aahahahahahahah. its very funny. i love the hat. iam new to friendfeed. could u please suggest friends for me. This is my link jolamps.blogspot.com
- KINGSLEY OSEVWE
It looks like people are solving it, so hopefully I'm not spoiling it: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Tab, Return. It's a variation of the Konami code (which nets you 30 lives in Contra) adapted for the keyboard. Figured out the first part from Paul's clue, but it took going through the minified Javascript to figure out a) that they didn't use the original Konami code like Google does and b) what they used for keyboard equivalents for "select" and "start."
- Mark Trapp
AWESOME! but didn't the code net you 99 lives?
- Keith - @tsudo
In Contra it was 30; not sure what it was in other Konami games.
- Mark Trapp
hahah man that's intense. i guess they know their audience :)
- Frankie Warren
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja: U U D D L-Button R-Button L-Button R-Button Start. 30 lives. I'll never forget that ;p (there also was that B A B A variation too..) GG Mark.
- Zu from AOD
This is the most awesome thing I have seen in a long, long time.
- Michael McKean
I was going to put a bandolier on the bunneh and have it say "VIVA LA REVOLUCION!!" but the bunneh was too small. Seriously, though: that bunneh with the carrot bandolier from the PETA ad? PURE WIN.
- FFing Enigma
It took me 1.5-years to get RSS after Dave Winer first showed it to me. So, I am getting faster. Took me just a few months to get friendfeed. Glad you kept after me.
- Robert Scoble
So how do I access it? <---I take that back. Didn't realize what I was looking at when I went to the site.
- Mattie Kenny
Josh: it was a seasonal thing last year at this time, so it is no longer possible. We may have to bring it back by popular demand, but for now the entries you see are all from last year.
- Bret Taylor
Bret - bring back those cute little red icons next to the FF posts! easy seasonal "flair" feature!
- Susan Beebe
I know you miss me, and when you're with me, The world just goes away..The way you hold me, The way you show me that you, adore me -oh, when you kiss me...{shania Twain}
- Alireza
Kiss me out of the bearded barley Nightly, beside the green, green grass Swing, swing, swing the spinning step I'll wear those shoes and you will wear that dress. Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight Lead me, out on the moonlit floor Lift your open hand, Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance Silver moon's sparkling, So kiss me. Kiss me, down by the broken tree house Swing...
more...
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
Feel...The love whispered through my breath, and my gentle touch that, took away pain, Let me kiss your lips, and bring warmth to your heart, Let me falter, so I can look into your healing eyes, Let me fall so you can pick me up, Let me hold your hand, and wrap you in my arms, Smile and melt my heart ..Kiss me and take away my breath {Brian Patrick Falk}
- Alireza
فرزاد جان: بوسه بر هر درد بی درمان دواست. اسمایلی تحریف ضرب المثل
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
kiss me and make the sorrowful pain go away..kiss me and tell me everything will soon be okay
- Alireza
Dear Alireza: thank you for lovely poem about kiss issue
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
چرا تو "پرشین کم" نمی ذاری ؟ تبرج و حذف و اینا مال اونجاست فقط ؟
- Noosha
سوال خوبی پرسیدی نوشا. پرشین کام یک رو عمومی است و شاید بعضی ها دوست نداشته باشن این جور عکسها رو ببیند.
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
ولی به نظر میاد یه فاکتورهایی برای سانسور گذاشتید خوبه همه بدونن
- Noosha
راستش رو بخواهی قراره که قوانین روم رو به زودی منتشر کنیم البته فرمایش شما درسته باید زودتر از این حرفا همه قوانین این روم رو منتشر میکردیم.
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
میلاد کفشای پسره رو می گی یا کفشای دختره یا کفشای عکاس ؟:دی
- Viva Vida
اه من آل استار این رنگی ندارم :))))))))))))))
- Viva Vida
Here in West Hollywood, my best friend of 18 years and his boyfriend are getting married. So yes, I get to be a groomsman at a gay wedding - prop 8 or not. Should be awesome.
- Louis Gray
It was a fantastic ceremony. One of the best weddings I have ever seen. It was traditional Jewish themed, so I am wearing a yarmulke to match the vest and tie. Lots of great friends from my teenage years.
- Louis Gray
from iPhone
Louis, I own a yarmulke as well - my wife brought it for me when she visited Israel
- Jesse Stay
+ a million for the whole thread. Looks like you're picking up some admirers here, Louis! Nylissk, we gotta warn you, you're ging after a married man with many admirers. You want a piece of this guy, you're gonna have to get in line - like filing a lien on a house with five mortgages and a line of credit, with outstanding remodeling bills. ;-)
- Mary B, VALUE author
Hey, who is this guy from the past. Has he come to warn us about the future?
