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Dark Matter Flowchart (It's A Flowchart
Joke)

Dark Matter Flowchart (It's A Flowchart
Joke) 11/02/2003 03:12 AM
HEY! LOOK OVER HERE!

astro.umd.edu/~ssm/mond/flowchart.html
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London Tube Map as flowchart

London Tube Map as flowchart 12/22/2003 12:36 PM
Nice HOWTO for using graphics in the style of the London tube-map to flowchart complex processes. Includes downloadable PowerPoint templates. Link (via Kottke)

The morality of ruthlessness

The morality of ruthlessness 09/09/2004 09:01 AM
Assume a particular business plays by "the rules." It operates legally and doesn't engage in business practices that would make it uncomfortable if exposed. But it is a ruthless competitor. Is ruthlessness itself immoral?...

Abusing Morality and Law

Abusing Morality and Law 06/09/2004 12:58 AM

Washington Post: Legalizing Torture. The Bush administration assures the country, and the world, that it is complying with U.S. and international laws banning torture and maltreatment of prisoners. But, breaking with a practice of openness that had lasted for decades, it has classified as secret and refused to disclose the techniques of interrogation it is using on foreign detainees at U.S. prisons at Guantanamo Bay and in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is a matter of grave concern because the use of some of the methods that have been reported in the press is regarded by independent experts as well as some of the Pentagon's legal professionals as illegal. The administration has responded that its civilian lawyers have certified its methods as proper -- but it has refused to disclose, or even provide to Congress, the justifying opinions and memos.

The Bush administration believes that law -- domestic and international -- is what the Bush administration says it is. Now we have lawyers' justification for torture, but under a less harsh name. I keep wondering what so-called conservatives would be saying if Bill Clinton had asserted such sweeping powers in this and other ways, or had consistently stiffed the Congress and American people with secrecy and arrogance. My guess is they'd be insisting that the law, or maybe even national honor, should mean something. Not this crowd.

When Technology and Morality Clash

When Technology and Morality Clash 04/03/2005 10:23 PM
Commentary: Whether it's the Terri Schaivo situation, cloning, life extension or even easy access to "forbidden" information, technology and local mores are clashing all over the world. Technology has enabled both a more close-knit world and one where nothing sacred, illegal or profane can be avoided. What's it mean for the long term?

Draft Morality: Democrats Only?

Draft Morality: Democrats Only? 09/23/2004 02:59 AM
Techfocus Sep 23 2004 7:16AM GMT

Let's hear it for the morality police

Let's hear it for the morality police 04/08/2005 05:55 PM
globetechnology.com Apr 8 2005 9:02PM GMT

Morality and Microsoft Software

Morality and Microsoft Software 11/11/2003 03:23 PM
Is it wrong to buy the $149 Student and Teacher Edition of Office, thus saving $250 on the cost of the Standard Edition but forfeiting the right to purchase upgrades in the future?

Gay Marriage: A Deeply Political
Morality

Gay Marriage: A Deeply Political
Morality 07/14/2004 01:50 AM

Washington Post: Kill This Amendment. Precisely because of the weight conservatives have put on this issue, today's vote, despite its preordained outcome, has become deeply important. It requires senators to take a public stand on a question of deep principle: Are they willing to warp the entire American constitutional structure to prevent people who love one another from marrying?

The amendment is going to lose, but it's dismaying that so many senators -- calling this a moral issue -- are willing to change the Constitution to turn some Americans into second-class citizens. Where's the morality in that?

The Fork in the Road: A Political
Morality Play in One Act

The Fork in the Road: A Political
Morality Play in One Act 03/06/2004 01:55 AM
The Keaton family was a peculiar family, they made every decision democratically. Their democratic tradition was a new one as far as family decision making in the world was concerned, but they were confident in their little democracy and stood by it as the fount of their shared happiness. Every choice they made was voted on, and the majority decided. And that was how the Keaton family navigated the choices that families make in this world. For better or worse, they had faith in their peculiar system.

Morality Police to Ban New Year Trinkets
(Reuters)

Morality Police to Ban New Year Trinkets
(Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:34 PM
Reuters - Morality police in southern Saudi Arabia plan to conduct raids to ensure that shops do not sell flowers, candles and gifts to those planning to celebrate New Year, a local newspaper reported on Monday.

