pea, cornerless, my intentions today are the same as yesterday's. to take over the world.
- pea
Parth, The Last King of Men, Continuity of all things human. edit: and I'm standing behind Pea.
- Parth Awasthi
Morgan, tax paying citizen since 1982, serve proudly under Mo Kargas, leader of the galaxy. (I was going to say 'global domination', but what good would that be?)
- Morgan Haley
I need to change my intention....I now intend to serve under Her Royal Highness, Mary Carmen, Empress of the Known Universe. Long live Her Highness!
- Morgan Haley
Tiberius, sociopath in chief, nihilistic endeavors.
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
You all are awesome, but Penguin won, and is my favorite person of the day.... Also, I see we have quite a few here with domination aspirations. Have you ever thought about teaming up?
- Joe Pierce
Absolute Power is hard to share. And it corrupts absolutely.
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
Fulaan, but it ROCKS absolutely too!
- Morgan Haley
Mo: don't worry. Secretly we will undermine the power of the empress and raise you to your rightful position of power! Supreme Master of All You Survey!
- Morgan Haley
"Followers of Sarah Brown's popular feed on the micro-blogging site, received by more than a million people, were startled last week to see her apparently exclaim: "fvdfzsrsazxzzxcvbnmadgfhjjkqwrtyuuuiop"."
- Glenn Slaven
from Bookmarklet
That this made him respond with saying that he needed to oversee the computer more rather than laughing at the cuteness of it makes me weep.
- Glenn Slaven
"THE retail giant Westfield is considering introducing controversial face recognition technology at its Penrith shopping centre in Sydney's west."
- Glenn Slaven
from Bookmarklet
"My point is that there’s a guy in Arizona whose neighbors, thanks to a half-hearted report by his local CBS affiliate, now likely think he watches the skies, hangs out on weekends along the fence surrounding Area 51 and probably kind of liked the probing he got from the alien he believes abducted him for a tour of crop circles. This is why local news is dying a fast, gushy death."
- Glenn Slaven
from Bookmarklet
"If you're concerned about Google retaining your personal data, then you must be doing something you shouldn't be doing. At least that's the word from Google CEO Eric Schmidt. "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place," Schmidt tells CNBC, sparking howls of incredulity from the likes of Gawker."
- Glenn Slaven
from Bookmarklet
What an absurd thing for Schmidt to have said.
- Kurt Kringle
So because I don't publish my credit card number for all to see, I must be a deviant?
- Glenn Slaven
exactly the same argument overweaning surveillance junkies in law enforcement make.......Google was and is a threat to rights we hold dear......
- winckel
""There is no such thing as closure - you don't get closure from things like that," Ms Shackleton told Fairfax Radio Network. "Closure is just a new age gobbledegook word, what it really means is `Please, I can't stand your grief, go away'."
- Glenn Slaven
from Bookmarklet
“THE Princess and the Frog” does not open nationwide until December, but the buzz is already breathless: For the first time in Walt Disney animation history, the fairest of them all is black.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
from Bookmarklet
Honestly, every time I see the ad for this movie, I just wonder why the one time a Disney fairy tale movie had black folks in it they had to turn into frogs....
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
The fact that she wants to run a restaurant is hardly what I'd call breaking the typical Hollywood stereotype.
- Alex Scoble
Depends on what kind of restaurant it is, doesn't it?
- Andy Bakun
Considering that a movie came out two years ago where Queen Latifah dreamed of having her own restaurant...When was the last time you saw a black woman in film aspire to be a doctor or software engineer?
- Alex Scoble
No, it was Last Holiday, the one where she worked at a department store and thought she was dying of a terminal illness.
- Alex Scoble
Isn't owning a restaurant one of those super common dreams? Like running a b&b, and now apparently selling cupcakes (I fail at being original on the last one). I didn't think it mattered what race. It's not like she's Asian and trying to run a laundry mat or Hispanic and doing lawns.
- Heather
Having just watched War Games today (which is what spawned http://friendfeed.com/head-to... ), I'm going to have to say that David was more interested in playing games than making them.
- Andy Bakun
My point is that there's nothing groundbreaking about this other than the princess's race isn't white. Baby steps, I guess.
- Alex Scoble
I think it's better to take baby steps, because then later on the movies will blend and nothing will really say "Oman! Look when they tried so hard to prove they weren't racist!" It's more natural.
