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"Sorry, but Microsoft Silverlight doesn’t work with this web browser."
John Wang, Oğulcan Orhan, rowlikeagirl and 29 other people liked this
Sigh. :)
- Matt Cutts
Which one? Works in Chrome Windows.
- Hayes Haugen
It does not work on Chrome OS X.
- Gary Burd
It definitely does not work with Chrome on Ubuntu.
- imabonehead
STOP USING THE BETA!
- Andy Bakun
Guess you don't get to check it out.
- Hayes Haugen
I'm using Chrome on Ubuntu.
- Matt Cutts
Be a man. Get IE8 :)
- dannysullivan
Danny, what would I run IE8 on? I don't have any Microsoft OS software any more. :)
- Matt Cutts
I find it informative to use my competitor's products.
- Hayes Haugen
I keep trying, Hayes, but when AdCenter rolled out, it wouldn't even work on Firefox.
- Matt Cutts
The Web wins again. :)
- Ray Cromwell
Does this mean you've broken your "stop using Microsoft OS/software" challenge? Or are Microsoft websites excluded?
- Tony Ruscoe
Google's bet on HTML5 and the web is the right one.
- Diego Barros
who gives a tard about Chrome :) Grow up Cutts!
- Jose Fajardo
Matt it works fine on Chrome on Windows. This is the only platform on which a non-beta version of Chrome is available at the moment. You should use only supported browsers like IE8 and Chrome on Windows, Firefox, Safari and Opera on Windows and Mac OS. If you are using a Linux-based distribution, you should get the latest Moonlight binaries and use a supported browser like Firefox or...
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- Lituus Limacon
Silverlight used to work with the Chrome Dev beta. Not sure what changed....
- Roberto Bonini
Tony: Microsoft websites are excluded from my challenge. :)
- Matt Cutts
real time spam? google says been fighting spam so long they can stop it almost before it starts :)
I can prove that's not true ;) Shortly after the launch I've logged SERP referrals under totally spammy URIs I've injected into real time search results. There's no such thing as a "bury spam before real time search results turn spammy defense line" yet.
- Sebastian
heh. well, i'm not surprised. where there are search listings, there's going to be spam.
- dannysullivan
Imagine that you are about to be reincarnated (as a baby human) and can pass along 140 characters of advice. What would you say?
TobiasVerhoog.com, barbarars, Ray Marr aka Knatchwa and 59 other people liked this
Assume that the baby will be born into circumstances similar to your own, if necessary...
- Paul Buchheit
Wow, that's a stumper of a question! :)
- Susan Beebe
Learn all that you can, be noble, true, humble, love much. Seek wisdom from your family and friends
- Susan Beebe
I wouldn't need 140 characters: "in whatever you do, strive to do it as well as you possibly can." 64.
- Bren -- Making Contact
from iPhone
Floss. :)
- AJ Batac
"It's mostly an illusion"
- Paul Buchheit
Never stop learning, enjoy the little things, cherish friends & family, try your best, keep an open mind, and indulge yourself occasionally.
- Nathan Chase
chase your passions, the rest follows. observe everything. work, love and play hard. change happens. live full and balanced. 3
- Charles Ying
What goes around comes around.
- imabonehead
I think Nathan has it! At least he said exactly what I would have written. :-)
- Victoria Plautia
Don't panic.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
from fftogo
Risk is not an option. And eat your vegetables.
- Micah Wittman
Study Thomas, he has more answers than anyone else you will read.
- Alex Scrivener
Number to a Swiss bank safe containing cash, guns and numerous passports. Yes, it is from a movie.
- Peng-Toh
.....so are we trying to guess the meaning of life here? essentially I think that's what this question boils down to. I only need two characters:
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
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- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
Fear the fail whale.
- Jim Norris
"If you think you already know the answer, you will never know the answer"
- Paul Buchheit
Alex, which Thomas?
- Paul Buchheit
Plastics, my boy.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from iPod
You're a towel!
- raphaeL
Don't fear the fail whale.
- Paul Buchheit
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, if you were in their position.
- Ruchira S. Datta
Everything is transitory.
- John E. Bredehoft
Don't tell them I told you this. They'll think you're nuts!
- Larry Hosken
"There's always an easier way"
- Paul Buchheit
I'm surprised no one's quoted Kurt Vonnegut yet. :)
- April Buchheit
April, is that your advice or an observation?
- Clare Dibble
Observation.
- April Buchheit
Stay away from the mohel.
- Leo Laporte
Crush the enemy. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of the women.
- Tad
"Think big. Code small."
- Paul Buchheit
For April: "There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind."
- Paul Buchheit
Phase 1: Collect Handerpants; Phase 2: ?; and Phase 3: Profit
- imabonehead
Just wing it. It'll be cool.
- April Buchheit
Let's git rid of 140 chars nonsense limid.
- Petr Buben
"Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men."
- Paul Buchheit
Paul, try telling April that next time she is frustrated with you; I'm sure it will help ;)
- Clare Dibble
Just told my son this tonight -- Leave the earth better than the way you found it.
- Joe
Don't be such an asshole, asshole.
- Rodfather
@Paul, Aquinas
- Alex Scrivener
"Don't believe it when people say you can't do something. Prove them wrong."
- Cristo
Assuming my reincarnated self has wifi and a smartphone, I might point him to Des'ree's 1990s pop hit: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Doug Beeferman
Treat others with respect. Feed your intellectual curiosity. Don't accept limits others place upon you and often, patience is required.
- Louis Gray
"Nobody else knows what's really going on either."
