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Think Illegal Downloading is Free?
Think Illegal Downloading is Free? Click on…
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I will continue to download my shit, but honestly, anyone who bitches when they get caught — get fucking real.

I opened up my music player, selected Random Play and System of a Down’s “Fuck The System” started to play. Makes me chuckle.

The RIAA are pricks that only care about themselves have you ever seen MTV cribs even the shitty singers I’ve never heard of have big houses and nice cars they don’t need more money and most of the money goes to record labels anyway they’re just greedy. That’s one of the reasons I like Lil Wayne he not only encourages downloading of his music but he hosts it on his site because he knows he doesn’t need the money.

cant read text tags on the images on either side of TPB logo

oh well

Pretty cool, too bad they put downloding….

the lighting strike odds worry me having been struck by lighting before

Content Type: image/jpeg, size: 374,203 bytes

Illegal downloading badly harms your spelling skills.

Seeing as how the Pirate Bay folks are from Sweden…

rips eyes from upvote_capote’s sockets and starts violently skullfucking him

Having a karma of 10 is somehow more pathetic than 1.

No, that was the heroin.

because of illegal downloading, music itself has been de-valued. how are you supposed to “adapt” to that?

NO2RealID.org
REAL ID killed in 17 states. 33 more to go! No2RealID.org

• A $23 Billion Deception.Homeland Security’s estimate of $23 billion dollars to create this national ID system is probably off by $5 billion dollars…
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When you you people get a clue? We should have had this decades ago. The fact there is no positive national id in place today is an embarrassment.

Seriously, in 140+ posts I have yet to see a decent and reasonable explanation of why the REAL ID is a bad idea. It’s pretty much just an uber drivers license, isn’t it? What is the concern here? One arguement I’ve heard against it is the RFID chip that may or may not be put into it, but that is not a problem with the REAL ID program, but rather one technological part to it. I’ve also heard something about freedom and “this is America” rabble, but none of that is really reasoned argument.

I am currently in support of this program, and unless one of it’s opponents can convince me otherwise with reasoned and logical ideas, I will continue to do so.

And post it not in reply, but just after me; after my question gets dugg down I still want other people to see your reasoning, which might stop the question from being asked again..

I really believe that sites such as Digg will play a key role in citizens becoming aware and concerned about the state of this nation, and keeping our nation aligned with the democratic rights with which our government was founded. Since the beginning of time, [the perception is] politicians have played to the fears of the people and in the past century the “corporation” (from the perspective of a large, faceless, profit-creating entity) has possibly overtaken the government in its fear-mongering. How many products have you purchased because you were afraid of the “consequences” if you did not have xyz product… Follow the money… Hmmm. It makes me wonder if/when our government will have lobbyists at Fortune 500 companies.

has anyone read thru what a “real id” consists of? this is the most retarded law ever.. okay so hear goes.. full legal name, birthdate, residence address, drivers liscence number and gender. to recieve the id you must show your birth cert social security number and proof of address.. and on the card it must have a hologram of north america on it…
okay were you paying attention.. here is why i say this is retarded
WTF IS ON YOUR DRIVERS LISCENCE FOLKS????
name, address, gender, liscence number
what do you have to provide to recieve your drivers liscence??
birth cert and SSI

the ONLY differences to this real ID is.. show proof of address.. (that means bring in a bill with your name on it and address) and a hologram of north america!!

soooo really wtf are we arguing about here?? we already DO THIS!! its called your drivers liscence.. or even more clever .. YOUR PASSPORT
what does that contain.. name, gender, address, etc etc

this law is redundant

Personally, I don’t give a shit about Real ID. You act like the Fed’s can’t look up your drivers licence in any state anyway. Real ID is just going to save them a couple minutes. You people think the bill of rights equals a licence to bitch and moan, and do whatever the fuck you want.

If it hadn’t been for Digg I wouldn’t have known about this.

Real ID is a threat to my security as an american citizen

Killing Real ID would be good, but it’s not enough — we need to destroy the careers of every politician who failed to condemn it.

I believe it will soon be illegal for people from those states to travel by air, sadly.

Then, I believe it will soon be the time profits fall for major airlines, not sadly.

Pro tip: Amtrak’s prices actually alternate every other day, i.e it’ll go up $30 for the same route every other day, so just play with the dates by altering + or - 1 day

Haven’t been paying attention for the last 150 years, have you?

Not in terms of what’s on the card. The difference is in that it’s nationally issued, is intended to replace state-issued driver’s licenses, and is hooked up to a much more extensive database on the back end. Oh, yeah, and the RFID chip.

404 Not Found
Holy crap, these are priceless! Not much else I can really say here other than click, look, and laugh your ass off.

The requested URL /only-in-russia/ was not found on this server.
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the one with the hay on the car is very likely to happen in egypt and ive seen it lol! also the one with the light post i’ve seen to be in egypt as well so im not sure all those pictures are really in russia

If you think this is local to only Russia, obviously none of you have ever traveled to anywhere outside of US, UK.

only in russia does the main link load as a blank page!

love the cops drinking the beer. I love that in Russia beer is basically soda pop. kids as young as 8 or so are drinking beer because it’s not treated like an alcoholic beverage.

i contend that you can see police drinking on the job in the states as well, except they’d probably have their tazers out once they put a couple back.

Why do you guys find poor people to be so funny?

Where else can you find images like these?

funny pictures from russia

Very funny pictures of Russia.

