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18-Year Decorated Air Force Veteran to be Discharged for Being Gay - http://www.towleroad.com/2009...
Kol Tregaskes, Richard ¿digame? Walker, sean808080 and 55 other people liked this
Lieutenant Colonel Victor J. Fehrenbach, a fighter weapons systems officer, has been flying the F-15E Strike Eagle since 1998. He has flown numerous missions against Taliban and al-Qaida targets, including the longest combat mission in his squadron's history. On that infamous September 11, 2001, Lt. Col. Fehrenbach was handpicked to fly sorties above the nation's capital. Later he flew combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has received at least 30 awards and decorations including nine air medals, one of them for heroism, as well as campaign medals for Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He is now a flight instructor in Idaho, where he has passed on his skills to more than 300 future Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force weapons systems officers. Since 1987, when Fehrenbach entered Notre Dame on a full Air Force ROTC scholarship, the government has invested twenty-five million dollars in training and equipping him to serve his country, which he has done with what anyone would agree was...
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- Derrick
O_O
- sofarsoShawn
Great way to make decisions, military.
- anna sauce
When will people realize that your sexuality doesn't define you? He was gay, ok...but look at his, um...accomplishments? All that's negated because he's gay?
- Derrick
The policy makes so little sense and hurts so many people. America is now LESS safe because this man isn't allowed to continue his service.
- Jennifer Dittrich
homophobic heads of military who believe this somehow lowers morale of the troops or creates an environment that's not conducive to military objectives. bunch of BS
- Cee Bee
:(
- Tracy Benham
Did you all see the John Stewart commentary on this (discharges of gays in the military)? It was spot on.
- mikepk
http://blog.indecisionforever.com/2009...
- mikepk
I can't wait for the lawsuits for re: this & there better be
- sofarsoShawn
What makes it worse is that he's made a decision to be a member of the armed services. Chris Rock said something to the effect of "Saddam Hussein could be riding down Flatbush Avenue in a tank...I ain't fightin'". I would throw a rock and then run and hide behind something. This dude is obviously honorable, committed, and is excellent at his job.
- Derrick
Ridiculous.
- Michelle Martinez
par for the course, no? these clowns have been making sh!tty decisions for decades.
- Carlos Ayala
If your willing to fight for my freedom and protection I don't care who sleeps next to you in the bed. This is Bull.
- Tony
Just wondering - anything Americans can do other than bitch on FriendFeed? I have no Idea, 'coz I ain't one. Write to someone or something? Something that can have a 'real' effect?
- Yuvi
this has been an ongoing issue with many people voicing their displeasure. issues like these fall on deaf ears because the power players are too stubborn and conservative to open the doors for any real change. besides, this country is fractured, broken even
- Cee Bee
Very despicable, it makes me sad. Maybe this will be the high-profile case that gets enough people angry to bring about change. Nah, we'll have to wait until it's a Senator's son.
- Owen
fuckers! So stupid and so wrong.
- BEX
Thanks for sharing this. This is so sad, and so wrong.
- mark
ahhhhhh so pissed !!!
- Caroline
Wow, that's bullshit.
- Andrew VanderVeen
I have no words.
- Nine
I think that's a right decision. In Turkey, if you are gay, you are discharged automatically. it happens so much that nobody cares about it anymore. I can't think of an army full of gays. Sorry :(
- Onur Gündüz
So if you don´t say it or show it how does the Turkish or US army tell ? Gaydar ? See, it´s actually the act of being open about it that is punished, not actually being gay, even if you have have been protecting everyone of your nation and ensuring they can pursue happiness regardless of colour, opinion or orientation. This makes it even more despicable and hypocritical IMO.
- Thomas Bøhm
The military kicked out 90% of their Farsi/Arab language translators because they were gay. It was the main reason why we were so behind on our "fight" with Al-Queda. Do you think they learned ANYTHING from that debacle? The only way this is going to change is if the people on top stop being threatened by anything they don't know crap about. Which is probably not going to happen anytime soon.
- Helen Sventitsky
Onur: that would be the problem right there; the banality of evil so to speak when a society becomes habituated to discrimination so that "no one even cares any more" something's definitely wrong with that society, it also begs the question who's next? As Helen pointed out discrimination can happen to any one. However to this post, it proves sexual orientation doesn't factor in to performance on the battle field.
- sofarsoShawn
Thomas: I think army officers has to be educated in a different way. Army is not really a place for any conflicts. You can't bring a communist soldier and a racist soldier together and want them to fight together for their country. They both love their nation, but they won't fight together. We need a homogeneous system in Army. And I don't see it as 'punishment' If you are different...