Peter Lewis: Morality and Microsoft
Software

Peter Lewis: Morality and Microsoft
Software 11/11/2003 02:08 PM
Fortune Nov 11 2003 12:35PM ET

ONLINE EXTRA: Our readers on adoption
and morality

ONLINE EXTRA: Our readers on adoption
and morality 04/08/2005 09:59 AM
Canada.com - Fri Apr 8, 09:41 am GMT

Saudi morality police to ban New Year
trinkets (Reuters)

Saudi morality police to ban New Year
trinkets (Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:36 PM
Reuters - Morality police in southern Saudi Arabia plan to conduct raids to ensure that shops do not sell flowers, candles and gifts to those planning to celebrate New Year, a local newspaper has reported.

Re-ripping CDs to new formats in iTunes

Re-ripping CDs to new formats in iTunes 06/24/2004 11:26 AM
If you want to rip a CD in AAC format, but have already ripped it in MP3 format, insert the CD in your Mac and click Import in iTunes 4. It will tell you that some songs are already in the library, and will give an option to ...

Bush: Ripping Off Your Tax Dollars

Bush: Ripping Off Your Tax Dollars 05/30/2004 01:32 PM
Yet another case where Bush is worse than Clinton: Bush Campaigns Heavily Via Air Force One: Bush Uses Air Force...

Bulk CD ripping service.

Bulk CD ripping service. 01/11/2004 12:26 PM
RipDigital converts your entire CD collection to 224kbs MP3s for about a $1 per CD. Send them your CD library and they'll ship your library back, organized by artist and album with enhanced song information, as either 50 converted CDs per DVD and for $99 more on a portable hard drive. If only they offered the same service for cassettes. [via jkottke & waxpancake]

"Ripping music for Ringtones"

"Ripping music for Ringtones" 05/20/2004 11:30 AM

Ripping music for Ringtones

Ripping music for Ringtones 05/19/2004 03:14 AM
DIY ringtone software panics record labels.

make your own ringtones from MP3s with Xingtone, user/p ass

Xingtone's desktop software is easy-to-use, legal, and allows you to create mobile phone ringtones using digital audio files on your computer - music clips, sound effects, your child's laugh, your dog’s bark, or any sound you like!

[unmediated]

All I gotta say is right on.  Couldn't happen to a nicer group of fellas.

Shifting From P2P To Stream Ripping

Shifting From P2P To Stream Ripping 04/21/2004 06:26 PM

Copying Apple: When Is It Considered
Ripping Off?

Copying Apple: When Is It Considered
Ripping Off? 02/10/2004 02:43 AM
(2 Guys, A Mac, And A Website via MyAppleMenu)

An important concession: MGM says
ripping MP3s is OK

An important concession: MGM says
ripping MP3s is OK 04/02/2005 09:20 AM
ZDNet Apr 2 2005 12:40PM GMT

Internet users hit Web site ripping 909

Internet users hit Web site ripping 909 09/06/2004 07:22 AM
Sbsun.com - Mon Sep 6, 10:03 am GMT

iPod ripping service launched in UK

iPod ripping service launched in UK 09/04/2004 10:31 AM
www.ipodloading.co.uk are now offering an iPod ripping service in the UK, with collection and delivery in much of the south of England. Other areas can send in their iPod and CDs, and receive them back fully loaded after a few days.

Estone Ripper: In-Dash CD Ripping

Estone Ripper: In-Dash CD Ripping 12/24/2004 12:16 PM

The EStone Ripper is an in-dash CD player for your car that can rip CDs directly to its internal hard drive. After filling it up with 5,000 songs or so, you can pop out the hard drive and back it up to your PC. As usual, the interface is the key—that's a lot of songs to manage without a keyboard—but in concept it's great, especially if you wanted to make a copy of friend's disc or something.

I4U says you can pick up one now for $650, or wait until it is officially presented at CES.

MP3 Car Stereo that can Rip CDs [I4U]

Black Hole Seen Ripping Star Apart (AP)

Black Hole Seen Ripping Star Apart (AP) 02/18/2004 02:40 PM
AP - Two space observatories have provided the first strong evidence of a supermassive black hole stretching, tearing apart and partially gobbling up a star flung into reach of its enormous gravity, astronomers said Wednesday.