To My Hofstra University Smoking Buddy
When Florida attorney Norm Kent received a form letter from Sen. Norm Coleman condemning marijuana, Kent fired off this note to his former Hofstra University smoking buddy.
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best 1 page message ever portrayed

I’m so damned tired of hypocrites. And they are everywhere! Just the other day the guy who a year or so ago made national news by running a specialized movie rental outlet was arrested for having sex with a 14 year old girl.

Why was his little shop in the news, you ask? The rental house was called “CleanFlicks,” and much to the frustration of “evil” Hollywood, he’d re-edit movies before renting them so as to remove anything that might damage the delicate sensibilities of his customers.

This purveyor of so-called “family-friendly” entertainment (accomplished by slicing up someone else’s property) now stands accused of paying a child for sex. What’s wrong with these people?

Being a Minnesotan, I really hope he gets defeated in the coming election.

As a Minnesotan I fucking love this.

Probably about the third time this has been on digg in the last 2 years IIRC.

I met Norm Coleman on a trip to Washington DC back in 2004. I was part of a group of high school students who got to take the time to sit down with representatives of my state. I was fortunate enough to meet Mark Dayton and Norm Coleman (Senators of Minnesota) along with Jim Oberstar (really friendly old fellow) who is one of the district representatives. Long personal stories aside, Norm Coleman is an asshole. This opinion of mine has nothing to do with the left or right wing, democrat or republican. The guy is, to put it simply, an asshole. Through our entire Q & A session he belittled the students who asked him pressing and meaningful questions. He demanded that each student get only one question, he was very condescending, left only 2 minutes or less to answer each question, hurried us and yelled at one of my fellow students for questioning one of the policies he helped get enacted ( I forget which exactly). The guy made douchebags look cool. Once upon a time he might have been a cool guy, and hey I will give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he was really pressed for time or was having a bad day. This letter in a sense, sums up the kind of person Senator Coleman is. Take it for what it is worth I guess.

Mark Dayton on the other hand, could be one of the most pleasant, interesting and friendly individuals I have ever met.

Coleman sends out a stump letter against drugs, and his college buddy writes back reminiscing about the high times they had way back then.

I used to be blatantly anti-pot. I had a friend in high school who showed a lot of promise but went on a huge decline and was expelled from school after being caught with weed. From that day on, I was vocally anti-pot.

Also FireFox.

I’m 22 and have never used any drugs, alcohol or cigarettes. I believe that government should have no place telling you what you can and can’t put into your own body. I’ve seen what drugs do to people. The problem is, if you’re an addict you’ll do it no matter what. The prison system is no help. People get drugs just as easily in there as on the streets(what I have been told by those that have been through the system.) On top of that, how can they put so many people in jail over Marijuana possession when it’s not even effecting their ability to function in society. Then you have so many people getting hopped up on pharmaceuticals to the point where they’re completely addicted and unable to function as they normally would. What makes Marijuana so bad but Zoloft perfectly acceptable?

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Skin colour map (indigenous people) - Maps and Graphics at UNEP/GRID-Arendal
The twin role played by the skin ? protection from excessive UV radiation and absorption of enough sunlight to trigger the production of vitamin D ? means that people living in the lower latitudes, close to the Equator, with intense UV radiation, have developed darker skin to protect them from the damaging effects of UV radiation.

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Well now we know where to aim the nukes…

Buried for being obvious.

In other news, God was ingenious for separating people of color based on Latitudes. Darwin resigns.

Jesus Digg posters are stupid. How can this map be “racist”? This isn’t a map of modern-day ethnic makeup - this charts the evolutionary development of skin pigment in different regions of the world.

As for other racial differences - sometimes it is an evolutionary adaptation to survive (like skin and eye color). Other times it is completely inexplicable - and is likely a result of genetic drift. Take an anthro class people.

Florida gets lighter right around Disneyworld

Inaccurate.
Inuits and Maori’s seems to have just been omitted even though they are native to their regions.
And the banding across Australia seems just as likely to be based on it looking pretty as real data.

one of the BIG WHINERS gets back to the front page. way to go!!!

The twin role played by the skin ? protection from excessive UV radiation and absorption of enough sunlight to trigger the production of vitamin D ? means that people living in the lower latitudes, close to the Equator, with intense UV radiation, have

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I don’t know–are Inuit really that pale?

# Good map of colors.

Skin colour map (indigenous people) - Maps and Graphics at UNEP/GRID-Arendal

UNEP/GRID-Arendal

People with more direct exposure to the sun have darker skin?

Thank for the real data! These projections are horrible

what a worthless map, detroit is overran with its white surroundings too..

i’m from africa and i’m as pale as a ghost

People from Northern Canada are gray!

This is predicted, not observed. So unless we know what the ‘multiple factors’ taken into account were it’s hard to know if it means anything. A map of actual skin colour would be far more interesting - and a great deal harder to compile!

Chavez: Pull Reserves From US: Financial News - Yahoo!Finance
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his Latin American allies on Saturday to begin withdrawing billions of dollars in international reserves from U.S. banks, warning of a looming U.S. economic crisis.
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Ummm, if Hugo is so much better than bush and if the quality and luxuries of life are so much better in Venezuela…. MOVE THERE. GET LOST. You stupid Americans don’t recognize that the imperialist nature of the United States is what affords you your whole lifestyle and you freedoms. So if you like think a leader like Chavez is a good leader move there. Socialism is next to communism. If Chavez has his way… Venezuela will be the next Zimbabwe. GO CHAVES!

everything as Dr. Paul predicted, the US will be brought to its knees with the incredible amount of debts!

