Why settle for merely dumb when you you can have dumb AND ugly?

That log has a pretty interesting History, and evokes a lot of feelings, for lots of people
The Story of the LOG (new window)

Mikey1969: Yeah, we noticed the 'Fireplace Channel' this weekend, and about had kittens when we noticed that they expected us to pony up $5 for a picture of a fireplace AND the same shiatty Christmas music we had been tortured with for free since Halloween... And that was just for 2 hours of this insanity!

BTW: I married well... As much as my wife likes to jump on the Christmas Wagon, she insists on not submitting me to Christmas music(On purpose.) until the day after Thanksgiving, no matter how early they start playing it on the radio.

I'm sorry to hear that! the $5 part that is. On my HD provider I was able to find three differnt stations playing it for free, Including one of the Local channels OTA side channels.

I find it's much better to experience Yule Log with the Directors Commentary. Only then does the full nuance of the story present itself. (new window)

Or make your own, courtesy of Rex Deathstar/WaterLogic:

.MODEL TINY
.386

.CODE
.STARTUP

push 0a000h
pop es
push es
pop ds ; since no variables used...how convenient!

mov al,13h ; the legacy mode : 320x200x256
int 10h

MainLoop:
mov si,320 ; screen width
mov ch,7dh ; 320x100 = 32000 = 0x7D00 -> lower byte is null

push si
push cx

xor di,di

smoothloop:
lodsb
add al,[si]
add al,[si+319]
add al,[si-2]
shr al,2

and al,0Fh ; colors 16...31 is a little grayscale region in standard
add al,10h ; VGA 256-color palette ;)

stosb
loop smoothloop

pop di ; di = cx = 32000
pop cx ; cx = si = 320

randline:
in al,40h ; lame random numbers with no mathematical background ;)
stosb
loop randline

in al,60h
das
jc MainLoop

Bye:
mov ax,3
int 10h
ret

END

Compile and enjoy.

Mikey1969: Free would be one thing in the background, but $5 was ridiculous, especially when it was only for 2 hours...

Check YouTube.

gavagement?

Googling it yields results for... that article and repostings of it. And something about animals dying after gavagement.

Soon, Fark will also be one of the only 3 unique google results for that completely fake word.

Why did the author decide to create a word... and in his usage... does it mean party? get together? And why in the only other usage of it, does it mean something that kills animals?

Mikey1969: Yeah, we noticed the 'Fireplace Channel' this weekend, and about had kittens when we noticed that they expected us to pony up $5 for a picture of a fireplace AND the same shiatty Christmas music we had been tortured with for free since Halloween... And that was just for 2 hours of this insanity!

BTW: I married well... As much as my wife likes to jump on the Christmas Wagon, she insists on not submitting me to Christmas music(On purpose.) until the day after Thanksgiving, no matter how early they start playing it on the radio.

It's on Amazon Prime for free, in HD, with or without music.