Dirty Red Commie

I groaned when I saw the headline for this video.  I didn't know how bad it was going to get though.

First off, I don't know if you heard but Michael Jackson died last week. Apparently that is the only important thing going on in the world right now. Forget that the House passed a Cap and Trade bill on Friday because that doesn't really matter.

CNN does some really stupid things with their videos. So, instead of a nice embedded video, you get a link. Oh, and turn off flashblock before following the link as CNNs site doesn't play well with it.

Get ready to feel like breaking stuff:
Freaky clouds show dead singer's face?

It's reports like this that cause people to lose faith in humanity and go on killing sprees

Jesus does not keep appearing in shit. Mr. Jackson won't either. They're fucking clouds. The world isn't going to end tomorrow. Get over it.

Update:

Round 2: Image in a tree Michael Jackson? Jesus?

Oh god it's too painful.  Full disclosure, I didn't watch that one. Using quantum mechanics as a guidline, there's a chance that the video is good. But there's also a chance that my computer falls right through my desk completely unchanged too. More than likely, the video would make me want to kill myself (the title almost does that), and my computer is staying right where it is.

The city of Bozeman, MT now presents job applicants with a signature-required disclosure form for their login credentials, including passwords, to "any and all, current personal or business websites, web pages or
memberships on any Internet-based chat rooms, social clubs or forums,
to include, but not limited to: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, YouTube.com,
MySpace, etc[.]" 

 This is Montana.  You can have my brilliantly unmemorable personal passwords when you pry them from my cold, dead neurons.

via Boing Boing

Almost all of these (that I got to) made me laugh out loud.

I don't know how so many were made without getting on my radar yet but I felt that it was necessary to share them here.

Play-Him-Off Keyboard-Cat  

Maybe I just like it because it relives so many other great videos.

 Many of us here at Dirty Red Commie are adamant admirers of The Flaming Lips, just ask last.fm .  However, until now we weren't aware that the feeling is mutual:

Voters in Oklahoma have declared The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize?" their state's new official rock song, but not if state Republicans, angered by bassist Michael Ivins' communist attire, have anything to say about it. Perhaps it was just a shout-out to his fans?

Rachel Maddow is obviously another honorary Commie.

I was looking up the transfer speeds of firewire 800 when I ran across this gem in wikipedia.

Alternative uses for IEEE 1394

IEEE 1394b is used in military aircraft, where weight savings are desired. Developed for use as the data bus on the F-22 Raptor, it is also used on the F-35 Lightning II.^[17] NASA's Space Shuttle also uses IEEE 1394b to monitor debris (foam, ice) which may hit the vehicle during launch.^[17] This standard should not be confused with the unrelated MIL-STD-1394B, which is concerned with the construction quality of hats.

As many of you know, when I moved to Helena, I moved into a loft and promptly decided that a TV that only stays on one floor was lame. I have solved this lameness.

If you want the story and lots of writing about you you can check out my webpage.

If you think about my other stories and realize that you just want to see the pictures, I've a picture page for the project.

Update: The No-Fun brigade has killed all the videos I've uploaded. Sorry

We have confirmations!   Apparently it was local to Helena, Montana.

If I hadn't recorded it, I'd think I'm losing my mind.  I was idly fast-forwarding through the olympics broadcast on my MythTV box, and  I saw Joel, Tom Servo, and Crow T. Robot at the Olympics!  They appeared today, August 17 between about 2:00pm and 3:13pm Mountain Time on NBC.  Did anyone else see it?  If you did/didn't, please let me know!  It's possible that this was only visible on the HD broadcast.  I don't think they were added by the local station, because they were constantly present over both events and nationwide commercials, but they disappeared for local commercials.   They were just static sillhouettes, so there was no hilarious commentary added.

For those wondering, it was on the KTVH over-the-air HD broadcast. 

From the apparent cause of our entertainment : 

I'm a master control operator
for an NBC affiliate in Helena, Montana. I basically switch on air
programming from standard definition to high definition and roll local
breaks during network television.
...
I somehow accidently
clicked a button on that program while playing solitare that brought up
the Mystery Science Theater3000 sillouette at the bottom of people's tv
screens in town. I don't fucking know how it got there but people
watching television were probably losing there fucking minds.
 
 

We made the news!

http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/08/24/news/state/45-glitch.txt

http://helenair.com/articles/2008/08/23/top/60lo_080823_mst3k.txt

 MST3k during Women's Basketball Volleyball

 MST3k in Beijing!

 Even over the nationwide commercials!  Somebody is fired!

They disappeared sometime during the Men's 10,000k 10,000 meter.

[The author of this post can be contacted at tbone-mst@drclabs.com ]

I know it's early, but this is the neatest thing I've seen all day.

 Made by Nick Bertke, found via BoingBoing .

I've been noticing a logo on a number of food products lately.  When I first saw it, I though it was strange that Cheerios had a cute little red sylized demon logo on their box, but didn't actually take the time to examine it further until much later. 

It's a cute little demon with a heart for an eye.  Or maybe a ghost, since it doesn't have legs.  Ok, a half-ghost, half-devil.  But he loves you.

Imagine my shock when I discover that it's supposed to be a little red dress .  I think I liked it better before.

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mddawso 8 points 1 hour ago [-]

September 11 occurs every year and will continue to do so until further notice.

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totally sweet.