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- Onur Gündüz
Time for this to change. I've known many gay service men and women...didn't change a damn thing about their abilities...
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Onur, A homogeneous system is impossible. Do you have any idea how many different backgrounds soldiers come from? I served with people from everywhere, and I didn't always agree with their outlooks, but it's just like any other job, you deal with it. There is not a homogeneous system now, nor will there ever be one. DADT is stupid and needs to be changed.
- Michelle Martinez
Here is the best quote I have seen about this from vetvoice.com: "But here is the most egregious facet of this case: DADT supporters argue that open homosexual service is detrimental to unit cohesion. Which damages unit cohesion more? A homosexual serving in a military unit who has not allowed his sexual orientation to interfere with his professionalism or his career, or removing a decorated fighter pilot and combat leader with 18 years of experience from his unit two weeks before deployment? "
- Michelle Martinez
Michelle: I actually don't know much about US or any other army. I'm speaking for Turkish army, here army officers usualy don't have different backgrounds. We have private army schools over here, from primary school to college like academies. and you must graduate from one of them if you want to be an army officer. Being a soldier is obligatory. Law says, every Turkish men has to serve...
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- Onur Gündüz
Onur, I can assure you it will never happen here. Never. And I don't want it to happen.
- Michelle Martinez
Michelle, I hope it doesn't happen in your country. But this is middle-east, you know? :)
- Onur Gündüz
Gotcha.
- Michelle Martinez
check this pic ,Same Story?For Vietnam veteran http://img.yawoot.com/971cee5...
- Amir
Same story, different chapter. That pic (which is powerful as hell) is of a Vietnam vet, this story is current.
- Michael W. May
Amir, thanks for sharing that. Like MWM said, that image is very powerful and really points out they hypocrisy on this matter.
- Derrick
F---ing shameful
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
Nothing against the linguists, because they're important when a country is fighting two wars - but I suspect this will get more traction, because dude was a fighter pilot.
- cecily
While I agree the policy doesn't make sense, it *IS* policy. By not adhering to it, he gave the goverment every right from a legal standpoint to "fire" him. He signed a contract. Does it make his achievements smaller? No. Will I get flamed for this? Maybe. People tend to overlook the fact that the policy is known and that it's basically a breach of contract.
- CAJ, somewhere else
Onur, perhaps it is different in Turkey, but the US military has made people from different backgrounds fight in the trenches with each other for ages. The US Armed Forces were forcibly integrated in 1948, in the midst of some of the most despicable racist acts that this country had ever seen. Women were allowed to serve in combat roles in 1994. Sometimes it takes *real leadership* to force institutions to make a change. I'm looking DIRECTLY at you, President Obama.
- cecily
Alan Jackson: Agreed. However... It is a policy maybe 10% of the soldiers, both enlisted and officer, I served with agreed with the 10yrs I was active. It is a policy that has, at the least, questionable civil rights issues. It is a policy that like any before it which discriminate can only be helped through protest actions like this.
- Michael W. May
Cecily - of course some of that forced diversity wasn't always positive. In WW I, for example, new immigrants (who weren't citizens yet) were drafted into the military. Many of them knew little to no English (a small part of my dissertation discusses them). The military arranged for literacy education for them so that they could learn to follow orders (as in, they were never expected to be in a position to give orders). But, in many ways the military has been more successful at integration.
- Katy S
Cecily - also, I agree with what you said regarding the fighter pilot getting more attention than the linguists. He is in a traditionally masculine part of a masculine institution.
- Katy S
I just find it interesting that those who are in a position to essentially protect the civil rights of a country's citizens don't fall under the order of having their own rights protected.
- Derrick
Derrick - agreed. It's a ridiculous law (as are some others).
- Katy S
This is ridiculous and sad
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Dislike
- Hutch Carpenter
Liking this for the commentary, not for decorated veteran who has already proven himself being kicked out for the stupidest of reasons.
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
Michael, I just want folks to realize that the government is releasing him not because he's gay but because it's against a policy. If people focused on the need for a policy change instead of saying the government is stupid or whatever, then something more productive might happen. Talk to your congressperson. Act! That's how to prevent things like this from happening in the future.
- CAJ, somewhere else
Of course it wasn't positive, and I think we'd be crazy to think this change will be positive either. What I'm talking about is having the courage to make the change despite your own personal misgivings. I know Obama's not all that fond of the gheys, but Harry Truman didn't like black people either, and he still integrated the military.