- Eric - Feed of Dreams
I have heartbreaking news. I've been asked to relay that the amazing person we know here as carlotta fancypants aka extra super cutie passed away in her sleep in the early morning of Friday, July 23, 2010. I do not have many details to pass along. I can say she was not physically well for some time. I do know this world lost something and grew a...
I am so sorry…. My most heartfelt condolences to her family and friends. We were the most casual of acquaintances, but I always knew she'd make for a best friend. She was a lovely person and will be sorely missed. Farewell, Carlotta.
- Absentee
I was just looking at her flickr pics. She looks like she was a lovely person. I'm sad I didn't get to know her other than a few threads I remember seeing her reply to. RIP :(
- Tamara
This is clearly not my cat. If this was my cat he's have one arm shoved down into the printer trying to tear up all the internal whirling bits with his bare claws.
- Soup in a TARDIS
Too Funny! Reminds me of the San Mateo Cat Shelter where one of the cats loves to sleep on top of the laster printer where the paper comes out...
- Greg Lato
1600+ to beat the FFundercats live chat thread. I think with this real time now on all threads we're going to see some truly epic comment numbers.
- Simon Wicks
Ivan, no the picture speaks for itself. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Petr, I have no idea what you mean, but thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol .. :] that, partially, might have been the purpose.... I don't know it exactly either. :] .. was I reflecting on a cat under the fax, and that it is hard to fax that way ... /?:] ... "underfaxing at its worst" ..
- pb:
there ya have me ! :] .... see, to be honest with you, i saw this pic couple days ago, but i let it go, without posting it ..... what does that make me? :]
- pb:
even a flat cat... faxes just can't handle the hair. You'd have to shave the cat first, else the hair will burn and stick to the drum... a mess! (I am extrapolating from transparencies, mind, i don't have access to a cat to test)
- Iphigenie
Hehe, Joelle. This is now tied for the 'likes' top stop. One more then, hehe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Hehe, Greg. Blimey! Erm, is that not far from 500 likes now? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Bloody marvelous, Kol. Wish I could like it again... too cute (and help u to 500 likes).
- Roberto Bonini
I couldn't believe it when I logged on from the morning over posting it and saw it was at something 200 likes! You all have a strange fetish with cats and fax machines, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Am I the only one who saw this and their first thought was - My goodness did someone break that cats neck? It still freaks me out a little
- SteVe C
Steve, it does look a little out of place, but cats are pretty bendy. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
So we can put this post to rest now. :-) 505 likes final count, wow! :-D Good night all!
- Kol Tregaskes
did 3 people really un-like this? now at 506. wtf (edit: uh, oh, yeah, me and 2 + 506 others makes 509. dammit, jim, i'm an artist, not a mathematician)
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
One of the best funny cat pictures I've seen! :-)
- John Collis
Kristian, it appears to be. Hehe, John.
- Kol Tregaskes
ای بابا این پیشول بی خیال نمی شود، بابا پاشو برو دنبال یه بازی دیگه ، از هفته پیش تا حالا تو فکس ولو شدی حوصله ات سر نرفته، پاشو اقلا بپر رو کیبوردی چیزی
- Maryaminaa
It's really only social convention which regards it as inappropriate, same with Xeroxing it, like one does with their b__tocks. Wait are we still talking about cats cats here or...
- sofarsoShawn <Pop-Rocks>
OMGosh 700+ likes now!! LOL. Thank you all 702 of you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Just remember- this is not a competition, just an exhibition. @Kyle - ever been to Culver, IN? Grew up there before moving to Chicago.
- michael sean wright
Nice: I have been to Culver! You are in Chicago now? I will have to let you know next time I am up your way.
- Kyle Lacy
Not sure about that, but: "Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future and time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present all time is unredeemable." - Swatch, Always Now, 1997 (and yes my lunch, at 1:42am local, is consisting of a double martini so that actually makes some sense to me)
- David HC Soul
are you saying that time "now" has no meaning? i (obv.) reject this but toast your willingness to acknowledge the wisdom of a dean martin martini. now, for you sir, on to the work of most importance. focus on the permanent.
- michael sean wright
Well, I will grant that the sentiment of French Marshall Lyautey has some merit (he asked his gardener to plant a tree and when the gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years the Marshall was said to have replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!').... So I am off to plant some trees....
