Pakistani pop star told to cut girl’s name from song

LowCommotion FTW! (Music, Your Rights)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070529/music_nm/pakistan_song_dc_1

The court summoned the singer, Abrar-ul-Haq, last week after a girl called Parveen wrote to a newspaper saying she had stopped attending college in the eastern city of Lahore because of the harassment.

Haq, a well-known singer of Punjabi bhangra tunes, said he would abide by the court decision.

Yes, You Need This: FoxIt PDF Reader

LowCommotion FTW! (PC Tech)

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http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

why does it take acrobat fifteen minutes to load?  friggen bloatware.

try this, its lighter.

Some New Batman Scenes Shot in IMAX!

LowCommotion FTW! (Movies)

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http://www.filmwad.com/nolan-to-shoot-i-dark-knight-i-in-imax-format-2642-p.html

Christopher Nolan is filming four sequences in the next installment of Warner Bros. Pictures’ Batman franchise, “The Dark Knight,” with extremely high resolution IMAX® cameras using the giant 15/70 film format.

The marriage of footage filmed with IMAX and 35mm cameras in the final feature will have a major impact on the audience’s viewing experience, whether seeing “The Dark Knight” in an IMAX or traditional theatre. When the scenes shot on IMAX cameras are shown in IMAX theatres, the aspect ratio will morph to 1.43 to 1, expanding the image to fill the entire screen and magnifying the overall effect, both literally and figuratively.

Miss Japan – Riyo Mori, Crowned Miss Universe 2007

Listener FTW! (Sexy, Travel)

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http://hollywood.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/05/miss-japan-riyo-mori-crowned-miss-universe-2007/

Hackers beat AACS again, Hackers 2, AACS 0

Zombie16 FTW! (Hacks, Movies, Pirates and Ninjas)

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Hackers beat the AACS encryption yet again

Once again hackers have beaten the AACS encryption scheme that is used to encode HD movies, this time weeks after the latest encryption was used. Last time it took considerable time, a few months, this time it was a week or so, next time days?

EDIT: Looks like the link was removed from the homepage, however the key is spreading round the net and is still in the doom9 forum, AAARR!

Woot off!!!

Chromium FTW! (Fun)

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Woot!

Stuck outside, how to unlock car doors

Zombie16 FTW! (Cars, Nerdy, Tech)

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Hacks to Unlock Vehicle Doors – Do they work? – Hacked Gadgets

There are tons of hacks floating around the net these days that claim you can open vehicle doors using various methods. I haven’t tried any of them, and I am skeptical of most of them. I am sure that most of them use some tricks like a second person manning a second key fob, pressing it at the right moment.

Increase your productivity for Free!

Zombie16 FTW! (Internet, Nerdy, Tech)

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Top 20 Free Applications to Increase Your Productivity – lifehack.org

The Internet is loaded with free software, making it hard to know which one’s you really need. This article will act as your guide to the top 20 free applications (Web and Windows) for increased productivity.

These programs will make your PC faster, stronger, and more productive.

The first computer animations in movie history

Zombie16 FTW! (Movies, Nerdy)

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Earliest Examples Of Computer Animation In Film

Many of us think of the movie “Tron” as the the first film to use computer animation or effects in any form. But the technology goes back a lot further than 1982, when Tron was released.

Core Memory a visual tour of vintage computers

Zombie16 FTW! (Nerdy, Tech)

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Core Memory Book review – Coding Horror

In collaboration with the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, the book Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers was recently released.
Core Memory is a virtual tour of the amazing visual storage area of the Computer History Museum.