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Who is hotter? Anne Hathaway or Scarlett Johansson?
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I vote for Scarlett.
- AJ Batac
Scarlett.
- Call me Bronco
Scarlett
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
from iPhone
Anne.
- Spidra Webster
That is NOT fair. Scarlett but not by much
- Mo Kargas
ANNE ANNE ANNE ANNE
- embee
Whoever the brunette is (I am celebrity challenged)
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
I'm on Team Anne.
- Joe Pierce
tough choice, but I think I'd have to go with Anne mostly because i'm partial to brunettes
- Imabug
Scarlett by a hair.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
from iPod
scarlett = http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Logan Lindquist
Hathaway
- Mitch
I like them both, for different reasons. But I'd go with Hathaway because I'm a sucker for a brunette.
- Jason Huebel
I like brunettes, so Hathaway.
- Steven Perez
Besides, her picture looks a lot less photoshopped of the two. So she wins for that by default.
- Jason Huebel
Scarlett
- Steve
I do love Scarlett, but I have to say that the last few times I've seen Anne on television (SNL, Letterman, etc.) I've been blown away by her beauty... and those long long legs!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Scarlett. She's obviously outdoors in the sun, whereas Anne is inside, probably with air conditioning. She's much cooler.
- Mistletoe Glen
Anne's beauty is otherworldly. It's hard to believe she's real, actually.
- Spidra Webster
@Glen, Hathaway won't look like a dried up prune when she gets older since she spends her time indoors. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
Ouch, really tough one but I'll have to go with Hathaway too.
- ronin
Hathaway
- Marissa
Oh damn.. Most likely Anne, but Scarlett will win if she starts singing to me.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Plus, I've never forgiven Scarlett for being in that awful SPIRIT movie.
- Steven Perez
Scarlett Johansson. Anne always looks like a corpse to me.
- Alex Scrivener
Hotter: The brunette, prettier: The blonde
- دکتر فی دل احمدینژاد
I'm a brunette guy so...Anne
- David Cook
I'm a boob guy so...Scarlett
- Mo Kargas
I'm voting Anne.
- Christian (Simply X)
Anne! Scarlett sux big time
- Freon
both, plz. kthxbai!
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Winner of the catfight between the two is the hotter woman. End of discussion.
- دکتر فی دل احمدینژاد
I vote for wrestle off in a large pool filled with jello...
- WarLord
better fill it with chocolate and milk so I can lick off the chocolate later.
- دکتر فی دل احمدینژاد
Considering the background, I go for Scarlett.
- Amir
Scarlett for ever. :P
- janet
it's like asking which I like best, breathing in or breathing out!
- Toby Graham
Yes.
- Bren -- Loves Chrimmuh
please dont make me choose
- sean percival
mmm gonna have to go with Scarlett. though both are too pretty to make this kind of a choice...
- Sascha Silberholz Wasek
Scarllet !
- Milad.p
from fftogo
Scarlet ;)
- ★ Soner Gönül
Scarlet FTW! ;-)
- Carlton Hackett
anne! by far
- Demetrios the Traveller
Anne hathaway.
- Roshni
@Mo Actually, you're just a boob. :P
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Anne - No plastic surgery fakeness to her look
- Matthew DeVries
anne tabi ki :P
- KURTAY
Actually, neither do it for me the way a Kristin Chenoweth or Carla Gugino do, but both girls photograph well. Anne has doe eyes whereas Scarlet has that bombshell figure
- RAPatton
from iPhone
Scarlett
- davidlatache
Oh no, men prefer blondes again :)
- Citronella
Scarlett- all day.
- © b e e n s w a n k
from iPhone
Anne Hathaway
- به نریمان گوش بده
Yes. (aw, sorry didn't see you there Bren!)
- Lo
Anne looks more natural in that pic (which is the hotness), Scarlett looks uncomfortable in that pose.
- yurei
Definitely Anne from those pics
- Ian Rudy
Anne Hattaway
- imath
Anne Hattaway, because she's kind of crazy so I have a shot at her. Scarlett is married to a guy with a six-pack, so there's too much for me to compete with. Translation: Hotter = the one more likely to fuck me.
