"Damn I can't remember the name, but it stars Jeff Bridges. Oh wait, Arlington Road. That one pissed me off because, after watching it, I felt like the premise of the movie might not be far from the truth, and it just really bothered me that this could be the world we live in."
- Andru Edwards
Now you're just getting lazy with your scripts!
- Mike Nayyar
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- Tinfoil 2.0
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- Tinfoil 2.0
So it's since Tuesday huh? The ultimate thread. How will the thread die then? We must have a limit for that, let's say 24h without one comment.
- Zu from AOD
As a side note, I do have to applaud the endurance and pettiness of those of us on FriendFeed. No one on Facebook gave this status update a second look!
- Mike Nayyar
We pride ourselves in our pettiness and obsessiveness. Um, wait.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Remember. It's not whole Scoble likes. It's who likes Scoble.
- Akiva
According to FriendFeed, that's everyone. And some Twitter marketers and SEO experts.
- Mike Nayyar
Mike will get in the last word. Eventually. Everyone else is an idiot for playing his little game. Me included. :-)
- Robert Scoble
I'm not actually playing. Or, if I am, I'm playing to lose.
- Akiva
HAHA! You see that? Robert Scoble acknowledges I will eventually win! HAHA! FINALLY! For once in my life, I win! :) :) :) :) Unless Logical shows up...
- Mike Nayyar
Only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.
- Tinfoil 2.0
We're testing the limit on the number of comments.
- DGentry
Nah, the FFundercats live chat pushed that one way over the top. We are, however, testing the limits oh how sick people are getting of setting my face.
- Mike Nayyar
This thread has a lot of comments, that must mean Mike is an expert of some kind...or maybe an A-Lister. Must stalk^H^H^H^H^Hinvestigate him...
- Rah-PM 2012
Olympus too? Good thing Logical doesn't know any Japanese mythological figures.
- Mike Nayyar
All right, if you're going to play that way, Raijin AND Ajisukitakahikone are BOTH mad at you. And Raijin was especially unhappy because you interrupted his NOMmage of children's bellybuttons.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Dude, my best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Raijin put down the platter.
- Tinfoil 2.0
We'd be content, of course, if you (Mike) issued a public retraction of the assertion in your post, followed by allowing someone else to post the last comment in the thread ;-)
- Tinfoil 2.0
805 comments!! I'm afraid to click on the more link....
- Jeff P. Henderson
Nicholas, as long as it's not Mike, it's irrelevant.
- Tinfoil 2.0
I'm sad that Logical saw this Facebook status.
- Mike Nayyar
You know at some point, expanding this comment will really put a strain on mortal browsers. It already has a 3 second pause to expand it.
- Mark Philpot
I wonder if at some point we will hit a soft limit and FF won't let it keep going. That or they look at this as a great high-bounds test case for the system.
- Sparky, lurking
Great experiment there, I'm somewhat scared opening the thread here. Funny thing, Even the explosion of words spawned through this, making it a wordle madness. http://www.wordle.net/gallery...
- Zu from AOD
I'm scared to expand the comment thread :)
- Roberto Bonini
There are few computers with the processing power capable of handling the comments in this thread. Except for, you know, quantum computers.
- Mike Nayyar
from iPhone
i'm afraid to click on the link to see all comments. so i'm just typing this so another guy (or gal) can read it and comment to make this comment disappear.
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
If anyone gets these emails in their gmail and got sick and tired of them like me, just press 'm' to mute the conversation (if you have keyboard shortcuts enabled) (haha i got the last word)
- Daniel Morgan
No you just don't know I posted this.
- John D Reasor
cant the person that started this block the comments now? and thereby win.
- Morgan
If you can get buddy buddy with mike and figure out his schedule, you can prevent him from stopping the comments because you'll always be able to get the last word in. We must prevail for great justice!
- Jonathan Hardesty
That would be cheating, and he knows it :)
- Tinfoil 2.0
That's how the FriendFeed Mob rolls. :-D
- Steven Perez
from IM
you didn't disable the comments yet? you could comment and then do it and then you really would get the last word. but then again, that's cheating. and cheaters never prosper.