- cecily
Or rather , the change *will* be positive, but the reaction to it probably won't be. I do have a brain, it's just on vacation over in that MLK/Spielberg movie thread.
- cecily
Cecily - Yeah, my brain is stuck in my dissertation right now (I was just working on that military-related section, so that's where I went). Ultimately, a lot of imperfect people have made changes that are ultimately for the better. Hopefully this is one more area where there will be positive change soon.
- Katy S
disgraceful!! the miltary's policy of dont ask, dont tell but if we find out youre out is stupid beyond words.
- Mel Buckpitt
What's the Military's official policy on this? I've never heard what the reasoning is behind DADT, other than some vague references to "fraternizing."
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Do not like. :(
- Carmen
Such a shame.
- Nation Hahn
Outrageous .. Im sure the Lawyers ,, are gathering at the door .. what a distinguished career ..
- johnpiercy
guy haz Mad Skillz
- johnpiercy
But the military will bend over backwards to keep and promote hetero male soldiers who harrass and rape female soldiers. LOVELY.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
If you fight the Taliban for the US Army in pink underwear though, you get commended by Robert Gates himself and a promotion;) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol...
- Thomas Bøhm
I'd like to hear someone explain the "foxhole" hetero paranoia to his face.
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
Fox News Boycott » Janeane Garafalo Handles Fox News Ambush - http://foxnewsboycott.com/fox-new...
Bassam Islam liked this
net@night 98: Evernote - http://twit.tv/natn98
ianf ⌘, Jude, Daniel Rowley and 9 other people liked this
Evernote is a good tool. I'm using it for some types of note taking. It isn't a practical OneNote replacement for me yet.
- Charlie Wilson
Evernote is nowhere close to OneNote. It jumped the shark with 3.0
- George Gray
I use it, but I don't find it as useful as many say.
- Barry Biddlecomb
from twhirl
Evernote is the single most amazing application I have ever used. It's really life changing.
- Jude
It doesn't seem to be able to read my printing :( Does it keep trying and update the image as time passes, or is it done once it gets imported/sync'd?
- Matthew DeVries
Seems to be a high error rate as well, it things the word Joe is the word Bring.
- Matthew DeVries
A River of TWiT - http://leoville.com/2009...
Bassam Islam, Nate Pilling, Steve Hebert and 33 other people liked this
A proposal for a real-time text stream to go with the streaming TWiT video. Real-time show notes, if you will. I'd really appreciate your comments.
- Leo Laporte
That would be better than having to back scroll the IM's to find links or have to ask over and over again in the IM. Where would it be displayed? On Stickam or TWiT.TV?
- Sgt Ret
I think it would be interesting so that people watching live can follow along with the stories you are talking about. A scrolling ticker would be nice. I usually miss the 1st part of the show live since I forget the time and rush to the Mac when I am off from work. I would say test this out for a week and see what people in the chat say about it. After all, they are the ones watching 24/7
- Andy Breeding
You could use an IM client, read it on Friend Feed, or watch a ticker on live.twit.tv - really because it's RSS/XMPP it could be read, stored, and searched anywhere, even in a feed reader.
- Leo Laporte
Is there really a need for hashtags if you are using XMPP? Would it be better to simply have the "message" be XML and have a <type> element which will describe the content? I just don't like hashtags in general, I think its messy and will pollute the river because its truly an organizational tag and not the content.
- Ryan
Absolutely - I abhor hashtags. But until we have a dedicated client I don't know of a way to insert <type> tags using standard IM clients. Maybe we can do it programmatically?
- Leo Laporte
Well I guess then you would need some way to parse it for other feeds like an IM client or for FF, all that XML would be messy. Might need a river@twit.im which would contain all of the raw data then sub accounts which would decipher that stream as needed for a particular feed. I.E. a ff@twit.im account would reformat the river for something that is friendfeed friendly.
- Ryan
GREAT idea
- Leo Laporte
I really like the idea of having it work within Adium. one less window to theoretically bobble about on the desktop, just another tab. Leo, very exciting!
- Bob M. Montgomery
from twhirl
Also, I already subscribed to river@twit.im with my GTalk account, so I'm all ready for it :)
- Bob M. Montgomery
from twhirl
I also think it would would be a good idea to feed this stream into a new IRC channel. In which only the stream would be voiced. Should be fairly easy, as I have messed around with java + irc + xmpp with very little XMPP knowledge.
- Ryan
@Joseph - perfect. One of the nice things about using a Jabber server (Tigase) is we get XMPP and RSS for free, so we can integrate with existing solutions easily.
