Ghostbusters Theme Played on Floppy Drives is a Sterling Example of the Genre

Floppy drive music is something we’ve come to know and love here at Geekosystem. Good examples of the genre are few and far between, unfortunately, but sorting the wheat from the chaff can be a difficult job. MrSolidSnake745 continues in his efforts to make the search as painless as possible by creating his most recent video: The Ghostbusters theme, as played by eight floppy drives.
The video runs a bit long, but the majority of it is a glorious reminder as to what technology — and Bill Murray — can accomplish. The melody is easily recognizable and even catchy in its own right. It’s easy to imagine this playing in the background on a Ghostbusters-inspired arcade brawler, which, like, someone, somewhere, please make that.
(via YouTube)
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lol

Manchmal kommen beim CCC Anfragen rein, da fühlt man regelrecht seine Hirnmasse schrumpfen. Aktuelles Beispiel:

wir vom RTL Landesstudio [zensiert] recherchieren für einen Beitrag zum Thema „illegaler Download von Musik und Filmen“. Nun würden wir gerne wissen, ob es eine Art Top 5 der beliebtesten Download-Seiten gibt? Können sie uns diesbezüglich ein paar Tipps geben? Es sollen beliebte, aber auch einfache Seiten sein, die nicht nur der Computerexperte bedienen kann. Ich freue mich, wenn sie mir weiterhelfen können!

*Stöhn*

Game of Thrones Political Attack Ads are Pure Genius

The Game of Thrones world is steeped in court intrigue and political maneuvering, but for all that it lacks something we take for granted:
Democracy
Political attack ads. The folks over at Mother Jones decided to put their tongues firmly in cheek and show us what attack ads from the land of Westeros would look like. C’mon, Joffrey, we want to see a birth certificate! See them all, after the break.
Though funny, these ads fail to take into account the violence inherent to Westeros politics. What’s the point in a smear campaign when you can just straight-up murder someone? That said, these are fantastic. Extra points for encouraging viewers to “send a raven.”

(via The Wow Report)
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My Butter Half

(Movie Theater | Minnesota, USA)
(A couple approaches me at the movie theater’s concession stand.)
Me: “Hi, what can I—”
Customer: “Give me a green tea.”
Me: “Sorry, we don’t have green tea.”
Customer: “ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Well, fine! What DO you have?”
(I point right behind me where all our sodas are clearly listed.)
Customer: “Well, FINE! Give me a Diet Coke, then.”
Customer Husband: “…And a large popcorn, please!”
Me: “Sure! That all?”
Customer Husband: “Yep!”
Me: “Cool. You guys want butter on the popcorn?”
Customer Husband: *giant smile* “Ye—”
Customer: “Of course not! Unlike you, I have a figure to maintain! I can’t have BUTTER on my popcorn! Really, are you an idiot?!”
(I go to get them their popcorn, but I purposely put way too much butter in the bucket and shovel a thin layer of popcorn on top to hide the butter.)
Me: “Here you go!”
Customer: “Well, finally!”
Customer Husband: *whispers as his wife turns away* “Butter?”
Me: “Yes, sir.”
(The guy hands me a five dollar bill. To this day, my coworkers and I refer to him as ‘Butter Man.’)

Spaceships drawn to scale

Molecular astrophysicist Invader Xan drew spaceships, real and fictional, to scale.

This, my friends, is an image showing several of the most notable spacecraft we plucky human beings have created (and are busily creating) to date. The past, the present, and the ones that never quite made it. All spacecraft shown are to scale (assuming my sources were accurate). Because I felt I needed to exercise my graphic design muscles. And because, well, let's face it — space ships are just inherently cool, aren't they?

Dibs on the Starship Enterprise.
[via Boing Boing]
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This Precariously Perched House is a Work of Art

Completed in November of last year, this amazing sculpture called “Fallen Star” at the University of California in San Diego depicts a small house perched dangerously on the side of the Jacobs School of Engineering. It’s a startling work, and one that shows off not only its artistic value but the incredible engineering that went into its creation.

Created by artist Do Ho Suh, the work is the 18th permanent sculpture on the school’s campus and part of the Stuart Collection. While a technical marvel in its own right, the work tackles issues of identity and “home.” From the Stuart Collection website:

It reflects Suh’s on-going exploration of themes around the idea of home, cultural displacement, the perception of our surroundings, and how one constructs a memory of a space. His own feelings of displacement when he arrived in the U.S. from Seoul, Korea in 1991 to study led him to measure spaces in order to establish relationships with his new surroundings. He had to physically and mentally readjust.

The interior home is completely furnished, and it even features a rooftop garden leading up to the off-kilter cottage. If you happen to be in the San Diego area, be sure to check out this surprising bit of sculpture.

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(The Stuart Collection via The Fox is Black)

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How About We Read You The Riot Act

(Bookstore | Cape Town, South Africa)
Customer: “Hi, I am looking for a fashion book.”
Me: “Sure, sir. Do you know the title or any specifics?”
Customer: “No, I do not.”
Me: “I will show you the fashion section then, sir.”
(As we walk to the fashion section…)
Customer: “I don’t know why people read; it’s like a disease! I find Facebook and other things on the internet are more fun.”
Me: “I enjoy reading, sir. It’s quite stimulating and exciting.”
Customer: “So, if you read, that means you don’t have a girlfriend?”
Me: “I do have a girlfriend. We have been together a long time.”
Customer: “How does she put up with you reading?”
Me: “She enjoys reading too, sir.”
Customer: “Oh, so you two must have a very boring life together and do nothing fun!”

Fefe bringt es auf den Punkt!

Und die armen Neuseeländer Behörden müssen jetzt verteidigen, wieso sie die Platten nicht mehr haben. Kein Wunder, dass die Ausflüchte jetzt ausgesprochen fremdschämpeinlich werden:

FBI agents who copied data from Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's computers and took it overseas were not acting illegally because information isn't "physical material", the Crown says.

Ach, es zählt nur, wenn es sich um physische Materialien handeln? Wegen was sind sie dann bitte überhaupt bei Kimble einmarschiert?!

Political allegiance via wireless network SSIDs, mapped

Wireless network SSIDs in residential areas are typically left on default router names like Belkin or LinkSys, but some people use them as a subtle way to broadcast a message. Sometimes it's simple like "DontStealMyInternet" or "Big Bob's playhouse." Others use their SSIDs to make a political statement. With that in mind, James Robinson, a developer for OpenSignalMaps, wondered if political allegiance could be inferred from assigning sentiment to SSIDs.

According to this eccentric measure of sentiment Obama is much more popular outside of the US than within. Why is this? It may be that Obama is genuinely more popular in the rest of the world but maybe it is because outside of the US people are less likely to express negative sentiments towards politicians in this manner. We can't answer this definitively but looking at Argentina, at least, does suggest this is the case.

I'm surprised it was so evenly split in the US between negative and positive since in a way it's like putting a sign up on your lawn. Usually you see signs in support of a candidate rather than one that says an opposing candidate sucks.
Anonymity probably plays the main role in this case. You can't put up a mean sign in front of your house and pretend it's not yours, but you can make an insulting SSID, and no one would be the wiser.

How Much Do You Love Diablo III and Also Your Significant Other?

We know how much you love Diablo III, or really any game from which you can’t pry yourself away. We also know how fond you are of your significant other, and how difficult choosing between your beloved game and beloved significant other can be. Luckily for all of us, a solution has been discovered, and now we no longer have to choose between leveling up and cuddle time.

(reddit via NerdApproved)

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