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Is NBC erasing Conan O’Brien off the internet?

Mitalis — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:14:30 +0000

It would seem that NBC is going out of their way by pretending that Conan O’Brien never existed. Just a few days ago Hulu.com had available every recording of the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. Now as of today, none of them are to be found. Same thing for NBC.com and YouTube.

The only logical conclusion for this must be with the The Tonight Show being back on the air with Jay Leno.

Interestingly enough, Sarah Palin was the first guest since Jay Leno came back and one of the things Leno said was that Palin has never been on a late night show (which is false) as Conan O’Brien had her on as a guest. This seems to insinuate the notion that Conan O’Brien never existed on NBC before…

If it’s true that this is what NBC is trying to accomplish, then that’s pretty shitty considering that Conan worked for them 17+ years.

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Have the old PS3 model? Sony advises not turning it on until they say otherwise

Mitalis — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:13:53 +0000

Apparently there is some sort of outage on Sony’s Playstation Network. The issue started late last night as people were being kicked offline with an error code: 8001050F

If you have one of the ‘fatter’ versions of the PS3, Sony is advising you to keep your console off until they can fix this problem. There is some sort of time & date issue where by turning it on you risk losing your stored trophy data among corrupting your save data. That’s pretty severe…

Not only could you risk losing your saved data, but anything that may be subscription based… If you rent movies from the Playstation Network, the console will assume the date is wrong and prevent playback of that rented movie.

I myself own a 60GB Playstation 3 that has support in playing PS1 & PS2 games.. I recently started playing Castlevania: Lament of Innocence and was looking forward to continue playing it after work.. But looks like that won’t be the case…

*sigh*

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Why you should boycott Assassin’s Creed II on the PC

Mitalis — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:28:57 +0000

When it comes to DRM you should know by now what my stance on it is. If you don’t, you can read my prior posts here:

Ubisoft had come up with a new “anti-piracy plan.” Their solution for DRM is making sure that you have a constant connection to the internet. Meaning the second you lose your connection for whatever reason, be it you tripping over an ethernet cord, low wireless signal, or hell even Ubisoft’s DRM servers going on the fritz, your game ends, you lose any and all unsaved progress until your internet is up and running again.

Ubisoft plans in incorporating this type of DRM into the Assassin’s Creed II game when it comes out on PC. All I can say is I certainly won’t be buying the game. Nothing pisses me off more then when companies tell you what you can or can’t do with their products… Even after the fact that you OWN it.

What’s funny will be the hundreds of thousands of people whom download the game illegally who will be laughing at Ubisoft for attempting to protect themselves in such a dumb way.

Oh well, they’ll learn their lessons eventually.

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MaximumPC.com – Things You Should Boycott: Assassin’s Creed II and Its Horrendously Restrictive DRM

Praying Mantis attacking mouse pointer

Mitalis — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:10:02 +0000

Now this is something you don’t see everyday. A Praying Mantis tries to attack a mouse pointer… It’s kinda like watching a cat play with yarn.

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Break.com – Praying Mantis Tries To Catch Mouse Pointer

If we ever had a zombie outbreak, I’d hire this guy to keep me safe

Mitalis — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:31:45 +0000

All I can say is if this video isn’t fake, then WOW! This guy is like an aimbot… He never misses.

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YouTube.com – Benelli Shotgun Amazing Shots

Dale finally gets a Haircut

Mitalis — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:59:49 +0000

After 1 year, 11 months, and 7 days, the time has come for Dale to get a haircut. It’s unbelievable that this actually happened… But it did…

Dale’s Haircut Parts 1 & 2:

Dale’s Haircut Parts 1 & 2 with commentary:

Conan O’Brien made from Cheetos

Mitalis — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:50:49 +0000

Some guy with a little too much time on his hands creates a portrait of Conan O’Brien made entirely from Cheetos. The artist certainly has talent.

Source: Wimp.com – Conan O’Brien Cheetos portrait

My thoughts/opinions on the Apple iPad

Mitalis — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:02:51 +0000

First things first… iPad… Really? When I first heard Steve Jobs use that word, I thought he was referring to some form of tampon. Seriously. I’m not joking… Ten minutes later I see links to the MADTV spoof where they actually poked fun at Apple with a product called an iPad which was exactly that: An advanced tampon. Check out the MADTV iPad spoof below:

The Apple iPad

Rumors were circulating around the net that Apple was going to call it the iSlate, and to be honest, I like that name alot more then the iPad. MacRumors.com claimed that back in 2007, Apple had purchased the domain name iSlate.com. According to ArsTechnica, Apple has a scheduled “internal hall” meeting to discuss the iPad. My hopes would be that somebody would notice the MADTV spoof and perhaps change the name. I mean c’mon, let’s face it, the iPad is a terrible name. I’m convinced whoever inside Apple came up with the name probably named it after that spoof. But enough about the name. So what is the iPad? It’s basically a giant iPod Touch with a 9.7 inch screen. Literally. Every aspect of the iPad is identical to the iPhone or iPod Touch. The O/S is a modified version of the iPhone/iPod Touch software, just scaled to fit on its 1027×768 screen. The iPad will come with iTunes built into the device. In addition it will full support of all the 132,000 iPhone/iPod touch applications already available in the catalog. It can run these apps in the native iPhone 320×480 resolution, or run them in a “fullscreen mode” where it doubles up the pixel size of the application, which means the application runs at 640×960.