- Leo Laporte
Leo: I've been looking forward to this since you and stpeter started talking about it back on http://twit.tv/floss49. If there's anything from twitterspy/identispy/Enjit that we can apply to help you move this along, we'd be happy to help
- Ken Sheppardson
I like the IM client option best, but if a custom app is written, some sort of slider that allows you to select More content by sliding up or Less content by sliding down would be nice since sometimes I'm doing other things and can't follow content as quickly and other times I'm purely focused on the content and want to see more. Maybe prioritizing content such as participant comments and links priority one, moderator content and select quality comments lower, everyone posts lowest.
- Ken Pruett
Would be useful to have a "PAUSE/RESUME" button next to the scroller to make it easy to copy/paste text before it moves... I've always had trouble with this in IRC and Stickam chat windows.
- Calgary Guru
clickable links.
- Charlieray
Hello FriendFeed, My name is Dr. Sbaitso. I am here to help you.
scott willeke, Jeff Quinton, Mladen Srdić and 42 other people liked this
Oh, WOW. I forgot all about this program.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
1992. Holy crap
- Josh Haley
Oh. Em. Gee.
- Nine
Yes! I remember the stock response to any sentence containing "sex" was: "Do you have a sex problem?" :)
- David Young
used this a lot as a parlor trick with girls in college. Open up, tell the computer what you feel. I'm old.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
http://www.x-entertainment.com/article... - some of the responses are hilarious...
- Tim Hoeck
My brother and I used to type in swear words so he'd get mad at us :)
- Shannon Jiménez
Oh wow - blast from the past!!!
- Jesse Stay
Dr. Sbaitso.. by Creative Labs... please .. enter .. your .. name. Remember that? :)
- Tim Hoeck
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA... oh, that was a good one!
- JCLeftie
My wife (and daughter) LOVED Sbaitso ... OK, so did I. Tim - you should bring him back ... instant hit!
- Charlie Anzman
SOFA KING
- Akiva Moskovitz
Wii-TADED
- Mona Nomura
"I AM HERE TO HELP YOU. SAY WHATEVER IS IN YOUR MIND FREELY, OUR CONVERSATION WILL BE KEPT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE." it sounded like some scam email hehehe :D
- AJ Batac
I WILL GET PARITY ERROR IF YOU KEEP TALKING IN THIS FZA!$[{? WAY.
- Andrew Trinh
I never made as extensive a use of this program as I should have. I think I asked it something about sex, giggled at the response, and then totally forgot about the program entirely.
- Pete Delucchi
FOR SOME REASAON IT WAS BUG
- Akiva Moskovitz
Seriously, though, anyone remember Ractor? I still have a book supposedly written by that AI.
- Akiva Moskovitz
LOVED IT! +++
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Wow, I remember playing with this!
- Charles
Oh my gawd!!Talk about blast from the past. Always reminded me of Faulken.
- Kim Mahan
I can still hear that voice. But, Friendfeed is doing fine. I think Dr. Sbaitso may need to check on Jaiku and Twitter periodically.
- iSteeve
Dr. Sbaitso, HELP! TWITTER IS DOWN..... 'THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM'
- Tim Hoeck
[like] :)
- edythe
Cactus John
TheBuzzMachine, K.D., Jim Stanger and 26 other people liked this
HA! What a prick! *edit*
- Anna Haro
Do Not Want!
- Mona Nomura
I feel dirty "liking" this -_-
- Lindsey is Fierce!
ROFLMAO!!!!!!
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
prickly
- Pokai
I'm afraid of that!
- Sarah
as one who lives in the desert, I'd never even get my clothed stuff near one of those
- William Harryman
Amen William!
- Internet's Tad
Apparently they can hold water for a very long time...
- Johnny Worthington
LOL @ Anna
- Moved to Facebook
BinaryClock 1.1 - http://www.macupdate.com/info...
Bassam Islam, Richie Keith, Michael Forian and 5 other people liked this
OMG Installing, like NOW
- Mona Nomura
Was just about to say that Pirillo would love this...then realized...umm...he posted it :D This means I must buy an iPhone now :/
- Mo Kargas
Sorry, I can't tell binary :( EDIT: Just found out how! Downloading it now! Thanks Chris! :D
- Michael Forian
Wish they had one just like that for Windows.
- Austin
Olympic Weightlifting Accident - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Christian Burns , Bassam Islam and Tamar Weinberg liked this
ow!
- mjc
dude...iksnay on the ost-pay! I tried to warn you...