CD Status: CD diagnostics+audio ripping

CD Status: CD diagnostics+audio ripping 05/08/2004 10:36 AM
Upcoming release

Morality beliefs formed by Star Trek:
Cloning, Stem Cell Research bad

Morality beliefs formed by Star Trek:
Cloning, Stem Cell Research bad 04/02/2005 11:22 AM
Free Internet Press Apr 2 2005 1:58PM GMT

Ore. Man Regains Phone Book Ripping
Title (AP)

Ore. Man Regains Phone Book Ripping
Title (AP) 08/16/2004 06:36 PM
AP - A man reclaimed his title as world champion phone book ripper by tearing through 39 Portland white page directories in three minutes.

LoadPod takes the work out of ripping
CDs to iPod

LoadPod takes the work out of ripping
CDs to iPod 05/20/2004 11:31 AM
If you have a new iPod or iPod mini, but don't have enough hours in the day to rip your existing CD collection to disk, LoadPod is a new service that can help. A division of iPodLounge, LoadPod offers local service in areas including Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Houston, Indianapolis, South Carolina and Minneapolis. Box up your audio CDs and your iPod, and LoadPod will send someone to your home or office to pick them up. Within five days you'll get everything back, and your iPod will be fully loaded with your music, ripped in 128Kbps AAC format, the same format used by Apple's iTunes Music Store. The cost is $1.50 per CD with a minimum of 50 CDs, along with a $20 travel charge. The travel charge is waved if you have 100 CDs or more.

Shifting From File Sharing To Stream
Ripping?

Shifting From File Sharing To Stream
Ripping? 04/21/2004 03:53 PM
MusicLover writes "As users continue to try fending off the ever more litigious music industry, some seem to have dropped P2P entirely, moving to Ripping instead.  While they loose some control over what they are downloading, it's a untraceable way to download music (no way for the RIAA to track users or sue).  With some of the more powerful software that's been coming out recently, stream ripping has become more main-stream. Some of the more well known software packages, like StationRipper, allow users to download several thousand songs on a daily basis.  And, depending on how you read the law, it's 100% legal.  How will the RIAA respond?  As more users move to this type of technology to avoid the P2P lawsuits, how will the music industry respond?" Well, some of the comments are a bit misleading. It's not clear just how mainstream this technology really is, and it's certainly not nearly as user friendly for users as basic file sharing applications. The idea is that it records songs directly from streaming radio stations (though, right now, it looks like only certain kinds of streaming radio stations work with the software). Also, copying a song off the radio (which is this basically equivalent to) often involves a lower quality offering with songs cutting into each other, DJs talking over the music and other radio-related reasons why it's not the same as getting a full track.

NEC Admits To Ripping Off Schools
Through E-Rate Program

NEC Admits To Ripping Off Schools
Through E-Rate Program 05/30/2004 07:44 AM

Software necessary to copy video from a
commercial DVD into .avi files? (DVD
ripping)

Software necessary to copy video from a
commercial DVD into .avi files? (DVD
ripping) 08/27/2004 03:42 PM

Friends of mine have a child afflicted with a kind of autism.  A parent of an autistic child has developed some free software (Windows-only) that teaches kids by asking them to perform tasks and showing them short video clips if they perform the task.  My friends own a collection of DVDs that they would like to transfer to the PC and chop up into 10-second segments.  I'm pretty sure that they can handle the chopping once they get their DVD into a standard Windows video format (.avi?).  As I understand it, Hollywood tries to make this as difficult as possible.  How can my friends work around the various encryption and other format conversion issues?  This would be on a WinXP machine.

Lazy New iPod Owners Rescued By Ripping
Idea

Lazy New iPod Owners Rescued By Ripping
Idea 07/28/2004 11:07 AM
US-based LoadPod will come to the door, pick up the CDs, rip al, the tunes to an iPod and return them within five days. By Jo Best, Silicon.com (via MyAppleMenu)

Court slaps Time Group for ripping off
PC-in-a-desk design

Court slaps Time Group for ripping off
PC-in-a-desk design 12/19/2003 11:26 AM
A 'disgraceful' act, rules judge

Democrats accused of ripping Bush signs
- The Washington Times: Nation/Politics
- September 17, 2004

Democrats accused of ripping Bush signs
- The Washington Times: Nation/Politics
- September 17, 2004 09/17/2004 04:26 PM
Democrats accused of ripping Bush signs .. the father of the girl .. The Washington Times .. this story/picture

washtimes.com/national/20040917-010155-8041r.htm
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"RipDigital is a bulk CD-ripping
operation: send them your CD library and
they'll ship your library back in MP3
format"

"RipDigital is a bulk CD-ripping
operation: send them your CD library and
they'll ship your library back in MP3
format" 01/12/2004 02:57 AM

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Naturellement, the Aristocrats.