- Trish Haley
You're not supposed to make sense of it. It exits only as an opaque, monolithic data structure that is constantly being updated and evolving. ;)
- Tyson Key
Attempting to parse it in a manner that is not approved by FriendFeed, Inc may result in disruption of the space-time continuum, and a series of Bad Things(R) occurring.
- Tyson Key
not only does it make julian fries, but it slices and dices in in seconds. ORDER NOW and you'll get this special gift ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!!!!11!!1ONE!
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
from email
this is the thread that doesn't end, yes it goes on and on my friend, Mike started it not knowing what it was, and it'll keep on going no matter what just because this is the thread that doesn't end, yes it goes on and on my friend, Mike started it.....
- T-Bone Tsali, FF Cherokee
from IM
welcome back my friends, to the thread that never ends, we're so glad you could attend, step inside, step inside.
- Mike Nencetti
MISSILES FOR ALL! Gun control is for unarmed wussies! Blow away comment limits! Damn the torpedoes! FULL STEAM AHEAD!!!
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
from email
Test conducted to see how long this can last.
- Ashish
it'll never die, with all the wireless cards out there transmitting this, it'll reach alpha centuari in about 300 years.
- T-Bone Tsali, FF Cherokee
from IM
It's not because I'm a person who wants to have the last word, but just because you people keep me reminding that there are others that do want that very badly, that causes me to comment here once again. HI! I'M BETTER THAN MIKE NAYYAR!!!!!!! LOSER! :-)
- Ton Zijp
This IS the time and place to announce a gathering of the societal beginnings of the intrepid adventures of... Wait... sorry, this isn't the place? Oh, okay, I'll go back home then.
- T-Bone Tsali, FF Cherokee
I was able to expand this thread on my Droid incredible, and post this comment at the end. Nice test of Dolphin HD browser.(edit - I use the default FF web page.)
- Mike Nencetti
from Android
If I get the last word in, will I get .LAG's World Series tix???
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
It's been a while, Mr. LastWordThreat. I did some good things these recent months. Care to share some of your insights while you were on that trip? TLDR. 8) (2K+ comments is massive hehe, we're getting to your second b-day)
- Zu from AOD
All I want for Christmas are my two front teef.
- Mike Nayyar
Eventually, you will win. Because you're not married to this thread. But if you ever marry...your trend of always getting the last word will end. Painfully.
- Bubba Botts
This thread must go away!!! What if it kills FF!?
- SAM
this thread could go away right now. but you people keep posting comments...wait....didn't I just do the same thing? OK, nevermind. Long live this Thread!!!!
- Morgan
I heard Nayyar had to get in the The Last Word, always. I talked to the casting director, and Mike Nayyar got the lead in The Last Word.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
this is the last one -------------->>> WORD!
- .LAG liked that
Every middle brings another middle. When the world ends, will this comment be toward the end of the thread, or toward the beginning?
- John E. Bredehoft
You guys!!! This post will forever break FF if we're not careful.
- SAM
Yeah, we should all totally stop bumping this post.
- Slippy
I'm surprised Friendfeed can still expand this thread.
- Morton Fox
OMG, doesn't even want to image what would happen if Nayyar tried to use #fftop20. Actually I kind of do, but I bet it would be slow. Scores would be off the charts though.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Probably still under 9000, people should try harder.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
"You can assist Apple in this by setting your iMessage caller ID to be your Apple ID instead of your phone number, then when you send messages from your phone, they'll be sent to iMessage users from your Apple ID. I don't think Apple will ever move to associate iMessage with your phone number though. I believe it is due to some sort of privacy issue."
- Andru Edwards
I'm assuming some kind of music video. This is a popular dance/activity of some kind...I think in Jamaica. There was an epidemic of broken weiners as a result. (this is not a joke)
- Rah-PM 2012
I'm going with an 8. His legs clearly separated during the aerial pelvic thrust and his arm placement was clearly off before the landing.
