Via The Chive.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Muppet Firefly
With half the cast of Firefly committed to TV series, Whedon off doing God knows what, and, of course, the inexplicable murder of two characters, there's little chance of a Firefly revival, which is one of those things that sucks.
Unless the Muppets step in and save the day, which they are wont to do on occasion. From jameshance.com via BuzzFeed:
Friday, June 3, 2011
Trolling Tip #379: The Proper Signature Line for a Trollish E-Mail
We're often asked at Urkobold what sort of signature line should be used when a troll decides to direct his trollish slur to a specific victim via e-mail*. There's no firm rule, as trolling circumstances vary tremendously, depending on the topic, troll, and victim; however, we can provide a basic, customizable template that you can employ in your direct, troll-to-victim communications:
Your Name [Use your real name if you're comfortable with physical retribution and have the means to defend against lawsuits; otherwise, use a pseudonym. We recommend one that sounds faux-German or faux-Latin.]Trollish Title [E.g., Lord of Hit & Run, Sodomizer of Your Mother, He Who Looms Large, Edward, etc.]Postal Address [We strongly urge you not to reveal your home address or anything that can help a victim physically locate you.]Phone Number [Again, avoid providing this information. A toll-free number, the number of an enemy, or +39.06.6982 are all acceptable. As is eschewing this field altogether.]Your E-Mail Address [Since your e-mail address will be available to the victim whether you include it here or not, we recommend inserting someone else's e-mail address here. For instance, we've used this e-mail address in the past with felicitous results: benedictxvi@vatican.va (for our Italian readers, benedettoxvi@vatican.va).]A Horizontal Line [You know, like this:
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Disclaimer: The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are horrifically insulting and are intended solely for the addressee. The information may also be legally defamatory. This transmission is sent in blind, unthinking ire, for the sole purpose of delivering ad hominem attacks to the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, any use, reproduction, or dissemination of this transmission is strictly prohibited and, to be honest, not a good idea for you personally. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message and its attachments, if any. Or, in the alternative, publish the e-mail on the web, to further humiliate the intended recipient.
* Note that e-mail trolling is generally deprecated, as humiliating your victims should be done as publicly as possible. However, the best trolls know when to break the rules.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Medieval Trolling: The Voynich Manuscript
It's 1411. The New World has yet to be discovered. You have vivid memories of the plague wiping out most of your friends and family. Other than going to church, paying fealty to the nobles, and shit farming, there really aren't a lot of options. If you're an ambitious troll, what do you do? Al Gore won't invent the Internets for 575 years or so.
The answer is simple - write a parchment document with bizarre (and lascivious - for 1400) drawings in an indecipherable, meaningless language and then stand back and watch the hilarity as dozens of scholars attempt to decode your joke.
Skeptical Inquirer's Jan/Feb issue has an article on the Voynich Manuscript, an all-caps post from the 15th century. The article goes into good detail about the interesting lengths people have gone to to try to decipher it, without any success.
Here at Urkobold™, we can only tip our hats to the long dead troll who was laughing his ass off. At least until he was burnt at the stake.
The answer is simple - write a parchment document with bizarre (and lascivious - for 1400) drawings in an indecipherable, meaningless language and then stand back and watch the hilarity as dozens of scholars attempt to decode your joke.
Skeptical Inquirer's Jan/Feb issue has an article on the Voynich Manuscript, an all-caps post from the 15th century. The article goes into good detail about the interesting lengths people have gone to to try to decipher it, without any success.Here at Urkobold™, we can only tip our hats to the long dead troll who was laughing his ass off. At least until he was burnt at the stake.
A New Definition for T.A.s?
From the Philadelphia City Paper:
La Salle University officials acknowledged today that the university has launched "a full-scale investigation" into "reports regarding an incident which occurred on March 21"—an incident which, according to two students who witnessed the event and spoke with CP, involved a professor inviting a team of strippers to engage himself and students at an on-campus, for-credit symposium.
According to the students, the symposium, hosted at a satellite campus facility in Plymouth Meeting, was held by La Salle assistant professor of management Jack Rappaport. For a $150 admission fee, students earned credit in the College of Professional and Continuing Studies, as well as extra credit in the professor's School of Business classes. The symposium's subject, the students say, was the application of Platonic and Hegelian ethics to business.
As part of the lesson, they say, three dancers, dressed in bikinis and/or miniskirts and high heels, had already arrived when the approximately 30 students (two of whom were female) entered the classroom. During the course of the presentation, lap dances were administered to willing students—and even Rappaport—while he lectured.
The strippers were "doing their normal job," as one student put it.
The mere presence of these women was not entirely surprising, apparently, to Rappaport's students, who say that he regularly reminded his classes that the strippers had been booked. But "I was surprised they actually gave lap dances," said the same student. "I thought they were just there for effect, like he always said."
"Every student that went knew what they were getting themselves into," said another student.
According to the students, the symposium, hosted at a satellite campus facility in Plymouth Meeting, was held by La Salle assistant professor of management Jack Rappaport. For a $150 admission fee, students earned credit in the College of Professional and Continuing Studies, as well as extra credit in the professor's School of Business classes. The symposium's subject, the students say, was the application of Platonic and Hegelian ethics to business.
As part of the lesson, they say, three dancers, dressed in bikinis and/or miniskirts and high heels, had already arrived when the approximately 30 students (two of whom were female) entered the classroom. During the course of the presentation, lap dances were administered to willing students—and even Rappaport—while he lectured.
The strippers were "doing their normal job," as one student put it.
The mere presence of these women was not entirely surprising, apparently, to Rappaport's students, who say that he regularly reminded his classes that the strippers had been booked. But "I was surprised they actually gave lap dances," said the same student. "I thought they were just there for effect, like he always said."
"Every student that went knew what they were getting themselves into," said another student.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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