Python Anghelo, the artist behind many iconic illustrations from the golden age of arcade gaming, passed away at his home yesterday after an extended battle with cancer.
Born in 1954, Anghelo created marquee and cabinet artwork for Williams'...
If multiple women's restrooms being changed to men's restrooms at PAX East bothers you, you can file a complaint at info@massconvention.com! MCCA (venue owner) has forced PAX to change some bathrooms designated as "women's" to "men's" based on assumed demographics.
The idea was to photograph the same kind of animal and show the diversity of ownership. What does an exotic pet owner look like? As you can see, they are as diverse as the animals they love. Their relationship no different than one might hope to have with a dog or cat.
Skunk Fest 2014 will be held on September 13th in North Ridgeville, OH. The event includes skunk education, adoption and a skunk costume contest. Registration is $10 for the first skunk and $5 for each additional skunk. Non-skunk owners are invited to attend as well.
First time accepted submitter AllTheTinfoilHats (3612007) writes "A security flaw in Google Chrome allows any website you visit with the browser to listen in on nearby conversations. It doesn't allow sites to access your microphone's audio, but provides them with a transcript of the browser's speech-to-text transcriptions of anything in range. It was found by a programmer in Israel, who says Google issued a low-priority label to the bug when he reported it, until he wrote about it on his blog and the post started picking up steam on social media. The website has to keep you clicking for eight seconds to keep the microphone on, and Google says it has no timeline for a fix." However, as discoverer Guy Aharonovsky is quoted, "It seems like they started to look for a way to quickly mitigate this flaw."
So apparently there's going to be a film about the Gods of Egypt and their cast is...
What. The. Fuck.
I mean seriously, next time people throw a shitstorm if fucking Annie is played by a black girl or one minor role is chnged to Idris Elba in a superhero movie, I'm going to point them to this bullshit.
BERKELEY, CA—Challenging long-held views on the origins of divinity, biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, presented findings Thursday that confirm God, the Almighty Creator of the Universe, evolved from an ancient chimpanzee deity. ...
In the spirit of fast-rising white Republicans who say dumb things about race, Mississippi State Sen. Chris McDaniel can now add his name to the list after Mother Jones uncovered a 2006 tape where the Tea Party darling bragged about not wanting to pay slavery reparations and only knowing how to hit on girls and find the bathroom in Spanish. (The Wall Street Journal reported on tape on Thursday.) McDaniel is challenging fellow Republican Thad Cochran for his U.S. Senate seat.
"If they pass [slavery] reparations, and my taxes are going up, I ain’t paying taxes," McDaniel said during a late 2006/early 2007 broadcast. McDaniel wasn't through. He went on to explain how poor Mexico was, and how he could live like a king there since "a dollar bill can buy a mansion in Mexico."
He was then asked if that meant learning Spanish. "Yes, regrettably…You’ll have to learn just enough to ask where the bathroom is. Baños. Baños. That’s what you say," McDaniel explained.
But one does not live on baños alone, McDaniel explained. He told his audience that you also have to know how to cat call a good-looking woman. "Mamacita works. ... I’m an English-speaking Anglo. I have no idea what it means, actually, but I’ve said it a few times, just for, you know, fun. And I think it basically means, 'Hey, hot mama.' Or, you know, 'You’re a fine looking young thing.'"
McDaniel's spokesman didn't deny that he made those remarks and somehow blamed it on the liberal press. Mind you, McDaniel was on a conservative talk show when he said these things. "The liberal press clearly loves to attack conservatives of all types. When Chris got into this race he knew they would throw mud, so it’s no surprise they’d dredge up decade-old comments made on conservative talk radio," his spokesperson Noel Fritsch said. Curiously, Fristch did not say if McDaniel still held those beliefs.
McDaniel has his sights set on Mississippi's Senate seat held by Sen. That Cochran. McDaniel has been endorsed by the Club for Growth and Sarah Palin, among others.
