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Judge just upheld TiVo's DVR patent. Ordered EchoStar to stop infringing on TiVo's technology. TiVo stock up 25% in after-market.
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TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO) 31% HIGHER; a Judge upheld Tivo patents and said Echostar (Nasdaq: SATS) is infringing on them, according to Bloomberg. Tivo wins ruling on Echostar DVR patent case. Echostar told to stop use of TIVO technology for DVRs. Judge said Echostar in contempt of early ban on DVR use. The Judge said Echostar continues to infringe on TIVO patent.
- Thomas Hawk
I think this may be an actual correct ruling from a Judge.
- Robert Hafer
Awesome. Go TiVo Go.
- Louis Gray
Thanks! Our press release is here: http://finance.yahoo.com/news...
- Stephen Mack
Patenting Ideas rather than new technology innovation gives me the heebeegeebees. It comes down to who has the best lawyer. Tivo certainly created the DVR market, but using the courts to protect the idea of recording two video streams at once? Please. Just compete! But I do see the other side of the argument.
- Craig Johnson
oh my! The main reason I have DISH is because of their superior DVR.
- Don Strickland
Crap. I'm on Dish. I thought this was settled.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
I was with Dish for many years, and was concerned every time this was in the news. Last year I switched to ATT UVerse because it provided more for less. Life goes on.
- Russellreno
From TiVo: "In addition, the Court's award of an additional $103 million plus interest through April 2008 makes this victory all the more important. EchoStar may attempt to further delay this case but we are very pleased the Court has made it clear that there are major ramifications for continued infringement." $103 million. That's a lot of clams.
- Thomas Hawk
@ww3 Now I get it. Twitter becomes really famous. Twitter has massive IPO. Company folds in two years. Ev goes home rich.
Andrew Davidson, Mark, Crystal Tillman and 14 other people liked this
No, I think he's going to do a repeat of Blogger. Sell the tech to Google or some other big company. Google will spend years rewriting it. It'll get even more users but it will eventually be boring. Either way, @ev goes home rich.
- Robert Scoble
That explains why they're so bad at responding quickly to what users want. It always takes them half a year to implement new things.
- Richard A.
Headstone: Got rich with 140 characters.
- Bernie Goldbach
If he's going to sell he'd better do it quick. Twitter's value has to be at its peak right now.
- Leo Laporte
Intriguing prognostication ...
- Craig Brownell
Hulu iPhone App Coming Soon, 'Badass' - http://www.businessinsider.com/hulu-ip...
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Hulu is in the process of developing an app for Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and iPod touch, we have learned from a plugged-in industry executive. The app is coming soon (within a few months) and is "badass" -- as excellent as Hulu's Web site. Video will work over both wi-fi and 3G, we're told.
- Leo Laporte
"Badass." That's a technical term, no?
- Michael Molinar
from twhirl
But does it come with their alien ads? ;-)
- Howell Selburn
from Nambu
Didn't SlingPlayer get rejected by Apple because of AT&T's concerns about streaming media on their 3G network? What's the difference? Hats off to Hulu for doing this, by the way!
- jcunwired
bet just like the Skype app, it will NOT be in the Canadian iTunes App Store -- which is too bad
- Bryce Campbell
Worthless anywhere but the US.
- Richard A.
tell me about it.........i live in madrid
- Foora Zadim
Seesmic Desktop will Destroy Tweetdeck - http://yukaichou.com/social-...
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On a Night Like This - http://thomashawk.com/2009...
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That looks surreal.
- Anne Bouey
Spectacular composition. I like the tilt.
- Brome
Quality photo I love it :)
- Joe Dawson
I just saw another blog telling people how to get more Twitter followers. That made me throw up. More followers are not the right goal.
Pico Seno, Canada's Web Shop, Barry Deutsch and 43 other people liked this
OK sure. But how do you get more followers?
- Leo Laporte
Having more followers "looks good." But it's all about content/conversation for me...and occasional entertainment
- George Smith
What had you eaten prior to the peristaltic event?
- Mattb4rd
FAIL! soo doesn't get it!! augh! it's the conversation and the community around your blog!! Oh yeah, and content doesn't hurt either!
- Susan Beebe
+1 Mattb4rd
- Didier Lahely
"Peristaltic"? FriendFeed is educational. But a bigger concern is the follower/following ratio.
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
stomach upset? twitter trials? CALL JOE THE PLUMBER!
- jeneane sessum
For some people it is. People who are using Twitter as a social tool. There are many brands that use Twitter as a way to promote their product. So, I can see where something like that would be useful.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Bah, as long as I can have a good conversation at any given time, I'm not too worried about how many followers I have.
- Casey Criswell
I agree (http://klrabbit.com/wordpre...) however the ego part of me still wants more followers
- Kim Landwehr
web 2.0 was all about the popularity contest but i think '3.0' will be all about quality versus quantity.
- Patricia
Have no idea how many followers I have, am only interested in following interesting people.
- Sally Church
Whoever dies with the most followers, wins!
- DGentry
@Patricia nice sentiment, but I think getting people to DEfocus on ego is a bit of a lost cause... just ask Maslow....
- Jeremy Toeman
I totally concur with Sally Church
- Ian May
@jeremy, to me it's the difference between being Angelina Jolie or Paris Hilton. 2.0 - Paris. 3.0, Angelina. Both are stars, but only one is quality. :)
- Patricia
not sure i see how that is relevant to twitter followers...
- Jeremy Toeman
Leo: you go on TWiT!!! That worked for me! Heheh.
- Robert Scoble
Sally: that's why I follow you!
- Robert Scoble
It's that you can gain the same outcome doing things differently. I think web 2.0 was all about how many people you can get following you regardless of the quality, how targeted, how many actually were paying attention, or real value. The next phase will be more about actually having substance to your efforts. It's like traffic - it's not the number of unique visitors, but what those...
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- Patricia
I'm amazed at the organic flow of followers here on friendfeed (much more so than twitter). It's something that just builds over time as you participate and seems to come in waves. I have no other avenues for finding followers, but in the last week or so I've been getting quite a few just because a few of my posts or comments drew a bit of attention. It's true that having a decent number of followers helps you have more vibrant conversations.
- Laura Norvig
but WHY is that going to happen? there's no evidence of it in any other industry... look at reality TV - an industry that's evolved for multiple decades... i *want* you to be right, but all signs I see point to this being wishful thinking...
- Jeremy Toeman
Robert, not on Twitter you don't ;)
- Sally Church
for those who use twitter as a marketing vehicle, more followers equals more potential traffic. an example would be blogs that use twitterfeed. those twitter accounts would want as many followers as possible. For the normal twitter user, i'd agree with you.
- Allen Stern
I need some followers who are into tech at least a little bit!
- Cameron
@jeremy, the idea that less is more is present in tons of industries. but, meanwhile, reality TV has been evolving for decades? I think the first reality show i saw was at the earliest eight years ago. were there others? I might have been younger and hadn't noticed. what were some that existed decades ago?
- Patricia
I can't stand twitter users who only use twitter as a self-promotion tool. To summarize... "If you’re worth reading, someone will read you. If you’re worth watching, someone will watch you. If you’re worth hearing, someone will listen." (— Jack Shedd)
- Nick Humphries
game shows? thats not really my point though - i was observing that, as a medium grows, it does not exactly trend toward "noble ambitions" (like quality vs quality). i find it hard to believe that more people on twitter == better followers per individual...
- Jeremy Toeman
@jeremy, all i can say is i work in internet biz and i hear a lot of people talking about this. it's sort of like ad networks vs targeted ads. but, if im not making a solid enough argument, ok. i don't want to debate about it :) Are game shows considered reality? i'm not trying to be a smart ass or anything - i work in TV, write about it 3x a week for TV week and i'd love to know if there were really old, old reality shows. The first reality anything i can recall is Madonna's movie Truth or Dare.
