Lord Marrowgar , Lady Deathwhisper, (not pictured) Gunship Battle, and Deathbringer Saurfang defeated. The fights are kinda fun and getting the kills for the first time was thrilling.
Grats guys! It's definitely a fun thrill - they are not easy fights! I've done it on 10m, but we haven't cleared on 25 yet (just the first boss down) - aiming for it on Sunday, but we'll probably not get all of them down still.
- Miriella
OMG! Yes :) last boss! So much fun, lol!
- Miriella
The gunship battle has rocket packs. You put them on in the shirt slot, so everyone can play with them. They're used for jumping from the Skybreaker to the horde ship. I'm a healer, so I'm not a fan of the last boss. It's a lot of "omg omg omg! healmanabeacon, healmanabeacon, I have no mana and why isn't he dead!" Btw, when did pallies get so mana inefficient, or am I just feeling the pain of being gemmed for haste? >.<
- Heather
Gah! We made it to the last boss in 25M tonight - but 3 huge dps had to leave, and then we were scrambling, and we actually almost made it to 30% on the first attempt with only 23 people, then people started dying and he started healing...then with 25 people same thing. Maybe tomorrow night. It's a lot of fun though!
- Miriella
It would be fun to do this on 25, though I hear there are 5 beasts for the last boss instead of 2. Yipes!!
- Heather
Deathwhisper on 25? Is a fight with 25 people running around like chickens with their heads cutoff. It's completely insane. And yes, Saurfang - 5 beasts...wish us luck tonight!
- Miriella
I don't think I'll ever want to get back into raiding fulltime, so these posts are great! Living vicariously through you and your exploits. Please continue to share!
- Arlan Koizumi
(we didn't get Saurfang 25 down last night) - Our first shot, we had picked up some pugs (EWWW) and they were retarded. I think the second shot was our best, but the shit hit the fan and I feel we got totally screwed over when the beasts came out, and three of them came straight for me and I died immediately. I didn't have the mark on me, so I got rezzed, but as soon as I was up again,...
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- Miriella
My grandson wanted Avatar (the TV show) stuff for Christmas but they got rid of that stuff for the movie stuff which he hasn't seen yet. So I bought him Transformers instead.
- Judy Jones
I have been so confused over these movies.....I had some geek friends explain it to me REAL SLOW....
- Nurse Katie
A few months ago, blogs I read were up in arms about the casting of Avatar (the movielization of the TV show), so I assumed Avatar was that movie. Very confused.
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
I don't know you Josh, but I completely love Aang and feel as you do... WHY INDEED did James Cameron have to choose THAT title! Hex on him and his movie! LOL
- Lennie Simpson
I remember that, Betsy! That's probably what had me so confused about this movie.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
I had no idea the two were not related. Shows how much attention I've paid.
- Curtiss Grymala
I figured the blue people were in the episodes I hadn't watched yet.
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
What is this? I've never heard of it...
- rowlikeagirl
Now, I want this. It's been awhile. Audrea, it's like a pancake. It has egg, shrimp, veggies. Its topped in the first photo with bonito flakes, 2nd has kewpie (japanese mayo), flakes and ground shiso(IIRC), 3rd has oyster sauce (it looks like),shiso and green onions..
- Admiral Anika
@ Joe Silence is not Santa >yeeees, very delicious! :)
- Keiko Yamada
The Japanese supermarkets around here sell the okonomiyaki mix which has the ground yam in it. Sometimes just make it with flour though.
- Adrian
I learned about okonomiyaki at the Japanese food festival at the New Otani Hotel in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles. They had a stand that made them. It was delicious and got hooked on them. :D
- Adrian
Hello Adrian! you can buy in USA...wow! please make for me okonomiyaki someday! :D
- Keiko Yamada
Oh yes, we have a very large Japanese community here in Southern California. We have at least 4 well stocked markets within about 10 km of here. See here: http://www.marukai.com/
- Adrian
Would you believe I sing this to my twins multiple times a week? "Baby my heart's on fire..."
- Louis Gray
M9m, I guess that's that raspy 20's voice I hear singing - as on an old 78 - slightly nasal?
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
SEND ME A KISS BY WIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE!!! BABY MY HEART'S ON FIIIIIIIIIIIIRE!!! If you refuse me, honey you'll lose me then you'll be left alone!!
- Baroness Von SmashAHomie
Also, I love the FreeBSD ports collection (which Gentoo tried to imitate). cd /usr/ports/devel/git; make install will fetch git, build it, and install it, and automatically deal with any dependencies as they arrive.
- Tudor Bosman
Another option is pkg_add -r git which will install a binary package compiled with default options, and resolve dependencies.
- Scott Ludwig
from iPhone
Okay, nested dependencies work just fine until you find a package that depends on TeX. Why does my little storage box need latex and amstex and mkfontdir and dvips and...?
- Tudor Bosman
Because you need PDFs of the documentation, of course!
- Eric Borisch
In many languages, apparently. /usr/ports/print/latex-cjk/scripts/installt1enc.sh arb5sung arb5sung.ttf Bg5 Generating Type 1 subfonts arb5sung from arb5sung.ttf [Bg5 planes: 1-55]:
- Tudor Bosman
This is apparently all caused by updating the freebsd-doc-en package, which regenerates all forms of documentation from scratch.
- Tudor Bosman
One of my disks appears bad, hopefully it's the cable.ad8: FAILURE - READ_DMA48 timed out LBA=766744255
- Tudor Bosman
Two more disks are showing read errors, including the boot disk. This is not good at all. Maybe WD actually qualifies RAID-level drives, and rebrands the crappy ones (with bad sectors which auto-remap) as consumer-level. With auto-remapping turned off, errors start creeping in within days.
- Tudor Bosman
I'll investigate this more, of course, by mounting the bad disks into a different machine and looking at SMART output, but so far it smells of a bad batch of drives.
- Tudor Bosman
How hot are they getting? (It's in the SMART data) ... We had a fan go out on a drive tower (and the 'dead fan' alarm didn't sound -- wonderful) and we smoked at least three drives before figuring out what was going on.
