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Rumsfeld Says Extremists Winning Media War
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Author: ryanvis
I read that headline on Yahoo News and thought: “Of course they are; Democrats can’t get their message straight.” Link to real story
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RIAA says ripping your own CD isn't (is not) fair use
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Author: ryanvis
I’m not one for more laws (are you paying attention Mr. President?), but perhaps we could get some legislation that puts these moronic, withering, old-world industry lawyers in their place. Via Boing Boing, we get news that the EFF has unearthed some interesting wording in the RIAA latest filing. Basically, when they said (in MGM […]
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Idiots
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Author: ryanvis
No Costco in (or near) Ann Arbor. Damn NIMBY’s; wait, no, there’s no one in that area. Congrats, Ann Arbor, your incongruent thought patterns are spreading. Notes to friends on the West side: 1) I need a new job (call me) and 2) ARG!
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MST3K – At the Fair
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Author: ryanvis
One of the funniest 10 minutes ever produced by a guy and two robots. “Captured pilots are paraded before the citizens. Women are excited by seeing the word ‘member'”. Permalink to video if the embed doesn’t work [via Screenhead]
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Stop it!
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Author: ryanvis
Stop remaking classic, good movies. And then, stop remaking classic, bad movies, like Logan’s Run. It was a Simpson’s joke, for the love of god. Let it be. Singer says Logan’s Run script almost finished
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Huh, who knew?
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Author: ryanvis
With the Olympics *yaaaawn* going on, it seemed fitting that today’s Ask Yahoo question was “Who was the ‘agony of defeat’ guy?” Remember him, the poor dude who fell just as he was leaving the ski jump ramp? Apparently, so did lots of other people. Check out the answer to the question.
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Chipotle Meatballs
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Author: ryanvis
More a meatbal with chipotle sauce, actually. Haven’t tried these, but am looking forward to it. Simply Recipes: Chipotle Meatballs Recipe
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Game Discs Days Are Numbered
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Author: ryanvis
“Let’s be fair. Whether it’s five, 10, 15, 20 years from now, the concept of driving to the store to buy a plastic disc with data on it and driving back and popping it in the drive will be ridiculous,” Moore said. “We’ll tell our grandchildren that and they’ll laugh at us.” – Microsoft VP […]
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Stupid Business Tricks – H&R Block
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Author: ryanvis
All my tax documents are in and I’m ready to get filing. Gotta get the software, right? So, after the craptastic DRM that TurboTax decided to put in their software a while back, I’ve been a customer of H&R Block. Decent reputation, solid software. I head over to the site, find the federal and state […]
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Ah, West Michigan
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Author: ryanvis
From the ever entertaining Sploid comes the woeful tale of East Grand Rapids kids gone bad. Or normal, depending on your perspective. Sploid: ‘Our kids drink? Do something!’ A hilariously appropraite title considering East GR is full of a) rich people, b) drugs, and c) rich people who do drugs. I can’t tell you the […]