- Patricia
i'd say MTV's Real World was the first "reality show" I can really think of... but game shows in the early 80s and even 70s were fairly candid/"Real"...
- Jeremy Toeman
@jeremy! Oh yes!! Real World! Thank you!!
- Patricia
...Here in AUstralia there was teh "House From Hell"... it was done on the radio not telly but is touted as the fore-father of reality TV; bigBrother etc followed from It's concepts from what i understand and recall....House Froim Hell got HAMMERED in ther media at the time because there were liability issues....hunting article/citation
- Mr.Tiggr
@Jeremy :: House From Hell aired in Australia in October 1998; so Reality TV has at least been in existence for a decade now :D
- Mr.Tiggr
@Jeremy Citation: http://users.bigpond.net.au/info-tv...
- Mr.Tiggr
The only reason twitter works people like you and @leolaporte is because people respond. For that, you need engaged followers.
- Byron Servies
The race after who's having bigger...come on, want more followers? prove yourself. participate in the conversation, help people, response to replies, share quality posts that interesting your friends and you will see results in few months. there is only shortcut i know about. on windows.
- Avi Joseph
boo on the numbers game!
- anna sauce
I have given up on the numbers game. The one thing I would like is to be able to throw out a question and have lots of people answer it. Maybe we could create a tag #question and have people tag their messages with it to get them answered.
- Sweyn Venderbush
from twhirl
Twitter is begging for some user code of conduct. Might be key to its credibility and future.
- William Mougayar
Having more followers is like a hot summer's day when you're hungover, perfect in theory, unbearable in reality. The fewer people are following the more intimate the connection :-)
- Richard A.
I wrote a Social Media Deontology recently to that effect William.
- Richard A.
but dear Robert you have so many followers and you the envy of many, we teach by not what we say but what we do... what is the right goal?
- Adam Gersbach
from twhirl
Followers in no way, shape or form means engaged people though. Count how many people react to what you say, how often you get ten to twenty conversing. Ever tried conversing with more? Gets challenging to keep track.
- Richard A.
Rather than getting more followers, I try to get more people to talk to me. I learn a lot too.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Just like how one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist - one person's social media "consultant" is another person's spammer.
- Jeff Sandquist
Showtime! - http://blog.rocketboom.com/post...
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Angry senator wants pay cap on Wall Street 'idiots' - CNN.com - http://www.cnn.com/2009...
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"An angry U.S. senator introduced legislation Friday to cap compensation for employees of any company that accepts federal bailout money. Under the terms of a bill introduced by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, no employee would be allowed to make more than the president of the United States. Obama's current annual salary is $400,000. "We have a bunch of idiots on Wall Street that are kicking sand in the face of the American taxpayer," an enraged McCaskill said on the floor of the Senate. "They don't get it. These people are idiots. You can't use taxpayer money to pay out $18 billion in bonuses.""
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
this is interesting legislation. Lets say Merrill Lynch pays their top brokers 45% payouts. What this would mean is that any broker who generated more than $900,000 in revenue at Merrill (many of the best do) would not be able to be paid beyond $400,000. You'd see a mass exodus and a big loss of revenue there from their top brokers who could go elsewhere or start their own shop and take their clients with them.
- Thomas Hawk
the logic here @Thomas is that if no one pays the bonus, then there is no reason to leave. An alternative would have been: no bailout, good luck, it's a system called capitalism. Then it would be worse than not getting the bonuses. Plus, if I give someone money to buy bread, the argument that whiskey seemed a better idea would be weird, no?
- Roland Hesz
And if no one pays the bonus, @Roland, there's not much reason to excel. Lack of motivation to excel = BAD FOR BUSINESS. DUH.
- Craig Eddy
She's playing to the crowd, or she's really ignorant of the way business transpires. Maybe both. I prefer politicians who investigate before they act.
- William Beem
@Roland, what I took from the quote was that only firms that accepted bailout money would have the cap. So, if the broker at Merrill Lynch decided he was going to start his own firm rather than take a huge pay cut, the cap would not apply to his new firm. Hence, the mass exodus Thomas mentioned.
- J. McConnell
"You'd see a mass exodus and a big loss of revenue there from their top brokers who could go elsewhere or start their own shop and take their clients with them." Which is fine. The good brokers will leave the failed banks and go to better institutions. ML will quickly figure out if those brokers were worth the dough.
- Jake Rome
@Roland, that logic doesn't work though. The legislation only applies to firms that take TARP money. If you are a top producing broker at any of these firms, you can jump ship to a firm that didn't take TARP money, or heck, even start your own firm and likely take almost all of your clients with you.
- Thomas Hawk
Caps should be *multiples* from the mean, not hard-coded numbers. http://tr.im/sharedfate is model that is Already Proven to Work. U.S. corporate multiple between average salary and execs is around 400x; Europe around 50x, Asia around 20x. WFMI has 20x in its charter and has been wildly successful in free market. Free Market *with* Fairly Drawn Boundaries to ensure Sustainable Liquidity Circulation: Mixed Economy? Yes. http://tr.im/mixedeconomy Basic Income? Yes. http://tr.im/bi Yes. http://tr.im/plusplus
- michael silverton
Any firm that took TARP money would lose their best commissioned sales people. At a minimum they might want to exclude commissioned sales people because they don't cost anything, they just get a part of what they bring in. Forcing a $3 million producer out (who generates 1.6mm for the firm and 1.4mm for him/herself) is cutting off your nose to spite your face.
- Thomas Hawk
@Roldano, what do cars and cameras have to do with stock brokers on Wall Street? I believe that is what this discussion is about.
- J. McConnell
capitalism theory also effectively states that paying out giant bonuses when your bottom line is tanking is a dumb idea, no matter how deserving staff is. Rich crybabies who leave because they didn't get millions in bonuses are just greedy, with no qualms about bankrupting their company or the nation of taxpayers backing them. Noone else in America has that sort of luxury. Heck, I'm happy to get my +4% a year (if any) as long as I can hold a steady job.
- Glenn Batuyong
Obama froze the salaries of his executive team and I doubt they get $millions in bonuses. Do you think they'll jump ship?
- Glenn Batuyong
What will happen is the TARP companies will open NON TARP companies and shift workers. The government will be left holding a bag of crapola while the new entity possibly flourishes. Welcome to America.
- Wayne Schulz
Obama froze the salleries of his team making in excess of $100,000 a year. For most people, $100K/yr is damn good money and nothing to walk away from. Plus, having any job at the white house on your resume looks damn good.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
Big pay encourages better performance that's true. However with the kind of performance like these wallstreet type have been producing lately, I rather they don't do anything.
- Clarence Chiang
Wouldn't a lot of this go by the way side if we returned to a pre-Reagan progressive tax system. If the return on greed were curbed, we'd see a lot less of it.
- AJ Kohn
Actually, AJ, I think if we went to a flat tax then we'd see a lot less of this.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
...and noone's is saying that others shouldn't excel via compensation. But if you're an exec making a few million dollars in pay and you don't get another few million as a bonus, do you really feel THAT BAD about yourself and your work? Would it kill your lifestyle if you received a $5000 check instead? Did you really hate America enough that you would quit your lofty job in order to get a multi-million dollar bonus from somewhere else?
- Glenn Batuyong
@Jason: Flat ... maybe. I don't know, I mean, would A-Rod really have been so rabid about getting his $22 million a year if he wasn't really taking home nearly that amount. At present, there's is just too much incentive to grab big chunks of money. If less of that money found it into your wallet, the incentive to grab those big piles of cash would dwindle. I'm not saying don't provide incentives to excel and prosper, but simply to create a balance that provides incentives to prosper but not one for greed.
