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At the Zombie Preparedness Initiative, we have a number of online items that can help you to communicate about surviving the zombie apocalypse. We have a full featured forum that you can visit where people can discuss ideas they have or ask questions of others about things they were wondering about. We have a number of articles and various special features, arranged by category, which you can view by clicking the categories up above to view the articles or features in each category. Some of the features include a group listing, where people can create groups and choose a "fallout" location to go to in case of a zombie invasion and some fiction that our members have written which can be viewed by going to the Community tab.

http://ww2.zombieinitiative.org

I wanted to recommend to sifters online backup services, like Mozy and Carbonite. They backup your files as soon as you make changes.

Mozy offers 2 gig of backup free. If you want unlimited storage space, Carbonite costs $55/year and Mozy costs a little more, but Mozy lets you pay on a monthly basis.

There's probably software for external harddrives that does the same thing, which probably protects your data from most risks, but there are still the risks of theft, freak electric events, natural disasters, and extraterrestrial invasions.


My main computer is a little damaged right now (http://geek.videosift.com/talk/Uninterruptible-power-supply-Advice), so I'm glad I recently started a backup subscription.

Check out http://www.tusaalanga.ca/

Now even YOU can learn Inuktitut (the language of the Inuit ) online - complete with soundfiles teaching you how to pronounce words. Give it a try, and let me know what you think.

This has come up plenty of times before, but I just tried to sift my first Vimeo vid and it keeps coming up 'invalid'.

Any tips? I'm trying to Sift this:

<object width="400" height="307"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4921692&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4921692&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="307"></embed></object>

IKEA Heights from DaveAOK on Vimeo.

</param></param></param>

Have you heard of Spotify? If not, research it!

It's a program that streams music in real-time, any song you want(95% are usually available), has search functions, and drag-drop playlists. When you click on the artist, it goes to the artist's page and gives you a list of all the albums he/she's ever been involved in including the top hits they've had, and the songs in those albums (which can also be drag/dropped into your playlist btw).

It also has a radio function. You choose the time period (from the before the 50's rangint to 00's) and the genre, then it plays random songs that fit in the categories you chose.

It's programmed SO well that it automatically detects the media keys on your laptop.

FURTHERMORE, once you create your username, it stores all your playlists server-side so wherever you log in in the world, it uploads your playlist to that version of Spotify.

Now the catch? It's free only if you are located in the UK or France, BUT don't fret! I know how to get around this little "problem."



One more thing. Logging into Spotify when you're NOT in the UK/France, you will have a 14 day period where it allows you to listen to their music, but once again, don't fret! There are two workarounds for this:



VOILA! FREE SPOTIFY!

I have playlists that I try to take care of ever so lovingly.
The problem is that I want to move my playlists up to sort them. Right now they show up in the order they were created. I want some of them moved up to get more attention. Is this something that is possible and I just haven't figured it out?
Since I can't promote yet, I want my "Needs More Votes!" playlist to show first. Right now it is practically at the bottom. I want to add more to it, but right now it is practically invisible, and I love my playlists.

Thank you,
Helpless in Texas.


can I put this in the *femme channel since i am a foxy lady?

Just thought I'd post a quick note reminding people that you can (and should) *discard a video if you are the person to second the *ban. There's no point in leaving it around to clutter up the sift talk page.

That is all.

I'd like to know, for myself and others, what are the most effective ways to use tags on VideoSift? Originally, I used capital letters and was precise. Now I use the title and incorporate lower-casing. So, what is the lowdown?

The meager information contained in FAQ follows:
What HTML tags are allowed in comments?
The following HTML tags are allowed in everyone's comments:
a, i, em, b, strong, blockquote, u, br, small, sup, sub, strike, s, ol, ul, li, code, kbd, tt, p
In addition any full URL (beginning with "http://") in comments are automatically converted into a hyperlink and any newlines will be saved.

So, you're in love with one of your friends, but she has a boyfriend and probably wouldn't have sex with you anyway.

What you will need: 1 x knife, 1 x ring, access to a sunbed, the ability to grow a beard.

Step One: Place the ring on your wedding finger and avoid contact with your friend for a month.

Step Two: Stop shaving and use the sunbed to gain a tan.

Step Three: After a month when your beard is full and your tan is noticeable, remove the ring from your finger.

Step Four: Remove all your clothes and break into your friend's house.

Step Five: Use the knife to cut your body in various places. Avoid the face. If possible, focus on your back. The more blood the better.

Step Six: Enter your friend's bedroom and lie face down on the floor. Wait for her return.

Step Seven: When she enters the room pretend to be unconscious. Allow her to turn you over and try to wake you for a few seconds before you open your eyes. The injuries to your body will serve as a distraction to your nakedness. She will be more concerned about your wellbeing instead of fearing the naked man in her room.