- Ciaoenrico
anne hathaway - she never looks like a cliché - pure style
- barbarars
Scarlett!
- Loc
from iPhone
On the other hand, Scarlett was pretty good in THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING ...
- Steven Perez
Anne
- Santa CW™
Scarlett
- Majento
Scarlett looks like fake. I vote for Anne Hathaway.
- Onur Gündüz
Anne Hathaway
- Hutch Carpenter
I would say both are hotter in their own style. As a personal preference I am always leaning towards Scarlet
- Jayavasanthan J
Anne is pretty, but Johansson is Hot.
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
If boobs were noticeable in these photos, we would all say Scarlett.
- Onur Gündüz
Onur: Yeah, I agree that Scarlett's boobs just might be the only things going for her. :P
- April Buchheit
Anne
- David Monroe
Bumped... just cuz.
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Scarlett FTW
- Bryan Lee
Exploded Holiday Sale - http://www.tee-junction.com/2009...
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"Buy Them: $15-$16 at ExplodedHolidaySale.com, or $17-$20 at ExplodedStore.com"
- Jonathan Kong
from Bookmarklet
Google’s Sample Chrome Extensions Are Already Working - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
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Check out http://dotspots.com/#download this is a very sophisticated extension, built for both Firefox and Chrome via a single GWT code base IIRC.
- Ray Cromwell
National Geographic: Inside The U. S. Secret Service - Training - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Chicago Apple Store: New store from designers of glass cube, CTA paying big money - iPhone, Therefore, iBlog - http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs...
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"This is the North and Clybourn Apple Stop. This is a Red Line train to Howard. Does that sound weird. Well, it is, but it could happen. According to AppleInsider and chicagobusiness.com, Apple has some pretty big -- and potentially expensive plans -- for the Red Line North and Clybourn stop. The report says that Apple will spend up to $4 million to renovate the station in the popular shopping district in Lincoln Park surrounding North, Clybourn and Halsted streets. And, Apple can, according to the report, name the stop."
- Outsanity
from Bookmarklet
This is good news. My office is next door and the CTA needs help!
- Grant Gochnauer
from iPhone
Shure Announced iPhone/iPod Headset With Mic And Noise Cancellation - http://www.inquisitr.com/44035...
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My Happiness Project: Managing Depression Without Medication - http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009...
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- Derrick
This is a great post. I'm on the medication, but need to do all this, too. The problem is making myself want to do it, which, so far, ain't happening. Thank you for posting this.
- s t e v e
What's funny is that I actually backed into this plan. I didn't set out to exercise and stop drinking at first. I just noticed that when I did yard work, I felt better. When I had a few G&Ts after several weeks of not drinking, I was seriously anxious and couldn't concentrate the next day. And then realized: "Well, hrm. That explained the previous month of high anxiety with that last project." Because there was an immediate effect, it was much easier to connect the dots between my behavior and my mood ...
- tiffany
So I will say to you Steve: try to get 15-30 minutes of exercise one day. Pick either something you enjoy, or something you don't enjoy, but that has to get done anyway (like yardwork or chopping firewood). See whether your mood improves. If it does, do it again the next day. And so on. The keys are (1) persistence and (2) being realistic / honest about what you expect from exercise.
- tiffany
I love that you are open enough to share this. Winning the battle so far with the help of a good therapist and taking it day by day. I hate exercise, but I can't deny how I feel afterwards. Handle your business, TB.
- Derrick
i am making myself sound like such a lush too. i should say that "drinking" is 1-2 drinks. usually one -- an amount considered healthy by some researchers.
- tiffany
7Up commercial with baseball player George Brett 1980 - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Performance showdown: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard - http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31...
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"The test machine is a 15-inch unibody MacBook Pro with a 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB of RAM, and a 512MB Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT video card. This is the 2008 model of the computer that comes with a removable battery and doesn't have the SD card slot. (This is not the latest 2009 model that comes with a nonremovable battery, which packs a lot more juice.)"
