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The case of the 500-mile email
"We could send email. Just not more than--" "--500 miles, yes," I finished for him, "I got that. But why didn't you call earlier?" "Well, we hadn't collected enough data to be sure of what was going on
until just now." Right. This is the chairman of *statistics*. "Anyway, I asked one of the geostatisticians to look into it--"
email  sysadmin  networking  physics  geek  history  humour 
23 days ago by milkmiruku
Ruby Poetry - Andrew McDonough
"As the couplet finding algorithm was fairly crude, only looking for matches of the last three letters, and not the phonetic reprentation, I allowed myself to pick the best couplets as generated on the day. To demonstrate my code, I reran the program on the day of my talk, and read the best couplets it generated at the end:

"...

"Storm at C-word in BBC weather forecast Top Irish dancers set for Belfast

"..."
programming  ruby  news  headline  web  music  rhyme  lyric  code  linguistics  humour  interesting 
february 2012 by milkmiruku
John Stump, composer of Faerie’s Aire and Death Waltz
My uncle, John Arthur Stump, who was my father’s youngest brother, died on January 20, 2006.  His memorial service was held at a Vedanta monastery in Hollywood, where my other uncle (known there as “Jnana Chaitanya,” but to me as Uncle Dave) serves as a monk.  I was not at the ceremony, but my family brought back some memorabilia from the service and from Uncle John’s “estate,” including a large piece of paper densely printed with musical notation.
blog  music  history  humour 
december 2011 by milkmiruku
N-Control Responds To Ocean Marketing Fiasco | GamerFront
N-Control has hired an independent consultant, Austin, Texas-based Moisés Chiullan, to field press inquiries and oversee sales and marketing operations going forward. ... "We have to move forward and take care of Avenger’s customers," Chiullan said. "I can't worry about the fact that there isn’t a bus big enough for me to throw Paul Christoforo under. The internet did that for me. I think they set him on fire too."
news  gaming  internet  business  marketing  humour  haha 
december 2011 by milkmiruku
“When you get right down to it, most security is based on the honor system.”
“No valiant showdown between a small number of larger-than-life geniuses. The battle was lost six months ago, against human fallibility."
blog  it  security  humour  story  narrative  tv  hacking  crack  sysadmin  business  management 
november 2011 by milkmiruku
Fuck
"While canoeing on the Rifle River in Michigan, Boomer fell overboard letting forth a fuck or two. As if his day wasn't bad enough, the nearby sheriff gave him a ticket ... for violating an 1897 statute forbidding cursing within earshot of women and children. Then he was convicted.

"Amazed that this could happen in the twenty-first century, my curiosity about the legal implications of fuck was rekindled. I decided to dedicate one of my research assistants to exploring the area."
fuck  legal  language  usa  law  history  culture  taboo  interesting  humour  jurisprudence  education 
november 2011 by milkmiruku
Ten Lessons I wish I had been Taught, Gian-Carlo Rota
"The advice we give others is the advice that we ourselves need. Since it is too late for me to learn these lessons, I will discharge my unfulfilled duty by dishing them out to you. They will be stated in order of increasing controversiality."
writing  speech  maths  academia  life  education  lifehacks  interesting  humour 
november 2011 by milkmiruku
Siri says some weird things
"Look, I’m not going to go into great detail about what I’ve been doing with Siri during my testing period, but I will tell you this — Siri says some crazy stuff.

Hit the gallery below for a look at a number of bizarre items the AI-powered / voice-recognizing “intelligent assistant” lays on you on the new iPhone 4S."
apple  iphone  siri  voice  regocnition  ai  technology  humour  interesting  gallery  images  mobile  software  os  ios 
october 2011 by milkmiruku
The Rick Astley Project on Vimeo
"The concept: In realtime you get to remix Rick Astley's legendary 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. You do it simply by pushing a bunch of buttons on a physical, custom built controller. You can change all the elements of the song and for example make a nice mashup of black metal, rap, gospel, gameboy sounds and Spanish vocals. You can also change the intensity and mood of the mix. It's just about as weird and fun as it sounds."