- Amber, Random Time Lord
LCD is better than plasma
- Alex Scoble
"Its not that bad, stop sh*tting yourself, ;)"
- chaz2b
++Leo, that sounds like very useful advice. :)
- Ruchira S. Datta
In the end it really doesn't matter, enjoy it while it lasts, do what makes you happy, try not to sabotage the happiness of others.
- April Russo (app103)
Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all small stuff.
- Laura Norvig
"Dear Reincarnated Self: my head is frozen with the Life Extension Foundation. To get cool advice pls unfreeze me at ur earliest convenience."
- Philipp Lenssen
"Dont be afraid to take chances or march to a different beat. In the end only the soul counts, don't sweat the small stuff. Listen, learn."
- Grant Bierman
Dr. Cable. Watch it. ;-)
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
I dare you to do better.
- Charles Ying
"Please ask the next generation to increase maximum message length."
- Ray Cromwell
BTW, Commander Data was able to get away with sending only 2 *bits* of information into the future/past to break out of a 'groundhog day' scenario. The message: 3
- Ray Cromwell
There once was a site called Twitter. It was worth a billion dollars...
- Sean Kelly
Exercise every day, learn to program asap. I have discovered a truly marvellous proof that these are the right things to do which this twee
- j1m
"I've finally discovered the secret to a contented and effective life, which for you, begins now. This joy can be yours. Just claim it by t" <snipped by character limit>
- Kurtiss Hare
Search for the will of the creator. Prefer the heaven of love to the hell of power.Every moment is unique.Train empathy. Give. [ yeah, I kept in the character limit! Twitter is like life sometimes, only, hu, more limitted :-]
- Willi Schroll
L^2>∞ love of life is greater then time and space. Compassion destroys the destroyer peace above me below me around me down me radiate peace
- Robert Higgins
That's easy: Join friendfeed as soon as possible.
- Jim in Real Time
don't sweat it kid, you just got a do over...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
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- Edward Coffey
"Propose multiple solutions to every problem. Or choose your own life."
- Ivo Danihelka
Learn Math.
- Alternating Reality Books
"Context is everything."
- Bruce Johnson
from BuddyFeed
@RayCromwell - see my first comment ;)
- Charles Ying
"Listen." The other 133 characters are superfluous.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Ray Cromwell has said it best *rofl* please increase message length!! It doesn't get any better than that! Words of wisdom!! :)
- John Tastad
Seek truth
- Shakeel Mahate
Love always wins. Don't sweat happiness: find joy. (ponders how to translate the "becoming a man" speech from Secondhand Lions into 140 characters...)
- Ladybug Heather
Remember to save often...data and money. Live life like you have a reset button.
- Brian Merriman
Ignore advice. You'll figure it out.
- Todd Hoff
I won't develop the ability to type until years later, so I guess my only advice is "Ga Ga" and "Ball."
- Fleagle
Frankie says RELAX
- VAL D. Zone
It's not just you, they're all crazy. Make as many friends outside the family as you can. You'll want to leave home. Do it. Don't look back. (this is a seriously awesome topic!)
- Lo
Follow your heart. Don't worry about failure because apparently reincarnation is real. Snooches!
- Kevin Fox
Dont let others decide for you what is good and right for you. Not even this message.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Learn your math. Especially Geometry. It will make your coding SO much more compelling!
- Joe Nickence
"Don't tweet"?
- Marcos
Actually, I prefer FF..
- ★ Soner Gönül
Well I won't list all 140 but 1 I will is: Do not live your life to live..Live it to die. In other words, prepare for death because all life is about is another chance to get it right so you can end Samsara.
- Merlyn Seeley
"In your past life, you never understood why people liked Twitter."
- Ryan Kaisoglus
the world is made of atoms
- bob
Crawl back in?
- dannysullivan
Use the force. Search your feelings. Live long and prosper.
- Charles Ying
When the time comes, cut the blue wire.
- David Gaw
There's always something bigger than you.
- Daisy
Dear new self: whatever you do, don't make all the same mistakes with your life that I did with mine. For example, you should never ever try [MAXIMUM MESSAGE LENGTH REACHED]
- s t e v e
Don't put twinkies on your Pizza.
- Will Higgins™
You, are fine. To hell w' 'em if they think you're not pretty/funny/smart/rich enough.
- Summer
Find Stuart Diamond and take his negotiation course when you're 16. Love yourself so you can love others. Also, reincarnation exists, and you were a geek in your previous life.
- Daniel Dulitz
Don't wish for what you aren't. Life will be far more interesting than you could ever expect. Play with the cards you're dealt, and have fun
- Bette Cooper
don't play safe gamble every day
- WarLord
Call me Stewie, bow now and pay later. Put another coal in the power plant so you can continue watching this homage and choke on the fumes. [140 and referenced Family Guy, ideology, commerce, ecology, choice, and lost will.]
- William 'Bill' McPhe
"Tom Cruise must be stopped. By any means necessary."
- Otto
Otto, you have room to add "--your mission, if you choose to accept it."
- Micah Wittman
Life is all about ass. You're either covering it, kicking it, kissing it, busting it, laughing it off, or trying to get a piece of it.
- Mona Nomura
Mona, you forgot the part about being one.
- April Russo (app103)
live!
- barbarars
Be kind to animals, nature, others & yourself. Do what you love. Love what you do. Never stop learning about the world around you.
- Bronson Harrington
Try to find the 140 characters you would pass along to your reincarnation.
- Eszter Susánszky
Nap.
- A Mitchell
DMV. why do we tolerate these lines & inefficiency? can't we sell the damn thing to someone to run?
Sure we can sell the DMV. The leading bidders will be AT&T and United Airlines.
