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SPIEGEL Interview with Umberto Eco:

'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International


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Alright, this thread can go in either of a forked three ways, as I see it: the initial article and impetus for this topic, above, will spark enough of a motivated agreement or disagreement with the statement's of Eco among you, good participating members, about the list as a tool AND a necessity in our society, in is myriad of forms, to spawn this discussion along nicely.

Also, what could happen is just comments along the lines of 'interesting' and 'good find', pour in interspersed, which may or may not also correlate to the third option, which would be...

ALL (interesting) internet lists can be added to this thread's ever-expanding future, which will be something of a trove archive, hopefully of mostly good examples, with a few funny ones as well, to break the seriousness of a 'link listing' log. May it serve you well, or entertain you, if even only occasionally.
And I don't see why I need to, as it is implicit, but: How do lists pervade your personal everyday lives'?

-- The Real Reason You Love Internet Lists
(basically the above linked article, but abridged, replacing the technical speak for the average joe's consumption.)
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"Humans like choices, but don’t like to make them."

— Richard Titus

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#6. The Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India

[Listverse.]


personal aside:
I just realized the site, Listverse, existed about an hour and a half ago, having been redirected there.
Additionally, I had little idea that what Cracked.com mostly features is lists as well. More sources, I suppose, for others.

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I initially wanted this to be a simple thread: any member comes in just for a quick view, post a link redirecting to an interesting list, and/or grab one as you go.


But..I also like to be a completist. So, this may turn out differently than I had originally hoped.


13th Street advertisement

An advertisement’s aim is to instantly attract the attention of viewers. Some use humour to
draw viewers’ attention, but there are other kinds of advertisements that go to extremes to
present something different. As a follow up to our previous article 60 Humorous Advertisements
That Will Tickle Your Bones, today we look at the opposite extreme to using humour in advertisements.
Presenting another side to design, some of the ads shared in this article today may be
a little visually disturbing or conceptually controversial.
(the majority of the ads feature kids, sex, and smoking, sometimes all in one ad: domestic trauma)

[oneextrapixel.]

(I can't garner a supporter to save myself.)

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I'm not much for numbered lists, but I do like lists of stuff I...uh, like.

Such as this...

great blogs.

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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

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10 Reasons Not to Bring Someone Back from the Dead | io9

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short little synopsis of the listing: it's another top ten indication of why resurrecting the deceased is not always a good solution in reailty or fantasy, and the author portrays the reasons through popular film and television references where the practice has backfired.

When you've got amazing technologies or strong magical powers, death doesn't have to have the final word. But is bringing the dead back to life always a good idea? We look the reasons it's better to say no to resurrection.

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Top 10 Bizarre Prehistoric Animals

like... #4 The Quetzalcoatlus


The Quetzalcoatlus is said to be one of the largest, if not the largest creature, to ever roam the skies. The name comes from a reference to an Aztec god, Quetzalcoatl, who was known for being a feathered serpent. Known for living in the Late Cretaceous period, the pterodactyloid pterosaur was King of the Skies, spreading its wings to a span of up to 36 feet and standing almost 32 feet. The creature had a very pointy beak, which was used for collecting food, despite the fact that it had no teeth. The fossils were discovered and collected in Big Bend Park in Texas in 1971. It’s said that when on the ground, the animal was a quadruped, and that it had so much power that it could go straight into flight.

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Sion

internet forums: lists of comments, observations, jokes and pictures

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He's the best, of course, of all the worst.
Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz

I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...

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countries: subdivisions of cultural demographics, cuisine, currency, art, territory, landforms, innovations, people, accomplishments and history that make up what it is to be a segmented & accounted for resident of this world, and how it applies towards the definition of an individual wherever on this globe to state, "I am both the future and the past representative of all of my ancestors before me, a veritable listing of my culture etched into my DNA, and I am still, but a fraction of the amalgam of hundreds of millions that once inhabited, and have yet to inhabit, this planet Earth".

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12 of the World's Most Fascinating Ruins


Machu Picchu (Peru)

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Movie-list maker Brad Bourland has spent many thousands of hours over the past nine years ranking 9,331 movies. The list primarily includes films made in the English language from 1927 to 1999, and excludes documentaries, made-for-TV movies, shorts and silent films.

The 9,331 Greatest Movies Of All Time.

...AND here is the list in full, (which requires Microsoft Word or OpenOffice to download / view) along with an interview of the endeavor.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

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Messier List

to be greener: Recyclable Materials

Nick's List of Liszt

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(ironic, but your string of good timing, BadNick, has disrupted my universally good/bad lucky timing... at least I secured the 13th reply, it would have been something though if I got the 13th post.)

The hidden track dates all the way back to The Beatles' Abbey Road, which includes "Her Majesty," a 23-second unlisted song at the end of the album's second side. Since then, many bands have surprised their fans with secret songs, though many of them are merely discordant noise or otherwise eminently forgettable. Sometimes, though, these tracks are hidden gems that deserve to be heard. For that reason, we decided to put together a list of the very best hidden tracks, and listened to dozens of them to find the standouts. So without further ado, here are the Top 13 Hidden Tracks.

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7 Insane Ways Music Affects The Body (According to Science) | Cracked.com

example #4. Music aids to help quell and actually prevent oncoming seizures.

It's been shown that music by Mozart played on the piano reduces seizure-causing activity in the brain within five minutes of exposure, with many cases showing immediate results in what scientists should called Seizure Wolfgang-banging. Experimentation with other forms of music has been minimal, but for some reason there appears to be a connection between our brains and piano music.