audio  music  video  technology  hardware  hack  arduino  controller  humour 
october 2011 by milkmiruku
Unlimited Novelty: Node.js has jumped the shark
"That way you'll have a truly roflscale Fibonacci web service."
programming  blog  article  humour  internet  server  maths  fibonacci 
october 2011 by milkmiruku
Self-Defeating Sentences « Gödel’s Lost Letter and P=NP
"Today Ken and I want to talk about a different kind of special sentence, one that is self-defeating. A self-defeating sentence is one that ensures it cannot achieve its desired end, which in this instance is to illustrate a self-defeating sentence."
blog  article  language  linguistiics  humour  interesting  war  art 
july 2011 by milkmiruku
In Sony’s 20th Breach In Two Months, Hackers Claim 177,000 Email Addresses Compromised
"In one thin sign of good news for Sony, the attack comes 12 days after the company’s last breach, the longest interval since May and a sign that the Sony-hacking meme may be finally wearing thin for the hacker community."
news  security  it  internet  hacking  crack  humour  business 
june 2011 by milkmiruku
New Statesman - Alan Moore: "I've disproved the existence of death"
One question remains: how do you celebrate finishing a 750,000-word novel? Moore pauses. "I'll probably have a bit of a lie down."
news  literature  books  article  fiction  humour 
june 2011 by milkmiruku
Hundreds to stage kiss-in at Soho pub - PinkNews.co.uk
"More than 400 people have pledged to join tonight’s demonstration, while 600 say they will attend a similar protest at the pub next Wednesday. Attendees are being urged to order nothing more than tap water to prevent the bar making money."
news  lgbt  activism  alcohol  uk  equality  humour 
april 2011 by milkmiruku
Report: HBGary used as an object lesson by Anonymous - Security
"The Tech Herald has seen Barr’s research. [PDF] While there is plenty of information, several operation names and dates are out of order, and many of the names associated with membership are incorrect. When it comes to the ten “most senior people”, they are actually network administrators."
anonymous  security  internet  wikileaks  crack  news  it  socialengineering  passwords  humour  report  socialservices 
march 2011 by milkmiruku
BBC News - Tesco garage petrol sign targeted by pranksters
"Jimmy Skillings, who spotted the prank and took a photograph, said: "I know petrol prices are a joke but this is funny."
bbc  news  tesco  humour  fuel 
february 2011 by milkmiruku
The Weinerworks » N.O.M. N.O.M. N.O.M.
"NOM is a group whose major function is lobbying against gay marriage. They were made notorious for this video. They seem to have construed the comic to have some stance in favor of traditional sexuality. Apparently they don’t read my comics regularly."
webcomic  blog  lgbt  activism  history  web  humour 
february 2011 by milkmiruku
Anonymous speaks: the inside story of the HBGary hack
"Over the last week, I've talked to some of those who participated in the HBGary hack to learn in detail how they penetrated HBGary's defenses and gave the company such a stunning black eye—and what the HBGary example means for the rest of us mere mortals who use the Internet."
security  anonymous  hacking  email  it  article  news  humour 
february 2011 by milkmiruku
Your users are very stupid. (Maybe.)
"11:57 AM - The first comment to put it together: “This is what happens when people use Google to enter sites instead of typing it on their address bar… Damn you all Farmville users…” This is comment number 50

Ah. So it turns out that there was a (perhaps small) present minority who, rather than using the address bar, use Google to get around on the web. Since Google put this post near the top, at least a certain number of these people had no idea the site they just entered was not Facebook. The results are this mess."
blog  internet  usability  facebook  google  search  news  humour  interesting  meme  culture  ux  fail  web  comments 
february 2010 by milkmiruku
Inkling Magazine - Crescat Graffiti, Vita Excolatur
"Since September 27, 2007, I have been documenting the graffiti left in public study areas in the Joseph Regenstein Library ("the Reg"): the study nooks tucked into the stacks, the whiteboards in the all-night study space, and the study carrels in the reading rooms."
usa  culture  research  art  statistics  language  university  graffiti  humour 
february 2010 by milkmiruku
77 iPad Updates That May or May Not Please the Critics
"For this week's Photoshop Contest, I asked you to make some improvements to Apple's iPad. Some of these entries are definite improvements. Others? Uh, not so much."
