The Cove, the provocative film that documented the hidden dolphin slaughters in Taiji, Japan, made its Japan debut at the Tokyo International Film Festival this week, and director Louie Psihoyos was there to bear witness to its unveiling. I talked to him just two hours after he got off the airplane ... More.
Blue Brain is an IBM computer built to simulate a human brain. It's powered by 2,000 microchips, each acting as a single neuron, that enable it to execute 22.8 trillion operations per second. Based at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the project launched in 2005 to much controversy an... More.
Elephant Toothpaste is the name of a classic chemistry experiment that's all about getting hydrogen peroxide to quickly break down into water and lots of oxygen. The result: Thick spirals of super-awesome foam.
There's lots of videos of this on the Internets, but I chose this one (despite the head... More.
Our friend Jeff Diehl has a new blog called Spots Unknown that's devoted to "exploring & infiltrating the forgotten places, events, and histories of San Francisco." It's off to a promising start. The most recent post is about 1958 film footage of the city (shown above).
A film colorist at a loca... More.
My daughters and I have been fighting over my iPhone all night because we want to play DodgeDot, a new iPhone game that currently costs 99 cents. My friend and old school bOING bOING contributor Jim Leftwich co-created DodgeDot with his partner Steve Doss. He told me, "When I first thought the game... More.
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Holy shit, that's funny.
Some day the intellectual property of God will be owned... Oh, you mean like patents on genes?
This satire looks spot-on! Thanks for the link.
This is very interesting, in light of what happened with ReGreek.
It's a bit sad that copyright has gotten to the point where people's spirituality and related studies are restricted.
God damn, that's funny.
(And not too far from the truth nor the future! I CANNOT believe how many common words and phrases are being trademarked and registered! Pretty soon we won't be able to write ANYTHING without circle R and/or circle T and having to pay to use words and phrases which have been in the lexicon for generations. Oy vey, wait, I think I should register/trademark oy vey, just so I don't have to pay someone to use one of my fave phrases!)
That's my "A-ha moment." (now I gotta pay Oprah! Yes, she "owns" "a-ha moment." We should use it as often as possible! Keep her attorneys busy and earning their retainers.)
Warren Ellis is going to be pissed!
Really? I'd think it more likely that God would be trademarked by a group that rhymes with "Hawks Nudes," personally. "Malt Crispy" has always been rather more secular...
The complete title is actually
"God™ © 2XX8 *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. All rights reserved. God and all related characters, titles, names and documents are trademarks of *** ***** ****** ******* Incorporated. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in this deity with those of any living or dead person or institutions is intended and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental."
Isn't this partly what the protestant reformation was about: a copyright dispute over the text of the bible?
Martin Luther thought it was wrong for the catholic church to claim sole ownership over the text of the bible, and he wanted to distribute it more widely?
I guess this is very old news indeed!
prepare ye to be struck by lightening - is there nothing in life some people cannot leave their shity finite hands off ?
Love the drawings on this one. The manga or anime inspiration is evident which makes it funnier. Okay, I guess I have to brace for stuff like "angels", "Jesus" and "Bible" being copyrighted in the future as well.
Hmmm... I got rather confused as to how he went straight into a conversation at the coffee shop from having a meltdown in the office. But I read on.
Then I realized there's a confused link. Clicking on the number "6" anywhere in the first chapter
(from page 5, say) brings you to page 5 of the next chapter.
I'll fix the button problem... and have an RSS feed. But next week after I'm done with this freelance gig.
Yeah, as opposed to when it was just their study of science and technology!
Check out his other comics too! Speak No Evil and The Demon and The Monk are great. And for more clarification check out his Afterword and After-Afterword for each.
That is a really awkward rhyme. The comic's awesome though!
Sounds like it was inspired by The Onion's Herbert Kornfeld - the gangsta in Accounts Receivable who died in the line of accounting.
http://www.theonion.com/content/columnists/view/kornfeld
Great stuff. I love angry accountants :-)
No, but that gives me great fodder for research. Thanks Jimbo
--Elan'