Archive for the ‘Magical Powers’ Category

Last year, noted “psychic” Uri Gellar began harassing Youtube user RationalResponse with the threat of a lawsuit for eight seconds of copyrighted footage used in a 13-minute video featuring James Randi.  Despite the case being a very clear example of fair-use, Uri and his corporation, Explorogists Ltd., claimed that the unauthorized use of the footage constituted copyright infringement and demanded that the video be taken down.  Youtube had the video suspended for a week.

Several frivolous lawsuits later, Explorogists and Brian Sapient (a.k.a. RationalResponse), with the help of the EFF, reached a settlement in which Explorogists must license the footage under a non-commercial Creative Commons license, thereby eliminating any claim of copyright infringement for the non-commercial use of its footage.

You can find more about the case here, and enjoy the video in question below:

And, in the spirit of debunking Uri’s nonsense, these videos:

It’s my sad duty to report that, not very long ago, notorious para-psychological assassin Henk Middelraad, in a confrontation with Randi, launched deadly para-psychological missiles at Randi’s whereabouts.

Transcript:

Randi: Grow up.

Middelraad: [NO U]

Randi: No, I’ve already grown up. I asked YOU to grow up. I’ve no interest in children’s games.

Middelraad: Okay, evidently you like to play games. You are on!!! You will be the target! No agreement needed for this one. You asked for it!  Best wishes and regards, Henk.

(Para-psychological missiles launched)

Randi was 79.  He will be remembered fondly for his-…

Wait, he survived?! Sweet Mary on a Christmas basket!

If you need any more proof of how tough Randi really is, check out the whole nonsense here.

As the title suggests, I’m still here. Following the rough events over the holidays, I haven’t been in much of a mood to fulfill the site’s duties– which was, of course, a mistake.

Nevertheless, the site should see some activity soon, primarily in the form of a [final] redesign along with a few other surprises! In the meantime, the Randall Munroe’s awesome webcomic xkcd has a new strip up, and it doesn’t get any more relevant (or succinct) as this:

Stay tuned for the update, folks!