<![CDATA[Gizmodo: college humor]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: college humor]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/collegehumor http://gizmodo.com/tag/collegehumor <![CDATA[Buy a Google Phone or Google Will Make Your Life Miserable]]> Using Google for your entire online life is all well and good until they want something from you in return. Then you realize how much of an upper hand you've given them. [CollegeHumor]

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<![CDATA[Let's Sing About Safer Sext (NSFW)]]> Sext. Sending pictures of your naughty bits through MMS. Oh, don't play coy. You already knew what it is, so let's just watch this educational video and learn about safer sext practices from some singing, underwear-clad people.

All joking aside, there really is a lesson to take away from the clip. Those silly oh-I'm-feeling-a-bit-naughty-this-morning pictures can come back to haunt you. Because once they're sent through MMS, emails, or instant messages, those snapshots are out of your hands and you're left wondering who might wind up seeing those pictures of you in nothing but lacy stockings.

So to sleep better at night, just watch who you send pervy pictures to, keep your face or particularly identifying characteristics out of the snapshots, and don't forget about clearing the EXIF data. That's all there is to it, so be safe, kiddies.

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<![CDATA[Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)]]> Canada Has Its Very Own Version of the AT&T vs. Verizon Ad Lawsuit...CollegeHumor Tackles Modern Warfare 2 (With Bonus Giz Appearance)...LG BL4 Gets Christmas Edition...VUDU Adds Wikipedia, Possibly the World's Most Boring Update...

Canada Has Its Very Own Version of the AT&T vs. Verizon Ad Lawsuit

Telus and Rogers are sworn enemies in the Canadian wireless carrier arena, sort of like AT&T and Verizon but on a much more quaint, socialist and cold scale. And like our own two big dogs, Telus and Rogers have been at each others' throats recently about advertisements—Rogers has ads claiming it's "Canada's most reliable network" and that its speeds are twice as fast as any other network. Telus hit back, claiming it's not true (Telus did after all just launch a 21Mbps HSPA network) and Canadian courts actually forced Rogers to pull the offending ads, an interesting twist on the lawsuit pattern we Americans pioneered. Anyway, I know we're going to be crushed in the comments with high-larious anti-Canadian jabs, so let me pre-empt:

Igloo, cold, eh, hockey, The Arcade Fire, Bob and Dave MacKenzie, Pamela Anderson, who cares. [Boy Genius Report]

CollegeHumor Tackles Modern Warfare 2 (With Bonus Giz Appearance)

CollegeHumor just posted a video in which comedy nerds play (and are subsequently killed during) Modern Warfare 2, with a bonus appearance by our own Adam Frucci. I can exclusively report that Adam Frucci is a very old man who is several years removed from college, but the video's pretty funny despite this factual error. Discussed within: MW2's similarity to Crash Bandicoot, Dick Cheney quotes, a tax-funded sequel to Psychonauts, and why the glamorization of war is awesome. [CollegeHumor]

LG BL4 Gets Christmas Edition

You know, in America, Christmas editions are usually red and green, but in South Korea, it looks like they hang black tinsel on gold trees, because the LG BL40 Christmas edition is decked out in those colors. It's a small upgrade from the original BL40, with an 8MP camera (up from 5MP, though who knows if it's any better), a fancy case and entry into a contest with lots of prizes. It's in Remainders because only those black-and-gold-loving South Koreans can get their hands on it so far. [Engadget]

VUDU Adds Wikipedia, Possibly the World's Most Boring Update

VUDU is a pretty nice media service, built into set-top boxes and TVs and offering nice 1080p streaming, and adds to its repertoire Wikipedia integration. It's previously added Rotten Tomatoes, which is a little more obvious (and dare we say useful), and I personally might prefer IMDB rather than scrolling through prose paragraphs on my TV in Wikipedia, but it's good that Vudu is constantly updating its product. If you have to ask why it's in remainders, you probably haven't read this far: Vudu, Wikipedia, snore. [Engadget]

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<![CDATA[The Sordid Story of the Pixar Lamp]]> The Pixar lamp is all adorable in the brief intro that plays before their movies, but what happens after he stomps down that I? Nothing good, I can tell you that. [CollegeHumor]

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<![CDATA[Those Google Street View Drivers Had No Idea What They Were In For]]> Getting paid to go on a road trip? Sweet! But wait, just how far do you want us to drive again? [Collegehumor]

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<![CDATA[Even the Orb Containing All the Knowledge of the Universe Requires Surly Tech Support]]> The Infinisphereb is a glowing orb that contains all of the knowledge in the universe. At least it is when the damned thing is working properly. [CollegeHumor]

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<![CDATA[Helping Hands Condom Applicator Makes Me Shrivel Up in Fear]]> Have trouble fumbling with slippery condoms in the heat of the moment? If faced with the choice, I'd choose practicing before using the Helping Hands Condom Applicator. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go cry a little. [CollegeHumor]

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<![CDATA[Picking up Wi-Fi is Like Picking up a Prostitute]]> This fun video personifies the prowl for Wi-Fi. You could pay the password-pimp for a fast connection, but what about that loose hotspot? Jumping on free Wi-Fi is easy, but only while it lasts, and you gotta watch for viruses:

Two things the video misses:
1. Trying out a bunch of standard passwords before getting bored and moving on.
2. That asshole at every airport pulling the "Free Wi-Fi" ad-hoc network scam. You'll get online, but they'll swipe your passwords. Sort of like a pimp not making you pay, but filming and selling a video of it without you knowing.

