Who wouldn't be shocked to see someone die in a horrible accident? Brutal is right, and pretty far off YT's community guidelines (http://www.youtube.com/t...).
- Stephen Mack
Yeah, the whole "faces of death" thing on youtube doesn't seem right. Still, I watched.
- Josh Haley
BTW, the internal answer to "how do I get offensive content taken down" is "just use the regular UI and flag it, and our reviewers will pick it up". I think that's kind of cool.
- Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy
I dont understand whats all this censoring about. You all watched it, so why cant another fellow human being, out of his own free will, get to watch it too? Why should we exercise control over what another person can and cannot see? I dont see anything wrong with the subject matter of the video.
- TrafficBug
It was disturbing and sad...certainly not entertaining. Still, I don't see why it needed to be pulled. In a harsh way, it was educational. I'm with TrafficBug.
- Christopher A Carr
I was going to show my kids actually, as a shocking reminder to not play with electric wires. Its terribly graphic, but then again, so are lots of accidents that people get themselves into. I'm not saying it should necessarily be on YouTube without warnings however, just that it might have its uses for some people, as Chris points out above.
- John Graham
Not sure I get why Steve was so motivated to get it yanked. Perhaps he wants to be a hall monitor when he grows up.
- Christopher A Carr
That was a human being, with a family and friends. His death did not belong on video being shown around the world. If it were a relative of yours, would you want that person's death up there for all to see? I don't advocate for censorship much, but YT has rules -- porn gets pulled, shocking violence gets pulled. Don't like it? Set up your own video site or use one of the many others that don't have those rules.
- Stephen Mack
I flagged this because I like to watch YouTube videos with my 2yr old son. YouTube has no content-filtering system, and this video violated their TOS. If the guy climbed down from the train (i.e. wasn't dead) at the end, I wouldn't have flagged it.
- Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy
So a completely subjective reason, in other words. Thankfully you're a nice and generous guy (I'm sure).
- Christopher Galtenberg
Christopher, everything is subjective. If Steve hadn't flagged it, someone else would have. The video clearly violated YouTube's terms of service (just like porn or other objectionable content), and would have been removed eventually regardless. I happen to support that decision, for the reasons I typed out earlier that you didn't reply to. And in other news, I've known Steve for over 10 years. He is a nice and generous guy and a wonderful father. In contrast, how would you describe yourself?
- Stephen Mack
I would describe myself as 'not your nanny'. That said, please drive home safe.
- Christopher Galtenberg
Then I'm glad it was removed. I saw that about 6 months ago and still can't get it out of my head. If it helps, the back-story is that he was threatening to commit suicide by grabbing the lines if his demands weren't met and the apparently forgot the lines were there as he was fidgeting later.
- Kevin Fox
For the past decade, Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell has been moving the data from his brain onto computers -- where he knows it will be safe.
- Larry Lewis
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"About 90% of the Boxed Water container is made from a renewable resource, trees, that when harvested in a responsible, managed and ethical way serve as an amazing renewable resource that benefits the environment even as it's renewed. Our carbon footprint is dramatically lower because our boxes are shipped flat to our filler and filled only as demand is created, as opposed to most bottled water companies that ship their empty bottles across the globe to be filled, then ship them back for consumption. The flat, unfilled boxes can fit on 2 pallets, or roughly 5% of a truckload. Empty plastic or glass bottles would require about 5 truckloads. Our cartons can also be broken down to their original flat state, are recyclable in most areas and will be recyclable everywhere shortly. We're also giving 20% of our profits back to the resources our product is composed of--water and trees."
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So weird. Never ever seen them around, but would entertain the idea.
- Shevonne
Yes, box better than plastic but even better is to use a reusable container and filtered water from a sink. I bring my own water dispenser to work and refill a cup when I need to drink water. Works pretty well.
- Kenley Neufeld
this all looks so weird for Finland... but, yes, we have too much drinkable water per capita, to worry about it...
- A.T.
I thought this was from The Onion at first; what does THAT say?
- Derrick
Somehow mentally it's hard to get our heads around it, but we've been drinking milk from cartons for years, so why not!?!?
- Jeffrey J Davis
We just drink water straight from the tap...
- Daniel Bruce
Yes, cartons are better than plastic bottles, but seriously - JUST DRINK TAP WATER.