- David HC Soul
you, i like. and will point you to Hermann Hesse before he won the Nobel Prize for 'The Glass Bead Game' in which he wrote in in the idyllic poem "Hours in the Garden" (1936)- 'I hear music and see men of the past and future. I see wise men and poets and scholars and artists harmoniously building the hundred-gated cathedral of the Mind." - (forword to Glass Bead Game by by Hermann Hesse by Theodore Ziolkowski.)
- michael sean wright
Thanks for the pointer - I'll go search it out.
- David HC Soul
I hope so. The thought is consuming much of my waking hours these days.... But I have to be up in 5 hours... so will have to return to the 'nightcrew' tomorrow night. One thing about time is it does seem to age one....
- David HC Soul
sleep perchance to dream, a wise man said. Billy Shakespeare.
- michael sean wright
Then pause now to ask yourself the following question: "Am I dreaming or awake, right now?"
- David HC Soul
man, most of the ppl who liked this i haven't seen on FF in ages. maybe i'm doing it wrong.
- Joe Silence
for most of us we met here, stayed loyal here but the sun set long ago : ( what a rush of a time that was! now we find ourselves over at g+ telling stories of the good ol' days!
- michael sean wright
Meme-inless no more! always been an interesting world with you!
- michael sean wright
oh and... i do have some google+ invites left - email me nicefishfilms at g ma i l dot co m
- michael sean wright
I'm curious now - did google + make you come back to FF? Because that is v interesting.
- WoH: Minding her Steves
yes, we did the podcast when ff was acquired by the book of face.. watched them absorb the real-time elements and i check in from time to time usually through this post as it brings back very fond memories. google + reminds me of the early days of ff - haven't felt that way about any of the social nets that have come since the facedbooked swallow up. heaven knows we've been on them all and they seem so ancient now -- quora anyone? google got it right with +. think it marks the next era for them.
- michael sean wright
Google + right now does remind me of the FF glory days and I am curious to see what happens next.
- WoH: Minding her Steves
// Fr: Khamenei! vous avez du sang de nos jeunes sur votre main // Sp: Jamenei! tiene sangre de nuestra juventud en la mano // Ger: Khamenei! haben Sie unsere Jugend das Blut an der Hand // Tur: Hamaney! ellerinde bizim çocuklarımızın kanı var // Kur: خامنه یی! خوێنی گه نجه کانی ئێمه له ده ستانی تۆ ئه تکێته وه // Ara: خامنه ای! لديك دم شبابنا على يدیك // Russian:
- Erfun
آغای محم وقت کردی یه نگاهی بنداز ببین من نوشتم واقعیت و شما نوشتی حقیقت! همیشه همین طوری هستین دیگه چکار می شه کرد. حالا برو مشقات رو بنویس تا دیکته ات خوب بشه :»)ء
- Erfun
این کامنت آغای محم رو هم اینجا بذارم تا اگر مثل رییس هاش خواست تقلب کنه و تغییرش بده مدرک داشته باشیم: ایشون فرموده اند: جدی؟؟؟حقیقت چیه دیگه.با کدوم ه یا ح مینوسن.برو بچه پی بازیت.
- Erfun
عرفان جان خبر دارین این شعارنویسی 30 ساله توی کردستان به یه عادت روزمره کردها تبدیل شده / اعضای تشکیلات مخفی احزاب کرد سالهای سال است که اینگونه شعارها را در دیوارهای کردستان مینویسند / یک دیوار سفید پیدا نمیشود ده بار رنگ آمیزی و دوباره شعار نویسی نشده باشه. هههههه
- هیــــوا
خب پس تازه تهران و شهرهای دیگه رسیدن به مرحله ای که کردهای عزیز ما سال ها پیش پیموده اند.
- Erfun
اینارو یه سری که معلومه چه کاره اند مینویسند.ولی بیاید تهران از جنوب تا شمال تهران موج مرگ بر منافق و شعار علیه جنبش سبز رو میتونید مشاهده کنید
- آقای مهمه ریگی بگیر
همونی که شما میگی، فعلا که اگه ایشون نبودن خون خیلی از مرتدها ریخته شده بود، برید دعا کنید که دستور صبر دادند
- ابراهیم
یعنی خوشحال باشیم که هنوز زنده ایم چون ایشان نگذاشتند هموطنان بیشتری کشته شوند؟ چشم من الان خیلی خوشحالم! دیگه باید چه احساسی داشته باشم بفرمایید تا آن را هم به خودم تلقین کنم. شهدای جنبش سبز را هم دستور تیرش را حتما میوه فروش سر کوچه داده دیگه! ء
- Erfun
مثل اینکه حمله به بالاترین رو دوباره شروع کرده اند.