By the way, am I the only one that thinks free Wi-Fi looks kinda like Juliette Lewis? Who woulda thunk it.

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<![CDATA[Font Fight Pits Helvetica Against Arial in a Battle of Sans-Serifs]]> What happens when you make visual puns out of the names of popular fonts and then have said visual puns fight to the death? Here's your answer.

[CollegeHumor]

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<![CDATA[Some Tweets Really Belong on Twitter]]> Dan decided to try Twittering in real life. And by that, he means standing in crowded areas of NYC and yelling his Tweets out loud. Hilarity ensues. Also, hey, follow me on Twitter!

[CollegeHumor]

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<![CDATA[We Didn't Start the Flamewar Video is the Definition of Epic]]> Well, this about sums up the internet, doesn't it? Wow.

[CollegeHumor]

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<![CDATA[Nick's Zune Warehouse Sells Zunes by the Pound]]> If you're in the market for a Zune, you might as well go to the store that's completely dedicated to everyone's favorite portable media player.

[CollegeHumor]

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<![CDATA[Inappropriate DirecTV Commericals Won't Help Win Any Customers]]> CollegeHumor looked at those DirecTV ads where they reenact a famous scene from a movie and asked "what if we used horribly inappropriate movies?" Hilarity ensues.

[CollegeHumor]

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<![CDATA[Why Terminators Always Travel Through Time Naked]]> If, in the future, they figure out how to transport someone through time, how can they not know how to transport clothes as well? This explains the logic gap.

[CollegeHumor]

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<![CDATA[Antiques Roadshow 2550 Makes Me Wish I Never Threw Out My Bop-It]]> In the year 2550, Antiques Roadshow will still be on the air, but it will be much different, and much less accurate. But there is good news: Master Chief works there!

[CollegeHumor]

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<![CDATA[The iPhone Is That Guy at Your High School Reunion]]> Hey, nobody ever said the iPhone was a nice person. But like most celebrities, he's handsome as hell so he gets away with being a complete dick. Here's the clip:

[College Humor]

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<![CDATA[Watch MTV's College Humor Show This Sunday Night]]> Frucci's friends over at College Humor just got a TV show on MTV! Why does this matter to you? Because Frucci's gonna be in it!

I'm not sure which episode Frucci's going to be in, but the show premieres this Sunday, so you should watch for yourself to see if it's this one. It's not a huge part, but how often do you get to see Frucci be sexy on TV? Not often enough, I say. Sunday 9:30/8:30 Central.

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<![CDATA[I Played Xbox 360 on a 269-Inch TV and You Didn't]]> Last week, I got to play Xbox 360 on the world's largest, highest resolution screen. At 11 feet tall and 120 feet long, it was ridiculous. It made Panasonic's 150-inch plasma look like a toy.

I was lucky enough to be invited on as a guest on CollegeHumor's video game show, Bleep Bloop. Apparently, after extensive work, uh, "testing" Panasonic's 103-inch and 150-inch plasma screens, I'm somewhat of an expert on playing video games on ludicrously large monitors. Badass.

According to the folks at IAC, who house this monstrosity in their headquarters' lobby, it's the largest, highest-definition screen in the world. That is to say there are larger screens with lower resolution and smaller screens with higher resolution, but this bad boy has the highest combo of both specs. Yes, it is large.

Unfortunately, due to it being 120 feet long, it has a ridiculous aspect ratio that's not designed for regular things like TV or video games, instead acting as a strange art space most of the time. Because of this, we could only use one chunk of the screen. I was told, however, that they have the ability to hook up multiple Xboxes at once, possibly linking them together side by side for some sort of epic multiplayer showdown. I want very much to make that dream a reality, but that's for another day.

Mahoney and I got an opportunity to go behind the wall and check it out, and it's a crazy setup. It has 21 projectors aimed at 42 mirrors. The projectors are actually aimed away from the screen, bouncing down and back off of two mirrors each to combine to fill up the massive screen.

As for playing on the screen, it was pretty killer. Obviously, playing video games on large screens is really fun. But in all honesty, it gets to a point where you aren't even really paying attention to the large screen anymore. You know, it's only a novelty for so long, and then you're just focusing on not falling off the damned buildings anymore in Mirror's Edge. I guess you can get used to anything.

What huge screens like this are really great for is split-screen gaming. If we had played Call of Duty 4 on this thing, for example, all four players would have the equivalent of a 134-inch TV to stare at. But really, a screen like this isn't even an option for anyone other than Barry Diller to use on any type of real basis, but if you ever get an opportunity to spend an afternoon dicking around with one, you won't want to skip it. Trust me.

Thanks to John Mahoney for taking pictures and to Jeff Rubin and Pat Cassels for having me on Bleep Bloop! [CollegeHumor's Bleep Bloop]

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<![CDATA[You Aren't the Only One Who Never Watches the Serious Movies You Netflix]]> It's a common practice: you put a bunch of movies in your Netflix queue that are classics. You know, long, serious, depressing movies that you feel like you should have seen by now but haven't. Then they arrive and sit untouched for weeks while you watch Wayne's World 2 for the fifth time. Now, those epic movies are fighting back. [CollegeHumor]

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<![CDATA[What if The Matrix Ran on Windows?]]> The crew at CollegeHumor have outdone themselves with their latest short, The Matrix Runs on Windows. The concept is pretty self-explanatory: the movie The Matrix if the construct was run on Windows XP. It's incredible that content shot for the web is reaching the quality of the movies that it spoofs. Seriously, how good does this look? [CollegeHumor]

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