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And Now, a Word from the Libertarian Party about Healthcare - http://www.lockergnome.com/leftyst...
"No doubt that there is something horribly wrong with our healthcare system. As long as BIG PHARMA is permitted to rape the public with their outlandish pricing on their drugs, and the insurance companies keep putting out their hands to collect premiums but then turn around and slap your hand when you file a claim, we are doomed. But there is something else looming in the darkness….The overall health of this Nation. We also have a population that is sick from poor food choices, GMO foods, and poisons/toxins…i.e. preservatives. We need to re-educate the public. We need to put stricter regulations on food manufacturers that garner huge profits by chemically altering their foods. We need to look at the vectors of sickness and then attack the problem that way. Government run health care is not the answer. This smacks of socialism and is not the route we need to go. Our forefathers would be sick if they saw how damaged our Republic is today. And when you look at the inflation this is going..." - 4four1ones
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Apple Stores Go Down; Rumors of New Hardware Abound - http://theappleblog.com/2009...
"Hope you are right! As of right now, my store is still up and running." - 4four1ones
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My First Affiliate Summit Experience - http://www.sugarrae.com/affilia...
"Hey Rae, Wish I could have experienced all that ASE had to offer but I foolishly waited till the last minute to get a ticket and then it was too late. I look forward to attending the next event in Las Vegas at ASW. Hope to meet you at the next one. Thanks for all your posts and hilarity on Twitter. Have a great week." - 4four1ones
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8 Backup Solutions for OS X - http://mac.appstorm.net/roundup...
"I have been using BackBlaze. Down fall to online backup will always be the time it takes to complete one full backup. Apple’s TimeMachine works fantastically! Time Machine Editor is the one thing that is missing. It is a very nice addition, it allows power users, audio, video editors to backup a machine without taking a performance hit. Back it up when you want!" - 4four1ones
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Win One of 20 Gold Passes to Affiliate Summit East - http://www.problogger.net/archive...
"Been trying to snag one of the twitter gold pass giveaways this week. But lady luck hasn’t been on my side. I do plan on being in New York that week because I will be visiting friends. I do plan on attending ASE.. BTW - awesome ustream last night mate! Good stuff shared. Wish more people could have been there to enjoy that open forum. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us all.. Preston" - 4four1ones
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WildCharge Helps iPhone Steal a Trick from Pre With Wireless Charging - http://theappleblog.com/2009...
"This is neato bandito!! However, not sure I want to walk around with that little nubby at the end of my iphone. I hope that all phone manufacturers move towards this type of charging, not only for aesthetics but for easy charging. Who else hates plugging in their devices at night….”I do!” I would much rather toss my phone onto a charging mat, hell – all of my devices for that matter. iPhone, Flip, iPod, wife’s cell phone….(in the future – my hearing aids, LOL) PEACE!! Preston Taylor @prestontaylor WhatILikeOnTheWeb Dot Com" - 4four1ones
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A Fathers Day Wine Tasting – Episode #692 - http://tv.winelibrary.com/2009...
"Gary, Love the father/son dynamic. You and your dad are aces my man…. Big Texas, Preston (4four1ones)" - 4four1ones
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"Porky Pig!! I knew he was the vector of this pandemic...That SOB!" - 4four1ones
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How to Become an Ethical Hacker - http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-...
"This is an opportunity of a lifetime!! Nice P.. very nice!! ~wp" - 4four1ones
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Twitter is officially the new RSS feed.