- Rah-PM 2012
Dude...that video is just...WTF. I thought I'd seen it all, but they're just blatantly miming all types of innapropriate shit to the nth degree
- Rah-PM 2012
That video made my netherbits hurt just watching it. :-/
- Hookuh Tinypants
Probably hasn't been heard of since because you can actually BREAK YOUR WINKY! Which is highly disturbing to me. Hence why I would never even think of doing this. I treasure my winky, along with a relatively small number of other individuals.
- Rah-PM 2012
Also see http://jezebel.com/5234308... - in particular, "Just when you were getting over the horror of daggering, a video of extreme dancing to reggae music shows a man jumping off of an 8 foot column on to the crotch of a woman.Oh yeah: And then he throws a table at her."
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
This is why my Guyanese half and my Jamaican half have issue with each other. LOL.
- Rah-PM 2012
I actually came over here to see if Kam was okay. And I get an education ... ;-) FF FTW.
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
from iPhone
"Hold up - so if we are only able to upload one file now and you take care of the rest, what about the stuff that doesn't get taken care of? For example, we have one of the few shows that are available on TiVo. In order to get it to play on TiVo devices, we've had to upload two files to Blip over the past few years - one that you guys converted to everything else (our master file) and one that we specifically transcoded to support TiVo since none of the conversions that Blip did worked. Do you know if this has changed, and if your HD conversion now supports TiVo devices? Admittedly, it's been probably 2 years since we last checked."
- Andru Edwards
"Hold up - so if we are only able to upload one file now and you take care of the rest, what about the stuff that doesn't get taken care of? For example, we have one of the few shows that are available on TiVo. In order to get it to play on TiVo devices, we've had to upload two files to Blip over the past few years - one that you guys converted to everything else (our master file) and one that we specifically transcoded to support TiVo since none of the conversions that Blip did worked. Do you know if this has changed, and if your HD conversion now supports TiVo devices? Admittedly, it's been probably 2 years since we last checked."
- Andru Edwards
"Hi Iris, Andru Edwards here - I run Mind Camp :) In a nutshell, the short answer is that Mind Camp is for everyone. It isn't a tech camp, or social media camp, or anything else that pigeonholes the event. It is literally, whatever is on your mind. We typically have about 6 things going on in a different room each hour. In one room you might have a talk about iPhone development, and in another you have Knitting 101, and in yet another you have someone brainstorming the creation of a new board game. After an hour, those sessions end and 6 news ones begin. As the event goes on, you are meeting people and learning about their passions, teaching and learning, etc. Everyone can propose a session at Mind Camp. You will get a session form when you arrive. On it, you fill out what you want to talk about. It can be *ANYTHING*. As technical as space flight and exploration to as simple as coming up with a new strategy for Tic Tac Toe - and anything in between. Hope that helps! If not - ask away."
- Andru Edwards
"Hi Iris, Andru Edwards here - I run Mind Camp :) In a nutshell, the short answer is that Mind Camp is for everyone. It isn't a tech camp, or social media camp, or anything else that pigeonholes the event. It is literally, whatever is on your mind. We typically have about 6 things going on in a different room each hour. In one room you might have a talk about iPhone development, and in another you have Knitting 101, and in yet another you have someone brainstorming the creation of a new board game. After an hour, those sessions end and 6 news ones begin. As the event goes on, you are meeting people and learning about their passions, teaching and learning, etc. Everyone can propose a session at Mind Camp. You will get a session form when you arrive. On it, you fill out what you want to talk about. It can be *ANYTHING*. As technical as space flight and exploration to as simple as coming up with a new strategy for Tic Tac Toe - and anything in between. Hope that helps! If not - ask away."
