Monday, 31 January 2011
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Use the right music
Friday, 28 January 2011
Google Censoring Torrent Search Suggestions: 7 Terrible Things They Don't Censor
by JD Rucker
Google’s war against torrents is being kept quiet. No announcements. No press releases. You will only find the story in blogs that are carefully watching.
In essence, Google is removing keywords from their Suggest and Instant results so that they are no longer recommended when people start typing them. If you continue all the way through on a term such as “BitTorrent,” Google will offer the results. Reluctantly. They won’t help you out at all, even if you type all the way to the “n.” Try typing in “BitTorren” without the last “t” into Google.
Apparently, they have no idea what you’re talking about.
It’s their search and they’ve made their choice. The funny part is that something as relatively harmless as downloading torrents is considered taboo on Google, but there are plenty of other more harmful searches that Google is all too willing to recommend…
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Thursday, 27 January 2011
The complete collection of Nigel facts
Yes, yes, I know this fad is over. I don’t care.
(Note: I did not write any of these. They are either adapted from existing facts about other, lesser beings, or copied outright from other posters.)
- Nigel’s charm is so contagious, vaccines have been created for it.
- Nigel never says something tastes like chicken. Not even chicken.
- Nigel’s personality is so magnetic, he is unable to carry credit cards.
- Nigel’s organ donation card also lists his beard.
- Nigel is the only man to ever ace a Rorschach test.
- If Nigel were to give you directions, you would never get lost, and you would arrive at least 5 minutes early. And along the way, you would find a $100 bill that someone dropped.
- Nigel once had an awkward moment, just to see how it felt.
- Nigel lives vicariously through himself.
- People hang on Nigel’s every word… even the prepositions.
- Nigel’s beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man’s entire body.
- Nigel’s a lover, not a fighter… but he’s also a fighter, so don’t get any ideas.
- Even his enemies list him as their emergency contact number.
- Nigel can disarm you with his looks… or his hands.
- Nigel can speak French… in Russian.
- Baskin-Robbins only has 31 flavours of ice cream because Nigel doesn’t like any other flavours.
- Nigel is never late. If it looks like he is going to be late, time itself slows down.
- Nigel doesn’t have to change his clocks for Daylight Savings Time - the sun rises and sets when Nigel tells it to.
- Nigel does not use spell-check. If he happens to misspell a word, Oxford simply changes the official spelling of it.
- When Nigel plays Monopoly, it affects the actual world economy.
- The most honourable way of dying is taking a bullet for Nigel. This amuses Nigel because he is bulletproof.
- Nigel doesn’t have a bank account. He just tells the bank how much he needs.
- When Nigel calls 1-900 numbers, he doesn’t get charged. He holds up the phone and money falls out.
- Nigel CAN believe it’s not butter.
- Superman may wear Chuck Norris Pyjamas and Chuck Norris may wear Jack Bauer Pyjamas, but they ALL wear Nigel Underpants.
- Nigel doesn’t shake hands and kiss babies. He kisses hands and turns babies into SUPER HUMAN SUPERHEROES.
Tonight I'm Fucking You.
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Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Great Moments in Pedantry: How "Jurassic Park" got Velociraptors wrong
Discovered and described by Yale paleontologist John Ostrom in the 1960s, Deinonychus had a large sickle-claw on each foot, long arms with grasping hands, and a stiffened tail that would have helped the animal keep its balance as it ran after prey. The genus changed how people thought about dinosaurs, suggesting that they were much more active and dynamic than had been supposed previously.
This new view of dinosaurs, in part, inspired the 1988 book Predatory Dinosaurs of the World by paleo-artist Gregory S. Paul. Not only was the volume chock-full of illustrations of feathered dinosaurs, but it also attempted to revise some dinosaur taxonomy. Paul noted the similarities between the skeletons of the Velociraptor from Mongolia and the Deinonychus skeletons from North America. They were so similar, in fact, that he decided to group the Deinonychus fossils under the name Velociraptor, as the older name took precedence according to the rules by which organisms are named.
Paleontologists did not agree with this change--Velociraptor was kept distinct from Deinonychus--but Paul's book was a hit with the general public. And one of the people who read the book was author Michael Crichton.
Paraprosdokians
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to re-frame or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect. Enjoy!
I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on the list.
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.
War does not determine who is right — only who is left.
I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good evening,’ and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.
To steal idea from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. My desk is a work station.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.
I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
Some cause happiness wherever they go.. Others, whenever they go.
I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.I always take life with a grain of salt… plus a slice of lemon… and a shot of tequila.
You’re never too old to learn something stupid.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
