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10 Cool Force Perspective Shots Taken With Willing Friends - My Modern Metropolis - http://www.mymodernmet.com/profile...
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Mark Douglass, April Buchheit, Lo and 9 other people liked this
It seems like this would only work well with small-sensor cameras. (With nearly infinite depth of field)
- Brian Johns
Guess what one of the twins (don't know which one) decided belonged in my laptop bag this morning?
CW™, Laura Lou Who, rowlikeagirl and 10 other people liked this
Right next to the laptop and power cords... a TiVo remote! My wife e-mailed asking if I knew where the living room remote was. I do. It's here at work! Now if only I had brought my DVR as well.
- Louis Gray
They know daddy needs his tools! My niece used to say that what her Dad did at work was, "push buttons on the 'puter." BTW, those pics of you reuniting w/the twins were soooo cute - I could definitely feel the love.
- Laura Norvig
They got your back...LOL
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Everyone wishes they had one of these for those boring meetings. Pause, rewind, fast forward... *bloop* *bloop* delete *bonk*
- Julian
Get a copy of the i.TV app on your iPhone. It's free, and includes a full Tivo Remote that works over your WiFi network. That way, the lack of the remote at home won't be so burdensome.
- Otto
Or, get a new TiVo Glo Remote for home and make the old one your emergency remote.
- Brian Johns
Otto, I have it. But I also have the iPhone with me. :)
- Louis Gray
at least you have and it did not got out into the trash
- VAL D. Zone
Better than a cat toy in your shoe :)
- Sheryl
Rochelle, Anne Bouey, Halil and 2 other people liked this
Mona, look... Antarctica posts are back. Or at least they will be tomorrow with the actual post goes out.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Ya I signed up via Feedburner so I should be getting the email notice soon. Can't wait!!!!
- Mona Nomura
Why are they back? More chapters?
- Brian Johns
Sparky (aka Brian Johns), Yes. We are still on Day 10 if 12 plus travel home. We just got busy and had stopped putting them up for a few months, but we are going again, we really want to finish the whole story.
- Rachel Lea Fox
BART awards $492 million contract for people-mover tram to Oakland International Airport - Inside Bay Area - http://www.insidebayarea.com/search...
CW™ liked this
"The BART board on Thursday awarded a $492 million contract to build a people-mover tram system linking BART with Oakland International Airport. The vote was 7-1 after a spirited three-hour meeting. Critics bashed the project as overpriced and wasteful. Many business, labor, Alameda County and Oakland leaders praised the project as a valuable link in regional transportation, and a big job producer in a recession."
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
from Bookmarklet
GRRRR!!!! Total waste of $. AirBART and ACTransit handle the short distance from Coliseum station to OAK just fine. The $ would be better used to extend BART to towns it doesn't yet go to. I wonder how many palms were greased...
- Spidra Webster
I love the idea, but that seems like a lot of money. And what's with the part about it being powered by cables?
- Brian Johns
It's pointless! I mean, I like the idea of a straight shuttle but AirBART works and takes less time than this proposed thing. I really hope the EIR gums it up.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
The 7 foods experts won't eat - Healthy Living on Shine - http://shine.yahoo.com/channel...
Laurence Gonsalves, Casey Muller, Private Sanjeev and 4 other people liked this
Okay, now I'm scared of the world.
- Kevin Fox
from Bookmarklet
It's hard to take a list like this seriously when it doesn't include offal. Come on, pig brains!
- Mark Trapp
Maybe they just included foods that normal people were likely to otherwise eat. ;-)
- Kevin Fox
I hope that Sidewiki someday evolves into a tool that points out scary-sounding claims that may not be all that. I think some of the concerns here are valid, and I wish we had a government that seriously investigated them. But other concerns are "bad thing X is higher." Okay, so what? How much higher, and how much does it matter? BTW I love offal, but I'd never eat it from commercial meatpackers.
- Daniel Dulitz
I've never tried offal. Maybe it's the name.
- Kevin Fox
There are several microwave popcorn manufacturers that don't use PFOA (or several of the other chemicals linked in the study), you just have to read the labels.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Scrapple. WTF, it's not listed?
- Neal Krummell
Dammit! I like a bunch of those things! Of course I mean those things on the list, not your crazy addendums.
- Cyrus Lendvay
I am going to die!
- Brian Johns
Can someone explain why the All-Clad 18/10 stainless steel pots/pans with aluminum core cost 2 to 4 times as much as other brands (Calphalon, Cuisinart, etc.) of similar type?
Jennifer Dittrich, Shannon Jiménez, Rob Haas and 6 other people liked this
Better quality? I have All-Clad, the Calphalon is crap, IMO. I tossed those after a year of use. My All-Clad, I've had for almost 4 years now and there's no deterioration that I can see.
- Admiral Anika
Which Calphalons did you have and how are they crap? What happened to them?
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Right now I'm leaning towards the Cuisinarts since I'm very happy with the wok I got
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I'm guessing this is another reason: US jobs. "All-Clad has a policy of manufacturing all of its bonded cookware in the USA. This means that it purchases its metals only from US suppliers, and bonds them at its own rolling mill on-site in Canonsburg PA, and then forms them at the same location into high performance cooking vessels. All-Clad is the originator of bonded cookware technology and is committed to investing in bonded cookware manufacture solely in the USA."
- Spidra Webster
That would explain a lot...thanks
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I have the Cuisinart ones, and I've cooked with the All-Clad before. I'll tell you that the All-Clad have much more even conduction, and can take higher temperatures. That said, I've never needed the difference. It primarily comes in handy when you are using them in the oven.
- Jason Ellis
Interesting...wonder why that is if they are both 18/10 stainless with aluminum core
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I've had my all-clad set for 6 years now, still love them.
- Heather Solos
Yeah, buying American isn't enough of an inducement for me to spend 4 times the price between the Cuisinart stainless stuff and the All-Clad aluminum core. I can see the All-Clad copper core stuff making a difference, but that's way out of my price range.
- Alex Scoble
we have a load of Cuisinart stainless stuff and they've been going strong for 3 years now.
- Joe Silence is not dead
With the Calphalon pans, the quality really differs based on what which line it is. I live near an outlet store that carries that brand and when you just compare the weight and feel of the different lines, you can see the difference. I have some of the higher quality Calphalon b/c I was able to get it really cheap at that store. It does a good job and I've had some pieces for about a...
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- Katy S
You can burn the shit out of the All-Clad and it won't break a sweat. It's the Leica M3 of cookware.
- Adrian
While we're at it, why does All-Clad have a five-ply line? Don't you just want stainless steel on the outer layers and aluminum in the middle?
- Andrew C
I have All-Clad copper core and the stuff is truly awesome.
- Anthony Citrano
from BuddyFeed
One complaint I've seen about All-Clad pots/pans is that the handles get very hot.
- Alex Scoble
The cat's ass pots in Canada seem to be Paderno -- all metal handles that don't get hot is one of their features.
- Brian Sullivan
My brain is in an error loop trying to decode what you just said, Brian. The cat's ass pots?
- Alex Scoble
from IM
cat's ass= best. (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define...)
- Brian Sullivan
We prefer the term "dog's bollocks" to "cat's ass".