- Daniel Dulitz
Make an appointment
- Piaw Na
I did, originally. To take my written motorcycle test, the next opening was Dec. 16 -- about a month away. Since I'd actually like to use my Vespa sooner, it was bite the bullet and stand in line in the morning. Still, two hours was better than I feared.
- dannysullivan
Not a Virgin, Just a Fan: http://ma.tt/2009... @photomatt @richardbranson @cubedweller #virgin #necker #twins
Roberto Bonini liked this
Yeah, I was a fan. Then I grew tired of trying to actually use the miles I've earned on his airline to book flights. And other things. All ranted out on my blog. If anyone knows if he really listens, I'll send pointers.
- dannysullivan
Of course, what this really means is that the Yanks will be able to win on their home field...
- Mark Zip
you know you're violating Danny's Law, right? :) http://bit.ly/dannyslaw
- Matt Cutts
i'm only violating the first law. i'm totally in keeping with the second :)
- dannysullivan
annoying that to buy something from google, got forced to create a google checkout acct. just wanted to give me card and go
Serious question: what were you asked for to create a Checkout account that you wouldn't have had to give anyway so that your credit card could be charged? I'll feed back to team.
- Daniel Dulitz
just that it made an account. it forced me to tie my credit card to my google account, if I recall. i didn't have an option. i don't want my credit card stored, and I don't want to have to think if that's happening or not. i just like the choice, that's all.
- dannysullivan
Got it.
- Daniel Dulitz
I use Checkout for everything and haven't had that problem? Mmmmm....
- David Saunders
Guess Who Google Ranks for "Search Engine" - http://digg.com/tech_ne...
3Cinteractive, L.L.C. and Werner Trotter liked this
"It's kind of difficult to report what Sergey Brin said in a conversation if I don't actually say what he said or how he reacted. But point taken. Next time I have a chance to talk with him on a topic where the focus of the article is his reactions to something, I'll make it "Anonymous person said.""
- dannysullivan
Guess Who Google Ranks for "Search Engine" - http://digg.com/tech_ne...
"I suppose because if you are telling the world you have the most relevant search results -- then returning really bad search engines above yourself isn't indicative of that. Not to mention the fact that for whatever reason, we know people do search on Google for "search engine" as well as "Google." I suppose if someone searches for Google on Google, you should give them what, Yahoo? I mean WTF, why rank yourself #1 for that when the person searching is already using your product. Clearly they must want something else, right?"
- dannysullivan
Yes.
Iván Abrego, Ertuğrul Erkan, Brian Johns and 124 other people liked this
Logically Awesome.
- Andy Bakun
Fascinating.
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
Precise
- mikepk
I am, and forever shall be, a bringer of beats.
- Josh Haley
I want this on a poster.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I want that poster tattooed on my chest.
- Josh Haley
I want a picture of you with that tattoo turned into a sticker that I will put on my lunchbox.
- Andy Bakun
I want that sandwich.
- Josh Haley
I want a tattoo of Andy's lunchbox with the sticker of your tattoo of the poster on it.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Vulcan katra on rye.
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
"I have been and always shall be your sandwich."
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
Duh.
- Steven Perez
It all started with the episode, 'A Piece of the Action' http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/memorya...
- Louis Trapani
NICE!!
- Harold Cabezas
I never, ever saw Spock in a short sleeve uniform shirt!
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
Okay, I normally hate this kind of crap but this one's amusing. I also hate it when people give backhanded compliments like this.
- Akiva Moskovitz
LOL....Pure energy....
- Larry Lewis
Where it's at? I got two turntables and a phaser on stuuuuun.
- Josh Haley
"I got two turntables and a vulcan death grip"
- chrisofspades
Spockmaster flash
- chrisofspades
Illogical. But fun.
- dannysullivan
Oh my god, yes.
- Christina Kuhn
That's what she said.
- Josh Haley
Wow, that's an awesome pic
- Chieze Okoye
Damn that's.......nope all I can say is DAMN :)
- Jeunelle Foster
I want this on a T-Shirt! But just him and the dj tables, no lady, no background. :D ♥
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
I want a tattoo of that t-shirt...
- Josh Haley
doing the bump x spock, ;)
- chaz2b
Visual evidence that you live in a bubble.
Darth Farhad Sama, Kol Tregaskes, Jimminy Fuller and 43 other people liked this
From 4 minutes ago. :)
- Louis Gray
HAHAHA!
- Sheryl
I thought for SURE I was the first to notice... :)
- Seth Gray
lol
- Admiral Anika
I seriously hope this guy was being sarcastic...
- Joshua Schnell
He just doesn't live in _the_ bubble.
- Micah Wittman
<twitter>Facepalm</twitter> Wonders why people think the universe revolves around Twitter. Anyone would think the world had suddenly stopped spinning. FF has kept me amused and informed to a degree that I was only peripherally aware that the whale had failed again - Steve
- CdL Creative
what else is news?
- Houseofmax
This is crap. I demand a full 15 minutes of fame.
- Carter Shanklin
15 whole minutes! It's been 2 hours already. :)
- Louis Gray
awesome. little known fact. i can't believe i'm the first person to notice the sun comes up each day. never seen anyone talk about that, either
- dannysullivan
I twittered my rat's ass over 2.5 hours ago! Didn't anyone get it?
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Bonus Points for the subject of the post joining FF just to have his say. Gotta love it.
- Kamilah Gill
I'm sure that is not only visual, but could also be read in Braille. More bonus points.
- Red Label
"Liked" for Carter's comment and what Kamilah said.
