Configuring Apache: Don't Succumb to the Slashdot Effect

Useful tips for anyone who wants to run their own server and not get farked / dugg / other wise killed by the number of visits they get.

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Jack Thompson Threatens Take-Two

You have until five o'clock p.m., Tuesday, January 17, 2006, to announce a recall from all retailers of all of the aforementioned three game titles - The Warriors, Manhunt, and all versions of the Grand Theft Auto games, or I and others shall proceed to secure appropriate remedies against your company in these regards.

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Tap a song's rhythm on your keyboard to identify it

Try it! Let's say you have a song stuck in your head, and you don't know the name of it. Never fear! Load up our search screen, and try tapping the rhythm of the song on your space bar.

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The Story of Pong

This website is a history of the invention of the first video game, and the man who gave video games to us, Ralph Baer.

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How To Set Up Database Replication In MySQL

This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL. MySQL replication allows you to have an exact copy of a database from a master server on another server (slave), and all updates to the database on the master server are immediately replicated to the database on the slave server so that both databases are in sync.

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Battle For Middle Earth 2 On XBox 360

Battle For Middle Earth 2 is coming to the XBox 360, and will have XBox Live play. Hope it will be as good as the first one :)

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Space Invaders Jewelry

A woman in Barcelona fashioned herself some Space Invaders gear. Links to the print out to make your own jewelry, or whatever crafty things you desire.

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Linux is Not Windows

This article explains some of the reasons why Linux's job is not to become increasingly Windows-like, nor is it Open Source's duty to merely provide free duplicates of every Windows-user's favorite program. --Many people here on digg need to give this a read.

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Jack Thompson: Video games are "masturbatory"

Jack Thompson, the never-ending-amusement-machine Hell bent on destroying any sort of interactive game involving either a computer or TV, ended a normal, civil interview with NetJak by saying video games are not healthy, are "masturbatory," and need to "get a life".

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WoW Event Crashed 27 Servers

Blizzard shoves more skeletons in the closet. 27 World of Warcraft servers crash, leaving thousands of gamers stuck in their own realms.

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Long-hidden cheat for MS Pinball - with newbie reverse engineering tutorial

This article not only reveals the coolest cheat for the Pinball game included with Windows, but also explains how the author found it, and gives the basic techniques for reverse engineering and cracking programs.

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BBC's Inside Nintendo: A Nintendo documentary

Nintendo fans who missed last year's BBC3 documentary about the company will be pleased to hear that it's now available for watching over the Internet.

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Learning to Use Regular Expressions

They have a lot of good tips here.

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Sega Genesis Lives! New Genesis Game To Be Released Spring 2006

Sure a new game hasn't been released for the Sega Genesis in America since 1998, but that hasn't stopped San Diego developer Super Fighting Team from releasing Beggar Prince -- a brand new RPG for Sega's beloved system.

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New WD Hard Drive Aimed At Modders

Western Digital on Thursday announced the Raptor X hard drive, a new product line geared for the modding community.

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Create your own country and rule the world!

NationStates is a nation simulation game. You create your own country, fashioned after your own ideals, and care for its people. Either that or you deliberately torture them. It's really up to you.

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I am 8-Bit: Classic Video Game Art

To celebrate the release of the "I am 8-Bit" art book here is a gallery of some of the pictures. These are awesome twists on the NES games we know and love.

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2D Mario Sunshine Flash Game

Very interesting 2D take on Super Mario Sunshine.

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Grokster Scare Tactics

Looks like Grokster, after a heavy handed warning above, is going to report your IP address... oooo Im shakin now....

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Computer Monitor Jacob's Ladder

This is a very simple and fun use of a dying computer monitor. Jacob's ladders have been around forever, but I don't think one has ever been made in this way before.

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Philadelphia orders Sony to remove graffiti

The city cited Sony for violating sign ordinances and ordered the company to remove the ads, which masqueraded as graffiti and were apparently posted illegally.

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Classic Apogee Games now Freeware

Remember Blake Stone, Hocus Pocus, Commander Keen, and Duke Nukem? Well 3D Realms has released numerous classic Apogee games as Freeware for you to download and enjoy.

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How to fix your Monitor if Someone messes it up with a Magnet

Check it out, it's pretty interesting.

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Get your very own free (and legal) copy of Enemy Nations

Windward Studios have decided to release the most brilliant strategy game ever. A word of warning: you can get hooked on the thing (I played it for 3 years when it came out and now I'm back on it).

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TV terrorists

instead of hijacking planes they're hijacking the airwaves

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Graphically mapping the internet.

What the internet would look like if represented graphically into a tree structure.

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IMSDb.com *not IMDB.com*, The Internet Movie SCRIPT Database

The world's largest online database of the SCRIPTS of movies, including today's hits and oldies. Cool.

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Futurama Movie in 2007

Good news, everyone! Check it out on IMDB.

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Shot Glasses made out of ICE

Here is a cool tutorial on how to make your own shot glasses out of ice.

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