Hugo Chavez is an anachronistic idiot. Costa Rica and Chile have already achieved the type of economic success that he desires but can only dream about. And without the use of communism or socialism. He can’t deliver on the promises he made to get elected, so he spends his time trying to make himself look important by tossing barbs at the U.S. His idol Castro is on his last legs and he wants to look like he can be the new leader of heavy handed government in Latin America. He is a sad, sad clown that is too wrapped up in his ego to realize what a joke he is.

Its funny how many people also think Chavez is “saving his country”..he has been just as bad as Bush has been to ours, probably more so.

A co-workers father came to the US to visit and was from Venezuela and says Chavez is very corrupt and they want him out.

I don’t think it has occurred to Mr. Chavez that a downturn in the American economy is not going to help his country, or his alliance. The American economy is the ultimate example of the butterfly effect; if everyone starts to withdraw their capital, it will be like attaching a giant fan to the back of the lowly butterfly. Besides a recession is always followed by a turn around, once the US regains it’s footing it will crush Columbia, and ALBA.

How dare they not keep their money in the US banks ?

Take your money out and keep impoverishing your people, but stay out.

Well it’s his money he can do whatever the hell he wants with it. It seems to me like he is just trying to cut his losses. If the US had billions invested in Venezuela and the economy there was tanking we wouldn’t hesitate to take our money out…

What is the difference between money and the transfer of control over the land? People living on the land just see a different government name when demands for tithes come. I already have an evil overlord, so changing to another means nothing to me.

No offense Chavez, you don’t have that much money to pull…

Wait - Chavez said something bad about the US? Why doesn’t this have BREAKING in the title?

Glide downwards while selling all the way down (get more money out than a rock solid crash would)

Why is this bastard still alive?

YouTube - Call to Action
A call to action.
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FTW.

Anonymous is really badass. They’re taking down websites using DoS attacks. Any 14 year old with 10 minutes of spare time can do that. I’ll be impressed when they do something that my 13 year old niece isn’t capable of.

Can’t wait for February 10th.

Damn this is getting fun!

So they will attack on the 10th of febuary… Lets see if they can achieve something… For now I am not conviced of anything, a 15 yo kid can create some DOS attack. But i have to admit, I am very curious about them. I am so very curious about what they can do. If anonymous can achieve something, they will pave the way to others. Hackers, unite, and get mad. get Furious.

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02/10/08

Fuck Planet Earth from maxgoldberg
It’s like we can finally understand what these majestic creatures are saying.
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As someone who loved the original series of Planet Earth I thought that was Gold.

*CRYING*
The first part was classic in it’s own. Soooo childish and awesome. good to laugh again.

Max, you are the man now dog.

That was hilarious. Sometimes you gotta leave your maturity at the door. Life’s too short
to be uptight all the time.

FUUUCCKKKKK :p

Damn, this shit is bad

Discover HD, take note. This is how to get your ratings way up.
It’s “Meerkat Manor” meets “The Sopranos”…

hilarious XD

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To get started, try our handy search box, or click on one of the headings to browse that section of the referenc

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JPG Magazine: Photos: "Cats" by Ivan Capraro
A spooky picture of black cats with glowing eyes. What do they have planned?
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anyone else happen to take a look in the window of the car?

Dunno, I don’t find it creepy.

JPG Magazine is consistently awesome

FACEBOOK ROCKS

I see pixels.

Wow that was creepy. I saw some cats in a graveyard at night that were black like that. Scared the hell out of me.

i can haz your soulz?

That reminds me of the white cat from The Cat Returns… Muva? Muvo? Something like that.

im in ur alleewayz, scarin u shitless

You can has glowing eerie eyes.

As is proven here .. you can always LOL a cat pic.

Reminds me of the story in those old ‘Scary Stories’ books about the men with cat’s eyes.

YouTube - Scientology Raid In Orlando
Anon pwn Scientology in Orlando raid.
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Honk twice if you hate Jews..Honk three times if you hate Protestants…

Is anyone selling Xenu t-shirts yet? Could be a good way to get the word out…

I’m all for this but they need a better sign. I wonder if half the people going by can even read it.

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Anyone up for a picket in Clearwater? I’m an ex member, scared to do it alone.

don’t get me wrong, i think its great what they did but im farily sure if you held up a sign saying “Honk if you hate oxygen” people would still honk.

I would rather see a “show me your tits if you hate Scientology” video

Is halloween a loophole then?

Scient-LOL-ogy!!

yes, and diversity is another aspect of evolution. There have been countless cults, each one trying something different, and Scientology has found a combination that works very well in terms of growth expansion and political power. The new theocracy is in money

Probably agnostics.

A Quick Fundraising Spike Online | The Trail | washingtonpost.com
The Obama campaign measures online donations every 15 minutes, and the source said that online money was pouring in at the rate of more than $500,000 per hour.
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I’m going to vote for Obama in the NJ primary because I think the republicans will be better able to smear him then Clinton. I have re registered as a democrat for this purpose haha.

I think Billary is going to have to ramp up her crying game a few more notches. We’re gonna have to see some real big tears this time.
I would like to extend my thanks to Bill for influencing the tenure of the past weeks political drama. He has done an admirable job of revealing what a slimy power hungry bastard him and his calculating wife are. Fuck the both of em.
Tell mama to vote Obama!!!!!!

I will *never* vote for Obama, nor will I vote for HIllary. Sorry, but refusing to remove the troops before 2013 AND saying “send 100,000 more troops into Iraq” (Obama) doesn’t quite strike me as someone whom I’d like to give my vote.

Take THAT Ron Paul spammers. Took you guys an entire day to get 4 million and you creamed yourselves over it in numerous posts.

