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August 15, 2013

Fun YouTube Game
— Ace

1. Open any YouTube video.

2. Pause it. After pausing, click a blank area on the side of the webpage.

3. Type 1980. This is tricky: Don't type it in the URL bar or the YouTube search bar. Just type into your keyboard. The letters won't actually show up onscreen.

4. Enjoy.

It seems to work worst in FireFox (and may not work at all) and easiest in Chrome.

Thanks to weft-cut loop for specifying "put your arrow on a blank area outside of the video box."

Posted by: Ace at 09:11 AM | Comments (411)
Post contains 98 words, total size 1 kb.

1 Rrrr? Ruh roh.

Posted by: Scooby Doo at August 15, 2013 09:12 AM (pginn)

2 So, we're taking the day off then?

Posted by: Bayou City at August 15, 2013 09:13 AM (8yWf/)

3 So it goes back to the beginning.

Posted by: kathysaysso at August 15, 2013 09:13 AM (6H6o8)

4 Nothing. Wow. Amazing.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 15, 2013 09:13 AM (c3xwz)

I KNOW I've read about this somewhere, but I can't remember where or what it does.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 09:13 AM (4df7R)

6 Probably an Easter egg protest against Ronald Reagan by Liberal pricks. What other significance does 1980 have?

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 09:14 AM (bb5+k)

7 Try it in IE or Chrome. According to Nice Deb it doesn't work very well in Firefox.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 09:14 AM (4df7R)

8 O/T already: I don't care if the Egyptians kill each other to the last man, woman, and child. I just don't.

Posted by: kathysaysso at August 15, 2013 09:14 AM (6H6o8)

9 Shoot'em down, baby

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 15, 2013 09:15 AM (pginn)

10 If you type "0891" (1980 backwards), you get Rick-Rolled!

Posted by: Beorn at August 15, 2013 09:15 AM (dGF4J)

11 This would be official Moron Approved if it causes the YouTube video to become The London Boys.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 09:15 AM (4df7R)

12 I was gonna say, "In before the asshole who bitches that every waking second isn't spent on Serious Things" but they got in before me.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at August 15, 2013 09:16 AM (/kI1Q)

13 Ok, you have to disengage the flash object ( IE click on a blank area after pausing the vid )

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 15, 2013 09:17 AM (c3xwz)

14 Since I only use Firefox and am not about to install Chrome or IE for the pleasure of discovering this Easter Egg, will someone please explain what happens?

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:17 AM (n/+FT)

15 I got two little puppies destroyed!

Posted by: Waldo at August 15, 2013 09:18 AM (JBCFN)

16 You don't have to type 1984. The machine does that for you.

Posted by: USA at August 15, 2013 09:18 AM (VIaw0)

17 Yeah, missile command. I mark it as a typical liberal asshole mockery of Ronald Regan's SDI program mocked by such fuckwits as Ted Kennedy as "Star Wars." Missile interception was heavily supported by Edward Teller and the Soviets were in fact convinced we could do it. A lot of people credit the SDI program with forcing the Soviets to the negotiating table, and eventually walking us back from the specter of nuclear exchange. Ronald Reagan was a fucking Genius.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 09:18 AM (bb5+k)

18 Here's another one. Type anything. Anywhere. Goes straight to NSA. Cool, huh?

Posted by: USA at August 15, 2013 09:19 AM (VIaw0)

19 >>>I was gonna say, "In before the asshole who bitches that every waking second isn't spent on Serious Things" but they got in before me.

yup.

Posted by: ace at August 15, 2013 09:19 AM (/IWYB)

20 Cool. Why waste one click resetting a video when you can waste four? Thanks!

Posted by: Henry Hawkins at August 15, 2013 09:20 AM (ddbMD)

21 Since I only use Firefox and am not about to install Chrome or IE for the pleasure of discovering this Easter Egg, will someone please explain what happens? Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 01:17 PM (n/+FT) It turns into a working game of "Missile Command."

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 09:20 AM (bb5+k)

22 You get a missile command game

Posted by: Elon Musk at August 15, 2013 09:20 AM (K/Nb+)

23 I failed to defend the Elysium trailer.

Posted by: Vinman at August 15, 2013 09:21 AM (nEvyg)

24 I was always more of an Asteroids man myself.

Posted by: dananjcon at August 15, 2013 09:21 AM (jvd3N)

25
Posted by: USA at August 15, 2013 01:19 PM (VIaw0)

Early candidate for "THREAD WINNAH!!"

Posted by: fixerupper at August 15, 2013 09:21 AM (nELVU)

26 Ace, did you get a new 'puter?

Posted by: USA at August 15, 2013 09:21 AM (VIaw0)

27 Hmm, I can't get it to work.

Posted by: Ben at August 15, 2013 09:21 AM (m03be)

28 >>>Yeah, missile command. I mark it as a typical liberal asshole mockery of Ronald Regan's SDI program mocked by such fuckwits as Ted Kennedy as "Star Wars."

Yeah, or maybe Missile Command was released in 1980.

Jesus Christ, why is EVERYTHING a political conspiracy with some of you guys?

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:21 AM (n/+FT)

29 Makes ya wonder: would typing "1980" while looking at a picture of Choom Boy at least reset us back to, say, 2006?

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 15, 2013 09:21 AM (kaGpp)

30 This has remarkably little to do with either Jennifer Lawrence or Mila Kunis.

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 15, 2013 09:22 AM (uYaYO)

31 Missile Command

Posted by: Vic at August 15, 2013 09:22 AM (lZvxr)

32 Obama's wargame'ing system

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 15, 2013 09:22 AM (K/Nb+)

It doesn't have to be "1980" -- Any series of numbers will advace or rewind the video. I slowly typed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 and advanced across the video until 0 which returned to the start.

Posted by: Clayton in Mississippi at August 15, 2013 09:22 AM (Y8KBs)

34 >>>Yeah, missile command. I mark it as a typical liberal asshole mockery of Ronald Regan's SDI program mocked by such fuckwits as Ted Kennedy as "Star Wars."

sigh.

Missile Command was released in 1980 before Reagan was elected, and well before he proposed the Star Wars defense in 1983.

you don't have to look for affronts everywhere.

Posted by: ace at August 15, 2013 09:22 AM (/IWYB)

35 Interesting. Works in Safari.

Posted by: rickl at August 15, 2013 09:22 AM (zoehZ)

36 @34: if it's moving the video, you're doing it wrong. Click in a blank area outside the video and/or use Chrome.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 09:23 AM (OevbG)

37 Worked for me in Firefox.

Also got my ♫ & ☢ from Firefox as well.

Posted by: dananjcon at August 15, 2013 09:23 AM (jvd3N)

38 works in FF. Heh

Posted by: Yip at August 15, 2013 09:23 AM (/jHWN)

39 Here I was thinking it was going to change the video so everyone had either a teased up do or a mullet. So disappointed.

Posted by: sweet...ish at August 15, 2013 09:24 AM (bj+Nc)

@HeatherRadish

In fairness, ace did just basically cut an paste a post, so he is kinda taking the day off .

Posted by: tsrblke at August 15, 2013 09:24 AM (GaqMa)

Using IE and I can't seem to get this to work.

It just rewinds or fast forwards my video

Posted by: Ben at August 15, 2013 09:24 AM (m03be)

42 Seriously folks, let's ponder for a second the sort of personality that sees an easter egg on YouTube whereby entering "1980" will allow you play Missile Command and immediately leaps to the conclusion that it must be ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE LIBERAL ATTACKS AGAINST REAGAN.

As opposed to having the first impulse that I did, which is, "oh, I'm betting Missile Command first was released in 1980."

Not everything is political. Really.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:24 AM (n/+FT)

43 Also got my ♫ ☢ from Firefox as well.

You got music and radioactive material from Firefox?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at August 15, 2013 09:25 AM (wrS2o)

44 Sorry Heather, I was joking. I thought my intent would be clear. And yes, I do have a sense of humor and am not always serious, you guys!

Posted by: Bayou City at August 15, 2013 09:25 AM (8yWf/)

45 Doesn't do sh*t. Am I missing something?

Posted by: Candy Crowley at August 15, 2013 09:25 AM (oDCMR)

It's sad to see the decline of an award-winning blogger once he's detoxed off of Marco Rubio's trash.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 09:25 AM (zF6Iw)

47 Try 1337

Posted by: OCBill at August 15, 2013 09:25 AM (Mj+FA)

48 That is awesome. Thank you ace.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 15, 2013 09:26 AM (IyKYr)

Sadly I can't get the 1337 one to work.

Oh wellz.

Posted by: tsrblke at August 15, 2013 09:26 AM (GaqMa)

50 I was watching "UFO" which was set in the far off year of 1980. KILL STRAKER!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 15, 2013 09:26 AM (+98Gb)

51 Jesus Christ, why is EVERYTHING a political conspiracy with some of you guys? Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 01:21 PM (n/+FT) No conspiracy involved. Liberal Pricks Dominate the administration of websites like Google, YouTube, etc. It isn't much of a leap to see their expressions of disgust with Reagan.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 09:26 AM (bb5+k)

52 Mac + Safari Nothing here but a spastic time bar.

Posted by: USA at August 15, 2013 09:26 AM (VIaw0)

53 if you can't get it to work try chrome.

Posted by: ace at August 15, 2013 09:27 AM (/IWYB)

54 Cool as shit

Posted by: eastvalleyphx at August 15, 2013 09:27 AM (GRvW4)

55 Uh oh, I think I irritated Ace as well. Perhaps I should get in the barrel.

Posted by: Bayou City at August 15, 2013 09:27 AM (8yWf/)

56 I got dial-a-prayer.

Posted by: BignJames at August 15, 2013 09:27 AM (ZNQKl)

57 @50: Abe Vigoda's likeness was used to design the gorilla.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 09:27 AM (OevbG)

58 It works best with THIS! http://tinyurl.com/2g9mqh

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 15, 2013 09:27 AM (wR+pz)

59 All that I got was that it started playing the video after I paused it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 09:28 AM (zF6Iw)

60 Cute! Note: don't use the numeric pad to type in the 1980.

Posted by: MDH3 at August 15, 2013 09:28 AM (GKyUC)

61 you don't have to look for affronts everywhere.

I'm all affronted... and abacked... mostly abacked.

Posted by: sweet...ish at August 15, 2013 09:28 AM (bj+Nc)

62 Serious You Guys, how can you play a game with what Obama is doing to our beloved Amerikkka? Totes Serious You Guys. Ace could probably cure cancer and the only thing people would talk about would be how he put a Missile Command Easter egg up in one of his posts!

Posted by: Andy in Colorado at August 15, 2013 09:28 AM (iTwmT)

63 i can't get 1337 to work either. What's that one do?

Posted by: ace at August 15, 2013 09:29 AM (/IWYB)

64 >>>No conspiracy involved. Liberal Pricks Dominate the administration of websites like Google, YouTube, etc.

>>>It isn't much of a leap to see their expressions of disgust with Reagan.

I don't think I could live my life the way you do, always "on" and thinking only politically. As I pointed out, Missile Command was released in 1980 -- before Reagan was elected. And SDI didn't even get proposed until 1983 or 1984, something like that. Not everything is part of the global conspiracy against your own brand of arch-conservatism.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:29 AM (n/+FT)

65 If I type "1973," will it start playing Dark Side of the Moon under the video? Because if so, far out, man.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 09:29 AM (zF6Iw)

66 PacMan was invented to depict Michele Obama's insatiable need for power over you.

Posted by: kathysaysso at August 15, 2013 09:29 AM (6H6o8)

67 Sometimes, a video game is just a video game. Relax and enjoy.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 09:30 AM (da5Wo)

68 It's all LOL to me.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at August 15, 2013 09:30 AM (4p5/2)

69 Ha-that is awesome. Missile Command used to be my game. I could flip the score counter, so I would intentionally lose all my cities at around the 999,999 mark so I could get the high score.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at August 15, 2013 09:30 AM (7ObY1)

70 I finally got it to work!

[four minutes later]

Man, I really suck at Missile Command. I just got Plinkett killed.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:30 AM (n/+FT)

71 Mac + chrome works. Brings back good memories.

Posted by: USA at August 15, 2013 09:30 AM (VIaw0)

72 I used the numeric pad and it worked for me. YMMV.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at August 15, 2013 09:30 AM (7ObY1)

73 All that I got was that it started playing the video after I paused it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins

That's because Ace's career as a tech writer went nowhere.