- Eric Borisch
Eric: While trying to stress the disks with a few dd commands running in parallel, I can't get them to heat up above 26 degrees Celsius. I'd say that cooling inside my box works well. The two newly failed disks have 5 UNCorrectable sectors each -- and that's just because the SMART buffer only remembers the last 5 errors.
- Tudor Bosman
Maybe I just got a bad batch, but at this point I would recommend against using WD20EADS drives for anything.
- Tudor Bosman
yeah, the EADS aren't so good. The ABYS series have been super reliable in comparison, but I don't think they go up to that many TB.
- Private Sanjeev
incidentally the drives are physically different (the mechanicals are more vibration-resistant on enterprise drives), so WD doesn't just rebrand flaky drives.
- Private Sanjeev
Any opinions on the new, 4-platter WD RE4 RAID edition drives? They're 2TB, expensive as hell, but there may be deals to be had. Alternatively, the Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB.
- Tudor Bosman
I have a bunch of EADS drives (4x1TB, 4x1.5TB) and I haven't seen any problems. Might just be a bad batch.
- Joe Beda ()
Currently leading the pack: Hitachi 7K2000.
- Tudor Bosman
I only have experience with ABYS and EADS in production :(.
- Private Sanjeev
I have 24 A7K1000s that have been going great for over a year. (Knocks on wood)
- Eric Borisch
Okay, I ordered 5 7K2000s. Let's see how this goes.
- Tudor Bosman
The box is back up with the 5 Hitachi 7K2000 drives. I copied all the data over again, and "zpool scrub" now completes without errors. I'll update this post after 2 or 3 days of burn-in.
- Tudor Bosman
Hint: Read the man page. The "--batch" option to portupgrade is supremely useful. portupgrade -vaP --batch: upgrade all installed FreeBSD packages, prefer to use precompiled packages if available (-P), don't ask questions (use default configuration options).
- Tudor Bosman
A few scrubs later, still zero errors, and normal smartctl output. I now deem the box ready for production use (that is, the main storage device in the Bosman household).
- Tudor Bosman
Does anybody sell a BSD/ZFS raid box that is all ready to go?
- Peng-Toh
For small boxes, you could consider a self-contained box like a MSI Wind PC ($139).
- Scott Ludwig
from iPhone
I mean something that comes with all software (BSD/ZFS) installed, an UI and no "hacking" required. Something for a non-techie.
- Peng-Toh
my EADS results: 2/6 failed so far (free RMA replacement). no data loss though.
- Michael Herf
Tudor: FWIW, random activity is much more stressful (and power consuming = heat producing) than the contiguous reads/writes you get from dd. Try bonnie++ or iozone if you'd like to really hit the system. Glad to hear you're up and running - ZFS is fantastic stuff.
- Eric Borisch
Michael: Yes, I had 3 out of 5 EADS drives fail within a week. I returned all 5 and got Hitachi 7K2000.
- Tudor Bosman
Peng-Toh: There's FreeNAS, http://freenas.org/, but I'd wait until they upgrade to FreeBSD 8, probably in a couple of months (the FreeBSD folks didn't consider ZFS to be production quality until FreeBSD 8.0).
- Tudor Bosman
see...now i wanna know what the story is behind this. did someone f'ck the dolphin? are they talking about f'ing with the dolphins and the dolphins go all westside on people?
- Sir Shuping
Sean, if only I knew. This was delivered directly to me fresh and hot.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Wow, whatever you do, don't google "Asian guys at beach licking" if you want to find the Flickr account for this. No, seriously. Just...don't. o.O
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
changed my life forever...I will always go to the beach with a a few chubby buddies after porking myself up for those bosoms ~ and this image is most definitely going in the ol' spank bank
- sofarsoShawn
Remember ! I bring quality product to Friend Feed !:)
- Akiva Moskovitz
you know what would be funny: ok bear with me, if we blindfolded leather donut (you know the booby man) and...yeah fill in the blanks...something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- sofarsoShawn
Sir, randomly linking to your FriendFeed from one of my posts is oh wait you'll never see this because you're blocked for spamming. Thanks anyway, kaghazrangy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
damn this picture just won't go away - you have forced me to hide it
- William Harryman
Akiva, wasn't that pic taken at your last BBQ?
- Paul
Every time I see this picture I smile. Their joy is infectious, like herpes.
- Sparky
Paul, I surely do wish I had a beach in my back yard!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky, I'm going to have this blown up to poster-size and attaching it to the ceiling above our bed. That'll cause some infections!
- Akiva Moskovitz
makes me want to grow a rack and diddle with my own, know what I'm saying?
- sofarsoShawn
this. . . .this. . . ugh . . . so fucking wrong.
- Peter Ghosh
Akiva - you can put anything you want above our bed.
- Sparky
i've been trying to formulate a comment for this for days, but i just...can't.
- joey
I still want to know the motivation here. is this a gay marriage argument? or are we already pushing group social contracts on friendfeed?
- Noah David Simon
oh man this one keeps popping up on ma friendfeed,....must spread virus nao
- Chris Hofmann
I'm surprised no one's noticed old boy's red-framed glasses.
- Akiva Moskovitz
oh right... the glasses are so important when three asian men are licking his nipples and all the comments are by people who think gay marriage has something to do with equality... when it has everything to do with taking protections away from children. the red glass glasses.... um yeah. chicken and Oklahoma with milk
- Noah David Simon
Mark, you have uncovered the dark underbelly of humanity except in this case it isn't dark but is rather a pasty hue somewhere in the vicinity of undercooked flan.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This should be in the default noobie FF stream. Like the first thing anyone who signs up sees. If they stick around they're part of the family.
- Chrimmus Tad
Perhaps this can replace the kitty pic on the start page for non-members!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
I'm certain prop8 had nothing to do with Swine Flu
- Noah David Simon
I'm thinking that eventually, it will have been hidden by every user on FriendFeed. It'll be the most hidden post in FriendFeed history.