- Josh Haley
I can't believe they did that many replays, usually it's a bit "too much" for the viewing audience...maybe that's just the US.
- cmiper
That is just plain rough... <cringe>
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
from twhirl
The pictures were enough. I think I can pass on the video. Eww
- Jim Goldstein
@cmiper I would imagine it will get as many replays as the Joe Theisman leg break.
- Jim Goldstein
The risk of injury is there in any sport. That looks like a really painful one.
- Jeremy Brooks
HOLY CRAP! Ouch...
- Richie Keith
dude, I can't even click play
- Ryan
oh zod. there's video of this?! morbid curiosity wins again.
- Mister Groonk
from twhirl
Yep passing on the video as well, but hey I'll bump it so someone else can watch it and get queasy
- Geoff Schultz
I saw this happen in the 2000 Olympics when a New Zealander had the same thing happen. Think this is bad - try being 15 rows from the front. You can hear it. This just gave me flashbacks... nasty!
- Scott Lockhart
Gumby arm, ouch!
- Jeremiah Owyang
I was actually expecting this classic: http://www.broadcaster.com/clip...
- J450N
@Jason, I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought about that!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
damn, i'm surprised he didn't pass out or get immediately sick from that pain.
- Cee Bee
<speechless></speechless>
- Brandon Titus
That's just wrong Chris.
- Internet's Tad
Ouch, damn
- Mo Kargas
I am recommending that EVERYONE hide this. Immediately. Do not watch.
- Cyndy
I have absolutely no intention of ever watching this.
- Internet's Tad
Oy...
- Tamar Weinberg
ouch!
- Bob Blunk
It's was okay watching it once, but then they replayed it like 5 times. I had to cover my eyes.
- Michael C. Harris
Not only did he pop his elbow, but the weights fell on his back too! Double ouch!
- Rajinder Singh
Troll management at 37-signals -- very clever. http://www.37signals.com/svn...
Peter Renshaw, jerobins, Hassan Ibraheem and 36 other people liked this
They seem to have a "tag and release" program for the trolls in their comment threads. I like the idea of trying to neutralize trolls.
- Paul Buchheit
Hehe I was just commenting on the same thing on my FF account.
- Chu Yeow
If the comments at 37Signals were threaded, they could have an option to hide all replies to the trolls. It'd be a great noise suppression tool.
- Michael Nielsen
Is saying something negative the same thing as being a troll?
- Nicholas Molnar
Looks like it's just slapped on the comment by whoever does the moderating (according to http://www.37signals.com/svn...) - it doesn't seem to be a per-user flag. That comment is the first one, so it doesn't demote it, and in fact it sort of draws my eye to the content. If I were a troll, it would be a badge of honor.
- ⓞnor
i did it for the lulz
- Mister Groonk
from twhirl
I think it would be even more clever if the troll comments were hidden by default (for everybody but the troll).
- Gabe
@Michael: Sounds a bit like Digg. Frankly, it always surprises me to find unthreaded comment systems. Usenet was threaded way back when, after all.
- Christopher Granade
that's hilarious.
- Ranjit Mathoda
The lack of threading is by design these days, usually. Not threading makes it hard for flamewars to persist because the back-and-forth responses get diluted by all the other comments on the article.
- Mr. Gunn
I guess I understand that it's by design, a la 140 character limits and whatnot. I just don't agree with it for a lot of sites. Go look at threads on Pharyngula and try to follow the action. It's infuriating.
- Christopher Granade
coding: it's like typing, but with more syntax errors!
Ashesh Ramjeeawon and Bassam Islam liked this
It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Tim Probst, Kevin Hessel, Krishna Gade and 28 other people liked this
who ya talking about?
- @baratunde
from twhirl
Well said. I like just the way he tells the story. Just like how it is. we might not agree with everything he has to say or all his policies but he is the right man for the job.
- Akshay Dodeja
I added this video to http://rep.ublican.com/ -- my scrapbook for the Republicans.
- Dave Winer
He's really wonderful when he's on, like he is here. Whatever peptalk he gave himself before this talk, he needs to do that every time he takes the stage. This is the kind of leadership we need. Why shouldn't we all be doing that tire gauge thing. Make it a matter of civic duty, civic pride, keep your tires inflated, send less of our money overseas.
- Dave Winer
@Baratunde ALL of them
- Prolific Programmer
OMGZ he rocked it. Best quote of the week.
- jeneane sessum
Totally love this guy, talk about being efficient all the way down the line!