- Heather
Alex, trust me - the fact that there is a black princess at all *IS* groundbreaking. Just take a look at the princesses in Disney history and you'll understand why (hint: no matter what DIsney's marketing team says, Pocahantas and Mulan don't count). I'm also going to cut this film a helluva lot of slack because it is set in New Orleans, and her dream, instead of being swept away by a...
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- cecily
And yes, I'm thrilled that there's finally an African American Disney princess, for much of the same reasons why I'm thrilled by knowing that Malia and Sasha Obama will spend a number of their formative years in the Whitehouse. I was a little black girl once, and I know how powerful imagery like this can be.
- cecily
But to answer the original question: will it conquer stereotypes? Heck no. And that's OK.
- cecily
Today is a day long coming... A day of sadness... A day I want to just lock myself away and hide... but a day I know I can't, that's not what he would have wanted and not what he taught me how to operate... I'm so scared...
If he had a friend like you, I'm thinking that he was a quality man that is now in a much better place. Thoughts and prayers for all that knew and loved him.
- Morgan Haley
So sorry to hear this Johnny, my condolences. :(
- Charlotte M
Aww, fcuk, man, that's rough. When/if you're ready to talk about it, you know we'll be here, mate. If not, well...., you know we'll be here, mate. :-(
- Andrew Terry
Sorry to hear about it. You obviously held him in high regard. That's not always the case with bosses. Sincere condolences from half-a-world away.
- .LAG liked that
You guys are helping more than you ever will know :)
- Johnny Worthington
I'm so sorry, Johnny. It's great that you cared so much for your boss - or that you worked for someone you cared so much about, looked at another way. But that does make it harder now. {{hugs}}
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
No doubt he'd have been pleased to hear you held him in such high regard. Good thoughts during a hard time.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Oh my gosh, Johnny. I just saw this. I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you, your coworkers, and your boss's friends and family.
- Call me Bronco
Sorry to hear this, Johnny. Sounds like he was also a friend / mentor.
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
My boss killed himself back in February. Didn't feel the same as you, TBH. Dude was a real PITA to deal with. Condolences anyway, sorry for your loss.
- LANjackal
Hugs to you and your family, Johnny. So sorry for your loss... :-(
- Lisa L. Seifert
Oh, Johnny, I just saw this now. I'm so sorry for this loss. The pain of it helps tell you that it's real; the friendship and the beauty of knowing and caring for someone deeply. My heart goes out to you.
- Micah Wittman
Sounds like a special guy, sorry to hear about the loss, buddy. :(
- Pete Delucchi
until someone speaks up and elucidates, i'm gonna call shit-stirring.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Monique and Penguin: I have no idea what you guys are talking about. Are you saying that FriendFeed issued a statement? Because I'm pretty sure we didn't.
- Kevin Fox
Facebook may adopt some similar features, but it will never be like FriendFeed as long as it continues to handle identity and privacy in the ways that it does.
- LogEx
(took me ages to work out but I think this is related to Facebook removing regions so you can be available to friends, friends of friends or everyone)
- Phill Price
Ok, I've been offline for a few days, what the smeg is going on around here!?!? I leave you guys alone for one minute...
- Glenn Slaven
I was a bit worried there for a while. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
"The two children chosen to front Richard Dawkins’s latest assault on God could not look more free of the misery he associates with religious baggage. With the slogan “Please don’t label me. Let me grow up and choose for myself”, the youngsters with broad grins seem to be the perfect advertisement for the new atheism being promoted by Professor Dawkins and the British Humanist Association. Except that they are about as far from atheism as it is possible to be. The Times can reveal that Charlotte, 8, and Ollie, 7, are from one of the country’s most devout Christian families."
- Glenn Slaven
from Bookmarklet
Wouldn't the fact that they are from a devout Christian family actually be better for the message?
- Brian Sullivan
Not sure how, they aren't being 'left to choose' ,they're being raised Christian, and yet at least look happy. Not sure that's the message Dawkins wanted
- Glenn Slaven
Isn't the ad directed at Christian (or other religious) parents? Shouldn't the kids being displayed represent their children?
- Brian Sullivan
Many children look and act happy before they realize that Santa Claus doesn't really exist...
- Jemm
Kids that age don't really get the idea of a deity anyway. Just like they don't get that Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny don't really exist. Parents can teach children this young to say certain common phrases of their particular religious beliefs, but until the children are a bit older they're just parroting their parents anyway.