- Mark H
I don't think anyone would argue that the All-Clad pans aren't good. They are excellent. Regardless, personally, I wouldn't buy a set of pots and pans of any brand (don't know if you were planning to do this). I'd rather get the individual items that I want. This means that I have different brands depending on the item or that some items are non-stick and some aren't. I prefer it this way, but I'm sure plenty of other people don't.
- Katy S
I was planning on buying a set...much cheaper that way.
- Alex Scoble
It definitely can be. I normally get items when they're on sale or at an outlet store, so I've actually probably payed less for more items (of the sizes and types I want) than a set would cost. I am picky about what I want, though. There's always something in a set that isn't the size or finish that I want.
- Katy S
Yeah, and I'm looking for education on this thread as to why/how All-Clad pans are better...not looking for an argument that they aren't the bee's knees. Although at this point, I can't justify the price differential. I can get a 17 piece Cuisinart set for $250 on Amazon. Similar set would cost like $1200 for All-Clad.
- Alex Scoble
Everyone I know who has All-Clad loves them, but last time I saw them reviewed in Consumer Reports they definitely were not the highest ranking cookware. I've seen the same thing with rankings in Cooks Illustrated tests. And often, different brands do better for different types of items. One might have good sauce pans and the other has good omelet pans. That's another reason I mix-and-match. I don't really care if they all look the same or not - I just want them to do a good job.
- Katy S
Like Anthony's comment, as much as I like the guy, he has the copper core All-Clad which is definitely out of my price range...and he doesn't say why they are great, just that they are...less than helpful. :)
- Alex Scoble
And Consumer Report's ratings are less than helpful. They don't tell why a particular pot scored the way it did. They don't do pros and cons. Exactly why I stopped subscribing to them in the first place.
- Alex Scoble
I actually prefer the Cooks Illustrated ratings for these sorts of things. Plus, I like to read about the recipes and how they came up with them in the magazine.
- Katy S
Yeah, Consumer Reports doesn't even recommend a single stainless steel line of cooking...not one. Hardly helpful.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
One thing Consumer Reports does say about the All-Clad copper core pots is that they don't go to mush when left empty on a hot stove element/burner. Something to consider if you are a forgetful cook.
- Alex Scoble
The things Cook's Illustrated looks for are even cooking, temperature response that's fast but not too fast... basically, good fond development but no scorching. Design issues like ease of pouring and how the handles are to hold and how well a piece holds a reasonable amount of food also count.
- Andrew C
from Android
Yeah, unfortunately they charge for the service.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Yes, it does...but it's also a lot more expensive to purchase the raw product, particularly in the last few years.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Nice, Paderno is selling their Prime Minister 14 piece set on sale for $320 http://www.paderno.com/us...
- Alex Scoble
Paderno has a number of lines but that set are the classic ones -- I think their top line. Other lines I am not so sure of. Not made in the US though -- made in Canada -- PEI (of Green Gables fame).
- Brian Sullivan
I think they have a newer line that is higher up on the food chain than the classics, but it isn't on sale for a ridiculous price. That set is over $600 on Amazon...oh and shipping is free.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Here Paderno has twice yearly sales with very attractive prices in retail outlets -- we typically wait for the sale periods to buy stuff.
- Brian Sullivan
Well, whether you buy it online or in a store, I would go to a store to at least get a feel for pots and pans if you can. Handle design and the weight of the pans can make a difference. I like heavy pans, but not everyone wants to deal with them. You might find that you really love the handles one brand/line uses and hates those on another. It's kind of like shopping for knives, in that regard.
- Katy S
Yeah, good pans are never lightweight, in my opinion.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
No, they aren't. However, I recently had to look at lightweight pans b/c my mom needed some that were easier for her to handle. Arthritis can be a bitch. Let's just say that cast iron was out of the question.
- Katy S
Yeah, unfortunately, Titanium probably isn't a very good material for cookware.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
It's also funny to me how people expect their pots and pans to remain pristine after use.
- Alex Scoble
At this point I think that any stainless steel pots/pans will be a significant step up from non-sticks.
- Alex Scoble
I love our all-clad that we've had since 2005. they were mostly wedding gifts and I don't remember as big of a price differential back then as there seems to be now. the stuff we have seems like it'll probably last us a LONG time.
- Bill Kinney
We talked about them a little bit here (prior to my purchase): http://friendfeed.com/acitran... .. not too much additional info there, but I'll post a more thorough review when I'm not in the kitchen using them. ;)
- Anthony Citrano
Thanks, Anthony
- Alex Scoble
Now after seeing the copper core stuff I'm lusting after them. Thanks a lot, guys ;)
- Shannon Jiménez
We love our All-Clad set. (basic stainless steel set) Also, they make many of the pans in non-stick as well.
- Brian Johns
GO BEARS!!!
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- Louis Gray
OK, the statute of spoiler limitations has expired, so let me just say: WOOT!
- Stephen Mack
Holy crap what a game that was, eh?
- Kevin Fox
I only read about it, but I wish I could have seen it live.
- Stephen Mack
I had it on TiVo but I deleted it. (4 hours of HD takes up a bit of space)
- Kevin Fox
While you're getting a spiffy new set of RAID boxes, how about a Western Digital TiVo expansion drive? Add 500 GB to your existing TiVo HD!
- Brian Johns
New data plan: Two mirrored 1TB (or 1.5TB) drives attached to my Mac Mini Server. Any advice on external TB drives that are fast/low power/RELIABLE?
Kol Tregaskes, Taras Brizitsky, mjc and 2 other people liked this
This makes archiving handy as well. Just pull one of the drives off every 6 months or so and store it offsite, replacing it with a new one.
- Kevin Fox
How do you handle the mirroring? Your own script? I think the best right now is the WD green drives. They aren't terribly fast but they are low power and reliable.
- Benjamin Golub
I'm planning on using OS X Server's native RAID functionality. I do like the WD green drives, though they're a bit cagey about their *actual* RPMs. Somewhere between 5400 and 7200. As a network share either is fast enough though.
- Kevin Fox
My experience confirms what Benjamin said. Since a month ago I am using two WD15EADS in a DLINK DNS-323 as RAID-1 and I am very satisfied with the setup. I disabled the spin-down with WDIDLE.exe to address the load count issue, but was not able to successfully use WDTLER to enable TLER on my revision of the disk firmware.
- Vlado Handziski
Another vote for the WD Green drives...though I thought they were all 5400 RPM? Either way, unless you are concerned with super fast access times, for long reads/writes they work just fine for me (mostly to/from a 10,000 RPM drive via eSATA). Also, they are very, very quiet.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Sadly, I've had a Newer Tech 1TB drive (from OtherWorldComputing, who I love) fail twice in the last year. Sized to fit under a Mini, I really like the form factor, but having to deal with warranty replacements twice in a year sucks. They do have a 3 year warranty at least, but....
- Ken Gidley
Why not use that 4-bay Mac Pro server you've got? If you have 1 drive for the boot/accounts drive then you can make a 3-way RAID with the remaining slots. You've already paid for the enclosure that way and you just need bare drives and a few minutes in Disk Utility.
