] Greetings! You have found the home of the 133t version of
] the Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith trailer. Only 15 hours
] after I put this file online, it has already sucked up over 23 GB
] of bandwidth. At this rate I'll be in the poorhouse before
] nightfall.

Heh. Watch it once just to see the trailer. Then watch it again and laugh at the 133t subtitles. ;)

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - 133t trailer

] Google has unceremoniously, and without comment, yanked
] its latest labs "project" after less than twenty four
] hours. In 'Google X' a software engineer had replaced the
] main text navigation bar on the Google home page with a
] Mac OS X-style dock. A row of eight icons zoomed and
] shrank as the mouse hovered over them, the row itself
] shuffling to make room for the expansion - exactly like
] Mac OS X's dock.
]
]
] "Today is an amazing day," burbled software engineer
] Chikai Ohazama on the Google weblog. "It's fulfilling to
] have the opportunity to reach the audience we always
] dreamed of when we started Keyhole five years ago, and
] that by itself is absolute coolness," he continued.
]
]
] "I hope all of you enjoy it - especially Mac users, who
] I'm sure will appreciate its lineage."
]
]
] No, really.
]
]
] In case anyone missed the Mac reference, a sickly
] reminder above the Google copyright notice read: "Roses
] are red. Violets are blue. OS X rocks. Homage to you."

Neat. Still can be found here: http://dinkdoink.com/me/googlex/

Google's X Files disappear | The Register

noteworthy wrote:
] It's no secret that movie studios, which generally earn
] more money from home video than box office returns, are eager
] to capitalize on DVD dollars as soon as they can.
]
]
] Remember the recent article about changes in the number of R
] rated films? This is part of the explanation.

For what they charge at the box office, they should give you a DVD as well.

RE: An Ever-Shorter Leap From Theater to DVD

] About Fliker
]
] Fliker is an image search engine and an inspirational
] tool. As you type and refine your search, you see results
] as quickly as your connection allows. Fliker is the
] fastest way of searching for images, all you have to do
] is concentrate on the images that flash in front of you.
] Because Fliker displays all the images in the same place
] you don't have to scan across rows of pictures or scroll
] down a web page. Fliker is also an inspirational tool, it
] dynamically reacts to your search terms as you type, so
] you receive exciting and unxpected results as you spell
] your searches out. For example searching for 'cartoon'
] would receive results for 'car', 'carts', maps ('carto')
] and everything inbetween.
]
] Using Fliker
]
] Search for images by typing search terms in the text box.
] If you see an image you like, hold down the left mouse
] button and scroll the mouse left and right to scroll
] through the images in the timeline. You can use the
] 'left' and 'right' cursor keys to scroll through the
] images one at a time. Release the mouse button or press
] the 'down' key to begin downloading the image to your
] copy/paste clipboard making it incredibly fast and easy
] to get the images that you want. When the image has been
] fully downloaded Fliker will tell you. You can then paste
] the image into any application.

Neat.

http://fliker.com/

] A retro science-fiction epic set in Victorian England,
] Steamboy features an inventor prodigy named Ray Steam who
] receives a mysterious metal ball containing a new form of
] energy capable of powering an entire nation. This young
] boy must use it to fight evil, redeem his family, and
] save London from destruction. The lush Victorian
] interiors and the elegance of the era's mechanical design
] allows Otomo to create dazzling visual backgrounds and
] machines for this film. With more than 180,000 drawing
] and 400 CG cuts, Steamboy is sure to be one of the most
] elaborate animated features of 2004.

Looks pretty good from the trailer.

Sony Pictures - Steamboy

] Goombah browses your iTunes collection and theirs to
] compare what you like and make recommendations. If you
] and your peers share a love for one song, chances are
] you%u2019ll appreciate others your Goombah Neighbors
] listen to -- that%u2019s the general idea.

Welcome to Goombah - Music Discovery

] Berlin - A German man, who persuaded doctors to give him
] a second penis, lost his wife after he showed her the
] result.

 Man with two penises can't get any loving...

Acidus wrote:

]
] Movie rating does factor in to what movies I want to see. For
] example, I refused to see AVP, because I felt with such an
] intense back history, the story could not be told properly and
] still have a PG-13 rating. Higher ratings typically translates
] into more mature or adult story line.
]
] That said, there are times when I will see a movie and be
] shocked by just how good it was. National Treasure was a good
] example of this. Even though it was PG, tt had a nice dash of
] history, some fun break-in and chase scenes, and I really
] enjoyed it.

The MPAA rating system never reflects story. Only that some movies have some measure of taboo in them. The taboo's are often dated, arbitrary, inconsistent, and one may or may not be offended by them at all.

All and all, there should be three ratings. For kids, mature, and porn. Parents should be able to order "mature" id cards for their kids if they can understand fiction without becoming crazy or perverted. If you're mature, your mind won't be corrupted by petty sex and violence. The qualifier for porn should be a movie whose content is sex based rather than story based. Even a movie with a story, and a lot of sex shouldn't be considered porn. This letter bullshit with the retarded explanations has to go. It mostly only serves a destructive purpose.

RE: Ep III to be PG-13 (gasp!)

NOT WORK SAFE....but damn funny

'A New Bunny'

By Bug.

Tonight the blood flowed and cigarettes scorched at the Brighton Bar in Long Branch, NJ when the Sniperz opened for Tilt A Whirl and the Millionaire Reverends. Jacko, the intrepid promoter for The Bridghton Bar in Long Branch, had the balls to put the Sniperz onstage again, after their raunchy January debut, and the ensuing madness set the stage for another night of truly gritty musical entertainment. With a stomache full of rum and veins full of...um...adrenaline (sure, sounds good), I entered the CB's by the Sea of Brigton Bar and proceeded to pay about five bucks for quality entertainment, yet again.

I remember seeing The Dickies here during my youth at this place, which ranks among the high points of my post-high school existence, but tonight's entertainment showcased some of the most wild punk rock madness that could take the sleepy Jersey Shore city to Hell.

As an opening band, the Sniperz fucked everything up. They showed up late, the lead singer seemed more wasted than Iggy Pop circa 1973, and the drummer was apparently their lead guitarist sitting in for erstwhile drummer Johnny Larkin (of The Golden Dawn). Going White Stripes' style (one guitarist/vocalist and one drummer/vocalist), the audio-terrorists blared through ten or eleven disgusting songs about AIDS, abortion, heroin, Ronald Reagan and sundry other terrifying topics with gleeful abandon and skilless hatred for their audience. Not since the days of Dead Boys and GG Allin has a band cared less about caring and more about offending.

Lead Vocalist/guitarist Patrick Splat fucked up his own songs, lost his pants mid-set, feigned (?) masturbation, broke at least two strings, and spewed all manner of anti-social lyrics and thoroughly demeaning stage patter before vomiting into a bag from dopesickness. Drummer Jay D smashed away at the kit like a lion on a hyena. His background vocals provided a healthy support to Splat's snotty ramblings in a way that evoked some of the most exemplary germs gigs.

Tilt a Whirl mercifully took the stage from the Ocean County kooks to provide a breezy, punkish sonic fest of soaring melodies until the Millionaire Reverends worked their primal, gospel-cum-stooges rhythms out over the crowd. In all, I wound up having to hang out with the biggest assholes that played that evening- the local boys Snipers (never knew hell was local). Never see this band. Never unless you want to get fucked till your're sore in the parking lot afterward, like I did. Check out the Millionaire Reverends and Tilt A Whirl, though. They won't puke or bleed on you.
-Ladybug

The Snipers Puke and Burn In Long Branch 03/09/05