What're you doing up so early? Weird. - Mona Nomura
Complete with echo chamber - Bwana ☠
Not! - ·[▪_▪]·
Explanation? While I know you *can* use Twitter as an RSS aggregator, why in the world would you *want* to? Or am I missing the point here? - Gregory Pittman from twhirl
first alert system? yes... RSS feed? not so much. - Sam Harrelson
you think so? what makes you say that? - Bill from twhirl
I've been noticing patterns of traffic. I could blog something (prolific or not), and it will likely get lost in the shuffle. Interactivity is there, but even with a comment form, responses aren't immediate. RSS suffers from the inability to comment directly to a feed item, but Twitter... helps get your idea (or link) across with the least amount of fuss and the highest potential amount of fanfare. Facebook comes second. FriendFeed, third. - l0ckergn0me
Correction: FriendFeed, a distant third. - l0ckergn0me
RSS of raw feeds also suffers from the lack of social filtering. Popular aggregator blogs like BoingBoing, and social link services like Digg, percolate popular and interesting items to the top, but duplicates become a problem when you try to follow too many of those. - LogEx
But RSS isn't going away. Either I'll consolidate my OPML into FF, or bring Twitter and FF RSS into GReader. The problem with Twitter and FriendFeed, right now at least, is that they capture orders of magnitude less content than RSS. - LogEx
how so? - Ryan
RSS isn't going to disappear - heck, even Twitter has RSS. Blogs have RSS, too. Our attention has been fragmented, and Twitter is that "shiny light" which remains brighter than the rest. - l0ckergn0me
In case you guys are skeptic, Chris tends to nail these trends months before the "experts" do - Bwana ☠
The only comment I'd make is that Twitter/FF are meta-data, while RSS is the DATA. In some ways I see Twitter as the notification system and RSS as the consumption system. - Brian Roy
I agree, Brian, but Chris is also right. Twitter is now a crowdsourcing tool in the same way that RSS also notifies people of new posts. - Chris Baskind
Honestly, I'm glad Twitter is ahead of Facebook. I hate crowdsourcing Facebook. - Bwana ☠
http://bit.ly/info/artician - there's no way I could have driven that many clicks in such a short amount of time on my blog. No way in hell. Retweets also trump comments / trackbacks due to the inherent network effect. Twitter won't replace blogs, it won't replace RSS, but you can sure as hell bet it's more effective in certain respects. - l0ckergn0me
I knew this was related to that bit.ly track :) I was watching that yesterday - Bwana ☠
Bwana, Facebook is still a walled garden (and will continue to be). I might receive or post responses there, but they're seemingly lost in the shuffle. Could boil down to numbers, but I'm more inclined to believe it's the nature of the closed platform. - l0ckergn0me
And yet...Crowd Surfing Facebook is somehow a lot of fun! - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Precisely why it's a pain for me. :) - Bwana ☠
i like turtles... - 4four1ones
Chris - So I totally agree that twitter (and friendfeed) are far superior to RSS for information discovery. The interconnected social graphs of the users along with the ability to "tell my friends" is far and away the best system we have for information discovery. Facebook isn't about information discovery. - Brian Roy
Facebook is a "destination" site. They want you to go there and stay. By definition, anything that you click on that takes you out of facebook is bad for them. Think Yahoo ala 1997. - Brian Roy
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"There is a sect of us that subscribe to folks tweets, such as: garyvee and chrisbrogan because we are interested in learning new things, seeing new sites, exploring new ideas. Most times we are able to get this information because someone has taken the time to ask them a question. Seeing a response may lead you to some neat things. I can not even tell you how many things I have picked up in the conversation of others, so I will continue to walk in the noise that is twitter and love every minute of it. Every day is an exciting one. Even if it’s just picking up one new thing. NOW - If you are finding that you are swamped with tweets and there is just too much noise to tolerate you can use an application like tweetdeck to sort out which twitter peeps you want to pay close attention to by forming a group. …end transmission… JPTaylor aka - @4four1ones" - 4four1ones
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What am I saying? Translate This! - http://chris.pirillo.com/what-am...
"Lockergnome Community: We are facing a most serious problem that only has one solution, as I see it. I have repeatedly asked our imperial guards to keep the stargates on lockdown at live.pirillo.com. It is because of their carelessness that our community is facing eminent danger on a most massive scale. Tiny robotic creative vados, sent by Darth Vado himself, are preparing to infiltrate the pirillo mothership through our unlocked stargates, placing our mission at risk. They will capture video of our most top secret plans for http://geeks.pirillo.com and then, with a flick of a switch, a shiny USB will emerge, capable of uploading the videos to the interwebz for all to see. It is imperative that we launch a full frontal attack upon this most wicked force in order to maintain our security. We must be brave. We must work on a united front. We must stop Darth Vado and his vado minions. The time has come to unleash our secret weapon. This, I believe, is our only solution. As you all know,..." - 4four1ones
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What Is Worse - a Sexual Predator or a Bully? - http://chris.pirillo.com/what-is...
