Linkblog, the blog of links everywhere!

http://www.buzznet.com/tags/lynz/photos/?id=22001751&p=3

Why can't more girls play like this? I'd go to shows all the time!

An interesting program I came across that allows you to control your computer from a web browser.

Linux users think Abraham was ordered to sacrifice Linus as a burnt offering, GNU users think Abraham was ordered to sacrifice Stallman as a burnt offering. Linux users believe in the holy trinity of GNU/Linux/NvidiaBlobs, BSD users believe in the one and only UNIX. Linux users are fine with Tux toys and stickers, BSD users believe in no graven images. Linux users are subdivided into those that argue about interpretations of freedom and whether the establishment is corrupt, BSD users are subdivided according to which BSD is the true descendant of UNIX(pbuh).

This is great news for the OSS front. I am not sure about how quickly the public will begin to see results. Driver compatibility issues were one of the main reasons for my purchase of NVIDIA hardware this time around.

Info on Fast Flux networks.

Combating Zombie Computers

Cool. However if you have 800+ fonts installed on your machine you'll run into an issue with menus not displaying any text or any text rendering on websites.

Related thread on Apple.com with some solutions.

This girl is way cute.

Skunkpussy:
The world doesn't owe you a particular feature - if you want it, write it. If you can't/won't write it, then pay someone to write it for you. If you are not prepared to do that, then quit bitching and uninstall it.

FrostyPiss:
There is a difference between "bitching" and "feedback".

AntP:
Yes. For one thing, feedback implies tact.

An excellent series of responses from a Slashdot discussion about features and plugins for OSS software.

http://savoirhair.blogspot.com/search/label/gnubie%20store

Cool! Very clubbish.

No, I have not received any "relationship" requests or participated in any MMO cyber-sex. So get a grip you stupid nerd. People like you just get me so frustrated.

I find it amusing when other players who have less tact (ie, majority of fps and wow people) call others nerds. Try replacing 'nerd' with 'hacker' and it becomes even more amusing.

There was no added risk for people infected with HPV who also smoked and drank alcohol, suggesting the virus itself is driving the risk of the cancer.

Oral sex was said to be the main mode of transmission of HPV but the researchers said mouth-to-mouth transmission, for example through kissing, could not be ruled out.

..."We know that after age, the main causes of mouth cancer are smoking or chewing tobacco or betel nut, and drinking too much alcohol."

Look out!

Ancient Celtic goddess that resembles the Goatse.cx guy.

In point of fact, the chant that was used in Gregory's time is now known as Old Roman, which barely survived into the era of musical notation, passing from one generation to the next by ear. In about the year 800, two centuries after Gregory's time, the Emperor Charlemagne sent to Rome for authentic liturgical books and chants. Singing teachers were dispatched from Rome to teach the Franks by ear, but they did not get along well and the Franks made major changes in order to adapt the chant to their taste and their ways of singing.

Old Roman Chant article on Wikipedia.

Wow! From the video the levels seem to be faithful to the n64 version. I hope they end up adding fingers to the weapons because some of them (AK / Sniper Rifle) look like they're just floating around.

I had no idea this even existed.

I love people from the internet. Comments on an article written by a 14yo school boy in 1901 shows his ideas of the future (2001).

http://paleo-future.blogspot.com/2007/04/predictions-of-14-year-old-milwaukee.html

Electroshock therapy works. It used to be the only effective treatment for depression, but now it's a last resort. The fact that we still have to use it probably shows that our psychiatric drugs will be considered laughably primitive in the future.

As for the second prediction the claim that oils, magnets, rocks, botulism and simple massage restores and reinvigorates is the cornerstone belief of our multi-billion dollar "beauty and personal healthcare" industries.

It's not terrible, coming from a 14-year-old, but it's actually just derivative of common futurism of the time. In fact, most of it is right out of Bellamy's Looking Backward, which was still popular in 1901 (about 15 years after it was first published). Heck, it's not hard to find a copy today, either.

Futurism is always amusingly hit or miss. At the turn of the 20th century, lots of folks predicted, for instance, that people would be able to flip a switch at home and hear a distant live orchestra or see and speak with a friend who lived far away. They guessed wrong about how it would work, just like their foresaw airships but not airliners.

The funny thing is that futurism from the 1970s, say, is just as hit-or-miss as the predictions from 1900. Respected experts claimed that by now we'd have fully robotic surgery, factories on the moon, flying houses (whole towns would migrate south for the winter), candy made from recycled clothing, and nuclear-powered cars that never needed refueling.

Hell, we're not even wearing jumpsuits yet.

I love people from the internet. Comments on an article written by a 14yo school boy in 1901 shows his ideas of the future (2001). http://paleo-future.blogspot.com/2007/04/predictions-of-14-year-old-milwaukee.html

Electroshock therapy works. It used to be the only effective treatment for depression, but now it's a last resort. The fact that we still have to use it probably shows that our psychiatric drugs will be considered laughably primitive in the future.

As for the second prediction the claim that oils, magnets, rocks, botulism and simple massage restores and reinvigorates is the cornerstone belief of our multi-billion dollar "beauty and personal healthcare" industries.

While searching I came across this post for unlocking races. Looks like someone made a program to create the registry file. I think a script would be best (or to release the code with it) but binaries + no source is a windows thing.

If you don't want to run an executable instructions can be found here to create the registry entries and what files will need to be copied.

Ever walk to your car in a dark parking lot? When you do, do you give thought to being attacked? I don't

Well you should. Rates of male victimization for all crimes other than rape are considerably higher than female victimization. [usdoj.gov] The rate of rape in males is very hard to estimate, but is reported at about 1/4 of the rate in females. [cdc.gov] Given that males are much less likely than females to report themselves as victims of rape, it is quite possible that the rate of rape in males is comparable to that in females. It is certainly the case that rates of violent assault and murder are about four times higher in males than females.

full post.

Warhammer 40,000 MMOG

An hero.

"lulz"
"oh my god is this for real"
"Wow. that is simply amazing, and I habeeb it too, because I know a kid IRL almost identical to him."
"MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM"
"great lulz his face is permanently in the >:3 position"
"If you're an actor, you're really good. If you're not...Jesus Christ. "
"Hey Dax!!! Girls can be confusing. Himmler has probably never had a girlfriend and wanted to make himself feel better by saying that to you. You're videos are the best, keep em comin!!!! "

This about sums it up for me:

"oh man, i watched about 20 seconds of this and stopped it. i was to embarrassed for the guy to even continue, what an hero."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOFjAolrjhA

It's the same guy, look at some of the other video's as well. The main difference he has thinned out grotesquely. This is why DaxFlame has such a weird goofy deflated look. Notice the bags under the eyes, his hair and his eyebrows. It's the same fucking person! Also, lonelyboy15 (ObsidianFilms) hasn't made any videos for 5months and DaxFlame started posting early December. This guy is a fake, it's really lonelyboy15.

Spiffy! I want one!

Bored? Looking for a quick game? Spogg.com is loaded with games. Sketchorama is an incredibly FUN waste of time.

Another simple game is +|- from the demoscene. Have at thee!