- Jules
Kenley, what kind of water dispenser is that?
- B. Hatin
Where's the tap in my car or on a plane?
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When did we all get so dehydrated? I spent my whole life drinking tap water. Every place you go has a water fountain. I could never understand why folks have to carry bottled water everywhere they go in the civilised world. Maybe at the beach or the park - but at work? In the mall? In a meeting? Why?
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Could say the same about a glass bottle, endlessly reusable, though perhaps more expensive and fragile
- Mo Kargas
Tap water, tap water, tap water. If you need a bottle of it, fill one up with your tap and take it with you. So simple.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
The ultimate thirst buster is a decent water filter, your tap, and a reusable (easy to clean) stainless steel bottle. Cheap and environmentally efficient. I agree boxed water is a far better idea than the millions of plastic bottles we dump into landfills and the environment each year, but they won't finesse the fact that bottled/boxed water costs more than gasoline. It's outrageous.
- Chris Baskind
Brita filter. Done. No way in hell I'd drink our tap water (it comes out red) but I'll drink it from the Brita filter without question.
- Rochelle
Yeah, I have three now. And a couple in the closet for giveaways on Lighter Footstep. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
the problem I have with this is that I'd throw that out. We religiously recycle plastic water bottles with tap water (we don't buy them that much), there's a bottle sitting on my desk now.
- Duncan Riley
Th problem to consider with paper containers is the bleaching process used. More often than not dioxin is the cheaper alternative. Plastics and I mean all (no matter what number they are given) leach estrogen disruptors ( synthetic estrogens that the body does not know chemically) into food and water especially when heated. There are other factors we need to consider besides carbon footprints though the attention to such is popular now in media
- Melanie Reed
Many would prefer to go back to glass that was recycled. It was cleanest from the end user point. Manufacturing is another matter. Anytime you have large scale manufacturing and shipping you are going to have impact on the environment no matter what you use. The other alternative is something that those who led the movement in the 80's for immune system health care found: buy local, support local, join co-ops.
- Melanie Reed
I use a filter and take my filtered water with me...tell my kids to do the same.
- Larry Lewis
yeah, we have a distiller in the garage and each have refillable sports-like containers. but glass is still really great for the environment - 100% recyclable.
- MikeAmundsen
"Umair Haque is Director of the Havas Media Lab, a new kind of strategic advisor that helps investors, entrepreneurs, and firms experiment with, craft, and drive radical management, business model, and strategic innovation. Prior to Havas, Umair founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique that helped shape the strategies of investors, entrepreneurs, and blue chip companies across media and consumer industries. Bubblegeneration’s work has been recognized by publications like Wired, The Red Herring, Business 2.0, and BusinessWeek, and in Chris Anderson’s Long Tail, to which Umair was a contributor."
- Erhan Erdogan
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I see GREAT opportunities for you and Sinan, Erhan... This guy can give you some terrific ideas! Crossing fingers for you :)
- directeur
I read and posted about his article on Ideals last Friday. Very insightful thought leader.
- Larry Lewis
This Guy is a radical thought provoker - seems to me anew genx specis of Peter Drucker/ Charles Handy and Tom Peter's all rolled into one person !!
- Peter Dawson
I thought I was the only person that would sit here, staring at the monitor and clicking on the "Hit Me Again!" button repeatedly. Now I feel better ;o)
- Seth Greenblatt
"Fourteen art instituitions open their doors for free tonight in Pasadena for the Spring ArtNight, an event put on by the Cultural Affairs Division of the City of Pasadena. Between 6pm and 10pm, you can enjoy artwork, literature and music all for free. There are shuttle buses and an organized bike tour to get you to and from each venue. The Pasadena Jazz Institute will celebrate John Coltrane, The Pacific Asia Museum while exhibt how today’s manga and anime has it’s roots in ancient Samurai traditions and the Armory Center is display and selling artwork from local artists."
- Anika
from Bookmarklet
Or not. Still waiting on my husband even though he knew I wanted to leave an hour ago. X[
- Anika
That's my hometown.....And I'm stuck in Dallas ugh!
- Larry Lewis
It was fun, but my legs are killing me. We didn't get to see nearly as much as I wanted to, but I got to visit places I've always meant to visit (for free!) and see some outstanding artwork. Took some great pics too.
- Anika