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You know that vague uncomfortable feeling you get after having eaten fast food?
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- Cristo
I can really use a Bacon Western from Carl's right about now...
- Mona Nomura
BARRRRPPP!!
- Terry O'Fee
It took me about 6 months to get the amount of subscribers I had after deleting my account on FriendFeed.
Mona Nomura, Craig Bailey, Bindu Reddy and 2 other people liked this
It took me about 1.5 years to get that amount the first time around.
- Cristo
See... posting naked pictures do work.
- CW™
I like the new Cristo more than I liked the old one.
- Louis Gray
Louis, I was meaner after I deleted my account, but I agree I've gotten better lately. :)
- Cristo
Glad you came back. :)
- Holly Rae, FFer
And he's already gotten mean again. Waiting to hear of the blocks coming back any time now.
- Jimminy
Jimmi, well you haven't blocked me, because you're still writing drivel on my threads. :)
- Cristo
Nah, I got along with the mean Cristo just as well as the happy one.
- Jimminy
I love Chris - you're pretty rad :)
- Mona Nomura
Marquee S.F. clothier Wilkes Bashford files Chapter 11 - San Francisco Business Times: - http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfran...
"Luxury retailer Wilkes Bashford has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to a report in Women’s Wear Daily, the San Francisco-based business, which also has a store in Palo Alto, will be acquired by Connecticut’s Mitchell family, which owns Mitchells in Westport, Conn., Richards in Greenwich, Conn. and Marshs in Huntington, N.Y. Those stores carry many of the same brands as Wilkes Bashford."
- Cristo
from Bookmarklet
Confirmed: Adobe To Cut 9 Percent Of Workforce - washingtonpost.com - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...
"We've confirmed with Adobe that the company is cutting 9 percent of its workforce, or 680 employees. Adobe filed an 8-K with the SEC today reporting the layoffs. Earlier today we heard multiple reports that layoffs were taking place at Adobe. There are also Tweets about the layoffs on Twitter. Last December, Adobe laid off 600 workers (or 8 percent of its staff) due to the recession."
- Cristo
from Bookmarklet
Oh wow. That sucks.
- Mona Nomura
What is it?
I figured you smart guys would be on top of this one.
- Cristo
Nope, FF is not where the smarts is.
- Cristo
Got a higher res image? pretty blurry
- Jason Wehmhoener
No.
- Cristo
Magna Carta
- Kevin Mohr
What does Kevin win Cristo ?
- Eric Logan
Oh! OK, this one is a little easier to read: http://brianakira.files.wordpress.com/2009...
- Jason Wehmhoener
I will admit that I kinda cheated, but it was smart cheating ...
- Kevin Mohr
I guess there were enough bits in there to find a match by similarity...
- Jason Wehmhoener
What's amusing are the anime results in an image search for "magna carta"
- Jason Wehmhoener
Jason: http://www.tineye.com/
- Kevin Mohr
Kevin, cool.
- Cristo
Eric, Kevin gets me to subscribe to him. ;)
- Cristo
Thanks Cristo!
- Kevin Mohr
You know you're an asstard if...
You love domo and put it in your profile photo.
- Cristo
You use the term KTHXBAI.
- Cristo
You complain about people reserving comments with periods.
- Cristo
...you reserve the first three comments in your thread with periods.
- LogEx
DO ANYBODY NO WHY CRISTO HATES ALEX
- Rochelle
You think LCD is always better than Plasma.
- Cristo
Rochelle, I don't actually hate Alex. He's just one of those people who is fun to wind up. :P
- Cristo
In seven years, cupcakes will be as popular as Krispy Kreme donuts are now.
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Anyone know of a place to get IR codes online?
Chris Greene liked this
I need them for controlling TV Power / Input / Volume.
- Cristo
They also have a host of RS-232 control as well.
- Chris Greene
Altec Lansing debuts USB-powered Orbit speakers for laptops
| ZDNet.com - http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetr...
Chris Greene and Alex Scoble liked this
"Altec Lansing on Tuesday introduced their USB-powered ulraportable Orbit speaker. The Orbit’s USB cable is used for audio input and power, doing away with the need for batteries and a 3.5mm audio jack. It’s perfect for augmenting your notebook’s tinny speakers with something more powerful. The downside? With only a USB connection, that’s all it’s good for."
