No, this isn't a political protest - it's a note that the first four episodes of the classic sports anime Yawara! are now available on DVD for free.
That's "free as in beer", not "free as in software" - AnimEigo keeps the licence rights, but you get the disc at no charge. (Assuming you buy something else directly from Animeigo, that is - if you want just the Yawara! disc, you have to pay $5 shipping and handling.) And it looks like the usual AnimEigo "North America only" deal.
Details here.

-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Goonies of the Caribbean.
(Lower-res YouTube version for those who can't or don't do .WMV.)
(While you're at it, go here and check out what they've got, especially "Ten Things I Hate About Commandments".)

-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.

Promo image from the coming movie -- and its comic-book original, here.

-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.

After the closing of the stock market on Friday, the judge in the SCO-Novell case issued his ruling: SCO doesn't own the Unix copyrights. This means the fat lady is in the wings spritzing her tonsils and going "la-la-la-la" in preparation for her solo.
Slashdot article here
Groklaw article here.

-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.

OK, someone _else_ can take this idea, it won't get out of my brain and I can't wrap anything else around it. SO.
plot bunny, free to good home.
"It's.. a giant metal twinkie."
"Yes! but instead of frosting, it's a delicious Depleted Uranium filling!"Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

It's so true!
NN

I thought some of y'all might be interested in a quick meme I've got going on my LJ:

Quote:

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Choose any story of mine, complete or not, ask a question, and I'll reply with anything you want to know - even if its spoilerific, as well as some of my own some-time-later thoughts on the work.
Only question I won't take is ones along the lines of 'when will the next bit come out', and anything about Drunkard's Walk V, since it's not exclusively my work.
Any takers? All my works can be found via my webpage, [url=http://www.yggdrasil.org,]www.yggdrasil.org,[/url] except for my BtVS pron-fic, which should be in my memories.

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This is almost painful to read.
But worth it.
Warning: .pdf
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Epsilon
(ETA: Change in subject, to clarify a bit, per request. -- Bob)

Work Safe, unless your boss blocks YouTube.
Singing Tesla Coil
Read the full poster's comment for info.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

I will be heading to Gencon next week, and I figured I'd mention it if other people were planning on showing up and wanted to coordinate something.-Terry
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"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint Exupery
"Luge strategy? Lie flat and try not to die." - Carmen Boyle (Olympic Luge Gold Medal winner - 1996)
Mary Sue's theme music
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy