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Now that's what I call honey BBQ. mmm.... - nesman89

oh man! that's quite hugeee! - Dani Martínez from twhirl

We need to stop the genocide happening in other parts of the world like this. Where's George Clooney? - Fleagle

That's absolutely amazing. But shame on the guy for not using his grill for so long that the bees could infest it like that. - Aaron Eaton

That thing makes me shudder - Enrique Sierra Zaldo

WOW - Josh Haley

COOL! queens live up to 7 years. workers live about 3 weeks. how's that for messed up? - Morgan Haley

They need a BEEuiltoine for their revolution! - Josh Haley

What a shame to kill the honey bees. I know he didn't realize they were there. For future info, it is possible to move a hive if you need to. - Rod Bauer from twhirl

Random question: is Kevin reading these comments? - anna sauce

omg - chenv

Not really funny, more sad. He killed a beautiful hive and left a pile of dead bodies. Especially sad when bees really aren't doing that well these days. :( - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

The comments have some very intersing points up top... - Sociosophy Reviews from twhirl

Wow - look at how blue Indiana is! - Robert Felty

what's kind of wild is how even the blue west coast states got even bluer. if the republicans don't get their shit together, they'll lose the west for an entire generation. - Victor Ganata

Are the maps shown in the comments real? Interesting comparisons. - Alejandro

It's hard for me to see what the GOP was offering those Highland areas that went even redder, other than a white candidate. - Keith Pelczarski

I dunno, maybe there are a bunch of billionaires living incognito in Appalachia? - Victor Ganata

mmmm, first map -- do I understand correct that Katrina victims wanted more GWB experience? - A.T.

Such a misleading map. All it shows is that the majority of the country moved a little towards the left and voted Obama. Look at a true red/blue map and you'll see the majority of the country is still red. You can spin this however you want, but looking at the popular vote, this is still a divided country. - Blake

Qik, Seesmic posters take note - Brian Sullivan

totallygaysucksyousuckretardedfag - Christopher Harley

What killed me the second time was the slideshow in the background with tips like "use sound" and "make the video while sober" - Phil G

@chris - before i realized that was a reference to the video, i was a little confused. heh. - mike

Seesmic? That's just video chat. Are you saying that during our conversations we're supposed to have props? - Admiral Anika

Seesmic just video chat? Could have fooled me - Brian Sullivan

How so? Have you visited the site? It's not like shows like on Qik or YouTube. - Admiral Anika

Anika -- I see little difference - Brian Sullivan

Wow. That's...amazing. - Admiral Anika

Funny, maybe I'll start to watching YouTube if all users actually do this challenge. :) - Daynah

@Daynah I feel compelled to warn you that The Onion is a parody news site, which means any video from the ONN (including this one) is a gag. That said, there is usually a grain (or more) of truth to every article or video they create. - Phil G

"Actually Good" tab still missing from youtube. - ·[▪_▪]·

I like the Onion's: http://www.theonion.com/content... - Casey Muller

The first map looks like a phoenix to me. - Rachel Lea Fox

…or a pigeon slaughtered mid-flight, inappropriately. - John Lam

Again supporting the theory that proximity to oceans and/or large population centers breeds democratic party members. - Bill Strathearn

I <3 Mark Newman. - Clare Dibble

I second Clare. In addition to making cool maps, he plays some mean piano - http://thejcats.com - Robert Felty

@Bill - I think this makes sense. The democratic platform tends to favor public projects like education and mass transit, which make more sense in densely populated areas. - Robert Felty

education makes less sense in the country? - j1m

also, health care, another unnecessary item in rural areas. - ⓞnor

awesome but still no way to @reply via twitter on the the real time feed when it's someones tweet :( Which I was really really hoping for after Paul said he'd see to it a while back - Zee.

great job! - Chris Rossini

OK, the expanding comment bubble is very cool. I may soon be converting to the real time interface :) - Rob Diana

is that a likelihood for the near future guys? - Zee.

Zee- it's an extra click, but if you click to expand the entry, then comment from the full entry, it has the twitter reply option - Casey Muller

Bret, Paul & the rest of the FF team....my humblest apologies and my most grateful thankyou's....that *is* WONDERFUL. (ps.cheers Casey) - Zee.