- Brian Johns
More amazing chalk drawings
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Ilariaga, John Wang, ashish and 114 other people liked this
Wow!!
- Kol Tregaskes
awesome! thanks for sharing
- loylum
No worries.
- Kol Tregaskes
my fav is the butterfly.
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Awesome stuff!
- Rene Wirtz
Couldn't pick a fave, all very, very good. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
WOW, this just arrived here, it is breathtaking
- Yolanda
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
These are great!
- Marci Golub
Amazing!
- Dputamadre
It's so awesome, but it still makes me a little sad it's commercial.
- Heather
Wow, so cool.
- Zachary TG
I love these sorts of creative things!
- Rick Cogley
I always wish they'd show what these things look like from something other than the exactly perfect perspective. Because to most people passing by these would look totally different.
- Brian Johns
These never get old. Thanks for sharing. :)
- Kevin Winn
His name is Julian Beever by the way: http://users.skynet.be/J...
- Ozer Wrzl (EN)
He is amazing. I first saw his work about a year ago.
- Michele Lorito-Chase
I love the perfect perspective tricks. What an eye!
- James (!?)
harika bir çizim..
- Yalın Akel
Bumping some old good posts. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Nikons pro DSLRs outsell Canon’s big time - http://nikonrumors.com/2009...
"This chart was shown at the official NikonD3s launch event in Beijing – you can see the Nikon logo at the top right corner. Nikons pro DSLRs outsell Canons big time. Not sure if this data is only for China or worldwide. I am surprised by the large % of D3x sales (dark blue bars). I think in few months the D3s will make this graph look even worse (for Canon that is)."
- Holger Eilhard
from Bookmarklet
Did the D3x really take 40% of the pro market the first month it was available? As a Canon shooter, I hope this lights a fire under their ass to bring us something more appealing!
- Brian Johns
Plane misses runway, lands in lava - News- msnbc.com - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...
Mike Nencetti and Stephen Mack liked this
Could have been worse, it could have been hot lava!
- Carl Haynes
from Bookmarklet
Wow!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
At first I thought that was Kona, HI
- Brian Johns
It's nice that people aren't calling Chrome OS vaporware like they did Android, despite both being announced a year before hardware ships.
Joel Webber liked this
That's nice of you to not bring that up! ;-)
- Brian Johns
It helped that they released the source code.
- Scott Ludwig
They did the same for Android.
- Kevin Fox
I agree, but I guess there is a fair argument that Android needed handset manufactures on board, while ChromeOS doesn't really need any help.
- Nick Lothian
H1N1 Is a Plot to Kill Baby Boomers, Argues Conspiracy Theorist - pseudo-science - io9 - http://io9.com/5408132...
Kurt Starnes and Stephen Mack liked this
"A new day, a new H1N1 conspiracy theory! But this one is special. Ken Welch says on his blog, before treating us to an extremely detailed analysis: We've recently learned the secret behind the Swine Flu Vaccine that is being pushed so strongly on the public. While the vaccine may make you sick, its real purpose is to greatly increase the fast-kill mechanism of the pandemic still to come. Worse yet, the vaccine is being used to target specific groups of people who are simply not welcome in our brave new world. In the USA these include Blacks, American Indians, and Baby Boomers."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
o_O
- Steven Perez
At least this conspiracy theory is falsifiable.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
I saw something like this on the X-Files, I think.
- Brian Johns
I'm a home owner (ok condo)! I just got the keys to my new place. :0)
Tudor Bosman, Derrick, Admiral Anika and 4 other people liked this
Grats! Party at Dario's!
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Congrats!
- Carl Haynes
POKER TIME! :)
- Georgia Diehl
need a house (condo) warming party to "break it in"
- Mekkar
congratulations!
- Brian Johns
Let's say you're framed for a crime. You're totally innocent, but you know that it looks bad, and there's no way to prove you were framed. You're offered a plea bargain: You plead guilty, you become a felon, you serve 1 year. If you don't take the bargain and lose the trial, you face 10 years. What would you do?
Kol Tregaskes, ffcode, Morgan Haley and 4 other people liked this
(Purely hypothetical, of course.)
- Stephen Mack
No way at all? Oh, that's a tough one. Because I want to say I'd plead my innocence till I was blue in the face but no way do I want to be in jail for ten years. Even if I was told by someone recently that I'd do okay in jail. That, by the way, was supposed to be a compliment. :D heh.
- pea
I'd go to trial. And would obtain a very expensive lawyer.
- Dario Gomez
But pea, how "okay" can you really do in jail? :) I asked this because I had a nightmare last night that was basically sort of like this question (if you removed the random appearance of my high school math teacher from the dream, and the fact that the prison was in the arctic; I digress).
- Stephen Mack
What's the crime? There are different levels of prison and I could manage minimum security I think.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Tough part is that most people given this kind of deal are told there's no way for them to prove their innocence, whether it's true or not. And if there is a way, even if it's unbeknownst to any party at the time, it makes it much harder for that evidence to exonerate when you already have a confession. My philosophy is 'if you didn't do it, don't lie and say you did, no matter the reason.'
- Kevin Fox
I would go to trial for most of the reasons Kevin listed. Once you confess and file "guilty" of your own volition, it is nearly impossible to have that conviction overturned.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Kevin: Plenty of people take the plea and still maintain their innocence -- corporations do that with class actions all the time. "Without admitting guilt, we are offering each of our customers this $10 coupon." What if it was 50 years instead of 10, and what if you determined (through the magic of hypothetical questions) that you only had a 20% chance of being found innocent in trial. Do you still refuse the plea?
- Stephen Mack
Isn't there a "no contest" plea for just this situation?
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Sarah: Let's say the crime is murder/manslaughter and it's not minimum security.
- Stephen Mack
Oh, I didn't say I'd do okay. I was told that by someone who has spent time in jail. Apparently she thinks I'm bitchy enough to survive. I don't, however, ever want to test that theory out.
- pea
Most of the plea bargains require guilty, nothing less - those conditions are stipulated by the prosecutor as part of the bargain. You don't necessarily have to have a confession, but the presiding judge often requires it in cases with significant jail time.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Then I'll say no. I would not plead guilty to that.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
You're confusing civil and criminal trials. You can "settle" a civil suit with neither side admitting guilt, but a criminal trial will always end in either guilty, not guilty, or a mistrial.
- Glen Mistletoe
Glen, that depends on the district. Some district offer nolo contendere, which is basically, "I cannot contest the charges."
- The Letter M
I know someone who made a deal after 4 years of trials (the DA kept bringing new charges against him) until he finally ran out of money. He plead out and didn't get an jail time but had probation for a few years. He really ended up regretting it because it pretty much ruined his life - even though he had gone through 2-3 trials and been found not guilty he just gave up. I do not really...
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- Andrizzle Gizzle
I'd get a TV show on AMC
- Brian Johns
Stephen, I don't understand. Your question is whether you'd accept a plea bargain where you'd plead guilty for a reduced sentence. When corporations settle without accepting guilt that's completely different (civil vs criminal, and they're explicitly not admitting guilt). You can't plead 'guilty with my fingers crossed'.