"Chris, I am so glad that you tackled this subject. Being bullied is humiliating and hurtful, I know - I have been there. It is important to understand that bullying is not ok and should not be tolerated. Follow the advice in this article. If you are being subjected to hateful bullying or even aggressive sexual behavior, get some help! Let somebody know." - 4four1ones
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Receiving the Gift of Giving - http://chris.pirillo.com/2008...
"Chris - This is a rad idea! I would have to go for the Family Game Night bundle. With our fast paced lives and busy work schedules it would be nice to slow it down for one night and just enjoy some great board games together. I would be thrilled to win all of these games. Happy Holidays. Best of luck to everyone who enters! 4four1ones" - 4four1ones
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"XBOX Console of course. I have waited long enough. Its time for the wife to understand MY NEEDS!! Kmart item #018W710255110001 $400.00 XBOX LIVE SUBSCRIPTION Kmart item #1630000000400061 $49.99 The rest of the balance for TAXATION KMART IS KRAZYAWESOMELEETSAUCENESS. It’s definitely whatilikeontheweb. Thanks for sharing this Loren - Thank you KMART. Seasons Greetings and all that cool stuff. @4four1ones - (USTREAM 7 Charter Member)" - 4four1ones
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"Jandro Try organic spelt pretzels by newmans own, pair a handful of almonds with a banana, pair green grapes and strawberries with some light cool whip, get some low sodium ham from the deli and some really good swiss cheese and make some ham/swiss roll ups (cut out the bread) - pair it with some pretzels and fruit!! WORD! @4four1ones" - 4four1ones
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Tesla Does Not Need A Bailout Or A Loan - http://www.1938media.com/tesla-d...
"I can build a MEAN MODEL car. You know the lil plastic ones you can buy at Hobby Lobby and slap together with some glue. Can I please have some govt loans? Im just sayin….." - 4four1ones
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Google, It Wasn’t Broke - http://www.techcrunch.com/2008...
"I think you have nailed this one Mike. It seems that many large web companies get an itch to be cool. We have seen Microsoft fail many times because of this “itch”. Google is already cool enough. They are running down too many rabbit trails. I don’t believe for one second that they aren’t monitoring what users are doing with the search wiki comments and ranking. All this is going to do is encourage trolls to leave dirty, useless comments and create havoc for SEO in the future, should Google decide to roll these user results to the web (maybe in the form of a tab that users can click on to reveal comments) That would be hell for e-commerce sites that struggle to keep good ratings. This just has problems written all over it…. Let the enigma google algorithm sort the organics." - 4four1ones
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"Absolutely! It is quite noisy out on the interwebz with 50,000 social media experts and gurus - SHUT UP and GET A REAL JOB!! Well, except for about 20 or so who actually know what the hell they are talking about…." - 4four1ones
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Motrin Blog Moms Are Hippy Yentas - http://www.1938media.com/motrin-...
"Im glad that you posted a video on this controversy. Isn’t this a shame? I think these over sensitive mommies need to get an effin grip and get back to taking care of their kids, instead of jackin their jaws on the interwebz. SHUT IT!!! Oh boo hoo - some company hurt my feelings with their humorous ad. So they picked on you a little bit, get over it! It’s not like they sold you something that doesn’t work or told some huge lie. Good grief! You don’t hear guys screaming about the Cialis commercials…”Cialis slighted my manhood - they are insinuating that I can’t get it up and that insults my manliness!!” Jeezus…Think before you spew stupid comments all you mommy bloggers. You just made yourselves look like, as Loren says, “DOPES” 4four1ones 1938Media “Seven” - Founding Father wilotw.com SHEEEEEESH!!!!" - 4four1ones
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And Now iJustine, The Fifth YouTuber - http://www.techcrunch.com/2008...
"GTFOOH! This is absolutely absurd. I guess he coined the tern “woot” as well. Give me a break. If you are so good at coming up with ideas - start something and amaze us all at how fast it scales and garners an active audience. Please…. 4four1ones OUT!" - 4four1ones
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A Sparkling Wine From Spain and Portugal, South Africa & More. - Episode #576 - http://tv.winelibrary.com/2008...
"The Jardin: “There is a salad in my nose” - LMAO Classic. Gary you are the best! @4four1ones Houston Texas" - 4four1ones
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"I was there for the making of this masterpiece. love it!! I had no idea that the Chinr people had so many questions for shel. Amazing…really… Bring Out ORG BORG the Interwebz Closet Monster - The world must see him. See ya on ustream 4four1ones founding father of the “1938 Seven”" - 4four1ones
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"Chris, I couldn’t agree with you more. Sadly, I must say that I am a Bank of America customer and will be switching very soon. They have done nothing but piss me off with their uninformed operators, slow banking transactions, holds on checks, and a genuine sense that they really don’t care if they lose me as a customer or not. They are way too big. They are gobbling up every floundering bank and mortgage company. This is getting out of hand. They are one of the most powerful banks in our Nation, right up there with Chase. I’m taking my business to Sterling Bank very soon. Great Post. Stay safe in your travels. Keep on truckin. You are an awesome person… All my best, J.P. Taylor ” 4four1ones ” #Gnomedex hallway conversator - meritflorist" - 4four1ones
Robert Scoble
My son tried telling me about how Obama is redistributing wealth (his mom is Republican). I'm so ready for this to be over.
ROFLMAO!! - Alex Scoble
oh yeah - we all are - Capn' One Eye - adrift
Funny, she had no problems with redistributing MY wealth to her! :-) - Robert Scoble
What? Milan's already talking politics? - Thomas Hawk
Tell him that you're about to redistribute his allowance if he continues with that kind of talk : ) - Mike Doeff
I wouldn't mind some redistribution of Bill Gates money into my checkbook... it'll never happen... but one can dream. - Mike Wills
Nah, just tell him allowances are handouts and you've decided to honor his beliefs and end socialism in your house. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Mike, you obviously didn't forward the email when you were told to do so =P - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
You should just block him. - Akiva Moskovitz
you & me both. - Zee.
Obama is the one who admitted to wanting to spread the wealth, perhaps he should cut out the $4000,000 commercials and spread some of his own wealth. I work for my money and have no desire to spread it among any other than those I personally choose. Who are you to decide where my money goes? You lefties are welcome to pay additional taxes but because you have a belief doesn't mean we should all be forced to follow. - Henry DeBardeleben
Hey if you don't like progressive taxation, you can always go to a country that has a different form of taxation, Henry. - Alex Scoble
Henry, this perfectly sums up the issues I have with the current Republican party "but because you have a belief doesn't mean we should all be forced to follow" - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Henry, when you loose your job that makes you your money or get injured and have to go on disabilities, let's talk again shall we? - Johnny Worthington
Actually, I like this country just fine, perhaps you should your friends on left to a country that already practices socialism. - Henry DeBardeleben
@Henry Rubbish. The well off in this country pay some of the lowest taxes in the free world and STILL constantly whine about it. Through the longest sustained period of economic growth in the US (late 40s through the early 60s) the top marginal tax rate was 91%. Now it's 35%. There have been two times in the 20th and 21st centuries that it was below 50%. In the years leading up to the Great Depression and in the last 20 years. Seems obvious to me that low taxes on the wealthy are bad for the economy. - Jeff Jones
Henry: Obama is planning to _cut_ taxes. - Tanath
AMEN Jeff! Thank you for that comment. I just can not understand why all these people crying socialism and redistribution are worried. I bet nearly 80% of these idiots do not even fall within the tax bracket that Obama has set up!!! They would actually benefit from his tax plan. It's sad that the GOP has brainwashed so many Americans to hate Obama and accuse him of horrible things. THE GOP IS MORALLY BANKRUPT. - 4four1ones
Henry: you made your money in this country BECAUSE of the system that was setup here. If the poor riot and burn down your business, then you won't be getting rich. Or, how do you distribute your goods? BECAUSE of "wealth redistribution." North Carolina gave Dell something like $300 million in tax breaks to move a plant there (that they are now closing). THAT is wealth redistribution too. You all benefit from all sorts of goodies and people who are healthy and able to work for you. - Robert Scoble
Scoblini is on FIRE!! I admire your political passion dude! This discussion rox. Wish we could have talked about this at the last night of Gnomedex at the private dinner with Chris - 4four1ones