Naturellement, the Aristocrats. 06/08/2004 01:26 AM
South Park does the "Aristocrats" joke. (WARNING! Windows Media file, very very not safe for work.) "The Aristocrats" is a long-lived comedians' in-joke--or, rather, an extraordinarily filthy joke that's not really a joke. (Gilbert Gottfried knocked 'em dead with it shortly after 9/11.) Now it's going public (sort of): Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza are making a movie featuring over 100 comedians telling their own versions. The South Park version linked above is "not even in the top 5 for dirtiest." Yikes!

Sims-style anti-teen-pregnancy ad from
Belgium

Sims-style anti-teen-pregnancy ad from
Belgium 03/24/2005 05:05 AM
Cory Doctorow: This is a very clever anti-teen-pregancy ad produced by the Belgian health authority (inexplicably, it is in English). The advert uses animation in the style of The Sims to depict a teen mom being run off her feet and gradually losing her shit completely -- funny and sobering at once. 4.2 MB Quicktime Link (via Waxy)

Boing Boing: Sims-style
anti-teen-pregnancy ad from Belgium

Boing Boing: Sims-style
anti-teen-pregnancy ad from Belgium 03/25/2005 06:36 AM
Sims-style anti-teen-pregnancy ad from Belgium

boingboing.net/2005/03/23/simsstyle_antiteenpr.html
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Welcome to South Park: a job opening (no
joke)

Welcome to South Park: a job opening (no
joke) 12/13/2003 08:43 PM
Ages ago we interviewed the South Park system admins to get an idea of what kind of technology was behind the show.

Panda Joke VI

Panda Joke VI 03/17/2005 03:31 AM
Back again for the sixth consecutive year, it's the Panda Joke! A panda walks into a restaurant, sits down, and orders a sandwich. He eats the sandwich, pulls out a gun, and shoots the waiter dead. As the panda stands up to go, the manager shouts, "Hey! Where are you...

Panda Joke V

Panda Joke V 04/09/2004 04:09 PM
One of this site's annual traditions is that I post the Panda Joke each year when I'm away for SXSW....

LGA 775: A Joke And A Threat That Is No
Joke.

LGA 775: A Joke And A Threat That Is No
Joke. 06/21/2004 10:18 PM
Overclockers.com: LGA 775: A Joke And A Threat That Is No Joke. "This is a threat, the biggest threat we've ever faced. If you wait until it becomes reality, it's too late to do anything about it." Awwww.

"who single-handly confirm every
anti-lawyer joke or tirade ev..."

"who single-handly confirm every
anti-lawyer joke or tirade ev..." 11/18/2003 10:22 AM

not a joke

not a joke 09/10/2004 12:15 AM

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A Joke

A Joke 02/20/2003 10:05 PM
Did you here that the Walmarts and K-Marts are closing down in the Middle East? Apparently they're all becoming Targets. (rimshot)

Math Joke

Math Joke 04/09/2004 03:56 PM

I just got this via email and don't know the copyright or the origin of this. If someone knows whether I should give credit to someone, please let me know. But it's too funny not to blog.

What's the Best Geek Joke You Know?

What's the Best Geek Joke You Know? 06/24/2005 05:44 PM
Slashdot Jun 24 2005 12:27AM GMT

PHP Humor ... No that's *Not* a Joke
Itself

PHP Humor ... No that's *Not* a Joke
Itself 03/21/2003 09:12 AM

PHP Humor ...  No that's *Not* a Joke Itself

PHP-Con is doing humorous interviews with some of the speakers to promote the event.  Here's the one with John Coggeshall:

When was your first PHP?

John Coggeshall: Sitting in a darkened smoke filled room... I was almost out of money but a friend of mine told me she [PHP] was good for a trick or two and didn't charge much.

His comments on Perl, Java, and Visual Basic are really good.  You can read more of this over at the PHP- Con site.

.Net is a Joke (Allegedly)

.Net is a Joke (Allegedly) 03/19/2003 10:26 PM

Remix of W's WMD joke

Remix of W's WMD joke 04/10/2004 07:14 PM
This remix of George W's WMD joke at the White House Correspondants' Dinner is vicious, brilliant and true. 3. 6MB QuickTime Link (via Dan Gillmor)

PepsiCo No Joke

PepsiCo No Joke 04/15/2004 02:28 PM
PepsiCo continues to perform, but may be fairly valued.

