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Well I have a problem. Numerous things to nominate and I don't know what to pick.
GTP Alternative Cool Wall Nomination Request Thread (Read OP) [NOMINATIONS CLOSED, see pages 10-11]
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I wouldn't let ISIS be polled, under current circumstances. Go with the guy in your avatar.
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I've got a really good one after the Mallard goes up. 
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I am torn between:
The Jagdpanther Tank Destroyer
Whose Line Is It Anyway (1998 - 2007)
The Original Nintendo (NES)
and many, many more.
The Jagdpanther Tank Destroyer
Whose Line Is It Anyway (1998 - 2007)
The Original Nintendo (NES)
and many, many more.
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Please, actual nominations only people. Please.
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Bottled Water
(clean H2O packaged in transparent containers that look almost cylindrical, sold commercially to the public for drinking purposes)
Common packaging material: Plastic or glass
Bottling water began in: the United Kingdom
Brief history (taken from Wikipedia article)
Bottling water began in the United Kingdom with the first water bottling at the Holy Well in 1622. The demand for bottled water was fueled in large part by the resurgence in spa-going and water therapy among Europeans and American colonists in the 17th and 18th centuries. The first commercially distributed water in America was bottled and sold by Jackson’s Spa in Boston in 1767. Early drinkers of bottled spa waters believed that the water at these mineral springs had therapeutic properties and that bathing in or drinking the water could help treat many common ailments.
The popularity of bottled mineral waters quickly led to a market for imitation products. Carbonated waters developed as means for approximating the natural effervescence of spring-bottled water, and in 1809 Joseph Hawkins was issued the first U.S. patent for “imitation” mineral water. As technological innovation in nineteenth century lowered the cost of making glass and improved production speed for bottling, bottled water was able to be produced on a larger scale and the beverage grew in popularity. Bottled water was seen by many as a safer alternative to 19th century municipal water supplies that could be contaminated with pathogens like cholera and typhoid. By the middle of the century, one of America’s most popular bottlers, Saratoga Springs, was producing more than 7 million bottles of water annually.
In the United States, the popularity of bottled water declined in the early 20th century, when the advent of water chlorination reduced public concerns about water-borne diseases in municipal water supplies. However, it remained popular in Europe, where it spread to cafes and grocery stores in the second half of the century. In 1977, Perrier launched a successful advertisement campaign in the United States, heralding a rebirth in popularity for bottled water. Today, bottled water is the second most popular commercial beverage in the United States, with about half the domestic consumption as soft drinks.
NOTE
What is nominated in mind is the whole thing that makes bottled water - the package and the content are regarded as a singular thing. This is not nominating water itself.
(clean H2O packaged in transparent containers that look almost cylindrical, sold commercially to the public for drinking purposes)
Common packaging material: Plastic or glass
Bottling water began in: the United Kingdom
Brief history (taken from Wikipedia article)
Bottling water began in the United Kingdom with the first water bottling at the Holy Well in 1622. The demand for bottled water was fueled in large part by the resurgence in spa-going and water therapy among Europeans and American colonists in the 17th and 18th centuries. The first commercially distributed water in America was bottled and sold by Jackson’s Spa in Boston in 1767. Early drinkers of bottled spa waters believed that the water at these mineral springs had therapeutic properties and that bathing in or drinking the water could help treat many common ailments.
The popularity of bottled mineral waters quickly led to a market for imitation products. Carbonated waters developed as means for approximating the natural effervescence of spring-bottled water, and in 1809 Joseph Hawkins was issued the first U.S. patent for “imitation” mineral water. As technological innovation in nineteenth century lowered the cost of making glass and improved production speed for bottling, bottled water was able to be produced on a larger scale and the beverage grew in popularity. Bottled water was seen by many as a safer alternative to 19th century municipal water supplies that could be contaminated with pathogens like cholera and typhoid. By the middle of the century, one of America’s most popular bottlers, Saratoga Springs, was producing more than 7 million bottles of water annually.
In the United States, the popularity of bottled water declined in the early 20th century, when the advent of water chlorination reduced public concerns about water-borne diseases in municipal water supplies. However, it remained popular in Europe, where it spread to cafes and grocery stores in the second half of the century. In 1977, Perrier launched a successful advertisement campaign in the United States, heralding a rebirth in popularity for bottled water. Today, bottled water is the second most popular commercial beverage in the United States, with about half the domestic consumption as soft drinks.
NOTE
What is nominated in mind is the whole thing that makes bottled water - the package and the content are regarded as a singular thing. This is not nominating water itself.
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My new nomination:
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998 - 2007)
What was it: Whose Line Is It Anyway? was an improvisational comedy show. The American series (i.e the best. keep in mind I never saw the U.K version) was hosted by Drew Carrey and featured the regular appearances of Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady, and Ryan Stiles. The 4th guest was often cycled between Brad Sherwood, Kathy Griffin, Chip Esten, and many more.
When it ran: The show originally ran from 1998 up until 2007 (production stopped in 2003, but unaired episodes would air as "NEW" until 2007). The show ran on ABC and ABC Family.
Games played: Some games regularly played included Scenes from a Hat, Hoedown, Irish Drinking Song, Questions Only, along with many other games that were rarely played.
Bonus Facts: The show featured some special celebrity guest appearances. People include Stephen Colbert, Robin Williams (RIP), and more.
EDIT:
Here's a compilation just in time for Halloween. This is a good start if you've never seen the show.
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998 - 2007)
What was it: Whose Line Is It Anyway? was an improvisational comedy show. The American series (i.e the best. keep in mind I never saw the U.K version) was hosted by Drew Carrey and featured the regular appearances of Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady, and Ryan Stiles. The 4th guest was often cycled between Brad Sherwood, Kathy Griffin, Chip Esten, and many more.
When it ran: The show originally ran from 1998 up until 2007 (production stopped in 2003, but unaired episodes would air as "NEW" until 2007). The show ran on ABC and ABC Family.
Games played: Some games regularly played included Scenes from a Hat, Hoedown, Irish Drinking Song, Questions Only, along with many other games that were rarely played.
Bonus Facts: The show featured some special celebrity guest appearances. People include Stephen Colbert, Robin Williams (RIP), and more.
EDIT:
Here's a compilation just in time for Halloween. This is a good start if you've never seen the show.
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Very well.
Miyamoto Musashi
Or for a more modern computer generated version.
The above is from Yakuza Kenzan. (Only released in Japan.) Also my avatar is from the same game of the same guy.
Anyway facts.
Born. 1584 Japan. (Although there is a little conflicting evidence on this date.)
Died 1645 in a cave called Reigandō on Kyushu.
His life.
Fought and won his first duel aged 13. Even though his father tried to get him out of it due to his age.
May or may not have fought at Sekigahara (aged 16) and the siege of Osaka castle. Evidence is conflicting.
Most famous duel was that with Sasaki Korjiro. At the time a famous swordsman whom he won a sword fight against using a rowing paddle. Sasaki used a nodachi which is basically a long katana.
Wrote Go Rin No Sho or in English, The Book of Five Rings. If you have practiced martial arts then you may have heard of it or even read it.
Never lost a duel.
Iron Maiden wrote a song about him called Sun and Steel.
Quite popular in Japanese media from what I have gathered with references to him in everything down to Pokemon. (In the Japanese language versions.)
And please. Judge the man not the fact I love him. Or do I make up the equivalent of Justin Bieber's fan base?
Miyamoto Musashi
Or for a more modern computer generated version.
The above is from Yakuza Kenzan. (Only released in Japan.) Also my avatar is from the same game of the same guy.
Anyway facts.
Born. 1584 Japan. (Although there is a little conflicting evidence on this date.)
Died 1645 in a cave called Reigandō on Kyushu.
His life.
Fought and won his first duel aged 13. Even though his father tried to get him out of it due to his age.
May or may not have fought at Sekigahara (aged 16) and the siege of Osaka castle. Evidence is conflicting.
Most famous duel was that with Sasaki Korjiro. At the time a famous swordsman whom he won a sword fight against using a rowing paddle. Sasaki used a nodachi which is basically a long katana.
Wrote Go Rin No Sho or in English, The Book of Five Rings. If you have practiced martial arts then you may have heard of it or even read it.
Never lost a duel.
Iron Maiden wrote a song about him called Sun and Steel.
Quite popular in Japanese media from what I have gathered with references to him in everything down to Pokemon. (In the Japanese language versions.)
And please. Judge the man not the fact I love him. Or do I make up the equivalent of Justin Bieber's fan base?
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Sticking with my sandwich theme...
Sliced bread.
In 1928, a full-page newspaper ad announced the first presliced loaf of bread. It included instructions: 1) “Open wrapper at one end”; 2) “Pull out pin”; 3) “Remove as many slices as desired.” At the time, as everyone knew, cut bread quickly went stale. Anticipating consumers’ fears, Otto Rohwedder, a Missouri-based inventor, inserted a U-shaped pin at both ends of his presliced loaf to hold the bread together inside the resealable bag, creating an illusion of wholeness that signified freshness.