You benefit from having educated workers. You benefit from having healthy workers. You benefit from having a government that moderates the highs and the lows through taxation policies and "redistribution of wealth." The system is partially why you got rich and, so, when rich people like you say you're against redistribution of wealth I just have to call bullshit. - Robert Scoble
If you look at the top countries for quality of life, most are socialist. If you really want to live in a country where it's everyone for themselves and you can make as much money as you want, go to Russia. - Will Higgins™
The thing everyone misses is that our tax system is a socialist tool. It totally redistributes wealth based on a huge number of rules known as the IRS tax code. Like Robert points out, states and the federal government often offer favorable inducements to sway companies to do things. This is all forms of social and corporate socialism. Unfortunately most people don't understand. - Jim McCusker
Oh and by the way Henry, "who are you to decide where my money goes?" We're the majority. America is a Democracy, where the majority RULES. - Will Higgins™
Constitutional Democratic Republic. Not Democracy. Subtle, but it changes things. - xero
there are 2 kinds of people in this world, democrats and republicans.... what a crock! sounds like a friggin game to me. - Mot Faerin
The U.S. has pretty much always had a progressive tax system. As any economist will tell you, it's an optimization of capitalism: it keeps the wheels of the machine greased, and makes wealth creation more efficient than a flat tax system would. As any capitalist will tell you, it takes money to make money. The more money you want to make, the more money you gotta pony up. Anyone who says otherwise is a socialist. - Victor Ganata
Oh xero you're so picky :) Being a republic means there's no monarch that can dissolve gvmt, which is handy. And yes the democratic method in America is different to many other democracies, but the basic principals are pretty simple. - Will Higgins™
But it's not a democracy at all. - Tanath
Will: we are NOT a democracy. Go back to civics class. Do not collect $200. - Robert Scoble
OK, but technically, the U.S. can still be classified as a representative democracy. - Victor Ganata
OTOH, democracy *isn't* about majority rule. I'm still a big fan of Madisonian principles: the purpose of government should be to protect minorities from the tyranny of the majority. Still, you've got to pay taxes. And you don't get to pick and choose where your money goes. - Victor Ganata
so the republicans finally found a soundbite that finally sticks - meh recession - adolfo foronda
Hell, there are a lot of people right now who see "redistribution of wealth" and "socialism" and shrug, and maybe ask, "So how quickly can I get my money?" - Victor Ganata
Robert Scoble
Ahh, I thought about reminding him that she didn't mind redistributing my wealth into her bank account. AKA alimony (I paid a LOT).
BWAhAHAHA - love it! touche' Mr. Scoble. Obama 08! - 4four1ones
But Robert, if she was married to you she definitely earned it. :D (just kidding) - ChiliMac
ChiliMac: not saying she didn't earn it. I didn't go to court and try to stop the redistribution of my wealth. I looked at it as a great investment in my future. Oh, and that's worked out beautifully! :-) - Robert Scoble
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McCain Supporters To Assassinate Obama If He's Elected - http://digg.com/politic...
"This needs to get on the front page. Please send this to your friends and family. Disgusting GOP trash. I would like to have the name of the young man in the video who voiced a death threat against Senator Obama. I am calling upon the videographer to forward this evidence to the Secret Service, CIA, and FBI. This young extremist needs to be put behind bars. This is an outrage!! The people in this video are wretched. Nothing more than a bunch of McCarthyist witch-hunters who can't shoot a hole through Obama's policies except to call him a socialist and terrorist - which HE IS NOT you moronic trash. Stupid parrots. And the girl who called Barack a terrorist - idiots like you shouldnt be allowed to vote. Even McCain has repudiated misnomers of Barack being an Arab, Muslim and Terrorist. McCain himself said Barack is a decent man, a good family man that he only has fundamental differences with regarding the direction of the Nation. Republican supporters need to face the fact that Barack..." - 4four1ones
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Fox News VP: If McCain Worker 'Mutilation' Story is a hoax.. - http://digg.com/politic...
"im with you - lets do this thing" - 4four1ones
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Palin Claims The VP Is ‘In Charge Of The U.S. Senate' - http://digg.com/2008_us...
"I love it when morons link up wikipedia. That is totally laughable. It says right here in Wikipedia - Ohhhh so that must be the truth!! I see... Dolt." - 4four1ones
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