Step Eight: When she asks you what's happened you should ignore her questions. Instead you must act confused and ask the date. If it's September 15th she will say 'September 15th' to which you must reply 'No, what year is it?'

Step Nine: Upon hearing the year say the words 'It worked.' Pretend to lose consciousness again for a few seconds, implying that whatever it is that has worked took a great effort.

Step Ten: If your friend is a curious person she will probably ask 'What worked?', even if she doesn't ask this question it is important that you now say the words '(Insert Friend's Name), I'm from the future' in your most deadpan voice.

Step Eleven: Pause for ten seconds to allow the incrediblness of the situation to sink in. There will be no reason for her to doubt your claim, because your beard will make you appear many years older and your cuts would add weight to the idea that you've come from a post-apocalyptic future where a war is currently taking place.

Step Twelve: Raise your left hand to your face. All women are very observant, so your friend will immediately notice the tanline on your wedding finger. If she is educated to a decent standard she will realise that you are married and your ring has simply disappeared, because clothing and other items cannot travel through time. Your nudity will support this.

Step Thirteen: Now comes the hard part - The monologue. In your own words you must give a speech in which you mention all of these key points:

a) You are married to each other in the future
b) Her current boyfriend is dead
c) The world is coming to an end. It's up to you to pick a reason, but I would recommend a war against machines. This whole situation will be backed up by the Terminator franchise
d) In the future your relationship is not going well
e) You've come back in time because you can't help but feel that she would have been happier with her current boyfriend if he hadn't been killed
f) Her current boyfriend is going to be hit by a bus on a day six months from her present. She should stop him going to work that day
g) If she does exactly what you say this current version of yourself will be erased and you will never get married. If she questions this flaw in your time travel logic, because you cannot change the past, simply reference Back to the Future

Step Fourteen: Unless your friend is made of stone she will now be overcome by emotion, especially at your selflessness. Get to your feet and go to kiss her goodbye. It is important that you do this with the confidence of a man who has done this to her many times.

Step Fifteen: There is now no possible way that you aren't about to have sex with her. You're naked, kissing her, in her bedroom, agreeing to erase a version of yourself from history to make her happy. And as far as she knows you've had sex many times in a future that will no longer happen, so she thinks to herself that maybe she should have one memory of it.

Step Sixteen: After having the sex, ask to borrow some clothes then leave.

Step Seventeen: Shave off your beard and coat your wedding finger in fake tan. Carry on as if nothing has happened. There will be three possible outcomes:

1) During the sex some feelings that she didn't know existed are awakened and she will leave her boyfriend for you.
2) Life will carry on as normal.
3) You will be filled with guilt because of this moral gray area where you aren't entirely sure if what you've done counts as some kind of low level rape. You will take your own life by hanging, overdose or wrist cutting.



Taken from: http://batteriesfeelincluded.blogspot.com/2009/05/309.html

Some friends who are sharing a flat/apartment might need a technical solution to enable smooth and fair use of a modest internet connection. The owner needs full access but the other guy could use some sites/ports being blocked so he can feel he's not imposing and get on with job-hunting and work-related things.

It occurred to me that on their Netgear DG834GT router (same as mine) that the owner could block certain sites. However it seems a bit limited if you have more than two users. You can't specify different rules (and within a schedule) for different IP addresses or MAC addresses. It would be nice to have an easy way to block bittorrent as well, again for any device/IP address over any period of time.

My googling is just confusing me because this overlaps with net nanny sites and dodgy looking software vendors.

Anyone know of something simple and trusted that could provide these features? Preferably free and open source would be nice.


I'll end with a desired scenario as an example;

Owner doesn't want access to twitter.com til after 1pm but can access everything else normally.
First guest can't ever access youtube.com, various adult sites and bittorrent.
Second guest has no access to bittorrent Monday-Friday, only sees youtube on weekends and can only see videosift.com after 6pm all week.

etc etc

Mastering the fine art of hijacking someone's Sift Talk post is both a measure of one's douchebaggery and of their misdirection skills. It's a lot of fun and a quick way to lose the friendship of people who take the internet a wee bit too serious.

Let's go over a couple proven methods you can use to hijack someone's Sift Talk post.


1) Personal attack - This is probably the most effective means of hijacking. Simply attack someone for any apparent reason. I like to attack their intelligence or grammar. That tends to put them off enough to start a flame war. Sometimes following a person from post to post mocking their comments is a great way to hijacking multiple posts.

2) Gay references - Turn the post into a homoerotic gay orgy. Talk about fisting and anal penetration and putting wieners in each other's mouths. Eventually everyone will be so turned on that no one will remember what the original topic of the post was in the first place!