Rohwedder was careful to take his customers into account in other ways as well, interviewing women to find out exactly what they wanted, down to their preferred slice thickness (half an inch). Then he teamed up with a baker named Frank Bench who supplied — literally and figuratively — the dough. The product they created became a runaway hit. By 1930, sliced bread had spread to almost every town in America.
Factory-made loaves, sliced or unsliced, were typically softer than bakery loaves, to make them seem as if they’d just come out of the oven. “It hit a tipping point where bread became so soft that it was almost impossible to slice it at home,” says Aaron Bobrow-Strain, author of a social history, “White Bread.” Consumers loved to make sandwiches with precision-cut squares of Wonder Bread, and this kind of loaf came to stand for the epitome of convenience. By the 1950s, people were praising their favorite inventions as “the best thing since sliced bread.”
Why was this innovation so captivating? According to Bobrow-Strain, in the early 20th century, Americans ate about one-third of their calories in the form of bread; this small innovation touched everyone. “The sliced loaf,” he says, “becomes a kind of small, edible promise of a better world.”
Sliced bread.
In 1928, a full-page newspaper ad announced the first presliced loaf of bread. It included instructions: 1) “Open wrapper at one end”; 2) “Pull out pin”; 3) “Remove as many slices as desired.” At the time, as everyone knew, cut bread quickly went stale. Anticipating consumers’ fears, Otto Rohwedder, a Missouri-based inventor, inserted a U-shaped pin at both ends of his presliced loaf to hold the bread together inside the resealable bag, creating an illusion of wholeness that signified freshness.
Rohwedder was careful to take his customers into account in other ways as well, interviewing women to find out exactly what they wanted, down to their preferred slice thickness (half an inch). Then he teamed up with a baker named Frank Bench who supplied — literally and figuratively — the dough. The product they created became a runaway hit. By 1930, sliced bread had spread to almost every town in America.
Factory-made loaves, sliced or unsliced, were typically softer than bakery loaves, to make them seem as if they’d just come out of the oven. “It hit a tipping point where bread became so soft that it was almost impossible to slice it at home,” says Aaron Bobrow-Strain, author of a social history, “White Bread.” Consumers loved to make sandwiches with precision-cut squares of Wonder Bread, and this kind of loaf came to stand for the epitome of convenience. By the 1950s, people were praising their favorite inventions as “the best thing since sliced bread.”
Why was this innovation so captivating? According to Bobrow-Strain, in the early 20th century, Americans ate about one-third of their calories in the form of bread; this small innovation touched everyone. “The sliced loaf,” he says, “becomes a kind of small, edible promise of a better world.”
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Very well.
Miyamoto Musashi
Or for a more modern computer generated version.
The above is from Yakuza Kenzan. (Only released in Japan.)
Anyway facts.
Born. 1584 Japan. (Although there is a little conflicting evidence on this date.)
Died 1645 in a cave called Reigandō on Kyushu.
His life.
Fought and won his first duel aged 13. Even though his father tried to get him out of it due to his age.
May or may not have fought at Sekigahara (aged 16) and the siege of Osaka castle. Evidence is conflicting.
Most famous duel was that with Sasaki Korjiro. At the time a famous swordsman whom he won a sword fight against using a rowing paddle. Sasaki used a nodachi which is basically a long katana.
Wrote Go Rin No Sho or in English, The Book of Five Rings. If you have practiced martial arts then you may have heard of it or even read it.
Iron Maiden wrote a song about him called Sun and Steel.
Quite popular in Japanese media from what I have gathered with references to him in everything down to Pokemon. (In the Japanese language versions.)
And please. Judge the man not the fact I love him. Or do I make up the equivalent of Justin Bieber's fan base?
In response I nominate:
THE BOOK OF THE FIVE RINGS
A book written by the swordsman aforementioned by @haitch40 Miyamoto Musashi. A collection of five volumes together about the ways of the martial arts, philosophy and the mind of a warrior.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Five_Rings
http://www.bookoffiverings.com/Introduction.htm
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1938-1948 Supermarine Spitfire
Manufacturer: Supermarine
First Flight: 1936
Production: 1938-1948
Retired: 1961
Engine: Rolls-Royce Merlin (V12, 27 litres) or Rolls-Royce Griffon (V12, 37 litres). 1,030 hp to, in later Griffon powered marks, 2,340 hp. All liquid cooled.
