Watch the top 18 Film winners from Cannes

Watch the top 18 Film winners from Cannes: "

We've put the Grand Prix winner and all 17 gold Lion winners from this year's Film competition on one page. Watch all of the ads here.

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hand me a quill

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~ day by day ~


mech in comments below

Ooh! Another version by DJMoore.

Dang! Another related rant at DBKP by RidesAPaleHorse (via Holger)

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awesome seat belt sign

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Earth’s High and Lows Graph

Earth’s High and Lows Graph: "This will give you an interesting perspective on the 'Deep Horizon' well. When compared with the highest part of the atmosphere and the deepest sea trench, it is an amazingly deep well. Thanks to 'Our Amazing Planet' for some great work. Sorry for the size!!







I like the graphic for other reasons. Who knew sharks could swim so deep?

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GE engineer explains how lightsabers would (not) work

GE engineer explains how lightsabers would (not) work: "

Okay, folks, make sure you have some tissues handy because GE engineer Matt Gluesenkamp is about to break a lot of hearts. The laser just turned 50, and that got Gluesenkamp thinking about one of the most iconic representations of the technology: the lightsaber. He analyzes the tech it'd take to make them real. Is it possible? In a word, no.

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Wrong, That's How You Did It: Warner Bros. Sued For Pirating Anti-Pirate Software

Wrong, That's How You Did It: Warner Bros. Sued For Pirating Anti-Pirate Software: "

Allegedly Warner Bros. is being sued by a German company for taking their proprietary anti-pirating technology and using it without permission. God, and they raised such a stink when I pirated 'Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove'. You outta be ashamed. Per the Hollywood Reporter:

The claim comes from a German company called Medien Patent Verwaltung. According to new infringement lawsuits filed against Warners, Technicolor and Deluxe in New York and Germany, MPV says that in 2003, it introduced the studio to a method of marking films with a distinctive code so it could track back sources of piracy to the exact theater in which an unauthorized copy originated. MPV says it has been trying to get Warners to pay for use of the technology since it allegedly began incorporating the invention in prints throughout Europe in 2004.


'We disclosed our anti-piracy technology to Warner Bros. in 2003 at their request, under strict confidentiality, expecting to be treated fairly,' MPV says in a statement. 'Instead, they started using our technology extensively without our permission and without any accounting to us. However, we had taken care to obtain patents to protect MPV's technology, and we are now in a position where we must assert our rights.'

Well, well, well -- the tables have turned, haven't they, Mr. and Mr. Warner? And not to start any sibling rivalry or anything, but I did catch your brother making out with your girlfriend. That goes for both of you. That's right, a love square. Now I'd be careful if I were you -- one minute you're bootlegging software,the next you're crossing swords (read: peeners) with your brother. Just sayin', pirating: it's a slippery slope.

Warner Brothers Sued for Pirating Anti-Pirating Software. [towergaming]

Thanks to Francesco, who doesn't pirate anything but that booty. Well rope a ship's wheel to my back and let's do this thing!"

Mother Nature, You Bitch: Giant Sinkhole In Guatemala City Swallows Buildings, Road

Mother Nature, You Bitch: Giant Sinkhole In Guatemala City Swallows Buildings, Road: "

Satan, are you down there? This is a giant-ass sinkhole in Guatemala City that appeared over the weekend after tropical storm Agatha (whore! You're no Cristie) battered Central America with rain.

DOWNPOURS caused by tropical storm Agatha have created a giant sinkhole in Guatemala City, while throughout the country officials have reported 120 people dead and at least 53 missing.


The sinkhole, which formed in the northern part of the capital city, swallowed up a space larger than the area of a street intersection.

Residents said a three-storey building and a house fell into the hole. The residents blamed a poor sewerage system for the sinkhole.

My thoughts go out to everyone affected by this tragedy. Also, [insert joke about how sinkhole pales in comparison to ex's vagina].

Hit the jump for several more of the HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO."

Wild Love

Wild Love: "This video at the link shows the heart warming reunion of a wild gorilla and the man who raised him. After 5 years in the wild the animal could have rejected or even hurt the human, but instead joyously accepted him, even introducing the man to his family. Farther down the page at the same link is video of a full grown male lion, in the wild, also lovingly reuniting with the men who rescued him from a cage. The men raised him till the lion was too large to keep and returned him to the wild. Later they risked their lives to visit the animal who accepted them with a display of love tha brings tears to the eyes. The particulars are available at the link too, but the stories of love surpassing instinct are more the point. And some people don't think animals have souls.

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No Soda Can Is Safe: THE MINI CANNON

No Soda Can Is Safe: THE MINI CANNON: "

Note: Video is after the jump.

This is a little video of a mini cannon that's scarcely bigger than my wiener but packs an awful punch. Well, not an actual punch -- it's a cannon not a fist silly! Hit the jump to see the thing destroying a soda can, light bulb and beer mug, shot precariously close to a computer monitor (smart thinking). It's pretty impressive, but nowhere near as impressive as the time I made my roommate swallow a handful of BB's. He shot out the light in his ceiling fan masturbating.

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Sorcery, SORCERY! Magic Balls Illusion

Sorcery, SORCERY! Magic Balls Illusion: "

Note: Due to harmful levels of black magic, video is after the jump. Do not watch if you are nursing, pregnant or may become pregnant if I do a card trick.

This is a little demonstration of the dark arts in the form of an optical illusion. Or, as I like to call them, devil eye tricks.

This simple yet confounding model was named the Illusion of the Year by the Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Japan.


This kind of optical illusion, which I named 'Impossible Motion', was discovered in my engineering research for machine interpretation of line drawings. In order to check the behavior of my software, I gave what are called 'pictures of impossible objects' as the input expecting the software to judge them impossible. However, my software sometimes interprets 'pictures of impossible objects' as actual solids, from which I found that some of 'pictures of impossible objects' are not impossible; they can be constructed although general angles are used where they look rectangular.

Well, what did you think? Pretty neat, huh? I thought so. Of course, I could tell exactly what was going from the very beginning. Bruce Willis' character was already dead!

Hit it for the video (complete with visual explanation)."