007-12-18 | There are those who see nuclear energy as nothing but a destructive force, failing to realize that it is the fundamental energy force of the universe, which in human hands, can lead to a future of nearly unlimited endeavor by mankind.
Here Carl Sagan, a man who frequently spoke of the madness of nuclear weapons speaks of the great promise of nuclear energy in peaceful applications.C-130 on Aircraft CarrierSteve Packard2007-11-01 | The C-130 is one amazing workhorse of an airplane. It is the largest aircraft to land and take off on a carrier. Not surprisingly, the Navy decided against doing this on a regular baisis, despite successful tests.707 Crash TestSteve Packard2007-11-01 | In 1984 Nasa filled an old 707 aircraft with crash dummies and sensors and crashed it by remote control in order to test new fuel and safety measures for aircraft. The actual test did not go exactly as planned, as the aircraft crashed on an angle, but it still provided a great deal of dataSprint MissileSteve Packard2007-11-01 | Part of the "Safeguard" ABM system of the 1970's. Not sped up. That is actually how fast it takes offNuclear Shock WaveSteve Packard2007-10-19 | The shockwave from a nuclear test is described. Observers are outside the "blast radius" but still can feel the shockSmall Nuclear Weapons TestsSteve Packard2007-10-19 | Archival Footage showing the effects from kiloton-range nuclear tests in the 1950'sMox Needs a HomeSteve Packard2007-08-13 | He's nearly 10 years old. He's big and he is a pitbull. But don't hold his breed against him. Mox is a great dog who needs a loving place to live.Mox the Pitbull needs a homeSteve Packard2007-08-11 | Big mean pitbull attacks meI may adopt this dogSteve Packard2007-07-29 | I have to wait a few days for him to be checked out by a vet and such, but if all goes well i'll get him at the shelter on tuesday. But others might want to adopt him too, so we shall see.Whats that you got, spoonbender?Steve Packard2007-07-18 | Uri Gellar proves you cannot spell "Urinary Tract Infection" without first spelling URI. What's that you're trying to palm, Uri?Uri Palms somethingSteve Packard2007-07-18 | Hard to tell what the damn spoonbender has in his hand, but I can give you a guess (it's a magnet)1959 Quackery - Good Educational (part II)Steve Packard2007-07-07 | Part II of a video uploaded already. Old, but still relevant..1959 Quackery - Good Educational (part I)Steve Packard2007-07-07 | We're used to laughing at videos from the 1950's which show overly-conservative social values, stereotypes and primitive science. However this video shows how we may have taken a few steps backward.
Although it may contain some 1950's sexism and idealism, it illustrates how medical education and regulations seem to have gone in the wrong direction in recent times.
Questionable medicine and quackery is a bigger problem now then ever.
Listen to this. It may be old. It's more relevant than everUpdate on RockySteve Packard2007-07-07 | I wanted him to be comfortable and let him stay on the bed. I figured the foot of the bed, on the side opposite of mine would be okay, but he didn't really agree.
Sorry for the video quality. Bad lighting.Golden Retriever that wont retrieveSteve Packard2007-07-04 | Retriever: (noun) One that retrieves, especially any one of several breeds of dog that were developed and trained to retrieve game.
Aren't they supposed to just... naturally like to fetch? I've never met a Golden who didn't like a tennis ball.. until now.
At least I triedRe: Dog at shelterSteve Packard2007-07-03 | Same dog as previous video, but a day later after some coaxing and socializingDog at shelterSteve Packard2007-06-30 | Just wanted to share this video with someoneDog At ShelterSteve Packard2007-06-30 | Took this today and just wanted to show someoneDog at animal shelterSteve Packard2007-06-30 | took this video today when volenteering. just wanted to show someoneRe: Re: James Randi on Larry King Live 1/26/07 Pt 3Steve Packard2007-06-27 | Better edited and scripted response than my initial ones