- Cristo
from Bookmarklet
I bought one of these for Beti and she loves it.
- Cristo
Does anyone have any experience controlling a TiVo with RS-232 or ethernet?
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Is it something that can be done by consumers (or installers)?
- Cristo
What do you mean Controlling? There are hacks you can do that will allow you to manage recordings and do other nifty stuff. Google the Tivoweb project.
- Tendonitis' Bitch
Tendonitis, I want universal remote functionality that operates as fast as native IR even thought the TiVo is in a different room than I am. So far, RF to IR is way to slow.
- Cristo
Stephen Mack may be able to assist with this info.
- Jimminy
Jimmi, he hasn't yet. The dude is a slacker. ;) You'd think he'd have a TiVo saved search thingie going.
- Cristo
Has he blocked you, normally he's pretty quick with the TiVo posts.
- Jimminy
People don't block me anymore since I turned nice.
- Cristo
Was going to mention that. The Cristo of past and the Cristo of 2 months is very different.
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
Cristo, have you tried the i.TV app for iPhone/iPod touch? As long as you're on the same wireless network as your Tivo, you can control it from anywhere. It will also allow you to schedule remote recordings where ever you are over 3G/Edge. It's pretty cool actually.
- Kevin Pedraja
Kevin, no. How does it control the TiVo? Through ethernet? Is there software you have to install on TiVo so it is listening all the time?
- Cristo
Ah, okay. Network Remote Control is a feature on TiVo, but you have to enable it. Now hopefully there is a published API for this.
- Cristo
I don't think there is a published API for it at the moment.
- Justin Whittaker
I have my Tivo connected to my wireless network using powerline adapters. One connects to the Ethernet port on my router and into a wall outlet. The other goes from the socket behind the Tivo into the Tivo's Ethernet port. It works quite well. i.TV provides a representation of the Tivo remote on your iPhone screen. Response time is good.
- Kevin Pedraja
Kevin, I tried it, but it wasn't nirvana. Some of the key presses didn't always register, although when they did, it's much faster than RF to IR. I wonder if it will work for two TiVos, and how it decides which to control.
- Cristo
I'm not sure in a network environment how it handles multiple Tivos. The remote scheduling feature works just like Tivo.com, which lets you choose among multiple Tivos based on the names you've given them.
- Kevin Pedraja
I'm not all that interested in remote scheduling because I'm trying to use it as a remote control for multiple TiVos stored in a media closet. I can see TV from wherever I'm using it. I'd be happy with a little box that read the IR from the standard TiVo remote and translated it into TiVo network commands. The TiVo remote already has a switch for which box you are controlling.
- Cristo
Cristo, I work for i.TV and the remote control functionality will work for two TiVos within the next couple of weeks. We just submitted an app update to i.TV and it's just a matter of time before Apple releases it. Just an FYI.
- Justin Whittaker
Thanks Justin.
- Cristo
This is interesting. Looks like there is a telnet interface: http://www.slashgear.com/tivo-ne... Shouldn't be hard to build my own app for this. Anyone know of a place to get IR codes online? (I'll need them for controlling TV Power / Input / Volume )
- Cristo
When do you think the first gay US president will be elected?
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Or, has it already happened?
- Cristo
I think it will take a loooong time before that happens. Having said that everyone thought it would be possible before a black president would become president.
- Parvez Halim
Before the first atheist President.. or has that happened already too?
- Rodfather
++ Rodfather
- Clare Dibble
I think this wiki answer is actually accurate as it pertains to the founding fathers. Masonic tradition which is widely reported as including a substantial percentage of this group also requires belief in a grand architect. http://wiki.answers.com/Q...
- Eric Logan
Many of the founding fathers were considered to be Deists, although you might call them agnostic nowadays.
- Gabe
The first gay head of state is Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir of Iceland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Jason
@Jason: Actually, many of the Roman emperors and consuls were gay or bisexual.
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
openly elected in modern times then :)
- Jason
I meant US president, but I didn't put it in the original question. I think I'll change it now.
