Is it wrong that the first thing I thought was: The Incredible Hulk could have been produced without a CGI budget?

#FFFFFF Power!!!

What, you got something against albinos? What kind of sick person are you?

Starshipsofa.com had a bit on the history of FMoF a few podcasts ago. Unfortunately, the site seems to be down right now.

Let me get this straight. This so-called game features sex *and* violence? And, despite that, it's extremely popular? Fascinating.

Fortunately, I'm sure graduate students everywhere will immerse themselves in further research. I look forward to the flurry of papers.

Weird. I kept thinking it was dubbed. He does not sound like I thought he would.

Cory, how long has it been since you read the first chapter of Snow Crash? It's a great story, but not in that style at all.

Wait, so disemvowelling is intentional? I remember when this came up a while back and a bunch of us thought it was some weird software bug.

Not much of a disincentive if nobody realizes why it's happening.

Wait, so Felix the Cat was a Japanese agent?

The SFWA drama is my soap opera; I can't get enough. Run, Burt, Run!

(I also just finished The Old Man's War, thanks to Tor's promo. Planning on getting Ghost Brigades this weekend.)

Fantastic story. If your eyes aren't at least misty by the end, you need to check your house for the pod.

Finished it this weekend, and it's definitely worth perusing. There's some things I don't think he quite got right (River, especially) but it reads as well as, or better than, most licensed novels.

1968, huh? And now they're going too release some more stuff under CC license? Sadly, that's pretty progressive for a commonwealth country.

As bad as the MAFIAA is, it shouldn't be forgotten that governments also have a vested interest in restricting the 'right' to copy.

Jesus H. Christ, I'm 40 years old and my default term of address to any unknown male I'm suddenly confronted with is "Dude."

This is like the "Say 'what' again" scene in Pulp Fiction. He's not trying to defuse the situation, he's trying to escalate it. This is probably learned on the job, just like those other bullshit cop tactics. (C.f., the old "jerk their arm, then claim they were resisting when they instinctively pull back.")

Or maybe he just likes playing rough with young boys.

Jeebus. I hope the old folks aren't on the internet.

A report here claims 5 are down:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/February/theuae_February155.xml§ion=theuae

As techdirt speculated, perhaps the warranties ran out.

Ultimately I think that a good cheat, creative, cunning and organised, is demonstrating more useful skills that someone who's successfully memorised a bunch of formulae that will all be forgotten by next week anyway.

Exactly. Cheaters are hackers: they're exploiting the system as presented. They're already ahead of the game.

My best cheat was when I convinced my English teacher to let me do an author report on Jerry Pournelle (who I was a big fan of) only to realize that there was very little in local resources on Jerry Pournelle.

So I made up 'Larry Cornell', figuring she wouldn't remember the difference (this was before commercial intertubes.) I made up plots for various stories and critiqued them--a much bigger accomplishment for someone my age than a simple review.

I got an "A." At graduation, one of my friends outed me before I could do it myself. She laughed, and there was no ill-will. The only downside was that I never got a copy of my paper back. It could have been a fruitful launching point for a bunch of stories...

The one redeeming thing about Catholic schools is that you can fit a LOT of info into a tie.

German Nun-Rapers for Hillary!

Wait, what happened? This is no longer a youtube link? Or is there a weird youtube "it's popular enough that we can obstruct it with ads" option? I can't click through anymore, so I'm not sure.

Also, moderating appears to be getting a bit too heavy-handed here.

MP3 feed works for everything but part 3. At least via iTunes.

Oh great. The Internet Fsckwad Theory IRL.

*slow clap* Way to go, guys.

"armour-penetrating" WTF?

@ECURTZ, Hah! Although, the idea of a *loaded* d20 is even cooler.

@MORTIS, Rope? No problem. Hands off my iron rations, though.

Hmm, I don't see a size listed. I hope it's bigger than it looks to me. I'd hate to see the headline, "Toddler killed by Boing Boing Pirates!"

"... artists are generally entitled to a seven percent royalty on "sales," but are contractually guaranteed a fifty percent royalty on "licensing." When the labels "sell" you a song online, they actually claim that they're only giving you a license to the music... If you're only getting a license -- rather than making a purchase -- then 49.5 cents from ever $0.99 track should go straight to the artist. Instead, they get a measly seven cents."

Huh? Something's backwards. Does licensing pay seven or fifty percent? The first sentence here doesn't mesh with the rest of it.

Make no mistake, I love this vid. I'm just trying to figure out how it was made.

They list the "Original Japanese Cast" and "Ronion Dojo High School DX" in the credits. Is that part of the joke? To make it look like it was crafted from anime? If so, it's a bit ultra-meta-arch.

DID they animate it? The end credits confused me. Is it re-animated footage of an existing animation (like is normally done with AMVs and such?) I'm thinking it's the latter, but every comment I've seen on this suggests the former.

"THE VIDEO YOU ARE TRYING TO WATCH CANNOT BE VIEWED FROM THIS WEBSITE."

This is so cool! Moar pls!

Xubuntu, $0.00.

DMCAing the MAFIAA, priceless.

Related: DJ BC' et al's "Santastic III":

http://www.djbc.net/santastic3/

Cory, I'll trade you a ii for a iii.

@33 "For another, in the sphere of sports, many of the most gifted coaches and managers were mediocre if not terrible players."

Too true. And your point is well taken.

However, some of the worst coaches and managers were mediocre if not terrible players.