Notice how there is only ONE of these?

Internet penetration is not the key to winning an election.

08ama is the “original g.”
Just finished donating. Sorry, but RP isn’t a viable candidate.

Total Obamanation!

Cover Story: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power - TIME
The disturbing truth about the cult that is sweeping the nation; started by science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard.

The Church of Scientology, started by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard to “clear” people of unhappiness, portrays itself as a religion. In reality the church is a hugely profitable global racket that survives by intimidating members and critics in a Mafia-like m…
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Yet the outrage and litigation have failed to squelch Scientology.

LOL squelch ? at best it is a radio terminlology and dont say you thought Squelchd better to say QUashed if a times reporter can misrepresent an article for the money then contact me I can write amusing articles that will keep me guessing - oh and you to… .

I’m no fan of Scientology - but to be honest, people like James Dobson and all of those Christian Coalition nutjobs seem far more insidious.

Scientology being tax exempt is a joke and a mockery of our government. And an appointment with a psychiatrist will do you more good than an entire lifetime getting ripped by by these charlatans.

Hey guys i don’t know if anyone mentioned this but this article is from 1991.

Crazy huh? So did anyone mention it at all? 1991? 17 years ago? WACKY

1991!!

Los Angeles Times Series on Scientology around the same time:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/la90/
“A Piece of Blue Sky” is a great book on Scientology available for free download:
http://www.clambake.org/archive/books/apobs/
Actually the whole clambake site is a great resource for Scientology-related materials if you haven’t seen it:
http://www.clambake.org
And of course, Mark Bunker’s great site:
http://www.xenutv.com

I was intrigued at finding out that Cult Awareness Network is now a front of the COS! Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_Awareness_Networ …

It is amazing the way COS in completely calculated moves, destroys and buys out anything that goes against it. Sad part is that individuals who play anti against them get the worst as being very soft targets. At least, organizations get a chance to litigate, until bankrupt. Lone rangers have gotten killed in the past. This needs stopping now! How can a democratic country like the US shield them in the name of a Religion? Why cannot their activities be monitored, as are the activities of innocent citizens being monitored under the hood of Homeland Security? Or are we saying that there are cult members, sufficient in numbers in the group of “Powers that be” , to never let this ever happen? If we cannot stick it out now, I wonder how long would that be, when an “Anonymous” would rise again…

Church of Scientology, started by science-fic

A famous story about Scientology

story about scientology

save for jim … fucking crazy.

The Church of Scientology, started by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard to “clear” people of unhappiness, portrays itself as a religion. In reality the church is a hugely profitable global racket that survives by intimidating members and critics in a

Scientology

Rather than being irrelevant, the fact that this article is from 1991, and was reporting what was at the time old news, is useful information.

You can purchase a poster of the cover as well.

I thought they were talking about right-wing Zionism.

“Eleven top Scientologists, including Hubbard’s wife, were sent to prison in the early 1980s for infiltrating, burglarizing and wiretapping more than 100 private and government agencies in attempts to block their investigations. In recent years hundreds of longtime Scientology adherents — many charging that they were mentally of physically abused — have quit the church and criticized it at their own risk. Some have sued the church and won; others have settled for amounts in excess of $500,000. In various cases judges have labeled the church “schizophrenic and paranoid” and “corrupt, sinister and dangerous.”

“The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power”? I thought that was the Bilderburg group.

This article is nearly 17 years old. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but a lot of dates and data in the article make a lot more sense in that context.

YouTube - Montel turns the tables on a Fox Morning Television show
Montel Williams berates Fox “News” for speculating about Heath Ledger’s death while ignoring troop deaths in Iraq.
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Fuck FOX.
Way to step up to the plate Montel.
Heath probably took his own life, who gives a shit really? I know I don’t. 28 US troops died since the start of 2008…How many innocent Iraqi families died since january 1st? There are so many things going wrong in this world and anyone paying attention to bullshit celebrity gossip needs to be sent to a FEMA camp asap.

Wow, people are finally understanding the responsibility a free press.

when keeping it real goes wrong

lol @ fox

Montel, you are awesome. Thank you

Also notice that douche bag “reporter”(the black one, since i don’t know or care about his name) says “we’re here talking to Montel about Heath Ledger”, stop trying to change the subject.

Finally, someone puts some sense of what the real news is.

I hope a lot of Americans get to see this clip. I hope they find the patriotism in Montel Williams and the lack thereof in the rest of the Fox ‘News’ cast.

Damn, that was nice, confronting them on the issue right there on the air. Very nice.

Gotta feed the beast. As she so eloquently put it.

http://www.montelwilliams.com/

No, he is a black calling the kettle pot.

DAMNNNNNN… Montel was DANGEROUS!!

Hooah, Mr Williams.

YouTube - Rudy Guiliani thinks you should have REAL ID to get online
Video clip from the FL Republican debate voicing Rudy’s position on a national ID card.
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my word, please don’t let this idiot get elected!

Looks like it was taken out of context, but he is an idiot for thinking the Real ID is the end all be all solution.

FUCK GIULIANI!

Someone please smack some sense into this Idiot!

Is he intentionally disagreeable and stupid?

You BASTARD! NO I.D. 4 ME

Mass Effect: Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect
Famous anti-gaming crusader Jack Thompson calls the Fox News vs Mass Effect story contrived and self-help author Cooper Lawrence. In other news Hell freezes over.

