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    '74 '75

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    A favorite that I haven't heard in a loooong time. The video will probably cause a little retrospection.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmp-aGq2SqM
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    Academic Podcasts

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    Most universities have recently restriced access to their actual course lecture podcasts. Instead, they now typically offer boring crap or political keynote lectures. However, Berkeley still offers public access to complete semester course lectures going back several years. Hopefully, they keep it up.
     
    http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
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    Banksy

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    http://www.banksy.co.uk/
     
    I just looked through the whole site at one sitting, and thought that some people here might enjoy some of it. Actually, the thing that I found most interesting wasn't any of the imagery, but one of the email responses:
    Spoken like a 'true believer.' I might even be able to cut the irony with a knife.
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    Beer

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    Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
    -- Jack Handy
     
    If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.
    -- Jack Handy
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    Big Dump

    By Moonlapse,

    Sounds pretty sick, right? Actually, BigDump is a staggered MySQL dump importing script. Anyone who has loaded a large database backup, transported a large database to a new host, or made a mirror test database knows how challenging it can sometimes be if you administrate remotely without using shell access.
     
    Fortunately, this script makes it a complete snap. Instead of breaking the SQL file into chunks that wouldn't cause a PHP timeout, then loading each one manually, I let this thing run while I went to work. 220MB later, the databse was loaded without a snag. A big thanks goes to Alexey Ozerov for writing such an awesome, time saving tool.
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    http://www.chimay.com/en/chimay_blue_220.php
     
    This is pricey, but it's worth buying every once in a while. It's a Trappist ale, which in my experience are usually near perfect beers.
     
    Its sweet and malty with a little bit of spicy hops. Nice deep cloudy red color. Very mellow aroma, like bread. Its hard to tell that its 9% alcohol because its VERY smooth. I find that it tastes best when its cool/lukewarm. It has a certain typical 'Belgian' flavor that may be due to the yeast, but I'm not sure.
     
    If it didn't cost so much I'd buy it all the time. Absolutely excellent.
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    Chocolove

    By Moonlapse,

    Here's my recommendation to all the chocolate lovers:
     
    Chocolove 61% Dark Chocolate Bar
     
    This tops any other chocolate I've had, though I admittedly don't go out of my way to find new chocolate to taste. It's like crack.
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    Current

    By Moonlapse,

    I usually do not watch much television. The exeptions are a few shows on the Discovery/History/Science channels and the sitcom, 'The Office.' Recently, I was looking at the dazzling array of crap that I pay a monthly fee for, trying to somehow justify the cost other than just accepting that my wife watches more tv than I do. As I was skipping through, I stumbled upon a show that at first seemed documentary-ish but was actually some footage of three guys exploring miles of tunnels underneath Paris. Even if they didn't stop to eat their lunch in a large chamber full of human bones beneath some sort of graveyard, it was captivating.
     
    The station it was on is called Current, which apparently involves viewers in the selection and creation of content. This interaction is carried over on to their website, http://www.current.tv , where you can find out how to submit your own content, rate submitted content to determine if it will make it on air, watch selected submissions, etc. I find most of it very interesting and I just thought I'd share it with everyone, since much of UNRV's content is now driven by member contributions.
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    http://www.fln.vcu.edu/struwwel/struwwel.html
    I read this 19th century picture book (with these exact illustrations, but a different translation) when I was young, like my mother did and her parents did. What a trip...
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    I was going to comment this in Ursus' blog post on decriminalization, but his slate has been wiped clean. It statistically documents the predictable benefits of Portugal's decriminalization of drug use.
     
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/13784156/Drug-De...ato-White-Paper
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    E.u.s.s.r.

    By Moonlapse,

    I've been reading things here and there about the EU mandating, on penalty of an incredible fine, that Microsoft ship its own product Windows without Microsoft's own media player and to reveal parts of its programming code to rivals. Microsoft has already settled with the U.S. Justice Department, revealing code and allowing PC makers and conumsers to hide the bundled software. All this in the name of 'fair competition'.
     
    This isn't just about Microsoft, it's about property rights. Personally, I favor Apple computers even though I do not own one. However, because Microsoft has been more successful with Windows, which will run on a very wide selection of hardware, does this mean they should be penalized for including additional software in their own product?
     
    I would rather destroy this site than be forced to remove certain content or functionality for the sake of 'fair competition'. This site only exists because people produced it, and it in no way should be subject to the whims of those who have not created it.
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    Global Currency

    By Moonlapse,

    The G20 moves the world a step closer to a global currency
     
    This article reminded me of a CFR essay by Benn Steil titled The End of National Currency that I read a couple of years ago. Steil's essay is remarkably astute, not only for his understanding of national fiat currencies, but of the nature of gold as real money as determined by thousands of years of human interaction. While I would welcome the end of nationalistic currencies, I utterly detest the idea of a global 'paper' currency manipulated by a global central bank. In fact, I think it would eventually lead to another dark age. I just hope that any superseding currency is based on something with real value, and not subject to manipulation by a political class.
     
    BTW, are you guys ready for the bust in commercial real-estate and Treasury bonds?
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    Google Video

    By Moonlapse,

    After seeing a few of the funny/strange/impressive things that Vig has found on Google Video I decided to waste some time searching around and I found some excellent videos of some of my favorite music WEE!!!!
     
    Porcupine Tree - Trains, Start of Something Beautiful, Blackest Eyes
     
    Opeth - Closure, The Drapery Falls
     
    In Flames - System
     
    Depeche Mode - Precious
     
    Meshuggah - New Millenium Cyanide Christ <<LMFAO!!!
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    Google's Compromise

    By Moonlapse,

    Google agrees to China censorship.
     
    Some of the censored topics:
    Tiananmen Square Massacre
    Taiwan's Democracy
     
    The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.
    - Ayn Rand
     
    Google's Motto: "Don't be evil."
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