Role: Single-Seater Fighter, Fighter Bomber or Photo-reconnaissance aircraft.
Top Speed: 345 mph to 454 mph in later marks
Range: 376 miles to 510 miles on internal fuel.
Loaded weight: 2,799kg (6,172lb) to 4,490kg (9,900lb)
Dimensions: wingspan of 9.9m (32ft 6in) to 12.24m (40ft 2in), length of 9.12m (29ft 11in) to 10.46m (34ft 4in).
Service Ceiling: 34,400ft (10,485m) to 43,100ft (13,135m).
Armament: 8x Browning .303in machine guns on the original wing type versions that fought in the Battle of Britain. Later adapted to take cannons, rockets and a bomb. For specs of all marks see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_variants:_specifications,_performance_and_armament
Number Built: 20,351
Unit Cost: £12,604 in 1939
It is rumoured that, when Hitler was growing frustrated with the Luftwaffe's failures in the Battle of Britain, he asked Herman Goering: "What do you want to wipe out this air force?" He was told: "A squadron of Spitfires."
Manufacturer: Supermarine
First Flight: 1936
Production: 1938-1948
Retired: 1961
Engine: Rolls-Royce Merlin (V12, 27 litres) or Rolls-Royce Griffon (V12, 37 litres). 1,030 hp to, in later Griffon powered marks, 2,340 hp. All liquid cooled.
Role: Single-Seater Fighter, Fighter Bomber or Photo-reconnaissance aircraft.
Top Speed: 345 mph to 454 mph in later marks
Range: 376 miles to 510 miles on internal fuel.
Loaded weight: 2,799kg (6,172lb) to 4,490kg (9,900lb)
Dimensions: wingspan of 9.9m (32ft 6in) to 12.24m (40ft 2in), length of 9.12m (29ft 11in) to 10.46m (34ft 4in).
Service Ceiling: 34,400ft (10,485m) to 43,100ft (13,135m).
Armament: 8x Browning .303in machine guns on the original wing type versions that fought in the Battle of Britain. Later adapted to take cannons, rockets and a bomb. For specs of all marks see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_variants:_specifications,_performance_and_armament
Number Built: 20,351
Unit Cost: £12,604 in 1939
It is rumoured that, when Hitler was growing frustrated with the Luftwaffe's failures in the Battle of Britain, he asked Herman Goering: "What do you want to wipe out this air force?" He was told: "A squadron of Spitfires."
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Since bottle water and bread were nominated, I'll just nominate this.
A Long, Long Time ago-Present Fire:
It's important.
Manufacturer: Nature, Humans
Role: Burning/Cooking things.
Horsepower: Some
Temperature: Anywhere from 700℃ (1,300℉) to 4,990℃ (9,000℉).
Fuel: Flammable things.
It's important.
Manufacturer: Nature, Humans
Role: Burning/Cooking things.
Horsepower: Some
Temperature: Anywhere from 700℃ (1,300℉) to 4,990℃ (9,000℉).
Fuel: Flammable things.
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1997-present South Park:
Creator: Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Network: Comedy Central
Rating: TV-MA
Other Notes: Because 1999-2004 SpongeBob was just polled, I decided to nominate my favorite cartoon, and my second favorite TV Show (only behind Doctor Who). I have been a fan of this since I first watched it, and I really enjoy it.
Creator: Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Network: Comedy Central
Rating: TV-MA
Other Notes: Because 1999-2004 SpongeBob was just polled, I decided to nominate my favorite cartoon, and my second favorite TV Show (only behind Doctor Who). I have been a fan of this since I first watched it, and I really enjoy it.
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1940-Present Mountain Dew
Type: Carbonated Soft Drink
Manufacturer: PepsiCo
Country of Origin: United States of America
Caffeine Content (12 oz can): 54 mg
Type: Carbonated Soft Drink
Manufacturer: PepsiCo
Country of Origin: United States of America
Caffeine Content (12 oz can): 54 mg
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(1933 - Present) Pittsburgh Steelers
Sport: American Football (NFL)
Founded: 1933
Super Bowl Championships: 6 (most all-time; 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2005, 2008)
Home City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Notable Coaches
Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher, Mike Tomlin (active)
Notable Players
Terry Bradshaw, "Mean" Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, Franco Harris, Jerome Bettis, Hines Ward, Ben Roethlisberger (active), Heath Miller (active)
Sport: American Football (NFL)
Founded: 1933
Super Bowl Championships: 6 (most all-time; 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2005, 2008)
Home City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Notable Coaches
Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher, Mike Tomlin (active)
Notable Players
Terry Bradshaw, "Mean" Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, Franco Harris, Jerome Bettis, Hines Ward, Ben Roethlisberger (active), Heath Miller (active)
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I was thinking of nominating a sports team, but wondered if it counted as people.
