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Nobody Panic: Government Seizes Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae [Too Big Too Fail] (14)
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Oh dear, all that talk about Freddie and Fannie being "adequately capitalized" was utter bullshit and the government has now announced plans to place the failed government sponsored enterprises into conservatorship. That means the fate of the housing market and the global economy rest squarely on the shoulders of U.S. taxpayers. Here's how it went down: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd (whose name is good as...) and Freddie Mac CEO ...Shared by Brian D. (20) Caanan (5) Crutcher D (50) ekaye (13) Jason Gooljar (36) Jesse (6) jonathan thomas (18) Jordan T-H (10) Kwasi (150) Leon (8) rowlikeagirl (63) Ryan (36) Ryan S (45) TheFlamingoKing (9)- Caanan said: Oh crap. This is so not what we needed.
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All-maleness strikes again (3)
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William Drenttel opines on the all-white-male jury of an Adbusters design competition: Nearly a decade into a new century, I believe it is unacceptable for a design organization, foundation, board of directors, magazine or other enterprise, to mount an initiative with an all male panel of judges -- or, put another way, "white, native English-speaking men from the U.S., British Isles or Australia." Such behavior is no longer acceptable and should not be tolerated by ...Contribute comment -
How To Spot A Psychopath :: Light-Bulbs Of DOOOOOOMMMM! :: September :: 2008 (3)
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No, your compact fluorescents are not trying to kill you.Contribute comment - Saddles < Browse Products | The Randonnee Shop (1)
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Security guards beat man in soccer arena, then get beat up by players, fans (48)
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Security guards break in their nightsticks on a banner-waving soccer fan running across the arena, prompting players and fans to storm the field and beat up the guards.Shared by Aaron (27) Adam (7) Adam Hansen (20) Alex C (36) ameo (257) André (13) andy (13) Arion (19) Avi (795) Benjamin (1187) Bernard Bolduc (7) Brian (103) Bryan Webster (28) cesaracardoso (79) Chris Neuman (25) Craig (2) danb420 (24) Digg Boss (641) digits12 (880) Gatis (3) George (4) Jane Burt (17) Jim (10) John (11) John (10) Jordan T-H (10) JPowers (41) Leximo (528) LUCCHINA (446) Lula.Pro (8) mhking (57) Nathan (52) ocular avulsionist (7) Patrick (8) pearl (89) Randem (28) rene (32) Rick Marshall (8) Rob Schonberger (10) Roger Åberg (14) Ross V (471) sc (34) Shirizaan (6) Syng Shin (126) Tommy Inglis (171) tsangal (21) Veritas Noctis (38) w0lfh0und (782)Explore read five notesContribute comment -
Gremlins 2 'film break' sequence updated to DVR by fan (7)
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Joe Dante's Gremlins 2 sequel is bizarrely maligned by people who don't understand that it's a two-hour long, live-action cartoon... the ultimate product generated when a director brought up on Warner Bros. cartoons is given a blank check to make any movie he wants. One notorious part of the movie is the famous "film break" scene, in which Gremlins loose in the projection booth manage to disrupt the showing of Gremlins 2 with a string ...Shared by Crutcher D (50) Jenn2d2 (7) Jeremy Jarratt (50) Jordan T-H (10) Mike (7) Nikki (67) Tony Ruscoe (14)Contribute comment - Press Release - 11 September 2006 University of Bath (1)
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- Jordan T-H said: Give us 20 years and we'll perpetrate these crimes for free.