apple  photoshop  images  gallery  ipad  humour  technology  tablet  hardware 
february 2010 by milkmiruku
Meep
"My subject line said (in full), 'meep.' The body said (in full), 'Meep.' Yesterday I received a reply email from Assistant Principal Mark Strout, which said (in full) "Your E-mail has been forwarded to the Danvers Police Department."
usa  education  language  law  power  police  crime  weird  sociology  meme  humour  meep 
november 2009 by milkmiruku
RegEx match open tags except XHTML self-contained tags - Stack Overflow
"...HT​ML parser, application and existence for all time like Visual Basic only worse he comes he comes do not fi​ght he com̡e̶s, ̕h̵i​s un̨ho͞ly radiańcé destro҉ying all enli̍̈́̂̈́ghtenment, HTML tags lea͠ki̧n͘g fr̶ǫm ̡yo​͟ur eye͢s̸ ̛l̕ik͏e liq​uid pain, the song of re̸gular exp​ression parsing will exti​nguish the voices of mor​tal man from the sp​here I can see it can you see ̲͚̖͔̙î̩́t̲͎̩̱͔́̋̀ it is beautiful t​he final snuffing of the lie​s of Man ALL IS LOŚ͖̩͇̗̪̏̈́T ALL I​S LOST the pon̷y he comes he c̶̮omes he comes the ich​or permeates all MY FACE MY FACE ᵒh god no NO NOO̼O​..."
humour  comments  programming  html  xml  display  software  support 
november 2009 by milkmiruku
Bête de Jour: Bingo? Let's Play!
"I have decided to take you up on your generous offer and so include below my first post for your perusal. I hope it’s not too irreverent…"
blog  blogging  business  marketing  gambling  humour  internet 
october 2009 by milkmiruku
Health claim of probiotics not accepted
"Of 180 claims for probiotic ingredients, the EU's food agency the European Food Safety Authority (Efsa) threw out every one. Ten were rejected outright and a 21-member expert panel could not assess the remaining 170 because the ingredients for which the claims were made could not be identified. ... However Britain's best-selling yogurt drinks, Actimel and Yakult, were excluded from Efsa's findings yesterday because Danone, Actimel's maker, and Yakult, the Japanese firm which introduced probiotic drinks to the UK in 1996, withdrew their claims before they could be scrutinised."
news  science  health  food  lie  advertising  research  physiology  biology  interesting  humour  eu 
october 2009 by milkmiruku
20 Ways to Spice up Your Windows 7 Launch Party
"So what the hell are you supposed to do at these stupid parties? Nobody really knows. So we’ve created our own Windows 7 party planning guide. Try any of these activities, and your event is sure to be a smashing success."
microsoft  windows  windows7  software  business  video  party  humour 
october 2009 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Brewery's Nanny State beer swipe
"A brewery has launched a low alcohol beer called Nanny State after being branded irresponsible for creating the UK's "strongest beer"."
bbc  news  beer  alcohol  drink  drugs  government  culture  humour 
september 2009 by milkmiruku
Net Hoax Convinces Germany of Fake U.S. Suicide Bombing Attempt | Wired.com
"The work of German filmmakers peddling a satirical movie called Short Cut to Hollywood, the elaborate hoax involved at least two faked websites, a faked Wikipedia entry and California phone numbers for “public safety” officials that were actually being answered by hoaxsters in Germany using Skype."
news  prank  hoax  usa  germany  media  wikipedia  film  journalism  interesting  humour 
september 2009 by milkmiruku
China 'covers suicide bridge in butter'
Government officials in south-east China have ordered workers to cover a 1,000 ft long steel bridge in butter to prevent citizens from using it to attempt suicide. ... "Since we put up the butter there have been no problems with these attention seekers."