Oh well. Go Suns! I'll nominate you next time.
Oh well. Go Suns! I'll nominate you next time.
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@Jimlaad43 Perhaps now that a lot have been polled, there wont be any more to nominate.
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12th - 18th century Ninja
When i mean ninjas, i mean spies and assassins for their lords. The ones you see in things like Mortal Kombat and Naruto with their magic and special skill crap really aren't what i had in mind when i define ninjas.
Mark Of The Ninja is made by Klei Entertainment, all rights are reserved.
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No. People have the right to nominate whatever they want, within reason. If you don't like some people's choice of nominations, then don't click on the threads when they come up. Also, just in case you didn't notice, the nomination that just came up was the Supermarine Spitfire. To an awful lot of people those are the two most evocative words in the English language. Of course it was going to get nominated (I was honestly surprised that it wasn't the first thing to be nominated), and if you're really that ignorant of British history, well, then, your loss...
*Patriotic ranting over.*
Anyway, look. A fair few military vehicles have been nominated. I've said this countless times before and I'll say it again: People nominate military vehicles because they want to nominate military vehicles and they have every right to do so. Unsurprisingly, on a forum about cars, there are a fair few people who also have an interest in military vehicles, both of which kind of have the whole 'being vehicles' thing in common. If you dislike voting on the coolness of military vehicles, just don't click on thread, forget about it, and get on with enjoying your day.
Also, as the Alternative Cool Wall Curator, I'd like to deliver a message that:
From now on, this thread is for nominations only. Anyone going off topic will be reported to the moderators. The moderators will then complain about how I'm wasting their time reporting people, but I'll still report them any way to make sure them anyway just to be true to my word. Capisce?
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MS-06 F/J ZAKU II
General and Technical Data
Model number: MS-06F
Code name: Zaku II
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company
Operator(s): Principality of Zeon; Neo Zeon
First deployment: March UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso (later refitted and replica units equipped with panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit)
Dimensions: head height 17.5 meters
Weight: empty 58.1 metric tons; max gross 73.3 metric tons
Armor materials: super-hard steel alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 951 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 20500 kg, 2 x 1000 kg
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.59 G; 180-degree turn time 1.7 seconds; maximum ground running speed 88 km/h
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3200 meters
Fixed armaments: none
Optional fixed armaments: 2 x 3-tube missile pod, mounted on legs
Optional hand armaments: ZMP-50D/120mm machine gun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum, spare drums can be stored on waist armor racks; H&L-SB25K/280mmA-P Zaku bazooka, 4 round magazine, can be stored on rack on rear waist armor; heat hawk Type5, battery powered, can be stored on waist armor racks; MIP-B6 cracker grenade, can be stored on optional storage rack on waist armor racks
Technical and Historical Notes
Introduced early during the One Year War as a replacement for the C-type Zaku II, the F-type is the most heavily mass-produced version of the Zaku II line and serves as the mainstay of the Zeon military. It's the F-type that is also the most well-known version of Zeon's mobile suit forces. Although fully capable of operating on Earth, the F-type is designed primarily for space combat (although the F-type does see limited use in Earth-based ground combat). A nearly identical variant of the F-type, the J-type, is designed and employed as a ground combat unit. The Midnight Fenrir team uses various F-types as scouts before Zeon's mass drop operations to invade North America. Many F-types survive the war and remain in service as part of Haman Karn's Neo Zeon forces during the First Neo Zeon War in UC 0088. These surviving F-types are upgraded with some of the latest technology, including 360 degree panoramic monitors in the cockpit.
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
- The original concept of the Zaku was simply a disposable underling, with its name derived from the sound of a huge man (or many soldiers) walking and the Japanese term 雑魚 (zako), meaning "inferior fish" (the term also signifying expendable grunts).
- Although partially, the Zaku was a design model for the Russian Jaeger Cherno Alpha, in the 2013 movie Pacific Rim.
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Hey, I know a helluva lot about why Spitfires are awesome, but when we keep getting similar tanks or modern figher planes, it gets into the same arguments.
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