The site's updates are each attributed to one of three characters: Fafnir, a friendly, childlike entity of unknown form. He is fond of soup and usually writes "and" as "an." He is the original "contributor" to the site, and is still the most frequent poster. Giblets, a megalomaniac who insists that he is lord of all the earth, or even godlike. In reality, his war elephant is a hamster and nobody ever carries out his "bidding." His form is also unknown, although in one post, he describes being mistaken for a mouse. ...

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Fafblog, Fafblog - Characters, Fafblog - Recurring Topics, Fafblog - Fafblog's satirical style, Fafblog - External link

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Actor-Network Theory is useful in the exploration of why technologies, scientific theories, and/or social endeavors succeed or fail as the direct result of changes in their network integrity. In such an analysis, the technology or theory is positioned as the token. In an early example of ANT entitled 'Aramis: The Love of Technology,' Latour described the crumbling of a network as the reason for failure of a particular technology (point-to-point public transport). Most often used to describe the demise of a quasi-object, ANT can also be used to examine how some quasi-objects (e.g. evolution, gravity, social norms) have be ...

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Actor-network theory, Actor-network theory - Concepts, Actor-network theory - The Heterogenous Network, Actor-network theory - The Overlapping Stages of ANT, Actor-network theory - The concept of translation, Actor-network theory - Punctualisation, Actor-network theory - Tokens/Quasi-Objects, Actor-network theory - Applications, Actor-network theory - Criticism

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After a $2.4 million offer by the Private Media Group, an "adult entertainment company",[9] Napster's brand and logos were acquired at bankruptcy auction by the company Roxio, Inc. which used them to rebrand the Pressplay music service as Napster 2.0. As of 2005, this new service has met with moderate success. Although the central servers used by Napster made it a convenient legal target, the record industry failed to capitalize on the power vacuum l ...

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Napster, Napster - Origins, Napster - Legal challenges, Napster - Shutdown, Napster - Promotional power, Napster - Current status, Napster - References in Anglo-American popular culture

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Central to ANT is the concept of translation, in which innovators attempt to create a forum, a central network in which all the actors agree that the network is worth building and defending. In his widely debated 1986 study of how marine biologists try to restock the St Brieuc Bay in order to produce more scallops,[3], Michel Callon has defined 4 moments ...

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Actor-network theory, Actor-network theory - Concepts, Actor-network theory - The Heterogenous Network, Actor-network theory - The Overlapping Stages of ANT, Actor-network theory - The concept of translation, Actor-network theory - Punctualisation, Actor-network theory - Tokens/Quasi-Objects, Actor-network theory - Applications, Actor-network theory - Criticism

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The Baldrick of Regency Britain works as a dogsbody to Mr. E. Blackadder esq., butler to Prince George. He lives in a pipe in the upstairs water closet of the Palace. The third Baldrick is much more noticeably stupid and disgusting than those previous to him. Like his Elizabethan ancestor, he is known to eat dung occasionally. He is also more childlike. There is not the slightest sign of 'cunning' in any of his plans, which include: escaping the guillotine by waiting until your head has been cut off, then 'springing into ...

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Baldrick, Baldrick - Baldrick Son of Robin the Dung Gatherer - Series 1, Baldrick - Baldrick - Series 2, Baldrick - S. Baldrick - Series 3, Baldrick - Private S. Baldrick - Series 4, Baldrick - Other Baldricks

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The player chooses between two teenage characters, Zeke and Julie, both of whom can be controlled in multiplayer mode. They navigate suburban neighborhoods, shopping malls, pyramids, and other areas, destroying a variety of horror-movie monsters, including vampires, werewolves, huge demonic babies, and the game's flagship, zombies. In each of the 55 stages the goal is to rescue all surviving neighbors, at which point a magical door opens that will take the player to the next stage. The game is lost when all of the neighbors die or the player(s) lose all of their lives. Scoring points e ...

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Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Zombies Ate My Neighbors - Censorship, Zombies Ate My Neighbors - Gameplay, Zombies Ate My Neighbors - In-game references

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Fafblog's satire is notable for its range and sophistication. The anonymous author employs a variety of verbal styles and laces his prose with many (often highly obscure) references; when combined with Fafblog's characters, the result is an ironic tone that many admire. For example, one single post by the Medium Lobster references the following ideas, things, and people: Article II of the United States Constitution The doctrine of transubstantiation "...[the President will be granted authority to] transubstant ...

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Fafblog, Fafblog - Characters, Fafblog - Recurring Topics, Fafblog - Fafblog's satirical style, Fafblog - External link

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Original airdate: April 13, 2005 Directed by: Lawrence Trilling Written by: Breen Frazier Vaughn makes an agreement with the mysterious man he met in the episode, Nightingale, to intercept a CIA shipment of a Rambaldi manual in exchange for information on his father, Bill Vaughn. In the process, Vaughn is forced to shoot Dixon to ensure the success of the mission. Meanwhile, Nadia informs Sydney that she's been secretly seeing Katya Derevko. When Sydney confronts Katya, she learns that ...

