firehose

old piece

(chuckle)

me irl

NSA and GCHQ collect gamers' chats and deploy real-life agents into "World of Warcraft" and "Second Life."

by Reid

myntoxxic:

chininini:

xmaplebeerx:

jeenyusez:

vegan-because-fuck-you:

OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS IS AMAZING

I SNORTED OMG

I CHOKED ON MY CANDY OMFG

THE SINGLE BEST POST 

Nailed it.

faptop:

WHY AM I LAUGHING SO HARD WHY IS MY SENSE OF HUMOR THIS TERRIBLE

misandry-mermaid:

dingdongno:

and it’s amazing

but wait there’s more

omg and then 

from (x)

"Why, is your nose bigger than your dick?" OMFG so good!

(snicker) All priceless.

mom shop

ancientart:

Viking swords at the National Museum of Denmark. 

Photos taken by blueviking63.

Amy said she trusted me, that I would know the right thing to say on her behalf…

shrug - Hana no Keiji (TOSE - Super Famicom - 1994)

requested by hydao

When you're Steve Smith, you can put your own quotes on a shirt.

Two weeks ago, Steve Smith had a series of run-ins with New England's Aqib Talib, but saved the real highlights for the post-victory microphones, calling Talib "another notch on the bedpost" and telling him to "ice up, son." The phrase took on a life of its own, making it as far as a Bojangles' promo (a high honor). It didn't take long for someone to make a t-shirt, but it is not, apparently, the OFFICIAL STEVE SMITH-APPROVED "Ice up, son" t-shirt. That would be this:

'@89SteveSmith is ready for #CARvsNO. #IceUpSon pic.twitter.com/wzw2qjAqAd

— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) December 8, 2013

If Smith's putting his own quotes on t-shirts, could we maybe get an "if I see him in the streets I'm going to punch him in his (expletive) mouth" shirt?

The Boston Celtics won 114-73 in a Sunday afternoon game that was never particularly close.

The Boston Celtics crushed the New York Knicks in a 114-73 victory. Boston opened the game on a 12-0 run and led by as many as 45 points. New York shot just 34 percent through the game while Boston made 54 percent of their field goal attempts. Boston never lost the lead, going wire-to-wire against the Knicks.

Jordan Crawford finished with a game-high 23 points and seven assists. All five of Boston's starters reached double-digit scoring. Avery Bradley notched a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

New York was outscored 34-11 in the first quarter and never bounced back from the slow start. Carmelo Anthony shot 5-of-15 from the floor for a team-high 19 points. Iman Shumpert and Raymond Felton were both scoreless, combining for 0-12 shooting, two assists and two rebounds.

Andrea Bargnani made one of his seven shot attempts, along with J.R. Smith making one of his five attempts. Mike Woodson adjusted the Knicks' starting lineup at halftime by starting Amar'e Stoudemire, who went five-for-seven from the field for 17 points in 17 minutes.

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Corgi on a Carousel (by Carter Grebbien)

When we undertook this campaign, we’d planned on one book — the basic Lady Sabre trade — only. With the addition of the stretch goals, that meant the preparation and, in at least one case the writing, of the other two books. This took far more time than anticipated, and met with several delays that were unavoidable. This would’ve been enough, but coupled with the fact that Rick, Eric, and I have never delved so deeply into the world of printing before, and despite the fact that we felt we’d educated ourselves adequately, there were points we missed or did not fully comprehend that did not become apparent until we had the actual proofs of the books in our hands.

bkabbeko:

The Wreath of Khan

Self-Replicating USBs Spread Software Faster than an Internet Connection:

blackphoenix77:

snarkay:

Do you get it

What a bonehead.

Hipsters.

Yes.

“…trolling used to be pretty funny and almost entirely harmless. Trolling, despite the modern usage, does not mean “the act of pissing somebody off and laughing about their anger.” It is “the act of pissing somebody off BASED ON SOMETHING COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS and laughing about their MISPLACED anger.” It isn’t considered trolling to leave a comment full of racial epithets and laugh when people “don’t get it.” It is trolling if you leave a comment insisting on the wrong information about something irrelevant – how many runes are on a Stargate, for example (everybody knows its 12) – and wait for the ONE guy that just can’t let the transgression pass. If you start a fake fight with Prof. Stargate, dragging him deeper and deeper until hopefully, finally, even he has to stop and think “wait a minute, this is ridiculous,” that is trolling. That’s the difference: No actual harm is caused, and even the victim can eventually get in on the joke. “Trolling” isn’t referring to hiding behind a fortification and trying to hurt people like the mythical creature. It’s referring to the style of fishing – you drag bait across the bottom hoping to get a rare bite. It’s not ‘bait’ if you’re earnestly spouting your misogynistic beliefs and somebody gets upset. There’s nothing funny about entirely justified anger.”

- Robert Brockway, http://www.robertbrockway.net/2013/07/18/its-not-a-game-if-you-cant-lose/ (via pelikinesis)

escapedgoat:

Gentrification is real

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Ellen Nakashima reports at the Washington Post that morale has taken a hit at the National Security Agency in the wake of controversy over the agency's surveillance activities and officials are dismayed that President Obama has not visited the agency to show his support. 'It is not clear whether or when Obama might travel the 23 miles up the Baltimore-Washington Parkway to visit Fort Meade, the NSA's headquarters in Maryland,' writes Nakashima, 'but agency employees are privately voicing frustration at what they perceive as White House ambivalence amid the pounding the agency has taken from critics.' Though Obama has asserted that the NSA's collection of virtually all Americans' phone records is lawful and has saved lives, the administration has not endorsed legislation that would codify it. And his recent statements suggest Obama thinks some of the NSA's activities should be constrained. 'The agency, from top to bottom, leadership to rank and file, feels that it is had no support from the White House even though it's been carrying out publicly approved intelligence missions,' says Joel Brenner, NSA inspector general from 2002 to 2006. 'They feel they've been hung out to dry, and they're right.' Former officials note how President George W. Bush paid a visit to the NSA in January 2006, in the wake of revelations by the New York Times that the agency engaged in a counterterrorism program of warrantless surveillance on U.S. soil beginning after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. 'Bush came out and spoke to the workforce, and the effect on morale was tremendous,' Brenner said. 'There's been nothing like that from this White House.' Morale is 'bad overall' says another former NSA official. 'It's become very public and very personal. Literally, neighbors are asking people, 'Why are you spying on Grandma?'"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Many kickers have made a 63-yard field goal, but none have nailed it from beyond that. Matt Prater finally has the record to himself with a 64-yarder on Sunday.

Denver Broncos kicker Matt Prater made NFL history on Sunday. With the last play of the second quarter, Prater hit a 64-yard field goal, setting a new record for longest field goal in NFL history. Prater's previous career high was 59 yards.

Sixty-three yards has long been the glass ceiling for NFL kickers. Tom Dempsey first set the mark with a 63-yarder in 1970. That has since been matched by Jason Elam in 1998, Sebastian Janikowski in 2011 and David Akers in 2012. Matt Bryant is next with a 62-yard kick in 2006. Janikowski has the record for longest field goal attempted, trying a 76-yarder in 2008. It came up well short, obviously.

With time winding down in the second quarter and the Broncos down 21-17, Prater's record-setting kick puts them down by just one point heading into halftime. It not only puts Prater in the record books, but gives the Broncos some welcome momentum against a surprisingly solid performance by the Titans.

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