We can finally joke about beheadings...

We can finally joke about beheadings... 07/13/2004 01:39 AM
The kidnap videos in Iraq are suspicious. Some say they are fake. Some make their own... what do you think of this one? A rare bit of humor from Al-Jazeera. [.wmv]

Companies Who Can't Take A Joke, But Can
Push A Lie

Companies Who Can't Take A Joke, But Can
Push A Lie 02/12/2004 02:16 PM
It's no secret that, on the internet, if you don't like something and try to get it taken down, you're only going to draw a lot more attention to it. However, corporations still haven't gotten this message. They seem to get especially annoyed at parodies, complaining that people might be tricked by them. Here's an article that takes these companies to task for not being able to take a joke, while at the same time having so-called "independent" organizations that are paid by them set up advocacy websites that are nothing more than a front for the company or group in question. In other words, companies get upset about advocacy that goes against them and try to force the sites down, worrying that people will get "confused." At the same time, they're hiding the fact that they're behind these other advocacy sites (which, some might say is confusing readers, as well). As the writer of the article points out, even if they're right, they're doing themselves harm by not being upfront and honest about these sites: "The more successful the strategy in the short term, the more it will eventually corrode trust in the long. People persuaded by such sites will feel betrayed when it becomes evident they were duped. And it won't even matter if the pseudo sites have truth on their side: when a messenger is exposed as an impostor, their credibility is destroyed." Another example of short-term thinking from corporations that do them much more damage in the long term.

Up to 15 Years in Jail for Joke

Up to 15 Years in Jail for Joke 01/24/2004 01:45 PM
Samantha Marson, a 21 year old woman from Britain, was jailed in Miami after making a joke to an American customs official. The joke: "Hey be careful, I have three bombs in here," she quipped, as her carry-on luggage was screened.

Google maths joke

Google maths joke 09/15/2004 05:03 PM
New Scientist Sep 15 2004 7:51PM GMT

Not An April Fool’s Joke

Not An April Fool’s Joke 04/01/2005 05:24 PM
Just foolishness. The XML Binary Characterization Working Group has issued their f inal report which recommends (surprise, surprise) that the W3C produce a “Binary XML” specification. Elliotte Rusty Harold nails it. I don’t care if anyone wants to go off and produce their own data interchange format, binary or not, open or not, standardized or not, mapped to XML or not; as long as they don’t call it XML. “Binary XML” is an oxymoron. And I should point out that the people at Sun who are building a binary data format with a mapping to XML are calling it something else entirely. These Binary-XML people are charging headlong onto the top of a very long, very steep, very slippery slope. [Update: Further joy. I see that this poorly-labelled table asserts that XML prevents both “processing efficiency” and “forward compatibility”. Glad to hear it.]

Joke-e-oke Makes You a Comedian

Joke-e-oke Makes You a Comedian 03/24/2005 07:38 PM

For Sun , Microsoft Settlement Is No
Joke

For Sun , Microsoft Settlement Is No
Joke 04/19/2004 11:03 AM
We may miss Scott McNealy's jabs at Microsoft, but the money from the recent settlement will inject new life into Sun, which badly needs a transfusion. Many of us are just now coming to grips with the most serious implication of the April 2 settlement between Sun and Microsoft: Scott McNealy's keynote speeches just got a lot duller. The Sun CEO has made a career of his stand-up routine over the years, entertaining thousands with such classic zingers as calling Windows the "giant hairball"; Active Directory, "Captive Directory"; and .Net, "Dot Not" or "Not Yet." And, in case of computer crashes, "Call 1-800-CTL-ALT-DEL."

Stupid language joke

Stupid language joke 02/10/2004 02:55 AM
The funniness of an US company called Makkara Sushi combined with this this scientific experiment is left as an exercise to the reader.

Safer Smoke a Joke?

Safer Smoke a Joke? 06/02/2004 11:52 AM
A fire-safe cigarette for New York may roll over the rest of the country, too.

Press reveal for joke!

Press reveal for joke! 06/21/2004 12:38 PM
The Ceefax teletext service is essentially the same now as when the BBC developed it in 19 73, and is still used across Europe. Absurd, outmoded and wonderfully British, old bean.

Obscure Finnish joke

Obscure Finnish joke 02/01/2005 09:48 PM
Siinä tulevaisuus. :D

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