- Kevin Fox
Also, I've thought a lot about this (This is NOT me): http://cbs2chicago.com/topstor... "Police said Fox gave them a statement that led them to believe he killed the girl. But Fox filed a federal lawsuit in November claiming detectives subjected him to threats, lies and promises of a deal during a 14 1/2-hour interrogation."
- Kevin Fox
What a wonderful sort of prisoner's dilemma. Since the probability of me loosing the trial is not defined, let's say it's 0.5. The probability of me going to jail, if I accept the charges, is 1. So, facing 0,5×10 or 1×1, I (statistically) would go for the latter. But I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WOULD DO IN REAL LIFE, see...
- Alexey Ivanov
Yes, I posted this as a prisoner's dilemma, to see how willing people would be to accept the plea (despite their factual innocence) and face the stigma and challenge of a year in jail. My sense is that most of us would not take the plea in the scenario as presented, even though, as Угги сыну Льву posted, statistically it seems smartest to take the plea.
- Stephen Mack
Kevin, that's a horrific story about your namesake. And you're right, I got off track there about the extent you could maintain your innocence despite pleading guilty.
- Stephen Mack
Statistically it is almost NEVER smartest to take the plea since having a felony crime against you would cost you way more than any trial lawyer ever could. You might keep your meager savings, but you'll never be able to find good work again in this country unless you are EXTREMELY highly skilled in a field.
- Alex Scoble
Reminds me the Ultimatum Game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Alexey Ivanov
Except that the stakes are much higher in the above example than in the Ultimatum game. Even if the amount of money was 10 million dollars, the stakes wouldn't be as great as one's life.
- Alex Scoble
do I have to get anally raped in prison during that one year?
- Morgan Haley
Alex, since the consequences are not defined, nor are circumstances, this, basically looks like a prisoners dillema, yet there is no second player. So, the question is: how would you play, if it's just for yourself?
- Alexey Ivanov
Yeah, circumstances include the answer to that question of Morgan Haley :-)
- Alexey Ivanov
good question harder answer..............cannot decide
- VAL D. Zone
the number one reason I don't break the law at the felony level? because i don't want to be anally raped in prison. and i don't want to have to join the dumb ass arian brotherhood just to stay alive. prison is hard shit people. for real. it's fucked up big time and i hope to God i never, ever have to serve time.
- Morgan Haley
and the number 2 reason...because it would be wrong....i think i have my priorities set just right.
- Morgan Haley
The consequences have been defined...Long jail times. Thusly we must assume that the crime in question is a felony crime. There's no way to win by pleading on this one. It's simply not a dilemma. However, if you make the jail time 6 months or 3 months, then we are pretty sure that you are pleading not to a felony, but to a misdemeanor, in which case the answer would be take the plea deal. As it is stated, however, you have to go for broke.
- Alex Scoble
And Morgan, in the example, you are innocent and unjustly accused.
- Alex Scoble
damn...that's the plot to sin city 'that yellow bastard'
- royce kitts
felon was a good movie :)
- ffcode
Photojojo - Fuji Instax Instant Camera - http://photojojo.com/store...
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"Books are the new internet. Mustaches are hip. The 1990's are "vintage." And analog is the new digital. The future is now. Er, the past future is now? Something like that. Introducing The *new* Fuji Instax Mini, a generational twist on 'yer Dad's old Land Cam. We like to think of it as Polaroid's little brother. A lively whipper snapper doing his own thing in a new age of instant film."
- Johnny Worthington
from Bookmarklet
My sis has this camera. She was having a hard time finding film, but waiting for Fuji to make it.
- Trish Haley
from iPhone
Where's my flying car, damnit???
- Brian Johns
http://twitpic.com/psug4 - @redhuber's damaged lens died a noble death to bring you http://twitpic.com/psubp
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That's fixable. But yeah, nice photo!
- Brian Johns
AMC's remake of "The Prisoner" premieres Sunday 8pm. Jim Caviezel & Ian McKellen! Set up a Season Pass on your @TiVo DVR http://www3.tivo.com/tivo-tc...
Véronique Rabuteau, RAPatton, T. Brent, technopeasant and 3 other people liked this
I loved the original. Must go read up on this. *scurries to google*
- Dario Gomez
Today's Basic Instructions is about The prisoner: http://www.basicinstructions.net/
- Brian Johns
Brian, that comic is great, thanks!
- Stephen Mack
Bumping this one as the weekend approaches.
- Stephen Mack
"Be seeing you!" Anyone else remember being thrilled when the bad guys started saying that on Babylon 5?
- Internet's Tad
At last. been a couple of years in the making.
- Damiano
Now that Mad Men's over for the season, I have something to look forward to...
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I wouldn't count on it.
- Damiano
Damiano, I am a bit worried. It would be far easier to botch this than improve it. You've heard bad reviews?
- Stephen Mack
Damiano: what have you heard?
- T. Brent, technopeasant
No, I read the orginal script a couple of years ago. It was good. It was a co-pro with Granada in UK but it's taken ages to get to screen...
- Damiano
Always a sniffy sign. My hopes are up but eager to see it online as soon as it's on USA network TV. When I mean original script, I read the pilot, first episode.
- Damiano
Tad, someday I'll watch Babylon 5 all the way through. Someday. Your comment just increased the likelihood of that happening by about 30%.
- Stephen Mack
Damiano: may I ask how you got to read the pilot? Are you in the 'industry'?
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I am. I met the drama commissioner from AMC in London probably three years ago now? She was looking for directors for the pilot.
- Damiano
*watches as people subscribe madly to Damiano*
- Stephen Mack
Does anyone know who ended up directing the pilot?
- Damiano
very cool... I continue to like friendfeed :)
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Love friendfeed but want notifications to react to my comments similar to FB.
- Damiano
I receive them on my Blackberry.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Damiano, check the "Tools" link in the upper right -- several options for notification.
- Stephen Mack
Final bump!
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
still debating ..........to watch or not to watch
- VAL D. Zone
I watched, interesting so far. I bit different from the original, but not bad so far.
- Dario Gomez
Your inner curmudgeon. Channel it. GO!
Ken Morley, Bette Cooper, CW™ and 4 other people liked this
"That's not bad bread, but when I was a boy, the Dutch Crunch had some real crunch to it. Snappy. Not like this weak, only semi-crunchy Dutch Crunch. Can you pass me more of that horseradish? It's not very strong but it makes your cooking taste much better."
- Stephen Mack
"The reason there are so many third party twitter apps? Because of how twitter.com sets such a low bar."
- Stephen Mack
"kids these days..."
- Brian Johns
"That's not music..."
- Brian Johns
GET OFF MY LAWN!!!
- Helen Sventitsky
This food is terrible. And the servings are too small!
- ha3rvey, not a sweetheart
WHY DID THEY CLOSE THE LUBY'S
- Akiva Moskovitz
I thought we were going to Golden Corral!
- ha3rvey, not a sweetheart
I miss Luby's.
- Rochelle
get off my cloud!
- VAL D. Zone
get a job.
- Greg Guitarbuster
I have fond memories of the days when public phones had booths (with doors) around them so that I didn't have to hear your loud chattering as you natter on in all manner of public places, including public bathrooms.
