Just recently, I'd gone and checked out the site and for some reason (possibly being blitzed out of my skill and not able to fully believe it was all real), and almost threw up a few times.

Not only am I amazed at the fact that this widely popular meme/character/person hasn't made it to the sift more often, I thank you for suggesting/drawing on your powers to make that be.


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http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Chris-chan

I suggest that we silence it to death.

My parents sold my Dreamcast while i was away at college.

My game library included:

Marvel vs Capcom << toss up for personal favorite House of the Dead 2
Powerstone << toss up for personal favorite and NFK 2K Blitz

A few others that I dont remember fondly but the system on the whole was great. But they are right on about the SEGA burning their customers. 32X was shit, SEGA CD was shit, and Saturn, looked promising but then it along with the games for it disappeared. I won my Dreamcast at a carnival (i know right?) but it had been out for about 6 months at that point and I was again burned when they announced they would no longer be developing for the system.

damn you SEGA---DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!

From Wired...

In the latest example of finding media innovation where you’d least expect it, CBS is embedding a video player in a print ad in Entertainment Weekly that will serve up a buffet of its fall TV lineup.

The CBS foray into a print-digital alliance plays full-motion video at a crisp resolution. The ad, dubbed by CBS and partner Pepsi Max “the first-ever VIP (video-in-print) promotion,” works like one of those audio greeting cards. Opening the page activates the player, which is a quarter-inch–thick screen seen through a cutaway between two pages concealing the larger circuit board underneath.

The audio quality is equally good (extremely poor video shot by this reporter notwithstanding), but beware: There are no volume controls, and in a quiet environment, it’s quite loud. This is surely a intentional design feature, aimed at getting the attention of people nearby.

Unlike the wholly unsatisfying debut of the e-ink cover in Esquire magazine last year, this works.

The video-enhancement will appear in the September issue of Entertainment Weekly, but only in what sounds like a relatively small subset of the circulation: The promo itself will be in every copy, but the video portion only in some subscriptions delivered to New York and Los Angeles. It was released Tuesday to media outlets.

Upon getting to the ad, there is a 5-second delay before anything happens — there is enough on the page to probably hold the unassuming reader’s attention for that long, if nothing else the eerie stare from Neil Patrick Harris — and then a 5-second still promo before the promo for the player’s developer, Americhip.

Next up is a pre-roll featuring a bespoke setup by three characters from the network’s hit Big Bang Theory sitcom. ”I weep for civilization,” opines Emmy-nominated Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper) at the end of the clip, scripted to reveal that the über nerd was tricked into appearing in an ad in Entertainment Weekly rather than “the current edition of Physics Today.”

As impressive as this step is, the true marriage of print and digital multimedia still seems quite far off, and eons away from the streaming updates in the newspapers of Minority Report fame.

Still, it is boldish, baby steps like this that bring about dramatic shifts in media. That said, the logical extreme of the current wave of tech innovation heads more toward digital reproduction of a print experience, as the Kindle DX aspires to do for newspapers, rather than to ultrathin hardware pasted to paper.

In a more-limited context, is there much of a future for this branch?

It’s an expensive undertaking, but it does seem well suited for milestone events like a new TV season or as part of a marketing blitz for a certain genre of movie — think a Watchman trailer in Entertainment Weekly.

Part of the lure of this technology as an advertising mechanism is that it adds a “medium is the message” value and thus reaps free publicity from stories like this. But when the novelty wears off, and without serendipitous newsstand sales — which Entertainment Weekly will not benefit from this time around — there’s not nearly as much upside.

And therein lies the dilemma of even bothering to extend the digital experience into a bits medium: In the end, how many people will actually see this rather than just hear about it?