- Akiva Moskovitz
WHY WHY KEEP BRINGING BACK THE EYES THEY HURT ME
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Herpes (and this): the gifts that keep on giving.
- Sparky
I wonder if the FriendFeed guys see this and say to themselves, 'Well, this isn't exactly what we had in mind when we started started FriendFeed.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I look at it and think, "Not again."
- Steven Perez
from IM
Just about the time you FF is getting some class .. Oh well we is what we is.
- Brent - Loving Life
I can't believe after all this time some diligent FF'er hasn't dug up the identities (I said "titties") of this bunch and invited them to join the service that made them famous. Mitchell Tsai, get to work!
- Sprague D
i think if you unlike and delete all your comments anna it'll go away, but hide in general would be nice too (this photo makes me smile every time it pops up so don't mind it)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
*sigh* This is never going away, is it? It's gonna end up like James Bond movies and Swedish meatballs - always existing in the same form. never diminshing, never forgotten. :( :( :(
- Steven Perez
from IM
It will go away, to be replaced with photoshops of the original. It's all part of the meme lifecycle.
- Sparky
I am too new on friendfeed to know anything about record comments.. I love gmail tho, puts all the comments in one threaded email and I can delete them all later in one shot or not if I choose..
- David Gross
from email
well we should aim to beat the record.. i mean jeez there are tons of things that could be said about this.. like.. does it taste like chicken?
- ed fry
I'm gonna have nightmares now. thanks ed. ;)
- Alejandro
ok, in Japanese: "an, an, soko dame!"
- Rick Cogley
You can't close this thread. A lot of people say that this place is a Scoble-fest but, truly, it is this thread that is at the very heart of FriendFeed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm officially going to proclaim that this is the FF equivalent of Goatse or FFoatse if you will. Lets all refer to it as that from this point forward.
- Mark Krynsky
Sparky has left 57 comments. The rest of you are slacking. Hop to it!
- Christopher Harley
Chrisitan just walked by and said "It's too early in the morning for Japanese titty licking." It's NEVER too early for Japanese titty licking.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
THIS is the first thing I see here this morning?
- l0ckergn0me
Chris, you just woke up? C'mon, man! It's 10:30!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I knew he would break eventually - it's fitting that it's on this thread *now to find out how to hide a thread once you've commented....*
- WorldofHiglet
As much as I am loathe to bump this post, I have to do it to say, You, sir, are a master. Well played, sir. Well played. This is why I take every opportunity to say, in my next life, I want to be Akiva. I've already called it! Don't anybody go getting any more ideas.
- ♥patricia♥
I, for one, refuse to "bump" posts...it's very unseemly...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I wish FF-search allowed to do GROUP BY -aggregations so I could COUNT(*) who are the biggest *bump*ers. :)
- Jemm
Makes me laugh everytime I see it. Such a happy yet silly scene by the sea.
- Toby Graham
There is nothing silly about it. This is serious business.
- Sparky
The more I see this, the more I like it. Not for the ironic nipple-licking, but because these kids are genuinely enjoying themselves. :) Carry on.
- felicious
This photo looks so much better in iPhone 3.0!#!~
- Akiva Moskovitz
Seriously dude. What do I have to do to get rid of this disgusting picture!? Doh! Now I've just pushed it back to the top... yuck, I'm so sickened.
- Jason Nunnelley
I love this image, because I have no clue why it's happening. Randomness FTW!!
- Jimminy Fuller
from twhirl
I'm just thinking of all the new folks coming to friend feed and see this and wonder just what the hell did I get into anyway? And why in Gods name can't I spell Friend correctly the first time - GRRRRRR
- Brent - Loving Life
Can't believe I never hit 'like' on this! Consider the situation rectumfied.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops! I hope I didn't just bump this up again... ;-)
- Sprague D
It's just so refreshing to see genuine juvenile humour at work. These kids are no different from any other, I think it's a great happy image, given all the other shite happening in this world on a daily basis. For those that are too pompous and prudish, 'up yours with brass knobs'
- ImJustCreative
Wow. 666. Nice! Actually, the reason Asashoryu is getting a divorce ( http://ff.im/4T0UA ), is because he wants to spend time with this lot.
- Rick Cogley
To this day, the pic still comes back. Just like Herpes. :D
- Danny Minick
Although unlike herpes this photo is fun to share with friends.
- Sparky
I would rather go to http://woot.com and buy the Acer Aspire One for $259.99, I do not care that it is a refurb.. but what would I do with two laptops? Maybe #hive knows? hmm..
- David Gross
from email
What's this? A real question in this thread? Two extra laptops? Make them fancy digital photo frames.
- Jordan Hofker
Reason #696 why the Internet can grant you immortality. ;-)
- darnell
from BuddyFeed
I can't believe this thing is still floating around Friendfeed. These poor guys... ha ha ha
- Bradley Farless
@SeanMcGee sorry about the spam, this thread is sorta spammy.. I get the messages in email perfect for replying with any message because it then gets posted on twitter and facebook.. I do not do it all the time, look at my other posts in this stream..
- David Gross
from email
Lactating, males last resort to save ourselves, now that they can create sperm in labs.
- Jimminy Fuller
This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that...
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- David Gross
from email
I have 89 :( emails since july 10th.. that includes the ones I sent.
- David Gross
from email
gmail comes in handy, it keeps all the email in conversations, 100 messages at a time but because the subject " :( " it will not filter out so they dont go to inbox.
- David Gross
from email
*THOUGHT FOR THE DAY...* Women are like phones: They like to be held, talked to, and touched often. But push the wrong button and your ass is disconnected.
- David Gross
from email
all this oral stuff is just begging the question of when do they start with the money shots?
- Noah David Simon
I just use this image as a way to announce crap. no one really pays attention to my feed... except my enemies. so when I have something important to say I tell the Asian Titty lickers. it is my strong belief that this thread needs it's very own domain name. something like http://xrl.us/TittyLickers
- Noah David Simon
You know, every time this pops up, since FF hides the middle of the comments of which there are 804 or so, I see Akiva say "I'm sorry." at the top. It makes me wonder about how some things are just not possible to apologize for!