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Federal court blocks beef exporter from testing for mad cow disease (42)
onThe USDA tests 1% of cattle of mad cow disease. Kansas-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef exporters wants to test 100% of its cattle for mad cow disease. But the Bush administration took Creekstone to court, and a US federal appeals court ruled that the USDA has the authority to stop meatpackers from testing more than 1% of its cattle. The dispute pits the Agriculture Department, which tests about 1 percent of cows for the potentially ...Shared by Amanda (19) Andrew Boardman (71) Anthony (32) Antoine (36) Arion (19) Ben Shoemate (26) Chrigu (12) Greg (14) Gyuri (9) Haltse (17) Heather (38) Immortalpear (20) Ingotheranchhand (6) Jack Teague (4) Jason (8) Jason Gooljar (36) jchris (4) Jeremy Jarratt (50) John (17) Jon (34) Jordan T-H (10) Kevin (4) krs (12) Macky (14) Mark (2) meta (9) mikebee (38) Nick (75) Nigel J (23) norcalbarney (19) potentato (25) px (17) Randem (28) Richard (24) Rob Schonberger (10) Robby R (25) Ryan S (45) Steve Loopipe (16) TO-Double-D (26) Todd (4) Tom (14) Veritas Noctis (38)Explore read nine notes
- Antoine said: This is absurd! I fully agree with Mark's comment. As a side note it is interesting to see how the 'free market' policy is no longer applied when the big guys in the market complain.
- jchris said: I shared a Boing-Boing ;)
- Jordan T-H said: I think this is a prime example of the mindset of the society we now live in.
- Anthony said: Government is the haunting fear, that someone, somewhere is solving problems with markets.......
- px said: what's wrong with 100% testing? let the market play it out.
- Veritas Noctis said: I feel safer now. Don't you?
- Haltse said: free country , free trade.. Pull the other one it's got a sick cow bell on it.
- Macky said: The USDA tests 1% of cattle of mad cow disease. Kansas-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef exporters wants to test 100% of its cattle for mad cow disease. But the Bush administration took Creekstone to court, and a US federal appeals court ruled that the USDA has the authority to stop meatpackers from testing more than 1% of its cattle.
- Chrigu said: Gut ist diese Administration bald am Ende...
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MySpace CoFounder was 80s Hacker (1)
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Tom Anderson, cofounder of MySpace and everyones first friend when a MySpace account is initially created, was a hacker in the 80s and broke into Chase Manhattan Banks system. His groups activity eventually prompted one of CAs largest FBI raids ever. Funny stuff. In 1985, when he was fourteen and in high school in Escondido, California, Anderson was subject to one of the largest FBI raids in California history after hacking into a Chase Manhattan ...Shared by Jordan T-H (10)- Jordan T-H said: This is such rad news.
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CC Companies Scotch Mythbusters Show On RFID Security (27)
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mathfeel passes along a video in which Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage recounts how credit card companies lawyered up to make sure the Discovery channel never, ever airs a segment on the flaws in RFID security. "Texas Instruments comes on [a scheduled conference call] along with chief legal counsel for American Express, Visa, Discover, and everybody else... They [Mythbusters producers] were way, way outgunned and they [lawyers] absolutely made it really clear to Discovery that they ...Shared by alphakamp (30) Ara (7) Brent Ozar (10) Bryce (14) cbsmith (44) Clint (22) Corris (6) Damon (34) DigitalMike (63) Futt (15) happy_soil (21) Jason (92) Jeff (10) JEP (12) Jordan T-H (10) kebernet (108) Kelly (4) Lee (11) Matt Warren (2) meta (9) Ryan (20) Sean (15) Sean Blakey (17) Steven W. Buehler (7) TechTalk (12) Veritas Noctis (38) Wolfger (10)- Sean Blakey said: If your credit card has a chip, keep it in a faraday cage.
- Wolfger said: gotta love capitalism, legal bullying, and "security through obscurity"...