news  china  suicide  bridge  weird  humour  society  culture 
september 2009 by milkmiruku
Online Dating Advice: Exactly What To Say In A First Message « OkTrends
"We analyzed over 500,000 first contacts on our dating site, OkCupid. Our program looked at keywords and phrases, how they affected reply rates, and what trends were statistically significant. The result: a set of rules for what you should and shouldn’t say when introducing yourself online. This is the second post of our statistical investigation into the optimal online dating message; a note about how we protected user privacy is here."
blog  article  communication  statistics  social  relationships  language  linguistics  psychology  culture  dating  humour 
september 2009 by milkmiruku
Words for Webstock - Bruce Sterling
She poured a coffee, then touched the breakfast table. “Where are my shoes?” “Your sister borrowed them.” “Again? Where is Susan?” “She’s downtown now.” “Susan! Why did you swipe my favorite shoes again?” “Look at this dress.” “Oooh, that dress is darling.” “It would look even better on you.” “You’re right. Get it for me. You can’t have it.” “Trade you for these shoes.” “Let me check that with Henry. Yeah, okay.” Karen had another sip of fair-trade coffee. It tasted weird, but it was still hot.
blog  literature  writing  sci-fi  culture  technology  augmentedreality  prediction  humour 
september 2009 by milkmiruku
[Challenge] Anneka 'sorry' for horse damage
"A team of conservationists are having to repair damage caused to a Dorset landmark by an episode of the BBC's Challenge Anneka. Television star Anneka Rice attempted to spruce up the Osmington White Horse landmark in Weymouth in 1989, but 20 years on the repairs are coming undone."
bbc  news  tv  uk  archaeology  humour  history 
september 2009 by milkmiruku
Accidental headline of the year | Media Monkey | Media | guardian.co.uk
"The Daily Express had a prime example over the weekend of what can happen when you fiddle around with a headline."
news  newspapers  humour  uk  publishing  oldmedia 
september 2009 by milkmiruku
EDINBURGH FRINGE KICKS OFF ANNUAL TOSSPOT MIGRATION
"BRITAIN is set to become 68% more pleasant as the Edinburgh Fringe draws in the country's full quota of pathologically self-absorbed bastards for the next three weeks. As the rest of the country enjoys a well-earned break, the Scottish capital will once again be awash with sixth-form poetry, half-baked political idealism and post-modern reworkings of the A-Team as a feminist statement about pubes."
edinburgh  tourism  festival  theatre  humour  haha  uk 
august 2009 by milkmiruku
Fake ATM doesn't last long at hacker meet
"The criminals probably didn't realize that they were installing their ATM in a hotel that was soon going to be flooded with more than 8,000 security professionals, he added."
news  security  hacking  crime  money  humour  convention  defcon  usa  hardware 
august 2009 by milkmiruku
Squatters occupy MPs' 'main home'
"Married Labour MPs Ann and Alan Keen have come under fire for claiming thousands of pounds on a second home near Parliament, while their designated main home is only 10 miles away. Now a group of men have taken direct action by squatting in the main home they say has been left unoccupied."
bbc  news  uk  housing  politics  law  activism  humour 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Giving up my iPod for a Walkman
"It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette."
bbc  article  technology  music  history  uk  mp3  mobile  hardware  interesting  humour 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Objectivism-oriented programming - Uncyclopedia
"Objectivism-oriented programming is a software development methodology originally created by members of Ayn Rand's Church of Objectivism, and should not be confused with Object Oriented Programming. While considered by many to be extreme, it is also not in itself a form of Extreme Programming, although extreme programmers might make use of its techniques from time to time. "
wiki  philosophy  objectivism  programming  software  humour 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Twitter would have stopped Rwandan genocide, claims PM
"Then, launching into utopian hyperbole, he mused: "You cannot have Rwanda again because information would come out far more quickly about what is actually going on and the public opinion would grow to the point where action would need to be taken."

We'd like to see him try Twittering that to people in Sudan, or Northern Sri Lanka, or Somalia."
politics  twitter  humour  news  uk  government  wtf 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Crocodile causes helicopter crash
"A helicopter pilot in Australia became so excited when he spotted a crocodile that he flew in for a closer look - and crashed into mudflats."
bbc  news  animals  crocodile  tourism  humour  australia 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
PolarPlot[(1 + 0.9 Cos[8 t]) (1 + 0.1 Cos[24 t]) (0.9 + 0.05 Cos[200 t]) (1 + Sin[t]), {t, -Pi, Pi - Wolfram|Alpha
Dope graph.