I cry because being over 40 and not having a paying job right now is like being an economic stroke patient. Every minute counts, or you’re looking at a longer recovery, more obstacles along the way, more work to persuade everyone that you don’t need their pity so much as you need them to shut up and assume you’ll ask for it if you want it.
buried lede: CRAIG FERGUSON WON THE MOTHERFUCKING LOTTERY
"Ferguson’s contract with CBS grants him an automatic payday if he’s passed over for Letterman’s job—a windfall that the New York Post estimates at $5 million, while the New York Daily News says he could make as much as $12 million. As to whether Ferguson will stick around after his contract expires in June, well, that remains to be seen."
Earlier today, CBS officially named Stephen Colbert as its new Late Show host, putting to rest the question of who would take over for David Letterman that had captivated us, ever so briefly, into caring about the inner workings of a late-night talk show. But as these things go, answers only beget more questions, and those questions beget articles where they’re put into list form, and so on, until we all feel included. Here are the Top 10 most pressing.
What will happen to The Colbert Report?
Yeah, sorry to say, it’s over. Disappointing all who thought Colbert might somehow make time for both, perhaps through a Superman III-type schism between Stephen Colbert and “Stephen Colbert,” Comedy Central has confirmed the show will close up shop at the end of the year—presumably just before Colbert’s new gig begins. “Comedy Central is proud that the incredibly ...
An anonymous reader writes "I recently posted this article with a few vizualizations and a bit of analysis about the risks associated with open data sets. Thought it might be of interest of Slashdot readers: 'This article is about a publicly available dataset of bicycle journey data that contains enough information to track the movements of individual cyclists across London, for a six month period just over a year ago.'"
Update: The Google Glass sale is now live. For $1,500, you can get one Glass headset in Charcoal, Tangerine, Cotton, Shale, or Sky (read: black, red, white, grey, or blue), and you can also select one set of frames or shades to go with your purchase. Orders are currently slated to ship within five to seven days.
Original story: To date, Google's Glass headset has only been available to people as part of the invite-only Glass Explorer program. Now, the company appears to be expanding that program to a second wave of early adopters. At 9am EDT on April 15th, anyone with a little time and a lot of money will be able to purchase Glass for a limited time. Google has posted a sign-up page here that will send you a reminder when the sale goes live.
The news was first broken by The Verge, which uncovered a proposal that outlined the Glass Explorer program expansion. That proposal suggests that Glass will be offered to the general public for "about a day," and one headset with a free frame for lenses will cost you about $1,500. The announcement on Glass' Google+ page indicates that quantities will be limited, so if you're interested, it would probably behoove you to buy early. For now, the offer is only available in the US.
“CBS has just declared war on the heartland of America. No longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional American values [and] conservatives. Now, it’s just wide out in the open. What this hire means is a redefinition of what is funny and a redefinition of what is comedy,” – Rush Limbaugh, losing his shit over a practicing Catholic and Sunday school teacher taking over from David Letterman.
A few months ago, advertising company Barbarian Group rolled out their shiny New York office in a video that showcased the centerpiece of the space — a continuous 4,400-square-foot “Superdesk” with a “surfboard top material” that seats up to 175 people. The workspace is impressive…
Of course, Barbarian Group’s office is wildly different from those that most of us work in, so rival advertising agency Barton F. Graf 9000 created their own video showcasing their ordinary office space. The highlight of their office, presented in deadpan style, is their continuous floor…
Uber riders know they can get a free $20 credit toward future rides by signing up their friends for the on-demand limo and taxi service. But Blake Jareds, who works at a New York-based real estate startup, took this to the extreme recently by signing up so many people he earned $50,000 in credits.
'"I was working on improving OpenSSL and submitted numerous bug fixes and added new features," he said.
"In one of the new features, unfortunately, I missed validating a variable containing a length."
After he submitted the code, a reviewer "apparently also didn’t notice the missing validation", Mr Seggelmann said, "so the error made its way from the development branch into the released version." Logs show that reviewer was Dr Stephen Henson.
Mr Seggelmann said the error he introduced was "quite trivial", but acknowledged that its impact was "severe".
A number of conspiracy theorists have speculated the bug was inserted maliciously.
Mr Seggelmann said it was "tempting" to assume this, especially after the disclosure by Edward Snowden of the spying activities conducted by the US National Security Agency and others.
"But in this case, it was a simple programming error in a new feature, which unfortunately occurred in a security relevant area," he said.
