Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s is out. One weird thing about it is at the bottom of the copyright notice on the back of the manual:
ACTIVISION EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS THE USE OF THE GAME WITH ANY CONTROLLERS OTHER THAN ACTIVISION AUTHORIZED CONTROLLERS OR THE STANDARD GAME CONTROLLERS.
(This also appears at the bottom of the web [...]
Once again, Mike Argento nails it:
You can’t turn around without the TV news bloviating endlessly about the troubles of Lindsay Lohan. On Wednesday, the “Today” show had a panel of experts discussing whatever it was she is accused of doing.[…]
I have no idea who Lindsay Lohan is and I really don’t care. What makes me [...]
While trying to install some drivers on a machine, I ran across this README for them.
CONTENTS
1.0 About this README file
1.1 Who should read this README file
1.2 How to get help
2.0 IBM2105.RTE Change History
3.0 Procedure for upgrading AIX OS, Host attachment, and/or SDD
4.0 User license agreement for IBM device drivers
4.1 Background / Purpose
4.2 Definitions
4.3 License [...]
I was just thinking of the phrase “lowest common denominator” in the sense of something lowbrow that appeals to the unwashed masses, rather than something refined. And it occurred to me that in math, the lowest common denominator of a group of (natural) numbers is always going to be 1. What’s more interesting is the [...]
Phil Plait reminds us that 38 years ago, Neil Armstrong was the first person in history to set foot on another world.
But how many of you remember the last astronaut on the moon?
(Update, Aug. 6, 2007: Hey, this post appears in the 51st Philosophers’ Carnival. And I didn’t even submit it. How cool is that?)
I didn’t think it was possible to write a Christian math textbook. I mean, math is math, right? But this comment at Pharyngula pointed to an article in Harpers that purports to give [...]
If you haven’t seen it yet, check out this executive order, which el Presidente signed a few days ago.
Unitary Executive Summary: if Henry Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury determines that you’ve been “threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq” or are likely to, then he just needs to “consult” with [...]
2+2 = 5 (HT PZ)
The original Laugh-Out-Loud Cats
Mike Wong, the Cheerful Atheist, lists 12 Benefits of Atheism. Like him, I haven’t received my black helicopter yet, but I’m sure it’s in the mail.
If you’ve read Terry Pratchett’s Lords and Ladies, you may remember the Long Man, a figure cut into a hillside, inspired by the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset, in England.
To promote the new Simpsons movie, a new figure, of Homer Simpson in tighty-whities and holding a doughnut, has been painted on a neighboring field [...]
The Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art.
On one hand, people like this obviously have too much time on their hands. On the other hand, damn, that’s cool!
(HT Neurodudes,
Fresh Brainz.)