- Bill Sodeman
"Mac OS X Snow Leopard is installed on the stock 320GB hard drive (a Hitachi model HTS543232L9SA0). Windows 7 64-bit is installed on a 320GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue (model WD3200BEVT). I chose Windows 7 64-bit as Apple claims Snow Leopard is now a pure 64-bit OS with most of its built-in applications being constructed with 64-bit code. These two hard drives have virtually the same specs, supporting a SATA 3Gbps interface, having 8MB of cache memory, and spinning at 5,400rpm."
- Bill Sodeman
*giggles at the Excel graph*
- Johnny Worthington
Bullshit test with Apple software (Quicktime & iTunes) on Apple hardware. Of note is the fact that on both 3rd party software tests, Windows WON.
- LANjackal
All this really proves is that if you have a Mac, you're better off running Mac OS X. Is that really surprising?
- Victor Ganata
It's just a chart comparing performance of two OSes on some Mac hardware. Not sure why anyone needs to get all bent out of shape about it. I was glad to see them both relatively even.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
+1 Victor and Daniel.
- Bill Sodeman
Bay Area Housing Bubble: Option Arm loans in Bay Area - ugly - http://bayarearealestatebubble...
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"Of the 10 metro areas nationwide with the most option ARMs, three are in the Bay Area. They are the East Bay counties of Alameda and Contra Costa, the South Bay area of Santa Clara and San Benito counties, and the counties of San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo. Together, these areas account for the second-most option ARMs in the country"
- Cristo
from Bookmarklet
"Fitch said 94 percent of borrowers elected to make minimum payments only. The shortfall gets added to their loan balance, which is called negative amortization. The amount they owe can grow substantially."
- Cristo
Scary.
- Stephen Mack
Heh, but not as depressing as his previous post: http://bayarearealestatebubble...
- Stephen Mack
Ah. Good find!
- Cristo
I am finding that trying to bid on a short sale is not very much fun. Seller can accept your offer, but the seller's bank will sit on it after that. I'm told a California law was just passed requiring banks to respond within 3 weeks, but our offer went in just before that happened. Was just comparing notes with another friend and they said it's hard to find anything that isn't a short sale right now.
- Jason Wehmhoener
But the upside of this screwed up situation is that some really nice houses are getting much cheaper.
- Jason Wehmhoener
Yeah. My advice is that unless it's your dream house, I'd wait because we're going to have a lot more inventory on the market in the coming months as people get desperate. On the other hand, interest rates may go up.
- Cristo
There isn't much inventory in the neighborhood we want right now. If this one falls through I have a feeling we'll be waiting until spring. That would give us more time for some last minute repairs to this house before renting it, so that's not a terrible situation. We're just ready for a change of scenery.
- Jason Wehmhoener
@Jason: have you considered renting?
- Anthony Citrano
No, not really. We have been fortunate to buy low, and hope to do so again, and someday we may even get to sell high.
- Jason Wehmhoener
You should sell in 2007. :)
- Cristo
I don't really get that. Not considering renting is like not considering buying. Just my $0.02.
- Anthony Citrano
Building equity has been a good strategy for us, even in this market.
- Jason Wehmhoener
We did try to sell in 2006, but we underestimated the degree to which we were enamored with living in the woods, and that others might not share the same exuberance for these climes. (we asked for too much)
- Jason Wehmhoener
One reason to buy instead of rent is that you like to renovate. We've been renovating for 3 years and want to keep doing it forever hopefully. There's nothing as fun as waking up early each morning to let contractors in and being there at the end of the day to write them a check. The drywall dust everywhere is so refreshing and stubbing your bare feet on the unfinished wood floors is a great pick-me-up in the morning.
- Cristo
@Jason: OK, but one is not building equity if one's investment drops in value. pretty speculative to assume that it will rise. @Cristo: most leases are easily modified to allow renovations; owners will often renovate for tenants.
- Anthony Citrano
hasn't come close to happening to us yet.
- Jason Wehmhoener
No owner would allow us to pour the kind of money we are burying in our place. The floors in the kitchen are made of gold bullion.
- Cristo
Cristo, yeah, contractors beginning and ending the day, that really is the life. We've been at it for about 10 years now. Next house is going to be "finished" to begin with.