- Cristo
Maybe should ask 24 hours scenarists :)
- Véronique Rabuteau
I think Véronique is referrring to the television show 24's president(s) being black before Obama ever came on the scene.
- Cristo
Sometime after 15 years from now, and within the next 9 elections. Of course, this is assuming the US still exists.
- Jimminy
It's great to be around in the final days of a country. It's when it's at its best and worst.
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
@Cristo: thanks for help. That's it. :)
- Véronique Rabuteau
Véronique, sure. It actually is more clear if you leave off the "hours", except if you don't add the "'s" on the end, it sounds like you're asking twenty-four scenarists. English is not an elegant language. :)
- Cristo
Do you think the FriendFeed guys are happy at Facebook?
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I wonder if they are in meetings wishing they were back in their own space.
- Cristo
They probably happy they can have some vacation time :p
- Rodfather
I think they had vacation time at FriendFeed.
- Cristo
I think so, sometimes it can be better to work for someone.
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
Working for other people works when you respect them and are getting along. Otherwise, it turns into hell.
- Cristo
I guess they'll be there as long as the contract forces and then they'll spin up a new startup...
- Jemm
Piece of mind is nice to have. Startups are stressful.
- Rodfather
Acquisitions can be stressful tool. ;)
- Cristo
I suppose any job can be stressful. I would imagine those who were put to work on other projects might not be happy. Breaking up a team is tough.
- Rodfather
The FF guys and gals are serial entrepreneurs. They enjoy creating and doing things on their own. Guaranteed they will leave FB at some point in the next 3 to 5 years if not sooner. Someone from the originals will leave in the next 6 months.
- CW™
I thought Gary Burd already left?
- Bindu Reddy
I'm guessing I won't get any FriendFeed likes on this post.
- Cristo
@Bindu: Yeah, because he doesn't like telecommuting.
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
Gary may not like telecommuting, but the reasons given for employees leaving are usually framed so it doesn't reflect badly on either the company or the individual. The most common one is "leaving to spend more time with family."
- Cristo
I have no problem with people making ungodly amounts of money. Just do it by creating something of value for society instead of making things worse.
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Anyone know why Nintendo didn't make Wii play DVDs?
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it costs money for the licensing and they didn't feel like doing it.
- Richard Lawler
Because the Wii is a glorified Fisher-Price toy aimed at the lowest common denominator of the market and not an actual gaming device.
- LANjackal
Clear your cookies to solve that one, I guess?
- Stephen Mack
I see it too. MSSQL people? Really?
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
Stephen, no. I don't think so.
- Cristo
Site worked for me and I've never visited it before.
- Stephen Mack
I've tried both Safari and Firefox from a Mac.
- Cristo
I'm on FF on a mac as well
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
Have you visited the site before on both Safari and Firefox? Try using a browser where you've never been there before.
- Stephen Mack
Stephen, I automatically clear my Firefox browser of cookies and everything else whenever I open/close it. I use it to test sites.
- Cristo
Ah. Strange that's it's working for me, though. My theory from the error message was that it was borking on your username from your stored cookies, trying to insert a duplicate record.
- Stephen Mack
Working now (on Safari without clearing cookies). I think it was their own backend problem.
- Cristo
If I had 3 wishes from a Genie, one of them would be to make Flash disappear from the web.
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If you have to sit through a Flash intro before meeting said Genie, you may have to look for another bottle or lamp.
- Micah Wittman
What is wrong with these designers? Check out this site: http://www.minotti.com
- Cristo
yeesh
- Jason Wehmhoener
Help: What does the @ after the protected bits mean in bash "ls -l"?
E.g. -rw-r--r--@ 1 chris admin 2302649577 Nov 6 17:54 Picnic.m4v
- Cristo
If the file or directory has extended attributes, the permissions field printed by the -l option is followed by a '@' character. Otherwise, if the file or directory has extended security information, the permissions field printed by the -l option is followed by a '+' character. Not sure exactly what they are, I assume my Mac has some since / has @ on many of the directories.
- Ed Millard
You can maybe do this on OSX to see them, ls "-l@ /" I see com.apple.FinderInfo
- Ed Millard
A URL describing it... http://bottledtext.blogspot.com/2008...