After pausing, click a blank area on the side of the webpage. Then type '1980'

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 15, 2013 09:30 AM (c3xwz)

Not everything is part of the global conspiracy against your own brand of arch-conservatism.

That's what someone who's part of the conspiracy themselves would say!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 09:30 AM (zF6Iw)

75 donkey kong was created by the koch brothers as a racial attack on Obama

Posted by: libural version at August 15, 2013 09:31 AM (/IWYB)

76 Nothing happened in Safari.

Posted by: t-bird at August 15, 2013 09:31 AM (FcR7P)

77 *from down deep in the barrel with a slight echo* I don't know why everyone complains about this place. I thought all "man caves" were supposed to be like this.

Posted by: Bayou City at August 15, 2013 09:31 AM (8yWf/)

78 Why are we talking about this frivolous shit when there is FIGHTIN' TO BE DONE, YOU PINKO FAGS?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 09:32 AM (CJjw5)

79 Cutting edge graphics here at the HQ I tells ya.

Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2013 09:32 AM (fWAjv)

80 Ima tell you what the REAL liberal conspiracy is, and that's that this game was way the fuck easier on my old Atari than it is here. Brutal! Way too fast!

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:32 AM (n/+FT)

81 Watch 'the innocence of Muslims' while playing Missile Command. Man is that surreal.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 15, 2013 09:32 AM (IyKYr)

82 Chrome works. Just remember to stop the video, to free up processing time, before typing 1980

Posted by: Arbalest at August 15, 2013 09:32 AM (FlRtG)

83 Missile Command was released in 1980 before Reagan was elected, and well before he proposed the Star Wars defense in 1983. you don't have to look for affronts everywhere. Posted by: ace at August 15, 2013 01:22 PM (/IWYB) That Missile command was released in 1980 does not make it unconnected with Reagan after the fact. Among Liberals, one of their most common criticisms of Reagan was his Star Wars program. Reagan is Heavily associated with this program in their minds. Since he took office in 1980, a Liberal wanting to mock him for the SDI program could have picked the Missile Command game to do it. Is there another video game out there more closely associated with the "Star Wars" missile program? Nothing comes to my mind. As far as affronts everywhere, that is what I see. Have you seen the crap they pull with the Google Logo?

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 09:32 AM (bb5+k)

@ 68 - "Not everything is part of the global conspiracy against your own brand of arch-conservatism."

Well, aren't *we* Mr. balanced and reasonable today?

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at August 15, 2013 09:33 AM (YYJjz)

85 Is there something wrong with me if I choose not to shoot down any missiles and just let the incoming MIRV's nuke my cities?

Posted by: EC at August 15, 2013 09:33 AM (GQ8sn)

86 Ace could probably cure cancer and the only thing people would talk about would be how he put a Missile Command Easter egg up in one of his posts! No, weÂ’d talk about his weight issues.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 15, 2013 09:33 AM (QF8uk)

87 We all know about Rick Rolled but shouldn't The London Boys be called Ace Assed or something?

Posted by: Waldo at August 15, 2013 09:33 AM (JBCFN)

88 >>>Ok, we get it. You are truly "fair and balanced". You are moderate and amazing and totally reasonable and stuff. Yay.

no. What is is just getting tired of the Screamies, and the guys who literally cannot take a five minute break from it.

Posted by: ace at August 15, 2013 09:33 AM (/IWYB)

Posted by: ace at August 15, 2013 01:29 PM (/IWYB)

My guess is it converts the comments to 1337 SP43K

Posted by: tsrblke at August 15, 2013 09:33 AM (GaqMa)

90 BTW, I didn't get anything. it just set my video back to the beginning.

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at August 15, 2013 09:33 AM (YYJjz)

Totes Serious You Guys. Ace could probably cure cancer and the only thing people would talk about would be how he put a Missile Command Easter egg up in one of his posts!

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But he can't cure cancer. He can barely close HTML tags, half the time.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 09:33 AM (CJjw5)

92 >>>Is there something wrong with me if I choose not to shoot down any missiles and just let the incoming MIRV's nuke my cities?

LIB

Posted by: ace at August 15, 2013 09:34 AM (/IWYB)

93 Just played missile command to defend a video of missile command.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 15, 2013 09:34 AM (IyKYr)

94 Not everything is political. Really. Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 01:24 PM (n/+FT) Yeah, there are perfectly good explanations for all those little commentary in the various Google Logos over the year.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 09:34 AM (bb5+k)

95 Nothing happened in Safari. Yeah, I had to go into Chrome to get it to work on my Mac. Looking forward to the new kOS to solve this problem.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 15, 2013 09:34 AM (QF8uk)

96 Didn't do anything in Firefox or IE, or anything on my new Surface in Firefox either.

Posted by: © Sponge at August 15, 2013 09:34 AM (xmcEQ)

97 84 Why are we talking about this frivolous shit when there is FIGHTIN' TO BE DONE, YOU PINKO FAGS? Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 01:32 PM (CJjw5) Listen, not all of us are looking to run down protesters with our F150s you fucking right wing lunatic.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 09:34 AM (da5Wo)

98 Sounds like too much work for a trick.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 15, 2013 09:34 AM (2+EWn)

99 Well, that got laugh out of me. Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: L, elle at August 15, 2013 09:35 AM (0PiQ4)

100 >>I'm all affronted... and abacked... mostly abacked. Not I. I am perfectly gruntled today for some reason.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2013 09:35 AM (g1DWB)

101 you don't have to look for affronts everywhere. By the way, is there any reason for Missile Command's background to be black?

Posted by: Harry Reid, Pederast at August 15, 2013 09:35 AM (FcR7P)

102 >>>That Missile command was released in 1980 does not make it unconnected with Reagan after the fact.

Wait, so you're sticking to your theory that "1980" is really a veiled shot at a beloved President on a topic that is utterly dead and buried, and not a tribute to the year of the game's release? You're gonna stand on that one? That's your final answer?

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:35 AM (n/+FT)

103 Whack-a-mole is a liberal playbook on how to treat a Republican speaker of the house.

Posted by: kathysaysso at August 15, 2013 09:35 AM (6H6o8)

104 Listen, not all of us are looking to run down protesters with our F150s you fucking right wing lunatic. You really need an F250 for that.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 15, 2013 09:36 AM (QF8uk)

105 Since he took office in 1980, a Liberal wanting to mock him for the SDI program could have picked the Missile Command game to do it. Is there another video game out there more closely associated with the "Star Wars" missile program?

SDI didn't exist until 1983. Missile Command was designed based on nightmares the programmer had about the Soviets nuking California. Period. Atari at that time wasn't political; they were all stoned 24-7-365 because that was the only way to understand the primitive hardware.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 09:36 AM (OevbG)

106

That Missile command was released in 1980 does not make it unconnected with Reagan after the fact.

Among Liberals, one of their most common criticisms of Reagan was his Star Wars program. Reagan is Heavily associated with this program in their minds.

Since he took office in 1980, a Liberal wanting to mock him for the SDI program could have picked the Missile Command game to do it. Is there another video game out there more closely associated with the "Star Wars" missile program?

Nothing comes to my mind.

As far as affronts everywhere, that is what I see. Have you seen the crap they pull with the Google Logo?

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Someone, please stuff this kid into a locker.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 09:36 AM (CJjw5)

107 for anyone who can't get it to work, check the post; I've added additional tips.

Also, here's the good news: It's actually a crap version of Missile Command, not the real arcade version, and Missile Command wasn't that great anyway.

It's like the Atari version of it.

Posted by: ace at August 15, 2013 09:36 AM (/IWYB)

108 Wait, so you're sticking to your theory that "1980" is really a veiled shot at a beloved President on a topic that is utterly dead and buried, and not a tribute to the year of the game's release? You're gonna stand on that one? That's your final answer?

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 01:35 PM (n/+FT)

I wonder what answer he would get if he phoned a friend. Let's ask the audience...

Posted by: sweet...ish at August 15, 2013 09:36 AM (bj+Nc)

109 I typed 90210 and got a naked picture of Gabrielle Carteris.

Posted by: MacGruber at August 15, 2013 09:36 AM (S+el1)

110 >>>LIB

Oh man, I just laughed out loud so hard in my office that my secretary poked her head in the door to see what was going on.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:36 AM (n/+FT)

111 It didn't work on Firefox for me, but Chrome did. It's cute. Worth the little bit of trouble

Posted by: L, elle at August 15, 2013 09:37 AM (0PiQ4)

112

Great - Ace puts up a YouTube easter egg making fun of Ronald Reagan.

What next, Gabe telling us how it'd be unreasonable for the GOP to nuke Detroit and get it over with?

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at August 15, 2013 09:37 AM (YYJjz)

113 Boy some people can't even let the rest of us enjoy a fun thread without acting like fucking scolds, can they?

Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at August 15, 2013 09:37 AM (waJ+2)

114 Hey, where the fuck are these missiles coming from? A youtube video?!

Posted by: Hezbollah, Beirut at August 15, 2013 09:37 AM (FcR7P)

115 Running FF here and I can't get it to work.

Posted by: EC at August 15, 2013 09:37 AM (GQ8sn)

116 Asteroids was propaganda for Newt Gingrich.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 15, 2013 09:37 AM (IyKYr)

117

Listen, not all of us are looking to run down protesters with our F150s you fucking right wing lunatic.

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They were standing in my driveway? What was I supposed to do. I'M the victim here.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 09:37 AM (CJjw5)

118 Now that is funny: Dennis Miller Show ‏@DennisDMZ 36s Hmm, reading thru Obamacare Bill and right there on Pg. 1297 it says one pre-existing condition not covered is "whatever the fuck Biden has"

Posted by: USA at August 15, 2013 09:37 AM (VIaw0)

119 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 15, 2013 09:38 AM (/PCJa)

120 Burn it down. Scatter the stones. Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 15, 2013 09:38 AM (/PCJa)

121 OK, now what do I do with nice cupholder?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 15, 2013 09:38 AM (0HooB)

122 @119: Why in God's name would someone waste a nuke on Detroit? I mean, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 09:38 AM (OevbG)

123 I got it to work in FF, but never figured out how to control shooting or aim. Sort of fun to watch Rick's video get destroyed!

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 15, 2013 09:39 AM (wR+pz)

124 Joust? Clearly the Ornithesexual Agenda.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at August 15, 2013 09:39 AM (/kI1Q)

125 They were standing in my driveway? What was I supposed to do. I'M the victim here. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 01:37 PM (CJjw5) You can't be a victim, you're white. And you know that, so you must have been mocking the plight of our poor AA brothers and sisters. Fucking racist rightwinger.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 09:39 AM (da5Wo)

126 Running FF here and I can't get it to work.

If you are using noscript, enable googleservicesapp (sp?) and use the number pad.

Posted by: mrp at August 15, 2013 09:39 AM (HjPtV)

127 Why in God's name would someone waste a nuke on Detroit? I mean, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 01:38 PM (OevbG)

Northern lights?

Posted by: sweet...ish at August 15, 2013 09:39 AM (bj+Nc)

128 Meh, tried in IE and still no joy.

Posted by: EC at August 15, 2013 09:39 AM (GQ8sn)

129 Dig Dug was anti-fracking propoganda!

Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2013 09:39 AM (fWAjv)

130 heh...

type in "use the force luke" or "beam me up scotty".