- Micah Wittman
People saw the Bing drop on StatCounter, but haven't noticed the Net Apps drop for Bing yet: http://marketshare.hitslink.com/search-... #referrer-vs-panel-metrics
Roberto Bonini and Sebastian liked this
Now you're just rubbing salt :)
- dannysullivan
Not trying to, I promise. I suspect that the panel-based metrics will still show Bing up for September. All of these metrics services should show the estimates of search volumes, not just the percentages. That's the best way to know whether (say) ads have created new/additional trial searches vs. are actually causing people to switch where they search.
- Matt Cutts
Yep, just searched your stream -- NOT a single mention of Bing w.r.t. trusted reliable sources of search share who've been coming out with monthly numbers for years (atleast correctly painting the trend if not nailing the numbers down). If there was ANY doubt in my mind that Bing is a success, you just cleared it. Thanks.
- piyush
I just wish that site would finally upgrade its graph-rendering code to get rid of all the dithering. I mean, seriously -- it's not 1996 anymore. We all got high-color graphics boards a long time ago.
- Joel Webber
Chrome Frame: Run Google Chrome *inside* IE - http://blog.chromium.org/2009...
Aaron Draczynski, Yesudeep Mangalapilly, Jeff Weisbein and 69 other people liked this
Yay!
- Matt Cutts
from Bookmarklet
Awesome.
- Paul Buchheit
Whoa.
- Micah Wittman
WHOA!
- Admiral Anika
Ewww.
- τorƍue
Now we just need to make the Chrome plugin as common as the Flash plugin :)
- Paul Buchheit
Are commas required?
- dannysullivan
wow, my prediction was right (you totally need to put it in toolbar also): http://www.satine.org/archive...
- Charles Ying
that is cool and cruel
- Thierry Lhôte
Hahaha :) Very cruel indeed. Curious to see if this is adopted, corporate users who have IE may still be unable to even install a plugin... but at the very least this still lowers the barrier to HTML5 enabled pages.
- James Kuypers
It is not even fork, it is inside piracy... this is provocation ;-)
- Thierry Lhôte
Do the people who don't have permissions to install a non-IE browser have permissions to install plugins?
- Sean O'Connor
Sean, think of enterprises who have IE6-only legacy internal apps. CF lets them build _new_ internal apps to HTML5, so that someday they can leave IE6. Otherwise they need to dual-target _all_ their apps to IE6 and modern browsers before they can switch. Painful. Also, many enterprises who feel it's too disruptive to move from IE6 may be okay with installing CF, because it's default-off. Let's say half of all enterprises do. Now the need to support IE6 goes down even more.
- Daniel Dulitz
Fantastic hack but won't take off. Fix the core issue and get people to upgrade or switch, enough with the band-aids.
- Dave Evans
Very cool stuff
- Charlie Anzman
Now what about a firefox plugin? Is this open source chromium or chrome...
- James Michael Mike DuPont
Dave, the core issue is that enterprises with IE6-only legacy internal apps don't have the resources to run a modern browser. CF fixes the core issue.
- Daniel Dulitz
Dave hit my issue dead-on. Installing a plugin is a cheat when the real issue is educating people on why more modern browsers are better.
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
from iPhone
Cool!
- Kol Tregaskes
"education" is typically the worst solution to a technical problem.
- Paul Buchheit
yes, education is a slow solution, because most people tend to resist change. better show them there is a better way without forcing them to change anything :)
- George Moga
I'd actually love to see the opposite: IE8 running inside Chrome, just like the IE Tab plugin for Firefox. I use Chrome for almost everything, but Outlook webmail looks and works so much better in IE8, and I doubt that Microsoft will be working very hard to fix that.
- Tudor Bosman
Tudor, yeah being able to choose the browser type for a tab would be really cool for testing websites.
- Cristo
SFPD Officer Threatens to Break Skater's Arm "Like a Twig" - http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news...
Anthony Citrano, Jeff P. Henderson, Helen Sventitsky and 5 other people liked this
Well, was the skater really scrawny?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Youtube video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Thomas Hawk
Yup, the kids were in violation of at least two laws.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Damn, can't skateboard in SF? That sucks major ass
- Itachi
Yeah, that does suck. I wasn't aware of that law. Are Segways legal in SF? On a side note, it's usually not a great idea to call a police officer a fucking dick, or direct any other profanity at them. Things usually go a lot better if you are polite.
- Cristo
Cristo, indeed, the kid was an idiot for calling the cop that. But being an idiot isn't against the law and as the one with the gun and badge and obligation to protect and serve, the cop acted poorly. If you are going to be given the privilege of a gun and badge in society you can't break down simply because someone is disrespectful to you. Being disrespectful is not a crime.
- Thomas Hawk
No, but, Thomas, you seem to continue to skip right on by the fact that the kids were committing a crime.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Speeding is against the law, and I've gotten off with a warning plenty of times by being polite to the officer that stopped me. The kid could have avoided going to jail and having his skateboard taken if he had kept his mouth shut. I'm not defending the cop, I'm just being practical.
- Cristo
Also, I'm not sure being given a gun and a badge is a privilege. It's not a job that I would want, and I'm glad there are those who are willing to do it. Not for enforcing skateboarding laws, but for keeping the truly bad people away from me.
- Cristo
Anyone have a link to what the actual law is regarding skateboards, segways, and scooters on San Francisco city streets?
- Cristo
If law enforcement keeps behaving in this fashion, then it will only get worse, because people will get less and less respect for the police, be more rude, etc. It's a vicious circle which I think needs to be broken by the law enforcement agencies.
- Rene Wirtz
MVB, violating the law should not result in that kind of police harassment. Skateboarding is largely a victimless crime, like jaywalking. Not allowing skateboarding in SF by the way is an idiotic law.
- Thomas Hawk
"Not allowing skateboarding in SF by the way is an idiotic law." -- I certainly agree with this.
- Cristo
Sorry, I'm siding with the officer on this one, unless you can explain to me when disrespect of anyone, let alone directed at an adult police officer by a child, is appropriate. Perhaps you have been in the Peoples Socialist Republic of Berkley too long, but, if that was me, my dad would have whooped my ass for saying that to anyone.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
"while also claiming that at no point did he threaten anyone." Um.
- Andrew C
Yup, Andrew. That, too was wrong. Here's the deal: you can not use the behavior of one to excuse the behavior of the other. That, ultimately, is my point. The kid broke a few different laws, including resisting arrest. The officer should have been a little more polite. The result ends up the same: kid goes to jail.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
MVB, the thing is that we have laws though and disrespecting a cop isn't one of them. Even then though threatening to break a citizen's arm is uncalled for. Cops need to have level heads. This guy does not have one.
- Thomas Hawk
So, you think disrespect is perfectly fine?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
"not perfectly fine" != "deserves threats of violence from authority figures".
- Andrew C
Disrespect is wrong, but the one person that should always be respectful is the police man. If he gets to be disrespectful, where does it end?!
- Rene Wirtz
MVB The cop needs to be the adult here even when the other adults are acting childish.
- CW™
and "valid arrest" != "comes with a side of threats".
- Andrew C
Because after threats comes unnecessary tazering or shooting.
- Rene Wirtz
I give up. There is no use when everyone jumps up defending a snot-nosed, belligerent twerp who clearly has an out-of-control case of "entitlementism." Like I said before, if I acted that way my dad would have doubled whatever I got and I'm better for it.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
@MVB: I am not fully disagreeing with you. It is true that kids today are a lot less respectful, but cops these days are not how they used to be either, when just raising their voice a little bit would keep people in check. The skateboarder was wrong, but the cop was also wrong and he should have behaved better.
- Rene Wirtz
MVB, I think everyone here would agree the kid was disrespectful and broke the law.
- Kenton
Apparently all but one, Kenton.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
MVB, I don't think disrespect is fine at all. The kid was in the wrong for calling the cop what he did. But disrespecting the police is permitted via the 1st Amendment and until that's repealed I'm not sure it will ever be considered illegal. An unlawful use of force is in fact illegal though, and although the officer did not actually follow through on his threat, threatening an...
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- Thomas Hawk
Thomas, did the kid deserve to be arrested?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
No he did not. He deserved to be cited for the crime of skateboarding and released on site. It's a stupid victimless crime, like jaywalking. Question. Do you think this *very public* video builds cooperation, support and partnership between the SFPD and the community?
- Thomas Hawk
Insulting a cop is not a crime. Yet.
- Andrew C
So, what other crimes can I commit for which I should not be arrested?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Speeding?
- Kenton
Smoking marijuana. Almost all traffic violations. Usually you are not arrested unless it's a misdemeanor or worse.
- Cristo
Infractions != misdemeanors != felonies. however, committing an infraction, then acting like a moron can instantly get someone into "disturbing the peace" - a misdemeanor... and incidentally, while i think the cop stepped over the line, i have no idea what it's like to be one and i have absolutely no interest in creating some new set of rules that they all of a sudden need to be super-polite either.
- Jeremy Toeman
Sorry, way, way too politically correct for me. Try talking to me the same way that little punk talks, and I'll guaranty the officer looks like Mother Teresa.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
"politically correct"? Perhaps you mean _legally_ correct.
- Andrew C
MVB, it's a crime to park at an expired meter. Do you want to be arrested for that? There's a big difference between crimes that actually require someone to be arrested for public safety reason (say a murder, a flight risk) and a crime that's minor (as a traffic infraction). Should he have called the officer a dick? No, even if he has a protected right to, it's not wise. It just pissed...
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- dannysullivan
@Jeremy - my problem is people inventing "new set of rules" that ordinary civilians basically have to kowtow to police.
- Andrew C
Apparently, it might not be illegal, either http://sf.metblogs.com/2009...
- dannysullivan
dannysullivan++
- Andrew C
@Andrew since when does "being polite to those who risk their lives for us" (and yes, they do - not every day/all the time, but that *IS* their job) == "kowtow"? again, why is anyone defending this punk kid's actions? do you think cops should have to be treated this way while doing their jobs?
- Jeremy Toeman
We're not defending his actions. We're upset that a police officer threatened to break his arm. Mouthing off does not = I'll break your arm. He's a minor, right? Give him a ticket. No ID, arrest him to issue the citation, hey, that's fine too. But no, I don't think we need police officers venting their frustration that people might assume they're assholes by acting like them. He gives...
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- dannysullivan
I saw that memo also, and it wasn't clear to me what the law is now in 2009: http://www.sfgov.org/site...
- Cristo
"2. Prohibits motorized skateboards on streets, sidewalks, "or any other part of a highway or on any bikeway, bicycle path or trail, equestrian trail, or hiking or recreational trail." (CA Vehicle Code §21968. Interestingly, California passed SB441 in October 1999 allowing motorized scooters on public roadways under certain conditions1.)" -- This one is particularly interesting to me because I have an electric skateboard. Apparently I'm not allowed to use it anywhere though. :(
- Cristo
@Jeremy - no, police shouldn't be treated that way. But, yeah, what dannysullivan said. The appropriate response to rudeness to cops is not police violence, nor a threat of it. I could turn it around on y'all - why is anyone defending this cop?
- Andrew C
See, if the kid had just yelled "you lie," that would have been much better. Imagine the campaign contributions! C'mon, gotta lighten it up a bit around here :)
- dannysullivan
Are all streets in San Francisco considered to be in a "business district?"
- Bill Slawski
I ask because SEC. 7.2.13. NON-MOTORIZED USER-PROPELLED VEHICLES (NUV) (as amended in 2008) of the San Francisco Municipal Code would appear to allow skateboarding on city streets that aren't in a business district. Has the law changed, and the online version of the municipal code not been changed? Or did this arrest happen in a business district?
- Bill Slawski
i want to start company to disorganize world's info & make it universally unaccessible & useless. just to keep google busy
Michael Leggett, Bronson Harrington, Carlo Maglinao and 38 other people liked this
I think we have a new nemesis. :)
- Matt Cutts
from iPhone
Does your proposed company have a motto?
- Tim Tyler
Evil twin.
- Manas Tungare
This is the wittiest comment I read here on Friendfeed - ever.
- Space Cowboy
Apparently, the company has already been started. I had several replies saying that governments in general seem to make things disorganized and unaccessible :)
- dannysullivan
Suggestions for the name of the company: Spammers
- Shakeel Mahate
Hilarious Danny!
- Greg Bogdan
How about Elsevier?
- Ruchira S. Datta
ARGs generate new information but intentionally make it obscure and difficult to access.
- Chris Bentzel
old skates, new skates. old wheels size of hubs on new ones. so far, no fall down go boom. knock wood. http://yfrog.com/0jldwbj
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Are these speed skates? Or have skates just changed to have bigger wheels? What is it like with the larger wheels?
- Michael Leggett
They are designed for speed. It's my first move into something like this. Previously, I really hadn't thought about the size of my wheels. My old skates are 84mm, and I get going pretty fast already on them. The new ones are 110mm. So far, I can't say that they've taken me faster. But I didn't have the right socks on for the first time use, and my feet started hurting, so I really didn't push myself. I'm pretty sure I'll be zooming in them.
- dannysullivan
@LornaHarris I wanna play - what's the site?
It's http://www.xtranormal.com/ -- way cool. wish i had more time to play myself.
- dannysullivan
wish: one click spam report button that kills twitter spam and forward to google to wipe out the destination page being pitched
Elmira Gazizova, Sebastian, Roberto Bonini and 2 other people liked this
Plenty of scope for malicious use with that idea.
- Gordon Saunders
Well, it wouldn't automatically kill the spam. It would submit it for review. Both Google and Twitter have spam review teams. I want a two-for-one reporting option.
- dannysullivan
Hmm. A little bit of Greasemonkey could get that started.
- Matt Cutts
SocialToo could add something like that easily, I suspect.
- Otto
We already do that with DMs (SocialToo)
- Jesse Stay
couldn't pin down when google started offering to pimp profiles on twitter but been months now & 60K+ have done it http://www.google.com/search...
I think that tweet feature has been live since profiles launched?
- Matt Cutts
from iPhone
I think longer than that. Been at least months, from what I can tell on old tweet statuses but can't precisely pin it down. Some issue with Google's date range searching not quite working right :) then again, it's working better than Twitter's.
- dannysullivan
Google Takes Sides on the Kanye West Meme - http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_l...
'Like' robot (frɐnc), Nine, Matt Ellsworth and 36 other people liked this
o.O
- Shandiz
must have been for a limited time only, or a hoax... isn't showing for me - saw this elsewhere earlier tonight
- Chris Heath
I'm pretty sure this is just a Photoshop mock. There's no way Google would do this for real now.
- Jess Lee
Shouldn't the search still show results for Taylor Swift? Lazy Photoshoppers
- Outsanity
I'd like to see that, but... hoax? Really funny!!
- Roberto Arancibia
LOL, so awesome. :-)
- Jason, Mosquito
Awesome, but clearly not real. Note that the search in the url doesn't match the one in the search box. Still, pretty awesome.
- Michael Leggett
I can't reproduce it. but yeah, it would be awesome.
- dannysullivan
thx for checking danny ... i didn't think it was 'real'
- Chris Heath
Newport Beach Publishes New Cruising Guide To Newport Harbor - http://daggle.com/newport...
Danny--the general rule of water navigation is that larger and less maneuverable power vessels have the right of way against smaller power vessels. In some places, commercial vessels have right of way.
- David Thomas
Thanks, David. I'd presume this doesn't mean you just point your large power vessel right in the direction of smaller ones. That's what this guy does. He just speeds the tour boat along directly into the path of other boats (when he doesn't have to). Both times, I've gotten out of the way and quickly. He's just the only large boat that I've encountered acting like this in the harbor.
- dannysullivan
If you have ROW, you're supposed to maintain your course, not take advantage to see if you can swamp little boats (no matter how much fun that would be).
- David Thomas
BTW @scobleizer, what's next for you now that the whole "rule Friendfeed, rule the internet, profit" didn't work out?
John E. Bredehoft, TheHenry, Daniel J. Pritchett and 3 other people liked this
*grabs popcorn*
- Susan Beebe
*sets up lemonade and souvenirs stand*
- Jay Cuthrell
ponders crowd control
- dannysullivan
I answered him something like "it's working out just fine, Facebook has a lot more users than TechMeme." :-)
- Robert Scoble
Hahhahahah Robert! *breaks ice for more laughter to ensue* #SenseOfHumorFTW #IrrelevantHashTagsAreTheNewDisclaimers :)
- Mona Nomura
[school yard chorus] Ooooooooh.... [/school yard chorus]
- Jay Cuthrell
Cat fight. Meoow! To Robert's credit though, it's probably that kind of forward thinking and social engagement that enabled him to land a gig w/ Seagate and then Rackspace.
- beersage
The AP Wants $17.50 For Me To Quote Myself - http://daggle.com/ap-1750...
Marcel Weiß, Aaman (Clone of FF), Joel Webber and 11 other people liked this
Fair Use does not require permission, nor is it depended upon the definition of the copyright holder (but upon the definition of the copyright laws)...
- Philipp Lenssen
I know, Philipp. But the AP has plenty of scare tactics to make people think they define what fair use is. If you go back to my original post about their copyright form, that's one of the most disturbing things I highlighted, "Don’t use your browser to cut, copy, and paste copyrighted content. It is wrong and, in most cases, illegal." http://daggle.com/do-news...
- dannysullivan
Danny do you think the US law will protect people when they continue to make fair use of AP stories, and AP decides to sue?
- Philipp Lenssen
The problem with fair use is that you never know for sure whether you've got a valid fair use defense until you get sued and win or lose. And appeal. It's heavily weighted in favor of those with enough money and incentive to threaten individuals and smaller organizations, who usually don't have a strong enough incentive to defend themselves. And I seriously doubt we'll see any...
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- Joel Webber
"It's heavily weighted in favor of those with enough money and incentive to threaten individuals" I almost think that's the real core of the problem... wouldn't it be nice to see copyright laws change with stronger protection of individuals who believe they make fair use? But perhaps that's also just one part of the larger issue of bringing copyright laws into our century.
- Philipp Lenssen
tomorrow (7/30) seachcast returns for a special microhoo (binghoo?) edition. 4pm PT here http://www2.webmasterradio.fm/
Daniel Rowley, Robert Scoble, Alberto Saavedra and Matt Cutts liked this
Like like like like.
- Matt Cutts
Matt - Maybe one more 'Like' and you can get Danny over here (where the cool kids are :)
- Charlie Anzman
charlie, still writing my last piece. then i get to play at friendfeed. or have dinner. mmm, dinner would be nice
- dannysullivan
so what did justice dept action to block google-yahoo deal do? wipe a couple billion of yahoo's value. microsoft got a great deal.
John Serra, Altan Khendup, Roberto Bonini and 6 other people liked this
Has there been clarification on why one was deemed anti-competitive and this one isn't? Have they approved it yet?
- Kyle Gentry
from Nambu
google partnering with yahoo was deemed to give google upwards to 90 percent of the search market share in the us. msft-yahoo is only 30 percent. hasn't been approved yet, this one. will take time. don't expect it to get denied, myself.
- dannysullivan
I'm wondering if Twitter's new homepage will make it a 3-way race again. But I would agree, 30% search share should get it approved.
- Steve Matthews
Interesting. While I took a class in anti-trust law, I dont remember all of the details. Typical. Is the burden of proof on the DoJ (or insert correct agency) to prove a negative impact to consumers (advertisers) or is it on Microsoft/Yahoo on why is will improve the maximum utility for consumers?
- Kyle Gentry
RT @marissamayer: Just forwarded this: http://www.bbspot.com/News... :) [marissa shows sense of humor; story on google pulling apple results]
shayne catrett, vedicsoft inc, Eric Logan and Tony Ruscoe liked this
Erm, Marissa just deleted that tweet! (I think people might have thought it was for real...)
- Tony Ruscoe
wow. it's still visible here http://search.twitter.com/search... -- now it'll be an issue, watch. just roll with it, marissa! twitter's for fun, we won't take it all seriously.
- dannysullivan
Yeah, funny!
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Is that really her? Her account is not verified, whatever that means
- Mark
Funny article -- funny because it would never happen: index & appstore so different in comprehensiveness.
- Daniel Dulitz
Is Twitter Sending You 500%-1600% More Traffic Than You Might Think?, http://searchengineland.com/is-twit... [up yesterday, in case u missed) tip @techmeme
Ravi, Tom Markiewicz, Melinda Roberts and 12 other people liked this
example bit.ly disparity: receiving foreign traffic moments after posting. Almost certainly bots.
- Kevin Mullett
yep, my article addressed that bit.ly has issues with bots. but the point is that if you look at only the log files and recorded referrers versus page requests for a tweeted link, I had a 500% difference. That's not down to bots. Analytics programs are missing out, too. The truth is between.
- dannysullivan
We see this happen a lot with RSS feeds too. Name your Javascript based analytics tool, they all under-report traffic and advertisements from RSS feeds. Posts like yours will help educate the market on problems with tracking new media destinations using Javascript based analytics tools.
- Bill Flitter
I am seeing a huge disparity between my Posterous stats and Google Analytics as well.
- Steve Rubel
well this will certainly make people think again about twitter's power to direct traffic
- Peter Pham
red ring of death on a NEW (less than a year) xbox elite has brought halo fun to a halt. 10 year old VERY upset with microsoft
sameer, Gordon Saunders and Brandon Mendelson liked this
Funny, my Xbox died a week ago too.
- Robert Scoble
That's awful. I'm sorry to hear. The ring has kept me from picking up an Xbox on more than one occasion.
- Brandon Mendelson
They were having so much fun, too. This is the second time; first was on "old" machine: http://daggle.com/my-xbox... I didn't think the Elites had this problem. Sorry to hear about yours, Robert.
- dannysullivan
Now THAT i believe. Luz
- James Hunter
Has anyone seen their tweets being removed from Twitter Search? Someone just called me and showed me her tweets are. Anti-spam measures?
Svartling, Sidharth Dassani, Gordon Saunders and 9 other people liked this
Maybe, I have not noticed it.
- Adam
Oh yes. And it's not anti-spam. See my post here http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2009...
- Karoli
Probably, I think the people @ Twitter are working real hard on getting rid of all the spam, that's why we are seeing a decrease in the number of followers/removed tweets from Twitter Search
- Ahmed
it's an arbitrary removal from search based upon subjective criteria which may or may not be true.
