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this post contains links to sound and video and stuff, but (as far as I know) no porn. Unfortunately. Maybe next time.

In my standard excellent style, I’ve fallen into the YouTube k-hole hard in the past week, what… 12 months behind the masses? 24 months? Five years? Who knows. No one knows.

So, for the benefit of the one other person out there who a) is logged in 24×7xOO but b) doesn’t know, YouTube is a video networking site. Post a video, it goes to their server, and gets streamed on demand. Rate it, talk about it, have fun. Make playlists. Like Google Video, but better as far as I can tell… and without pay content.

Well, it was better… when there was a ton of copyrighted content out there to watch for free, and (at the time, inexplicably) no one (i.e. the copyright holders) seemed to be doing anything about it.

There is a s*itload of clearly copyrighted content on YouTube, such as this immortal ruby from Bob and David[1]:

It did make me wonder, how the hell are people getting away with posting this stuff?

Well, I guess not everyone is… given the amount of ripped SNL content available last week (quite a bit) versus this week (one, that I could find in five minutes of searching; of course, it’s a bit so powerful that it will really make you, you know, explore the space)[3].

Which leads us to this truly puzzling specimen.

Which means YouTube is probably not going to be as great next week as it was last week.

Which really brings me back to the number five, and the fact that everyone[2] clearly discovered YouTube last week. So maybe I’m not behind the curve after all. I am using Google Calendar, people.

Anyway, re: YouTube… you can still search on wardrobe malfunction and get some hits, so the ball is still in play.

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[1] Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, formerly of HBO’s Mr. Show with Bob and David are the demiurge of modern comedy and I respect them tremendously, despite me kind of screwing them over by posting this link to content they’d, I’m sure, rather be selling on a DVD. But come’on - the Story of the Greatest Story Ever Told is so great, so tremendous, it should be in the public domain, for the good of humanity. Also, Monsters of Megaphone. Sports bra, sports bra, lifts and separates. Sports bra, baby won’t giggle around. Now she’s running all over towne. Thank you!”

[2] Namely people who have copyrights on their intellectual property and are willing to fight for it.

[3] And NBC clearly hasn’t found it yet.

[4] And yes, I know [4] isn’t anchored by anything, but if you don’t know who David Cross is, that’s ok, I won’t shame you, but it’s a situation that needs to be fixed. Perhaps a topic for another time. Or, if you don’t want to wait for that other time [5] you can read this(profane; brilliant). Also, he dated Chloe from 24.

[5] Which will probably never come.

## Update

RIAA gets on deck v. Google Video / YouTube. Takedown.

re: two new Google datacenters in Oregon.

Hiding in Plain Sight, Google Seeks More Power - New York Times

Discussion on Slashdot.

Dam that may (or may not) have a hand in controlling water level in the river running alongside said datacenters.

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## update 06.27.2006

re: the “trend” [nyt] of getting sick of your job and just punching out for a year or two or nine [althouse].

It’s rare that I view myself as participating in something the Times considers a trend… did they catch these others?:

- 30-somethings who decide they need access to any song, any time
- … to own all video game consoles of any given generation[1], while only acquiring one or two games per console
- … who determine the only way to really enjoy any series is to tivo (or bittorrent) a season’s worth, and then watch episodes in 8-10 hour blocks

I’m clearly trendier than I thought…

[1] Who wants to get left high and dry by not having all consoles available at all times?

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It’s not every day (or is it? maybe it is…) that companies write tech docs re: how to power up[1] their products.

All of their products.

Source.

[1] Turn on. Activate. Engage. Make not-off.

Reservoir Dogs in 30 seconds with bunnies reminiscent of life in hell. (Flash, brilliant, profane)

The rest are available here.

Thanks to Steve T.

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In the year 9000, with the benefit of tremendous hindsight, the reasoning behind the introduction of the U2 iPod gen 2 will be as possible to explain as it is now.

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I would be angry at my doctors when I grew up, were I this kid.

Who has never wished for a third arm, even if it was a little t. rex arm?

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I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed that it’s 6.6.2006 and, so far, the world doesn’t seem to be ending… at a rate any faster than the “standard” rate suggested via the positions of current and previous leaders.

The only sure sign of the apocalypse I’m seeing today is that they chose to re-make The Omen, a classic that was pretty much perfect the first time.

Also, I hope someone is keeping an eye on Taylor Hicks, as he undoubtedly will rise up and begin his patrol to claim your soul.

How depressing. Well, at least I had this waiting for me in my inbox this morning:

Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea,
for the Devil sends the
beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short…

Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the
beast
for it is a human number,
its number is Six hundred and
sixty six.

I left alone my mind was blank
I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind

What did I see can I believe that what I saw
that night was real and not just fantasy

Just what I saw in my old dreams were they
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me

‘Cos in my dream it’s always there the evil face that twists my mind
and brings me to despair

yeeeeeaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

The night was black was no use holding back
‘Cos I just had to see was someone watching me
In the mist dark figures move and twist
Was this all for real or some kind of hell
666 the number of the beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released

Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised
As they start to cry hands held to the sky
In the night the fires burning bright
The ritual has begun Satan’s work is done
666 the number of the beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight

This can’t go on I must inform the law
Can this still be real or just some crazy dream
But I feel drawn towards the evil chanting hordes
They seem to mesmerise me … can’t avoid their eyes
666 the number of the beast
666 the one for you and me

I’m coming back I will return
And I’ll possess your body and I’ll make you burn
I have the fire I have the force
I have the power to make my evil take its course

Rest assured - today, I will be doing evil in my own highly personalized and passive-aggressive way.

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