- Jason Wehmhoener
I am currently syncing my iphone with PC itunes... I now want to sync it with itunes on my mac... will i lose all the stuff on my iphone? is there a way of getting the backup from the pc and using it for restore on the mac?
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No, you can authorize up to 5 computers
- Mehmet Tahça
iTunes on Windows will format the iPhone with a FAT file system. iTunes on the Mac will format the iPhone for OS X disk format. Not compatible. You can transfer the content from the iPhone to the PC but ... it will get wiped.
- Khürt Williams
Khürt: that's odd cause I have an iPhone that's strictly used on a Mac. And the other day I connected it to a PC and it worked fine. For the data on your computer though you have to do something like what John Wang says.
- Edgar Rodríguez
you can also use the new Home Sharing feature in itunes 9 to transfer the Media between the mac and PC.
- Edgar Rodríguez
thanks for this, but im actually more concerned about the data in my apps. for eg iexpenseit.... which i cant sync with anything, if i know sync my iphone to mac instead of my normal pc, will it delete the data in iexpensit and give me a fresh install for the app? trying to think of other ones which have data i have input..or stuff like my settings? basicly what im asking which i should have asked is if i now sync my iphone to my new mac will it refresh my iphone to standard settings?
- Asif
Case-Mate iPhone 3G / 3GS ID Credit Card Cases - http://www.case-mate.com/iPhone-...
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Add a money clip and I'd give up the battery power of my Juicepack Air to coalesce my wallet into my iPhone. Then I would just have two daily carries - my iPhone and my keys!
- Sparky
from Bookmarklet
Do the cards block the camera lens?
- Bill Sodeman
Good point - it looks like they do. That being said I don't think this is a difficult to remove case so you can likely slip the iPhone out quickly to take a shot.
- Sparky
A group of insurgents were killed in southern Afghanistan when they accidentally blew themselves up while placing a roadside bomb.
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A Picture Is Worth $300 Billion - http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009...
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Clearly, the answer is to increase funding for schools!
- Alex Scrivener
from Bookmarklet
Wheel of Time fans: http://www.tor.com/index... Awesome re-read synopsis of all books going on over at Tor, prep for new book release end of Oct.
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Rangel’s Tax Code Confusion - http://www.newmajority.com/rangels...
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"I just want you to imagine sitting across from an IRS auditor trying to explain how you failed to report: credit union balances, several investment accounts, vacant properties in New Jersey, stocks in your portfolio, rental income from a Costa Rican villa, etc. I dare say you and I would be treated slightly different than has this U.S. Congressman."
- Craig Eddy
from Bookmarklet
"This man who has consistently underreported his own income to avoid taxation is not only pushing for a 5.6% tax surcharge on the wealthiest of us but even declares that paying more is “the moral thing to do.” He is a leading figure in a government hell bent on expanding into many aspects of our lives, yet going out of its way to exempt itself both from the programs themselves as well as having to pay for said expansion. "
- Craig Eddy
I just saw http://www.my6sense.com/website... and it is a personal Techmeme for your Iphone except it learns. Coming "within days." Awesome!
Scott Magoon, Jacque, Jason Benway and 48 other people liked this
yeah, a personalized step closer to that "right context" i'm referring to.
- Yann Ropars
Super!
- Amir
Looks like a great idea! On a side note, tho — I'm always a little annoyed that iPhone app sites aren't optimized for mobile (iPhone Safari, at least) display.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
please don't laugh at me guys, just opened my first iphone but I cannot even make a call or anything, I get no service. Do I have to call o2?
- Mark
Been using it, and it rocks. you will all enjoy.
- Scott Klauminzer
My6Sense is another really interesting app, but remains iPhone only. I know we're seeing a variety of apps like that. The same holds in reverse for Blackberry only apps. I wish there was a better mix of cross platform tools so we could use the same ones on our Blackberries and iPods. Not likely any time soon.