tunyurl.com/dopegraph
maths  graphs  interesting  humour  drugs  weed 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Zimbabwe PM jeered by UK exiles
Tsvangirai boldly states"Zimbabweans must come home.", a cacophony of protest and chanting from the crowd.
uk  zimbabwe  politics  news  bbc  video  government  hate  interesting  humour 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Texas town says goodbye to 'hello'
"At his urging, the Kleberg County commissioners on Monday unanimously designated 'heaven-o' as the county's official greeting. The reason: 'hello' contains the word 'hell.'"
new  religion  usa  lanuage  linguistics  interesting  humour  wtf 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Health and Safety Violation number 7 - “9/10 of an iceberg is hidden from view"
"30,000 x 8mm ball bearings & an unlimited edition liability waiver form."
art  photos  humour  denmark 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Clowns Kicked KKK Asses - Neatorama
"Here’s an excellent example of pwnage: when the white supremacist group VNN Vanguard Nazi/KKK tried to host a hate rally in Knoxville, Tennessee, they were foiled by … clowns!"
news  politics  usa  activism  protest  hate  satire  humour  interesting 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Welcome To The North » A whole lot of nothing
"Today is Doncaster’s brand-spanking-new [English Democrat party] Mayor’s first day on the job, and his first engagement of the day was an interview with BBC Radio Sheffield’s Toby Foster. I hope Mayor Davies didn’t think he was in for an easy ride for his first official interview, because that’s not what he got."
news  politics  radio  interview  bbc  uk  humour  democracy 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
I'll give you postmodern - American Most Unwanted Song
"The most unwanted music is over 25 minutes long, veers wildly between loud and quiet sections, between fast and slow tempos, and features timbres of extremely high and low pitch, with each dichotomy presented in abrupt transition. The most unwanted orchestra was determined to be large, and features the accordion and bagpipe (which tie at 13% as the most unwanted instrument), banjo, flute, tuba, harp, organ, synthesizer (the only instrument that appears in both the most wanted and most unwanted ensembles). An operatic soprano raps and sings atonal music, advertising jingles, political slogans, and "elevator" music, and a children's choir sings jingles and holiday songs. The most unwanted subjects for lyrics are cowboys and holidays, and the most unwanted listening circumstances are involuntary exposure to commercials and elevator music."
music  blog  art  audio  download  aesthetics  interestin  humour  marketing  rap  cowboys  bagpipes  mp3  postmodern 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
'Get Rid of Bavaria': Separatists Harness Humor for Europe Campaign
"It asks: "Honestly, don't the Bavarians annoy us all?" and then proceeds to list all these annoyances, such as the "senseless jabbering," and sense of superiority as well as all those "pointless mountains and boring lakes." The site says that Bavaria never really belonged to Germany and "is better suited to Austria than us." The tract ends with the rallying cry: "Whoever finally wants to kick Bavaria out of the Federal Republic of Germany, simply needs to give their vote to the BP -- in all of Germany."
news  germany  politics  nationalism  eu  europe  marketing  interesting  humour  psychology 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Banquet of Chestnuts - Wikipedia
"According to William Manchester, 'Servants kept score of each man's orgasms, for the pope greatly admired virility and measured a man's machismo by his ejaculative capacity.' He also refers to use of sex toys."