- Jean-Marie Moës
The Republicans big-wigs take pride in falsehoods, not ignorance. Thus, they take pride in CREATING ignorance.
- Master David Goodmen
Love it. The last line gave me chills. This dude could sell me beachfront property in AZ. I sure as heck hope that ability translates to his future job as President.
- cjmart
@ David - and electing ignorance, and appointing ignorance...
- jcunwired
The Lifehacker Editors' Favorite Software and Hardware [What We Use] - http://lifehacker.com/399296...
Kol Tregaskes, Dave Stevens, Andrew Kippen and 41 other people liked this
This is the kind of post I wish I would do more of. Wonderful information here.
- Robert Scoble
I love posts like these. Always an inspiration to try sth new.
- Dan van Moll
Cool piece by Tamar
- Charlie Anzman
Great article. Love to see what other Productivity geeks use to be more efficient. This needs to be updated quarterly, given how fast tools are updated.
- Jericho
lifehacker is great - this is a good one but it is interesting that tamar is the only one that mentioned ff & the icon was so small on the graphic
- mike "glemak" dunn
Robert: Have you done such a post in the recent past?? Would like to know what software and hardware you use!
- Imran Hussain
from feedalizr
@Dtrizzle they're probably all using google docs or zoho. . .
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
Imran: I haven't done such a post yet. I should. I will have to keep notes about everything I really use vs. use once in a while.
- Robert Scoble
100 Seinfeld quotes - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Jay, Jon Price, Danielle and 33 other people liked this
And you want to be my latex salesman.
- Mark Trapp
Ah hahahaha! Brilliant!
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Excellent
- Alejandro
Freak lol
- JCB
Coffee Table book on coffee tables.
- Russellreno
I love the "Moops" episode and of course, "these pretzels are making me thirsty!"
- Michelle Martinez
I say it every time I'm in the iTunes App Store... "It's a Tip Calculator!"
- l0ckergn0me
There you go! I think you may have something here! :)
- Bill Sodeman
Elaine's "Get.... OUT" *SHOVE* always makes me laugh
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
They didn't show my favorite from Kramer where he ends up screaming, "Or is your entire world just *crashing* down all around you?"
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
oh how i love seinfeld
- andy brudtkuhl
All of them were great, but I think a few from the intern episode would have been good.
- Shawn McCollum
loved this - but I could have done with more George - surely this should be the Summer of George.
- jeremy ettinghausen
lol
- Sarah Perez
A Product’s Place Is on the Set - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2008...
Christopher Aloi, Andru Edwards, Bassam Islam and 12 other people liked this
From the article: "In recent weeks, anchors on the Fox affiliate in Las Vegas, KVVU, sit with cups of McDonald’s iced coffee on their desks during the news-and-lifestyle portion of their morning show. The anchors rarely touch the cups."
- Ginger Makela Riker
from Bookmarklet
Well, for the most part, TV news is entertainment
- RAPatton
As with everything on Fox it is probably just Folgers bent and contorted into a McDonalds biased cup
- Geoff Schultz
Jackson also notoriously spread misinformation during the Monte Carlo fire earlier in the year where she reported on the air that there we're people trapped and dying, when that was never the case. She blamed the Fox News mothership for supplying her that information. I'll give her that, but shouldn't you trust more someone actually on the ground here in Vegas that someone calling from New York who also busy trying to dig up dirt on Michelle Obama and Keith Olbermann?
- Chris Reed
whatever's in those cups doesn't look like something I want to drink.
- Richard Lawler
from twhirl
It's the new way to disguise cherry Kool-Aid
- Adrienne Van Houten
I read about this in my reader this morning! The whole "excuse" that it's only for their "news and lifestyle" section is ridiculous...and look how happy those anchors are! ugh.
- Brian Ries
I had a McDonald's iced coffee yesterday. It was beyond foul.
- Carla Thompson
I haven't stepped foot in a McDonald's in about 5 years.
- AJ Kohn
I think its a way to hid the morning alcohol - whiskey anyone?
- Erica Lee
Sure it's easy to knock McDonalds - but have tried their Ice Coffee? Unsweetened with a little milk (in my opinion), it's actually better than Starbucks but short of Dunkin.
- Ryan Spoon
Haven't had one but you have to admit McDonald's is a marketing hustler.
- Carlos Lopez
i am surprised it took them this long to do something like this...
- edythe
Chewing on asphalt from the road is better than Starbucks, so that's no measure...
- Jason Carreira
McDonald-ification. I wonder if they pick it up and drink during newscast..."hold on a second while I take a refreshing sip...and now to weather..."
- Pokai
Completely agreed. However, the product must be a near perfect match to the content - and editorially, borderline ignored.
- l0ckergn0me
Heath ledger performance is one of the greatest ever captured on film. I'm not kidding... More evil than darth vadar. Amazing. Absurd.
Brad Butner, Lon Harris, Kyle Bunch and 23 other people liked this
wow. high praise, indeed. In 24 hours time, I'll be seeing for myself. Better than "Silence of the Lambs"?
- Steve Isaacs
I can't wait to see Dark Knight. Thanks for the feedback. I've heard Ledger was amazing, have seen just a few clips.
- Charlene Kingston
I can't wait to see Ledger's performance in the Dark Knight, read your email on IMAX going to make sure I view it there!
- Joe Dawson
"...one of the greatest performances ever captured" that's a grandiose statement. i haven't seen the film, so i can't pass judgment. (Usually), landmark cinematic performances take time to distill and mature like a fine wine. i'll check it out
- ray
Jason, he was awesome. Although I love Jack Nicholson, Heath was the perfect Joker. Just enough Devil inside.
- Fred Tabsharani
Saw it late Saturday night, Heath was amazing, and the movie itself was as close to perfect as it gets.
- Andreas Matern
The entire cast was stellar. Oldman, Freeman, Bale, Cain, Eckhart, Maggie...and of course Ledger. Freaking incredible - there were moments I just shook in fear of the man.
- Ben Parr
Perfect money-making formula: Four Hot Guys and An Action Movie
- chantelle
After watching the Dark Knight at a Friday midnight showing, I literally cannot see any of the previous Batman movies in the same way.
- Bassam Islam
[jkOnTheRun]: First look at the Live Mesh client on Mac OS X - http://x.techwheat.com/15I
Dennis E. Hamilton, jakebf, Bassam Islam and 4 other people liked this
"With the client on my Intel-based MacBook Pro running OS X 10.5.4, I was able to add my Mac as a device to my Mesh and all of my files and folders within the Matrix my Mesh are in sync. Files and folders on my Vista-based UMPC are appearing on my Mac and vice versa."
- tech.newsjunk.com
I'm Not Here to Make Friends! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Jason Landry, ComicList, phil baumann and 25 other people liked this
genius
- Jason Calacanis
Wow, I feel like I will never, ever use this phrase, ever. One more time is too much for the world.
- Shawn Farner
now we know the same writers do ALL reality shows :-)
- Stephen McCormack
but I've been using twitter and friendfeed to make friends, I guess thats why I'm not on reality TV
- Joseph Skerbec
from twhirl
I, on the other hand, *am* here to make friends
- Dylan Tweney
from twhirl
Funny how I am watching that on FriendFeed. Ironical.
- Dave
I too am here to make friends.
- Little Guy
Friends are cool. Realty shows, in gernal, are not. Although some can be, of course.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
i am here to feed friends... BBQ anyone?
- Eugene Huo
I am actually here to MAKE friends.
- Steven (optionshiftk)
I had to stop watching after 40 seconds...But I liked it!
- dbush
I'm here for Brett, Tila, Flav, and to win the next big american top apprentice model chef amazing race for elle woods rock of flav shot.. Oh wait, this is not the place for that? OK. I am heading back to myspace.
- Andrea Baker
Crosspost: I am going to set this up to project on my ceiling every morning when I wake up.
- Rob Sterling
This is what's wrong with people. Most are selfish and don't care what others think. Not good.
- Shayna
That is what is wrong with today's society, nobody wants to be friends
- Richard Lee
Cant we all just get along and be friends?
- Dave Peck
I'm not your friend, buddy. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Hao Chen
I'm not your buddy pal
- Joseph Skerbec
from twhirl
Jason Calacanis, Michael Arrigton, Robert Scoble, Kevin Rose, We do not need Friends We Came to Win! Just follow us for Business!
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
I like Pizza
- Noah David Simon
I like Sushi! lol
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Funny: Old Spice Neil Patrick Harris Commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Michael, Derek Karchner, Stewart Curry and 21 other people liked this
Old Spice has a great PR Firm making their ads but their deodorant absolutely sucks. Thanks for linking to the ad though, I hadn't seen it on TV yet.
- Andrew Fielding
That was really funny.
- jonn
wasn't as good as the Bruce Campbell ones
- Ed Cline
fantastic. Their new campaigns are tip-top. The will farrel tie-ins were awesome. But the crowning jewel is "is old spice hair and body wash for me?"http://youtube.com/watch...