- Ken Camp
Mark: the iPhone should already have a sim in it but if it doesn't you need a small paper clip to open the iPhone drawer at the top of the phone.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Ken: they will port it eventually. Picking one platform to develop on makes sense.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
thanks Rob! Had to insert sim card myself but the iphone manual "Finger Tips" doesn't actually tell you how ;P P.S sorry for hijacking your thread, but im excited to make my first post on my iphone on friendfeed
- Mark
They have a mobile web version that predates the iPhone native app. iphone.my6sense.com, so it should be no trouble to add platforms
- Scott Klauminzer
iphone.my6sense.com is great. Can't wait to see the app.
- metalerik
When/will it be available in the app store?
- Amir
Amir: We're shooting for a release on Thursday, but ultimately it's up to the App Store's approval process (which is unpredictable to say the least).
- Brian Remmel
Robert, I'm not sure I agree they will port it. I agree they've made those noises, but in reality, there are *very* few companies porting anything between iPhone and BB. And by the time they get too it, my take is that it will be to catch up to a competitor who's beat them to other platform (in the case of porting either direction). Competition is the driver really. And losing face or...
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- Ken Camp
Scott: I know they have a web version. I use a Blackberry, and any web version of any service is useless in general. The browser is the weakest link in Blackberry. Functional but not strong at all.
- Ken Camp
Brian: I know what you mean.
- Amir
Damnit, I got beat to the punch once again. Another breed of relevant personal search powered by our browsing
- Mark Essel
from iPhone
people-powered search has a lot to be said for it... harder to game the system than google...
- Fred Davis
Looking forward to loading this. Have to many "feeds" apps on my iPhone. Hope this means I can reduce them to something workable.
- Jamie Craig
from Nambu
Jamie: Will be available soon - hope you enjoy it!
- Barak Hachamov
Just checked their site out, it looks sensational. I'll probably buy although I have just forked out of a NewsReader last week which, I have to say I'm completely delighted with, "RSS Flash G." The lack of a landscape browser in NNW just proved too much to bear but I'm glad in a way because without that irritant I wouldn't have found RSSFlashG. RSSFlashG is a very feature rich...
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- JSLeFanu
David: THANKS! you don't need to buy it. It will be for free. We will add more features in the next version.
- Barak Hachamov
I'm surprised to find out that my Digital Intuition is hot, but also has an annoying voice :(
- Tech Introvert
Barak, even better. TBH the app store is so insanely competitive in terms of pricing I don't mind paying for the good stuff. I don't t begrudge RSSFLASHG people the €3.99 for the app (I actually consider it to be worth more). My issue with the appstore is all the useless stuff I've bought. The stuff I actually do use is, if anything, cheaper than it should be and at the same time I've...
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- JSLeFanu
I am trying my6sense out right now, but it's making me really nervous to enter passwords for all my social media accounts.
- Scott Magoon
Scott, please keep us posted on how it goes. Btw, I'm guessing you have a preview copy or else it has hit the app store in your part of the world a deal more quickly than it has over here in Ireland.
- JSLeFanu
Anymore news on this anyone? Scott did you overcome your concerns about feeding this app your Social Networking codes? It's a concern I didn't even have until you raised it so I've been checking back here to see how you got on? Is your silence indicative of a disaster, or is your mind now at peace with the world again on this issue, and if so why?
- JSLeFanu
from BuddyFeed
David, I did not overcome my concern about typing so many logins into My6sense. I abandoned the setup process. Also, I wasn't using the app, but accessing the mobile page (iphone.my6sense.com) via my iPod touch. Maybe it shouldn't bother me so much, but that Twitter stolen documents thing has made me nervous.
- Scott Magoon
Scott thanks for the response. I'd be interested to know what type of reassurance someone like Barak could provide that would make you more comfortable about this? I suppose that's a question that applies to users like you and developers like the My6Sense people. This looks like an app for the geekiest among us and, no offense, you're probably, like most people on FF, geeky. So you're...
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- JSLeFanu
from BuddyFeed
Tech Introvert: Well, I'm your digital intuition....so thanks! But that is not my real voice...it's pitched higher than usual :-) Didn't you watch the interview with Scoble?
- Ilana Gurman
Scott, David: thanks for bringing this up. We'll actually be converting to the OAuth Protocol in just a couple of weeks (although our current database securely holds your SN credentials, no worries) so this will help you to feel more comfortable about accessing your social streams and/or sharing messages on them via my6sense. Regardless, you can enjoy the service by adding regular RSS...