wikipedia  sex  religion  history  italy  interesting  humour 
june 2009 by milkmiruku
Amazon.com: BIRTH CONTROL IS SINFUL IN THE CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES and also ROBBING GOD OF PRIESTHOOD CHILDREN!!: Eliyzabeth Anderson: Books
"THIS IS A HOLYSPIRIT MANUSCRIPT BOOK: WHEN YOU BUY THIS BOOK YOU WILL BE READING A HOLYSPIRIT DIRECTED BOOK FROM GOD; & *CHRIST JESUS. THIS BOOK IS GODS HOLYSPIRIT VOICE: THE CALL FOR ALL CHRISTIANS & CHURCHES TO REPENT FROM ALL THEIR SINS: EVEN FROM FALSE CHRIST TEACHINGS. BIRTH CONTROL SINS HAVE CURSE THE CHURCH WITH SPIRITUAL WHOREDOM & FALSE WORSHIP. RESULTING IN THE PERSECUTIONS: AGAINST THE HOLY PEOPLE"
amazon  religion  humour  hate  weird  wtf 
may 2009 by milkmiruku
Charlie Brooker on the BNP and their political broadcast | Comment is free | The Guardian
"But by referring to "professional politicians", Griffin is presumably suggesting we should elect amateurs instead. Maybe that's why the advert's so amateurish. Maybe that's why all the BNP representatives in the ad read their lines so clumsily, like DFS employees in a bank holiday sale commercial circa 1986, or recently revived chemical coma patients being forced to recite barcode numbers at gunpoint. It's deliberate incompetence. Don't vote for those nasty slick parties. Vote for a shoddy one! Never mind the extremism, feel the ineptitude."
uk  politics  hate  op-ed  humour  authoritarianism  nationalism  democracy  government 
may 2009 by milkmiruku
Top 10 Wolfram Alpha Easter Eggs
"If you haven’t heard about it yet, the new computational search engine Wolfram Alpha launched this week to much fanfare and attention. The service can calculate integrals, tell you the flying time between San Francisco and London, or even the (lack of) nutritional content of your M&M’s. But Stephen Wolfram and his team didn’t stop there, and they certainly didn’t lack a sense of humor when they built their Mathematica-based engine. Slowly but surely, people have been finding some interesting quirks within Wolfram Alpha, triggered by specific questions or events. These interesting easter eggs will make you smile or raise an eyebrow in bewilderment."
internet  computing  search  technology  software  service  humour  eastereggs  wolfram  maths 
may 2009 by milkmiruku
Mark Thomas Info - Policy Update - Thatcher
"To launch the Huddersfield Policy campaign, that Margaret Thatcher should pay for her own funeral, I have designed a postcard to protest the prospect of a state funeral for Margaret Thatcher. The person with most say on a state funeral is Elizabeth Windsor (sometimes known as the Queen), thus the cards should be sent to her, seeking to influence her decision making in advance of Margaret Thatcher's demise. You can download the card here, simply print, sign and post."
blog  uk  politics  humour  death 
may 2009 by milkmiruku
Neil Gaiman's Journal: Entitlement issues...
"Look, this may not be palatable, Gareth, and I keep trying to come up with a better way to put it, but the simplicity of things, at least from my perspective is this: George R.R. Martin is not your bitch."
blog  books  authoring  literature  humour  life 
may 2009 by milkmiruku
Matthew Williams Design | Muni Don’t Take My Kodachrome
"Since September 11, photographers have been stopped, harassed, and intimidated into handing over their personal property simply because they were photographing subjects that made other people uncomfortable, such as ship locks, trains, buildings, bridges, and bus stations. ... In the event you’re stopped by overzealous law enforcement or security officials attempting to enforce fictitious laws, I’ve designed these fictitious and official-looking Photographer’s Licenses."
blog  photography  graphics  humour  law  police  identity  security 
may 2009 by milkmiruku
Handmade Needlecraft on Etsy - Hand silkscreened giant condom pillow with giant fabric condom
"Nothing like the image of a condom 100 times its actual size lying on your bed to remind you to wrap before it up before you get it on!"
shopping  humour  sex  condom  sleep 
may 2009 by milkmiruku
Slashdot Comments | A Secure OS For the Dalai Lama?
