As the topic title states, some people have stolen part of the International Strategic Reserve of maple syrup in Quebec.

I heard about the news this morning, and was outraged at the act (I take my maple syrup very seriously). However, it didn't hit me until now how hilarious this whole thing can sound to outsiders, like some sort of bad Canadian parody, and now I can't help but laugh about it! The comments on Slashdot are pure gold, too.

Hopefully, they'll catch the crim ...

Okay I just... have something I need to get off my chest.

I just saw the... stupidest... person-of-the-week, and... let's just say he or she is a little cat-crazy.

I was reading this article on just about my favorite website ever, Cracked.com, and for reasons I can't explain I actually dared to glimpse the comments section.

If you choose to do so, first of all, there are medals for people with your kind of bravery (and lectures for your kind of insane curiosity). Second of ...

An article catched my eye the other day: Google Begins Pratically Begging You to Use Your Real Name on YouTube

Google recently added to YouTube a new "feature": when you try to post a comment (and you aren't already using your real name through Google+), you'll be prompted to switch to using your full name instead of whatever nickname you picked when you registered. While they do their best to convince you to switch, you're still free to carry on as before. That i ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lyi2RSVxqg

A special showing airing October 2nd, following the story of Pokemon Red and Blue (Green in Japan). Will actually follow the game closely and use the correct protagonists (ie no Ash). It's something people have been wanting to see for a while so there's already a decent amount of buzz about it.

It'll be airing at night in Japan, and they've specifically said it's aimed at those who originally played the gameboy games ...

May or may not be related to the Killers song.

Oh, who am I kidding? This has nothing to do with that song, but I love it any way.

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THIS is an idea I had a while ago: a hilariously uninspired game character typical of most early games that took place in space somewhere: the white spandex space suit, the motorcycle helmet, and the big backpack.
The su ...

I'm looking at buying a few series, some of which are available in both HD and SD. The HD version tends to run 30-50% pricier than the SD version. Do animated shows actually benefit from the higher resolution, to the point that the price difference is worth it, or are the standard versions perfectly fine when using a good player? Edited by Dr. Cossack on May 10, 2012 at 0:08:29

Okay so I've come across a good chunk of free time lately so I decided I'd start dabbling in the foreign world of CHINESE CARTOONS.

I was looking for something still being released that had an attractive visual style. I ended up settling on Astral Ocean (AO).

It's actually a sequel to the series "Eureka 7" but set a good deal into the future to the point where you can simply jump right into it like I did (though I do plan to go back to it later).

http://www ...

A few months ago, I happened to attend a screening of Time of Eve (Eve no Jikan in Japan). It's an anime movie, originally from a short series, that focuses on the perception of androids by humans. The movie itself is pieced from the series, with some scenes removed and a few new added in to improve the pacing. If you've seen one, you've basically seen the other.

Imagine a close future, close to our current world, but where many families have android helpers. These look ful ...

I had some reactions when I posted about Geocities shutting down, I figured this might amuse some people!

This Tumblr account is automatically posting several times a day the screenshot of a Geocities homepage, as it used to exist. Personal pages, fan sites, even a few early corporate display, it has it all. It's glorious! To anyone reading this who has no idea what Geocities was: you're looking at the web as it existed in the late 1990's, early 2000's!

I'm not ...

On this lovely Friday afternoon, let me ask you a question.

Let's say you're part of a small group at work or school, of about a dozen. You decide, as a nice gesture, to bring a food item or beverage to share with everyone else. However, you're aware that a person or two in that group won't be touching it, due to a strong dislike or allergies. What do you do?

1- Bring something else on the side to make sure that everyone receives something?
or
2- It's hard to ...

The hilariously named "Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property" has finally released its report, an 84-page tome that's pretty bonkers. But amidst all that crazy, there's a bit that stands out as particularly insane: a proposal to legalize the use of malware in order to punish people believed to be copying illegally. The report proposes that software would be loaded on computers that would somehow figure out if you were a pirate, and if you were, it woul ...

Out of curiosity, which hobbies do you practice on a regular basis?

On my end, I swap between the following:
- Playing video games
- Reading books
- Visiting places
- Watching live-action TV series
- Watching anime
- Programming
- Running this place!

I might be spreading myself too thin, as I don't do each of those activities half as much as I'd like. Focusing on fewer stuff would definitely make things easier, but then, I want to discover a lot of things available on ...

What's your opinion? I saw this topic on a different forum somewhere in which case some love subs over dubs... in my honest opinion I love subs more. I can't STAND reading the text!