- Spidra Webster
You know, when I was a kid, we didn't have that Twitter thing... if we wanted to tweet at each other, we had to tie rocks to the backs of pigeons and throw them at each other. Talk about a tweet! Damn fool kids...
- Bette Cooper
rofl @ Bette
- VAL D. Zone
Hurry up Ethyl, we're late for the early bird dinner! It's almost 3:30pm, for crissakes!
- Ken Gidley
Damn hippies these days
- Davis Freeberg
You need a haircut!
- ha3rvey, not a sweetheart
You call that football with your sissy helmets and pads and cameras and dancing? Where's the mud? Where's the blood? Why do the players have all of their teeth?
- Keith Pelczarski
Face-Off With a Deadly Predator - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Tsali, The Native of FF liked this
Wow!
- Anne Bouey
Not really a face-off as much as a welcoming. but cool!
- Brian Johns
Yeah, I'm not really sure why they named the video that. That is what he expected, not what he got.
- Rachel Lea Fox
The seal looks pretty friendly toward "higher" lifeforms, unless you're a penguin!
- Brian Johns
Amazon.com: HDMI Over CAT5/CAT6 Wallplate Extender Kit Hdmi for f: Electronics - http://www.amazon.com/HDmi-Ov...
Stephen Mack, Itachi and Eric @ CSTechcast.com liked this
"It worked flawlessly! At first when I connected the HDMI cable downstairs to my cable box and then wired it upstairs both the green and red led's where lit. Then after I connected the other end to the TV both where still lit. I was worried a bit until I turned the TV on, the red LED turned off. The picture was perfect! Everything worked great!"
- Cristo
from Bookmarklet
This would be really nice in some locations because there is no need for a separate box with power, but I'm a little skeptical that it would result in as good quality. Also, no IR support.
- Cristo
The Amazon reviews are pretty telling. When it works, people love it. But it doesn't always work.
- Brian Johns
I would think that how well these work is a function of the length of the cable run and quality of cabling, since it doesn't appear that these are powered in any way.
- G. Sigh
The Prolific Oven – 11/13/09 - http://www.dessertfriday.com/2009...
Stephen Mack liked this
Ah, Dessert Friday is back! Sorry you didn't like it though. I've really liked all the Prolific Oven items I've tried.
- Stephen Mack
On the other hand, we were so blown away by their quality and value that we used them for our wedding cakes. (and were thrilled with the results) Also, the "fancy" cakes we have at work for birthdays and such are generally from Prolific Oven.
- Brian Johns
I didn't like the pumpkin but thought the chocolate was good, though a little dry. It may have been sitting in the case a little too long. Maya certainly liked the frosting on the cake and my wife loved the piece of chocolate cake we brought home.
- Carl Haynes
Caption...
Kol Tregaskes, Alfredo, MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) and 12 other people liked this
"Peanut? Oh. I thought you said look for a penis!"
- pea
Move bitch, get out my way
- Shevonne
Cindy meets the street team for Adam and Eve's new toy "Dumbo"
- Steve
An elephant never forgets.
- Josh Haley
Dumbo gets it backwards. Dresses go in the trunk, not vice-versa.
- Kevin Fox
I got it wrong... "YOU ARE AN ANIMAL"
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
a little trunk in the junk?
- Jim Norris
"No more rhymes, now. I mean it!"
- Curtiss Grymala
Pandemonium at the Auditions to Replace Toucan Sam
- Spidra Webster
"I didn't mean 'eat me' literally."
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
"Because he can"
- Brian Johns
Summer's Eve, comin' up!
- Christopher Harley
from iPhone
Photojojo - Photojojo's Bike Helmet Camera Mount - http://photojojo.com/store...
anna sauce and Rachel Lea Fox liked this
"Finally a way to see what your bike sees -- if it had eyes. And a brain. As we like to think our two wheeled friend does (BIG fans of anthropomorphism, our Nikon's name is Nikki)."
- Johnny Worthington
from Bookmarklet
I'd like to think that my bike is looking at me when I'm riding.
- Brian Johns
It's funny to read about Google Ambassadors on the same day as watching 'V' (and their 'Peace Ambassador' program)
denis, Davis Freeberg, ovigia and LogEx liked this
We come in peace! (shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill...)
- Brian Johns
We are of Not Evil, always.
- Neal Krummell
It's life, Jim. But not as we know it (not as we know it, not as we know it)
- Kevin Fox
SF Chronicle: Aerial photographer Robert Cameron dies - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
Tim, Nia, Peter Renshaw and 15 other people liked this
"Three months ago, Robert Cameron was hanging out of a helicopter taking pictures of Lombard Street. That was the last flight for the indefatigable "Above San Francisco" photographer who died Tuesday at his home in Pacific Heights. He was 98 and in the midst of his last show - "Environmental Journey: Robert Cameron's Aerial Photography of our Pacific Rim," which is on display at the Metreon in downtown San Francisco. "He just wore out," said his son, Tony Cameron."
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
interesting. Ivan and I went by his display at the Metreon but didn't go in and see it on Tuesday (I didn't want to shell out the $5). I had him confused with the guy who did that Titanic movie. May have to go check this out after all.
- Thomas Hawk
oh wow. talk about the irony.
- Ivan Makarov
"His wife, Janet, predeceased him in 2003. Survivors include his girlfriend, Jeffreys Corner of Los Angeles" - way to not get old, Robert!
- Brian Johns
Here's an article with a lot more in-depth info about him: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
- Brian Johns
Wasn't he taking pictures until his death? Around age 90 or so? CHAMP.
- RumNose
What is your FF Comments/Likes Ratio? (Comments divided by Likes to 2nd decimal place - as of now) - http://flickr.com/photos...
Christopher Harley, shâhin, mona and 101 other people liked this
1.05 (670/633)
- Micah Wittman
from Bookmarklet
Can you remind me again where to find those stats?
- Brian Johns
Brian, go to "Me" link (http://friendfeed.com/brianjo...) which defaults to the Feed tab. Look at the sidebar on the right, below Discussion.
- Micah Wittman
0.75 (926/1226) - still relatively new here
- mikepk
I only see my stats for the last week (17/14 = 1.21) Please tell me your 670 number is for more than just a week!
- Brian Johns
1.44 (566/391) for brianjohns (after week tally you should see a comma then 'all time' count - I can see it on your page)
- Micah Wittman
OK, sorry. I'm a total dumbass. I stopped reading after the weekly totals...
- Brian Johns
3.74, which seems way off of everybody else's. I wonder what that says. I comment a lot more than I like.
- Cyrus Lendvay
FFers use FF with their own strategy or simply default tendencies. The ratio is an interesting snapshot of behaviour. Thanks for joining in everyone, hope more keep flowing in.
- Micah Wittman
from twhirl
0.79
- Brian Roy
0.77
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
0.67
- Nine
0.77
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
0.76
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
1.39.
- Rochelle
1.80
- Brian Sullivan
1.61 - I only 'like' when I want to throw my support behind a topic but don't have anything constructive to add.
- Bjorn Stromberg
1.12
- LogEx
1.41
- WorldofHiglet
5.08 (3181/626) !
- ◄ani625Ξ
2.41
- William Harryman
0.66 - I tend to 'like' things without needing to comment further, I guess, and I notice I usually like the things upon which I comment. Well, frequently.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
.39 (2457/6242) I guess I don't comment much. I do 'like' a lot of things, it would seem.