Posted by: fixerupper at August 15, 2013 09:39 AM (nELVU)

131

Ah, I got the 1337 to work.

Can't use the numpad on that one for some reason.

it converts the comments. They're easier to read that way .

Posted by: tsrblke at August 15, 2013 09:39 AM (GaqMa)

132

>>That's because Ace's career as a tech writer went nowhere.

After pausing, click a blank area on the side of the webpage. Then type '1980' <<

That's a significant detail. Now I get the Missile Command thing. And I killed Scottish David Tennant.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at August 15, 2013 09:40 AM (A0sHn)

133 New acronym from Iowahawk: GGILF. In reference to Filner.

Posted by: USA at August 15, 2013 09:40 AM (VIaw0)

134

@ 129 - "Why in God's name would someone waste a nuke on Detroit?"

The fun factor?

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at August 15, 2013 09:40 AM (YYJjz)

135 Dig Dug was anti-fracking propoganda!

Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2013 01:39 PM (fWAjv)

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Nice!

Lot's of racist dog whistles in the whole Donkey Kong series.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 09:40 AM (CJjw5)

136 136 Dig Dug was anti-fracking propoganda! Bomberman was pro-Jihadi.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 15, 2013 09:40 AM (IyKYr)

137 Meanwhile, it must be an exhausting, miserable existence if you can't enjoy life without seeing conspiracy propaganda everywhere.

Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at August 15, 2013 09:40 AM (waJ+2)

138 Pac-Man was a thinly veiled critique of American greed and gluttony.

Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2013 09:40 AM (fWAjv)

139

Let's get on to more serious stuff; like the rumor I heard last night that Kate Upton was going to star in a remake of "Showgirls".

Keeding.

Posted by: Soona at August 15, 2013 09:41 AM (rHyMf)

140 Dude. Some of y'all are some serious outrage junkies. Other things happened in the 80s besides Reagan. It really is okay to enjoy a video game from that era. If, you know, you're a geek. NTTAWWT

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at August 15, 2013 09:41 AM (GmTxn)

141 I typed in 90125 and Owner of a Lonely Heart started playing on my computer.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 15, 2013 09:41 AM (0HooB)

142 www.1980-Games.com has everything you can want

Posted by: imp at August 15, 2013 09:41 AM (L9AnB)

143 Ah, that brings back memories. Of sucking at old Atari games -- I barely have enough hand-eye coordination to avoid stabbing myself with a fork. Still, pretty awesome.

Posted by: joncelli at August 15, 2013 09:41 AM (RD7QR)

144 Why are we talking about this frivolous shit when there is FIGHTIN' TO BE DONE, YOU PINKO FAGS?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 01:32 PM (CJjw5)

That's "long-haired, hippy-type" pinko fag, to you, pal. I've even got a Commie flag tacked up on the wall inside of my garage.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 09:41 AM (zF6Iw)

145 Centipede brought the horrors of pesticide use into our homes.

Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2013 09:41 AM (fWAjv)

146 Diogenes' Lamp: Do you have a link for the Google Logo stuff? I'm genuinely interested, as I've heard things ...

Posted by: Arbalest at August 15, 2013 09:42 AM (FlRtG)

147 Also, if you're using ClickToFlash, you have to be running the Flash version of the youtube to get to Missile Command

Posted by: t-bird at August 15, 2013 09:42 AM (FcR7P)

148 I typed in 666 and got the Whopper game. I think I just started global thermonuclear war.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2013 09:42 AM (g1DWB)

149 141 @ 129 - "Why in God's name would someone waste a nuke on Detroit?" To keep us from having to pay the pensions of those union thugs. Dead thugs don't collect, unless they are in Chicago.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 15, 2013 09:42 AM (wR+pz)

150 I've been trying this with Kate Upton videos and "34D." Still no luck.

Posted by: Fritz at August 15, 2013 09:42 AM (UzPAd)

151 I typed in 90125 and Owner of a Lonely Heart started playing on my computer.

OU812 gets you When It's Love.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 09:42 AM (OevbG)

152 I'm guessing this won't work on my smartphone? I'm not about to try.

Posted by: mugiwara at August 15, 2013 09:42 AM (BcoUO)

153 Missile Command? Hmmm ... oh, and I was using Firefox.

Posted by: benning at August 15, 2013 09:42 AM (utrCU)

154 I don't think I could live my life the way you do, always "on" and thinking only politically. As I pointed out, Missile Command was released in 1980 -- before Reagan was elected. And SDI didn't even get proposed until 1983 or 1984, something like that. Not everything is part of the global conspiracy against your own brand of arch-conservatism. Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 01:29 PM (n/+FT) And what does the actual history have to do with it? So Missile Command came out before Reagan proposed his program. A Young Liberal writing code for Youtube may either not know that or not give a shit. "Reagan is associated with Star Wars? Good enough!" The closest game to mocking SDI is Missile Command. 20 something year olds probably don't care about sequence of history. As I recall, you didn't do so good last time you challenged one of my predictions. In the Span of a Week, THREE examples of Forced indoctrination in Schools occurred, and you had to walk back your earlier argument.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 09:43 AM (bb5+k)

155 >>>Dude. Some of y'all are some serious outrage junkies. Other things happened in the 80s besides Reagan.

I dunno, Jenny. There were synth drums, shoulderpad on womens' suit jackets, big hair, the band Ratt, Genesis' post-Abacab albums...the more I think about it the more I'm feeling the need for some outrage.

Then again there was also New Order and Talk Talk , so it balances out somewhat.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:43 AM (n/+FT)

156 I typed in 90125 and Owner of a Lonely Heart started playing on my computer. Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 15, 2013 01:41 PM (0HooB) Great video.

Posted by: EC at August 15, 2013 09:43 AM (GQ8sn)

157 Kaboom! showed the pitfalls of an ever increasing prison population.

Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2013 09:43 AM (fWAjv)

158 I like the Ralph Peters piece in the side bar.

Posted by: Waldo at August 15, 2013 09:44 AM (JBCFN)

159 Q-bert is a commentary on the declining status of the middle class. And the middle class.

Posted by: imp at August 15, 2013 09:44 AM (L9AnB)

160 158 I've been trying this with Kate Upton videos and "34D." Still no luck. Try "36DD".

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 15, 2013 09:44 AM (wR+pz)

161 Mario Bros. was about the immigrants struggle for a better life.

Posted by: sweet...ish at August 15, 2013 09:44 AM (bj+Nc)

162 1337 converts the comments to Leet.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at August 15, 2013 09:44 AM (6xhLc)

163 this was on uberhumor a few days ago.

Type in 2016 for a better surprise!

Unless you don't like gray uniforms and a picture of dear leader on your desktop - then give it a pass.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 15, 2013 09:44 AM (pgQxn)

164 Then again there was also New Order and Talk Talk , so it balances out somewhat.

Are you *sure* you're heterosexual?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 09:44 AM (OevbG)

165 Pitfall was really Commie propoganda about George W Bush!!!

Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at August 15, 2013 09:45 AM (Lo5Rt)

166 169 Nuh-huh. Mario Brothers was pure pro-drug propaganda. Eat the happy mushrooms, live forever.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at August 15, 2013 09:45 AM (GmTxn)

167
Galagala.

Best video game ever.

Posted by: fixerupper at August 15, 2013 09:46 AM (nELVU)

168 Frogger was a plea to stop the defenestration of our wetlands.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 09:46 AM (zF6Iw)

169 >>>Great video.

Oh man, I haven't seen that video since I was 8 years old and I STILL remember every bit of it. I always thought it was taken from a movie because it was so cinematic. I remember the flash cut to the tarantula, the guy getting into a fistfight in the middle of a construction zone, and...doesn't it end with him jumping off a building or something?

It has to be a pretty damn memorable video for me to be able to recall so much of it over 20 years after the last time I saw it.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:46 AM (n/+FT)

170 Other things happened in the 80s besides Reagan.

How many of them were named "Corey"?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at August 15, 2013 09:46 AM (/kI1Q)

171 I just typed in '1980' and got 'no records found'.

Posted by: Baraka Hussein I at August 15, 2013 09:46 AM (FcR7P)

172

Joust.

There can be no other.

Posted by: garrett at August 15, 2013 09:47 AM (6xhV+)

173 'Stampede' brought the cruel abuse of our farm animals to our dinner table.

Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2013 09:47 AM (fWAjv)

174 I'm so glad you all have time to waste on video games when, at every passing second, Obama is destroying this country.

Posted by: Hotair Commenter at August 15, 2013 09:47 AM (iEoiA)

175 "The Legend of Zelda" is about the destruction of old growth forests.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 09:47 AM (4df7R)

176

@ 180 - " just typed in '1980' and got 'no records found'."

LOL

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at August 15, 2013 09:48 AM (YYJjz)

177 Frogger was a plea to stop the defenestration of our wetlands.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 01:46 PM (zF6Iw)

Someone was throwing wetlands out the window?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 09:48 AM (4df7R)

178

Frogger was a plea to stop the defenestration of our wetlands.

Defenestrating a wetland would be kind of difficult. Are you sure you didn't mean "deforesting?"

Posted by: Grey Fox at August 15, 2013 09:48 AM (JuVt+)

179 Oregon Trail was about the exploitation of the Native Americans and the theft of their lands by the white man.

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at August 15, 2013 09:48 AM (YYJjz)

180 Wait, so you're sticking to your theory that "1980" is really a veiled shot at a beloved President on a topic that is utterly dead and buried, and not a tribute to the year of the game's release? You're gonna stand on that one? That's your final answer? Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 01:35 PM (n/+FT) In absence of some evidence one way or the other, one theory is as good as another. Google Employees tend to be Liberal Pricks, so I tend to mistrust their motives. Speaking of pricks, how you been? Long time no see. Didn't miss you much either.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 09:48 AM (bb5+k)

181 I loved missel command. Unfortunetly I'll have to wait until I get home to play. No youtoob at work dammit.

Posted by: Bosk at August 15, 2013 09:48 AM (n2K+4)

182 Pole Position was made by the Koch Brothers to promote raping Gaia.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 09:48 AM (OevbG)

183

Other things happened in the 80s besides Reagan.

The 1980s covered all of my 20s. I had abs.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at August 15, 2013 09:48 AM (A0sHn)

184 Oh man, I haven't seen that video since I was 8 years old and I STILL remember every bit of it. I always thought it was taken from a movie because it was so cinematic. I remember the flash cut to the tarantula, the guy getting into a fistfight in the middle of a construction zone, and...doesn't it end with him jumping off a building or something? I think all of that is a dream because the last shot is him walking with the crowd, stopping, then turning around and going the other way.

Posted by: EC at August 15, 2013 09:49 AM (GQ8sn)

185

@ 187 - "Defenestrating a wetland would be kind of difficult. Are you sure you didn't mean "deforesting?""

It all depends on what version of Windows you have.

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at August 15, 2013 09:49 AM (YYJjz)

186 >>>Are you *sure* you're heterosexual?

Talk Talk may be one of the most underrated bands in rock history, but it's not because of their early (more famous in America) new-wave stuff like "Talk Talk" and "It's My Life." It's for the later post-rock stuff like The Colour Of Spring (1986), Spirit Of Eden (198

and Laughing Stock (1992). Those three albums still sound modern, and have had an incalculable influence on modern art-rock, from Slint and Tortoise to Radiohead and every post-rock or art-rock group from the '90s onward.

Seriously, it's majestic stuff.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:49 AM (n/+FT)

187 Metroid was about America's intolerance of undocumented aliens.

Posted by: mugiwara at August 15, 2013 09:49 AM (BcoUO)

188 Starcade.

http://youtu.be/ZIbW7c2hRMw

Posted by: grognard at August 15, 2013 09:49 AM (/29Nl)

189 'Oregon Trail' was how the Soviets instilled the idea of Communism on our young.

Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2013 09:49 AM (fWAjv)

190 197 Metroid was about America's intolerance of undocumented aliens. Posted by: mugiwara at August 15, 2013 01:49 PM (BcoUO) As well as pro-feminist propaganda.

Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2013 09:50 AM (fWAjv)

191 149 I typed in 90125 and Owner of a Lonely Heart started playing on my computer.

The members of Yes thank you from wherever the hell they happen to be.

Posted by: joncelli at August 15, 2013 09:50 AM (RD7QR)

192 "Tetris" is Soviet progaganda, extolling the virtues of the proletariat and encouraging the working classes of the West to rise up against the malevolent bourgeoisie.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 09:50 AM (4df7R)

193 8675309 just got me a shitload of pr0n in my gmail box. Feh

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 15, 2013 09:50 AM (gWOtP)

194 Also, the Smurfs were a communist indoctrination plot.

Posted by: Hotair Commenter at August 15, 2013 09:51 AM (iEoiA)

195 >>>"The Legend of Zelda" is about the destruction of old growth forests.

No, no, no, you've got it all wrong. It was a propaganda piece about the proper management of California brush through "controlled burns." (Remember that stupid candle that you could only use once per screen? Aaarrggh.)

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:51 AM (n/+FT)

196 The 1980s covered all of my 20s. I had abs. The 1980s covered all of my single digits. I had a blankey.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 15, 2013 09:51 AM (/PCJa)

197 Meanwhile, it must be an exhausting, miserable existence if you can't enjoy life without seeing conspiracy propaganda everywhere.

Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at August 15, 2013 01:40 PM (waJ+2)
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Yes, but remember that the total lack of any evidence of a conspiracy is PROOF POSITIVE that the conspiracy is WORKING!

<_<

>_>

Is that a gold fringe on that flag?

Posted by: Nighthawk at August 15, 2013 09:51 AM (OtQXp)

198 Also, the Smurfs were a communist indoctrination plot.

Posted by: Hotair Commenter at August 15, 2013 01:51 PM (iEoiA)

Now that I can believe.

Posted by: sweet...ish at August 15, 2013 09:51 AM (bj+Nc)

199 Yeah, missile command. I mark it as a typical liberal asshole mockery of Ronald Regan's SDI program mocked by such fuckwits as Ted Kennedy as "Star Wars." Dude. It was in development before the election. Would it make you feel any better to know that the 6 cities were originally intended to represent Eureka, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego.?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at August 15, 2013 09:51 AM (7ObY1)

200 Little known fact - as a teenager TFG was involved in the production of 'E.T.' for the 2600. His first brush with greatness.

Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2013 09:52 AM (fWAjv)

201 SDI didn't exist until 1983. Missile Command was designed based on nightmares the programmer had about the Soviets nuking California. Period. Atari at that time wasn't political; they were all stoned 24-7-365 because that was the only way to understand the primitive hardware. Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 01:36 PM (OevbG) I very much Doubt Atari had anything to do with the programing used to create this Youtube Easter Egg (other than provide inspiration) It is my opinion that the people doing the current programing are likely 20 something Liberals from California who may or may not give a shit about honoring Atarii, but may be just as likely motivated about mocking Reagan. I expect will find out the truth eventually.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 09:52 AM (bb5+k)

202 Pong was a commentary on gender confusion. Subtle, but its there.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2013 09:52 AM (g1DWB)

203

Since he took office in 1980

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1981, actually. Reagan was *voted* into office in 1980, but wasn't sworn in until January of the subsequent year.

Posted by: junior at August 15, 2013 09:52 AM (UWFpX)

204 >>>Would it make you feel any better to know that the 6 cities were originally intended to represent Eureka, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego.?

Hey now, San Diego was a lovely place before Bob Filner started manhandling every woman within the city limits. The only major city in California I would be caught dead in.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:52 AM (n/+FT)

205 Little known fact - as a teenager TFG was involved in the production of 'E.T.' for the 2600.

His first brush with greatness.
Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2013 01:52 PM (fWAjv)

He must have coded that goddamn FBI spook. Figures.

Posted by: grognard at August 15, 2013 09:53 AM (/29Nl)

206 Also, the Smurfs were a communist indoctrination plot.

They actually were, which kind of ruins the joke.

But they also showed a little-known downside of Communism: one woman and infinite men.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 09:53 AM (OevbG)

207 Why not Timbuktu or Art of Noise, if you're going for obscure bands,

Posted by: Armando, owner of Caesar at August 15, 2013 09:53 AM (Jsiw/)

208 The members of Yes thank you from wherever the hell they happen to be.

Jon is doing fine - saw him last summer (lives near SLO in CA). Working with Rabin and Wakeman on album. Rest of band that dumped him now have singer from Glass Hammer and are going in to studio for new album in fall.

Squire and Hackett did album together called Squackett. Meh.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 15, 2013 09:53 AM (pgQxn)

209

Talk Talk may be one of the most underrated bands in rock history, but it's not because of their early (more famous in America) new-wave stuff like "Talk Talk" and "It's My Life."

Get on your knees so Sabrina can see your ass.

It's for the later post-rock stuff like The Colour Of Spring (1986), Spirit Of Eden (198 and Laughing Stock (1992).

Don't just look at it, Sabrina. Eat it.

Those three albums still sound modern, and have had an incalculable influence on modern art-rock, from Slint and Tortoise to Radiohead and every post-rock or art-rock group from the '90s onward.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 09:53 AM (CJjw5)

210 Would it make you feel any better to know that the 6 cities were originally intended to represent Eureka, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego.? *lets all the missiles hit their targets*

Posted by: EC at August 15, 2013 09:53 AM (GQ8sn)

211 The members of Yes thank you from wherever the hell they happen to be. Posted by: joncelli at August 15, 2013 01:50 PM (RD7QR) Still touring. I know someone who just saw them a week or so ago.

Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at August 15, 2013 09:54 AM (Lo5Rt)

212 Space Wars was about the patriarchal hegemony of the sun's gravity.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at August 15, 2013 09:54 AM (A0sHn)

213 No 20 something liberal from California gives a shit about SDI. In fact, nobody anywhere gives a shit about SDI, because SDI hasn't been "a thing" for 30 years. Let it go.

Posted by: Paul at August 15, 2013 09:54 AM (JM48I)

214 Obama aides like his political strategist David Axelrod and Gaspard have for years been sensitive to the irony that in the age of Obama, Republicans have done a better job than Democrats of bringing diversity through their ranks.

Posted by: Martin Luther King Jr at August 15, 2013 09:54 AM (e8kgV)

215

"Mortal Kombat" was a searing indictment of modern culture's veneration of blood sport and the ever expanding American hegemony of violence across the globe.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 09:54 AM (4df7R)

216 Spirit Of Eden Everyone is always telling me what a classic that album is. I was severely disappointed when I finally got around to buying it. Mopey, depressing dirge-rock, with a mumbly-mouthed singer and the same plodding non-music on track after track. I know I'm in the minority on this one because all my fellow music nerd friends consider it a masterpiece. But I just don't get it.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at August 15, 2013 09:54 AM (7ObY1)

217 I have it on good authority that the chess-playing algorithm developed by Turing in 1948 was secretly preparing us for takeover by the gheys.

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at August 15, 2013 09:54 AM (YYJjz)

218 The members of Yes thank you from wherever the hell they happen to be. Jon is doing fine - saw him last summer (lives near SLO in CA). Working with Rabin and Wakeman on album. Rest of band that dumped him now have singer from Glass Hammer and are going in to studio for new album in fall. Squire and Hackett did album together called Squackett. Meh. Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 15, 2013 01:53 PM (pgQxn) Jon Andersen did the theme song for the PC game, Homeworld.

Posted by: EC at August 15, 2013 09:55 AM (GQ8sn)

219

I got a Ken Fisher Investments ad. Maybe I clicked in the wrong place.

Just kidding, I got nothing

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 15, 2013 09:55 AM (YgotP)

220 BRB playing Nice Debs game, during the Egypt Slaughter

Posted by: Lolobama at August 15, 2013 09:55 AM (nTgAI)

221 Art of Noise obscure? Really?
I think when you get radio hits and do crap with Max Headroom, you leave obscurity at least for 15 minutes.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 15, 2013 09:55 AM (pgQxn)

222 But they also showed a little-known downside of Communism: one woman and infinite men. Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 01:53 PM (OevbG) Hold on. Whats the downside?

Posted by: Smurfette at August 15, 2013 09:55 AM (BcoUO)

223 California who may or may not give a shit about honoring Atarii, but may be just as likely motivated about mocking Reagan. Or. Maybe they're 20 - 30 something liberals who thought, "You know what would be cool? If you could blow up videos. Hey, what if we embedded Missile Command into the videos so you could do that!?!" Not. Everything. Is. Political. I have no doubt the majority of the people who write and maintain code for YouTube are liberal. I do, however, doubt they were making any comment at all about Ronald Reagan. I doubt they know who he is if they're 20 somethings. 1980 was 33 years ago, dude. If they're 20, they weren't born until Clinton was elected. Think about it.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 15, 2013 09:55 AM (/PCJa)

224
The 80's also gave us the Commodore 64. Which, ironically, still is used to host minx at the AoSHQ.

Posted by: fixerupper at August 15, 2013 09:55 AM (nELVU)

225 I know I never allow myself to enjoy a bit of free fun art without first ascertaining and approving the political views of the creator of that art.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Conspiracies at August 15, 2013 09:55 AM (GmTxn)

226 I have it on good authority that the chess-playing algorithm developed by Turing in 1948 was secretly preparing us for takeover by the gheys.

That's a typo from when the plan was sent by telegraph. It's actually a takeover by the greys.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 09:55 AM (OevbG)

227 122 Running FF here and I can't get it to work. Posted by: EC at August 15, 2013 01:37 PM (GQ8sn) Funny Holder said the same thing.

Posted by: Hanoverfist at August 15, 2013 09:55 AM (WXY5v)

228 Crazy Climber was socialist propaganda about how hard it is for someone to ascend to the top of a capitalist society.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 15, 2013 09:56 AM (YmPwQ)

229
Jesus, get the hell out of the way. I"LL run the Goddamn hippies over.

Fucking kids.

Posted by: irongrampa at August 15, 2013 09:56 AM (SAMxH)

230 >>>Get on your knees so Sabrina can see your ass.

This schtick only works if I'm defending Genesis. And the way you can tell I'm not Patrick Bateman is that I think Invisible Touch is a steaming pile of shit. Well, "Throwing It All Away" is a pretty lovely little song, but fuck the rest of it.

Bateman would never have been hipster enough to know about late-period Talk Talk...that's music-geek territory.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:56 AM (n/+FT)

231 Do you like Phil Collins?

Posted by: Pat Bateman at August 15, 2013 09:56 AM (iEoiA)

232 'Custer's Revenge' is still my 'go-to' on lonely nights.

