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MPAA tells teachers: don’t rip DVDs, just record your TV with a camcorder!

Posted by Pete Berg on Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at 9:04 pm

The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Fred von Lohmann sez, “Hearings for the DMCA triennial rulemaking are going on this week in DC, where the educational community is asking for an exemption to rip DVDs to take clips for classroom use. The MPAA responded with a video showing how to camcord (!) movies from a flat screen monitor, arguing that educators and students should do this instead of ripping DVDs. In the words of media literacy researcher Martine Courant Rife, that’s like typing up a quote from a book, taking it outside, chiseling the words in a rock, photographing the rock, scanning the photo, and running OCR on it. And for what?”

Just further proof that the MPAA is stupid and evil.

MPAA shows how to videorecord a TV set from timothy vollmer on Vimeo.


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In…ter…net.

Posted by Harrison Flatau on Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at 7:49 am

A look at the Internet revolution circa 1993.


Category: Geek, Local TV, Science, Unintentional Comedy	No Comments »

Timelapse of the Milky Way Galaxy over Texas

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 at 2:53 am

Beautiful.


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Hard Times With Ze Frank: Free iPhone App

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 at 4:48 pm

Internet phenom Ze Frank feels for you during these hard economic times. That’s why he created this free iPhone app! Enjoy. (Thanks Chris Cucci)


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Creepy Demon Face in Song

Posted by Harrison Flatau on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 at 9:06 am

So apparently you can convert a picture to audio. Somebody did that and inserted a creepy face into a song. Skip to 5:27.


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Bill Nye takes a minute to make a mockery of Astrology

Posted by Pete Berg on Monday, May 11th, 2009 at 9:39 am

Finally! Concrete proof that astology is bullshit….anything that Bill Nye says is the cold, hard, truth!


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iSnort

Posted by Pete Berg on Friday, May 8th, 2009 at 4:23 pm

iSnort is a new app for iPhones that simulates snorting cocaine! Hurrah!


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The man who could no longer sleep

Posted by Pete Berg on Friday, May 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

What happens if you can’t sleep? This is a really insane story.


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Mountain Climbing Car

Posted by Pete Berg on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 at 11:10 am

That’s steep.


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Andy Milonakis – Let Me Twitter Dat

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 at 7:49 pm

Best. Twitter feed. Ever.

(Though, it is kinda sad that Andy Milonakis is back to making really shitty YouTube videos after having his own MTV show.)


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The world’s first face transplant

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 at 5:26 pm

Five years ago, Connie Culp’s husband went insane and shot her in the face…leaving a gaping bloody hole. A few months ago, she received the world’s first successful facial transplant. Read the full article here. This is amazing, but also kinda disturbing. (Thanks Charles.))