"It was not intended at all, especially since I have previously fixed OpenSSL bugs myself, and was trying to contribute to the project."
Despite denying he put the bug into the code intentionally, he said it was entirely possible intelligence agencies had been making use of it over the past two years.
"It is a possibility, and it's always better to assume the worst than best case in security matters, but since I didn’t know the bug until it was released and [I am] not affiliated with any agency," Mr Seggelmann said.
If anything had been demonstrated by the discovery of the bug, Mr Seggelmann said it was awareness that more contributors were needed to keep an eye over code in open source software.
"It’s unfortunate that it’s used by millions of people, but only very few actually contribute to it," he said.
"The benefit of open source software is that anyone can review the code in the first place.
"...the more people look at it, the better, especially with a software like OpenSSL."'
The German software developer who introduced a security flaw into an encryption protocol used by millions of website globally says he did not insert it deliberately as some have suggested.
SEATTLE—April 10, 2014—(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon.com today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire comiXology, the company that revolutionized the digital comics reading experience with their immersive Guided View technology and makes discovering, buying, and reading comic books and graphic novels easier and more fun than ever before.
“ComiXology’s mission is to spread the love of comics and graphic novels in all forms,” said David Steinberger, co-founder and CEO of comiXology. “There is no better home for comiXology than Amazon to see this vision through. Working together, we look to accelerate a new age for comic books and graphic novels.”
“Amazon and comiXology share a passion for reinventing reading in a digital world,” said David Naggar, Amazon Vice President, Content Acquisition and Independent Publishing. “We’ve long admired the passion comiXology brings to changing the way we buy and read comics and graphic novels. We look forward to investing in the business, growing the team, and together, bringing comics and graphic novels to even more readers.”
Founded in 2007, comiXology offers a broad library of digital comic book content from over 75 of the top publishers as well as top independent creators. Following the acquisition, comiXology’s headquarters will remain in New York.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Subject to various closing conditions, the acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014.
About comiXology ComiXology has revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel industry by delivering a cloud-based digital comics platform that makes discovering, buying, and reading comics more fun than ever before. ComiXology’s Guided View™ reading technology transforms the comic book medium into an immersive and cinematic experience, helping comiXology become a top ten grossing iPad app in 2011 and 2012 and the top grossing non-game iPad app in 2012 and 2013. Offering the broadest library of comic book content from over 75 publishers – and independent creators as well – comiXology will not stop until everyone on the face of the planet has become a comic book fan. ComiXology is based in New York City, with offices in Los Angeles and Paris.
About Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Amazon Fire TV is a tiny box that plugs into your HDTV for easy and instant access to Netflix, Prime Instant Video, Hulu Plus, WatchESPN, SHOWTIME, low-cost video rentals, and much more. Kindle Paperwhite is the world’s best-selling and most advanced e-reader. It features new display technology with higher contrast, the next generation built-in light, a faster processor, the latest touch technology, and exclusive new features designed from the ground up for readers. Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle, features improved fonts and faster page turns. The new Kindle Fire HDX features a stunning exclusive 7” or 8.9” HDX display, a quad-core 2.2 GHz processor, 2x more memory, and 11 hours of battery life, as well as exclusive new features of Fire OS 3.0 including X-Ray for Music, Second Screen, Prime Instant Video downloads, and the revolutionary new Mayday button. The all-new Kindle Fire HD includes an HD display, high-performance processor and dual speakers at a breakthrough price.
Forward-Looking Statements This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management’s expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment and data center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com’s financial results is included in Amazon.com’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
Byzantine painting is a language as any kind of art and it doesn’t necessarily express a religious statement. For me this concept of illustrating known -fantasy- characters in Byzantine way began as a mistake when I was trying to draw a prophet and the face reminded me of Saruman! Then I thought that it would be fun to try to depict a variety of characters in that way and I will continue this project as long as it goes. Nothing to do with Orthodoxy or any other religion though.
Python Anghelo, the artist behind many iconic illustrations from the golden age of arcade gaming, passed away at his home yesterday after an extended battle with cancer.
Born in 1954, Anghelo created marquee and cabinet artwork for Williams'...
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