- Jason Huebel
what? no Santa? liar - the Grinch must have put you up to saying that . . .
- William Harryman
LOL. Also, if the guy didn't want his kids on a bumper sticker promoting religious choice, he shouldn't have put his children's pictures in a stock photo gallery.
- Jason Huebel
BTW, atheist or not, this phrase should irk parents: “The message is that the labelling of children by their parents’ religion fails to respect the rights of the child and their autonomy. We are saying that religions and philosophies — and ‘humanist’ is one of the labels we use on our poster — should not be foisted on or assumed of young children.” Children this age are not and should...
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- Jason Huebel
i'll still love my kids just the same no matter how their beliefs eventually shake out.
- Joe Silence is not dead
My headline would be "One of England's most devout Christian families pimps images of their children to atheist movement"
- Matt G
People, Dawkins is a Humanist, not an Atheist. He says so himself. And why pass judgment on anyone involved. Maybe this "devout Christian family" knew the marketing agency or even the designer.
- Kevin L
to alot of the Ultra-Right Super Christians of my acquaintance (i live in Texas, they're like mosquitoes here), there's no difference between a Humanist and an Atheist. alot of them also believe global warming is a myth.
- Joe Silence is not dead
The plugin has now been officially registered as a FF client, so "via" messages should show up for comments made via the blog comment form and cc.ed to FriendFeed.
- Mark Carey
from FriendFeed MT Plugin
"Optus is the exclusive Australian mobile carrier for the HTC Dream and Samsung Galaxy Android phones and yet people who signed a long term contract for these phones have to date been blocked from buying paid Android apps and getting the full Android experience."
- Glenn Slaven
from Bookmarklet
I'm sure by now everyone has at least one room with maybe a handful of trusted friendfeeders in it that they go to gossip in. My gossip room has me CRACKING.THE.FUCK.UP right now.
Sarah wants to be "in my room"? Wheeee! ;) pea: are you calling me a baby? I have only one thing to say to that: Cool It Now
- Bren, Not Grinchy
from iPhone
Oh boy are you getting a lot out of that one! Imma call you more than a baby soon enough! grrr. ;-)
- pea
I used to be in a private room, but I started feeling constrained by being in a room with the same people all of the time. So now I'm strictly public.
- josh neff, geek at large
LOL... it is just like high school... the only private room is the one inside my head
- Adrian
Actually, I don't...not on friendfeed at least. There is an IRC channel I use for that, full of weirdos I have known for years, and a handful of people on Mumble.
- April Russo (app103)
I'm gonna name names: Amazon, you show me boat loads of cool stuff in your bazillion-things database, then when I go to check out you throw up your hands, "Delivery there?! Must be that towering wall of ice that blockages the entire Canadian-US border. *blows steam*
- Micah Wittman
It takes 14,000 years per order for Amazon to deliver here
- Mo Kargas
"Mo, I can totally hear your American accent in your typing. You ain't gotta lie! I know you're here like everyone else online. - Anika" LOL, that one reply was a good laugh!
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
Mo, whenever I say I'm from Belarus I see this expression O_o. After a while - and what state is it? I think I'll just go with Mars - worked several times :D
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
I'd claim to be from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
- DGentry
"Italian prosecutors sought six-month to a year sentences for four Google executives on Wednesday over an internet video showing the bullying of a teenager with Down Syndrome, the company said. The four executives have been on trial in a Milan court over the video, which prosecutors argue Google had a legal responsibility to prevent it being shown."
- Glenn Slaven
from Bookmarklet
Yeah, you could say we are nutty like that.
- Yolanda
Ahh well, at least it's not covered in ... 'american'... cheese *gag*
- Mo Kargas
Can't explain why, but yeah, we always had pecan pie for American Thanksgiving. The year I complained about how my mother baked them I had to take over the pecan pie baking duties. I'll be making 6-8 pies this holiday.
- Sally: gift wrapper
I order you to change your thanksgiving traditions. Pecan pie will be replaced, with the tart goodness of ANYTHING ELSE! I would suggest U238 pie, but...you're weak!
- Mo Kargas
LOL If I was ever held captive, they could put bugs on me, or make me listen to female singer/songwriters, but that would never get me to break as much as offering me any of the desserts listed above.