- Erfun
تازه رسیدین به انقلاب اینقدر شعار بنویسید تا برسید به آزادی!
- چکاوک
وای باور نمیشه یک بار آل حبیب خوب حرف زده باشه... دارم درست می بینم؟بابا....:)
- پـــــرده نشــیـــــــن
نه تاریخ و نه مردم ایران فراموش نخواهند کرد که: خامنه ای! ...ء
- Erfun
نه تاریخ و نه مردم فراموش نخواهند کرد که یک ادم متوهم ادعای تقلب کرد ولی یک سند درسنت و درمون برای ادعایش هنوزززززززززززز رو نکرده است :)))
- بچههای قلم
نه مهدی نه تاریخ و نه مردم فراموش نخواهند کرد که یک نفر به اسم خامنه ای صبح روز بعد انتخابات قبل از اینکه شورای نگهبان خودش اعلام بکنه به نوچه ی متوهم و متقلبش تبریک هم گفت. فراموش نمی کنیم که 3 میلیون نفر تهرانی به خیابان آمدند و دنبال رایشان می گشتند و بعد خامنه ای دستور آتش و تیر داد. درست ا ست ما شهیدان و خائنان را فراموش نمی کنیم
- Erfun
وای اگر خامنه ای حکم جهادم دهد دهن همتون سرویسه - این شعر رو خودم سرودم
- حسین رضوانی
لازم نبود بگی خودت سرودی ! معلوم بود چنین تحفه ای از کس دیگه ای بر نمی آد! تا چند روز قبل همین شعر رو با لیدی گاگا می گفتن! وای اگر لیدی گاگا حکم جهادم دهد! عوض شد به این زودی؟
- Erfun
وای اگر خامنه ای حکم جهادت دهد ارتش دنیا نتواند که نجاتت دهد!! اینم خودم سرودم
- sin
لازم به گفتن نبود! معلوم بود همچین تحفه ای کار شماست ! ت بده
- حسین رضوانی
انصافا شعر این دوستمون حسابی ضد حال بود برات! ت بده و ت نده و این چیزا جبران نمی کنه
- Erfun
ممنونم بهنام جان حذفش کردم درستش رو دوباره می ذارم http://friendfeed.com/harfehe... بگویید تا فراموش نشود که خون جوانان ما از چنگ های خامنه ای می چکد
- Erfun
حقیقتا همین طوریه. پس باید کوشید سر مارها را به سنگ کوبید
- Erfun
اول باید کاری کرد که همه ی مردم مارهای پنهان شده زیر عبا و دست های خون آلودش را ببینند.
- Erfun
فرند فید یک شاهراه خوب برای اطلاع رسانی مجازیه. هر چقدر می توانید دوستان را به عضویت در فرند فید دعوت کنید. اما می دانم که مشکل ما اطلاع رسانی به کسانی است که به اینترنت دسترسی ندارند.
- Erfun
عرفان اگه حال و حوصله داشتی در مورد یه موضوغ فکر کن، چرا علی رغم ادعای جمهوری اسلامی مبنی بر قاچاق و قاچاقچی بودن در کردستان هیچ قاچاقچی کردی اعدام نمیشه ولی زندانی های سیاسی اعدام میشن؟
- L.Rebin
امروز من جنوب شهر کار داشتم.خیابان قزوین واطراف اون هم شعار نویسی خیلی زیاد بود.خیلیاش پاک نشده بود معلومه دیشب نوشتند
- سکولارArash
جالبه شعارهایی که نوشته میشه.هیچ کس اونا را پاک نمی کنه تا یه ساندیسخور بیاد وظیفه اش را با رنگ کردن آن انجام بده.این معنیش چیه؟
- سکولارArash
دوستان لطفا ترجمه ی عربی این جمله را بگویید و یک نفر که ترکی ترکیه را می د اند بگویید آیا ترجمه ی ترکی درست است یا نه. ترجمه ی کردی را هم لطفا بگویید
- Erfun
ویدا جان من چون کمی فراموش کارم اگر هر روز این را یادآوری نکنی یادم میرود. بنابراین حداقل روزی یک بار زیر همین فید یادآوری کن تا اشتباهی گمان نکنند منظور دیگری داشتی :)ء
- Erfun
اون روز به همه لينكها + دادم خواستم دوستان در جريان باشن همه جور لينكي
- Judi Abot
اگر اون روز هم ویدا مثبت نمی دادی حتما امروز این کار رو می کردی
- Erfun
واترز جان هیچ مشکلی در شر کردن نیست ولی می خواهم دوستان را به این فید هدایت کنید تا بشود تعداد کسانی که این واقعیت تاریخی را فریاد و ثبت می کنند بالا برد.