- Rick Cogley
wow, I can't believe tomorrow is Friday :o) no, wait, somewhere in the world it's ALREADY Friday :o)
- David Gross
from email
Thanks Rick, thats what I thought.. does that mean I can start with the #followfriday on twitter or do I have to wait till it is Friday here in NJ? would be funny to post it from this post LOL all my friendfeed goes to twitter..
- David Gross
from email
David - yeah, you can get an early start.
- Rick Cogley
Rick, I am not good at lists or #followfriday but there are lotsa good people in this thread.
- David Gross
from email
the thing that strikes me about this (aside from the obvious) is after seeing this thing pop up like 35-40 times since March its just occurred to me that I don't have any (guy) friends that a) would lick my nipples b) would lick my nipples for a photograph. Maybe I should get out more...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I'm a little scared that I've this has gotten more than 800 comments and almost 200 likes over nearly five months and I still haven't clicked "Hide."
- Scott of Two Countries
It's just a bit of fun. I mean watching how many comment, not the picture content (although I suspect that is all that was too!)
- Ian May
Allright, you guys ready to shoot "mirth and girth"?
- Rick Cogley
For the life of me, I'll never understand the emotion people have around this picture for or against. There's no nudity at all, not even implied nudity. Less dude nudity than a beer commercial or cigarette ad, yet there are people who really really really hate this picture.
- Matthew DeVries
I found a way to get a Tit Theme, and it involves this picture.
- Jimminy Fuller
Hahahaha! It's like a telethon. And after Joey Bishop goes off stage, they flash this picture on the screen. "Won't you think of the CHILDREN?"
- Spidra Webster
It's been a while, hope the magnetism still prevails...
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
I just had to bump this once more... gives me a whole new excuse to go look at Phoebe again!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Hmmm, where do you think they're from? My guess is Japan...
- sofarsoShawn
The bumping algorithm includes things like novel people posting to it, in addition to thread age, and rapidity of comments. If the same 3 people are talking in a thread, it quits bumping because it's obviously a closed tea party.
- Matthew DeVries
I forgot, also you're a very handsome guy(saw the wedding images), I don't understand why you don't like to share your face. Rochelle is a lucky lady.
- Jimminy Fuller
Jimminy, it's an irrational phobia. No different than people who are afraid of heights, spiders, clowns, or Canada.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, now I'm LMAO at the fear of Canada. People are actually afraid of Canada, or just the fact they don't know if they're British or French?
- Jimminy Fuller
I don't think even Canadians know that difference.
- Akiva Moskovitz
If Friendfeed had sound .. this thread would be all licks and slurps
- Mattb4rd
Sorry Akiva, I think it was the display picture.. I have known male and female Akivas.. Oh and by the way guys I am not afraid of Canada LOL will be there this weekend.. Dave Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes...> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
- David Gross
from email
I popped the 666 cherry and I will get 1000 also.
- Jimminy Fuller
If it gets to 1000 will Akiva lock it so it can sink from our feeds forever? Please?!?
- WorldofHiglet
I think locking this post would be un-FriendFeedian.
- Jason Huebel
This is the immortal post everyone who uses the service must see it so WoH it just wouldn't be good to lock it.
- Jimminy Fuller
Not everyone see's it, only the people with true class do.
- Sparky
It keeps on going and going and going....
- David Gross
from email
In the Hall of Great Posts at the FriendFeed museum, this shall be hung high on the wall with pride.
- Johnny Worthington
I'M THE ROCK AND ROLL CLOWN.. AND I LIKE COCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINE
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
*Wispering to Murderface* "Seriously man, I do... A LOT of cocaine."
- Matt Stoddard
It is now September 1st, and this has not reached 1000 comments. I am sorely disappointed. Yet, for some reason, I am uplifted by the smile of this young man, who was fortunate enough to have such great friends that fateful day on the beach.
- Josh Haley
Quick let's add some comments... Gee that guy on the far left is not really getting into the swing of things is he?
- Travis Koger
Travis... bear in mind that we don't know what "main chubby guy's" right hand is doing, or where it's doing whatever it's doing...
- Mark "DerBingle" J
BUT WE CAN INFER WHAT "MAIN CHUBBY GUY'S" HANDS ARE DOING. BOTH OF THEM.
- Sparky
@Mark, of interest (well not really) is the location of Front Left guy's left hand.
- Travis Koger
The photo of Akiva in the jacuzzi with the Texas A&M cheerleaders would be so much more popular. Now if only someone would post it.
- Christopher Harley
Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Posted March 1st and we are still enduring the wrath! "Akiva's posts, now with more staying power than ever before!"
- Nicholas Kreidberg
YAY! OVER 1000 COMMENTS BLAAAARGBLBLLB
- Josh Haley
It feels like Groundhog Day whenever I see this.
- Andru Edwards
Except that unlike Groundhog Day this is AWESOME!
- Sparky
This thread was how I discovered Akiva. ROFL... Y.M.C.A.! BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP! GAZE AT IT! DON'T LOOK AWAY! >:O I SED DON'T LOOK AWAY!!! ... ^_^
- Danny Minick
You have nothing to fear - I never look away.
- Sparky
On Fark, there was this one thread, that just kept growing and growing. On Fark, it was a single page per thread. And you could post images and gif inline. Well the thread wouldn't die, people just kept posting. I forget which one it was. Anyway, it got so monsterous, that few people going to read/post to it per day (which was only a handfull) accounted for 1/3 of the server load of the site. They eventually had to cull that thread.
- Matthew DeVries
I think everyone who has participated in this thread has 'culled' themselves privately.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What with all the copycat images this has inspired I hope our muse continues to stick around and not get lost in the shuffle of so many knockoffs.
- Sparky
SHUT UP SPARKY!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!
- Andru Edwards
I refuse to shut up about the glory that is this thread. REFUSE.