- Bren, Not Grinchy
0.62 then again i have over 11,000 comments
- Cee Bee
1.23 (5287/4229) - I am put to shame by Cee Bee's participation, good grief!
- Lindsay
@Cee Bee I think you meant 0.62
- ◄ani625Ξ
1.27 (902/705)
- Leandro Ardissone ⍨
yes, thanks for the correction. lindsay, you're making me feel bad. lol
- Cee Bee
0.8576, I only like mostly when I'm going to comment
- Mol, Santa Claws
1.55 endlessly repeating. This Like/Comment included.
- Dana D
before this comment: .69 I kid you not.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
So far: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81 ... (if you average 1 comment per like, you'd be 1.0 ... if you're 0.xx you might herd content more than discuss ... if you're whole numbers above 1 you may not 'like' much or discuss plenty or both)
- Micah Wittman
CSV_A: 1.05,0.75,1.44,0.81,3.74,0.79,0.77,0.67,0.77,0.76,1.39,1.8,1.61,1.12,0.141,5.08,2.41,0.66,.39,0.62,.62,1.27,0.8576,1.551,0.69
- Micah Wittman
1.83
- Grant Bierman
I tend to like allot of photos which really don't need comments.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
InPerpetualMotion(Gina k), I really liked this 'Like' of yours (in a series of pics, so I flickr fav'd it): http://friendfeed.com/e... and commented. Thanks!
- Micah Wittman
.37 1002/2708
- Michael Fidler
this is what scobes walls would like if he didnt have FF
- sean percival
I haven't seen Marc Canter's fabled fence (just heard about it), but I imagine this but on wood pickets :)
- Micah Wittman
This week: 2.48 (1162:467) but this is not the norm, my likes usually match or are higher than comments, overall: 0.95 (14228:14846).
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks Michael, Kol! I'll recalculate average/median when we build up some more data points here.
- Micah Wittman
1.03 748/723
- Keith - @tsudo
.68 6986/10194 Someone wrote a great article on the comment-like ratio a few months ago. Search on FriendFeed is crashing on me... I'll try to get the link.
- Mitchell Tsai
Thanks Mitchell (btw, search crashing on me too - lots)
- Micah Wittman
1316 comments/20221 likes (0.06), according to Windows Calculator, although I probably screwed up.
- Tyson Key
*bump*
- Micah Wittman
0.51
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Thanks, Mark!
- Micah Wittman
Thanks Spidra!
- Micah Wittman
0.95 (1520/1604) - it's 2+ months later, and my ratio flipped (more Likes by .05)
- Micah Wittman
.7 (1204/1724) - before this comment at least.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Thanks, Rachel!
- Micah Wittman
3.46 (3665/1057) before this comment and like.
- Kevin Fox
Thanks, Kevin. 3+ is quite the comment on your commenting activities :)
- Micah Wittman
I've got stuff to say.
- Kevin Fox
3.98 (900/226)
- Richard Lawler
1.02 (3538/3484) for sofarsofarshaun
- Micah Wittman
.34 (600/1747, not counting this comment)
- Michael Hocter
Thank you, Siavash and Michael
- Micah Wittman
.52 overall, but .68 this week.
- Rebecca
Nice, thanks Rebecca.
- Micah Wittman
1.31
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
0.56
- imabonehead
Rah and imabonehead - rock on! (Richard too!)
- Micah Wittman
0.16
- Anne Bouey
1.39
- jcunwired
4.62 (287/62) -- Yikes! I'm chatty.
- Ted Roden
Thank you kindly, Anne, jcunwired and Ted.
- Micah Wittman
2.63
- Bryce Roney
Thanks for joining in, Bryce.
- Micah Wittman
.15 all time, .13 this week.
- Alix Whitmire
.52
- David HC Soul
Thank you, Alix and David! (and Alix, you're tied with Siavash for the Highest Like ratio. Wow).
- Micah Wittman
2.94
- j1m
Thank you, j1m. Ok, I'm gonna roll this up into a csv and call it a night.
- Micah Wittman
CSV_B: 0.95,0.7,3.46,3.98,1.02,0.15,0.34,0.52,1.31,0.56,0.16,1.39,4.62,2.63,0.15,0.52,2.94
- Micah Wittman
this week = 0.45%, alltime = 6.43%
- chaz2b
CSV_B Mean: 1.49 (previous mean for CVS_A: 1.27)
- Micah Wittman
Of course the numbers can easily lie, but I'm gonna say it anyway: "We're getting more conversational, people!"
- Micah Wittman
0.49 (493/988)
- Bluesun 2600
816 / 2502 = 0.326139089 overall | 50 / 233 = 0.214592275 this week I like much more than I comment. (maths via google)
- Chris Loft
3026/5013 = 0.6036
- Roger Chen
0.107 probably the lowest here
- Nicholas James
chaz2b, Bluesun 2600, Roger, Nicholas — thank you!
- Micah Wittman
.76
- jamar78
5.25 but I don't know what this *means, yet. maybe I'm just stingy with my "likes" compared to others?
- Marg Uerite
Thanks jamar78 and Marg!
- Micah Wittman
A recent change in FF: now the comment count shows total number of comments (previously multiple comments in one thread only counted as one) http://friendfeed.com/e... so all the numbers above are from the old methodology....
- David HC Soul
My new ratio: 0.76 all time (old methodology .52).... this week 1.39
- David HC Soul
*bump*
- Micah Wittman
1.26 (2965/2346)
- Micah Wittman
1.37
- Glen Mistletoe
1.74
- ♥patricia♥
Thanks, Glen and pea!
- Micah Wittman
Looks like my ratio as flipped again (comments back to dominating again). Seems to match my own awareness I've lately been commenting without Liking (commenting is my inherent recognition of value to me and the additional Like is when it merits an extra bump to help discovery by others).
- Micah Wittman
.38
- Ryan Dadey
Ryan, I have to say, that's one high caliber ratio ;)
- Micah Wittman
An update it's .44 which is an improvement from .36
- Michael Fidler
2.00
- Anthony Citrano
0.97
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
1.5 exactly
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
2.94 1040/354 I have likes set to post to twitter automatically, so I'm careful with them. :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
0.85
- Steven Perez
0.73 up from 0.66 on Jan 08
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
0.37 for the week past, 0.45 on the whole.
- Parth Awasthi
Michael, Anthony, Ahsan, guruvan Steven, sıɹɥɔ and Parth - thanks for dropping in your stats!
- Micah Wittman
5.81 i'm not using it as does everyone else here. that is fer sure.
- Marg Uerite
But remember, the comment counts also includes comments imported from other services.
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
Ahsan, huh, I'd never considered that.
- Micah Wittman
17942/30571=.59
- Alex Scoble
Alex, thank you, sir.
- Micah Wittman
ALmost 2:1 exactly.
- Amani
Much obliged, Amani.
- Micah Wittman
3062/5777 you do the maths.