Sweet also did "Ballroom Blitz" and "Little Willy" which, I've always enjoyed pointing out, uses the melody from Shave and a Haircut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_and_a_Haircut)

Update on the race results, as posted in the other clip which includes on-board footage:

The winning bike (Team Agni) did an average speed of 87.434 mph over the 37.7 mile course, while Thomas Schoenfelder on the XXL Racing Team entry clocked the highest speed through the Sulby speed trap of 106.5mph, the only rider to exceed 100mph, which is pretty bloody amazing given that this race (and these bikes) didn't even exist a year ago!

According to MCN:
Team Agni’s bike is a 2007 Suzuki GSXR 600 fitted with two Agni 95 Reinforced motors and Kokam lithium-polymer battery of 63 cells of 70AH each, totalling about 16 kilowatt-hours of energy. The team says the setup gives 40 to 50 horsepower averaged over the length of the race, which should be good for about 200 km/h (120 mph) top speed.

The winning bike (Team Agni) did an average speed of 87.434 mph over the 37.7 mile course, while Thomas Schoenfelder on the XXL Racing Team entry clocked the highest speed through the Sulby speed trap of 106.5mph, the only rider to exceed 100mph, which is pretty bloody amazing given that this race (and these bikes) didn't even exist a year ago!

According to MCN:
Team Agni’s bike is a 2007 Suzuki GSXR 600 fitted with two Agni 95 Reinforced motors and Kokam lithium-polymer battery of 63 cells of 70AH each, totalling about 16 kilowatt-hours of energy. The team says the setup gives 40 to 50 horsepower averaged over the length of the race, which should be good for about 200 km/h (120 mph) top speed.

>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:
Typical cheap, lazy dodge.

1) organizations are not persons, and have no rights, but they do have an obligation to deal fairly, both with their employees, and with the public. You can't open a "no gays" restaurant, but you have the right to leave a restaurant if there are gay people there. Person vs. Business vs. Non-profit are all completely different issues.

2) Applying for 501(3)(c) makes churches and the boy scouts quasi-public entities, they give up some privileges in order to not pay taxes, this does not apply to MAP. Throwing them in shows that you aren't really thinking it through.

3) Prejean is MAPs employee, not just someone who showed up at their event, they have every right to fire her for making PSAs for NOM as Miss CA without their approval, for hiding the existence of the photos before the pageant, and for not meeting her other contractual obligations as Miss CA. MAP still can't decide not to hire black people or gay people, they still must deal fairly with the public.

4) Prejeans gross breach of contract is grounds to fire ANYBODY, the fact that she breached her contract by running around doing a political media blitz is not particularly relevant. She wants to pretend that it's her position, not her actions, which made firing her an option. She wanted to be a martyr, so she did something to get fired, while conflating her misdeeds with her political position. This is all her fault, and she still has not been punished for it, but still stands up and whines about being punished, because the media train wreck is what this is all about, and she does not have the decency, or strength of character to admit her error.

People have to remember that the Canadian health care system has been intentionally starved of adequate funding since 1993. Pre-1993 wait-lists, for example, were unheard of. At some point, perhaps in the event of a Harper majority government, the public relations blitz campaign against public health will begin.

Note: Our current Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently was head of a corporate lobby group (rumoured to front for US HMOs) called the National Citizens Coalition. One of their central aims is to destroy public health in Canada and replace it with a for-profit medical system.

What "front lines" are Alaska and Russia involved in exactly? Fox reporting at it's best!

On a side note, Shame on you Doug Benson. I still have hope that they lured him to this show with a bong and got him blitzed out of his mind before filming.

followup (3D DLP) - I found out about neat feature available on newer DLP's by mitsubishi and samsung - they have built in Stereoscopic 3D support. Check out www.dlp.com/3D and it'll list available models and more information.

it requires you to wear glasses (wireless) which are active- meaning they block each eye, 1 at a time, at 60fps. So the screen is refreshing at 120Hz, and it has a checkerboard pattern even pixels left eye, odd pixels right eye. Because it's spread out on a checkerboard and has a high refresh rate, it should look better than older tech. (I've not seen these in person yet)

I've seen different forms of this technology over the years, and it's gotten more and more impressive. Most of it has been very expensive, but these DLP sets with it built in are around the same price as other DLPs (which are cheaper than LCD and Plasma). You can get the glasses kit for $150, and video cards that support it are not that expensive.