The iPad showing off the iBook application that displays your purchased books on a bookshelf

Aside from the iPhone/iPod Touch application support, it’s going to have support for “iBooks” which will definitely give Amazon a run for its money with their Kindle; (perhaps Amazon should lower the price on the kindle considering its lack of features). Any books you purchase through iBooks will appear on a bookshelf as displayed on the right. Other then that the iPad will include all the same applications you’d find on an iPhone or iPod Touch:

Safari
Mail
Notes
Contacts
Google Maps
YouTube
Calendar
etc…

The iPad does NOT support Flash

In addition, the iPad has the same limitations as the do the iPhone/iPod Touch, no multi-tasking, no support for Flash, which to me is a huge disappointment. During the announcement, you can see Steve Jobs on stage sitting on a couch casually browsing the web. Immediately you can see an icon where some flash animation should have appeared. You could also see him switch in and out of applications; again – no multi-tasking… Very disappointing. I just love how Steve Jobs during the announcement was like “who needs netbooks?” Really Steve? …Really?

The iPad (just like the iPhone/iPod Touch) does not have a removable battery. So over the years when the battery can’t hold a charge anymore, you’ll end up with an expensive paperweight. Steve Jobs claimed while he was on a 10 hour flight from San Francisco to Tokyo, he was able to watch video the entire time which (admittedly) is impressive.

You are entering an Apple Restriction Zone

The only way to sync the device is using the same proprietary plug like what the iPhone/iPod Touch have. What… No support for wireless syncing? (Even Microsoft’s Zune HD has this.) There are no alternative connectors or USB ports on this unit (which really shocked me). No SD card slot, no nothing. Any sort of input or plug will need to use Apple’s proprietary plug if you need to load data onto the unit.

Apple will be releasing six different models of the iPad. The differences between these models will vary with the amount of storage space: 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB. All models will have wifi 802.11(a/b/g/n) but the other three models will have wifi as well as 3G. The downside is the 3G connection will only be provided via AT&T (Apple, you should have learned from the iPhone you fucking idiots). The starting 16GB model with wifi only will cost $499, which is impressive considering how Apple normally overcharges for their other products. Here’s breakdown on the iPad pricing:

Wifi only:

$499 for 16GB
$599 for 32GB
$699 for 64GB

Wifi + 3G Connectivity

$629 for 16GB
$729 for 32GB
$829 for 64GB

The available plans for 3G (provided with AT&T):

$14.99 for 250MB of bandwidth (this plan is a rip off)
$29.99 for “unlimited data (probably a 5GB cap, but still a decent price.)

All in all… I’m not impressed. Again, the iPad doesn’t offer anything significantly unique from what Apple originally announced with the iPhone and iPod Touch. And because of that I don’t see any compelling reason why I should use it over the iPhone or iPod Touch. It’s not something I could easily carry around with me on the go due to its size. Even if I did, I’d have to get a protective cover to prevent the screen from getting scratched or cracked. With a netbook or laptop, this isn’t a problem as the screens aren’t exposed.

I was hoping that it would be the ultimate device to use for video playback, but considering how it’s restricted to certain video codecs, this becomes a substantial limitation as to what you can or can’t watch. Also having no support for flash eliminates about 90% of all available video content on the web. Also the resolution is lower then I expected… 1024×768 – which makes the screen more square then widescreen. This means if you were to watch high definition 720p content, you’d see approximately 1 inch of black on both the top and bottom of the iPad screen because it has to scale down the widescreen video to make it fit. If you were to watch widescreen 16:9 content on the iPhone/iPod Touch, the black borders would not be as thick as those screens are more rectangular with their 480×320 resolution.

I’m surprised it doesn’t have a built in webcam. Hell the Phone has a camera, and can even capture video… Why wouldn’t this at least have a webcam? The iPad could have been a great device to use with Skype, or any other Instant Messenger that supports video. Certainly would have made it more useful. I guess Apple needed to cut costs to make the price appealing. Who knows, maybe next year they’ll include one in a newer model.

Oh and Apple, you really, really, REALLY need to change the name… I think the “iSlate” would’ve been more appropriate… The name is iPad fucking terrible.

Kid calls 911 for help with Math homework

Mitalis — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:36:58 +0000

A four year old kid needs help with his homework… So what does he do? He dials 911 and reads off some of his math problems until his mom walks in the room… Check it out:

Jimmy Kimmel tears Jay Leno open a new asshole

Mitalis — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:31:09 +0000

I’m not really big on watching TV but lately the media has been making a huge deal about “The Tonight Show” as Conan O’Brien is getting screwed over because Jay Leno’s show now sucks. So the geniuses over at NBC decided to give Jay Leno back his old show back and having Conan start after midnight. Conan said having his show start at 12:05AM isn’t ‘The Tonight Show’ but ‘The Tomorrow’ show and refused NBC’s offer.

Literally every website covering the story has sided with Conan O’Brien, including other popular talk show hosts: David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, John Stewart, and Steven Colbert.

Leno had Jimmy Fallon on his show on January 14th and Jimmy didn’t hold back. This is painful to watch folks: