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I've discovered that over 70% of my media consumption (TV, music, movies, podcasts, audiobooks, etc) comes from TWIT, but it costs me much less relative to my bills from DirecTV, Netflix, etc. I've been a recurring contributor since the beginning, and will continue. My only fear is that I hope this doesn't lead to Leo trying to constantly please the audience....the vocal minority could ruin it. - Larry

I would be willing to pay a few bucks a year...but honestly, TWiT's quality and appeal depends greatly on the guests. Unless you can let users have a more direct say in your panel lineup and/or topics discussed, I don't think it's fair to expect anyone to pay $1-2 each month. I mean, most people probably only listen to TWiT so it's unfair to make it out like each listener will ever take... more... - Scott Carmichael

"Bruce Wayne may be stranded in prehistoric times instead of dead, but if you thought bringing him back would be easy, think again. DC have unveiled The Return Of Bruce Wayne, a time-travel tale hyped as "Batman vs. history itself."" - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Well, that's good to hear. - Chieze Okoye

Indeed! EA is one of the few to "get it." The Pirate's Dilemma (book by Matt Mason) should be considered the "Cluetrain Manifesto" for the collision of intellectual property issues and business. The train is pulling away from the station... - Richard ¿digame? Walker

:D - nazlı ülker

:)) - Nima Nilian ★

SANTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! - Morgan Haley

G'mornin! - Josh Haley from iPhone

"Locals may tell you that one third of the world’s construction cranes currently reside within Shanghai, piecing together an unlikely muddle of mega-structures and monuments, rewriting the complex clusters of streets and neighbourhoods on a seemingly annual basis. Regardless of whether you believe that or not, this is undeniably a city in which capitalism has turned seismic – where days and nights alike ring with the sound of drilling, where luxury brands compete for your attention with bundles of knock-off Blu-ray DVDs, and where the glinting baubles of the provocative skyline are largely obscured by the yellow smoke from the factories that paid for them." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

Part 2 of this article is here: http://www.edge-online.com/magazin... - Kol Tregaskes

heh... me too! It's an ever changing array with me though there seem to be a couple that are rising to the top. - Jim Hearts FF

"There is no explanation of how each of the detainees, much less all three, could have done the following: braided a noose by tearing up his sheets and/or clothing, made a mannequin of himself so it would appear to the guards he was asleep in his cell, hung sheets to block vision into the cell—a violation of Standard Operating Procedures, tied his feet together, tied his hands together, hung the noose from the metal mesh of the cell wall and/or ceiling, climbed up on to the sink, put the noose around his neck and released his weight to result in death by strangulation, hanged until dead and hung for at least two hours completely unnoticed by guards." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Sadly another Obama fail compunding the utter terror filled cowardice of the right who live in fear that the denizens of Gitmo come to the US of course what we plan to do with dozens of inmates uncharged unchargable and now unable to release the flotsam of rendition. What happens when stupidity crossed with cowardice is not somehow controlled by things like warrants and habeous and... more... - WarLord

Our (non)reaction to these kinds of things speak volumes about our National Character. - J. Abdul-Qahhar

"The United Arab Emirates aren't booming like they used to, which is worrying. Judging from the latest, though, the UAE was only about three major architectural undertakings away from building an actual giant penis, so maybe it's for the best." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Now that this thought is in your head, it's almost hard to ignore. - Jerry Perez

"Energy beamed down from space is one step closer to reality, now that California has given the green light to a deal involving its sale. But some major challenges will have to be overcome if the technology is to be used widely. On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission gave its blessing to an agreement that would see the Pacific Gas and Electric Company buy 200 megawatts of power beamed down from solar-power satellites beginning in 2016. A start-up company called Solaren is designing the satellites, which it says will use radio waves to beam energy down to a receiving station on Earth. The attraction of collecting solar power in space is the virtually uninterrupted sunshine available in geosynchronous orbit. Earth-based solar cells, by contrast, can only collect sunlight during daytime and when skies are clear." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

haha now, where's the look a like of the old man, I'll bet that would be funny as well - Ibrahim El Issaoui

That's such an awesome lookalike. The real model for the old man was Spencer Tracy, right? - Carl Cabading

