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Batman: Defenders of the Night

April 25th, 2007

This is bound to turn into an Internet cult favorite, I introduce to you, Batman: Defenders of the Night.

I originally spotted this on BoingBoing. My favorite parts, the fight scenes, and the end credits.
Enjoy.

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Novell Screws Linux, Ballmer spews FUD

November 18th, 2006

ballmer_dance.jpgOur favorite monkey dancing vitriolic FUD spewing idiot, Steve Ballmer, finally speaks about the specifics of the MS+Novell deal.

Ballmer:

“Novell pays us some money for the right to tell customers that anybody who uses SUSE Linux is appropriately covered,” Ballmer said. This “is important to us, because [otherwise] we believe every Linux customer basically has an undisclosed balance-sheet liability.”

Microsoft is giving Novell $440 million, and Novell is giving back $40 million to pay for patents that it thinks Linux is infringing upon.

Read more…

articles, linux, news, politics, rants, tech, ubuntu, weird

Heat Vision and Jack

July 7th, 2006

Here is a pilot for a very funny TV show that FOX deciceded to pass on. Its called Heat Vision and Jack. Starring Jack Black as Jack the Astronaut that becomes the worlds smartest man and is hunted down relentlessly by NASA. Owen Wilson stars as the voice of Jacks motorcycle named Heat Vision. The pilot was directed by Ben Stiller.

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Video of Israeli Made “Forcefield”

April 7th, 2006

Wow, we now have force feilds, all that is left is a Holodeck, and we are all set. We’re not ready for Warp Drive yet.  Below is the origional post as seen on digg.

Developed by Israeli company Rafael, it creates a sort of protective bubble defending ground vehicles against RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades) and tank rounds. Video in swf form.

read more | digg story

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The Death Star Home Theatre

March 24th, 2006

A truely awesome setup. A company called Dillon Works! has created a Death Star themed Home Theatre for one of their clients. Complete with a Han Solo frozen in Carbonite at the entrance to the media library.

Very impressive to say the least.

via [digg]

HDTV, home theatre, tech, weird

New York plans skyscraper escape pods

February 23rd, 2006

This is crazy, an Israeli inventor has come up with a skyscraper escape pod. Jonathan “Yoni” Shimshoni and a team of aspiring inventors in Israel watched a television documentary about victims trapped on the upper floors of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

The Office of emergency management in New York City has said no to the plan so far because of other safety related issues.

read more | digg story

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Bad Samaritan story update:

February 20th, 2006

Cory over at boingboing.net got an interesting email from somebody claiming to be a lawyer. Very strange…. You have to wonder if the people responsible for the camera theft are going to pop out of the Internet woodwork somewhere and totally open themselves up to all sorts of vigilante justice.

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