- Erfun
عرفان جانم ، من تعداد ساب زیادی ندارم . این فید رو هم برای اینکه دقیقآ تو خاطرم بمونه که همچین انسانهایی هم در ایران زندگی کردن و میکنن شیر میکنم .
- WATERS
آخ بمیرم برات تو هنوز در حال شخم زدن اینی :-))))))
- ممدبیسیم/مسیح
با قسمت اولش که مخالفتی ندارم. با قسمت دومش هم موافقم. ولی احتمال می دم علت مرگ قسمت اول تعداد لایک های این باشه. :)ء خیلی آواتار با کلاسی گذاشتی ها :)ء
- Erfun
That's what I thought, it's super sad :( This is probaly where the rest of the thread explains, but the "youth's blood" in terms of what & where, that's what I don't understand
- sofarsoShawn <Pop-Rocks>
from iPhone
It's a long story but here it refers to the killing, raping, torturing of people following the rigging of the election in 2009. It was a real coup d'etat and people executing this coup d'etat, led by Khamenei, did all they could to crack down opposition. In the process many were killed, imprisoned, exiled, raped, and tortured.
- Erfun
beersage, that seems like an unfriendly comment. is it?
- edythe
Yes we are, @beersage, and you bumped the post so everyone can look at us some more. Thanks. We love the attention. BTW, @beersage, you may not be aware but the reason this is "news" here is because we met through Friend Feed. Those photos are from the first time we met IRL.
- ·[▪_▪]·
These pictures were taken a year ago today. After meeting on ff and chatting for *many* months, we had our first "real" date on May 24, 2009. Happy Anniversary, baby. You've changed my life in the most positive and beautiful ways. Thank You and I love You. and again, many thanks to edythe for putting this pic and post together. :-))
- Anna Haro
Roll call...this can be great if we all participate. Add yourself to this shared map. I created a placemark on the 2 major intersections near where I live.
- Mark Krynsky
Mo, I'm a newb to the shared maps stuff, but I turned on collaboration and allowed anyone to edit the map. There should be an edit button and then you can add a placemark.
- Mark Krynsky
Robert bought me a new house in the northern suburbs.
- Andrew Trinh
@Bec...nice. You are the first brave female on here.
- Mark Krynsky
Cool idea, Mark! I was thinking something like this would be fun the other day. Duly added myself - or at least the nearest big intersection. ;)
- Jandy
Mousing over the usernames shows your Google profile info...cool.
- Mark Krynsky
I marked a bus stop near my house. But not TOO near. :)
- Nine Ferdinand
If you haven't yet...go add FriendFeed to your Google Profile...it will then auto-discover and allow you to add a ton of other profiles you have.
- Mark Krynsky
Thanks for the profile tip - I hadn't updated it since I moved here!
- Jandy
Thanks guys. This is coming along nicely. It's great to have as a resource to see where everyone is from. Hopefully this can become a standard feature on FF one day.
- Mark Krynsky
Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria added
- Duncan Riley
Current count: 13 US, 11 Europe, 3 Australia, 1 Middle East. Happy to see many others add themselves overnight. Hoping more will continue this.
- Mark Krynsky
I've read the instruction and still don't see the button thing to add myself. I'm feeling pretty stupid right now.
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@Jill, make sure you are logged into your Google account and then click on the edit button above the list of names already on the map. You will then see the pushpin in the upper left hand side of the map.
- Mark Krynsky
Added. Seems like there are a lot of us in the Bay Area...we must do a get together at some point.
- Neal "thePuck" Jansons
@Neal yea, we really need a FriendFeed meetup. I might be up there for Web 2.0 in March...or we can have one at SXSW if a large number of us are going. Let's plan and get the Upcoming page going.
- Mark Krynsky
@Mark Not gonna make SXSW, but am definitely down for working on an FF get together. March is long enough away to make sure plenty of people have time to plan ahead. I added you on Upcoming so we can start coordinating it. Anyone else interested/want to help set this up?
- Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Maybe we can talk Paul & Bret into letting us invade the FF offices for a meetup in conjunction with Web 2.0? That would be sooooo cool!
- Mark Krynsky
Pinned! sheesh this just cost me 1/2 hour of time as I scrolled thru all the folks :)
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Except for Bret, there are no FriendFeeders on the penninsula between San Jose and San Francisco. So much for Silicon Valley early adopters.
- Ryan Kuder
Cluelessness alert! I'm not seeing how to add my pushpin!