I mean, at this point it’s really too late to actually compliment him, but not unlike Hal Turner, he may make the most ridiculous claims, but one-on-one he usually articulates them rather well and whenever he gets side-tracked from his political crusade and talks abo…
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I seriously think he has some sort of grudge against Rockstar and only Rockstar.

But who will the video game world blindly hate now?

Human Sacrifice, Dogs And Cats Living Together - Mass Hysteria!!

I’m sorry guys.

This whole thing was my fault.

http://halshop.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/phpw9jv …

This guy gaining credibility is a scary thing O_o.

Did my space ship land on a different planet this morning?

Qtrax
Qtrax is NOT just another P2P network, it provides a complete system for finding and downloading music. The player provides access a web site filled with artist content, including Videos, Ringtones, Lyrics, Album Art, up to the minute artist news! Try finding THAT on any other P2P network. Even better ? its FREE AND LEGAL on Qtrax.
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It’s hard to say how much DRM there will be. Maybe none, because why would it be beneficial?

DRM-Crap.

Its 12:49 where is the god damn beta

can’t wait for a real review of this site. They say it’ll be compatible w/ the ipod? It’s either gotta be mp3 or aac, right?

I’m kind of excited to see how this actually pans out. Free downloads of over 25 million songs? From the RIAA??? The only way they can screw this up is if they load it with so much DRM that if you hover your mouse over it for too long it deletes itself. Which of course, they probably did.

legal p2p

music free and legal

Free & legal music downloads (needs specific player - Mac version available 18th March - not yet iPod compatible)

gratuit

La svolta del “peer to peer”. Scaricare musica gratis. Legalmente

free and legal music download

Charisma as Natural as Gravity | Newsweek Periscope | Newsweek.com
Christopher Nolan, director of the upcoming ‘Batman Begins’ sequel, reflects on working with Heath Ledger. “There aren’t many actors who can make you feel ashamed of how often you complain about doing the best job in the world.”

When you get into the edit suite after shooting a movie, you feel a responsibility to an actor who has trusted you, and Heath gave us everything. As we started my cut, I would wonder about each take we chose, each trim we made. I would visualize the screening where w…
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nicely writen article

A beautiful remembrance.
Truly honorable and a great testament to the man he was.
RIP Heath.

TOO SOON?

Well written piece. Surprised to find out Ledger was a skater and chess aficionado. Makes me even more strangely affected by his death. I look forward to his Joker performance as one of the greatest acting roles ever. Joker is my favorite villain, and I watch that trailer every single day. RIP, Heath. Wish I knew enough about you to have the proper respect when you were still alive.

Alot of people are finding it surprising that this article was written so well. Nolan was a writer first, director second.
RIP Heath.

Blah blah blah…heath was so dreamy…blah blah blah…heath was such a professional….blah blah blah…talented….blahblah blah…amazing.

I hate Keith Ledger now. The only reason I wish he wasn’t dead is because then people would shut the fuck up.

Great eulogy for Heath Ledger by Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan.

chris nolan comenta sobre a gravacao de batman e a presena de heath ledger

A truly amazing article by Christopher Nolan reflecting on his time with Heath Ledger on the set of ‘The Dark Knight.’

Chris Nolan remembers Heath Ledger. And, maybe I’m hormonal as all hell, but I got a little weepy.

Chris Nolan in Heath Ledger

christopher nolan on heath ledger.

Don't treat the old and unhealthy, say doctors - Telegraph
Smokers, heavy drinkers, the obese and the elderly should be barred from receiving some operations, according to doctors, with most saying the health service cannot afford to provide free care to everyone.
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If you have money you can buy whatever health-care you want.

Would you like some soylent green with that?

didn’t doctors take an oath or something to heal the sick and do no harm?

Digg this story!
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I wholeheartedly agree with this tactic. For the unhealthy: these people make a choice to lead lives which cause them to be in hospitals extremely often. Why should the government(and ultimately the taxpayers) bear the burden of a person who actively CHOOSES to be unhealthy? I don’t want to be giving a fat guy a heart transplant because he refused to stop eating McDonalds. However, if someone who was fairly healthy had a heart attack (perhaps due to a disease) and needed a transplant, I would support him getting the transplant.

The article mentions “only” 5% of alcoholics return to drinking after a transplant. But, to me, 5% is much too high; 0% is necessary. As an organ donor(albeit in the US), I would hate to think that some alcoholic would get my liver! I would want it to go to someone who really needs it; someone young who got a disease by no fault of their own perhaps, not a drunk who actively destroyed his/her liver by fault of their own.

Old people, too, I agree should not be treated at some point. This sounds harsh, yes, but you must realize that something like 80% of people in hospitals are over 65! Old people account for the HUGE majority of the money spent on medicine. At some point you have to ask yourself: Is it worth keeping this person alive? Especially if the person is a vegetable, who can’t communicate, has no idea where s(he) is, and is out of it, is it worth keeping them alive? I say no. I’m not saying deny anyone 65 or over healthcare, but someone who has no chance of regaining a “normal” life(i.e. who will stay in the hospital for the rest of their life) is not worth keeping alive in my book(these are the people who are racking up $100,000+ medical bills). At some point, you have to let these people pass on.

Well it’s obvious NONE of you cretins actually read the article. *Some*doctors said this in a survey, it has nothing to do with the NHS.

Doctors are calling for NHS treatment to be withheld from patients who are too old or who lead unhealthy lives.