- Sparky
Yes, Vezquex, I'm jealous of those guys, it is warm there, nothing like a warm beatch..
- David Gross
from email
Yes, Sparky, they do not know how good they have it there frolicking on the beach while we freeze up here.. Hard to believe it is only 49 degrees, feels like 29.. I bet it's at least 85 degrees on that beach.
- David Gross
from email
Anyone who doesn't appreciate this thread is clearly not developing a FriendFeed iPhone client because this is a great stress test case. (It crashes BuddyFeed, by the way.)
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Also it exercises the crap out of your thumb trying to scroll down to the bottom of it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Do you need to appreciate the pic in order to appreciate the thread?
- Travis Koger
If I un-collapse this thread, will it break my computer?
- Eivind
Every time this thread gets a bumped, god kills a kitten
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew, you may have given some people more reason to keep bumping this thread.
- Victor Ganata
How does it give you thumb exercise? Whatever you're doing, why don't you either use the keyboard or switch to Linux so you can middle-click the scrollbar to jump to where you want? :P
- Tanath
actually this thread does not bother me because I get it in email and gmail groups them and starts new thread after every 100 comments. I have it autoarchived so I do not have to see on phone lol and just see when I look at my ffeed label in gmail.
- David Gross
from email
disgusting? HOW DARE YOU, SIR! That is j-love! and it's beautiful (in it's own way.. a way that shouldn't be seen in public)
- Kyle Johnson
this is probably the most popular feed of 2009 in FF. lol.
- Bora Mesut PALAS
I think the one where Robert Scoble gave away money easily beats this one, but this post has staying power. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
I think that Chinese at FF post was a marriage proposal thing. They were all trying to bump the guy's photo so that it would be the first thing his girlfriend would see when she logged onto FF.
- Kamilah Gill
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 1 salty beach, 2 pairs of glasses, 3 lords a licking, 4 chubby men, 5 santa hats(O_o), 6 rolls of fat, 7 ????, and 8 moobs to view.
- Jimminy Fuller
Hey, I'd be willing to let random guys suck on my nipples if it meant I'd lose all my extra weight. *waits for wiseass random guys to suggest it DOES mean that*
- Spidra Webster
"Women double the risk of developing cervical cancer if they have sex at an early age, warn researchers. A study shows they are at greater risk from the disease by becoming sexually active at a young age, prompting campaigners to repeat calls for the screening age limit to be lowered. In England, women do not qualify for NHS screening until they reach 25, perhaps ten years after they may have contracted HPV, the sexually transmitted virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer. The study in the British Journal of Cancer into why poorer women have a higher risk of the disease found they tended to have sex four years earlier than more affluent women. The age at which a woman had her first baby was also an important factor, according to a study of 20,000 women by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. But smoking and the number of sexual partners - both long thought to be important factors - did not account for any of the difference. Study leader Dr Silvia Francheschi said...
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- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
I bet it ends you getting some cardboard flavoured pizza only this time, for free.
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
Abdul - that's EXACTLY what I'm thinking. And free cardboard pizza is... ummm... Free, I guess. We'll see. I'm moderately amused myself. At least enough to play along. I may even Tweet/Blog/FF about the experience of tasting the new free Dominos if I get one. :D
- Chrimmus Tad
from fftogo
Are you sure you didn't mix the pizza and the cardboard box up??? ;-)
- Roberto Bonini
but it's yummy cardboard! with extra 'cheeze-like' flavor sprinkles!
- Morgan Haley
They didn't get that you were paying them a compliment?! Well, that's twitter semaphore for you.
- Micah Wittman
I don't expect a national pizza delivery chain to have the same quality as a mom and pop place, but I'd like it to taste as least as well as Papa John's (not a difficult accomplishment).
- Chrimmus Tad
from fftogo
what happens for large chains is that local stores are not as, umm, frequent in their stock ordering so they have stale product to save money. what you did will cause the regional manager to get a nasty phone call, he will then visit the store and find out why they have stale product. so you should see an improvement or a new manager :)
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
They just sent a form email back asking if we can chat more and saying they want to use my criticism in a future marketing campaign. LOL. "Domino's - about the same as eating cardboard!"
- Chrimmus Tad
from fftogo
bear/Mike, I'm pretty sure their pizza tastes like cardboard even when it's fresh. Tad, sounds like they have a "new improved" version of their pizza already on the drawing board. "Now with less cardboard."
- Laura Norvig
LOL - they just sent an NDA and requested permission to legally use my cardboard statement in their marketing campaign. Not sure if I wanna sign that or not. Promising to "tell me more" after I sign. Eh...
- Chrimmus Tad
from fftogo
They're going to show you studies they've done that says people like cardboard. Also, Tad, how do you know the taste of cardboard?
- Cristo
Cristo, I know what cardboard tastes like because I've eaten Dominos pizza.
- Chrimmus Tad
from fftogo
Ha! Looks like Laura called it with the "new and improved" version. Impressive.
- Admiral Anika
Perhaps the cardboard is suppose to be part of the pizza, for many Americans don't intake enough fiber in the diet.
- imabonehead
Tad? Where's this at? When do you get your first cheque? =)
- Micah Wittman
from iPhone
You should eat it warm Dude, the morning after with Beer and of course it tastes like cardboard Dude I suggest consuming Beer brewed by "RED HOOK Brewery" for the morning after Pizza this beer has all of the flavor necessary to diminish that cardboard flavor. Your Truly DBD
- ThatDBD
HAhaha!! You're an internet star now.
- Nurse Katie
You see! Just talking to me got you a free pizza and internet fame! :p
- Berial
Hah! There it is, ladies and gentlemen!! Ok, so now there are three: Fats Domino, Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famer. "Domino", 1970s tribute to Domino by Van Morrison. And now..... Tads Domino! :D
- Micah Wittman
That video sure is inspiring. If only it didn't make me wonder what those Dominos chefs were doing for the 25 years prior to this.
- Andrew C
So ... did they keep in touch? Offer free pizza for life (like you'd really want that ...).