- Hutch Carpenter
For some reason whenever i use google maps in creation-mode, it defaults to some other maps I've used, not the one I'm trying to access - ah, figured it out. Had to de-activate some other collaborative maps
- anna sauce
Added. What a great way to see who's on FF in Austin, TX!
- Carter ♥ HTML5
jnman, google's translation service has it's limitations. I don't know what is different about that particular comment, though. This is anecdotal, but I would roughly estimate that 20% of the posts I've tried google translate responds with at least some null translation results.
- Micah
Thank you Micah! Josh just showed me how to do it. I didn't know you had to open an individual post by clicking the time. I'm tech challenged. :)
- Trish Haley
Trish, thank you for the honesty. Ahhhh, _documentation_ so often an afterthought *scolds self*. Actually, if someone wants to pitch in help make a tutorial, please let me know. I'm working on a full set of pre-loaded configurations for each support translation language ~ maybe it will get released tonight (hard not to be in all the great conversations, though - that's the rub :D
- Micah
Thanks, chrisofspades. I've been meaning to ask how the activity on ffThreadKiller is lately? If ya-all haven't checked it out yet head over to http://friendfeed.com/friendf...
- Micah
Micah - tried out the bookmarklet on safari :))) Awesome. interesting how much better the translation is that the google.com/translate .(google.com version doesn't seem to do transliterated text. - the version your script accesses is getting a fair amount of it.)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
activity waned. and I've been waffling on some back-end decisions that's preventing me from updating it.
- chrisofspades
from email
Rob, cool. That's an interesting comparison.
- Micah
chrisofspades, yeah, I guess for a lot of people the statistic is interesting initially, but doesn't have legs. Have you considered expanding what statistics it gathers? You've already worked out how it spiders, what other calculations are feasible? I've seen a lot of requests for date range searching. Maybe some slice of data related to the timestamp.
- Micah
date range searching would be sweet chrisofspades! if there's anything I can do to help please let me know! test maybe?
- metalerik
"Plastic takes thousands of years to decompose — but 16-year-old science fair contestant Daniel Burd made it happen in just three months. The Waterloo, Ontario high school junior figured that something must make plastic degrade, even if it does take millennia, and that something was probably bacteria. The Record reports that Burd mixed landfill dirt with yeast and tap water, then added ground plastic and let it stew. The plastic indeed decomposed more quickly than it would in nature; after experimenting with different temperatures and configurations, Burd isolated the microbial munchers. One came from the bacterial genus Pseudomonas, and the other from the genus Sphingomonas. Burd says this should be easy on an industrial scale: all that’s needed is a fermenter, a growth medium and plastic, and the bacteria themselves provide most of the energy by producing heat as they eat. The only waste is water and a bit of carbon dioxide."
- April Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
So why is carbon sequestration a good idea when it's all complicated and expensive, but bad when it involves burying plastic bags in landfills?
- Paul Buchheit
I think it's better to sequester carbon as dirt than as bags.
- Gabe
But if it's already in plastic bag form, why not leave it that way instead of turning it into CO2?
- Paul Buchheit
Paul: that's exactly what I've been thinking. Particularly since the City of Seattle no longer allows residents to sequester food based carbon in landfills and instead requires us to burn it into compost.
- Hayes Haugen
Dirt is useful because you can grow stuff in it. Most waste products are not so useful.
- Gabe
Yes, but the choice isn't between dirt and plastic -- it's between plastic and CO2.
- Paul Buchheit
I have to agree with Paul on this one: atmospheric CO2 is much more of a pressing concern at the moment than landfill space. Though I do admire the kid's scientific spirit.
- Louis Simoneau
Concur with Louis and Paul. Here's an interesting Penn & Teller bit about landfills: http://www.youtube.com/watch... (from their Bullshit episode on Recycling myths).
- Stephen Mack
It doesn't say what the process actually produces. They mention the feed material (plastic) and the waste material (water, CO2), but not the real products. I assumed it produced globs of carbon. Am I wrong?
- Gabe
Has nobody considered this for an artificial ecosystem? Compost your scraps for fertile soil, and compost your bags for the CO2 for the plants growing in it. Sure you'll need an airlock on your greenhouse (and an oxy mask whenever you enter it) but you'll have the best damned tomatoes on your street.
- Chris Charabaruk
You don't want to leave it in plastic form as it screws up the ocean large! Check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... I hope they can use this to make something that would eat the plastic in the ocean rather than the sea life dying from it.
- Luke Kilpatrick
Since it said that the waste products were CO2 and water, I assumed there were also non-waste products. The good thing about landfills is that they can later be mined for all the great things that were too cheap to recycle.