Australian govt draft says piracy stats are made up | TorrentFreak
A private draft prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology for the Attorney-Generals Department says that piracy stats arent backed up by fact and that copyright holders failed to explain? how they came up with financial loss figures.
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Last year they started pumping out the MPAA ads in cinemas “You wouldn’t steal a book, you wouldn’t steal a |insert item here| yadda yadda - video piracy is stealing” - the funny thing is that I jumped up and yelled “no it’s not, it’s copyright infringement” and a girl four rows back and a few seats across did the exact same thing at the exact same time! The rest of the cinema were somewhat (be|a)mused.

If I couldn’t pirate something then I would just do without. It is so funny how they think they are losing money. roflmao

“Don’t copy that floppy.”

@ rompom7
“People downloading music at home on their own PC are not pirates..”

by downloading music, aren’t you making an unauthorised copy of the recording? the definition you posted seems to contradict your statement.

A lot more people are finding out that they can have control over their inventions, entertainment, and a myriad of different things availiable. There’s no need to go through the beauracracy of a business in order to get something done. If you want to have a hit record, whore yourself on myspace, youtube, your own website, or just spam forums. If you want a hit tv show, send out torrents and climb the hierarchy of youtube to get popular.

Power to the people baby.

How about this for a litmus test?

Check on what the Record companies are posting as their revenue. And what are the top exec’s getting paid? Are the companies making millions? Are the execs? Then it is kind of hard to argue that Piracy is killing you….

Find a new business model. Quit putting out albums with 12 tracks of crap and maybe a good tune or two. I don’t want lots of music, I just want music that doesn’t suck.

so are 89% of all other statistics

That’s like saying I saved $200 a home depot by just not paying for the power drill I took from the store.

If you could go to home depot and magically copy the drill, then it would be the same.

Even your special underpants?

moral and ethics are defined as per what society thinks is right and wrong, not what the law says is.

You win the Internet!

Financial loss statistics are a totally separate thing from whether torrenting music you never paid for is outright theft. I don’t doubt for a moment that they’ve overblown the numbers, sort of like they collectively did with CD prices for a few years there. But if you haven’t paid for it, you really don’t have a right to it. Technologically speaking, the genie was out of the bottle the moment the first CD-ROM drive shipped. Now, calling us illegal on music we already purchased - that’s just trynig to get us to buy multiple formats of the same friggin tune.

YouTube - Potassium Chlorate and Gummy Bear
Molten potassium chlorate is a strong oxidizing agent that reacts violently with sugar. Gummy bears have lots of sugar in them.
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Gummy bear has reached critical mass!

I remember seeing a video like this in my chemistry class.

it traumatized me for life.

Proposition: no electric power, no coal power, no wind power.. Everything shall be gummy powered!

Gummy Bears like rough sex from what I can tell in that video.

All I want to know is I have a minor in Chemistry why did I never see this in class. The reason is being I was a TA I probably would have done some after hours experimenting… I marked ever lab in some way due to those experiments…

Oh noes!!!! Take this offline Now. The terrorists will use this knowledge to kill us. I don’t care that people can learn something from such reactions, or that kids can be inspired to go into Chemistry. I want this knowledge banned, Potassium Chlorate banned, and Gummy Bear Banned!!!

Very unsafe, reaching in the tube, it was not under a hood, and nearly pointed at a wooden shelf.

Um… no wonder they’re sad and undernourished, or what?

No wonder they’re flaming hot?

OMG!!! YOU KILLED HIM!!! Poor sweet… delicious gummy bear!

What’s the carbon footprint on that?!

Potassium: zero

Facebook Apps On Any Website: Clever Move
Facebook announced Friday a new JavaScript client library that will allow Facebook apps to be displayed on any website.
Im not sure anyone saw this move coming, but Facebook may have just changed the game again

Theoretically, an entire website could be built as a Facebook app served up at it’s own address. So Facebook could become what Zuckerberg has always said it would be: the center of everything on the web, a huge identity repository that provides universal login…
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Buried for “Facebook may have just changed the game again”.

iframe’s… a lazy man’s api. welcome to the 90’s again?

Brilliant move, now they can ask for ransom, otherwise they will destroy the internet with their Facebook apps.

Smart that they use Javascript, thus removing any chance of them being used on Myspace.

as annoying as this sounds, there are tools to block them on facebook, and there will no doubt be tools to block them everywhere else too. i know we really shouldn’t have to, but im sure adblock and greasemonkey will do most of the hard work for us.

Facebook is shit.
That’s all.

The Art of Verbal Intimidation : Learn it and fight back!
Often, the blows from a verbal intimidator can be just as punishing as those from a fist fight. With all matters of survival, if you don’t learn to fight, you will lose. Never instigate intimidation, but learn to fight back when somebody tries to intimidate you.
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An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, but I’d rather be blind than see a coward in the mirror. In our evolutionary history, intimidation was a direct result of physical size. One human being would be intimidated by a larger creature, and even a l

A guide in which verbal intimidation is explained along with tips to overcome it.

Verbal Akido

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, but Id rather be blind than see a coward in the mirror. In our evolutionary history, intimidation was a direct result of physical size. One human being would be intimidated by a larger creature, and even a

Consells per combatre la intimidaci? verbal

reminds me of the gentle art of verbal self-defense

Great article.

Web Design Timeline
Unfortunately this is very true.
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Errm sorry to rain on your parade, but dupe…
http://digg.com/tech_news/Time_breakdown_of_modern …

Time spent pressing refresh in 6 browsers.

Time spent drooling and passed out over keyboard.

Funny but true pie chart

DEFINITELY

Sad but true.

lol

No shit!

Funny Truth about web Architecture

Every invoice should have a point “Making it work in IE6 and IE7″, so that the business learns something.