- Laura Norvig
Nope - link I posted is all I'm aware of.
- Chrimmus Tad
"The Church and a number of Catholic countries adopted the new calendar on Friday, October 15th of 1582, one day after (Julian) Thursday, October 4th. Protestant Europe resisted this papist conspiracy until the 18th century; the British Empire (including the American colonies) saw Thursday, September 14th follow Wednesday the 2nd in 1752. Sweden tried to make a gradual change by ignoring leap years until their calendar matched the Gregorian, but lost its nerve and switched back to the Julian calendar after 12 years. To make up for a day gained in the interim, they added a 30th of February to 1712. In Alaska, the change took place in 1867 when US took possession of the territory from Russia, which still used the Julian calendar. Because the international date line shifted at the same time, Friday, October 6th was followed by another Friday, the 18th of October."
- cdogzilla
from Bookmarklet
"I'm sorry, but debating the kill-billers on the policy merits of their position has become a bit like debating the global warming denialists. The denalists operate by picking and choosing which evidence they cite and what arguments they respond to. Sometimes, they raise fairly good points or expose legitimately sloppy work on behalf of "consensus" scientists. Sometimes, they are being contrarian for contrarianism's sake. And sometimes, they're just throwing a bunch of sh*t at the wall and seeing what sticks, hoping that the underlying truth or lack thereof is lost in the fog of debate."
- Darryl
from Bookmarklet
When economist's / statistician's lead commentary with obvious partisan shots at topics that are not related to the topic at hand. Wise consumers should take pause. A fundamental truth of a mature market economy, is that you should sell when others are buying and you should buy when others are selling. The underlying fun damn mentals are irrelevant.
- Eric Logan
@Veo - Until they screw you over (again) next time. And the time after that, and the time after that...Some of us just don't NEED facebook that badly.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Veo - I don't like their privacy approach, nor do I like the nest of vampires and mobsters that it has become. It comes down to the fact that they are providing a community environment that I don't want to participate in.
- Sparky
For me Facebook is mostly my actual real life friends and family. I do have a list of Friendfeeders there, but I'm mostly there to keep up with my extended family.
- Jason Wehmhoener
If a member of my extend family (or friend) wants to contact me they can use any of the other methods which don't have facebooks problems. E.g. email, IM, SMS, phone call, snail mail, etc.
- Sparky
It's not so much about contacting as it is about broadcasting lower priority stuff. I get to see blog posts from nieces and cousins, etc. They wouldn't email everyone in the family this stuff because it just isn't that important, but to those of us that are interested, we click the links. Shrug. If everyone used some other thing, that would be fine too. I'm not really out to engineer...
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- Jason Wehmhoener
Jason - that exact use case is what I have RSS for. I subscribe to friends and families blogs and have them pulled into Google Reader. I don't want a social networking site (not even friendfeed) to fulfill the role of an RSS client. I want the social networking site to put me in touch with people I'm trying to find, and let me communicate with them, but otherwise stay the heck out of my way. Social networking is a tool, not a destination.
- Sparky
I wish they all had blogs. Some of them use status updates sort of like some people use Twitter. Now that the privacy settings are more liberal, I could probably even pull those in via RSS, come to think of it, but then I'd probably miss out on some of the comments to status updates. Shrug. I figure that if you post it on the internet, it's basically public information, which is why I don't get too excited about privacy stuff. Also, I've long ago blocked the stupid games, so I don't see that crap at all.
- Jason Wehmhoener
If it wasn't for my family being there, I would not have a Facebook account any more.
- Steven Perez
That wasn't even a good enough reason for me anymore, I have a phone and an email address.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Sadly, the cutesy-poo videos of my nephew don't do too well in my brother's sucky e-mail, and he won't use YouTube or any other video site. So I take what I can get.
- Steven Perez
Luckily, my family despises facebook more than I do. We have devised many methods of communication. As for friends? Well, we know how to find each other ;) (There are many Social Sites with privacy in mind)
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
"Tee of the Day: “Obama vs. Zombies” by Chris Piers for Etsy seller Tina Seamonster. “Some days we just want to see Obama hit a zombie in the face.” Some days = those ending in “y.”"
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
them drunk patrons keep me employed .. my firehall is across from a Major Canadian University ,, party time all the time .. pee is nothing .. we had a elevator burn up ,, nearly fried the residence
- johnpiercy
*puts on biohazard suit and grabs the baby wipes* Wait, an *employee*? :(
- Derrick
There's a reason that staff christmas parties need to be dry.
- DJF
Can't say I've had to have that one happen here...yet. But we did have some boys "decorate" the downstairs bathroom one night.
- Abigail
Ooph. I have to know, did someone witness this or find out the hard way that the furniture had been peed on?
- Rachel Walden
The worst we've had biohazard-wise lately is students leaving banana peels on the floor or on the computer tables. We have had students with anger management issues kick in the walls in our men's room. All the walls in that room are now plywood instead of drywall, most of it tiled some just painted.
- John Dupuis
Rachel - Witnessed. When guards & my 3rd shift super woke him up, he was still intoxicated & urinated on the leather seat & floor. The amazing thing is that this actually happens really rarely - happened way more when I was at Kentucky than here!
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
"Brian Bonsall once played adorable baby-of-the-family Andy Keaton on Family Ties; now he’s a druggie who was recently arrested for assaulting a friend with a bar stool—but not all former child stars head down that ugly path. The Frisky rounds up 10 who managed to keep it together"
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
Neck tattoos are just so disgusting. :(
- Rochelle
D's got sleeves?!?! TROUBLE! I like the Band of Horses frontman and he has neck tattoos. Looks good on him. And my friend has a neck tattoo - barcode of his favorite book Nietzsche..and he's hot...
- Anna Lynn M.
I only have like a sleeve and a half...maybe three quarters.
- Derrick
Is fully sleeved + chest + full backpiece, with tattoos behind my ears (one creeps down to visibility on my neck). I r not disgusting :(
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
I have sleeves, chest work, and a few 'hidden' tattoos. I'm the man your mother warned you about though.