- Gabe
Yeah, I think landfills have an unjustly bad reputation. When properly managed, they are a great way to deal with garbage that our technology can't yet efficiently recycle. (we're saving for the future!)
- Paul Buchheit
that's great news. now i can really finish my threat to all my damn *invincible* plastic bags! (waves fist)
- ed fry
The two biggest problems with landfill are the leachate seeping into groundwater (or contaminating local soil) and methane (a greenhouse gas). Even if you can mitigate those problems, they're difficult to eliminate entirely, making the land almost useless once it's full.
- Gabe
Gabe, not to minimize the problems, but I live right next to Shoreline Ampitheather in Mountain View, which is built on landfill is proof that the landfill land is hardly useless.
- Stephen Mack
It's not just landfills, though. Take the large floating trash gyre of the Pacific, and its effects in the ecosystem. So the tiny little plastic balls in water are fake food, and animals eat them, and then die in various ways, lowering populations and making species even more fragile. Landfill may be a good way if it's contained and monitored more closely, or CO2, in various areas- such...
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- anna sauce
@anna at least he is coming up with a solution rather than just finding more things to complain about
- Chris Johnston
anna's right -- the problem is when the stuff ends up in the ocean. Landfills are a good way to keep the stuff out of the ocean.
- Gabe
Stop speculating and start experimenting!
- Dane Deasy
I am so proud of my cousin. Last year he almost died due to obesity. He completely changed his life around, and now he got his green belt! It proves that you can do anything you put your mind to.
"The video, titled Chain of Fools: an Exploration of Windows upgrade procedures, shows how DOS and Windows are installed in a VMWare VM, and how a couple of DOS games were installed to see how newer versions of Windows handle backward compatibility. Similarly, various customizations were made to the Windows preferences to see how they survived the upgrades."
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
from Bookmarklet
Once this post shows up in Bing and Google when you search for louisakivacristojimminymoniquemicahkfoxanikahaggis then we know that Bing and Google are copying their search results from FriendFeed.
"Other World Computing has launched a home theater package centering on Apple's Mac Mini, the OWC Media Center Solution for the 2010 Mac mini. The new service, which was previewed at the Macworld Expo, will preconfigure a 2010 Mac mini with Plex's digital media front-end app, add 4GB of RAM to the machine and bundle a portable Blu-ray burner and an..." Read more: http://www.electronista.com/article...
- JSLeFanu
from Bookmarklet
That's not too bad, except I've moved away from Apple products because of the premium. This setup isn't too bad either (32" LCDTV and Xbox 360 connected on the side to PC ;-) http://instamatic.andrewtrinh.com/about-t...
- Andrew Trinh
@Andrew Trinh: nor shabby at all Andrew. Like. I suppose one of my reasons for drooling over that set up is that I already use Plex on an old iMac and I have to say they've really hit the sweet spot.
- JSLeFanu
from FFHound!
Words never truly express the feeling but my heart goes out to you and your family. Frank was a courageous example for us all. Although I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person, I feel like a better person for having known him as much as this virtual connection allows. Thank you for letting us into your family's lives.
- caj
from BuddyFeed
Oh Jim, I'm so sorry. I haven't commented on your thread, because I didn't know what to say, but it sounded like Frank was strong. My thoughts are with you and your family. *hugs*
- Mol, FF Music Lover
There are no words big enough or complete enough to describe how sad I am to read this. Thank you for sharing Frank with us, and thank you, Jim, for sharing your heart and allowing us to be a part of your family.
- felicious
from iPhone
These tears are for you and your family. What a tough battle to have fought. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. In a way, Frank lives on through the very love and support that people on FriendFeed has given and continue to provide. You are not alone.
- April Buchheit
Until we meet again at the Savior's feet. God bless you Frank, and comfort to Jim and family.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Much love to you and your family. *hugs*
- Kirsten
from fftogo
Rest in peace, Frank. Much love to the entire Jannotti family,
- Sharon Connor McAdams
You and your family are in my heart, peace to you all. I'm very, very sorry for all that you have endured, and very, very happy that you were able to be there with Frank and that he knew, without a doubt, that he was loved.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Cancer sucks. Losing family sucks. It all sucks. It doesn't get better. But I hope it doesn't hurt as much after a while, Jim. FriendFeed has been touched by this in a way I've never seen in my life. We all lost somebody we care about. Frank was loved, by more people then we can ever know. I hope you and your family can make it through this stronger, together.
- Mike Nayyar
from iPhone
So sorry. Big love to all the family.