- Will Higgins™
.53 (3062/5777) for Will Higgins #math-on-demand-services
- Micah Wittman
Thank you, amin/gnu
- Micah Wittman
2671/12333=.21
- Darren Heydon
7.16
- Ken Sheppardson
*bump* (SEE ALSO http://friendfeed.com/jungleg... )
- Micah Wittman
1.45 (4374/3026)
- Micah Wittman
1.73
- Aron Michalski
0.92 now. I think the movie reviews have been getting me closer to a 1 to 1 ratio.
- Steven Perez
0.77
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Steven, yep, you were a 0.85 in April.
- Micah Wittman
2.10 now ...
- Amani
0.97 now.
- Eric Johnson
Amani, so your comments have climbed a bit.
- Micah Wittman
Thanks, Eric.
- Micah Wittman
Probably, just chattier then :)
- Micah Wittman
I'm down from 7.16 to 6.94 :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken, the FCC may be interested to explore how your "I'm down" may be offensively self-deprecating ;)
- Micah Wittman
.56 eeep, must try harder
- Threepwood
4.52. I don't bother to like things I've commented on, since commenting already flags it as interesting.
- Andy Bakun
0.46 (1698/3638)
- Glenn Slaven
Threepwood, Andy, Glenn - thanks (Andy, that's my mo too; then I'll Like if it warrants a "double vote").
- Micah Wittman
1.31 (4,471/3,401)
- Karoli
Thanks, Karoli. And the both of us have a _very_ similar ratio and absolute numbers. wow.
- Micah Wittman
Thanks, Ryo!
- Micah Wittman
Darn - 0.52. I guess I need to say why I like something a little more often :-) Liking this thread because I was wondering the same thing recently. Has anybody worked out the average from the numbers here? </islazy>
- Andy Bold
Andy, scroll upward and you'll see a couple calculations from before (January: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81)
- Micah Wittman
In March the Mean was: 1.49
- Micah Wittman
1.021276595744680851063829787234042553191489361702127659... via Wolfram Alpha
- tom murphy
Thanks, tom. And though a bit verbose, your friend Wolfram is resourceful :D
- Micah Wittman
0.55 (254/444)
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
Thank you, Willem.
- Micah Wittman
In April you were 0.97, so you're liking more / commenting less.
- Micah Wittman
1.88 (779/414)
- Ton Zijp
Thanks, Ton.
- Micah Wittman
0.43 (3597/8305).
- Parth Awasthi
0.74 (1970/2667)
- Scott of Two Countries
And thank you Parth, Scott.
- Micah Wittman
Parth, compared to your April numbers, you've been consistent.
- Micah Wittman
2.12 is my ratio.
- Rick Cogley
Thanks, Rick!
- Micah Wittman
Np Micah. What is that photo?
- Rick Cogley
.54 (4148/7674) Updated!
- Michael Fidler
Rick, you mean that face with glasses I photoshopped tint into with an apparently disembodied arm which is actually very much attached to my eldest son? It's mostly just me :)
- Micah Wittman
Thanks, Michael. Yes, you have a rising tide of comment percentage (oh, wow, you were one of the originals from January - cool!)
- Micah Wittman
1.82 from 798 comments / 438 likes
- David Damore
Thanks, nivé and David!
- Micah Wittman
2027/1594 = 1.27
- Brome
0.58
- Marc Dong
2.9 (3,242/1,116) mhhh.. time to straighten my use of FF a bit.. thanks for this entry
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Brome, Marc and Thierry - thank you!
- Micah Wittman
Thierry - yeah, 2.9 is fairly high - got to pick the pace on like side :) [but hey, whatever works for you is fine]
- Micah Wittman
Stats Update: Last time I commented here my comment to like ratio was 0.107 it's increased to 0.645 ;)
- Nicholas James
1.91
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Thank you Nicholas and MiniMage!
- Micah Wittman
Yeah, that's a decent upward rise in comments, Nicholas.
- Micah Wittman
.6 (6,000/10,000) 3rd update - Now it's time to flip this on its head. My goal is to have (16,000/16,000) next time I post here. Regardless of what happens, I'm just looking forward to the next 10,000 comments, likes, posts, and new relationships I make here. It's all good!
- Michael Fidler
1.76 (7539/4290) My commenting habits haven't chanced much, but it felt like I clicked Like a lot less, and this ratio confirms that for me.
- Micah Wittman
It's that time again.
- Micah Wittman
.50
- Laura Lou Who
Thanks, Laura! (you're a 50-caliber gal!)
- Micah Wittman
0.64
- Imabug
Thank you, Imabug.
- Micah Wittman
4.67 (I'm greedy :p)
- directeur
0.99
- Steven Perez
1.06
- Jim Hearts FF
.81
- Brent - Loving Life
.63
- metalerik
Thanks Imabug, directeur, Steven, RAPatton, Jim, Brent and metalerik!
- Micah Wittman
.83
- Jimminy
0.78
- Pete Delucchi
.82 as of right now. edit: on January 8th it was 0.39 -- when I saw that, I decided to make more of an effort to comment. When I hit 10k "likes" I decided I wouldn't "like" anything else until I also had 10k comments.
- Bren, Not Grinchy
And thank you Jimminy, Pete, Bren and Penguin!
- Micah Wittman
2.47 as of right now.
- Jonas, Leper of FF
Micah, are you doing something with these numbers? If so sounds interesting.
- Jimminy
0.58
- James (!?)
Jimminy, I'm copyrighting every single number. It's kind of a honeypot ;) Actually, it was curiosity mostly, but I also hope to build a sampling (small and self-selecting as it may be) for anyone who might want to analyze it.
- Micah Wittman
Jonas, James and Kurt - thanks you!
- Micah Wittman
You're welcome. I hope the results do some good. :-)
- James (!?)
.31. I have almost 4 times as many likes as comments.
- edythe
.86
- Eric Logan
Thank you edythe and Eric!
- Micah Wittman
195/245 makes 0.8 rounded not including this one which would be 196/245 making 0.8 unrounded,
- tom murphy
Thanks, Tom.
- Micah Wittman
1.98 (588/297)
- Bryan Zirkel
1.67 (19,550/11,684)
- Mitchell Tsai
1:2
- Jeff P. Henderson
Bryan, Mitchell and Jeff P. - thanks, guys!
- Micah Wittman
1.18 - it's always been close to 1, since day one, for some reason.
- Laura Norvig
Wow, Penguin is a prolific liker!
- Laura Norvig
2.67 (875/328)
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Thank you, Nathalie!
- Micah Wittman
2.18
- Spidra Webster
1.29
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Thanks, Spidra and Mark!
- Micah Wittman
0.49
- Jammy Lee
0.825
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Jammy and Mathew, thank you very much.
- Micah Wittman
2.16
- SuezanneC Baskerville
I don't know I just like that picture
- Brian Hendrickson
.40
- Ben Hanten
SuezanneC, Brian, B E N and Joe - thank you all very much!
- Micah Wittman
Joe, it's like see the odometer click through a nice round number - it's just inexplicably engaging. :)
- Micah Wittman
1.40, nearly the square root of two.
- Vezquex: God of FF
0.58
- Andy Bold
Thanks, Raphael and Andy!