- Sparky
from iPhone
Sorry Archangel and Sparky, I was agreeing when referencing child actors.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Is okay. I compensate by looking healthy & agreeable and not like a meth head ;)
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
Sparky, hidden where?! I've seen you, uh, nude, and never noticed any in suspicious places.
- Rochelle
Rochelle - you clearly didn't look close enough ;)
- Sparky
Another good example is Elijah Wood who got into acting when he was 8 or so. And, on that same tip, Sean Astin who got into it at 10.
- Akiva Moskovitz
And tis the season to acknowledge Peter Billingsley, irresponsible handler of the Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle and executive producer of Dinner for Five among other things Hollywoodish.
- Christopher Harley
His grin is exactly the same now as it was when he was a kid. It's really weird to see.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This actually makes me very, very sad. And what I'm about to say is going to sound REALLY mean. But the truth is, the mother /did/ explain it to her. The daughter is just too stupid to understand it.
- Jason Huebel
from Bookmarklet
Doesn't seem like it to me, although you can't be certain. And even if this one is, I'm almost certain there are people out there like this. :-/
- Jason Huebel
from IM
(Report Abuse) of people's attention on that weird question, maybe she's 8 or something, anyone thought of it? 8)
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
An 8 year old girl wanting to have sex? Kill me now. Our society is doomed.
- Jason Huebel
ooh. that's stupid on parade. for shame. but i suppose it is possible that this is a kid doesn't know what-all "sex" entails. i think i was that clueless at 10 or 11. figured it out before turning 12.
- tiffany
"Under the new policy, troops expecting a baby face court martial and a possible prison term -- and so do the men who made them pregnant. And the rule applies to married couples at war together, who are expected to make sure their love lives do not interfere with duty. Usual U.S. Army policy is to send pregnant soldiers home from combat zones within 14 days. But Major General Anthony Cucolo, who runs U.S. operations in northern Iraq, issued the new orders because he said he was losing too many women with critical skills. He needed the threat of court martial and jail time as an extra deterrent, he said. All troops under his command are covered by the extension to the military’s legal code -- the first time the U.S. Army has made pregnancy a punishable offence."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
I get why they are doing this, but the fact that there doesn't seem to be a caveat for rape is scary.
- Michelle Martinez
It sounds harsh superficially, but if you think of it, soldiers could be using pregnancy as a get-me-out-of-here card, and that's what seems to be happening. It's a crude measure but I guess a necessary one to deter the practice ... I don't like the problem but I'm not so hot about the solution either
- LANjackal
Oh, man. *facepalm* If you're HP, that's some really bad media to have floating around out there.
- Christopher Harley
You've got to wonder if HP will make a public statement at some point. The video's only at 11K views right now. I supposed it depends how viral it goes.
- Micah Wittman
"Scientists have found a new way to rev the body's metabolism: Activate its fat cells. Ultimately, what they envision is a "brown fat pill"—a drug that boosts brown fat activity through molecular means. Here's the science behind what may be the weight-loss breakthrough of the next decade."
- Jason Huebel
from Bookmarklet
"The Obama administration took aim Monday at tarmac horror stories, ordering airlines to let passengers stuck in stranded airplanes get off the plane after three hours. With its new regulations, the Transportation Department sent an unequivocal message on the eve of the busy holiday travel season: Don't hold travelers hostage to delayed flights. The Air Transport Association, a trade group that represents U.S. airlines, said in a statement that carriers would comply with the new rule even though the group contends it will lead to canceled flights and greater passenger inconvenience. Under the new regulations, airlines operating domestic flights will be able only to keep passengers on board for three hours before they must be allowed to disembark a delayed flight. The regulation provides exceptions only for safety or security or if air traffic control advises the pilot in command that returning to the terminal would disrupt airport operations."
- Anne Bouey
from Bookmarklet
it will lead to greater passenger inconvenience only if the airlines cause it themselves. bastards.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
"Entertainment Earth is currently taking preorders for Acme Archives' new Disney Underground series of prints that feature reinterpretations of Disney's classic characters. Calling in a rogue's gallery of culture-jamming contemporary artists for the project, the company commissioned works from Eli Trinh (whose epic Mickey re-envisioning "Super Maku" appears above), Grant Searcey, Lola, Steven Daily and Brit Pete McKee, who previously released pieces for Acme featuring characters from The Simpsons and Futurama. These giclées -- a fancy French word meaning art prints that were created from digital sources with high-end ink-jet printers -- are easily the most adorable things you will see today. More than that, they are the type of whimsical gems you'd expect to see in LA's renowned Gallery 1988 space. So with Disney characters meeting the world of underground pop art, can Shepard Fairey-inspired "Obey Donald" works be far behind? Because that would be kind of awesome."
- RAPatton
After doing a lot of research. I am planning on buying these headphones. They are really expensive so I am hoping that they will be worth the money I spend on it....Any advice?
- Bindu Reddy
from Likaholix
Do they leak sound? When I was researching headphones I found that some of the most expensive/best sounding ones are pretty open in design and could annoy people around you
- Benjamin Golub
Looks nice. There's a HD650 an HD595 on Amazon too. I wonder what's the difference.
- Rodfather
I have a pair of Sennheisers and they are nice, but you might also want to look at the Sony MDR7506 sealed headphones. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MD... I've heard very good things about them.
- Alex Scoble
Alex/Ben - do you know how the Sony compares to the Sennhieser... Sony definitely seems cheaper which is a good thing but is the audio quality comparable...
- Bindu Reddy
I have a pair of Sennheisers (can't remember the model # right now), I purchased in England over fifteen years ago, and I am still using them. Excellent sound quality. They cost me around 250 UKP at the time. A worthy investment. I'd go for around, rather than on ear, every time, for serious listening.
- Ian May
Yep, the V6 Sonys were routinely used in studios for many years. I think the 7506 is a step up. Since I haven't heard them in comparison to the Sennheisers that I have, I couldn't really comment much, but at less than $100 you aren't wagering much that the Sonys will be good. By the way, if you know my recent history with Sony, you know that I wouldn't recommend it lightly.