"If *I* was in charge of the DL's computer, I wouldn't put on *only* Linux or *only* Windows or what have you. I think the DL needs a multiboot machine, and would really appreciate it if you tried to make him one with everything."
slashdot  comment  humour  linux  security  os  buddhism 
april 2009 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | It's... Darcy of the Dead
"And if you read through the original book it's startling and a bit eerie how many opportunities Jane Austen left in her original work for ultra-violent zombie mayhem. You have this sharp-tongued character in Elizabeth Bennet - it's not that big a leap to put a sword in her hand and say she's now a slayer of the undead. "
news  bbc  literature  books  humour  zombies  uk  mashup 
april 2009 by milkmiruku
Macroanonymous Is The New Microfamous - Fimoculous.com
"A month ago on the eve of ROFLcon, I interviewed the founder of 4chan for a magazine story that never ended up running. ... 4chan is actually one of the most robust, complex, annoying, disgusting, illuminating, perverse, fascinating online communities ever created. It is the direct or indirect source for many of the strangest internet memes: RickRolling, LOLcats, Sarah Palin's email hack, Anonymous, Chocolate Rain, and many other minor and major feats of esoterica (i.e., fucked up weird porn)."
internet  culture  interview  4chan  meme  humour  weird  anonymous  technology  society  interesting  anime 
february 2009 by milkmiruku
Miscalculation Invalidates LHC Safety Assurances
> Who would remember if we all died?

The race of intelligent beings who, millions of years from now, finds a small black hole orbiting a star, with a flag on its moon. Honestly, if the human race has to end, that is exactly how I want us to go out.
science  astronomy  physics  slashdot  news  theory  comments  humour  sci-fi  blackhole  lhc 
january 2009 by milkmiruku
Not even wrong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"An apparently scientific argument is said to be not even wrong if it is based on assumptions that are known to be incorrect, or alternately theories which cannot possibly be falsified or used to predict anything. The phrase was coined by the early quantum physicist Wolfgang Pauli, who was known for his colorful objections to incorrect or sloppy thinking. Peierls (1960) writes of Pauli, "... a friend showed him the paper of a young physicist which he suspected was not of great value but on which he wanted Pauli's views. Pauli remarked sadly, 'That's not right. It's not even wrong' ". In science and philosophy, it is known as the principle of falsifiability."
wikipedia  science  theory  logic  philosophy  interesting  humour  stringtheory  argument  saying 
january 2009 by milkmiruku
Christian Voice: Press Release
"We always knew the ASA was just another tool of the politically-correct secularist establishment, but here's the proof."
news  uk  transport  advertising  advert  religion  humanism  law  humour  secular 
january 2009 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Czechs apologise for hoax EU art
"As well as portraying Bulgaria as a toilet, Entropa depicts Romania as a Dracula theme-park and France as a country on strike. The Netherlands is shown as a series of minarets submerged by a flood - a possible reference to the nation's simmering religious tensions. Germany is shown as a network of motorways vaguely resembling a swastika, while the UK - criticised by some for being one of the EU's most Eurosceptic members - is absent from Europe altogether. "
news  bbc  europe  humour  art 
january 2009 by milkmiruku
How to remove yourself from forward lists - xerode.id - The blog and portfolio of Paul Bennett, a 26 year old Flash developer and occasional photographer
"Now, I love jokes that tackle the difficult subject of stereotypes as much as the next person but I spied an interesting footer after the final joke: “SEND THIS TO SMART WOMEN WHO NEED A LAUGH AND TO MEN YOU THINK CAN HANDLE IT !!!”. I decided to test her sense of humour and see what she could “handle” by responding with the following..."
blog  humour  stereotypes  statistics  friends  email 
january 2009 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Europe | Festive goat up in flames again
"The 13m-high (43ft) animal in Gavle has been torched 23 times since it was first erected in 1966. It has also been hit by a car and had its legs cut off. ... just 10 of the goats, which are built in the town's central square, have survived beyond Christmas since 1966."
news  sweden  goat  humour  fire  prank  culture 
december 2008 by milkmiruku
About Goth [stereo] Types - All Types
Much better than my now not-on-the-web attempt!
culture  sociology  resource  humour  goth  fashion 
november 2008 by milkmiruku
EXPLICIT CONTENT ONLY
"This is the entire N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton album edited down into just the "explicit" content."