- Slippy Lane
I'm heartbroken for you and your family, Jim. Knowing you, though, I'm confident that Frank is only gone in body - his soul has just changed venues. Doesn't make it much easier for those who are left. {{{hugs to you all}}}
- Jandy
So very sorry. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
- adf
Within 5 minutes I've found multiple examples where the breadth of information is greater on Wikipedia than on Britannica.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
It's not really the breadth of information that's at issue, though
- Victor Ganata
Exactly. I'd rather have a limited amount of verified information researched by professionals than a whole bunch of unverified information provided by anyone with an IP address.
- Akiva
And that would be great if that were a real issue with Wikipedia. They are very strict about what you can and cannot add to most pages.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Which explains why most professionals don't consider it trustworthy. It's a great place to get an overall idea about something but I wouldn't use it for actual research without verifying everything against a second source (which you should be doing anyway).
- Akiva
That said, you can often judge the quality of an article based on the quality of its citations. Still, I think the OP belies just how strict the editors are.
- Victor Ganata
Oftentimes it's not about trust, it's about accessibility and usefulness. I haven't found another source that beats Wikipedia on those criteria.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
What single source of information is "trustworthy"?
- Brian Sullivan
I know that is what you think about Wikipedia -- what other single sources do you consider trustworthy?
- Brian Sullivan
Alex, looking up who was the guest star on that special episode of Bosom Buddies is one thing. I'm talking about academic research. I'm in grad school after all.
- Derrick
Keep changing the goalposts, Alex. First you complained about the lack of Britannica's 'breadth of information' and then you changed to argue about the trustworthiness of Wikipedia's content and now you're on about Wikipedia's accessibility and usefulness. Let me know when you've decided on what your actual point is. Meanwhile, the rest of us are discussing a single issue: the trustworthiness of Wikipedia.
- Akiva
The strength of wikipedia is that section at the end where the sources are linked. It's a good starting point.
- Marty
No, I haven't talked about trustworthiness at all. Breadth is the same as usefulness in my opinion.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
There are obviously degrees of trust. On anything important to me, Wikipedia is not the first place I look.
- Victor Ganata
Akiva I thought this was about "better"?
- Brian Sullivan
Inaccurate information is not useful to me.
- Victor Ganata
I'm confused. Gay = Happy. I honestly can't read it the other way.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
It is, Brian. I think that Britannica is better because of accuracy. Alex is apparently willing to sacrifice accuracy.
- Akiva
I just it to read the plot summaries for movies I don't want to see, but I want to know what happened. I know...ridiculous
- Shevonne
When you get no information vs valid information, accuracy isn't even the issue.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Vandalism on Wikipedia is often cleaned up pretty fast, though. There are a couple of instances on the current first page of the room temp entry's history that were reverted within a minute.
- Andrew C (✓)
Britannica doesn't even know what a D'Appolito array is or who Joe D'Appolito is. Accuracy means nothing when the target isn't even there.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Depends on what you're doing with the information. I can certainly think of situations where no information is much better than invalid information.
- Victor Ganata
Alex, I'm not following you to your feed so you can exert final control over the discussion. You've already determined you're unassailably correct in your head so I might as well hit my dick with a hammer until I pass out from the pain for all the benefit I'd get from discussing this with you.
- Akiva
That's great except you aren't even debating what I've written, whereas I've given concrete examples of where Wikipedia is extremely more useful than Britannica. But keep thinking that this is about right and wrong.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
All I asked was for you to settle on what your point actually was rather than shifting it when people started answering your arguments on that point and you failed to do even that. The one thing I learned long ago is that arguing with you is a complete waste of time which is why I normally don't even bother replying to you. I'm with Victor on this. Also, seriously, out the door.
- Akiva
Wikipedia lovers, if you like the service, use the hell out of it. I don't. I think it's a quick fix. A band-aid. A nice starting point, but for research and academia, it doesn't fulfill my needs as a user. I don't have to justify, prove why, give grounds for, or explain why I don't like it. If you like it, like it. Good grief, people. You'd argue with a soup spoon.
- Derrick
I think it's a mistake to lock on to Britannica as the definitive alternative to Wikipedia. It's still not the place you would go if you needed to write a serious research paper about anything.
- Victor Ganata
To write a serious research paper, you don't go to an encyclopedia of any sort except as a starting place for what to search for. For the research papers you're going to go to the scholarly journals, to primary sources, and the like. Research papers, above the middle school level, aren't written using encyclopedias.
- ellbeecee
It really depends on what I'm looking for, and how important it is that I get accurate information
- Victor Ganata
What the heezy! That's some bull right there.
- DB - Just DB