Unformatted for the week

The best photos of the British military, “Reedus” against Meduza and Poklonskaya’s new hairstyle

Samsung problems, selfies with a police officer, tennis with a robot, a penis on the hood of a Bugatti, torture with quotes from The Lord of the Rings and other news from the past week that were discussed in the editorial chat, but for various reasons did not appear on the TJournal agenda.

Microsoft's Miracle Film

Microsoft's research division has unveiled an unusual tablet screen film called FlexSense. It can carry not only the obvious function of protecting the display, but also seems to add an additional layer to it.

Sensors inside the film recognize where it touches the tablet and create the illusion that a second image is being revealed thanks to FlexSence.

The technology can be useful for photographers, animators and any other professions where you need to constantly compare the results before and after your actions. In addition, with the help of such a film, a player solving a puzzle or a student preparing for an exam can, for example, peek at the answers.

Why didn’t we write: we didn’t have enough free hands.

The fall of Samsung

On the evening of October 6, Samsung announced the largest quarterly drop in the company's history: in the third reporting period of 2014, its profit would decrease by 60 percent compared to last year's results.

As analysts note , the Korean giant in the smartphone market is being “devoured” from two sides: Chinese manufacturers like Xiaomi are pressing in from below, offering the same characteristics at much lower prices, and Samsung cannot gain a foothold in the premium segment because its flagships do not provide any a unique user experience that cannot be copied. Meanwhile, attempts to develop new markets for the company have so far been extremely unsuccessful.

But nothing really terrible has happened yet: by now, Samsung has managed to grow to colossal proportions, and it will be really very difficult to “sink” it. However, at one time they thought the same about Nokia.

Why didn’t we write: financial analytics is more likely on the part of our colleagues from “ Zuckerberg will call ”.

Elections-elections

Rapper Lil Jon and uninhibited actress Lena Dunham released a promotional video calling on Americans to go to the midterm congressional elections on November 4.

The video, which suddenly turns into a music video halfway through, is perhaps the most unconventional election campaign of all time.

Why didn't we write: too small.

That awkward moment

On October 10, the British newspaper London Evening Standard reported on a very minor but funny incident. 26-year-old James Lusted, whose height is about one meter, went on a date with his girlfriend Chloe Roberts to one of the local restaurants.

The inattentive waitress did not notice the trick and did, it seems, the worst thing that was possible in such a situation - she attached a children's coloring book to the second menu. Fortunately, James and Chloe did not consider this humiliation, but, on the contrary, laughed at the incident and later announced that they were going to get married in 2016.

Why didn’t we write: nice news that you can tell your friends about on social networks, but nothing more. It's not entirely clear how the story actually made it to the newspapers, but apparently the guys from LES had a very quiet day.

I have Ebola

On October 8, a 54-year-old man on a flight from Philadelphia to the Dominican Republic suddenly shouted out just before boarding: “I have Ebola, you are all doomed!”

Because of this phrase, the passengers had to sit on the plane for another two hours until representatives of the local CDC arrived on the scene and found out that the troublemaker was completely healthy and had never been to Africa. The video of the incident has received more than 4 million views on YouTube.

Why didn’t we write: the video itself is not very impressive; by the time the filming began, the passengers had already completely calmed down.

Street violence in Australia

On October 7, a video from Australia began to gain popularity online. In it, two kangaroos box for about five minutes right on the roadway. Surrounded by suburban one-story buildings, this sight looks so unusual that the video has already received almost a million views on YouTube.

Why didn’t we write: it’s very small, but just look how they help themselves with their tails!

Priorities

According to a new study , about half of Americans have begun to cut out various expenses in order to buy technology products. About a third of those surveyed said they were cutting back on spending on restaurants and movies, 20 percent on clothing, 11 percent on food and 10 percent on health.

In difficult times, 39 percent of respondents will first pay for cell phone services, 28 percent for the Internet, and 20 percent for satellite television.

Why didn’t we write: it’s unlikely that anyone in Russia can be shocked by buying a “latest” iPhone. Plus, technology itself partially compensates for these savings (if we are not talking about food and health, of course).

Don't drive the wave

American boxer Shannon Briggs appears at Vladimir Klitschko's training session and circles next to him on a boat, shouting “I'm waiting for you in the ring!” until the Ukrainian falls into the water due to the resulting waves.

Probably the strangest video that could be seen on the Internet in the past week: it’s hard to believe that this is actually happening. More than 850 thousand views in three days.