As the topic says, post a picture that represents the Internet!

Here's my submission, from DeviantArt!

Hello and salutations, all you good Earth people. For those of you who are not from Earth, Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep mini bong.

I come today to talk about the insanity and unpredictability that is life. How does it maintain such chaos and yet be so perfect at the same time? Barring religious discussion as usual, I think the point of this topic is more to muse on what you would consider coincidences that just seem too...precise...to be a coincidence. I'm not talking conspiracy theori ...

Kool-Aid Man goes CGI, gets a personality - Business - CBC News Edited by Dr. Cossack on April 12, 2013 at 15:05:52

So, now that it isn't March anymore and its not freezing winds all day, every day, I'm thinking it's time to get on some sort of a workout routine. The fact that my body is falling apart kind of helps.

I noticed that as long as I have some high energy music with a regular beat and a set of ear buds that will STAY THE HELL IN I can work out a lot harder and more often. Unfortunately, I don't know much about music in the last few decades, because I quit paying attention ...

Hi, I am back. Some of you might remember me about my rom hacking for Rockman & Forte ? :)

Anyway, I am trying to find the right word for Mayhem. For an example, Murder and Mayhem in Gotham City.

Should I write, "Murder and Destruction in Gotham City." instead ? Because I am translating the script to Portuguese. The Portuguese word for Mayhem is "mutilação" but I do not like the sound for it. Not many Portuguese people will understand the meaning of this word.
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After 4 years, I've finally had it with my dual Philosophy/Psychology studies and decided to quit them. I've passed all the Philosophy classes I liked or was good at with ease on the first go, but have failed near half a dozen times on a handful of subjects, which yet remain. Psychology is more of a side-studies which was going to be my main one later on, but due to it requiring high mastery of statistics -- a subject that's been harder for me than French and Latin for Christ& ...

Nothing can stop the Smooze!

You're probably heard about the meteor incident in Dr. Cossack's neck of the woods (the character Doc, not the site admin Doc) in the Ural region. There's footage all over the YouTubes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svzB0QYNIWI

Spectacular, beautiful, and awful that so many were injured. Between this and the asteroid buzz, maybe NASA will get some extra funding from this recent press.

I like airheads:P

Misleading title? I've lost not one, but two WD external USB hard drives this month. I'm here to gripe about this and/or receive knowledgeable advice.

One an older model 500 GB or some such (I forget), probably had it for around 6 years or so; the other a new model 2 TB that I've probably had for a year and a half or less. The older one had precious and irreplaceable data that I might have SOME of on old CDRs that I don't know where they are right now... The newer one ...

Anyone remember those works of badass art? I loved them, all the plated Megamans, it seems they're hard to find and get a hold of now. :( Sad thing is, now that I'm older my figures have been broken or pieces are missing because when I was younger I played with them like they were figurines. I seriously felt cool having them lol.

o.o Does anyone know where I can get these figurines again?

Tell us about your nostalgia! What is it from back in the day that makes you happy? A show? A toy? A video game? Fill us in!

I just remembered the best thing ever.

Coming home from school to Toonami's lineup of Thunder Cats, Robotech and Dragonball Z while drinking squeez-its and eating butterfinger BBs, followed up by a night of taking on Chrono Cross on the PS1. Edited by rperdue on November 2, 2012 at 14:07:08

Hello, Interordi!
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So, yeah, this happened today.

Discuss.

What were your favorite moments in the season 2 finale? :)

WARNING!! SPOILERS AHEAD!!

Well, obviously one of my favorite moments was the Sonic Rainboom at the end. :D I might have squeed. :P
Another awesome moment was the part where Pinkie freakin' sneezed confetti! XD Hahaha! That was wonderful. And then when she pulled Vinyl Scratch out of...somewhere, I was like "My name is Pinkie Pie--I sneeze confetti and carry DJs in my hammer space! What up?!"

The song Princes ...

Despite speaking about the chatroom some times in the past, few people bother to drop in anymore, even with a set schedule. Is there a reason why you don't come to talk with us?

Is the current chatroom format too old? Too uninteresting? Too focused? Too blue? Too laggy?

If you wanted to chat with other members of this site outside of the board, how would you like to do it? The current chatroom isn't really drawing in people, so maybe there's some fun alternative that I& ...

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I think that says it all, but in case it doesn't... This is the Pony Picture topic. Post your pictures here and don't make a thousand topics just for Pony Pics. ;)

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Probably true...

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