- Andru Edwards
http://twitter.com/niczak -- I tweet about the following: Programming, databases, parenting, living & enjoying life, and involvement in lots of local activities here in Northern Nevada.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
I have most of you (didn't have Valeria for some reason, but just added), mine is http://twitter.com/jungleg -- see you on the other side ;)
- Jorge Escobar
http://twitter.com/movieguyjon - I say weird shit, bitch at random times, and will say more weird shit. Occasionally I'll post fun things too, with a smidgeon of inane. :P
- Jonathan Hardesty
Pretty clever way to work in a plug for your timeline.. I like your style, Kol ;)
- Brad McCrorey
http://twitter.com/dennis_... (don't forget the underscore) What do I tweet about? Tech, fiction, art, music, politics, comics, and of course my fiction. Occasionally some Seattle or Bremerton related stuff. I also have TwitterFeed tweet my blogs, and I always tweet from Flickr.
- Dennis Jernberg
i post about film and television editing/post production, I'm a bit of a gadget nerd, and i like anything funny on the web. i love followers... http://twitter.com/toddzelin
- Todd Zelin
I'm sure you're all interesting but following 6,000 is my limit. ; )
- Liz
http://twitter.com/cgranier - I tweet about many things -usually tech-oriented, reply to everyone who @'s me, and have lately been posting a lot about #FreeMediaVE, bringing attention to the struggle against communism in Venezuela. Feel free to follow me. @ me for a quick follow back. No spammers please.
- Carlos Granier-Phelps
Thank you all. I hope at least some follow me back else I'll hit my follower limit soon. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
http://twitter.com/casschin - I mostly post up funny/odd web gems and nerdy tech news. Occasionally, I tweet what I eat.
- Cass
http://twitter.com/Felter i tweet about all, but i don't retweet my FF message. From twitter to FF only. if you follow me in FF, you can read my tweet.
- Felter Roberto
from twhirl
You know, you could have just started feeding in your tweets here and achieved the same, right? Or would that have been too subtle?
- Mr. Gunn
http://twitter.com/glitterpoet Don't mean to offend but it's usually not religious. Porn, drinking,dancing, music,makeup....I still do healing work. I just don't talk about it much anymore.
- Gabrielle
My twitter stream is the typical... random thought bubbles, food porn pics, and shared items relating to technology, politics, and $$$. http://twitter.com/sean808080 is where you find me. Oh and I like unicorns and fairy dust.
- sean808080
@fossilhuntress or fossilmaitress (I kept getting my email cracked and getting locked out hence the duplicate); all content, linked to digg, delicious... mostly science, paleo and random banter...
- Fossil Huntress
http://twitter.com/wangyip - mostly stuff from FF (tech, startups, web apps, sometimes things about math, medicine, fitness) - I've followed a few here on tech stuff (Edit: Thanks Kol for the thread)
- Wang Yip
http://twitter.com/eoghann... - I post sci-fi news (tv, movies, books or comics I'm probably a fan of it), some tech stuff and the occasional round of venting.
- Eoghann Irving
"Wait, what?!? Oh snap, I think you done did it Jones...now I need to check out Disqus again. I hope this template isn't too difficult to produce! Oh and also, if there isn't a current add-on that imports XML comments...well...I'm sure you can fix that. ;)"
- Andru Edwards
"Wait, what?!? Oh snap, I think you done did it Jones...now I need to check out Disqus again. I hope this template isn't too difficult to produce! Oh and also, if there isn't a current add-on that imports XML comments...well...I'm sure you can fix that. ;)"
- Andru Edwards
"I wanted to do this, but then realized there was no current way for the comments left in Disqus to be synced with the thousands of comments we already have. Not without some third-party add-on. What if you decide Disqus isn't for you, and you want to switch to the EE module? Your Disqus comments aren't synced into your EE database, and you lose them (as far as I understand.)"
- Andru Edwards
"I wanted to do this, but then realized there was no current way for the comments left in Disqus to be synced with the thousands of comments we already have. Not without some third-party add-on. What if you decide Disqus isn't for you, and you want to switch to the EE module? Your Disqus comments aren't synced into your EE database, and you lose them (as far as I understand.)"