Why didn’t we write: in fact, there is no news here; Briggs has been trying to convince Klitschko to get into the ring with him for several months now to no avail.

Selfie with a police officer

As part of the “People's Precinct Policeman” competition, which started in Russia at the beginning of September, district police officer was launched a flash mob called #selfie with the in the Krasnoyarsk Territory .

Local residents were asked to take a photo with their local police officer and post it on Instagram with the appropriate tag: winners will be chosen based on the number of likes.

already appeared in the action has The well-known farmer Justus Walker .

Why we didn’t write: the photos weren’t too impressive.

TJournal can

The Saratov branch of Komsomolskaya Pravda wrote news that a tweet from local resident Yulia Tsvetkova made it to the top of TJournal. We are flattered.

Why didn’t we write: we were afraid of recursion.

Tips from Cosmopolitan

Cosmopolitan magazine has written a guide for its readers explaining what emoji sent by men can mean. As it turns out, the light icon is a hint that the girl is hot and her fan wants to get a photo. It can also mean fever during illness - the main thing is not to confuse it. Although the patient is unlikely to suffer from a hot photo.

Why we didn't write: This is headline news. The fact itself is much funnier than the details.

"Reedus" and Medusa

The Reedus portal wrote a negative note about the launch of the Meduza publication in Riga from the former editor-in-chief of Lenta.ru Galina Timchenko.

Part of the conclusions of the material are based on a photograph with Meduza publisher Ilya Krasilshchik, published on the Instagram of journalist Katya Letova. Despite the fact that there are no such indications anywhere in the caption to the photo, Reedus stated that Hitler’s portrait hangs right in the editorial office of the new portal.

As Letova herself later reported , the photo was taken at the truck rental office, and not at the Meduza office. This information is indirectly confirmed by photographs from the publication itself, where there are no such doors, tables, and even less portraits on the walls.

Why didn't we write: there weren't enough hands. Fortunately, the misconception did not have time to become widespread.

Prank with an unexpected ending

On September 24, Czech pranksters Erik Meldik and Senek Styblo published a video on YouTube in which they decided to mock the Lamborgini owner who cut them off.

Using a special mold, they made fake feces and placed it on the hood of an expensive car, and when the owner headed to the parking lot, they pretended to put on pants after an obvious procedure. Then everything went completely differently than expected.

The video has already received more than 7 million views, but it is still not clear whether it is staged.

Why didn’t we write: the video is already more than two weeks old, so by Internet standards it could well be considered ancient.

Art of War

The UK Ministry of Defense has once again summed up the results of its internal photography competition. This year's winner was 38-year-old sergeant and father of three Paul Morrison with a photo of a combat helicopter with a spectacular explosion in the background. The photo was taken during demonstrations at the British air show Royal International Air Tattoo.

Why didn’t we write: it’s enough to provide a link.

The most expensive graffiti

Last week, Reddit users began actively distributing a photo of a Bugatti Veyron, on the hood of which someone had drawn a penis in red paint. Considering the car is worth around $2.5 million, the incident was quickly dubbed "the most expensive penis graffiti in history."

However, on October 10 , it turned out that the drawing was not made by a vandal, but by the owner of the car himself. As Mashable suggests, this was done to film a prank video, which has not yet appeared online.

Why didn't we write: small.

The power of machines

This spring, we talked about how the German company Kuka cheated to show an intense table tennis match between a person and a robot. However, today this is already quite a reality.

In early October, at the Tokyo CEATEC exhibition, journalists and others were allowed to play with a robot from OMRON. The machine copes with the task so easily that engineers even had to slow down its reaction so that people had at least some chance.

Why didn’t we write: such robots have been tirelessly improving for quite some time, this is not exactly news, but the video is really impressive.

Great Martian War

The History Channel has released a fake documentary chronicling the alien attack on Earth in 1913 and the subsequent four-year war. Real historical footage is so successfully combined with Wells’s tripods that you simply can’t take your eyes off the video.

Why didn’t they write: there’s nothing special to write about here, but it’s a shame not to share the video itself.

Torture by hobbits

On October 7, a video appeared on YouTube in which a Lord of the Rings fan mocks his girlfriend by randomly shouting quotes from his favorite book.

The video received more than 1.6 million views, but caused not only smiles: the author began to be accused of not respecting his beautiful young lady at all and being simply unworthy of her.

Why didn't we write: vertical video! Okay, actually the video just isn't that funny.

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