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Stairway to the Sky With Diamonds Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
...or something. What would it sound like if The Beatles sang Stairway to Heaven? It would sound like this. Mind-bending, yet good!
(via Making Light)
Comments: 9 Score: [-] 384 [+].
US says it has right to kidnap British citizens Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
They don't even have to call you a terrorist. The American government has for the first time made it clear in a British court that the law applies to anyone, British or otherwise, suspected of a crime by Washington.
The image depicts a DOJ applicant reading his resume aloud for the camera.
Comments: 8 Score: [-] 191 [+].
Hurry up and wait with Vista Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
Vista with SP1 vs. XP with SP3 (both beta).
Three guesses which one is twice as fast.
Microsoft responds: We'll fix that once we're out of beta. We'll just cripple XP to run much slower.
Comments: 17 Score: [-] 257 [+].
Torture? Naw. Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
This disturbing new Amnesty International video reenacts CIA stress-position torture techniques. Oh, wait. Did I say disturbing? I meant to say, "Hells yeah, do whutever it takes to git them terrists!"
Not safe for work or children.
Comments: 15 Score: [-] 184 [+].
Deadly. Rooms. Of. Death. Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
DROD is a classic (downloadable) puzzle game for Windows/OS X/Linux. It may be old, but the graphics and sound are as good as the better modern Flash games. There are three versions, each with 350 levels, and all are free (click the "play now" links).
DROD is a required download for puzzle game fans. No, really. I require that you download it.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 70 [+].
Melissa Etheridge doesn't just cover a Janis Joplin tune, she smothers it! Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
Melissa Etheridge singing Piece of my Heart at the 2005 Grammys will kick your speakers across the room and bring tears to your eyes, especially if you know the story behind the performance. Wow.
(Oh yeah. That's Joss Stone unwisely sharing the same stage with her. Like a kitten in a tiger cage.)
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 113 [+].
I demand you hide your dirtypillows! (NSFW pic in article) Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
"Men may appreciate the view. But as a woman, I am increasingly irritated by the unpleasant vista of oiled-up torsos when I'm trying to relax."
Breasts are disgusting things, aren't they?
Comments: 15 Score: [-] 248 [+].
Have a happy period! Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
For dear, sweet dollyllama. Now put down the knife.
Comments: 14 Score: [-] 264 [+].
Developments in atomic-scale memory and computing Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
IBM has demonstrated the ability to store a bit on a single atom, as well as a molecular switch that could enable processors small enough to create dust-speck-sized supercomputers.
(Whups. Dupe. Autumnlotus got to a science/tech story first. Imagine that!)
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 54 [+].
AC/DC Let There Be Rock - The Movie (in 11 parts) Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
Link leads to Wikipedia entry. Video is in the thread.
After watching this at an impressionable age in the theatre in 1980, I went home to sprain myself playing air guitar.
Bon's jeans and Angus' butt are NSFW.
Comments: 12 Score: [-] 87 [+].
SWAT trainees vs. door Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
Final score: Door 0, SWAT noobs 100,000
Comments: 11 Score: [-] 190 [+].
The first terabyte 3.5" hard drive has been released Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
Imagine one thousand thousand thousand thousand bytes.
That's over 13 80GB iPods' worth of storage (a quarter million MP3s), 1500 CD-ROMs (615 feet if laid end-to-end), and one estimate of the human brain's memory capacity (GWB excluded).
Comments: 11 Score: [-] 203 [+].
How a Magna Doodle works Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
The magnetophoretic display panel is what makes the Magna Doodle unique.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 135 [+].
Encyclopedia Dramatica's "United States" entry Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
NSFW for racism, language, sexuality... well, everything, really. Funny as hell.
Bonus link, to keep the scales balanced: Canadia (redirected from Canada)
Warning. If E.D. is new to you, prepare for an assault on all you hold holy.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 70 [+].
Blu-ray wins in Japan! Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
The Japanese porn industry adopts the Blu-ray dick format en masse.
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DISK format. Sorry.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 142 [+].
Blu-ray wins in Japan! Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
The Japanese porn industry adopts the Blu-ray d**k format en masse.
...
DISK format. Sorry.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 8 [+].
A map of areas affected by British flooding Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
The worst floods in 60 years hit UK. Here are some pictures taken by residents.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 84 [+].
'$100 laptop' production begins Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
The first machines should be ready to put into the hands of children in developing countries in October 2007.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 98 [+].
The word 'like' gets a bum rap Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
While listening to Between You & I by Jessica Simpson and drinking a WTF Froster, an associate professor of languages at the University of Alberta defends overuse of the word "like," saying "it's innovative."
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 81 [+].
Create an instant chatroom on the fly Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
No IRC software needed.
Visit the link, type in a room name, share the URL with your friends (like this one for Plime) and go to town. Even grandma can do it.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 195 [+].
The wealthiest Americans ever Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
When wealth is measured as a percentage of the economy, John D. Rockefeller was the wealthiest American ever (and Bill Gates comes in at #5).
Is it just me or does #4 look suspiciously like Steve Ballmer?
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 83 [+].
Sting manages not to strangle Kayne West Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
Someone (I'm not mentioning any names here, but his initials are Kayne West) completely buggered up what should have been an awesome Live Earth finale.
Seriously, WTF was that?
Link leads to video of the "performance."
Comments: 10 Score: [-] 137 [+].
Minisodes: An hour of TV distilled down to six minutes Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
If you're short on time, watch an entire episode of Fantasy Island in six minutes. Of course, if you were that short on time, you wouldn't be watching Fantasy Island in the first place. Has lots of shows, all of them brainless.
Warning: Like most annoying MySpace pages, a video starts playing from the start. Watch your volume.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 24 [+].
Needing some press, Chantal Kreviazuk whines "Avril stole my song title" Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
The title in question is "Contagious," a word which Chantal herself denies stealing from Rick Springfield, who denies stealing it from ZOEgirl, who deny stealing it from R. Kelly, who denies stealing it from Bush, who deny...
In related news, The Rolling Stones claim prior ownership of the word "Complicated."
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 19 [+].
Dog is recovering after mutilation Posted: 3 years ago by Galoot
Ontario SPCA responded to an anonymous call of a dog in distress. Some sicko cut his ears entirely off. Very sad reading.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 79 [+].