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Alias episodes Season 4, Alias episodes Season 4 - Authorized Personnel Only: Part 1, Alias episodes Season 4 - Authorized Personnel Only: Part 2, Alias episodes Season 4 - The Awful Truth, Alias episodes Season 4 - Trivia, Alias episodes Season 4 - Ice, Alias episodes Season 4 - Welcome To Liberty Village, Alias episodes Season 4 - Nocturne, Alias episodes Season 4 - Détente, Alias episodes Season 4 - Echoes, Alias episodes Season 4 - A Man of His Word, Alias episodes Season 4 - The Index, Alias episodes Season 4 - The Road Home, Alias episodes Season 4 - The Orphan, Alias episodes Season 4 - Tuesday, Alias episodes Season 4 - Nightingale, Alias episodes Season 4 - Pandora, Alias episodes Season 4 - Another Mister Sloane, Alias episodes Season 4 - A Clean Conscience, Alias episodes Season 4 - Trivia, Alias episodes Season 4 - Mirage, Alias episodes Season 4 - In Dreams..., Alias episodes Season 4 - The Descent, Alias episodes Season 4 - Search and Rescue, Alias episodes Season 4 - Before the Flood

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In 1935 Cardiff graduated to camera operator and occasional cinematographer, working mostly for London Films. He was the first to shoot a film in the UK in Technicolor: Wings of the Morning (1937). When the war began he worked a cinematographer on public information films. The turning point in his career was as a 2nd unit cameraman on Powell & Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943); they were impressed enough to hire Cardiff as cinematographer on their post-war Technicolor masterpiece A Matter of ...

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Jack Cardiff, Jack Cardiff - Cinematography, Jack Cardiff - Directorial work

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The technology of atmospheric reentry was a consequence of the Cold War. Ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons were legacies of World War II left to both the Soviet Union and the United States. Both nations initiated massive research and development programs to further the military capability of those technologies. However before a missile delivered nuclear weapon could be practical there lacked an essential ingredient: an atmospheric reentry technology. In theory, the nation first developing a reentry technology had a decisive milit ...

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Atmospheric reentry, Atmospheric reentry - Introduction, Atmospheric reentry - Terminology definitions and jargon, Atmospheric reentry - Blunt body entry vehicles, Atmospheric reentry - Entry vehicle shapes, Atmospheric reentry - Shock layer gas physics, Atmospheric reentry - Ablative heat shields, Atmospheric reentry - Thermal soak heat shields, Atmospheric reentry - Passively cooled heat shields, Atmospheric reentry - Actively cooled heat shields, Atmospheric reentry - Feathered reentry, Atmospheric reentry - Entry vehicle design considerations, Atmospheric reentry - History's most difficult atmospheric entry, Atmospheric reentry - Notable atmospheric entry mishaps, Atmospheric reentry - Uncontrolled reentry, Atmospheric reentry - Reference books, Atmospheric reentry - Commentary about the reference books

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Heracles' final labour was to capture Cerberus. After having been set the task, Heracles went to Eleusis to be initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries so that he could learn how to enter and exit the underworld alive, and in passing absolve himself for killing centaurs. He found the entrance to the underworld at Tanaerum, and Athena and Hermes helped him to traverse the entrance in each direction. He passed Charon thanks t ...

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Cerberus, Cerberus - Heracles' capturing of Cerberus, Cerberus - Theories of origin, Cerberus - Trivia

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After the Curien Mansion Case of 1998, the AMS has launched an investigation concerning the cause of the incident, so that the world would not experience such a horror again. In 2000, however, strange happenings are reported in the town of Venice, the last known location of AMS agent G. Two AMS agents, James and Gary, are dispatched to investigate... James Taylor An agent of the AMS and one of the two main characters of this game. James, along with Gary, is sent to investigate the strange happenings within V ...

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House of the Dead 2, House of the Dead 2 - Game Characters, House of the Dead 2 - Trivia

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Bewitched - India. In 2002, Sony Entertainment Television (India) began airing Meri Biwi Wonderful, a local adaptation of Bewitched. Bewitched - Japan. The Japanese TBS network, in collaboration with Sony Pictures Entertainment, produced a remake called 奥さまは魔女 (Oku-sama wa majō) (My wife is a witch) . Eleven episodes were broadcasted on Friday nights at 22:00, from January 16 to March 26, 2004, with a special extra episode broadcasted on December 21, ...

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Bewitched, Bewitched - Background, Bewitched - Regular and recurring characters, Bewitched - Spin-offs, Bewitched - Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family, Bewitched - Tabitha, Bewitched - Bewitched movie, Bewitched - Remakes, Bewitched - India, Bewitched - Japan, Bewitched - Chile, Bewitched - Controversy, Bewitched - Bewitched in other languages, Bewitched - Trivia

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In the European version, a human soldier that must be sacrificed to open a locked door is replaced with an undead soldier enemy. Many players are opposed to this change, because a note that gives you a clue about what to do states "I can't do it, they used to be human." This ironically suggests that somehow the author of the note managed to avoid killing any undead soldier enemies whatsoever up until that point, w ...