- Ed Millard
Thanks!
- Cristo
I'm for national health care, but I'm against most of the bailouts.
Anne Bouey, Clare Dibble, Victor Ganata and 2 other people liked this
Ditto.
- Helen Sventitsky
ah.. :)
- CW™
Would Jesus have wanted Christmas gifts?
He got some gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Kind of crappy gifts for an infant if you ask me. I guess the gold probably came in handy for finding a place to stay the next night.
- Jason Wehmhoener
He got gifts (as an infant), but would he have wanted them?
- Cristo
no
- chaz2b
I'm guessing he'd be hosting the big turkey dinner for the homeless guys and giving aways his presnts to them...
- WarLord
I think capitalism pretty much screws the whole thing up. Jesus gave stuff away (fish and loaves) and there's lessons to be learned about generosity, but in practice Christmas usually feels like it's just people showing off their purchasing power as some kind of status contest. Really makes me ill, and I'd be fine with never receiving another Christmas present.
- Jason Wehmhoener
Jason, I think giving to the hungry is the most pure gift of all.
- Cristo
true
- Jason Wehmhoener
OK, I take it back. If someone gave me one of these I wouldn't complain at all: http://dataisnature.com/?p=538
- Jason Wehmhoener
I'm not a fan of gift cards. They are a ripoff by the stores. Many gift cards lose their value after a short time if not used, and they restrict the receiver to one store.
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/takes back Xmas gift cards intended for Cristo
- Louis Gray
Louis, those gift cards were for free visits to your blog. :)
- Cristo
<reconsiders>... /takes them back anyway
- Louis Gray
That's why I like Amazon gift cards...they have none of the limitations of which you speak.
- Alex Scoble
I always buy the AMEX ones for people.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
In retail, "breakage" is the percentage of gift cards that are never redeemed. Financially you have to recognize the liability forever, unless the state allows the retailer to start siphoning off the worth of the card over time. The breakage rate in general is astounding. For some types of retailers' gift cards, up to 40% are not redeemed, meaning the retailer gets to keep the cash as profit.
- Stephen Mack
I believe CA state law doesn't allow Gift Cards to be devalued...
- Ken Gidley
In WA gift cards can't have an expiration date. (I'm also not generally a fan of them, as they're restrictive, unless I know that is where someone shops all of the time.)
- Jennifer Dittrich
MVB - The AmEx ones slowly devalue, as well. I think the key in buying gift cards is to make sure that they are from a store (or restaurant) that someone uses regularly. If you buy me a gift card for a place like Cabela's, chances are I'll never use it, and will probably end up giving it away. If you buy me a gift card for WalMart or Outback or something, I'll definitely use it.
- Curtiss Grymala
I won't ever buy a credit card gift card. For one thing they charge you a fee when you purchase it and they always seem to have odd rules too. I just don't go there.
- Alex Scoble
Please send all unwanted gift cards to me, care of me, 1149 W 190th Street, Suite 1000. Gardena, CA 90248. Thank you.
- Morgan Haley
Morgan, you're probably just going to get a pile of poo in the mall now. :)
- Cristo
I'm always on the fence with Gift Cards. As Stephen Mack clearly stated, there are many cards that are never redeemed. This could be due to the person lost it, doesn't shop there or always forgets to bring it. I try to give cards to those that I know have use the ones I've given in the past. If I didn't hear about your restaurant experience or find out what you bought, it makes me rethink the following year.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
BTW- "breakage" is never a term I want to hear from someone at TiVo. I'm still quite happy with my two Lifetime Series 2s (upscaled to 1080i), thank you very much.... :-)
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
I cannot agree more. Gift cards are just a way to get out more cash out of your pocket.
- ashish
Gift cards scream "I'm socially responsible enough to know I need to get you a gift at this point in time, but here, you pick it out, I can't be bothered."
- SAM
Why is it socially responsible to give people things at particular points in time? Something is seriously wrong with a society that depends on consumerism to thrive.
- Cristo
Convention? i.e. Birthday, Christmas ect... I think gift cards are cop outs at these times... gift cards given randomly=awesome.