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Nice thread, Jetée.

It does make me think of a line from Absolutely Fabulous: "I don't want more choice, I just want better things!"

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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
And everthing is Green and Submarine
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simple one:

The 32 Most Commonly Misused Words and Phrases

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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

DaveOrion

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

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12 Best Lunch Trucks Across America | JetSetta

quick synopsis:
Whether you want a taco in LA or a schnitzel in New York, you can’t just pick any old “roach coach.” America’s got some amazing lunch trucks, if you know where to look. Actually, lunch trucks have a lot more to offer than just hot dogs and cheese steaks (not that there’s anything wrong with that) like delicious gourmet food from organic burgers to crème brûlée. Check out the 12 best lunch trucks across America to get just a small taste of what food trucks have to offer.

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here's a few lists from my collection:

mixedmedia

A music list that actually interests me...

Music's Secret Weapons

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A list of tools for personal computer users: List of Lists

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"The following lists were culled from the best survival books on the market. Each book is worth a place in your library! Any errors/ommissions are mine. Please refer to the listed book for more information."

The Big List

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I'll eventually come across, and in turn, share more of these: photographic lists (or what may be known as a 'photo-concept gallery')



100 Abandoned Houses

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My favorite part of the "Back to the Future" trilogy is the first half hour of "Back to the Future Part II"... where Doc and Marty travel to 2015. Seeing them in the past was OK, seeing them in the Wild West was eh, but seeing them in the future remains, for me, the most entertaining and memorable part of all three movies.

So, since it's (2010 and we're only six-and-a-half years away from the future they traveled to (October 2015)... I think we're close enough to do an audit. How'd they do? How accurate were their predictions?

11 Predictions That Back to the Future Part II Got Right - 11Points.com

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The Complete List of Words David Foster Wallace Circled In His Dictionary

Above you'll find the complete list of words that David Foster Wallace circled in his American Heritage Dictionary.
Many thanks to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas-Austin for providing us with the list.

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The 120 Minutes Archive.

Since 2003, we’ve been traveling back through time to rediscover and preserve the history of the legendary MTV U.S. series, 120 Minutes, which played alternative music videos with VJs, guests, and live performances, as well as its official successor, Subterranean on MTV2.

Music videos still exist, of course, but it’s just not the same. We want to remember some of MTV’s better moments, so we’ve assembled an incredible archive of playlists, videos, and interviews.


[metafilter.]

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From what I've come across and researched, there is nothing out there that is as comprehensive and information-worthy as this specifically-oriented archival database; the only two other resources that can even really compare to it are IMDb and Wikipedia, but combined.

Really, it's uniquely unparalleled in what it delivers to its audience, and if you are a fan, it is, indeed, awesome.
It is: BCDB - The Big Cartoon DataBase

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Project Gutenberg is the place where you can peruse our vast collection of free e-books, and dowload them for easy viewing to your PC or accomodating portable media device.

and the snippets: gutenberg project.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

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Since the late 1990s, The New Yorker has taken advantage of computer and Internet technologies for the release of current and archival material. The New Yorker maintains a website with some content from the current issue (plus exclusive web-only content). Subscribers have access to the full current issue online, as well as a complete archive of back issues viewable as they were originally printed. As well, The New Yorker's cartoons are available for purchase online. Using techology developed by Bondi Digital Publishing, a complete digital archive of back issues from 1925 to April 2007 (representing more than 4,000 issues and half a million pages) is available on nine DVD-ROMs or on a small portable hard drive.

Archive : The New Yorker
(sadly, the complete archive is reserved for subscribers, and only a fraction of it is available for free; but, that should be more than enough for the interested casual reader)

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another photo-concept gallery: The Beauty of Beaten Up Vehicles (10 total) - My Modern Metropolis

What is it about Kevin Cyr's oil paintings of beaten up vans and trucks that's so beautiful?
Is it that we're reminded of our childhood, remembering the excitement we felt when we heard the grumbling of a truck?
Or is it that we find unexpected beauty in used and slightly abused objects?

Kevin states, "I commemorate commercial vehicles inundated with graffiti and rust. Removing them from their everyday context, I place them on a solid color field giving them portrait-like importance. With devoted attention, I paint every imperfection and sign of age. Isolating these objects allows me a chance to document a time and place, and to make still a part of the ever-changing urban environment."

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

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'ville.2k - the 101 Best...

Clean your ears & tune your eyes for antville's showcase of the top 101 music videos of this decade.
The 424 studiously nominated videos were collectively voted in the highest 'ville poll turnout ever, to establish
a definitive ranking of best/landmark/most memorable/top of the crop - never mind what others may claim.


(click here to view, hear, and watch the listing)

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

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15 Great Scenes That Were Unscripted - Listverse

excerpt:
The Empire Strikes Back
“I love you.” “I know”. (Irvin Kershner, 1980)


Harrison Ford plays the cocky rogue, Han Solo, and in one of his rare scenes where the script required him to show some compassion, the act Ford had cemented for Solo was so strong that the original line, “I love you too” didn’t work. George Lucas told Ford to just say what he thought was best and “I know” was the result, fitting in with his character’s persona perfectly.

Fact: Carrie Fisher stood on a box for many of her scenes with Harrison Ford in order to make up for the height difference and have her appear in the frame with him. Carrie Fisher is about a foot shorter than Harrison Ford.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi