To the russian site scrapers: Hi!

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⇒ alot of hacking going on

from joyoftech

sony, nintendo, codemasters, minecraft, eve online, bioware, Bethesda Softworks, citibank,
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/14/lulzsec-attacks-escapist-magazine-eve-online-and-minecraft/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/10/codemasters-hacked-first-details/#more-61934">http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/10/codemasters-hacked-first-details/#more-61934

Either that or its just getting more airtime. Regardless, internet security will never go back from this. I just wished they would take apart something that actually deserved it, like Facebook. Fuck that privacy whore.

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⇒ Classy GIFs

this website is hella-cool: from me to you
they seem to specialise in really classy GIFs, which take on a magical quality, mostly because of the high-quality photography

note: just appreciating Jamie Beck's work, not pinching it--I don't own or have any involvement in it.




best thing since Bokeh and tilt-shift

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⇒ reddit joke thread

link: http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/gp4p4/what_is_the_funniest_joke_you_know_winners_get/

some highlights:
[–]tehPwnerer46 708 points 5 days ago
How many alzheimers patients does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
To get to the other side!
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[–]ignignokt-_- 200 points 5 days ago
I heard it as:
How many ADD sufferers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Wanna go ride bikes?
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[–]tehPwnerer46 465 points 5 days ago
How many Vietnam War vets does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
YOU WEREN'T FUCKING THERE, MAN!!!!
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[–]ggggbabybabybaby 256 points 5 days ago
Each time the joke threads appear, I make it a point to post these two:
How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?
THAT'S NOT FUNNY.
How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?
Trick question, feminists can't change anything.
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[–]ninjajoe 200 points 5 days ago
How many hipsters does it take to change a lightbulb?
It's an obscure number, you probably haven't heard of it.
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[–]Tusularah 90 points 5 days ago
I heard it as, "They don't: They leave it off and pretend they're still underground."
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[–]cesarjulius 35 points 5 days ago
I heard it as a statement about modern man's disassociation with nature, while referencing early Gary Shandling (~1985). I'm pretty sure that's what the artist intended, but they also built in a certain amount of ambiguity, so I guess your interpretation is not totally wrong.
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[–]Tusularah 23 points 5 days ago
Please, associating that man with the piece in question is an amatuerish stretch. And while we're on the subject of Shandling, I found his work in "Welcome Back, Kotter" to be both gauche and highly derivative. No, the joke is obviously meant to explore the ease with which men to inflict evil upon 'the other', and obvious reference to the work of Albert Camus and Don Rickeles.

[–]Dafman 280 points 5 days ago
The barman says, "We don't serve time travellers in here."
A time traveller walks into a bar

[–]Konceptz 595 points 5 days ago
What's brown and rhymes with Snoop?
Dr. Dre
[–]Presii [S] 326 points 5 days ago
Why does Snoop dogg carry an umbrella?
fo drizzle.
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[–]Demaroth 217 points 5 days ago
Why does Snoop Dogg carry a frying pan?
Fo sizzle.
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[–]InternetiquetteCop 135 points 5 days ago
Why does Snoop Dogg use a serrated knife?
Fo' gristle.

[–]kowabungo 291 points 5 days ago
What's brown and sticky?
A stick.
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[–]wzpgsr 237 points 5 days ago
Where do generals keep their armies?
In their sleevies.


Dave was bragging to his boss one day, "You know, I know everyone there is to know. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them."
Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff, "OK, Dave, how about Tom Cruise?"
"No dramas boss, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it."
So Dave and his boss fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise's door, and Tom Cruise shouts, "Dave! What's happening? Great to see you! Come on in for a beer!"
Although impressed, Dave's boss is still sceptical. After they leave Cruise's house, he tells Dave that he thinks him knowing Cruise was just lucky.
"No, no, just name anyone else," Dave says.
"President Bush," his boss quickly retorts. "Yup," Dave say's, "Old buddies, let's fly out to Washington and off they go. At the White House, Bush spots Dave on the tour and motions him and his boss over, saying, "Dave, what a surprise, I was just on my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let's have a cup of coffee first and catch up."
Well, the boss is very shaken by now but still not totally convinced. After they leave the White House grounds he expresses his doubts to Dave, who again implores him to name anyone else.
"The Pope," his boss replies.
"Sure!" says Dave. "I've known the Pope for years." So off they fly to Rome.
Dave and his boss are assembled with the masses at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square when Dave says, "This will never work. I can't catch the Pope's eye among all these people. Tell you what, I know all the guards so let me just go upstairs and I'll come out on the balcony with the Pope."
He disappears into the crowd headed towards the Vatican.
Sure enough, half an hour later Dave emerges with the Pope on the balcony, but by the time Dave returns, he finds that his boss has had a heart attack and is surrounded by paramedics.
Making his way to his boss' side, Dave asks him, "What happened?"
His boss looks up and says, "It was the final straw ... you and the Pope came out on to the balcony and the man next to me said, 'Who the hell is on the balcony with Dave?"

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⇒ mini-crossbow

from the dude who made mini-canon

huh? I have a 'weapons' tag?

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⇒ Zoom Match Classic Perforated Pack

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⇒ fatalities

warning: this clip runs for 2 hours and is 625MB!

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⇒ shit

oh great, the BP oil spill just got worse

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⇒ wimbledon day 2 quote

Q. Which one of his (Federer's) records do you think is his most impressive?
RAFAEL NADAL: Every one. Every one is amazing. If I have to say something, 23 semifinals in a row of Grand Slam.

Q. Why?
RAFAEL NADAL: Because is five years, almost six years, playing all four Grand Slams. You can have no one injury, no one bad day, so is amazing. That's my feeling, no? So 23 semifinals in a row, in my opinion, impossible to do it another time.

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Q. You spoke about what you felt was Roger's most amazing record. Of your tremendous accomplishments, what do you think your best achievement is?
RAFAEL NADAL: 81 matches straight on clay. That's a lot.

yup

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⇒ wimbledon 2010: it's on

Once the clay court season was going to come around, it was always logical that Rafa was going to pick up tournaments.

I don't know. I don't want to say nobody expected him to win all four. But I know his level of play on clay. It's supreme to anybody. So it was impressive to see how well he played. He deserves to be world No. 1 again.

-Roger Federer

speaking of Fed, he just survived 2 sets down, 4-4 0-40 in the third in the First Round! Alejandro Falla (Columbia) was the other guy. He's been pretty vulnerable of late.

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⇒ Nintendo 3DS!

some writeups:
kotaku: hands on | first look gallery | 3ds known specs | star fox returns! | games announced

gizmodo: writeup | what is it? | hands on

I'm really interested in this--not just for the 3d, but Starfox is back! And the graphics do look very good.

Unrelatedly, general reaction to the handheld is so far very impressed.

screens from Resident Evil and Starfox:

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⇒ classy all the way

Never in my wildest dream would I have dreamt of such beautiful presents. Life was very kind to me.

Nadal on his career thus far

even Soderling was gracious in defeat:

Of course I can play better. I wish I could have done that, but, you know, he played great. So all credit to him.

and here's the writeup of Roland Garros 2010 Men's final.

Wimbledon starts soon!

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⇒ congratulations, Rafa!

Rafael Nadal (2) def. Robin Soderling (5) 6-4 6-2 6-4 at Roland Garros 2010 for his 7th slam.
He didn't drop a set the entire tournament (second time he's won Roland Garros without dropping a set--2008 was the other occasion) and only dropped 2 sets on clay the whole season (to Almagro in Madrid and Gulbis in Rome).

Decisive win in an engaging match-up: there is/was purported animosity and personal history between them. Soderling is still the only player to have ever beaten Rafa at Roland Garros.

That completes Rafa's run of sweeping 3 clay masters and the clay Grand Slam.
And reclaiming World #1.
And denying Federer a record equalling 286th week as #1 (actually it was Soderling and Nadal's combined actions which denied Federer).
And winning on front of Spanish royalty (Queen Sofia)--actually the 3rd slam(?) he's won in front of Spanish royalty (Roland Garros 2005 and Wimbeldon 2008 are the others).

Jay-Z and Beyonce were there too.

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⇒ Daigo speaks

-What was your most memorable tournament?

There are 3. One is EVO 2003,SFIII final. I lost against a Japanese player, KO, though. The other one is the first trip ever I made to US and overseas tournament, where I fought against Alex Valle. The last one is official Capcom vs. SNK 2 tournament in Japan.
source: capcom unity

notes: EVO 2003 featured his semi-final comeback against Justin Wong--you know the one. He lost the final (like he said) to KO's Yun.
Battle against Alex Valle was for SFAIII World championships--about 10 years ago. Alex Valle used V-ism Ryu(?) while Daigo used Akuma(?)

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