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Supoer powerful laptop with Pentium II - 266Mhz! 64 MB of RAM!

MarineGunrock (http://gunrock.videosift.com) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:48:45 -0700

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So when I moved into my buddy's house last December, I had a furnished basement to myself. There was a bathroom down there and I found some old tattered Playboys from 1999 or earlier under the sink, graciously left by his old roommate. As I was flipping though them, I found gems like these -

Laptops for $6,000 with a 266 Mhz processor and a portable DVD player for $1,300 and a plasma tv that you would buy for $2,000 today, but back then was more expensive than a Ducati. Now you can watch any of the 1,500 movies available on DVD in style!

Click the pictures for higher (readable) resolution.

- MarineGunrock

They wish they hadn't said that..

Zifnab (http://zifnab.videosift.com) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:44:17 -0700

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In light of the end of the Beijing Olympics (and the start of the Paralympics) I came accross this amusing list of comments from the 2004 Olympics that I thought I would share. Accroding to Snopes this list may or may not be real, but it sure is funny in any case:

Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators during
the 2004 Olympics that they would like to take back

1. Softball announcer: 'If history repeats itself, I should think we can
expect the same thing again.'

2. Dressage commentator: 'This is really a lovely horse and I speak from
personal experience since I once mounted her mother.'

3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: 'I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother
and father.'

4. Boxing Analyst: 'Sure there have been injuries,and even some deaths
in boxing, but none of them really that serious.'

5. Weightlifting commentator: 'This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria . I saw
her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.'

6. Basketball analyst: 'He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't
like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.'

7. At the rowing medal ceremony: 'Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the
IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew.'

8. Soccer commentator: 'Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've
got eleven Dicks on the field.'

9. Tennis commentator: 'One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is
that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses
them . . .. Oh my God, what have I just said?'

- Zifnab

So, the conventions are over...

NetRunner (http://obscure.videosift.com/member/NetRunner) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:14:49 -0700

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Now it's on, full bore, until November 4th. Any bets on where polls will settle once the convention bounces tamp down, in a week or two?

The next big events are the debates. Here's the schedule:

First presidential debate
Friday, September 26
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.
Jim Lehrer
Executive Editor and Anchor, The NewsHour, PBS

Vice presidential debate
Thursday, October 2
Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
Gwen Ifill
Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour, and Moderator and Managing Editor,
Washington Week, PBS

Second presidential debate (town meeting)
Tuesday, October 7
Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn.
Tom Brokaw
Special Correspondent, NBC News

Third presidential debate
Wednesday, October 15
Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.
Bob Schieffer
CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent, and Host, Face the Nation

I'll be serving popcorn for the VP debate, I'm expecting fireworks.

- NetRunner

Biden gives the democratic party some much needed balls

BicycleRepairMan (http://bicyclerepairman.videosift.com) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:26:01 -0700

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Finally, it seems someone might DO SOMETHING about all this shit, Joe Biden hints at a criminal investigation of the Bush years if Obama is elected.

From The Guardian :

Obama might pursue criminal charges against Bush
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday that he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal charges against the Bush administration if they are elected in November.
Biden's comments, first reported by ABC news, attracted little notice on a day dominated by the drama surrounding his Republican counterpart, Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
But his statements represent the Democrats' strongest vow so far this year to investigate alleged misdeeds committed during the Bush years.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/03/uselections2008.joebiden

- BicycleRepairMan

This cartoon sums up my feelings on Palin

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:22:05 -0700

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Anyone able to encode/upload?

Thylan (http://obscure.videosift.com/member/Thylan) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:10:13 -0700

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So, this video host for http://www.videosift.com/video/Sarah-Michelle-Gellar-Jonathan-Ross has been pissing me and others off, but I've found a replacement to resubmit with. only problem is its a bit raw, being an 150meg .mpg(VCD). Anyone able to DL/encode/upload for me? what with the no self linking and all.

- Thylan

What Song Do You Think They're Listening To?

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:04:39 -0700

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Google Chrome (Google attempts a browser)

BicycleRepairMan (http://bicyclerepairman.videosift.com) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:38:03 -0700

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Well, this post is being written in Google Chrome, Google's shiny (HAR HAR HAR!)new web-browser, I've only been using it for half an hour or so, but so far I like it alot. its really, really simple to use, its much faster for me than firefox is, and its just overall awesome in functionality

http://tools.google.com/chrome

Discuss

- BicycleRepairMan

Went to Vegas, Followed Wesley Snipes' Advice, and Lost it All

lucky760 (http://lucky760.videosift.com) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:45:38 -0700

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Was in Vegas with a friend this weekend. Didn't do too much gambling, mostly saw a couple shows and watched a lot of anime on laptop. (Only true geeks would go to Vegas and spend half the trip in the room watching anime.)

My last hour in town I did my only real gambling. I laid down $100 at a roulette table. I followed a couple of ad-hoc strategies like splitting between two numbers across the board and selecting birthdays and anniversaries (which I hit on a few times).

After the dealer told everyone zeroes kept coming up at her previous break, I denied my instinct to bet on them, and of course they came up. After that I kept laying a stack across zero and double zero every spin. Finally 0 hit and my pile of chips was up to $165.

It was at this point I decided to place the most exciting bet of my life thus far. The entire time I was at the table red came up 3 times and black about a dozen, and every time I bet on red I lost. So to the dealer's dismay I enjoyed slowly pushing my entire enormous pile over to black. I wanted to vote red the whole time, but it just kept failing me.

It was a calculated risk and I had no delusions about any magical ability to entice black to come up. (Though I was stupid in thinking that there is some kind of a trend to consider. I reminded myself later: It's completely random, stupid!)

So as you can probably tell by now, that little ugly ball landed on red. I wasn't shocked, nor upset. I simply had a big smile on my face as I stood up and walked away knowing it was a great gambling experience to look back on. (At least I lost to red instead of a zero!)

Roulette's really fun. I can't wait to go back and play some more, but next time with Charms so I can really have some fun. (I missed her terribly. )

- lucky760

Capoeira

Thylan (http://obscure.videosift.com/member/Thylan) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:00:09 -0700

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So, I could do with a nice source of regular exercise that is fun and social and which I will sustain, so that I can restore the fitness I would have liked to have had before I fell ill. Anyone else here played at capoeira?

This is something that looks fun, and is happening just up the road from where I live. Which is cool. Aparently this guy would be my teacher. I'm up for that.

http://www.capoeira-cornwall.com/

- Thylan