IE is the minority. There are many different browsers.

no, you’re just a bad programmer

That’s what happens to your brain, when you spend half your life dealing with I(F)E.

Ten points for my new favorite way of referring to Internet Explorer.

Downmodded for lack to superfluous superfluity.

» Clinton Heads to Florida, Hopes to Undo DNC Penalty on State Delegates You Decide 08!
Hillary Clinton said she will go to Florida to assure Democrats that their voices are heard? and to underscore her pledge to seat the states delegation at the convention. Though Democratic candidates largely have heeded the DNCs request that they not campaign publicly in Florida, Clinton said its time to pay attention to FL voters.

on b e t enterament tv obama said i won iowa where most people white and not many people do not look like me ………we should do well in south carolina when the black people realize their vote will not be wasted………and we can win the …
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I was originally entertaining support for Hillary, but this further illustrates why that would be a mistake. I’ve come to the conclusion that nothing could unite and ignite Republican (and even independents) activity more than her nomination. Republicans are saying it on OpEd pages. I now believe her nomination would throw the election to whomever wins out of the pool of lame Repub candidates.

If she’s breaking A RULE, then there’s another reason not to vote for her. The last president is an example of one who’s been breaking rules. If she’s not breaking a rule, then you can assume this will reflect her ethics when she’s in office but for some I don’t think she has any.

Let me share a quote that speaks well to the clintonian mindset: “It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.” - David Brin

All she cares about is getting elected…she truly believes that the rule of law, or any rules for that matter, do not apply to her. I come from a long line of southern democrates but people like the clintons are the reason i will never vote for their party again…they have abandoned the people and the values that made America great and are truly corrupt in their lust for power!

Oooh, did Hillary forget to tell you? She’s coming out of the closet. She switched parties and is running as a Republican neocon.

Yes, the Clintons are lying scumwhores who will do anything to get what they want. I guess this is news to half the country.

Hopefully people see through her rhetoric about “making the people’s voices heard” and realize it’s all about the delegates. Of course she wants them seated at the convention, she “won” Michigan, and she’s got a huge lead in the polls in Florida, so she’ll probably win there as well. If the decision were to be overturned, those delegates would probably put her over the edge, and win her the nomination. “People’s Voices”…Loopy Cunt!

Could you pass the US citizenship test? - Boston.com
Here are 14 questions among 100 currently used in a US citizenship test.
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it’s Chief Justice of the United States by the way.

the land of immigrants and the free has turned out to be the most inhospitable place on the planet for new comers.

no matter, we’ll keep knowing america through hollywood.

why does every american day start with a roaring lion?

This test I think is needlessly hard on folks who don’t need this kind of information for everyday life in America. I agree with the people that say a citizenship test should use more important questions. Still my parents have to take it. I tutored my dad and thank God he passed. Now I am tutoring my mom who will be taking the test in a couple of weeks.

I got 2 wrongs on that quiz. I didn’t know the Supreme Court Justice changed and there was no question about which Amendment refers to rights of voting on the study sheet I’m using to tutor my mom.

Service guarantees citizenship

I can and I have passed the citizenship test. About a month ago. And all by just paying attention in school and watching “The West Wing”.

Just hire a Mexican to take the test for you.

No i can’t. But i will say this: the pictures next to the question, and the hints, were mostly irrelevant (and sometimes misleading).

Yes.

after citizenship boot camp.

Yes.

Ten myths about nuclear power
Those opposing nuclear power muddle every issue from terrorism to uranium supplies, in order to besmirch the only proven safe and cost-effective way to generate large amounts of electricity that wont produce large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. These are some of the myths from those debating nuclear power.
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Luckily idiots weren’t around when fire was found or else humanity would still be shivering in caves…
…Ogg found fire burned and went around to tell Grog and Ugg. These three went about stomping out all the fires and were quite proud of themselves - even though their feet hurt (but what was burned soles if humanity collapsed under a reign of burns).

And we can bury the spent fuel rods in your backyard, right?

The question that springs to my mind is “Why is this on the front page?”

Why are so many people (who really don’t know much about what they’re talking about) so desperate to see nukes happen?

Here’s what I reckon : There are loads of people who have decided that environmentalists and liberals are “the enemy”… but unfortunately, environmentalists and liberals are turning out to be right… so rather than admit it, and lose face, they go clamouring after a “solution” that they know environmentalists and liberals will hate.

This is what is driving Global Warming deniers as well.

propaganda

http://www.digg.com/politics/PBS_The_Secret_Govern …

Green peace = Anti-productive.

New Scientist Environment Blog
The suggestion that the overtaking of planet Earth by one species ? humans ? kicked off a new geological age was first made by Paul Crutzen in 2002. Crutzen, a Nobel prize-winning chemist, said we should now consider that we are living in the Anthropocene, an age dominated by human activities.
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Insects out number humans 1 000 000:1. How have humans overtaken the planet?

It seems a little presumptuous, to think that we wee tings will have a significant impact on a 4.5 billion year geological history, and that it should be named for us. Who the hell do we think we are? We’re mites on this planet. Insignificant to the geology.

To believe for a moment that the most advanced species to ever inhabit this planet would not leave a “geolocial mark” is idiocy. No one should be surprised about this.

Burn the blasphemers in the fires of hell.

two words: Idiocracy

ron paul

Blog dedicated to the scientifis environmental issue

Christmas Island Red Crabs
A swarm of 150,000,000 crabs invades an island in Northwestern Australia to mate. Each female crab lays around 100,000 eggs in the sand. They hatch at around the same time, so there might be as many as 75 trillion crabs on that island at once!