- SAM
Why are we required to give gifts for birthdays and at Christmas? We have other conventions in society too, like when cigarette smokers their leave butts on the sidewalk when they're done with them.
- Cristo
I think gift giving can be a symbolic/thought filled/beautiful gesture even if, and sometimes especially when tied into a cultural convention. I just think the style/extravagance/consumerism aspect has gone too far... as we Americans and humans in general have a tendency to do.
- SAM
I think that cigarettes on a sidewalk make for nice decoration Cristo, thank you very much
- Holden Page
I have another convention that I've been following. It's called Craiglisting all the gifts that people give me and not buying stuff for people they don't need or want.
- Cristo
Are you completely anti-gift Cristo? If so, why?
- SAM
+1 SAM. These gestures are done with special yearly occasions because unfortunately we don't do them everyday or very rarely for no reason. So, it's a lazy way for us to remind yourself that you are appreciative of that person for all those times you never acknowledged it throughout the year.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
SAM, no. I give lots of gifts, but I rarely do it when I'm "suppose to." The reason I don't like receiving gifts unless it's something I really want, is because it creates extra work for me. This is more acute of late as I've been getting rid of stuff for the last three years thats accumulated over a lifetime. I also don't like the waste of natural resources and pollution that are caused by all the consumerism when it's unnecessary.
- Cristo
I agree on the "receiving gifts unless it's something I really want" part. That's why I personally like Gift Cards given to me (but from specific places).
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Anybody ever say "I already have this" or "look, my 50th Hawaiian shirt" while sitting around the Christmas tree? But my absolute favorite gifts are the ones engraved with your name, with your birthday or anniversary, and maybe your social security number, just to make sure you can't get rid of it. :)
- Cristo
Yes, I have admittedly. It's hard not to show disgust but some people are just horrible gift givers and they just don't get it. BUT it's the thought that counts even though I'd rather of had no gift than the one actually given (year after year). People know I'm picky, I sense you are too but their are still people who it's not clicked. Try to open that one gift up with a smile, get rid of the gift later.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
I like a lot of what you and Mark are saying here... For me... gifts=good if they a) have thought behind them b) hit the target - i.e. are actually useful/appreciated by that person. Otherwise, i'd rather do without as well. Bad gifts to me just say someone doesn't really know me or has picked something up in haste to just go through the holiday motions = useless consumerism. What are some great gifts though? What's the best one you've ever gotten?
- SAM
+1 Ken! Fun tip: if you have an expired gift certificate, take it on a CA vacation or give it to a friend in CA. You can use them here.
- Lo
A Snow Blower. Why? It wasn't because it was expensive. The December before I had just moved into my first house. As a joke, I left on my parent's answering machine a message that apparently I sung "All I want for Christmas is a Snow Blower" during a major snow storm after shoveling. Naturally I completely forgot about this event. The next year, they got me one and I didn't expect it....
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- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
The only thing that comes to mind in recent years is leather driving gloves and a case of wine (Opolo) I liked. When I was a kid, there were lots of gifts I loved. E.g. Flexible Flyer sled, G.I. Joe stuff, bike, trampoline, swing set.
- Cristo
Cristo, I wish everyone had your attitude about gifts!
- Lo
I am happy to get anything............
- VAL D.
It doesn't take a lot of money to come up with the perfect gift. What it takes is thought, and that thought is easy when you really care about someone. If I told you the best gift I ever got wasn't for me and it consisted of a couple of used books, a bag of rice, some chopsticks, ginger, soy sauce, etc; would you believe me? http://cranialsoup.blogspot.com/2006...
- April Russo (app103)
In Germany per law gift cards are good for X years no matter what the gift card says about its expiry date (e.g. minimum 2 years, not sure exactly). Not every store owner knows this law though, and service is often bad in Germany, so good luck investing energy to stand up for your right :)
- Philipp Lenssen
Yeah, gift cards don't lose value in CA.
- Beau "Slick Foot" Liening
from iPhone
Even if they don't lose value, a huge percentage are never redeemed -- lost, stolen, or stuck away somewhere, possibly because the recipient has no nearby locations.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
April: "What it takes is thought, and that thought is easy when you really care about someone. " -- Thought is rarely easy for me these days. Figuring out what people want that they don't already have seems like an unnecessary waste of time unless I'm an expert at something they are not.
