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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:17 pm
by Des
Funniest thing I've seen on the net for ages:
http://www.conservapedia.com/Rock_music - not sure if it's a joke site or serious
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:31 pm
by Toni Y
Both.
The site was founded in all seriousness because Wikipedia was "too liberal"... Then it became the laughing stock of all the liberal bloggers and now half of it consists of joke articles. Though it can be hard to determine which are those submitted as joke or in all seriousness by conservative wackos.
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:17 pm
by Adamo
yeah, I heard about Conservapedia. It`s the conservative answer for the "liberal" wikipedia. But I`m aware, that it would be useless because of its ideological distortion. Wikipedia only gives you facts (like a good, properly written encyclopedia), while conservapedia estimates them IMHO. When I want to get the pure facts I`m looking into encyclopedia. When I want to get know the others opinions, I buy a newspaper, turn the TV, etc.
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:14 pm
by Adamo
as far, there`s no "Dungeon Master" position in Conservapedia. The closest one is "Dungeons & Dragons", wchich describes that system. Interesting discussion about satanizm and homosexuals...
http://www.conservapedia.com/Dungeons_and_Dragons
Controversy
Although the original game deliberately used a system of magic that was not found in any actual occult or religious system, the game came under attack mainly from some conservative Christians as promoting witchcraft, satanism and murder.
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:20 pm
by Sophia
Toni Y wrote:The site was founded in all seriousness because Wikipedia was "too liberal"... Then it became the laughing stock of all the liberal bloggers and now half of it consists of joke articles.
Oh yes, I can see how something that anyone can edit and that has a stated committment to being neutral could have massive liberal bias.
Seriously, could you imagine how much more human society could get accomplished if people at polar opposites of the ideological spectrum would take time out from making each other's lives miserable and actually work towards some of the good causes they claim to advocate?
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:18 pm
by Parallax
Adamo wrote:as far, there`s no "Dungeon Master" position in Conservapedia. The closest one is "Dungeons & Dragons", wchich describes that system. Interesting discussion about satanizm and homosexuals...
http://www.conservapedia.com/Dungeons_and_Dragons
Controversy
Although the original game deliberately used a system of magic that was not found in any actual occult or religious system, the game came under attack mainly from some conservative Christians as promoting witchcraft, satanism and murder.
Actually, Adamo, you quoted the last sane sentence of the article. There indeed has been some contrversy around D&D (and roleplay games in general) along those lines from people who, by and large, have no clue what an RPG actually is. Also, I could find no reference to homosexuality in the article.
Its dangers were well and succinctly summarized in the Dark Dungeons tract by Christian thinker Jack Chick.
Now this is garbage. I don't know what's worse: Calling Jack Chick a thinker, or a Christian? Still the tracts would be good for a laugh if they were the satire they look like instead of some madman's delusions.
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:36 pm
by Adamo
he wrote even a comics story about RPG games.. Master of Dungeon is EVIL..!!
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp
Quote from his site:
After much prayer, he made the decision that, no matter what it cost him personally, he would publish the truth that Roman Catholicism is not Christian.
OMG, that guy is really insane!
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:43 pm
by Sophia
You have been trapped in a dungeon of bondage
Kinky.
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:01 pm
by Des
I think it should say "Dungeons and Dragons was a popular and highly effective contraceptive in the 1980s".
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:14 am
by Toni Y
Sophia wrote:Toni Y wrote:The site was founded in all seriousness because Wikipedia was "too liberal"... Then it became the laughing stock of all the liberal bloggers and now half of it consists of joke articles.
Oh yes, I can see how something that anyone can edit and that has a stated committment to being neutral could have massive liberal bias.
http://www.nearingzero.net/screen_res/nz296.jpg
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:03 am
by cowsmanaut
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:05 pm
by Gambit37
Here's a few bits to end your weekend with:
The man behind Super Mario Bros music + piano version:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72971-0.html
Death Mask face tatoo (freaky):
http://modblog.bmezine.com/2006/11/13/y ... sfits-fan/
Get the Glass -- fun Flash game (needs broadband)
http://www.gettheglass.com/
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:39 pm
by Sophia
Seriously!
I wonder how many
he gets on a daily basis.
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:40 pm
by Gambit37
Woohoo, it's the return of the badger song, now with extra bass!
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/badgertrance
If you've had enough of badgers (and how can you?), how about a mango?
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/mango/
Oh, and, WTF!?!?!?
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/beast+enders/
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:59 am
by cowsmanaut
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:50 pm
by Zyx
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &q=hobbits
My record: 50s. But I think I could stand at least 10s more with practice.
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:58 pm
by mikko
Zyx wrote:My record: 50s. But I think I could stand at least 10s more with practice.
Hehee.. I watched nearly two minutes and my comp crashed.. It couldn't stand it..
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:09 am
by Gambit37
"Leave now and never come back!" Damn, I made it to the end first go!
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:08 am
by Adamo
hehehe I watched it all!! good!
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:42 am
by Adamo
oh no !!! I can`t stop listening !!!
It`s sooo pointless it became cooool !!!!!
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:46 am
by beowuuf
Once you get passed the 50s mark you can do it all, excet you will then have to keep listening to the first 60 seconds again and again...
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:08 pm
by Zyx
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:55 pm
by ian_scho
Hey Zyx! I'm a vegetarian!
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:15 pm
by Tom Hatfield
If you thought that was bad, watch the Lego version.
The man behind Super Mario Bros music + piano version:
Believe it or not, that's probably one of my all-time favorite songs. I would
love to get my hands on a copy of the sheet music.
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:30 pm
by Relig
Star wars goes postal - gee I was only 14 when it first came out.
http://content.zdnet.com/2346-9595_22-60350.html
I like the mailbox image.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:13 am
by Des
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:47 pm
by Gambit37
A few misc bits:
New Transformers teaser
Adam Buxton subtitles Songs of Praise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ZnPE3G_YY
Top 5 features in Photoshop CS3 (Loving the new auto photo merge!)
http://www.zoom-in.com/blog/2007/03/fir ... stando.php
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:03 pm
by Zyx
Oh, you like Transformers? A few
suggestions for your next party, then.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:10 pm
by Gambit37
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:41 pm
by Des
Geek Factor 11