They’ve underestimated the population in the title of this post… Basically; 120,000,000 millions crabs divided by females = 60,000,000 and each one lays 100,000 eggs, so the net numer of crabs is around 6 quadrillion (i.e. 6,000,000, 000,000,000 or rather 6*10 to t…
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“75,000,000,000,000 Crabs Invade an Island in Australia” is a false statement.

Only 150,000,000 crabs actually invaded. The crabs born on the island cannot invade, because they were born there.

Ron Paul would not allow massive amounts of crabs to invade Australia. He would send his massive internet legions to fight them.

5 survive

We’ve Got to save the Beaches!! Call david hasselhoff!!!

CLOVERFIELD!

I can’t believe this is real We should get like crabs for 1 euro, they’l take over the world if they increase this fast in population

“If you have a fear of being surrounded by small animals like spiders or rats, Christmas Island in December is the place to overcome this fear.”

Gartner: Blu-ray to win in 2008, HD DVD price cuts are "useless resistance" - Engadget
Gartner, the fat lady of research firms, is singing HD DVD’s swan song this morning. Hiroyuki Shimizu, Principal Research Analyst in Japan, says in Gartner’s Semiconductor DQ Monday Report that, “Gartner believes that Toshiba’s price-cutting may prolong HD DVD’s life a little, but the limited line-up of film titles will inflict fatal damage…

@minimalist,i’m another guy who hates Sony’s tactics. i view it as proprietary because they seem to be the only one at the forefront of this war, bumping heads with Toshiba. Sony pimps the Blu-ray format so hard and furiously, yet, i’ve never seen any other company…
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Unless there is porn on the new format I am certainly not buying in.

It’s a good thing I only paid around $98 for my HD-DVD player.

BS! 10 layer red laser DVD going to strike back Darth Vader style in 2009 and kill
both blue laser systems.

Sucks for the consumer… Looks live the much more expensive one will win out…

LULZ

Speaking as a post-production guy, let me say I’m happy. The Blu-ray software is way ahead of HD DVD, and I’ve had to render titles for both. And the HD DVD software was the worst piece of crap I’ve seen in a long time. Maybe it was Microsoft’s hand on it, I don’t know. Due to the close ties, Microsoft sure went a long way towards implanting its proprietary video and java subsitute on HD DVD. Glad it lost from that point of view.

100 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Beautiful Art
This page represents the last 4 years of our team amassing a collection of 100 Photoshop tutorials to create beautiful art. Here at 3dtotal.com we are well known for our 3d tutorials but few people know about our huge library of 2d ones. This sure is a page to bookmark!
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100 photoshop tutorials for creating beautiful art

PhotoShop?????????????????????100???????????

Read:1m15s Photoshop????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????

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bus time!

YouTube - Re: Puppy Vs. Robot: Evil Robot Overlord Hates You All.
Hi there. I made the “puppy vs. robot” video that’s been on Digg today. Its popularity over on YouTube has been a sobering reminder of what absolute dipshits YouTube commenters are. So, Evil Robot Overlord has posted a video response weighing in with his thoughts on the matter. He’s not pleased.
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I would love to see them come down here and fuck shit up .

I for one welcome our robot AND dog overlords.

Why the fuck is this on the front page? Great work with the new algorithm.

Calling out YouTube commenters for leaving inflammatory messages is a waste of breath, even for a Robot Overlord. Plus, it only makes it look like he was affected by them, and we all know Robots don’t have emotion… just like Marvin.

Oh, wait…

This video reminds me of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvJmlt17bmg

That robot is very cynical.

YouTube - Google Maps
“Two young men take a turn down the wrong street view.”
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Now that was kick-ass.

Imagine… sneaking into someone’s place like this… DO WANT!

It’s useful for finding random plumber’s crack:
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anyone knows how it’s really done?

Busted too…
http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2007/googl …

Very well done. Reminded me of those small flying robots of Half-Life 2, always taking pictures of Gordon Freeman.

“Two young men take a turn down the wrong street view.”

Light Still Shines On The Fair en Flickr: Intercambio de fotos!
Crea una cuenta gratuita, o inicia sesi?n (si ya eres miembro).
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I thought that crane HDR from last week was cooler.

THATS COOL

I would say it might be breathtaking if it were larger than 500×331.

yawn…shameless self-promotion.

I see this globe just about every day, being that I was not around in 1964 I don’t really understand it signifigance beyond its representation of the Worlds Fair. To me it is all one metal skeleton of dull steel which was just left over and abandoned on the side of the road. Most people from Queens would never think of light still shining on this neglected landmark.

I HATE HDR!

I’m not sure what this is a picture of, or how it relates to global warming. It appears to be a globe rendered on a steel frame set against a night (?) sky, but what does this have to do with the global warming?

Yeah, what the hell is this?

It’s the Globe from the Worlds Fair in Flushing Meadow Park in Queens, NY

Amazing? why? dose anyone know what it is… ok, it kinda looks cool… but WTF is it?

amazing

Wow, this picture is amazing.

The 12 Most Awesomely Ridiculous eBay Auctions | Cracked.com
Look long enough on eBay and you’ll find an item that the mere knowledge of its existence brings shock and dismay. Then, you must cope with the fact that the seller thought we would be willing to pay good money for it, and then come to terms with the fact that usually they’re right.

This is an auction for some girl’s old used breast implants. You see, Janine apparently wants to upgrade her boobs from what she has now to… convex, we guess. This is probably one of the grossest auctions on eBay, considering this object was (for more than several…
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