Judge them on their merits as coaches and managers. Nothing further.

BTW, if the players want to hang them, they're either doing really well, or really poorly. History tends to sort that out.

Anyone who wants to contribute to my 1888 Faberge Egg collection, PM me.

Protest videos are already showing up.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nQIMgTffUtU

Pictures of women wearing meat? Meh.

Some video of the artist talking these women into being photographed wearing meat? Now that I would pay to see.

Awesome. I just gave this book away (never lend books) last week.

Trevorf, I'm not sure what a "purple numbered version" is, but write to Vernor. Authors putting their stuff up for free tend to be pretty cool about derivative works.

Cory, do you realize you spoiled the punchline?

Eight posts and not one reference to whether or not this is the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7029685.stm

I'm ashamed of you people.

Finally, a CC Public Domain mark! Awesome!

The value of a lexicon is in its organization. That is something that JKR admits herself:

"This is such a great site that I have been known to sneak into an Internet cafe while out writing and check a fact rather than go into a bookshop and buy a copy of Harry Potter (which is embarrassing)..."

There is a disturbing trend to equate 'fair use' with 'not making any money.' That's not the point, people.

What is going on there? Is it a unisex bathroom? Is the bathroom a cubicle instead of a separate room? Are they telling me I'm supposed to look over the stall? Do women in Korea pee standing up?

Very confusing.

AKA, the browser stress test.

I had the same "wrong" weirdness.

@Yeago: I thought that was a comment on the inability of bots to make sense of things that humans can!

But now that I think of it, wasn't there a similar vowel-stripping glitch a few months back? Or was that a different site?

w00t! One of mine made the cut!

Would you want to watch a movie that had been inverted, time shifted, and played backwards?

Sure, I'd just have to write a script to revert and reverse it (not sure where time-shifting comes in.) Not a bad idea, actually.

@ Braschlosan:
I hear you. But you should know that I tried to install Windows on my toaster and the damn thing wouldn't work. MS is teh suxors!

The podcast Radio Free Hipster has a Halloween two-part special. Part 1 is here:
http://www.hipsterplease.com/2007/10/radio-free-hipster-ep-32-zombie-beat.html

Part two should drop any time now.

How is this the first feature-length machinima? There are five Red vs. Blue DVDs, each of which is as long or longer. (They've had to edit them down a bit when they've shown them in actual theaters.)

Why the hell would Interpol keep the details a 'secret' anyhow? Are they afraid molesters' images will be untwirled by someone else? Do they think that molesters will keep doing this now that it can be reversed, if they don't know HOW it's being reversed? WTF?

Back in my day, we'd bolt wheels to the bottom of these things and ride around on 'em.

It's true!

Red sky at night, sailors' delight,
Red sky at morning, global warming.

Best BSG/Dylan mashup since "Crossroads Part 2"

And Andrew, it is "fraked." It works exactly like its Terran counterpart.

That's not Master Chief. It looks more like Simmons.

I'm just astounded at how many boingboingers are all in favor of this kind of treatment from Officer Friendly.

I can only wish it on each one of you.

"So, if (and I can't really tell from the video) the Rev. decided at some point before or during his meeting with the police to create a scene, then these questions have to be asked: Did we need proof that the police can be brutal? Did we need proof that the Bush administration violates the free speech and assembly rights of citizens? Maybe. But maybe not. As Scrooge McDuck once said, "Work Smarter, Not Harder""

Geezus Kryst. "Well, we knew the cops would over-react..."

How the fuck is this acceptable??!!one!!!eleven!!

I'd say that you people deserve what you get, except that I'm still living here.

Very nice. Except that I can't comment on BBG without logging out of BB? If it's a sister site, there shouldn't be a need to register with both. If it is separate, why do I have to log out of BB to post anonymously on BBG? Something is fscked up.

"Whether the force that was used on him was excessive or not..."

I give up.

Oh for Christ's sake. He could be about to detonate a suicide vest as well. Better just shoot everyone in the head. Safer that way.

What Chris said.

How does the 'staging' (if it occured) excuse the thuggery? "Well, you KNEW the Stormtroopers would act like that."

Yeah, yeah, Godwin's Law. Bite me: http://xkcd.com/261/

Jesus Christ, people. I consider myself right-wing, but no, disobeying authority does not automatically entitle any jack-booted thug with a badge to go batshit on your ass. (I don't give a shit what the law has to say about it. The law can be stupid. It doesn't mean you have to be.)

There seems to be a rash of this stuff happening lately. They did the same thing to a 100 lb. girl in Rhode Island a few weeks ago.

The story is here:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=35315863&blogID=298977453&Mytoken=048CA94F-BBB6-4458-80C71381224C6047711094

Photo (not for squeamish) is here:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c63/jenacampaign/l_0a5f0416d245f49366279d1137d0a39e.jpg

Christ, boingboingers are making me sound like a hippie. I hope the flying pigs don't shit on my car.

I've been thinking about this lately (as it's been topical) and I realized that I use 'e-books' (PDFs and text files, usually) in two ways.

1) To try out works I'm not sure about. In this case I'll usually buy (or not) the book to finish it.

2) (And this is WAY more common for me) To have a searchable version of a book I've already read so I can find specific quotes, etc. quickly.

OK, not suprising, but it seems these days the obvious needs to be stated.

It strikes me that if you made the base out of (or lined with) metal, it would also deter snooping. Pop open the dispenser to use.