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LOL - Micah Wittman

HA! - Dave Martin

maybe he was thinking, "at least we still have http://copainsdavant.linternaute.com/ !" - Marshall Kirkpatrick

A big conference able to crash twitter all by itself :-) - Brian Schwartz

Did the guy wander into the wrong conference? - David Damore

Post to your Facebook Page - he'll understand that - Jesse Stay

Damn. Conference hasn't even really started properly and the LeWeb gang are crashing Twitter. - Tom Morris

Well, Robert, this is another fine mess you've gotten us all into. - Dave Martin

I posted to Facebook too. :-) - Robert Scoble

Someone needs to build a Twitter proxy service that'll hold tweets until the service is back up online and repost them. - Tom Morris

There is a major problem with Twitter. Tweets from people you are NOT following are appearing in your stream. These are NOT Twitter ReTweet either. - David Damore

It wasn't LeWeb's fault. No one is even here in the hall yet. The conference starts in 45 minutes or so. - Robert Scoble

What time is it there Robert? - Brian Schwartz

Certain social media people have egos big enough that they like to think that they could crash Twitter. ;) - Tom Morris

Brian: 0818. - Tom Morris

Robert, how is the conf, so far? - Dave Martin

perhaps it's time to switch to SkyRock or Trombi! ;) - Marshall Kirkpatrick

MK - it's the default of the stars - friendster - Dave Martin

Tom, hmmm...Seesmic should do that - but Loic's busy running LeWeb right now ;-) - Jesse Stay

Friendster? I've still got an Orkut account... - Tom Morris

You could all use Google Wave for LeWeb. Watch each other type and then watch your browser crash a few minutes later. - Brian Schwartz

irc - Dave Martin

Still messing around with Twitter?!? - Adrian

"Responding to unscheduled downtime 1 second ago We are working to respond to a disruption in service that stated approximately 10 minutes ago." - David Damore

That is on http://status.twitter.com/ now - David Damore

irc.freenode.net #leweb - Tom Morris

Brian: it's 8:28 a.m. in Paris. - Robert Scoble

http://gsnap.com/scoblei... <<-- I am curating LeWeb in real time here. - Robert Scoble

word of the month: curate. Me? I just tweet, surf, read, share, blog when I have something to say. - Karoli

The Twitter is back - Dave Martin

Looks like it is back now - Stephane Bourzeix

Karoli - check this - The Content Strategist as Digital Curator by Erin Scime via A List Apart http://bit.ly/5PuQT0 - Dave Martin

Spoke too soon. Twitter not exactly back. Latency issues. - Dave Martin

Dave, I know there are tons of posts about curation. It's the hot term right now. I hate it, mostly because it's...the hot term. :) - Karoli

Karoli, hear you. Still, the item is worth your attention, maybe ;) - Dave Martin

Alaska has waited for me at least 3 times. I love them - Jeff (the マクダジ of FF)

dude, that would make me crazy mad :P - Helge M. Heggli

It's a simple rule: If you arrive at the gate after it closes, you can't board the plane. - Mohamed J

Alaska left me at a gate with eight minutes to go. Here's the rules. You must be at the gate before 10 minutes before your scheduled time. You must check your bags 45 minutes before your scheduled time. If you don't have bags, you need to print out your ticket with 30 minutes to go. There are some slack to these rules, but not much and if they feel like being strict for some reason they WILL bump you. - Robert Scoble

Oh you mean they did not make 400 people wait for you and then miss their takeoff slot and then delay the next flight that plane was due to make all because you did not bother to get to the airport in good time? - John Cooper

+1 John Cooper - Mohamed J

John: sometimes shit happens. One time on the way to the airport there was an accident and I was stuck in traffic for three hours. Missed two flights there. It's very frustrating to get to the gate a minute or two after they closed the door and watch the plane sit there for 20 minutes. Guess you are perfect and always on time for everything. - Robert Scoble

I've found that most airlines use the '10 minute cutoff' in order to allocate seats to standby passengers, and that they won't close the gate sooner than 3 minutes prior to scheduled departure. If I were on that plane I wouldn't be upset if they waited until 9:57am before closing the doors. John, would you insist they close the doors at 9:51am, knowing there were people who were a... more... - Kevin Fox

Scoble, it's not about being perfect. Getting to the gate late will cause you to miss your flight. It's not about not being able to put you on the plane physically, there is luggage to worry about and other tasks that happen in a very timely manner to avoid delays. A lot of people are doing many things to put the flight in the air on time. The airline is not to be blamed for a passenger's frustration. - Mohamed J