- Andru Edwards
Nice. I've wanted this since the first time I saw the iPad. Turns it into a Touch Book (http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbo...). It wouldn't be my primary case either, but I'd dump my netbook/subcompact laptop for it.
- Ken Sheppardson
I still vote for a trapper keeper. Preferably with neon colors and/or unicorns.
- veo
What the hell are you doing awake so early, veo.
- Akiva
I like my iPad just being a tablet. I don't want it pretending to be some other form factor.
- iTad
I like flexibility. Ati a $70 price tag I might pick one of these up for use in meetings when I really need to type fast. Outside of that I adore the iPad for not having a keyboard though. Touch is better than typing for consuming/browsing content.
- Sparky, lurking
My beef with the idea is that in order to not fall over, the base will have to weigh at least as much as the iPad itself. Which means bag-heavy.
- Nate True
What would be awesome is if they weighted the base with batteries and charged the iPad + powered the bluetooth keyboard. Combined with the already-good battery life of the iPad you could end up with a multi-day laptop for traveling.
- Sparky, lurking
That would be quite awesome. Though at $70 that is totally not what is happening.
- Nate True
from IM
Give me the Apple case, and I can type 90% as fast as I can on a "real" keyboard. Unneeded!
- Andru Edwards
I also type fairly quickly on the iPad keyboard.
- Nate True
from IM
I think after a couple rounds of improvements in the autocorrrect software, we might all be able to type FASTER on an iPad than on a real keyboard.
- iTad
I type fairly quickly on an iPad keyboard, but it's still no touch-typing. I get 40-50 WPM on an iPad vs 60-70 on a well-designed physical keyboard.
- Sparky, lurking
Who the heck is typing 70 words per minute in a meeting? 50 is sufficient! And iPhone 4.0 autocorrect is FINALLY awesome and on point.
- Andru Edwards
Haptic technology. That'll be what does it.
- Akiva
Andru - 70WPM is important when you need to quote people. For general notes it's not as important. One thing for meetings though is that typing on an iPad takes more of my attention than on a physical keyboard. It's easier to pay full attention to the meeting if I can let my fingers rely on muscle memory.
- Sparky, lurking
The one time I used iPad to take notes in a meeting I used the BT keyboard and Sparky has a point - it's way easier to pay attention without looking at the keyboard. But no need for a clam case; the Apple case propped up the iPad nicely. Plus the BT keyboard and iPad both fit uncomfortably in my SCOTTeVEST jacket.
- Nate True
from IM
But then you are carrying two things: a bluetooth keyboard and an iPad. While this case looks to make the iPad much heavier it's still a single unit to manage. Plusses and minuses, but at the same price as the Apple bluetooth keyboard I'd consider this a lot more seriously. Very interested to see how well designed the keyboard itself is - keyboard design is really important for comfortable touch typing.
- Sparky, lurking
I use my iPad for note taking in meetings nearly every day with no issues. It has replaced the yellow legal pad I used to bring, and I can type much faster on the ipad than I can write.
- iTad
You are coming from a writing perspective. I'm coming to the meeting discussion from the perspective of someone who usually brings a full sized laptop. The iPad is much cooler, lighter, and sexier, but it's not a good match for massive data entry as my Lenovo T400.
- Sparky, lurking
Guess I have never needed to take tons of notes like that. Thank goodness!
- iTad
What isn't captured is lost. The human brain pales when compared to silicon for long term retention!
- Sparky, lurking
If that's the case, then get some heavy duty mics and vid recorders!! :P
- iTad
Video recording is hard to index. Notes can be searched, and I only note what I consider to be important. It makes it easier to consume later.
- Sparky, lurking
They didn't go anywhere. You just need an AOL account and to download the software, which is all free nowadays. Go ahead and get your A/S/L on!
- Andru Edwards
I'd be happy. I hate it when people link to Digg rather than linking to the actual article itself. If Digg was gone, maybe people would actually link to actual articles.
- Rochelle