- halcyon
I have a hard time viewing him gay, he's so funny on How I Met Your Mother. AND he has an iphone ;)
- Shayna
Saw that earlier tonight and commented about it on my Twitter. I love how NPH has been making such good stuff lately and can poke fun of the Doogie Howser days. @Shayna - yeah, I found it tough to accept him as gay, but really, it doesn't matter since he's a great actor.
- Sally Robinson
That was a REAL good commercial. Everytime I see him in anything I am reminded of Harold & Kumar "Hey! NPH wouldn't do that, 'ight!" @Bunny -- Old Spice deodorant does suck. Degree for the win!
- Matt Donders
@halcyon, yeah that one is awesome. My fave part is that the dude at the end has one lag that's covered in gnarly hair and the other is hairless.
- Clay Newton
What a riot!
- Hillary
Hey I play a doctor on the Internet, and I recommend Old Spice too.
- David Chartier
Could be worse, could be some 15 yr old emo kid with an extra large chip on his shoulder.
- Glen McFarlane
from twhirl
Sorry, wrong posting. See Mackenzie post.
- Glen McFarlane
from twhirl
I want to see the Bruce Campbell ones
- Pete Delucchi
Battlestar Keeps On Keeping On, According To Six - http://io9.com/5022327...
Bassam Islam and edythe liked this
"All our reactions to reading script [among the cast], we talked about it – some people broke down in tears, I felt like I was punched in the stomach. More so out of a mixture of feelings like, wow, that’s why this happened, but also [sadness about the end of an era] – I was sitting on a plane, and it was like, “This is the last ‘Battlestar’ script I’ll read.” So there was that mixed...
more...
- RAPatton
Bill O'Reilly Freaks Out Off Camera - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Joel Franusic, Ray Grieselhuber, Franz Kratochvil and 33 other people liked this
Ahahahahahah...*inhale*...hahahahahaha.... :-)
- cmiper
Muhahaha :D
- Marius Quadflieg
Where did *THAT* come from? (and: what is it?)
- Alex von Halem
Removed due to copyright. Oh well.
- Bwana ☠
Removed due to insanity, more like. Glad I was on FF and got to see it b4 it was removed. Actually: I'm not sure I should be so glad. Some things are better kept under the rug.
- Alex von Halem
That was great
- Lee Stranahan
from Alert Thingy
Another copy here... http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- cmiper
They are taking them down as soon as a new copy goes up. Try here, maybe NSFW ads. http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1...
- cmiper
love it!
- sixbit
Ok, that was pretty funny. Pure frustration.
- Bwana ☠
Gawker has re-posted the video http://gawker.com/5008668...
- Scott Beale
That was great. (thanks for the link Scott)
- Alejandro
Also see: http://www.npr.org/yourtur...
- Atul Arora
Is this hosted somewhere else?
- Steve Lynch
It's on the College Humor site still... http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1...
- cmiper
Goes to show: you can't remove something from the internet. If you act like a douche in front of a camera, you're going to have to live with it. Thanks for the laughs, Bill.
- ben bloch
Really. What a douche.
- Alex von Halem
here is an active link http://view.break.com/501946
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Is Monster Cable a scam? http://www.lockergnome.com/oztech... - you never know. :/
Chantal, Bassam Islam, Holger Eilhard and 4 other people liked this
For digital cables, yes, but for analog connections high quality cables do make a difference.
- Leo Laporte
You do know. It is.
- Eric Florenzano
It definitely is, though I can usually negotiate a lower price for an expensive tech item if I promise to buy Monster cables too, which are pure profit/gravy for the seller. Then, I just return the Monster cables un-opened the next day. :-)
- Bassam Islam
In some extreme cases, yes. But, for average cases, no. I had a coaxial noise problem that ended up only being solvable with Monster Cable. But people who throw Monster Cable at every A/V project are just throwing money away.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Mac Mini updated to Mac Fusion!? http://www.tuaw.com/2008... - thanks, TUAW!!!
Torsten Eckert, Bassam Islam, Rey Ramos and 4 other people liked this
Sounds interesting, smaller and with more power than the mini!
- americanm
Still...rumor for now :)
- Bwana ☠
I didn't think they were updating the Mac Mini but were simply creating a new device altogether.
- Brandon Titus
This looks to be another case of photoshopped imagery for fake news
- Mikko Alasaarela
I seriously hope this isn't fake as I would be the first in line to buy one...or seven.
- Jason Thompson
I'm so glad I decided to hold off on buying a Mini for development a month ago!
- Bassam Islam
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