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- Barak Hachamov
Barak thanks for the response. I guess "OAuth Protocol" is a good thing (frankly I haven't a clue) but I don't know how bad a thing no OAuth Protocol actually is. I'll be downloading the app in any case and, depending on what, if any, further information attaches to this discussion, and my own level of paranoia on the day, I'll be signing up for some, or all, of the service. I'm...
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- JSLeFanu
David: Thanks for checking in. We're still pending approval but do expect it to happen any day now. As @dhrac would say, "they're testing our buddha skills" ;) Frustrating as it is, we're exercising a great amount of patience and we look forward to delivering digital intuition your way..! Will keep you posted :-)
- Ilana Gurman
from email
Ilana, thanks for getting back on us on that, best if luck and I hope they upload it soon.
- JSLeFanu
I'm pleased to be first with the news my6sense has landed in the app store, at least in the Ireland AppStore anyway. Just downloaded it now. Don't know if I'll get a chance to play with it for a while but for those who are interested it's there waiting for you.
- JSLeFanu
Thank you David! We are super excited about this. We actually planned on officially notifying everyone tomorrow so we could get in a bit more testing in...Hope you enjoy it, and please please get in touch with your feedback!! Cheers :-)
- Ilana Gurman
Nokia officially unveiled its new product Nokia Booklet 3G. The new Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptop will run Windows operating system with Intel Atom processor.http://www.nokia.com/press...
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The Boy Who Heard Too Much : Rolling Stone - http://www.rollingstone.com/news...
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"Like a comic-book villain transformed by a tragic accident, Weigman discovered at an early age that his acute hearing gave him superpowers on the telephone. He could impersonate any voice, memorize phone numbers by the sound of the buttons and decipher the inner workings of a phone system by the frequencies and clicks on a call, which he refers to as "songs." The knowledge enabled him to hack into cellphones, order phone lines disconnected and even tap home phones. "Man, it felt pretty powerful for a little kid," he says. "Anyone said something bad about me, and I'd press a button, and I'd get them.""
- April Buchheit
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"Telephone phreaking isn't new: The practice, which dates back half a century, was the forerunner of computer hacking. In 1957, a blind eight-year-old named Joe Engressia accidentally discovered that he could whistle at the precise frequency — 2,600 hertz — used to control phone networks. A pioneering phreak named John Draper later realized that the free whistles given out in Cap'n...
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- April Buchheit
Firas Khatib's presentation has been one of my favorites so far. Great stuff. #gnomedex
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'Uh-Oh They're Here' A persistent blogger annoys police -- and winds up in jail. - washingtonpost.com - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...
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"A 34-YEAR-OLD woman, the mother of a 12-year-old girl, has been locked up in a Virginia jail for three weeks and could remain there for at least another month. Her crime? Blogging about the police. Elisha Strom, who appears unable to make the $750 bail, was arrested outside Charlottesville on July 16 when police raided her house, confiscating notebooks, computers and camera equipment. Although the Charlottesville police chief, Timothy J. Longo Sr., had previously written to Ms. Strom warning her that her blog posts were interfering with the work of a local drug enforcement task force, she was not charged with obstruction of justice or any similar offense. Rather, she was indicted on a single count of identifying a police officer with intent to harass, a felony under state law."
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
Not the first blogger this has happened to. That guy in Arizona still hasn't gotten his computers and stuff back, AFAIK.
- Admiral Anika
She wasn't arrested for expressing a constitutionally-protected opinion, or for peacefully protesting real (or imagined) police abuses. No, she's in the graybar hotel for posting the name and address of a police officer, with a street-level photograph of his house. Turns out Virginia law makes a felony of 'identification with intent to harass'. I imagine this law was intended to prevent anti-abortion protesters from posting names & addresses of doctors, but it certainly seems applicable here.
- Pat Rice
Not all bloggers are bright and this is one example. If what I am reading is true, that sort of stunt does not help anyone in any way.