3) Non sequiturs - This can be anything from a random video to a random comment. These typically don't work, so stick with gay references or personal attacks.


There you have it! Another randomly pointless Sift Talk post from blank-muthafuckin-fist.

One of my videos has died.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Monkees-I-m-Not-Your-Stepping-Stone

I found a suitable replacement (http://fr.truveo.com/The-MonkeesIm-Not-Your-Stepping-Stone/id/2843202715) but I can't seem to pull the embed, because unfortunately I don't speak the language the page is in. (German?)When I tried using recognizable symbols, it doesn't seem to embed correctly. Can any body help me?

Tone Matrix is a interactive 16X16 square grid, with 3 pentatonic (five note scales) octaves running top to bottom and 16 16th notes running left to right, with a rhythmic delay effect on it. Just click on the squares to place notes on the grid. Hold down your mouse to activate multiple squares. Space bar to start over.

Pretty much anything you do on it will sound nice.
Have fun: http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

I found this on buzzfeed.

Simple sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16step sequencer. Each triggereToneMatrix: create your own loops on a simplified synth.d step causes a force on the underlaying wave-map, which makes it more cute.

Based on the AudioTool engine thus no sources, I am sorry.

peggedbea left a rude, personal attack on my page:

"kentucky called, they need you to go back and mouth rape your cousins some more. theyre sick of watching her eat."

So I called a Siftquisition on her, as she broke FAQ 33:

"Please avoid personal attacks. It's okay to criticize ideas but refrain personal insults."

Granted, I also broke the rule, and in response she could have called a Siftquisition. But she did not. Instead, she retorted by breaking the rule. So I called a Siftquisition on her for it. And what happened?

It was deleted and I was hobbitted by gwiz665.

He says this on my profile:

You have been hobbled, do not continue your abuse of the sift. Thank you.
"Do Not call a Siftquistion for:

* a violation by a probationary account (they may be instabanned, banned in Sift Talk, or brought to the attention of an admin)
* minor infractions
* personal reasons
* retaliation
* practical jokes

Be aware that overzealous or spurious Siftquisitions are themselves violations and may result in the Siftquisitioner being Siftquisitioned

However, I did not break that rule when I Siftquisitioned peggedbea. I had valid reason, as stated here:

Call a Siftquisition to bring an established member before the community for a hearing because of:
a violation of the VideoSift guidelines

Therefore, I demand that I be unhobbitted, and allowed to rejoin the Fellowship of the Sift.

the game's up.

how do you embed just a video's audio from youtube? i've seen you all do it before in comment threads so just come clean and start squealing.

also, how the fuck does this url still take me to videosift?


www.videosift.compeniswww.videosift.com

that's all my technology based questioning for now.

The current #2 on Videosift
http://www.videosift.com/video/Fox-News-Declares-War-on-Canada
It has a fair amount of comments so there are a lot of avatars loaded each time this video is clicked.
I saved all the avatars to my computer and the cumulative size of the avatars was 132 KB. This doesn't sound like a lot, but it's probably responsible for a large part of the bandwidth used to provide this page to the user. Especially if you consider that most of the Sift's design is based on code and not graphics. Importantly the top videos usually have long comment threads, thus a lot of avatars, and the top videos are also those most watched.

So my point is this: The Videosift can save a lot of money on bandwidth if they only allow avatar images which are externally stored, like on your own webspace.
Or you could upload a maybe bigger and better avatar to VideoSift for a nice price. People must pay much extra if they want to buy the option of animated avatars

-If a video is multipart, is it allowed to make a separate submission for each part? I've always thought it wasn't allowed, but I have seen it happen.

-If the first part of a multipart is less than 10 min, but the sum of multiparts is greater than 10 minutes, should it be flagged as long?

Also "Please do not post entire episodes of television shows or movies, unless you know beyond a shadow of a doubt they are in the public domain." needs to be removed from the posting guidelines or many many videos are in violation and must be discarded.

Just happened by this and thought I'd post it here in case it was news to anyone. Cheers.

From the Google newsletter:

"Remove country restrictions on YouTube videos

More and more YouTube videos are starting to restrict viewership to certain parts of the world (most likely because of global distribution licensing issues) or to users 18 and up (which requires you to be logged in to view). Google Operating System has come up with a great way to get around these restrictions so that you can watch videos in any country, regardless of the "limitations." Simply change the YouTube URL from youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEOID to youtube.com/v/VIDEOID -- this redirects to the equivalent of the embedded YouTube player, which does not check for location based restrictions."

How do you customize a channel?

*make bold/italics
*change the color of things
*etc

I want to know... that is for sure. The money channel should be green...