I really like the expanding of the bubble in real-time ... thanks! - Jay

just testing it some more now...what a cracking job you've done guys. - Zee.

you should also add Dailymotion to the sites supported by the bookmarklet - Alejandro

wowzie. Chapeau. - Zio Bonino

expanding the bubble to show the entire thread in realtime is a good solution.. it was difficult to see the comments in context before.. - Vishy

"You can now send your comments as Twitter @replies in our iPhone interface" - nice! been waiting for that - MG Siegler

I think my Comcast bill is about to shrink. - Michael Markman

Interesting. As a Mac/Tivo household, I'd been avoiding Netflix because of their lame Mac support. If Netflix/Tivo will do HD downloads, they may take some of the business that I've been giving to iTunes via the AppleTV. - Kevin Pedraja

Kevin, I assume you heard that Netflix started supporting macs for instant viewing earlier this week? - Kevin Fox

Well, I'm glad it is coming to my Xbox since Tivo seems to have dropped all support for Series2 - Sidney

Kevin: Y, I did. Seems like they are working hard to win me as a customer. ;) - Kevin Pedraja

TiVo's a great platform but it's still too expensive. $12.99 per month or $399 additional for lifetime on top of the box is steep. If you buy an XBox 360 you get just as good of a box without the monthly fee or steep additional upfront charge. Buy a cheap TV tuner and put it in your PC and you basically have the same thing. Plus the new XBox 360s will stream HD Netflix which the TiVo hasn't announced that it will offer yet. - Thomas Hawk

Agreed with Thomas, Tivo is too expensive. Netflix, on the other hand, is a fantastic value for a great service - Eric P

The only reason I pay for FiOS TV is the 2 or 3 times a year that Notre Dame football is on ESPN instead of network TV. So I'm basically paying almost $800 a year to watch 2 or 3 games that I could just go to a bar for. That's insane. - Matt

I think TiVo is worth it. I've used Time Warner's DVR and it is absolutely terrible. I've also used MythTV (3 years ago) and had bad experiences with buggy software (maybe it's gotten better, I don't know.) - Benjamin Golub

Tivo is definately worth it for me...but i'm not sure if I'll upgrade. I got my series 2 for free some time back and just had to concern myself with the monthly fee which actually came out cheaper than my cable DvR but I'm not sure if I'll pay for a new box when this one dies. - Sidney

I just built a PC a couple weeks ago that I have set up in my home theater via HDMI to my TV. I've been using XBMC Atlantis on Vista x64. It's absolutely fantastic. Highly recommended over Windows Media Center. Plays everything! - Matt

@kevinfox, I just tried and it still says I need a Windows PC to 'Watch it Now" and lets not forget their news release states watch it now will only support Intel Macs. - Sidney

Just tried it myself. Says Mac support will launch before the end of 2008. I guess it was just an announcement, not a release. - Kevin Fox

guess since I still run 3 G4's I'm happy I have an xbox - Sidney

Apparently if you read the fine-print on the Xbox360/Netflix service, it requires that you are an Xbox Live "Gold" subscriber - so there IS an additional fee involved, it's not "free". - G. Sigh

@George, that's right. You have to be a live gold member which is chump that MSFT requires this in my opinion. That tacks $50 a year onto the price of the XBox service, but discounted gold service is available out there if you look for it. - Thomas Hawk

wow...I have to have xbox gold membership. A service I'm already paying for... That's like saying, "you've got to buy Tivos service to get netflix! OMB!". Sorry, the 3$ and change I pay for xbox gold is cheaper than my 12.99 a month to tivo. I think this is a no brainer. Of course you have To pay for the service - Sidney

I still think it's short sighted for MSFT to require the gold membership. They should be doing everything that they can to get people hooked up on this for now and then if need be require the membership later. They won't make enough more money by requiring the membership now and it will hurt adoption. A poor decision to require this on MSFT's part. - Thomas Hawk

oh believe you me...if MS made it NOT require the Gold Membership and then later required it THAT would cause a huge stink. - Sidney

Thomas: XBox still isn't a DVR. I hate the Comcast DVR. HATE. IT. With a passion that burns hotter than a thousand suns. Plus, the XBox is noisy as hell. Sounds like a freight train most of the time, which is OK when I'm playing a game, but sux for movies. I love my TivoHD. Warts and all (it has a few). - Kevin Pedraja

I guess I look at this a bit differently though too. I don't see it as an added benefit to Xbox 360 but to Xbox Live Gold. Simply another benefit. I could almost say the same thing for Tivo outside of the fact you have to have certain hardware to even utilize many of their new services...I'm starting to be prejudiced against all these companies trying to force my hand to "upgrade" to new hardware to get their full services. Tivo with Netflix, Netflix with Intel Macs...my old hardware is running great... - Sidney

@Kevin, the new XBox 360s are *far* quieter than the original boxes. I agree that the first gen XBox 360s were noisy -- not any more though. An XBox 360 is not a DVR, but it can easily be one when connected to a Media Center PC. The DVR interface is just as good as TiVos without having to pay TiVo $12.99 per month or $399 up front. - Thomas Hawk

Thomas: That's a good solution for somebody who uses PCs, I suppose. But I'm a Mac guy. And I won't be switching any time soon (read: til death). ;) - Kevin Pedraja

good point Kevin, I use a MacBook Pro as my primary computer and there is definitely a lot to like about Macs (although I may switch back to a PC when I ugrade my notebook eventually) still though, most of the mainstream world is on PCs which leads me to believe that MSFT is still best positioned to dominate the living room in the next 24 months. - Thomas Hawk