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God of War, God of War - Gameplay, God of War - Story, God of War - Sequels, God of War - Movie, God of War - Censored Scenes, God of War - Screenshots, God of War - Awards

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McCartney was inspired to write the song after reading a newspaper review of The Who's latest single, most likely "I Can See For Miles." The review described the single as the loudest, wildest song ever recorded, with distorted guitars, reverb, and screaming. McCartney took this as a challenge to write something louder and "Helter Skelter" was the result. Some historians of popular music believe that this song was a ...

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Helter Skelter, Helter Skelter - About the song, Helter Skelter - Recording, Helter Skelter - Charles Manson, Helter Skelter - Notable covers, Helter Skelter - Cultural References

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Demonic Wasteland - Usually, it is where demons go, most of the time, after they have been vanquished. A worm-type monster feeds on their essence and powers when they enter the wasteland. Grams' Ring - The ring that Grams used when she was married six different times. After the 6th time she put a curse on the ring that would transform the wearer into a sterotypical 1950s housewife with the addition that they became black-and-white in colour. This was done so that if she became engaged again, the ring would remind her of what she hated about marriag ...

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List of Other Charmed Magical Information, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series One, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Two, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Three, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Four, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Five, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Six, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Seven

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Auger Shell - Used to trap the immortality of a mermaid. Can kill if not used by an immortal being. Avatar's Power - Avatars exist outside time and space. Their powers are powerful and unlimited, enough to manipulate time, space and even reality. Eternal Spring- Fairy Tales - Fairy tales are not all fables. Some recount ancient battles between good and evil, for every copy of a fairy tale is the manifestation of the original, and the original was entrusted to the keeper of the fairy tales long ...

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List of Other Charmed Magical Information, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series One, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Two, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Three, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Four, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Five, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Six, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Seven

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In the 2003 remake of The Italian Job, a flashback depicts Shawn Fanning (playing himself) stealing the program from a computer expert played by Seth Green while the latter is napping, providing a humorous folk etymology for the name. The suffix "-ster" has become a popular component of the brand names of many Internet products, suggesting a peer-to-peer model, such as Grokster, Aimster (later Madster), and Blubster. This has also been extended to Friendster, a site which vaguely recalls Napster's community-building features.See also:

Napster, Napster - Origins, Napster - Legal challenges, Napster - Shutdown, Napster - Promotional power, Napster - Current status, Napster - Cultural references

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Born to poor Jewish parents in Philadelphia, Byck dropped out of high school. He enlisted in the US Army in 1954 and was honorably discharged in 1956. Byck married and had four children, but he experienced a number of business failures and admitted himself to a psychiatric hospital, citing depression, for two months in 1972. He began to believe that the government was conspiring to oppress the poor. Byck first came to the notice of the Secret Service in 1972, when he threatened Nixon, whom he had resented ever since the Small Business ...

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Samuel Byck, Samuel Byck - Byck's life, Samuel Byck - The assassination attempt, Samuel Byck - Aftermath

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In December 1968, Charles Manson heard this song, and others from the White Album, and interpreted them as a warning of an approaching race war. He saw the Beatles as the Four Angels of the Apocalypse mentioned in the New Testament book of Revelation and believed their songs were telling him and his followers to prepare themselves ("Look out, cause here she comes!"). Manson referred to this future war as "Helter Skelter." The words "Healter Skelter" [sic] were also written in blood at the scene of o ...

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Helter Skelter, Helter Skelter - About the song, Helter Skelter - Recording, Helter Skelter - Charles Manson, Helter Skelter - Notable covers, Helter Skelter - Cultural References

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The constellation of Pisces was not always associated with two fish, the original sky fish was Piscis Austrinus. It was considered also to be two people, tied together (who in some stories were turned into fish, thus evolving into just being fish). They are tied together under the ecliptic, the area considered to represent the underworld. The ecliptic, of the sun's transit, cuts through the bond. One clearly has mostly escaped (the western one), the other appears to still be bound to the ecliptic and heading downwards (the eastern one). H ...

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Cerberus, Cerberus - Heracles' capturing of Cerberus, Cerberus - Theories of origin, Cerberus - Trivia

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Same Old Song And Dance - Built around a blues riff Joe Perry came up with while sitting on his amp, Steven Tyler quickly came up with the verse riff. Lord Of The Thighs - Written after deciding the band needed one more song for their album, they locked themselves into their rehearsal room, and came up with this. Woman Of The World - Written by Steven Tyler and his former band, the Strangeurs. S.O.S - A proto-punk song, it emphasizes the same content punk rock would soon be known for: gritty lyrics, questionab ...

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Get Your Wings, Get Your Wings - Track listing, Get Your Wings - Song Information, Get Your Wings - Personnel, Get Your Wings - Production, Get Your Wings - Charts

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