Posted by: ergie at August 15, 2013 09:56 AM (fWAjv)

233 I did it and got nuthin'. God hates me.

Posted by: Soona at August 15, 2013 09:56 AM (rHyMf)

234 If you smile, the communists win.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Conspiracies at August 15, 2013 09:56 AM (GmTxn)

235 Relatively obscure, as opposed to the Police or the Eurythmics.

Posted by: Armando, owner of Caesar at August 15, 2013 09:57 AM (Jsiw/)

236 the members of Yes thank you from wherever the hell they happen to be. Posted by: joncelli at August 15, 2013 01:50 PM (RD7QR) Still touring. I know someone who just saw them a week or so ago. I saw YES earlier this year, excellent show. They still got it. The new singer, an American named Jon Davison, is also the lead singer of Chattanooga's own Glass Hammer, a fine Christian-oriented Prog Rock band who I highly recommend.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at August 15, 2013 09:57 AM (7ObY1)

237 Brings back memories

Posted by: CanaDave - We're all Rodeo Clowns now... at August 15, 2013 09:57 AM (AwSPc)

238 I have to go return some videos.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 15, 2013 09:57 AM (YmPwQ)

239 The first person to start sputtering "Sussudio" gets a face full of trampoline.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 09:57 AM (4df7R)

240 Those three albums still sound modern, and have had an incalculable influence on modern art-rock, from Slint and Tortoise to Radiohead and every post-rock or art-rock group from the '90s onward. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 01:53 PM (CJjw5) Could you be any gayer?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 09:57 AM (da5Wo)

241 Ok. As instructed, I just put my arrow in an area outside the box. What do I do next? Ladies?

Posted by: MegaIndependento at August 15, 2013 01:48 PM (uvaJ1)

There's no area outside my box, sailor!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 15, 2013 09:58 AM (zF6Iw)

242

I typed this in and found the result was offensive to me a single mother of color with five children of color !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: LaQuisha Largess' at August 15, 2013 09:58 AM (IkHXL)

243 Duck Hunt was written and distributed by the NRA to make children more comfortable using guns.

Posted by: MacGruber at August 15, 2013 09:58 AM (S+el1)

244 Mario Bros.? Pro immigration crap.

Posted by: Countrysquire, back just for this comment at August 15, 2013 09:58 AM (LSJmV)

245 New service from the post office: For add'l $3.00, USPS guarantees to lose your package overnight.

Posted by: USA at August 15, 2013 09:58 AM (VIaw0)

246 243 Do you like Phil Collins?

When he was drumming with and then fronting Genesis up to And Then There Were Three, yes.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 15, 2013 09:58 AM (pgQxn)

247 @252: EoJ was quoting Jeff B., who previously admitted he listens to Radiohead with ironic facial hair while drinking a PBR on a fixie bike.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 09:58 AM (OevbG)

248 Could you be any gayer?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 01:57 PM (da5Wo)

Hey, go easy on him. Theater majors gotta get their kicks one way or the other.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 09:58 AM (4df7R)

249 >>>Jon Andersen did the theme song for the PC game, Homeworld.

I'm going to reveal my prog-nerd credentials by pointing out that this was in fact the full band Yes, and not just Jon Anderson.

Yes were actually a pretty great band from 1969-1983, with two truly unfortunate blips (Tales From The Topographic Oceans, every bit as bad as its reputation, and the somehow even worse Tormato). Just don't try to pay any attention to the lyrics. You'll go crazy and your balls will shrivel up.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 09:58 AM (n/+FT)

250
Oh Mickey youre so fine, youre so fine you blow my mind HEY MICKEY.

Posted by: fixerupper at August 15, 2013 09:58 AM (nELVU)

251

This schtick only works...

I'm fuckin' this monkey, you just hold the head so it don't bite. Let them what has senses of humor handle the chuckles, boy.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 09:59 AM (CJjw5)

252 the chess-playing algorithm developed by Turing in 1948 was secretly preparing us for takeover by the gheys. It screws me regularly.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 15, 2013 09:59 AM (QF8uk)

253 who may or may not give a shit about honoring Atarii, but may be just as likely motivated about mocking Reagan. Don't see why '1980' and Missile Command mock Reagan. At most, it celebrates Reagan. Realistically, though, someone just went, "hey, you know what would be cool?"

Posted by: t-bird at August 15, 2013 09:59 AM (FcR7P)

254 fixerupper at August 15, 2013 01:58 PM (nELVU)

That was just mean.

Posted by: sweet...ish at August 15, 2013 09:59 AM (bj+Nc)

255 236
The 80's also gave us the Commodore 64. Which, ironically, still is used to host minx at the AoSHQ.

Posted by: fixerupper at August 15, 2013 01:55 PM (nELVU)

I thought it was a Timex/Sinclair...

Posted by: joncelli at August 15, 2013 09:59 AM (RD7QR)

256 More likely:

"It is my opinion that the people doing the current programing are likely 20 something Liberals from California who may or may not ~~give a shit about honoring Atarii, but may be just as likely motivated about mocking~~ know Reagan was President in 1980.

I expect will find out the truth eventually.
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp

Posted by: Jean at August 15, 2013 10:00 AM (CMlD4)

257 Duck Hunt was written and distributed by the NRA to make children more comfortable using guns.

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I HATED that frickin laffing dog.....

Posted by: fixerupper at August 15, 2013 10:00 AM (nELVU)

258 I just tried it again. No damn games. All I got was a gif of Hannah Minx topless.

Posted by: Soona at August 15, 2013 10:00 AM (rHyMf)

259 >>>@252: EoJ was quoting Jeff B., who previously admitted he listens to Radiohead with ironic facial hair while drinking a PBR on a fixie bike.

The part about Radiohead is definitely true, the rest is vehemently false.

I don't even drink beer anymore. I drink cheap whiskey and vodka...want to maximize my alcohol-to-calories ratio.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 10:01 AM (n/+FT)

260 Something else comes to mind. Every time a liberal looks at ANYTHING, it's political. Commentary made by Republicans is ALWAYS scrutinized for political "Dog Whistles". Sarah Palin using target symbols on Democrat Seats is conflated to be an inspiration for violence. The nonsensical "Mr. Makaka" is conflated into a Racial slur. Their typical modus operandi is to force us to defend any and all of our actions against their morally heinous accusations. So what's wrong with making THEM defend themselves? What's wrong with reading every move THEY make as consisting of some sort of "Dog Whistle" ? What is wrong with putting THEM on the defensive by deliberately construing everything they do as an attack against us? Alinsky tactics work. They just do.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:01 AM (bb5+k)

261 Ironic Benoit David got the boot for the same thing that Anderson had.

Glass Hammer never really pushed any of my buttons - a but derivative but skilled, certainly.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 15, 2013 10:01 AM (pgQxn)

262 "I just tried it again. No damn games. All I got was a gif of Hannah Minx topless. Posted by: Soona at August 15, 2013 02:00 PM"

That was not a nice thing to do to the 'rons. I'm just sayin'....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 15, 2013 10:01 AM (knoK7)

263 Ok, I've paused a video, but when I press '1980', my VCR just kind of stares at me.

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 15, 2013 10:01 AM (FcR7P)

264 I'm going to reveal my prog-nerd credentials by pointing out that this was in fact the full band Yes, and not just Jon Anderson. I thought it was just him. Hmmm... Gearbox bought the rights to the Homeworld IP when THQ went tits up. I liked that game and can't wait to see how the remake will turn out.

Posted by: EC at August 15, 2013 10:02 AM (GQ8sn)

265 ...Hannah Minx topless. ----- Aaaaand now all the morons run off to go look. It's a conspiracy to kill the thread.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Conspiracies at August 15, 2013 10:02 AM (GmTxn)

266 So what's wrong with making THEM defend themselves? What's wrong with reading every move THEY make as consisting of some sort of "Dog Whistle" ? Because this tactic is easily mocked by the media, which is on their side.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 15, 2013 10:02 AM (QF8uk)

267 ...know Reagan was President in 1980. Elected President in 1980.

Posted by: t-bird at August 15, 2013 10:03 AM (FcR7P)

268 Someone, please stuff this kid into a locker. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 01:36 PM (CJjw5) Why don't you try it big mouth? I could use a little stress relief.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:03 AM (bb5+k)

269 Digging around found that this is part of a geek week celebration thing.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/mpzbky7

Which led to this silly looking Dr. Who Anime video:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/khrhx2l

I'd say the Space Command game is pretty innocuous, DL.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2013 10:03 AM (oY6Yp)

270 worked about as well as obamacare for me?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2013 10:04 AM (9Xc5j)

271 >>>So what's wrong with making THEM defend themselves? What's wrong with reading every move THEY make as consisting of some sort of "Dog Whistle"?

What's wrong is that you look like a fucking moron. They don't need to defend themselves, they can just laugh at you, because your accusation is risible.

That is what is wrong, in case you were unclear on the subject.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 10:04 AM (n/+FT)

272 262 I'm going to reveal my prog-nerd credentials by pointing out that this was in fact the full band Yes, and not just Jon Anderson.

Tales was amazing live - I still think it's got its moments.
But as Bruford said: "with CTTE we got lucky".

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 15, 2013 10:04 AM (pgQxn)

273 Siam's gonna be the witness To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness This grips me more than would A muddy old river or Reclining Buddha

Posted by: ergie at August 15, 2013 10:04 AM (fWAjv)

274 Oh sweet. Internet slap fight. Alright folks, who ya got?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 10:05 AM (da5Wo)

275 So what's wrong with making THEM defend themselves? What's wrong with reading every move THEY make as consisting of some sort of "Dog Whistle" ?

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I can't possibly act like a leftist. I'd never be able to keep a straight face.

I just couldn't.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 15, 2013 10:05 AM (YmPwQ)

276

I typed Beechwood 4-5789. Now I can have a date any old time.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 15, 2013 10:05 AM (zF6Iw)

277

The members of Yes thank you from wherever the hell they happen to be.

According to their website, they were in Cleveland at the RRHoF and they're getting ready for their 2014 tour where they'll play The Yes Album, Going for the One and Close to the Edge in their entirety.

Not too shabby for a bunch of old farts.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 15, 2013 10:05 AM (0HooB)

278 And AtC, Kate crawling in leather is ALWAYS a winner.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 10:05 AM (da5Wo)

279 So what's wrong with making THEM defend themselves? They aren't here. So even if I generally approve of fighting them, this is entirely the wrong place. Go picket Mountain View or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 10:05 AM (OevbG)

280 The ponies/bronies easter egg is briefly amusing.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2013 10:06 AM (v3pYe)

281 Here. This is for MWR. http://bit.ly/14P6KUi And one of my all time favorites - http://bit.ly/oo8OXm (probs NSFW)

Posted by: alexthechick - Connoisseur of pretty things and clever words. at August 15, 2013 10:06 AM (VtjlW)

282

"'Punch-Out!!' was a virulently racist game propagated by cis-normative white males of significant means, designed to encourage young white boys to internalize the axiomatic belief that "the black man" is their primary enemy, and that they must utilize all their skill and ingenuity to ensure his defeat and ultimate ouster from the "ring" of society. This served as a metaphorical banishment of The Black Man to the uncelebrated "field" of anonymity.

They might as well have slapped a cotton jin on the cover and called it 'Send Mikey Back to the Plantation.'"

-MWR, channeling every Race/Gender/Class Studies major in modern academia

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:07 AM (4df7R)

283 Alright folks, who ya got?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 02:05 PM (da5Wo)

5 bucks on the theater ..... errrrr..... theatre major.

10 bucks on the other guy.

(I always hedge)

Posted by: fixerupper at August 15, 2013 10:07 AM (nELVU)

284 Prince of Persia is a Muslim Brotherhood plot to prime the US for sharia.

Posted by: mugiwara at August 15, 2013 10:07 AM (BcoUO)

285 I meant videos, but that fits as well.

Posted by: Armando, owner of Caesar at August 15, 2013 10:07 AM (Jsiw/)

286 >>>Tales was amazing live - I still think it's got its moments.
But as Bruford said: "with CTTE we got lucky".

They did indeed. I'd still say that "Close To The Edge" (the title track) is the single best "sidelong song" ever written. I love the others ("Supper's Ready" by Genesis, "Bel Air" by Can, "Thick As A Brick" by Tull, etc.), but each of them has some down moments...not a wasted second on CTTE. The second half of that album isn't quite as impressive, but who cares?

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 10:07 AM (n/+FT)

287

Why not Timbuktu or Art of Noise, if you're going for obscure bands

Don't knock AoN. Their cover of Peter Gunn was where I first heard Duane Eddy.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 15, 2013 10:07 AM (zF6Iw)

288 This game doesn't work in Seamonkey. It thinks I am searching for text.

Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2013 10:08 AM (z9HTb)

289 Diogenes' Lamp: Do you have a link for the Google Logo stuff? I'm genuinely interested, as I've heard things ... Posted by: Arbalest at August 15, 2013 01:42 PM (FlRtG) Alas no. I've seen so many articles and commentary on it over the years that I now simply take it for granted that if it has a Google connection, it's liberal revisionist crap. I think Ace has done some articles regarding how Google puts little commentary into their Logo when they change it from time to time on their search engine.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:08 AM (bb5+k)

290 290 Not too shabby for a bunch of old farts.