"A man claims the Church of Scientology forced him to work as a “virtual slave” for 16 years at jobs ranging from washing pots and pans to restoring old films produced by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. John Lindstein says he was kept “busy, poor, tired, and uninformed” by Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige at the church’s ranch in Hemet, and feared that “things would get even worse if he did not work as ordered.” Lindstein’s Superior Court complaint alleges human trafficking and violations of hour and wage laws at the church’s “Gold Ranch” compound near Hemet, a semirural area east-southeast of Los Angeles. Lindstein says that from 1990 until 2006, starting when he was just 8 years old, he “performed this work as a virtual slave, working 16 to 24 hours days with no sleep, no time off and no personal freedom” at Gold Base, a mysterious and once-secret headquarters that “resembles a prison camp,” with razor wire, security guard patrols, surveillance posts and three roll calls each day." - Neal Jansons from Bookmarklet

Ditto. - Joe

Okay, so maybe newspapers and magazines aren't so dead after all. - Ken Morley from Bookmarklet

That would freak the hell out of me! - Amy

"Trust me, I'll be a lot more apt to listen to flight attendants commands if they don't start the flight with a well-intentioned deception. And more likely to believe the FAA and the TSA when it comes to other security and safety concerns when some of their policies aren't demonstrable half-truths." - Matthew DeVries from Bookmarklet

""It's a thrill for me to see the TWiT logo right up there next to Amazon, Netflix and Major League Baseball" via the Roku, Laporte told me in a phone interview. "I want to be seen as a (media) peer." Laporte is ramping up how much programming he offers per week, from about 30 to 40 hours to 100 or 200 hours. He has just hired the popular Dr. Kiki Sanford to be a host on some shows, since he can no longer do it all. Eventually, he says, he aims to be come the "CNN for geeks," with a laser focus on his nerdier audience, and no ambitions to duplicate the super-expensive production values of a top TV network." - Chris Heath from Bookmarklet

very cool. - Marc Ostrick

yes, this IPTV stuff is going to the TV in 2010 - yahoo widget enabled tv's will have the content via the mediafly widget, roku, popcorn hour, all the mobile apps (bb, android, pre, etc) -- hopefully mediafly will be on the ps3 and xbox soon -- revision 3 is also moving in this direction (not sure if they're dealing thru mediafly or not, but i know they're moving onto tv's as well - Chris Heath

No. - Niki Costantini

My mother would not approve. - SAM

Clicked from an ad on a pro-gay rights blog. - joey from Bookmarklet

It's hard not to view all advertising with a cynical eye, but this implementation seems particularly earnest. - aldenoneil

Or maybe they just got me. - aldenoneil

"A new video and set of photographs is circulating from St. Petersburg, Russia, where the Parkour movement is gaining a strong foothold among the city’s youth. The video shows a young man jumping from one rooftop to another, with 35 feet of height difference and about 20 feet of space between the buildings." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

@Rob, Group Rope Jumping off of bridges is also very popular in Russia too. Check it out: http://englishrussia.com/... - Carlos Ayala

It was great to come home to a snowy Seattle last year. - aldenoneil

"MANCHESTER, England, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A British psychologist said his research indicates foot movements are one of the most powerful indicators of whether a woman finds a suitor attractive. Professor Geoff Beattie, dean of psychological sciences at the University of Manchester, said he examined how people move their feet in a number of situations and found women tended to move their feet away from their bodies, adopting more open-leg stances, when speaking with someone they find attractive, The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday. Beattie said crossing the legs or keeping them tucked under the body is a sign of a lack of sexual attraction among women." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

aldenoneil ++ - Andrew C

"The snowman is made of two tiny tin beads, normally used to calibrate electron microscope lenses, which were welded together with platinum Photo: Dr Cox / National Physical Laboratory Experts at the National Physical Laboratory in West London made the miniature figure which is just 0.01mm across." - Shevonne from Bookmarklet

That's no snowman! - Morgan Haley

"Southlake Mall was evacuated Wednesday night after a man dressed as an elf allegedly told the mall Santa that he was carrying dynamite" - chaz2b from Bookmarklet

"When the funds were flowing freely, Dubai appeared to be a future mecca of innovative and extravagant architecture. But now that the well has gone dry, we're left with the concept designs of the buildings we'll never see." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"Presented by FreedomWorks, the front group that organized the 9/12 March, a new documentary on the tea parties attempts to suggest that the protests were spontaneous." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Some day there'll be a new wiki for people who think Conservapedia is too left-wing. - Andrew C

Wow - Amy