There is also a company, Blitz Games, that has just shown a tech demo of this working on both PS3 and Xbox360, so you might see it built into games in the near future.

Even if you don't buy it for the 3D feature today, there will be more 3D content in the next 2 years, so it's easy to upgrade later. This definitely makes me lean more toward DLP now...

It's a cultural thing stemming from islam.

In Islam, cleanliness is next to godliness, before prayer you actually wash hands, feet, face and behind the ears. Anything dirty is haram, I think its because back in the day living in a sweltering desert meant people smelt funny but I digress.

Anyway showing the underside of your shoe towards a muslim is disrespectful, hitting someone with said shoe is even more so, throwing it well damn you better break yoself.

Remember when Iraq was blitzed through, and Saddam's statue was torn down people hit his face with their shoes.

When the MC's came, to live our their name
And to perform (forrrrm)
Some had, to snort cocaine (caiiinnne) to act insane (sannne)
with before Pete Rock-ed it on, now gone
that the mental plane (plaaanne) to spark the brain (brainnn)
with the building to be born
Yo RZA flip the track with the what to guy
Check em check chicka icka etta UHH

Fake niggaz get blitzed
and mic bites I swing swords and cut clowns
Shit is too swift to bite you record and write it down
I flow like the blood on a murder scene, like a syringe
on some loud howl shit, to insert a fiend
But it was yo ock, the shop stolen heart
Catch a swollen heart from not rollin smart
I put mad pressure, on phony wack rhymes that get hurt
Shit's played, like zodiac signs on sweatshirt
That's minimum, and feminine like sandals
My minimum table stacks a verse on a gamble
Energy is felt once the cards are dealt
With the impact of roundhouse kicks from black belts
that attack, the mic-fones like cyclones or typhoon
I represent from midnight to high noon
I don't waste ink, nigga I think
I drop megaton BOMBS more faster than you blink
Cause rhyme thoughts travel at a tremendous speed
Clouds of smoke, of natural blends of weed
Only under one circumstance is if I'm blunted
Turn that shit up, my clan in da front want it

I'm on a Mission, that niggaz say is Impossible
But when I swing my swords they all choppable
I be the body dropper, the heartbeat stopper
Child educator, plus head amputator
Cause niggaz styles are old like Mark 5 sneakers
Lyrics are weak, like clock radio speakers
Don't even stop in my station and attack
while your plan failed, hit the rail, like Amtrak
What the fuck for? Down by law, I make law
I be justice, I sentence that ass two to four
round the clock, that state pen time check it
With the pens I be stickin but you can't stick to crime
Came through with the Wu, slid off on the DL
I'm low-key like seashells, I rock these bells
Now come aboard, it's Medina bound
Into the chamber, and it's a whole different sound
It's a wide entrance, small exit like a funnel
So deep it's picked up on radios in tunnels
Niggaz are fascinated how the shit begin
Get vaccinated, my logo is branded in your skin

Studying classic 'book lines' by Grand Masters is an excellent method for chess players of all levels to better their game. The idea of any opening is to get to a playable middle game. Modern Chess Openings vol. 14 is essential for learning, not only openings you enjoy playing, but also defenses to openings which are causing you havoc and frustration, and are particularly helpful for beginners. I recommend Idiot's Guide to Chess, The Tao of Chess, and the Winning Chess Series by Yasser Seirawan.
You can find me for a game at World Chess Live until my membership expires. Blitz mofos.

Actually, I think you guys are upvoting merely because he's completely blitzed. In. Every. Single. Scene.

I play good blitz but bullet is too much for me now.