And they're either doing or did do a cruise ship thing where you could mingle with them. Play they can do.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 15, 2013 10:08 AM (pgQxn)

291 @295: That write up is infinitely funnier given the existence of a hack called "Nude Punch-Out" which mostly does what it says on the tin.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 10:09 AM (OevbG)

292 Hollywood Moonbat Barbra Streisand: Â“Obstructionist Republicans Trying To Stop Any Economic And Social ProgressÂ”Â… Weasel Zippers: If her face has anymore plastic surgery and is pulled any tighter, her eyeballs are gonna end up in her ass

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2013 10:09 AM (9Xc5j)

293 292 So what's wrong with making THEM defend themselves?

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They aren't here. So even if I generally approve of fighting them, this is entirely the wrong place. Go picket Mountain View or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 02:05 PM (OevbG)

It also doesn't work because they don't have any integrity or self-introspection. They'll dismiss you as a troll and move on.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2013 10:09 AM (oY6Yp)

294

Tangent to the prog rock tangent: My favorite line from Top Gear is when they were testing cars from the progressive rock era. Jeremy says:

"And now James' lap will be exactly like a song from the prog rock era. It will last 47 minutes and be utterly meaningless".

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at August 15, 2013 10:09 AM (A0sHn)

295 302 I think Ace has done some articles regarding how Google puts little commentary into their Logo when they change it from time to time on their search engine.

I believe Zombie had or has a page up of google logo history stuff if you're interested.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 15, 2013 10:09 AM (pgQxn)

296

But they also showed a little-known downside of Communism: one woman and infinite men.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 01:53 PM (OevbG)

Hold on. Whats the downside?

Posted by: Smurfette at August 15, 2013 01:55 PM (BcoUO)

Pervy Smurf and Filner Smurf, for one, sugar. But you're the one pulling the train, not me.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 15, 2013 10:10 AM (zF6Iw)

297 Speaking of music stuff - http://youtu.be/lzaG-Pn9kPU

Posted by: alexthechick - Connoisseur of pretty things and clever words. at August 15, 2013 10:11 AM (VtjlW)

298 "Ok, I've paused a video, but when I press '1980', my VCR just kind of stares at me." Posted by: Joe Biden at August 15, 2013 02:01 PM (FcR7P) I don't care who you are, that right there is damn funny.

Posted by: Bayou City at August 15, 2013 10:11 AM (8yWf/)

299

Why don't you try it big mouth? I could use a little stress relief.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 02:03 PM (bb5+k)

------------------------

You find being stuffed into lockers relaxing? Huh. You and Temple Grandin.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 10:11 AM (CJjw5)

300 Btw folks, there are some supposedly leaked topless pics of hannah minx floating out there.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 10:11 AM (da5Wo)

301

So what's wrong with making THEM defend themselves? What's wrong with
reading every move THEY make as consisting of some sort of "Dog Whistle"
?

Because even if it WERE some form of mockery, it's a lot easier (and more galling to them) to say, "Hey guys, this is really fun! Great idea!"

Leaves them gobsmacked and disoriented. "But... you're supposed to be angry...?"

I'll save my outrage for the clear and present dogwhistles that they sneak in everywhere else. Like on last night's "Royal Pains," when they had the brother running for some elected position, and one of the questions was, "Do you favor banning plastic bags." And his response was essentially, "Yes, because environment."

*click!*

I turned it off. I won't watch again.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:11 AM (4df7R)

302 After driving in 13 runs in the last 2 games, Soriano is 2 for 2 and has driven in the only Yankee run. Hot Hot Hot

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2013 10:11 AM (9Xc5j)

303 >>>"And now James' lap will be exactly like a song from the prog rock era. It will last 47 minutes and be utterly meaningless"

Which is even funnier when you know that Jeremy Clarkson is a massive Genesis fan, and even wrote the liner notes for the most recent reissue of Selling England By The Pound.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 10:11 AM (n/+FT)

304 Ugh. I think I actually prefer the barrel to that stinky Fluke sock.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 10:11 AM (zF6Iw)

305 How to slow the missiles down?

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 15, 2013 10:12 AM (od00y)

306 "Tetris" is Soviet progaganda, extolling the virtues of the proletariat and encouraging the working classes of the West to rise up against the malevolent bourgeoisie. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 01:50 PM (4df7R) Ha! Maybe More so than you might think. Every play Tetris? The Background images are full of Wonderful Soviet Accomplishments.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:12 AM (bb5+k)

307 I guess I should pop up the prog music awards for 2013 then:
http://awards.progrockmag.com/

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 15, 2013 10:12 AM (pgQxn)

308 O/T Went to the county fair. Walked thru 4H animal exhibits, quilt displays, veggies, baked goods, kids science fair projects. Faith in America restored. Highly recommend you all visit your county or state fairs. Good respite from the scum in DC. Merica.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at August 15, 2013 10:13 AM (IMejC)

309 @316: And they just had Mike Rutherford on again in the latest season.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 10:13 AM (OevbG)

310

And they're either doing or did do a cruise ship thing where you could mingle with them. Play they can do.

Heh. Chris Squire taught me a lot about bass playing, but he doesn't know it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 15, 2013 10:13 AM (0HooB)

311 Btw folks, there are some supposedly leaked topless pics of hannah minx floating out there. Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 02:11 PM (da5Wo) The ones I've seen can't be 100% confirmed. It's all conjecture and guesswork with a lot of p-shopping.

Posted by: EC at August 15, 2013 10:13 AM (GQ8sn)

312 i TYPED IN mICHELE oBAMA AND GOT A SITE ASKING FOR A DONATION TO HELP pRESIDENT oBAMA KEEP THE hEALTHCARE INITIVE AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE INCLUDING PERSONS OF COLOR AND OTHERS. i AM PROUD TO SAY i SENT $50 FROM MY RECENT WELFSRE CHECK TO mRS oBAMA'S CAUSE.

Posted by: LaQuisha Largess' at August 15, 2013 10:13 AM (90aTA)

313 *click!* I turned it off. I won't watch again. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 02:11 PM (4df7R) I left you a link to pretty above.

Posted by: alexthechick - Connoisseur of pretty things and clever words. at August 15, 2013 10:14 AM (VtjlW)

314

You know, I could really rock out to some Thompson Twins right about now.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 10:14 AM (zF6Iw)

315 Hey now, San Diego was a lovely place before Bob Filner started manhandling every woman within the city limits. The only major city in California I would be caught dead in. Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 01:52 PM (n/+FT) No doubt you will be the 14th woman to testify as to his rapaciousness.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:14 AM (bb5+k)

316 I turned it off. I won't watch again. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 02:11 PM (4df7R) That and Christine Ebersole is a 9/11 truther.

Posted by: EC at August 15, 2013 10:14 AM (GQ8sn)

317 @323: And he taught everyone how not to appear in a video.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 10:14 AM (OevbG)

318 I left you a link to pretty above.

Posted by: alexthechick - Connoisseur of pretty things and clever words. at August 15, 2013 02:14 PM (VtjlW)

*WHINE* I can't get to Youtube at work. *POUT* I will watch when I go home though!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:15 AM (4df7R)

319 Try 8675309.

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 15, 2013 10:15 AM (od00y)

320 Do you have a link for the Google Logo stuff? I'm genuinely interested, as I've heard things ...
Posted by: Arbalest at August 15, 2013 01:42 PM (FlRtG)

-----
Alas no. I've seen so many articles and commentary on it over the years that I now simply take it for granted that if it has a Google connection, it's liberal revisionist crap.   I think Ace has done some articles regarding how Google puts little commentary into their Logo when they change it from time to time on their search engine.
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 02:08 PM (bb5+k)

The Google logo thing is primarily a "crime" of omission.    They'll celebrate the birthdays of obscure historical figures by showcasing a special Google Doodle, but they generally skip Veteran's day and Easter/Christmas for any type of recognition.

Free speech and all, but it shows how the company has a "world citizen" culture.

It also makes this particular Doodle special.
    http://preview.tinyurl.com/qaqyanw

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2013 10:15 AM (sGtp+)

321 >>> Btw folks, there are some supposedly leaked topless pics of hannah minx floating out there.

!!!

Now those would be some easter eggs.

Posted by: ace at August 15, 2013 10:15 AM (/IWYB)

322 CAIRO Â— Egyptian authorities have authorized police to use deadly force to protect themselves and key state institutions from attacks. The Interior Ministry, which is in charge of national security, says in a statement Thursday that the new measures come after supporters of the deposed Islamist president torched two local government buildings in the city of Giza, home to the famed pyramids. Egypt's military-backed government also pledged to confront "terrorist actions and sabotage" allegedly carried out by members of former President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group. Sounds like a good idea to me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2013 10:16 AM (9Xc5j)

323 Now those would be some easter eggs.

Posted by: ace at August 15, 2013 02:15 PM (/IWYB)

Certainly symbols of fertility, that's for sure.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:16 AM (4df7R)

324 *WHINE* I can't get to Youtube at work. *POUT* I will watch when I go home though! Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 02:15 PM (4df7R) Nooooooooooooo. That's just some bullshit right there.

Posted by: alexthechick - Connoisseur of pretty things and clever words. at August 15, 2013 10:16 AM (VtjlW)

325 Tell me 8675309 is not a real thing...

Posted by: Jenny Hates That Song at August 15, 2013 10:16 AM (GmTxn)

326

Egypt's military-backed government also pledged to confront "terrorist actions and sabotage" allegedly carried out by members of former President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group.

Good.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:17 AM (4df7R)

327 Hey now, San Diego was a lovely place before Bob Filner started manhandling every woman within the city limits. The only major city in California I would be caught dead in. I gotta agree. Having been to all 3 major Cali metro areas, San Diego was the best. Shame it's in California.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 10:17 AM (OevbG)

328

@323: And he taught everyone how not to appear in a video.

I watched that OoaLH vid and didn't spot Tony Kaye once.

OK, I got stuff to do. Later, gaters.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at August 15, 2013 10:17 AM (0HooB)

329 No 20 something liberal from California gives a shit about SDI. In fact, nobody anywhere gives a shit about SDI, because SDI hasn't been "a thing" for 30 years. Let it go. Posted by: Paul at August 15, 2013 01:54 PM (JM48I) It's still a thing. As a matter of fact, it's a WORKING thing. Just saw some ICBM intercept Missile tests not so long ago. But I suppose you keep up with other things than Aerospace news.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:17 AM (bb5+k)

330 While watching a youtube video, open the command prompt console. Type format c:\ and answer Y to any questions it may have. (OK, that probably hasn't worked since windows 3.0)

Posted by: UWP at August 15, 2013 10:17 AM (r98SZ)

331 Dang just lost Phoenix.

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 15, 2013 10:18 AM (od00y)

332 Fidel Castro says he didn't expect he'd live long enough to turn 87 this week after grave illness forced him from office in 2006, according to an essay carried by official media Wednesday. In a long, wide-ranging article taking up three pages of Communist Party newspaper Granma, Castro, whose birthday was Tuesday, wrote about being stricken with a near-fatal intestinal ailment on July 26, 2006. "As soon as I understood that it would be definitive I did not hesitate to cease my charges as president ... and I proposed that the person designated to exercise that task proceed immediately to take it up," the retired leader said, referring to his successor and younger brother Raul Castro. AP In this Feb. 3, 2013 file photo, Cuba's Fidel Castro talks to reporters at a polling station after casting his ballot in parliament elections in Havana, Cuba. Castro says he never imagined when grave illness forced him from office in 2006 that he would still be alive seven years later. "I was far from imagining that my life would be prolonged seven more years," he added. Neither did we you diseased commie

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2013 10:18 AM (9Xc5j)

333 318 How to slow the missiles down?
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 15, 2013 02:12 PM (od00y)

Go outside your missile control bunker and wave at the missiles while jumping up and down.