Apple has the chops to make a best-of-breed convergence box, but it's completely against their business goals to make a PVR and so, lacking that piece to the puzzle, they can't make a grand slam in this space. Who here thinks they'd be willing to make such a short-term short-circuit of the iTunes TV profit model in exchange for long-term set-top dominance? - Kevin Fox

You're right Kevin, Apple *could*, but likely won't. Still, Apple should understand what dominance in the hardware market means. They've made a heck of a lot more money selling iPods/iPhones than they have on iTunes. I still think it's short sighted on their part. People bought iPods because they could play mp3s, the most popular format of the day. Today's most popular TV formats are not buying Apple's content but Netflix, pirated video files, self recorded free HDTV with a DVR, etc. - Thomas Hawk

Kevin, Thomas: The key here, as with everything Apple, is hardware sales. I could actually see Apple introducing a streaming service to iTunes and upgrading the AppleTV to support it. As for a PVR/DVR, it wouldn't be a huge step technically to include a tuner and a bigger HD on an AppleTV to create one, but I don't think they'll do that anytime soon. Or at least not until the cable companies truly adopt the next gen, set-top agnostic CableCard platform. I just don't see Apple wanting to negotiate with .. - Kevin Pedraja

... the Comcasts and Cablevisions of the world to certify their device. - Kevin Pedraja

I am sort of happy about this. I still cling to Tivo, there is nothing like it for DVR, and I think it makes it worth the fee (just barely). The problem I have is that they put "ads" on the screen when I pay a monthly fee. Not being a netflix user (yet), I don't see this as a huge deal, as I already have the ability to download from Amazon. HD would be a plus, but I think the charges would be too steep for me to justify it. I have also been considering dropping Tivo and going to XBMC exclusively. - Tim Hoeck

The temptation is there to "Shift Refresh" the TiVo and see if I get this enabled... but so far, nothing. - Louis Gray

FINALLY! I think a similar deal almost went through four years ago but didn't. The TiVo HD is rapidly becoming the device of choice, what with superb live-TV handling, recording, Amazin video store integration, YouTube, and now Netflix. - Kevin Fox

We recently gave back the Comcast DVR for a lifetime subscription TiVo HD. For the record, if you get them refurbished through TiVo.com, the break-even point is just under three years. But having my beloved TiVo interface back is well worth that cost! - Jeff Eddings

Thanks for posting! (I caught the end of it on TV) - Dan Hsiao

McCain was quite funny too. At the end especially when introducing Obama next =) - Davide D'Incau

This is fabulous! "That was a tough primary you had there, John." And thanks for posting McCain's too - about to watch. - Carla Thompson

This is excellent! I wish we had the same kind of moments in French politics! - Antoine Bertier

OMG... the AIG zinger... - Cyndy

the idea of this during a campaign just seemed bizarre to me... - Taylor Davidson

where is the McCain video from the Al Smith dinner? - John Blanton from twhirl

http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Chris Baskind

I love the quote that the problems with the housing market have been eight times harder on McCain ha! - Joe Dawson

Good humoured banter. Nice to see the candidates with a sense of humour during the campaign. - Chris Nixon

Its great to think that after the division between candidates, parties and America in the past months, this sort of event could occur. I loved it! Both were great, and we needed a refreshing moment to sit back and realize that at the end of the day, one of the more crucial aspects to life is the ability to laugh. - jcunwired

McCain was the best I have *ever* seen him. Won't change my vote, of course, but the McCain in this video is a lot more like the one we used to see before the 2000 elections. - Chris Baskind

both were pretty funny....but i think obama won the standup debate :) - don loeb

McCain was hilarious. As an Obama supporter, I am glad he wasn't that good during all of his other speeches ;) - Bret Taylor

One of my favorite lines was "Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is that Barack is actually Swahili for 'that one'. And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president." - Bret Taylor

Agree with Bret. McCain's comedic timing was a lot better than Obama's - Deepak Singh

This is really cool! FUNNY!!!!!!! thanks for sharing!! :) - Susan Beebe

Amen, @Chris B. If only the whole campaign were this funny and civil. - Heidi Moon

Hehe. Roast. Conjures up funny images to people here in the UK. - Slappy Line

They were both hilarious! Their writers need to work in comedy :) I thought Obama was the funniest, but then I am an Obama fan so may be biased. - Sheila Taylor

Swahili for "That One". Too funny. - Clay Newton

"Contrary to rumors, I was not born in a manger! I was actually born on Krypton...." - j1m

Funny, McCain was good as well. Can you imagine having that in France?...Not really! - alice ayel

Dear american friends: should Barack Obama lose the election, can we have him ? - dario

@Dario only if the international community will also accept an American intellectual diaspora as well. - Jason Carreira

@alice, maybe not the 2002 election, but a roast between Sarko and Séngolène would have been interesting. - James Williams