- Lester Greenberg
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"A creature of politics, he is tireless yet brusque. Stories about antics during his younger years abound. He once delivered a rotting fish to a pollster who displeased him. And at a restaurant in Little Rock, Ark., soon after Mr. Clinton was first elected President, Mr. Emanuel, ticking off a list of what he thought were disloyal Democrats and other political enemies, stabbed the table with his knife and screamed, ''Dead!'' after each name."
- Dave Winer
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men who look like old lesbians - http://menwholooklikeoldlesbia...
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"Aaron Sorkin. Playwright, screenwriter, television writer/producer. "Oh, honey, I hope you can handle this truth: Those highlights have to go--and BTW, look into some new frames!""
- anna sauce
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hehehhe hee hee hee
- anna sauce
Prepare Yourself for the Next Downturn - Peter Bregman - HarvardBusiness.org - http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/bregman...
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John Fund: Congress’s Gulfstream Jet Scandal Is Just the Beginning - WSJ.com - http://online.wsj.com/article...
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"Frequent flying by Congress is a growth industry. As the Journal's Brody Mullins reported this month, House members last year spent some 3,000 days overseas on taxpayer-funded trips, up from about 550 in 1995. This month, 11 separate congressional delegations will visit Germany.They don't have to itemize expenses—a convenient arrangement since most costs are covered by the government or local hosts. Some trips subtract some hotel and meal costs from the per diems, others do not. "The policy is completely inconsistent," one House member told me. Total per diem allowances (per person, including staff) can top $3,000 for a single trip. Unused funds are supposed to be given back to the government, but congressional records show that rarely happens."
- Robert Kenney
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Everyone's whining about FaceFeed. But, the best time to sell a company is when you're the hot up-and-comer. Facebook made a smart (buzz & talent) buy, and FriendFeed probably made a smart business decision. But most people are not pissed that it was sold, but to whom. The crux of it is: most FFers don't like Facebook.
Rick Cogley, Bill Kinney, embee and 33 other people liked this
Let's clarify, a lot of FFers don't like FB for some *very specific* reasons: it's slow, it's clunky, the UI is horrible, the apps are nightmares to deal with, the privacy settings are a crock and more convoluted than my house's mortgages documents, plus the ever questionable use of your copyrighted materials in their ads. But other than all those things, FB is great =/
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
for my self I think that they miss the opportunity to get a better deal :) that all:)
- abdellah
You hit the nail on the head. Hopefully what we see of this mashup is something more like FriendFace and less like FaceFeed.
- Rob McNair-Huff
I will add to Tina's list by mentioning, once again, that Facebook censors content. No thanks.
- jcunwired
LMAO @ Tina :D that comment is win.
- vijay
Preach it Tina!
- Alex Scrivener
I always forget that one jcunwired, mainly because I don't actually participate on FB. I don't participate there because it's ugly as homemade sin and slower than running in a stream of molasses.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I can't argue with anything you said!
- Jeff P. Henderson
BTW: I am one of the whiners. I don't like Facebook either. I, too, want to take my marbles and go home. But I'm also saying: if I were FriendFeed, I probably would have done this deal. And if I were Facebook, I *surely* would have done this deal. We have to see all sides.
- Anthony Citrano
Well, I guess out best hope is the FriendFeedization of Facebook, versus the Facebookification of FriendFeed.
- phil baumann
I am on FriendFeed because I don't like Facebook (or Twitter). If I wanted to be active on Facebook, I'd already be active on Facebook... But I'm not... I prefer FriendFeed... and the idea of being "forced" to use Facebook instead makes me sick. I will just quit if that's the only option. :(
- Fa La La La Lindsay
I think we do, Anthony. At least, most of us do. I'm proud and happy for the FF staff for the sale, I just dislike where the check came from. And I kinda wish the announcement had been handled differently, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
But Lindsay, was it that you never expected the company to be sold or you expected them to stay independent forever and try to find a profit model (about which I can almost hear the alternate-reality whining.) This word "betrayal" is being thrown around. I'm wondering what you betrayees would have had them do (or what your expectations were.)
- Anthony Citrano
I saw FriendFeed as becoming it's own platform... it was well on it's way and had lots of potential for growth and expansion. There are innovations in its search, many people had already expressed interest in paying for "Pro features" if they were offered, and they had already received enough funding to keep them afloat for several years... I know the money was too tempting, and I don't...