It won't actually slow down the missiles, but it'll make everyone else feel better.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2013 10:18 AM (sGtp+)

334 Tell me 8675309 is not a real thing...

Posted by: Jenny Hates That Song at August 15, 2013 02:16 PM (GmTxn)

If I remember the story correctly, it was an actual number one of the band members saw in a bathroom stall. I pity the poor woman whose phone must have been ringing off the hook after it hit the airwaves. I'm fairly certain it's been phased out at this point. And I think it's at least part of the reason why fake numbers always start with 555 in movies and TV shows.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:18 AM (4df7R)

335

President Obama should call that guy in charge in Egypt and tell him to stop now or he will do something mean to punish them. That will show them that he is serious and not to mess with our President Of Color. I also think that these people in Egypt are racist and hate persons of color and that is why they are doing this to make President Obama like bad and weak.

Posted by: LaQuisha Largess' at August 15, 2013 10:18 AM (90aTA)

336 That's just some bullshit right there. Posted by: alexthechick - Connoisseur of pretty things and clever words. at August 15, 2013 02:16 PM (VtjlW) I know right?? It's like they expect her to work at work and not fuck around. If only she was part of a public employee union...then she'd be golden!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 10:19 AM (da5Wo)

337

Btw folks, there are some supposedly leaked topless pics of hannah minx floating out there.

!!!

Now those would be some easter eggs.

Posted by: ace at August 15, 2013 02:15 PM (/IWYB)

Emu eggs.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 10:19 AM (zF6Iw)

338 I typed in MWR and got some chick bouncing on a trampoline.

Posted by: mugiwara at August 15, 2013 10:19 AM (BcoUO)

339

Fidel Castro says he didn't expect he'd live long enough to turn 87 this week after grave illness forced him from office in 2006, according to an essay carried by official media Wednesday.

And I'm pretty sure you didn't, you bloated bastard. At this point you're pushing up the daisies.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:19 AM (4df7R)

340 @347: everyone at the time dialed it in their local area code, so hundreds of people got harassed.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 10:20 AM (OevbG)

341 Not everything is political. Really.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 01:24 PM (n/+FT)

I know one thing that is always the same. Really.

Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2013 10:20 AM (m2CN7)

342 Hagel warns violence putting US-Egyptian defense ties at risk Published: 08.15.13, 21:06 / Israel News US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he called his Egyptian counterpart on Thursday to make clear that violence and hundreds of deaths across Egypt are putting key elements of the longstanding US-Egyptian defense cooperation at risk. "I made it clear that the violence and inadequate steps towards reconciliation are putting important elements of our longstanding defense cooperation at risk," Hagel said in a statement. (Reuters) These idiots are driving Egypt right into the arms of the Russians. Unfuckinbelievable

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2013 10:20 AM (9Xc5j)

343 I have no doubt the majority of the people who write and maintain code for YouTube are liberal. I do, however, doubt they were making any comment at all about Ronald Reagan. I doubt they know who he is if they're 20 somethings. 1980 was 33 years ago, dude. If they're 20, they weren't born until Clinton was elected. Think about it. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 15, 2013 01:55 PM (/PCJa) Apparently I talk with more of them than do some. Ask any one of them about Reagan. The responses will be "Deranged Cowboy" Ronald RAY-GUN, Iran-Contra, or some variation on "Star Wars." Liberals know how to continuously malign the heroes of the Right. Ronald Reagan is STILL hated by the left.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:20 AM (bb5+k)

344 I typed in MWR and got some chick bouncing on a trampoline.

Posted by: mugiwara at August 15, 2013 02:19 PM (BcoUO)

DAMMIT, BC, I TOLD YOU TO CUT THAT SHIT OUT!

That's it, I'm disconnecting ALL the webcams.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:21 AM (4df7R)

345 They probably have Youtube firewalled,

Posted by: Armando, owner of Caesar at August 15, 2013 10:21 AM (Jsiw/)

346 Highly recommend you all visit your county or state fairs. Good respite from the scum in DC. Merica. Posted by: Y-not on the phone at August 15, 2013 02:13 PM (IMejC) Yep. Went to the county fair on Sunday.

Posted by: ergie at August 15, 2013 10:21 AM (fWAjv)

347 Take down the damn Dam already.

Posted by: The Dam Tour Guide at August 15, 2013 10:21 AM (od00y)

348

I know right?? It's like they expect her to work at work and not fuck around.

If only she was part of a public employee union...then she'd be golden!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 02:19 PM (da5Wo)

Ha. Ha. Ha.

*punches fucking purple shirted SEIU pussies in the mouth*

And as it is, I AM working. I've got so many fricking programs open right now, I'm amazed I'm able to type.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:22 AM (4df7R)

349 It wasn't me!!!!! That's it, I'm disconnecting ALL the webcams. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 02:21 PM (4df7R) Good luck finding them all.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 10:22 AM (da5Wo)

350 That's it, I'm disconnecting ALL the webcams. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 02:21 PM (4df7R) *bigeyes* *superhugebigeyes*

Posted by: alexthechick - Connoisseur of pretty things and clever words. at August 15, 2013 10:22 AM (VtjlW)

351 It's still a thing. As a matter of fact, it's a WORKING thing. Just saw some ICBM intercept Missile tests not so long ago. But I suppose you keep up with other things than Aerospace news.
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 02:17 PM (bb5+k)

It's a thing in that they're making progress on the technology, but it's not a thing in that young 20s liberals aren't going to be thinking much about SDI as something to criticize (which predates their birth).

Sure, their liberal indoctrination might have them spew some crap about Reagan and the SDI program if prompted, but they're generally going to be more concerned with being hip and cool, not concerned with the issues of a dead white guy.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2013 10:23 AM (oY6Yp)

352 Not too many people know Cliff Hanger was an aptitude / recruiting game for the CIA.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 10:23 AM (zF6Iw)

353 "Good luck finding them all. Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 02:22 PM"

Webcams? We doan need no steenkin' webcams...

Posted by: The Spiders at August 15, 2013 10:24 AM (knoK7)

354 Don't see why '1980' and Missile Command mock Reagan. At most, it celebrates Reagan. Realistically, though, someone just went, "hey, you know what would be cool?" Posted by: t-bird at August 15, 2013 01:59 PM (FcR7P) Could be, but my experience tends to indicate that there is often more than one possible explanation for something. I have gotten into the habit of trying to see more than one approach.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:24 AM (bb5+k)

355

It wasn't me!!!!!

A likely story.

Good luck finding them all.

*squint* Tricksy boy.

*bigeyes*

*superhugebigeyes*

Posted by: alexthechick - Connoisseur of pretty things and clever words. at August 15, 2013 02:22 PM (VtjlW)

Aww... I can't resist the *superhugebigeyes*!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:24 AM (4df7R)

356 The good news, though, is that with MWR turning off her cams, we now have the bandwidth to monitor the ones that AtC doesn.....*cough cough* Nevermind. Carry on.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 10:25 AM (da5Wo)

357 I typed in MWR and got some chick bouncing on a trampoline. Type in MWR & RLS. (release the spiders)

Posted by: rickb223 at August 15, 2013 10:25 AM (CRyse)

358 Awesome

Posted by: trainer's looking for a Militia to join... at August 15, 2013 10:25 AM (K5X44)

359 "It is my opinion that the people doing the current programing are likely 20 something Liberals from California who may or may not give a shit about honoring Atarii, but may not know Reagan was President in 1980. Posted by: Jean at August 15, 2013 02:00 PM (CMlD4) College educated Liberals in California might not know that Reagan was President? Really?

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:26 AM (bb5+k)

360 I typed in MWR and got some chick bouncing on a trampoline. Type in MWR & RLS. (release the spiders) *RTS

Posted by: rickb223 at August 15, 2013 10:26 AM (CRyse)

361 Type in MWR & RLS. (release the spiders)

Posted by: rickb223 at August 15, 2013 02:25 PM (CRyse)

brb. cudgeling rickb223.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:26 AM (4df7R)

362 369 The good news, though, is that with MWR turning off her cams, we now have the bandwidth to monitor the ones that AtC doesn.....*cough cough* Nevermind. Carry on.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 02:25 PM (da5Wo)

Dunno. I searched for AtC, and nothing came up. Now I'm hearing these weird whistles and clicking noises around the cube farm.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2013 10:27 AM (v3pYe)

363 brb. cudgeling rickb223. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 02:26 PM (4df7R) Is that a word?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 10:27 AM (da5Wo)

364 "brb. cudgeling rickb223. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 02:26 PM"

Have another bottle of champagne. *proffers*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 15, 2013 10:27 AM (knoK7)

365 College educated Liberals in California might not know that Reagan was President?

Really?

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 02:26 PM (bb5+k)

First off, you put too much faith in "college educated."

Second, Reagan didn't become President till 1981.

Third, retro is "hip," and most of the leftwing coding geeks I've ever encountered are hipsters through and through. They'd program the game into the code as an ironic statement of "old school gaming" meeting "new school technology."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:28 AM (4df7R)

366 Is that a word?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 02:27 PM (da5Wo)

If it wasn't, it is now.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:28 AM (4df7R)

367 Aww... I can't resist the *superhugebigeyes*!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 02:24 PM (4df7R)

**sidles over**

How you doin'?

Posted by: Face-Sized Spider With the Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes at August 15, 2013 10:29 AM (zF6Iw)

368 Because this tactic is easily mocked by the media, which is on their side. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 15, 2013 02:02 PM (QF8uk) They tend to lurk in left wing blogs. Any here wouldn't regard the idea as worthwhile of their time. Been saying for years that our most deadly threat is the media. They make weapons that only work against us, never for us.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:29 AM (bb5+k)

369 Dunno. I searched for AtC, and nothing came up. Now I'm hearing these weird whistles and clicking noises around the cube farm.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2013 02:27 PM (v3pYe)

Whatever you do, don't run. You'll just die tired.

And the raptors and emus get pissed when you make them run for their dinner.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:29 AM (4df7R)

370 Aww... I can't resist the *superhugebigeyes*! Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 02:24 PM (4df7R) **sidles over** How you doin'? Posted by: Face-Sized Spider With the Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes at August 15, 2013 02:29 PM (zF6Iw) Haha...not me socking this time!

Posted by: EC at August 15, 2013 10:29 AM (GQ8sn)

371

Posted by: Face-Sized Spider With the Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes at August 15, 2013 02:29 PM (zF6Iw)

AHHHHH!

*kicks into Barrel*

*runs away!*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:30 AM (4df7R)

372 As Egypt descends into chaos, President Obama is facing increasing criticism that an "incoherent" policy toward the country -- much like U.S. policy toward Syria -- is putting U.S. money and influence on the line without a clear end-game. The Obama administration claims to be staying neutral in the violent confrontation between the military-backed government and Muslim Brotherhood supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. More than 500 people have been killed so far across the country. "America cannot determine the future of Egypt," Obama said Thursday, in brief remarks from Martha's Vineyard, where he's vacationing, as he appealed for calm and condemned the violence. Yet the administration is sending mixed signals. While the president directly spoke out against the military-backed government on Thursday -- and canceled upcoming joint military exercises -- the U.S. has refused to label Morsi's ouster a coup. That means, under U.S. law, the administration can continue to send $1.5 billion in annual aid to the Egyptian government. The mixed signals raise concern that the U.S. is simply breeding distrust on both sides. The argument in favor of aid is that it helps secure U.S. influence in Cairo, which is critical not only to Mideast stability but also the security of U.S. ally Israel. Yet the crackdown this week showed U.S. influence with the Egyptian military is waning, analysts warned. A wave of phone calls from top administration officials to their counterparts in Cairo, as well as an unconventional delegation of U.S. lawmakers to the country, did not quell the unrest. "While President Obama 'condemns the violence in Egypt,' his administration continues to send billions of taxpayer dollars to help pay for it," Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said in a statement on Thursday. John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. under the George W. Bush administration, called the current policy "completely incoherent." Fox News: Incoherent is the least of it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 15, 2013 10:30 AM (9Xc5j)

373 It's a perfectly cromulent word.

Posted by: Armando, owner of Caesar at August 15, 2013 10:30 AM (Jsiw/)

374

The good news, though, is that with MWR turning off her cams, we now have the bandwidth to monitor the ones that AtC doesn.....*cough cough*

I totes read that as MWR turning off her 'cans.'

