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March 31, 2004

da-da, da-da, da-da

Watch this video a couple of times. Now close your eyes and just listen to the audio. Pretty freaky.

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March 29, 2004

FBI: Music piracy third priority behind terrorism and counter-intelligence

Music industry way off track with song and dance about falling sales

“Record industry types aren’t usually shy about success. But this time their success is a little embarrassing. For the past few years the industry has argued that file-sharing and CD burning is having a negative impact on sales. But, unfortunately, their own sales figures don’t back up their arguments.”

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March 28, 2004

robots in disguise?

This ambition started to look possible when work began on the new Mini. I’ve always believed BMW overbuilds many of their parts, so the over-building of certain Mini applications for my robotics use went unnoticed. In 1998, I began tests in a remote location outside Oxford.

Vehicle to autonomous biped robot conversion for the Mini Cooper r50.

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March 27, 2004

Citizen Kubrick

“But the original script seems so cheesy,” I say.

“Ah,” replies Tony, “but this is before Stanley worked his alchemy.”

And I realise this is true. “Dog finds meteorite.” It sounds so banal, but imagine how Kubrick might have directed it. Do the words, “Ape finds monolith” or, “Little boy turns the corner and sees twin girls” sound any less banal on the page?

Citizen Kubrick

(via MeFi)

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March 25, 2004

loaf, loaf, loaf

Steering clear from all this week’s TypeKey hot air instead there’s an interesting idea doing the rounds that allows you to let other people know who you know via email, but without letting them know who you know. All clear? (Cheat sheet.)

It’s called LOAF and is written in Perl. It may well be an evolved implementation of the original LOAF spec that started off as an IRC conversation. One to watch…

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March 22, 2004

those damn crabs

Lego have a new game on their site, Worldbuilder. As with all great puzzle games the first few levels are annoyingly easy then the difficulty ramps up. I almost completed world one before getting really frustrated by the crab that kills batteries and takes apart models. (Made by gamelab)

(via MeFi)

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March 21, 2004

“…in the morning I’ll be sober.”

At an elegant dinner party, Lady Astor once leaned across the table to remark, “If you were my husband, Winston, I’d poison your coffee.” “And if you were my wife, I’d beat the shit out of you,” came Churchill’s unhesitating retort.

From National Lampoon’s The Churchill Wit

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March 17, 2004

urm, fair at all?

How this can be consider a reasonable way to treat someone wrongfully convicted of a crime?

We locked you up in jail for 25 years and you were innocent all along? That’ll be £80,000 please

More stories

(via MeFi)

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March 13, 2004

L = (limit, save, lems, start,width, height, grid, exit, skills)

“I would especially like to thank my family, for the many times when as a teenager my dinner got cold as I struggled to complete a level of Lemmings. I can now claim that this was done in the name of research and scientific discovery.”
- The Hardness of the Lemmings Game, or Oh no, more NP-Completeness Proofs

(via NTK)

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March 10, 2004

“Who the Belle is she?”

It seems that even The Times isn’t below speculating on the identity of Belle De Jour. Though I guess it’s okay as it appeared in T2 rather than the main paper.

The web diary, the book deal and the very happy hooker

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March 9, 2004

Closing and delays - 1337 5p34k Linguistic Services

News 14 Carolina get pwnt

“News 14 in North Carolina had an online system where people could post school closings, etc that would scroll on the screen. The postings all got reviewed before they went live, but after they’d been reviewed/approved, the system was open for the original poster to go back and change the copy, so you could essentially submit something benign, then go back and monkey with it.”

(via MeFi)

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March 8, 2004

Keeping the “Surrey Pride” alive…

Amusingly, it seems that the seven of diamonds, Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi - the former Iraqi Presidential Advisor on Scientific and Technical Affairs - is a UniS graduate. Why this hasn’t come to light until now is an interesting question. Maybe I’m missing the point?

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March 4, 2004

“I may weep openly…”

LucasArts Cancels Sam & Max Freelance Police, Resigns Self to Mediocrity

“If every game without a Star Wars logo that came through your door ended up tanking, getting cancelled, or somehow cause you a huge amount of grief, you might be inclined to just kill the next one in line and get it over with. In a way, their behavior like that is understandable. However, it becomes entirely unacceptable when you remember, that’s not their job! Their job is to actually think about things, figure out what’s been going wrong, and how to fix it. Their job is to actually try, not to just throw the switch, or pass the title along ’till its out the door, and then attempt to absolve themselves of blame.

Today’s an extremely sad day for LucasArts, and we hope they all know it. If they can’t even figure that out, they’re in far worse trouble than we could have imagined.”
(more…)

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March 3, 2004

More From America’s Finest News Source

Foster Mom A C**t

“Put this away, clean this up, wash this,” Wenc said. “That’s all I ever hear.”

As part of her weekly chores, Wenc has to keep both bathrooms clean, vacuum the living room, do her own laundry, and make dinner every single fucking Wednesday night.

“Kristen does a great job helping out around the house,” the twat said. “She still has some bad habits she needs to break, but I can already see improvement in her attitude. All she needs is a little structure.”

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March 1, 2004

“How would I know about girls? I’m a rocker. I rock out.”

Today marks the publication of the 900th Diesel Sweeties comic. The comic is to return to concentrating on its cast of core characters so if you’re not already reading it, now would be a great time for all you sexy war criminals to start.

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