- Karoli
Haven't seen this yet. Though I would be interesting. Currently working on a Drupal site that filters local tweets since we've been invaded by Gurus and Social Marketing twits.
- Dean Clark
the one common thread I've been able to find in the ones I know of is that they all tweeted with regard to the #iranelection with that tag.
- Karoli
I've searched for tweets which I specifically remember based on memorable keywords, only to find them missing from Twitter search. It's been happening for months.
- Jackie Danicki
Yap ,,, mine as well are not in the search...you can find them in FF but not there
- Johni Fisher
Ya, I only have 3.25 pages showing up yet I have 300+ tweets.... It could also be blamed on a "hardware issue" or a "process saver".
- Adam
Most of my twitpic tweets are missing. Not that I think it's necessarily a big deal, but it is a little odd.
- malackey
Jackie, some people's entire streams are removed. If you do a from: search on them you will get no result
- Karoli
Also, many of the people removed from search entirely are engaged, legit long-term Twitterzens.
- Karoli
Robert, this has been going on for months. I had to write a post that has fixed dozens of accounts in the past week alone. Tweet >> Have *YOU* been "FILTERED OUT" of Twitter's Search feature? Many have been. Get the test & FIX here: http://bit.ly/ShoqTips
- Shoq
I'm still bummed Summize doesn't index every tweet >:[ Twitter is setting itself too much stock that new tweets are more relevant than older ones...
- CannonGod
There are several manifestations. Even though my account is fixed, many tweets simply vanish into an index wormhole. They can be found in my updates, but NOT by search.
- Shoq
and then there is the problem of having accounts restored, only to discover that any tweets prior to restoration are never, ever available in search again.
- Karoli
i guess @ev is banned. do from:ev, you get nothing. now do http://bit.ly/RvKNZ & you'll see his tweets. i suspect from:TWITTERNAME does indicated a filter in many cases but not necessarily in them all. Twitter search has been losing posts for months, especially if you do advanced searches http://bit.ly/Imtq1 but stuff from @shoq @karoli is really helpful -- hopefully Twitter will get their act together more & make things clearer
- dannysullivan
Its not just loosing ,they have some words that you cant find at all or cant find after a date ,,,this problem is from the first days of June
- Johni Fisher
thanks, danny. don't know about @ev, but if you look at @delbius' stream, you'll see how many replies are terse "you may have posted a malware link", or something similar. No pointer, no warning, no nothing to tell you why you're removed. But she makes it clear that people *were* removed.
- Karoli
I am not a spamer and never posted a malware link, but they took out our company name from the search ,,,,,simple as that ,if they are happy I am happy for them too
- Johni Fisher
I do see where ev's account was hacked. perhaps he decided to keep it offline and out of search.
- Karoli
Yes - i blogged about it and then followed twitter folks around until they released me from twitter purgatory - someone tweeted about this earlier - I will have to dig it up. It takes time, dedication, and persistence to get back into the steam...
- bev
When I post in reply within trends, I cannot see my tweets within the stream. I contacted Twitter and they said they knew it was an ongoing issue and instead of correct it... closed my ticket.
- Nile Flores
Nile, Shoq has written a FAQ for dealing with this stuff. http://bit.ly/ShoqTips
- Karoli
Earlier, all results for the search "textPlus" - GOGII's iPhone app were missing, but now they're back.
- drew olanoff
Mine don't show up on the search at all. They used to, but now they don't. I haven't changed anything so I'm not sure why.
- Summer
I was filtered for some time -- don't know the start because I didn't know to look.Restored for 4 hours then filtered again for about 20 hours, now back to full feed. I have no idea why I was filtered. I did use tweetlater.com to announce a friend's non-profit petiiton (about 12 tweets over 48 hours, not much variation). All my tweets from before filtering are gone from search. Not a big issue for me as I don't rely on, but could be very hard for a tweeple for business.
- Liz
Twitter hates you :)
- Jason Nunnelley
Every time you post "FriendFeed" a sparrow dies.
- Alan Chamberlain
Mine are and I contacted Crystal. It's not personal. It's a known issue.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
@salspizza This discovery by @scobleizer affects you, even though you don't sell pizza.
- Bernie Goldbach
I usually notice the opposite, that deleting a tweet has little value because it still appears in the search DB
- Keith Barrett
I hate Twitter's unpolicy on pretty much everything.
- Jason Nunnelley
A Little Taste of Independence « 17 and Baking - http://17andbaking.wordpress.com/2009...
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magali, Dobromir Hadzhiev, Muge Ozden and 23 other people liked this
"While I wish I could claim credit for it, the idea of a flag cake was completely my father’s. It was all a bit of an experiment and when I finally cut the cake open, revealing the familiar red white and blue, I was so surprised to see that it worked. Besides that, I was floored by how beautifully colored all the layers were, and how much it really resembled a flag! It might be one of the coolest cakes I’ve ever made! I used a white cake flavored with coconut milk. I wrapped the cakes and left them overnight and in the morning, was disappointed because they had dried out. I made a simple syrup with lime and tried to revive the layers, but the cake was still dry and I’m not sharing the recipe. However, the cake came together well and you can use any recipe for a three layer white cake. I wanted the cake to be completely white on the outside, keeping the richly colored layers hidden. I also didn’t want to mess around with blueberries and strawberries on the top, which I think are...
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- RAPatton
this is pretty awesome
- Chieze Okoye
Awesome cake!
- rowlikeagirl
that is really cool.
- anna sauce
I think it is pretty cool too, anna
- RAPatton
I love the white icing with no hint of what's inside.
- anna sauce
really great idea
- dannysullivan
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