- Cristo
And "the thought" in my case, is not to give me anything. That is the thought I am most appreciative of.
- Cristo
Would Jesus have wanted Christmas gifts?
- Cristo
@Cristo That's the thing, you don't have to "figure it out". When you care about someone, they are in your thoughts when you are apart. Those thoughts will guide you if you let them. You will see (or hear) things that remind you of them, constantly. That is where the gift ideas come from. Buy whatever makes you think of them. I can't shop for people I don't care about. It's forced...
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- April Russo (app103)
April, it's good you know how every other person thinks and feels. I must be from an alien race.
- Cristo
My gifts are not based on what they think and feel. I give from my thoughts and feelings.
- April Russo (app103)
So do I. Which is why I don't subscribe to corporate calls for gift giving at specified times of the year.
- Cristo
It took a long time to get my husband to understand what I was talking about and stop giving me cash for Christmas. I got really tired of it one year and handed him back the cash and sent him out and told him to spend it on anything and everything that reminded him of me. He never made it past the supermarket on the corner and I ended up with some odd gifts, but it showed me what was...
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- April Russo (app103)
The gift I give my wife is helping to clean out all the crap people have given us. It's the thought that counts, and the thought should be "Don't waste resources and fill people's living spaces up with crap."
- Cristo
If you read the blog post I linked to, you would have seen that the most thoughtful gift I was referring to was when someone made my daughter smile, by applying the same gift giving principles I was talking about. He cared about me, and therefore listened to me, and got to know my daughter through me. He sent her a gift that was so perfect for her, yet none of her real life friends knew...
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- April Russo (app103)
April, I don't remember if I read your blog post. My general principle stands. Are there exceptions? Probably. But the reality is that as a macro phenomenon, it's not a net good. And sorry if I didn't read your blog post, but I'm not too into blogs. I'm on FriendFeed for the conversation, and not much else.
- Cristo
Also, why was your husband giving you cash as a gift? Seems weird. My wife buys whatever she wants, so the only time I need to give her cash is if she hasn't gone to the ATM lately.
- Cristo
Maybe I come from a different world than you. There are no ATM machines and we rarely ever have money in our pockets. I usually don't get what I need, nevermind what I want. I usually have to make due with whatever we have and make it work in ways it was never intended.
- April Russo (app103)
Um, okay. If you are poor and live somewhere that is technology repressed, I feel for you. But shouldn't that motivate you to save or work towards changing that position? It doesn't seem like a good argument for the consumeristic gift-giving I'm arguing against.
- Cristo
My gift giving usually isn't very consumerist and I am frugal to a fault. And I am working to change that position I am in, but currently we are in a very deep hole and it is taking a long time for me to dig us out of it. If you want to help, I have some software on my site you can try, and if you like it you can donate what you think the software is worth. http://appsapps.info
- April Russo (app103)
Be a good person. Don't give Christmas gifts.
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I don't like it when people use _underbars_ for emphasis, Use *asterisks* like we've always done on the Internet. :)
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_Whatever_
- Alex Scoble
_Duh_
- CW™
~Pfft~
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
CAPS LOCK IS YOUR FRIEND
- Steve is older than ever
^whatever&is(F9QbertRox))---Right
- Morgan Haley
When there is a lack of ability to format text, people tend to resort to things like _underline_ and /italics/. Wtf is *asterisks* supposed to be?
- April Russo (app103)
Asterisks are standard notation for emphasis. Most interpreters (like Markdown) see it as italics; it can also mean bold when italics are represented by something else.
- Mark Trapp
It's much easier to honestly criticize than it is to honestly compliment.
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But the latter will get you farther.
- Cristo
I would like to honestly compliment you on this post.
- Louis Gray
That's because there's usually far, far, far more to criticise than compliment.
- Mark H
How beautiful. I wonder if admiration and awe are more complicated feelings to express, or we just do not learn how to express them as well.
- E-Advocate Network
Criticisms are more economically productive while compliments are more socially productive.
- Mitch
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