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- Fa La La La Lindsay
I have a preconception that it's hard to find new people on Facebook - after all, it was built for old people, as in: relatives, old school chums et al. My daughter pointed out that if you spend time on Group and fan pages, you can have FF-like discussions and meet new people that way, although I really like hovering over people to get a sense of who they are while i'm reading their...
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- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
I hear you Lindsay and am off to read your article now. I share your assessment that it could probably have done reasonably well within that model. Although it (the product or the codebase) never would have seen mass acceptance, I don't think.
- Anthony Citrano
FriendFeedization of Facebook will probably help. It needs some work, though!
- Tim Tyler
@Tina and jcunwired: Just to clarify, Facebook censors *some* content. Evidently breastfeeding mothers are *bad, bad, bad*, but Holocaust deniers are A-OK. As for me, I'm taking a wait-and-see approach for now. I'm not happy about the merge, but done is done.
- vicster is...
@jcunwired: I don't use FB so I can't comment of their censoring of content over and above what's already publicly known. But current FF is not without censorship either, and of almost worse –self-administered– kind. Giving every Tim, Jane and Harry ability to delete and block access to others' comments in their threads inevitably leads to abuse. At least moderators of large fora (or...
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- ianf ⌘
So delighted to see so many saying FB is slow and clunky! I see so many "social media mavens" raving about it & how useful it is. It takes me forever to do 2 things on there! Useful? I am always left with a sense of tremendous time wasted. No useful... Who knows what the merger will bring? A whole new yet to exist option might show up. Zuckerberg wants to grow FB to really be the...
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- Amy Flynn
Amy, that's because anybody calling herself (or allowing to be called) "a social media maven," expert, or, worse, "a pundit," by definition isn't. It's like wearing a badge of a "Wannabe Professional."
- ianf ⌘
Along with what Tina mentioned, FB is where I have to hangout (work) and FF is my neighborhood pub.
- Robert Miller
for me, FriendFeed is all about data and content, and FB is all about people. I don't foresee FB changing its model at this point, so I see the end of FF as the most likely result.
- tim
@tim: sadly I agree with you. I'm still trying to get my head around what a "good" integration/merge will look like.
- Anthony Citrano
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"There has been a lot of buzz around the iPhone lately, especially among photographers. And for good reason… the iPhone has a host of photography-related tools that are both fun and useful. I find myself using it more and more lately, so I thought I might share some of those functions with you." Follow the link for the How To's.
- Jeff P. Henderson
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- Atul Arora
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Health reform idea: Put down the doughnut | MSNBC - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...
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“But other experts caution that the conversation about personal responsibility is not so simple. For one thing, many Americans don’t agree that smokers, the obese or others should pay higher costs for health care based on their unhealthy habits. Only 37 percent of U.S. adults thought it was fair to charge people with unhealthy lifestyles more for their care in 2007, down from 53 percent just a year earlier..."
- Anthony Citrano
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My county recently decided to impose a surcharge on health insurance for county employees who choose to smoke. Thoughts? http://bit.ly/NEkTW
- rowlikeagirl
Should wealthy investors in risky vehicles like CDOs be charged a surcharge on their failures? Seems comparable. And easier to enforce.
- Cole Jolley
@Cole: well, that's an interesting (& rather excellent) parallel, because a couple years ago I would have said that the "surcharge" is the loss of value of the investment. But these days we bail out stupid investments - just like we bail out stupid health decisions.
- Anthony Citrano
I'm a bit shocked that only 37% of people agreed with this. Wondering how the question was worded. Lies, damned lies, statistics.
- AJ Kohn
Charging more for the healthcare seems like a difficult idea to implement - how's insurance supposed to know if you smoke or not other than by self reporting? A better idea would simply be to tax the cigarettes, doughnuts, HFCS, and use the revenue to pay for the extra healthcare costs they incur, as well as subsidize school athletics, community sports programs, and building new bike lanes.
- Eric P
@Eric: the corn and sugar lobbies are gonna love you. ;)
- Anthony Citrano
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