Courtesy of SuperCut Videos, here are NOOOOs from over 50 different movies edited together into one giant NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

And because I needed to click it a few times after watching this excellent pastiche of exaggerated torment, here’s the Instant No Button.

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Warning: You might not want to watch the trailer for Alfonso Cuarón‘s Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock as an astronaut who gets stranded in outer space, if you suffer from claustrophobia or agoraphobia. Seriously. I take back what I said in the headline: “Intense” doesn’t do this one justice. “Pants-soilingly terrifying” is more fitting.

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Well, they aired it, seemingly unchanged. And it’s now for sale in the US iTunes store. They also got in touch with my peeps to basically say that they’re within their legal rights to do this, and that I should be happy for the exposure (even though they do not credit me, and have not even publicly acknowledged that it’s my version – so you know, it’s kind of SECRET exposure). While they appear not to be legally obligated to do any of these things, they did not apologize, offer to credit me, or offer to pay me, and indicated that this was their general policy in regards to covers of covers. It does not appear that I have a copyright claim, but I’m still investigating the possibility (which I consider likely) that they used some or all of my audio. I’ll write something longer and more detailed about this when I can get my head together about it probably in a couple of days. Thanks for your support, but please continue not to burn anything down. — Jonathan Coulton, in a recent update to his blog.

Last night Glee returned after a holiday hiatus with the episode “Sadie Hawkins” and a soft-rock version of “Baby Got Back,” that is unmistakably nerd-rocker Jonathan Coulton’s soft-rock version of “Baby Got Back.” The musician updated fans and readers of his blog this morning with this information on Fox and Glee’s really absurd notion that “exposure” is his payment despite the fact that they have so far refused to publicly credit him with the arrangement. If Coulton hadn’t already had a strong, connected fanbase, nobody might have noticed that he’d been ripped off.

…though probably as the villain. It’s a little creepy looking, let’s be honest.

Seriously, Finland? We understand that Internet piracy is a problem, but this is just too much. Police raided the home of a nine-year-old girl and confiscated her laptop — her Winnie the Pooh laptop – because she was accused of downloading one song off The Pirate Bay. That really happened. We all live in this world now.

Back in the spring of this year, the parents of the little girl were told their Internet connection had been used in an act of online piracy. Their daughter had come across a song she was searching for on The Pirate Bay and downloaded it. She later bought the album. The family was told to pay 600 euros for the incident and sign a non-disclosure agreement, but they refused at the time. On Tuesday, things got real when Finnish police showed up at their door with a search warrant, and took their daughter’s Winnie the Pooh laptop.

Read more of this story at Geekosystem.com.

Now, I’m a big Batman fan, so normally my reaction to this would be along the lines of:

Ah, for the days when Luke’s post “I am your father” NO was the biggest no in Star Wars, not the ultimate source (combined with bad Chinese subtitles) of the Do Not Want meme.

(via TDWGeek.)

WHAT’S YOUR DAMAGE, BRAVO? 

Gone are the sweet, sweet days of tax-free online shopping. At least, they might be soon, if an upcoming bill in Congress that would make sales tax standard online passes. Now might be a good time to check out those bookmarked shopping carts.

There is usually a lot of hand-wringing that accompanies discussions about children and technology. We tend to hear claims that kids are becoming zombies, attached to their phones and gaming consoles, or that they’ve become socially stunted due to limiting themselves to digital communication. Frankly, much of that often seems overblown, a product of an older generation unable to contextualize their children in a dynamic, modern world. However, in light of a shocking three child sexual assaults in the past two weeks facilitated by Skout, a social networking app designed to allow users to chat and share pictures with nearby users located by GPS, it is pretty evident that when it comes to child safety and technology, there is a lot to be worried about.

[Warning: the rest of this post will contain discussion of child sexual abuse].