- Alex Scoble
Be careful — a pair of high-quality headphones can make you need to replace all of your MP3s.
- Mistletoe Glen
The sony 7506 is intended for critical, accurate listening. Which is why it is one of the most popular headphones among sound engineers. The HD600, however, is a different animal. Open back, designed for enjoyment, not analyzation, they are the kind of headphone you slip on after a long day of work to relax with a favorite symphony. Personally, I would not be dropping $400+ on headphones without listening to them first, unless your retailer has a very good return policy.
- dthree
I'm looking into something like those Sennheisers. They don't have to be audiophile quality, just comfortable.
- Rodfather
I've owned the Sony MDR7506 since like 1994. They are tattered but they still work and sound good. Although I still use them as my primary headphones, I would only recommend them for studio use and not for casual listening as they have a very flat and neutral sound stage.
- Adrian
I've had Sony MDRs, too. Loved mine and the only reason I don't still use them was because I stepped on them and broke part of the headband. The cans still work. And I got them back in the '90s or something.
- Spidra Webster
Oh yeah mine broke too at the part where the can connects to the headband, but I just taped it back together with electrical tape.
- Adrian
There are good reviews here. http://goodcans.com/ While we're on the subject, I hope you don't mind if I piggyback with a question of my own. I keep going through wired headphones because I am apparently really hard on the part where the plug and the wire meet. If I knew how to wire and solder, I could probably cut them open, solder and reattach. But I don't. Does anyone know of a model that is particularly tough at that juncture or some aftermarket thing that will protect it?
- Spidra Webster
Adrian, I tried but I can't get it to have the kind of tension that will keep the headphones on my head and close to my ears.
- Spidra Webster
Spidra, you are probably better off looking for a headphone with easily replaceable cables.
- dthree
I prefer the buds, w/ Monster or Bose, but the sound is excellent & comparable plus features noise cancellation
- sofarsoShawn
Mine are loose too, but the headband fit kind of loose even before it broke. Sucks because they sound a lot better when they are tighter on the ears, but they were always kind of loose fitting... they've really been through a lot though. Most normal people would have replaced them a while ago.
- Adrian
Do they even make such things, dthree? Do them make component headphones?
- Spidra Webster
There are a number of headphones with easily replaceable cables like the Senn HD-25-1 II, AKG 240 (and others), and Ultrsone 550.
- dthree
Thanks, dthree. I'll look them up and see if they meet my needs.
- Spidra Webster
My recommendation is to go with AKG K701 or AKG K601 - I own both and can vouch for their superior audiophile #headfi performance. I use K701 for all my audio mastering
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I can't compare Sony to Sennhieser. I just know that the V6 sound good to me and the same pair has lasted me many, many years. I bought them almost 10 years ago and they are still in great condition
- Benjamin Golub
Bindu: what will you use them for? If for listening while working at the computer, get these http://www.amazon.com/Sennhei... instead. They have great sound quality, they're comfortable, and they're less than $25.
- Tudor Bosman
I actually find in-ear earphones comfortable for extended listening (and am pleased enough with Sennheiser's CX300s). The only drawbacks are the cable noise (mitigated by using a little clip to hold the cable at my collar) and the way they're too small to communicate to my co-workers that I'm listening to music and can't hear them. So I got headphones more or less like what Tudor recommended to solve the second problem and relegated the in-ear ones back to walking-around listening.
- Andrew C
Agree. If you want to go with audiophilic earphones, I recommend Shure SE530 http://store.shure.com/store... - it has 3 micro speakers on each side. Very good. I won't use it for mastering but it's possibly the best darn earphone available in the market. $549 - bought it from B+H for $500. Before the SE530, I used to use the Etymotic ER4...
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- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I have a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-M50s for at-home use. Was originally looking at the lower-end Grados but they're all open-back which I can't use since I share my den w/my wife which would drive her nuts. They're quite good and none too pricey. Only issue with these circumaural designs is it makes for sweaty ears after awhile. I'm more used to my in-ear etymotic hf2 (used during...
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- ronin
the ATH-M50 is pretty damned stellar. most of the recording engineers i know use them when they need to check panning and imaging (for everything else you HAVE to use monitoring speakers) and they're definitely better than the comparable Sony and Sennheiser (i have various pairs of Sennheisers, btw. great sound for the price point).
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Oh yeah. Completely forgotten. Grado rules!!! Quite possibly the best price/performance in value. Even the SR125i are very listenable http://www.gradolabs.com/framese... - also auditioned the RS1i at a friends house and it was crazy good, of course.. The Grado consumer grade stuff easily beats anyone out of the water. I still keep a pair for guest use - good for kids who will go...
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- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I ended up ordering the Sennheiser HD 202 and Koss PortaPro after doing a bit of research from this thread. I'm sure the HD202 is good enough for me.
- Rodfather
HD202 sound fine and are what i use for casual listening. i have two little kids and if they destroy them it's only $20 to get a new pair from BSW.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
if you have a home recording studio, BSW sells a 5-pack of HD202s for $89. they're circumaural so they don't leak sound which is great if you're tracking vocals or drums or an acoustic instrument and don't want the monitor mix leaking into the new tracks.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
$89 for a pack of 5? That's a great deal, and I'm considering buying a pack, because those headphones are on my "I'd be sad if discontinued" product list.
- Tudor Bosman
my only complaint about the 202s is the low end seems a little hyped and the mids are slightly scooped. that said, i'd choose them over the Sony 7506s ANY DAY, and those street for $100. really, the 7506s sound like pants to me.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
I have HD202s with me currently and I am hoping for better sound quality and experience by "upgrading"...
- Bindu Reddy
the 202s are recommended MOSTLY cos they're the contenders at their price point. the Audio Technica ATH-M50 are a huge step up in sound and construction over the 202s and totally worth it.
- Joe Silence is not Santa