Mo. Almost every time I've seen this happen (that people are running for a flight) it's actually because the previous flight is late. Ever have to run through London's airport to try to make a connecting flight? I have. It's often not due to arriving late at an airport, but rather due to some other problem. The Alaska one, though, was due to a very long security line. Some of those take an hour to get through so it's easy to get tripped up, even if you get to the airport on time. - Robert Scoble

If you have 1K status, they are more likely to hold the door for you. - Jauder Ho

Jauder: I have 1K status. Not to mention they whisk you through security lines too. But that only helps on United. On other airlines they treat you like the cattle that you are. :-) - Robert Scoble

Ya, Heathrow is probably the worst airport to get around in, especially with the construction going on now. I still think that letting minutes decide your fate is not a good strategy. Arrive early, hours early, and make sure you get a good seat :) - Mohamed J

Flying is a chore... not a pleasure... the security is window-dressing... admit it... airports are disasters in general... but i guess most of all too many passengers put their brain in stupid-mode as soon as they enter one... it's unbelievable the things you hear and see... anyways... - Steven Pelsmaekers

To be on time do not exist, it's a concept. Either you're in advance either you're late! - Stephane Bourzeix

United is the WORST airline now in my opinion. I only fly American - Grant Gochnauer

i would switch from united but they have the best rewards for people w/ status and the other option from my airport is NW - Jonathan Jesse

Robert, that's mostly the case with US carriers. Try flying Singapore Airlines sometime, it's actually an enjoyable experience. - Jauder Ho

Jason, SouthWest, fly SouthWest :) - Hayk H.

AA seems to be good about waiting a few extra minutes to close the gate if there are stragglers, and then bust a$$ to get in the air on time. I've done a lot of travelling just in the past few years, and AA is my favorite, but Frontier has the best planes. - cjmart

@chris martin: the one time i flew frontier i really enjoyed it wish i could catch more flights w/ frontier but they don't fly anywhere i usuall fly. i stick w/ united cause of status - Jonathan Jesse

Jonathan, "for people w/ status"? What the . . . - Gregory Pittman from twhirl

Also United abandoned their pension obligations in bankruptcy court, dumping it off on the US Government instead. I'm sure it was legal, but completely unacceptable to me. I won't fly United any more. http://www.forbes.com/markets... - DGentry

I can see both sides of the argument. Jason, were you making a connecting flight, or just running late getting to the airport? :-) Also, "9 minutes" is not exactly the biggest span of time -- if United's clock is slightly fast, or yours slightly slow, that makes the difference less than 9 whole minutes. As for the airline, United has generally treated me well. The first class lounge in Frankfurt has awesome food. :-D - Karim

Drop et 3-0 ! - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Mais pour qui 3-0 ? - Nicolas Gosset from twhirl

Drop et 3-0 pour Toulouse - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Essai refusé, ouf ! - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Crotte, essai Munster... - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Munster 7 - 3 Toulouse - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Munster 10 - 3 Toulouse - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Arg, reste combien de temps ? - Nicolas Gosset from twhirl

Munster 10 - 6 Toulouse - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Et mi-temps ! - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Et ça repart, deuxième mi-temps ! - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Quel essai du Munster !!! Incroyable ! - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Essai refusé, en avant, toujours 10 à 6 ! - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Carton jaune pour Fabien ... - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Pénalité transformée, Munster 13 - 6 Toulouse ... - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Essai Toulouse !!!!!! Yeah ! - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Egalisation ! - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Munster 13 - 13 Toulouse, et Toulouse joue toujours sans Fabien - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Munster 16 - 13 Toulouse, et c'est chaud ! - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Il reste 5 minutes et Toulouse et sous pression ... - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Ca sent le sapin ... - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Toulouse a perdu, félicitations Munster !!!!! - Stephane Bourzeix from twhirl

Wow, your tweet makes my day seem really boring compared to yours ... ok "beach trip with a bunch of Swiss geeks" really takes the cake! - Susan Beebe

I'm getting loopy. After seeing Susan's comment I thought it was "beach trip with a bunch of Swiss cakes" which doesn't sound too bad at all. http://www.littledebbie.com/product... - Vince DeGeorge

Mmmmm, Swiss Cakes. - Geoff Schultz