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LOST seasons 1, 2 and 3 overviews

You want to catch up with ABC’s LOST or want to get on the train now but haven’t watched the show ever? You can get caught up on the storyline with EW.com’s Episode guide.

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Stevie Wonder, Superstitious, LIVE

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Hacking video games to cheat is a business strategy

Fantasy games like “World of Warcraft” and computer environs like “Second Life,” to name a few, have their own currency or other virtual valuables that can be traded for hard U.S. dollars.

In other words, hacking into a video game to cheat can be a business strategy. And so clamping down on it could be key to maintaining virtual worlds’ economies and reputations. Even chip-maker Intel Corp. is suggesting a technology for doing it.

But one huge question is: Can cheating really be stifled?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071001/ap_on_hi_te/video_game_cheating

I’ve never played the games cited in this article, but I have played football online. Cheating has turned me away from playing games online or with anyone I don’t know.

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Britney Spears at the VMA’s. Wow.

It’s amazing how many people have beautiful lives giftwrapped for them and squander it. If you haven’t been following the Briney Spears spiral over the last few years, welcome a) to earth, b) back from your coma.

Last night’s VMA appearance, we won’t call it a performance, was her latest moment of embarrassment.

Poorly lip-synched, poorly choreographed and little effort to perform. It was brutal. Don’t take my word for it. View it online — Britney Spears 2007 VMA appearance, “Gimme More” Live.

The look on her face… was she high? Did she just not care? Or is it that how she acts when she’s embarrassed? Is it possible for Spears to be embarrassed? I think that’s a valid question that needs answering.

I can’t attest to the whole show. I just watched the first 15 minutes. I couldn’t stomach much more than that. Very poorly produced, directed and designed from top to bottom.

Let’s not forget Sarah Silverman either, who blasted Spears directly after her performances. Calling Spears’ children mistakes and continuing to denigrate the woman’s children on LIVE TV shows what little character she has, herself.

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The Dark Knight approaches

Check out the Dark Knight teaser trailer at whysoserious.com.

On loading the page, you can view the trailer or look at a “police report” from a recent publicity stunt during the San Diego Comic-Con. Click Here for “police report“.

On that police report page there are several links to other things; galleries, clues used during the game and another “police report” talking about the “death” of the Joker.

I haven’t been following this much, but from the little that I’ve picked up, it looks like this version of the Joker will be much more dark and a bit more realistic than previous versions. Note that I have not read The Dark Knight graphic novels that these are allegedly based on. Supposedly, this version of the Joker was not thrown/fell/dropped into a vat of chemicals but instead has a huge scar that looks like he’s “smiling” (see pic above if somehow you missed it). I’m assuming the scar and the event that led to it took a huge emotional toll on an individual that was already screwed-up, thus creating “the Joker” that we know, for the most part. The makeup is just part of his new persona.

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Sony slashes PS3 price tag by $100 – CNN.com

Sony slashes PS3 price tag by $100 – CNN.com

Sony drops price of current 60GB PlayStation 3 console by $100 in U.S.
PS3 still costs twice that of Nintendo’s best-selling Wii console, which is $250.
Some expect Microsoft to respond with its first price cuts on the Xbox 360.
Sony to revise PS3 console with bigger 80GB hard drive.

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Yahoo fantasy football opens next week.

That’s right fantasy football geeks like me, registration for Yahoo!’s free fantasy football starts NEXT WEEK as the screen shot indicates. Drafting now isn’t advised for competitive leagues, but the fact that it’s opening next week is a milestone that says “football season is near”. That’s right, friends, the hall of fame game is right around the corner (Sunday, August 5th).

I’m always open to joining a league — if you need another serious fantasy football player, send me an invite to brad.thomas@yahoo.com.

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Video: Jonathan Coulton: Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise Crazy

If you aren’t singing this song by the end, then something is wrong with you.

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The Best 2007 NFL Draft Video site: SI.com

The site I was waiting for finally arrived: SI.com’s Film Room.

SI.com has video of the top draft prospects broken down into different sections; let’s take Patrick Willis for example, the player they have going to the panthers in their latest mock draft.

Defensive plays | Sacks | By the Numbers | Wrap-up

A site like this is heaven for an NFL Draft nut like myself. It’s easy to use, fast and efficient.

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The Top-10 Worst Pro Sports Team Nicknames

We’re limiting this list to AMERICAN pro sports teams. Since we really don’t care about foreign $#!+ here, in general, we will as always ignore them. There will be no Real or Fake Madrid in this list. Arrogant…. yes. Also, we do not consider the WNBA as a pro sport in this contest, because then this list would be nothing but WNBA teams.

10. Anything “Sox”. a) you are a team named after F-ing socks. b) you don’t even spell “socks” correctly. I say man-up and get real nicknames. F tradition.

9. Arizona Cardinals. I’m sorry, I wasn’t aware of the huge, dangerous cardinal population…um, anywhere. Quick… name the last time you heard anyone (or anything) was killed or even hurt by a cardinal… especially in Arizona.

8. Washington Wizards. Wizards aren’t really that scary. They are weird. At least the comic book nerds that pretend to be wizards are. Do they give out power crystals instead of foam fingers at the games? Bullets was a better nickname.

7. Minnesota Twins. Yes, we understand why the team is named the Twins, and that doesn’t change our opinion. Yes, it’s fairly unique that there are two semi-large cities right beside one another, and yes, it’s very un-creative to name the sports team, the “Twins”. Twins pertains to two people. Last time I checked, there were more than two people on a baseball team.

6. Philadelphia Phillies. A little run here on baseball names. Phillies, the nickname, has nothing to do with horses, although that would make more sense than what Phillies really stands for, which is “people of Philadelphia”. Wow. I guess the area was devoid of any creative people in 1890 and every fricken year since.

5. New York Mets. Metropolitans. We get this too. It just sucks. Like anyone would forget where the hell New York is.

4. New Jersey Nets. Yeah, it’s named after a piece of equipment, and it rhymes with other teams in the area (Mets, Jets… and the defunct pro tennis team, the Sets). Why not the Swamp Dragons?

3. Los Angeles Clippers. A swift sailing boat. Why not name it after a flower?

2. LA Lakers. Minnesota has lakes. LA, not so much.

1. Utah Jazz. Do they even have a Jazz station in the state of Utah? Jazz, which isn’t the kind of nickname that you’d keep when relocating a team, only makes sense in New Orleans. It should have been changed long, long ago.

There you have it, the worst names in pro sports. Agree, disagree? Want to re-arrange or add another to the list? Post a comment.

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