music  culture  hiphop  rap  humour  samples  censorship  audio  mp3 
november 2008 by milkmiruku
morayallan: Mostly been working on Debian recently, including this new package:
"apt-gentoo enhances the Debian package installation experience to make it fully competitive with newly-popular source-based distributions. As packages are installed, apt-gentoo automatically downloads their build logs from the buildd network. The logs are then slowly scrolled past on the user's terminal to simulate building the software on the local machine. apt-gentoo optionally, and by default, gives increased realism by spinning the CPU in a tight loop between build log lines, and writing large files to disk."
linux  software  opensource  geek  humour 
october 2008 by milkmiruku
Synchronized Presidential Debating - 236.com - Video
Did watching the 2nd and 3rd debates give you a feeling of déjà vu? This montage of synced-up footage from all three presidential debates confirms our deep-seated belief that every debate was exactly the same.""
video  politics  debate  mashup  election  humour  usa  tv 
october 2008 by milkmiruku
BLASPHEMING BUSES WILL BURN IN HELL, SAY CHRISTIANS - The Daily Mash
"director of Christian Voice"Any bus which allows itself to be abused in this way will spend eternity in the company of Satan's bus. They will burn alongside gay buses, buses that have had abortions and buses that knowingly took people to see Jerry Springer: the Opera."
news  transport  philosophy  atheism  religion  humour  hate  marketing  advert  advertising 
october 2008 by milkmiruku
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Vice Presidential Debate coverage rockrolled
image  meme  humour  pop  rickroll  tv  usa  politics  debate  filetype:jpg  media:image 
october 2008 by milkmiruku
Pat on the back apparatus - Google Patents
"A self-congratulatory apparatus having a simulated human hand carried on a pivoting arm suspended form shoulder supported member. The hand is manually swingable into and out of contact with the user's back to give an amusing or an important pat-on-the-back."
technology  patents  usa  humour 
october 2008 by milkmiruku
BBC NEWS | Technology | Alarm sounded on second-hand kit
"Andrew Mason from security firm Random Storm bought some network hardware from auction site eBay for 99p. When he switched it on and plugged it in, the device automatically connected to the internal network of Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire."
news  uk  technology  internet  security  humour  networks  vpn  hardware 
september 2008 by milkmiruku
Diesel: SFW XXX - fashion firm makes cheeky SFW porn ad // Current
"The latest viral from the Italian Fashion house Diesel is a little close to the 'bone' don't you think?"
video  advert  advertising  marketing  porn  animation  humour  rotoscope  nsfw 
september 2008 by milkmiruku
Products Placed: How Companies Pay Artists to Include Brands in Lyrics | Listening Post from Wired.com
"A e-mail from the Kluger Agency, which performs such product placements, mistakenly sent to Jeff Crouse of the Anti-Advertising Agency and Double Happiness Jeans, provides a rare glimpse into the secretive market for song lyric product placement."
news  business  advertising  marketing  money  brands  pop  music  capitalism  humour  interesting 
september 2008 by milkmiruku
the google sari « Our Delhi Struggle
"Spotted this in a fancy mall in Gurgaon, India (the tech hub south of Delhi)"
blog  google  fashion  culture  design  india  humour  cool  clothing 
september 2008 by milkmiruku
LHC Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment Webcams
"Camera 7: looking at the Underground Experimental Cavern from the Saleve side. Camera 8: looking out of the window of the 1st Floor of the SCX building that houses the CMS Control room."
science  physics  technology  web  humour  animation 
september 2008 by milkmiruku
Biden living up to his gaffe-prone reputation - International Herald Tribune
"Chuck, stand up, let the people see you," Biden shouted to [paraplegic] State Senator Chuck Graham, before realizing, to his horror, that Graham uses a wheelchair."
news  politics  usa  humour 
september 2008 by milkmiruku
Libraries asked to stock ex-gay literature - from Pink News - all the latest gay news from the gay community - Pink News
"A heart-warming tale of same-sex love and parenting among New York penguins has topped the list of books most complained about in American libraries for the second year running."
news  literature  lgbt  books  libary  censorship  hate  humour  usa 
september 2008 by milkmiruku
Bono to Blame for Leaked U2 Tracks
"Passerby hears him blaring new tracks from upcoming album on his home stereo, makes a recording, and uploads them to YouTube."
news  music  piracy  france  humour  youtube 
august 2008 by milkmiruku
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