- Captain Bubbles
I always underbake the brownies, so they're not dried bricks of anything. But our other traditional dessert at holidays (except this year) has always been chocolate cake frosted with whipped cream - where the whipped cream has about a cup of powdered sugar in it. I'll do that at Christmas (Which I may privately start calling Festiva in the manner of Akiva) and maybe net year. This year Sarah's doing a choc cake with pecan ganache.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Damn, I should've made an apple cake.
- Alix Whitmire
Seriously, guys, there is a problem. Searching for "ron artest fraud" right now turns up this horrible racist link as the second result on Google right now, and it's not okay. This kind of thing needs to stop. Can anyone help with this?
Yeah, I know. We're all like, what. in. the. hell. What he did was truly idiotic, but that site is completely uncalled for. And what the hell is it doing up there as a top result?
- Kamilah Gill
I'm stunned. And whatever happened to innocent until... Seems like a lot of the stories are speculation. No matter what, that site is the most disgusting thing I've seen in a bit.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Google was asked about something similar (monkey picture of Michelle Obama) and their response was that they don't engage in censorship and that any decisions they make are typically in favor of free speech. Google uses an algorithm to determine top results; its not editorially selected.
- Glen Mistletoe
There's censorship and then there's hate speech, which isn't protected. I have to wonder if this doesn't bleed over. I don't know what can be done Kamilah. Wish I did.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
(n.b. just to be perfectly clear, I find that site horrendous, too, but I'm merely trying to relay what I understand to be Google's rationale. If they censor this, where should the censorship stop?)
- Glen Mistletoe
Why do you think hate speech isn't protected, Sarah? The US Supreme Court has ruled in support of free speech time after time.
- Glen Mistletoe
yeah google will probably not do anything without some sort of court order
- Andrizzle Gizzle
I knew it was probably a Google bomb, and I know that Google doesn't want to censor, but, right, this is hate speech, not genuine information. It can still be a result on there somewhere if they want to respect free speech, but not right at the top like this.
- Kamilah Gill
Ok, looks like the server the site is sitting on is hosted by http://www.staminus.net/ which is in Irvine CA. Anyone local to them want to drop them a call?
- Glenn Slaven
I enjoy Burn Notice and In Plain Sight. Kinda makes me predisposed to give USA shows a chance, so I might have to look into it.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Burn notice is good, I like Lie to Me too, there's been a few good US series lately. My guilty pleasure is NCIS. It's so cheesy, but it gets me every time
- Glenn Slaven
"Should you see any of these three signs (Secrecy, Doomsaying, Consensus), it's right to be skeptical. Skepticism is not saying "They're wrong automatically because they're saying this". Skepticism is saying "I wish to see the data and follow the reasoning for myself.""
- Glenn Slaven
from Bookmarklet
"The Emergency Command Hologram (ECH) was an extension of the USS Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram, first imagined in one of The Doctor's fantasies. The program was eventually implemented by Captain Kathryn Janeway on Voyager. Essentially, the ECH was a 'backup captain', in the event of the current command crew being incapacitated. The ECH possessed information from all major Starfleet strategic and tactical databases and could incorporate them into its plans for controlling the ship."
- rowlikeagirl
from Bookmarklet
Worst character in Voyager after Janeway
- Mo Kargas
Oh come on, you can't not like Robert Picardo :)
- Glenn Slaven
He's pretty average, but the entire premise of the ECH/EMH is ludicrous and stupid.
- Mo Kargas
That would suck for junior officers. How do you ever get command experience when they just fire up the hologram every time the captain is out?
- Spidra Webster
You would advocate for that, you you you ROBOT!
- Spidra Webster
Just sayin...makes no sense if this hologram can run everything...no whiny meatbags crying about Jazdia Dax and phaser burns
- Mo Kargas
They don't write that for the same reason we don't limit our space program to robotic space flight. Geeks get a hard-on about manned space flight.
- Spidra Webster
You mean wanky hologrammed starship control..
- Mo Kargas
Voyager is the worst Star Trek I saw (Never watched Enterprise at all so I can't comment on that)
- Glenn Slaven
Yeah I hate it too Glenn. TNG and some of DS9 is where the gold is IMHO. Enterprise is awful
- Mo Kargas
Agreed, although I do love me some original series :)
- Glenn Slaven
I will quote this for future internal Spidra reference "Geeks get a hard-on about manned space flight"
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
If you're buggin' about the legitimacy of this character (EMH/ECH), you probably have problems with most sci-fi, then. He's basically a version of Data with feelings.
- rowlikeagirl