Quite the trick.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 10:30 AM (zF6Iw)

375 Does anyone know where to pick up some .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer rounds? (No shit, that is/was a real round)

Posted by: ergie at August 15, 2013 10:31 AM (fWAjv)

376 376 brb. cudgeling rickb223.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 02:26 PM (4df7R)

Is that a word?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 15, 2013 02:27 PM (da5Wo)

Let Me Google That For You.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cudgeling

Why yes, yes it is.    They even included a video of MWR in action as a reference.

Oooh.   That's why she's an Assault Hobbit.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2013 10:31 AM (sGtp+)

377

I totes read that as MWR turning off her 'cans.'

Quite the trick.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 15, 2013 02:30 PM (zF6Iw)

That sounds like it would be painful.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:31 AM (4df7R)

378 Just went out to the mail box and saw my next door neighbor mowing my lot for me.

Posted by: Vic at August 15, 2013 10:31 AM (lZvxr)

379 Diogenes' Lamp: I found an adequate link that answers my question, but it's only adequate. Conservative Monster: I'm looking for a list of Google omissions. I keep finding occasional articles and sub lists, like this one: http://www.cagle.com/2013/04/googles-shameful-omission/

Posted by: Arbalest at August 15, 2013 10:31 AM (FlRtG)

380 It's a perfectly cromulent word.

Posted by: Armando, owner of Caesar at August 15, 2013 02:30 PM (Jsiw/)

"Cromulent" always - ALWAYS -- makes me crave crumpets.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:31 AM (4df7R)

381 Digging around found that this is part of a geek week celebration thing. http://preview.tinyurl.com/mpzbky7 Which led to this silly looking Dr. Who Anime video: http://preview.tinyurl.com/khrhx2l I'd say the Space Command game is pretty innocuous, DL. Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2013 02:03 PM (oY6Yp) Pretty good evidence that you are correct, but i'm through reading innocuous intentions into anything these people do. As far as i'm concerned, they need to be regarded as hostiles until demonstrated neutral or harmless.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:32 AM (bb5+k)

382 new one

Posted by: Vic at August 15, 2013 10:32 AM (lZvxr)

383 Just went out to the mail box and saw my next door neighbor mowing my lot for me.

Posted by: Vic at August 15, 2013 02:31 PM (lZvxr)

Awww, that's nice of them! I hope you WANTED it mowed.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at August 15, 2013 10:32 AM (4df7R)

384 off filthy sock

Posted by: RWC at August 15, 2013 10:32 AM (fWAjv)

385

268 I thought it was a Timex/Sinclair...

Could explain a lot. When a page doesn't load completely, it might not be due to tired gerbils, but due to Pixy accidentally bumping the table and knocking the 16K RAM expansion pack out of alignment.

Posted by: Anachronda at August 15, 2013 10:33 AM (NmR1a)

386 What's wrong is that you look like a fucking moron. They don't need to defend themselves, they can just laugh at you, because your accusation is risible. That is what is wrong, in case you were unclear on the subject. Posted by: Jeff B. at August 15, 2013 02:04 PM (n/+FT) In case you missed it jackass, equating target symbols on political opponents as advocating violence is ALSO ridiculous. Something being ridiculous is no bar at all from them using it against the right.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:34 AM (bb5+k)

387

I am the proprietor of teenage boys. I shared this (the Easter Egg that this thread was about) with them, and one of them suggested I google "zerg rush".

So I did.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at August 15, 2013 10:37 AM (A0sHn)

388 DL, serious question: what are you doing to treat "these people" as hostiles til proven otherwise by lecturing other conservatives here? Are you trying to get us to boycott YouTube altogether? If that's the case, I get it (don't agree but get it) but why fuss about a silly easter egg either way?

Posted by: Jenny Hates That Song at August 15, 2013 10:38 AM (GmTxn)

389 Google stuff:

http://tinyurl.com/klz7co2

Posted by: TXMarko at August 15, 2013 10:39 AM (O9lPp)

390 I'm looking for a list of Google omissions. I keep finding occasional articles and sub lists, like this one: http://www.cagle.com/2013/04/googles-shameful-omission/
Posted by: Arbalest at August 15, 2013 02:31 PM (FlRtG)

Stuck behind a paywall, but looks like it's a pretty good example of Google's biases.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2013 10:39 AM (oY6Yp)

391 I can't possibly act like a leftist. I'd never be able to keep a straight face. I just couldn't. Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 15, 2013 02:05 PM (YmPwQ) I can. I've used dirty tactics and I've kicked ass. I don't know what kind of trench warfare any of you other fuckers have been involved in, but I've put my life and my home at risk fighting these fuckers. They set my field on fire in the hopes it would burn me out. They did this twice, in the middle of the night. Thank God the Fire Department showed up in time to stop it. Ridicule is an effective tactic. I've HURT them with it. I've had my phone ringing off the hook with invective and threats. I had an FEC complaint filed against me. Any of you get faced with a legal threat from the Federal government due to your campaigning tactics? I wonder how many little asshole sunshine patriots such as JeffB have put themselves at risk ridiculing the left?

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:39 AM (bb5+k)

392 They aren't here. So even if I generally approve of fighting them, this is entirely the wrong place. Go picket Mountain View or something. Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2013 02:05 PM (OevbG) Memes start anywhere.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:41 AM (bb5+k)

393 Okay, I get it now. You're an internet tough guy and slightly nuts. Nevermind.

Posted by: Jenny Hates That Song at August 15, 2013 10:41 AM (GmTxn)

394 *from inside the barrel...* AAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who threw that fucking spider on my face????

Posted by: Bayou City at August 15, 2013 10:41 AM (8yWf/)

395 ConservativeMonster: Close the tab, then open it again ... no paywall, at least not for me. Try this link, to redalertpolitics.com: http://tinyurl.com/lkgkbpn Open all of the links and save them.

Posted by: Arbalest at August 15, 2013 10:42 AM (FlRtG)

396 Go here for the rest of the geeky easter eggs... ha!

http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/
youtube-geek-week-easter-egg-guide/

(I had to break the above url string... bcos of Ace's stoopid checker....)

Enjoy

Posted by: Ron USA at August 15, 2013 10:47 AM (EaqMa)

397 You findbeing stuffed into lockers relaxing? Huh. You andTemple Grandin. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2013 02:11 PM (CJjw5) I find it relaxing to thump on presumptuous assholes. You probably have a different result being the thumpee and all.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:48 AM (bb5+k)

398 Doesn't work in the Opera browser at all.

Posted by: The Political Hat at August 15, 2013 10:49 AM (XvHmy)

399 Because even if it WERE some form of mockery, it's a lot easier (and more galling to them) to say, "Hey guys, this is really fun! Great idea!" Leaves them gobsmacked and disoriented. "But... you're supposed to be angry...?" I'll save my outrage for the clear and present dogwhistles that they sneak in everywhere else. Like on last night's "Royal Pains," when they had the brother running for some elected position, and one of the questions was, "Do you favor banning plastic bags." And his response was essentially, "Yes, because environment." *click!* I turned it off. I won't watch again. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 02:11 PM (4df7R) A reasoned and cognizant response. At least someone knows how to do it. Agreed.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:50 AM (bb5+k)

400 Okay, I get it now. You're an internet tough guy and slightly nuts. Nevermind. Posted by: Jenny Hates That Song at August 15, 2013 02:41 PM (GmTxn) Looking back on the consequences of my sacrifices, I think i'm more than a little nuts. A lot of work and risk, and look where we're at. If I had it to do over, I wouldn't.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:53 AM (bb5+k)

401 Sure, their liberal indoctrination might have them spew some crap about Reagan and the SDI program if prompted, but they're generally going to be more concerned with being hip and cool, not concerned with the issues of a dead white guy. Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 15, 2013 02:23 PM (oY6Yp) The evidence tends to support this argument. I'm apparently overly sensitive about any perceived criticism of Reagan. God I miss him.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 10:58 AM (bb5+k)

402 Bel Air" by Can, Jeff, you are now my favorite AoSHQ fellow moron. Killer piece and album.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at August 15, 2013 10:59 AM (7ObY1)

403 "Second, Reagan didn't become President till 1981." This is true, but he was ELECTED in 1980. I was very much aware of it when it occurred. It was a time of Celebration, especially as that Prick Carter made us feel like shit. "Third, retro is "hip," and most of the leftwing coding geeks I've ever encountered are hipsters through and through. They'd program the game into the code as an ironic statement of "old school gaming" meeting "new school technology." Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 15, 2013 02:28 PM (4df7R) " As I have already admitted, the evidence seems to support this conclusion rather than my initial suspicion.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 11:01 AM (bb5+k)

404 Diogenes' Lamp: I found an adequate link that answers my question, but it's only adequate. Conservative Monster: I'm looking for a list of Google omissions. I keep finding occasional articles and sub lists, like this one: http://www.cagle.com/2013/04/googles-shameful-omission/ Posted by: Arbalest at August 15, 2013 02:31 PM (FlRtG) It has been noted that Google does this on many occasions but I am not aware of any article that has cataloged such instances and written them up. The point remains, these people are not our friends, they do not have our best interests at heart and it is prudent to regard everything they do with suspicion of some sort of propaganda angle.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 11:03 AM (bb5+k)

405 DL, serious question: what are you doing to treat "these people" as hostiles til proven otherwise by lecturing other conservatives here? Are you trying to get us to boycott YouTube altogether? If that's the case, I get it (don't agree but get it) but why fuss about a silly easter egg either way? Posted by: Jenny Hates That Song at August 15, 2013 02:38 PM (GmTxn) It has been demonstrated that their usage of "Missile Command" and "1980" are likely innocuous and not thinly veiled mockery of Reagan. My intent was to note that this may very well be just another Propaganda attack on the Philosophical structure of Conservatism as personified in Reagan. It has long been a Liberal tactic to mock and malign Reagan and I have come to expect it routinely. Would I expect people to stop using youtube? Not at all. That is not a realistic expectation. I just expect people to be aware that much of the people in control of our Electronic/Software infrastructure Hate our ideas, hate their history, and hate us. We need alternatives. We need to make them ourselves if we have to.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 15, 2013 11:08 AM (bb5+k)

406 Imagine my confusion when the YouTube video I chose was Soviet ICBM launches. I tries a garbage truck video after that and there were no falling trash cans. Go figure.

Posted by: Radio Refugee at August 15, 2013 11:19 AM (nk6zm)

407 Why is no one willing to stop the lawlessness?

Posted by: AnnaS at August 15, 2013 11:27 AM (HhKy4)

408 My late take: I'm with the Hat. Opera browser, when I'm outside of text boxes or embed controls, doesn't do anything special. Number keys (my setup, anyway) have browser functions that supersede whatever those Big Brother Browsers are doing to you guys. Big Brother Browsers - sitcom bully or band name?

Posted by: mindful webworker, neither chrome nor fox nor e of i at August 15, 2013 03:54 PM (U13jb)

409 Doesn't work on my ipad.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at August 15, 2013 04:10 PM (DoZD+)

410 It worked last night, but doesn't work now. I think _somebody_ at Youtube noticed the blogs about this feature, and decided to remove it.

Posted by: Calvin Dodge at August 16, 2013 04:27 AM (T5KmF)

411 Never mind - it's working now.

Posted by: Calvin Dodge at August 16, 2013 04:28 AM (T5KmF)

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