February 2012
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“Beyond the universe there is nothing and within the universe the supernatural...”
– George P. Spencer of Lyndon Center, Vt., died in 1908 at age 83. His epitaph is inscribed on the sides of a granite monument. (via Futility Closet)
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“Waiting for inbox full of angry Nintendo fanboys who list off 3 Wii games that...”
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“I can now block blogs that tag spam or inappropriately tag things for the gaming...”
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Why was MegaUpload really shut down? →
While I can’t really source this past a girl in high school, it is an interesting take on the shut down. While mega-upload was a copyright infringement haven, it always had been. Why shut them down only weeks after announcing a new service which was claimed to offer much higher payouts to music artists?
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“INTERNETS, 18th of January 2012. PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
Over a century ago Thomas Edison got the patent for a device which would “do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear”. He called it the Kinetoscope. He was not only amongst the first to record video, he was also the first person to own the copyright to a motion picture. Because of Edisons patents for the motion...
“9gag will be supporting SOPA today by blacking out all credit to artists and...”
– 9gag
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24 million customer accounts hacked at Zappos →
…customers’ names, email addresses, billing and shipping addresses, phone numbers and the last four digits of credit cards numbers and scrambled passwords were stolen.
…the hackers had not been able to access servers that held customers critical credit card and other payment data.
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Should The Times Be A Truth Vigilante? →
soupsoup:
I hope this is a joke. The New York Times Public Editor wonders aloud if their journalists should be reporting the truth.
Seriously?
“Over the past month or so I have noticed another large influx of spammers on...”
21 Reasons Why The English Language Sucks →
by Sheetr
1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7. Since there was no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8....
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While I was trying to be honest and informative as well as be funny, I think I did have a point with that last post. The one thing I have witnessed time and time again on the web is people concentrating on getting Bigger rather than focusing on getting Better. I really believe that you should stick to what you are good at and always try to improve it.
I think the one blessing of our network is...
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Of the top 20 games connecting to Xbox Live in... →
If you like sports games or shooting shit, this list is for you. 18 of 20 of the titles fall into those 2 categories (Forza 4 = Racing & racing = sport). Skyrim (single player) was the only game to break from that in the top 10 finishing 6th overall but that’s only if you don’t count getting shot in the knee with arrows as a shooting game. GTA4 narrowly missed finishing 11th, but...
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“Draw something vaguely anthropomorphic, give it a tail and add in a dash of...”
– My idea of what 99% of people that create and upload shitty manga art to devianART are thinking when they feel creative.
DeviantART is my personal Sierra Leone lately and I spend more and more time looking for diamonds but feel like I’m constantly just churning up mud.
