I don't think that having the 4-11 billion barrels would be a *bad* thing. But the video is correct that it would not lower gas prices, nor would it lower our dependency on imported oil by any considerable amount. If anything, using ANWRs oil would probably result in a loss of the economies of scale that the Saudis enjoy, potentially leading to relatively higher prices (though I don't know what kind of premiums we pay to import).

Deathcow, I think you are right that a more reasonable anti-drilling vid could be created. That being said, if we consider the average Google Video user, I think they probably hit the mark.

I'm with you on the old cartoon thing, as well as the dirty images argument you make. As far as I know, Prudhoe bay is almost completely protected now, isn't that right? Some "creative" splicing seems to be involved here...

Anyways, hope this makes it out of the queue. Good post plimmin.

*discard

This octopus is up to 60 cm (2 feet) in length, with brown and white stripes or spots covering its body. This octopus is able to copy the ... all » physical likeness and movement of different species like sea snakes, flounder, lionfish, and flatfish. It accomplishes this by contorting its body and tentacles and changing color.

More information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_octopus
and here:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/09/0920_octopusmimic.html

Too cool. Good work, evolution.

PAINFUL!!! 22 Minutes and WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED!!?!!

The Revolution will not be televised. But someone will probably post it on youtube.

I wanted to see him go into a bank.

Ant, I hate you just a little bit. Each vid takes me nearly 10 minutes to load...thats connecting from South America for you...

You must be on the mailing list too...I just tried to submit this, I was sure no one else would have

What does Astroturf mean.

I'm peacing out for a bit, its finals time and this shit is waaay too distracting. Talk to you all again in January -TCS

loved the "wish you were here" nod.

my professor made a joke (unknowingly?) about pea-ness in class last year. love that she did it unintentionally though.

coke was discovered because chewing coca leaves has a stimulant effect and has been used by the cultures in latin america for centuries. researchers in the 19th century extracted the alkaloid named "cocaine" in a laboratory and the method was adapted so that it can be performed by just about anyone with the right knowledge and basic materials. in terms of how to consume it, various methods were attempted, smoking, eating, drinking, injecting being the frontrunners until snorting emerged as the most safe and direct way to consume it. believe it or not, cocaine (not speedballs) used to be injected for about 50 years in the late 19th early 20th century. it used to be considered a wonder drug until its negative effects were determined later on, its a killer anesthetic (discovered before novocaine) and an excellent stimulant, just too unpredictable to be useful by modern standards.

As a side note, did you know that marijuana was legal during prohibition? craziness.

definitely. thats what this guy is all about, taking raw information and making it publicly accessible. i think its pretty damn important, the work that he's doing.

i figure its all about timing. some of these kramer clips would never make it to the front page if it weren't for the context. right now #6 is a TED talk thanks to farhad, this one should do better this time around.