- Micah Wittman
1.15 (6777/5873)
- JA Castillo
12.23 (844 / 69 ) I guess I take my likes seriously ;)
- Chris Myles
1.63
- Serkan Mutlu
Wow I didn't realize I was so out of whack!! 12.23 that's got to be a record (and I don't even import my feeds with the summary as a comment)!!
- Chris Myles
.87
- Nine
Thanks JA, Chris (wow, 12+ is unusual :), Serkan and Nine!
- Micah Wittman
0.89 (17818/19913) (Somebody better make a cool ass graph of all this data!)
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Micah.. I told you I take my likes seriously; ). You *might* want to ask (in a separate post) what percentage of likes were used to "bookmark" a post or save it for later VS actually "liking it". I NEVER used like for that.. but I did use a private group that if filled with my own topics (and comments)..
- Chris Myles
1.78 (8529/4782)
- Micah Wittman
Likes are down relative to comments, which matches my much lower frequency of liking. I'm a more selective liker than ever.
- Micah Wittman
0.9009 (6055/6721)
- Jason Huebel
OK, so statistically, what ratio results in better interaction on FF?
- Jason Huebel
I don't think I could argue that any particular kind of ratio is "best", because if Lurkers like to Lurk and cultivate (via Likes) and the Chatty-ites love to chat, to pump out much many more comments than Likes, each can be happy and make for a great social experience.
- Micah Wittman
So I'm fairly balanced, it appears. I would imagine it's because I try to comment on every post I like. That's not always true, obviously. But mostly it is.
- Jason Huebel
Just clicking "Like" seems too easy. I feel like I should say something, too.
- Jason Huebel
383/372
- ashish
'Just clicking "Like" seems too easy' — Jason, that's because you're from the Chatty-ite tribe :)
- Micah Wittman
Thanks, ashish.
- Micah Wittman
wow, what a difference time makes, when i 1st posted on this thread, 6.43%, now = 1.25%, for a 5.18% difference, :o (and this is the earliest post to date i've recovered of my activity on ff)
- chaz2b
chaz, I think there's been a big fluctuation for most people (maybe not that much). This is the oldest post on which you commented that you've recovered?
- Micah Wittman
When I first saw this: 1.91 Sept 28: 1.94
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
536 comments in the last month has me at .8736...still creeping toward 1.00
- Bren, Not Grinchy
.64
- Shannon Jiménez
Thanks, MiniMage (2x participant!), Bren (3x!) and Shannon (your inaugural visit!)
- Micah Wittman
Thank you, SustainedEuphoria.
- Micah Wittman
I 'liked" this to change my ratio! (1.22 1040/850)
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Thanks, Mark.
- Micah Wittman
1.45
- Brett Kelly
Thanks, Brett :)
- Micah Wittman
5.67 all time. Second highest ratio on here. Woot! I love to talk.
- Kevin L
0.125, I need to talk more ;)
- mridul
Thank you both, Kevin and mridul (the two of you balance it each well :)
- Micah Wittman
1.80 (10,189 / 5,666) [compared to Likes, my Comments still continue to rise]
- Micah Wittman
1.02 (10323/10161)
- Bren, Not Grinchy
.5666 currently (30,084/53,093)
- Alex Scoble
Thanks, Bren.
- Micah Wittman
Thank you, Alex :)
- Micah Wittman
that was my third post... It's interesting to see how the number has changed. of course, I manipulated the number to a degree, because I stopped "liking" things for a while...
- Bren, Not Grinchy
Bren, the other thing that can seriously throw off someone's stats is a feed that upon each item it imports adds a comment automatically.
- Micah Wittman
true. that can seriously inflate comment stats, of course. Then you have someone like RAPatton, who posts a gazillion comments, in part because of his playlist posts where he will list each song in a separate comment. I found, after this post in fact, that I tended to "like" things much more frequently than comment on them, that I was lurking instead of participating. I have changed the way I use ff rather considerably, and I think for the better.
- Bren, Not Grinchy
1.8
- Call me Bronco
4.26?
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Thanks, Sarah, Tutivillus.
- Micah Wittman
1.19
- Joe Bonner
Micah this is like 11 months ago, I see you have almost doubled your rate. lets make a graph for everybody now, :)
- Mahmood Padura
Quick, someone write a greasemonkey script to inline some google charts! (tap-tap-tap...wut? don't look at me ;)
- Micah Wittman
Thanks, Joe. And you thank you, Mahmood :)
- Micah Wittman
1.66
- Glen Mistletoe
Thanks, Glen! Your comments in the ratio have gone up too.
- Micah Wittman
1.70 (it was 1.41 on Jan 8)
- WorldofHiglet
WorldofHiglet, thank you :) The comments are strong in this one.
- Micah Wittman
0.64 (2,589/4,051)
- Chieze Okoye
0.58
- Thomas Page
Chieze and Thomas - thank you!
- Micah Wittman
*bumpage*
- Micah Wittman
So, Micah, we never did find out what you were doing with this info....
- WorldofHiglet
2.21 (2,812/1,275)
- Rene Wirtz
0.27 (5637/20234) - I only see a couple people lower than me.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
4.06 (747/184)
- Jan Ole Peek
WoH, World Domination.
- Micah Wittman
Rene, John and Jan - thank you, all three! :)
- Micah Wittman
1.94
- تلخک الدوله
2.74 (4,446 / 12,204)
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
0.97 (6,694/6,929)
- Jimminy
Thank you J., Jimminy and آقای تلخک :)
- Micah Wittman
2.23
- Paola Bonomo
0.71 (8,200/11,551) updated
- Michael Fidler
0.67
- Artem K
J. Abdul-Qahhar LOL 4,446 / 12,204 = 0.36
- Artem K
0.03 (284 / 10378)!
- Daniel Rowley
Thanks Paola, Michael, Artemko, J. and Daniel!
- Micah Wittman
1.09 (9990/9105) From and including: Saturday, April 26, 2008 To and including: Thursday, November 12, 2009 It is 566 days from the start date to the end date, end date included Or 1 year, 6 months, 18 days including the end date to reach 10,000 comments.
- Christopher Harley
*thanks Christopher thoroughly*
- Micah Wittman
14.86 (1442/97) I'm going the wrong way!!
- Chris Myles
The Making of Jive Talk from Airplane! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Mark Trapp, Cyrus Lendvay, Ňicķ and 5 other people liked this
Very interesting "behind the scenes" clip about one of the funniest bits from Airplane.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
I love that they subtitle the actors in Jive when they're speaking normally!
- Brian Johns
heh, yeah, Brian, that part's hilarious. Wonder where this is from -- DVD extras?
- Stephen Mack
I'm not sure where this is from. I have the cheapo version with Airplane! and Top Secret on one disc with NO special features at all. I should investigate a Collectors Edition of that movie since it was very influential in my formative years.
- Brian Johns
Airplane -Roger-Victor-Over - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Roberto Bonini, Brian Johns and Stephen Mack liked this
I'd forgotten how extended the scene was. Classic.
- Micah Wittman
With a takeoff like that, what could possibly go wrong???
- Brian Johns
oh my god, I LOVED the cutting edge!
April Buchheit, John Fu, Yolanda and Itachi liked this
Toe Pick!
- Brian Johns
"Naked male insecurity really leaves me cold."
- Yolanda
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