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William Gibson's playlist (11)
onFrom William Gibson, a playlist of ten musical tracks to get you in a Spook Country mood (sez Bill, "I have always regarded music with lyrics as a species of fiction.") 1) Country Blues, Dock Boggs. On finally learning to hear this music, you literally become some different, more primal manner of flesh. There is simply nothing else like it. It is an Ur-thing, sere and terrible, yet capable of profound and paradoxical rescue in ...Shared by André Elias (259) Gijs (6) Greg (2) J. James B (43) John (17) Jon (2) Jordan T-H (10) kebernet (108) kliger (8) Larry (12) Svitlana (23)Contribute comment
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Power On Self Test: Victorian Pac-Man (13)
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- Rob said: Nice :-)
- Jeremy Jarratt said: greatest strip ever.
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Wikileaks To Sell Hugo Chavez' Email (5)
onI Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Wikileaks seems to be a bit hard-up for cash, so they're trying a little experiment. They plan to auction off an archive with three years worth of Hugo Chavez' email. The winner will get a period of embargoed access to break any stories they can find in the files, while Wikileaks will later publish the archive in full. Wikileaks plans to use the profits for their legal defense ...
- Jordan T-H said: Awesome.
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Psystar countersues Apple (8)
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Filed under: Apple Corporate, HardwareThe Psystar saga continues. Back in April, Psystar went public with the first commercial Hackintosh clones. For US$554, they'd send you a Core 2 Duo minitower with Mac OS X preinstalled. In June, they released rack-mount servers with Leopard Server preinstalled in both 1U (starting $1599) and 2U (starting $1999) configurations. Last July, the inevitable happened and Apple filed a lawsuit against Psystar citing copyright infringement, and demanded that they recall ...Shared by David Risley (16) ja | castillo (6) James Dorminey (6) Jordan T-H (10) Jose (6) Marcus Beagley (19) Mike (15) Roberto (24)Contribute comment -
So it begins: Pre-RNC, police confiscate artist/videographers' equipment (3)
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Without provocation, Minneapolis police recently confiscated the equipment and notes of three artist/journalists who are part of New York's Glass Bead Collective, a group that documents police misconduct, legal protest activities, and the phenomenon of political conventions. Two MPD squads and a sheriff's car stopped the trio and seized their belongings without consent, taking cameras, computers and notes. No charges were filed and the three were released, but without their gear. The UpTake has must-see ...Contribute comment -
Psystar countersues Apple (1)
onFiled under: Apple Corporate, HardwareThe Psystar saga continues. Back in April, Psystar went public with the first commercial Hackintosh clones. For US$554, they'd send you a Core 2 Duo minitower with Mac OS X preinstalled. In June, they released rack-mount servers with Leopard Server preinstalled in both 1U (starting $1599) and 2U (starting $1999) configurations. Last July, the inevitable happened and Apple filed a lawsuit against Psystar citing copyright infringement, and demanded that they recall ...Shared by Jordan T-H (10)Contribute comment
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xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe (145)
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- Fred said: There's a short book you should read called "Godel's Proof" that will step you through proving why this is and is not funny.
- zar said: Sesso e teoria degli insiemi: questo dovrebbe andare nel libro :-)
- Max said: Wow. Hand it to xkcd for mashing up divergent themes! Make sure to check out the mouseover.
- Joshua said: oooohhhhhhhhh! I get it! because grdel's incomplete! yay!
- j_aroche said: jauajauajauajaa mathz
- ervin said: rafinált! :)
- Armish said: xkcd'nin her karikaturunu paylasabilirim sanirim
- Ken Hunt said: I love jokes about the incompleteness priciple.
- mernisse said: Teehee, personally I enjoy asphyxiation and the inverted wheelbarrow myself.
- David Arcos said: Lo buena que es una tira de xkcd es directamente proporcional a la cantidad de gente que no la ha entendido, pero "cree" que si.
- Luke G said: Heh
- Kluzter said: such a wise pervert guy
- Jeffrey said: rofl
- Pierre Phaneuf said: Math and kink, together, uh, at last.
- Will said: Love it.
- Ian said: Gödel jokes :D
- Data Vortex said: Have not read yet, but I'd be surprised if I am not a list-breaker.
- Maxim said: Geniale!
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