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The word geek has recently come to be used to refer to a person who is fascinated by knowledge and imagination, usually electronic or virtual in nature. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word geek as "1: a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken, bat or snake 2: a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked 3: an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity".



Anyone interested in an Arma 3 Alpha Lite invite?

The invites were sent out today, and most of my mates either bought the game already or don't care about it in the first place. So I'm left sitting on 1-2 Alpha invites.

Even in its current state, Arma 3 is infinitely better than the release version of Arma 2. Runs much more smoothly as well, at least the singleplayer part of it.

Alpha Lite gives you access to the singleplayer showcases as well as restricted access to the editor. Multiplayer is off limits for the time being, but since BattleEye isn't implemented yet anyway, MP sucks donkey balls right now, completely unplayable.

Anyway, if anyone's genuinely interested in it, let me know.

This is what I don't get about Channels...

I don't know if this is a bug or not but it's bloody annoying and it keeps happening..

I need to remove the rugby video from Skillful because it's really just a sports clip (and actually features a turnover i.e fail which leads the opposing team to score).

There's no remove link so I head into Skillful. It's got 5 votes so I click on Upcoming.
It says "No videos to display".

The solution in this case is to manually edit the URL to include the skillful folder and lo and behold it's there.

Also we really do need to be able to see ALL videos tagged to a channel as many are hidden in pqueues - *easily* (I know I can do a search but not everyone's going to do that).

Why Can I No Longer Embed Youtube Videos In Comments?

I can't seem to embed Youtube videos in comments anymore, does anybody know why this is? I've tried every which way possible but nothing seems to work. Other Sifters seem to have no problem doing it.

(1)...... Using the basic embed code
(2)...... Submitting via "Bookmarlet", copying THAT full code & trying to submit it.
(3)...... Trying both of the above using the OLD embed code.

Feedback here please people.

Thanks.

"Next Featured Video >>" bug?

On my VS home page (sorted show newest videos), I click on "Next Featured Video" link and then quickly vote (mostly up) and then get sent to another web page (e.g., http://videosift.com/vote/d5248d46afd59bd59666c36d77a1b44b/241477?return= from "Asteroid - closest to earth in recorded history" embedded video).

"You Seem Lost :-(

You are attempting to access a page that either does not exist or has been moved. If you think there is an error on VideoSift please let us know.
Otherwise, use the navigation menu above to figure out where to go from here, or...

ยป Watch a Random Video "


I have to hit my Mozilla's SeaMonkey v2.15.2 web browser's back button to go back a page and try again. I have seen this minor bug for a few weeks and can reproduce it on two updated Windows (XP Pro. SP3 and 64-bit W7 EE SP1) machines (work and home) so far.

Is anyone else seeing this?

Thank you in advance.

Are Star Trek and Star Wars Mutually Exclusive?

My oldest son is turning 2 at the end of this month and I've started to contemplate exactly how to follow through with my plan to mold him into a sci-fi geek. It's not that I'm big into sci-fi myself (though I like it, I'm not a fanatic and didn't grow up with it), but a kid's gotta be into something, and sci-fi geeks always tend to have more interest in more worthwhile, cerebral pursuits.

In any case, I figure Star Wars and/or Star Trek should be a part of his upbringing, though I won't introduce him to those things for a few more years. I just got to thinking about which one I should get him into first, then I started questioning if it should be both or just one or the other.

Everyone I've ever known of who is very into one or the other is always into just one or the other. Is that necessary? Can someone be very interested/invested in both franchises? Or can you only immerse your imagination into one pretend universe?

Are any of you hugely into both Star Wars and Star Trek? I also wonder if I should get them into comic books and D&D. Do you have another other thoughts on what else I should do to mold my sons into quality geeks?


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