- AJ Kohn
It bears reminding, the way is forward, not back http://tr.im/postscarcity We're utterly failing to incorporate even a rudimentary understanding of the Accelerating Changes underway. The Justification Of Being (J.O.B) paradigm for resource circulation diminishes in both effectiveness and significance, moving forward. Obviously, work is not obsolete; but structural unemployment is the empirical result of Successful Maximization of Productivity. Acting surprised about that reveals unfinished homework.
- michael silverton
I don't think you should be punished for succeeding, though. The fact is, though, while the rich and obscenely rich are supposed to be paying large percentages of income on taxes, there are enough loopholes and "strategies" for them to find ways around it. with a flat tax and no extra codes you pay your 10% and that's it. no ifs, ands, or buts. I hope.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
Competence should always be rewarded. Just because we prefer and wish for simplicity, doesn't mean the universe owes us easy answers. Would be nice if this tax, that tax, or some silver bullet would Just Fix Things; but our task is much more daunting; to alter the very commanding heights narrative of what it means to be America, hurtling toward the 22nd century. Five and ten year "get us back to normal" bandaids on this aortic aneurysm of terminally destructive resource skews are just not going to cut it.
- michael silverton
I understand the anger but believe the method does not resolve the root issue. I am all for paying for performance, that's capitalism and I have no problem with it. However the underlying structure of Corporate America is broken. The bailout money was a bad idea that simply layered a band-aid over a gaping wound.
- Karen Swim
but you see this is different than working at the White House. Theoretically those that go into Government service do so for more than just pay. Most stock brokers are not in the business really for anything but pay. While it's noble to assume that they will suck it up because it's the ethical thing to do, it's just not how that works. There is a huge difference between an executive and a commissioned salesperson. The later only gets a % of what they bring in.
- Thomas Hawk
It seems short sighted to me at least to pass laws that would encourage your real and direct revenue producers to leave. I could see limiting pay for executives, managers, etc. etc. but to cut the pay of your top revenue producers will only see them leaving a weaker company still for the Govt. to own.
- Thomas Hawk
more fun on this topic here: [http://friendfeed.com/e...]
- MikeAmundsen
I did think it was slightly amusing to see a senator call Wall Streeters "idiots" by the way and thought the photo of her that CNN chose was bizarre, she looks almost robotic.
- Thomas Hawk
+10 Karen: "the underlying structure of Corporate America is broken." Puritanical capitalism fails like all other puritanical religions; we live in a world of complex, hybrid problems that require thoughtful hybrid solutions. The media should be helping us to educate the public about this; stop the demonizing of socialism and doom mongering about "death" of capitalism and launch a narrative of past productivity success and consequent future adaptations Beyond Monolithic Industrial Era Capitalism.
- michael silverton
from twhirl
The reason why people want to legislatively impose pay caps, term limits, etc. is because the stockholders (for pay caps) and voters (for term limits) won't buck the system otherwise. Sad, but true.
- Ontario Emperor
If she wants to cap execs pay at $400,000 than we cap her pay at $1.00 she is supposed to serve we the american people. Let's see if she would work for what we the American people say she is supposed to work for.
- Russ Jackson
@Russ and your logic behind this is what? That a Senator is only worth a $1 a year? Just saying stuff doesn't make it logical.
- Justin Yost
that's just ridiculous, pay up prols, you know you want to
- Bob Sonin
Jason, Wall Streeters are definitely not worth more money but the fact of the matter is that they can generate revenue. Unless they are going to say that nobody working with investments period can make more than $400,000, I'm afraid applying it only to TARP banks is only going to have all the most valuable revenue producers in those firms leave. An exec or managers value can be argued. But revenue is revenue and very quantifiable.
- Thomas Hawk
She's just callin' em as they are, no?
- ::Kristen::
I think I'm missing something here... if all the overpaid/over-bonused execs decided to leave and form their own companies because of the caps, then it would help the market resettle because 1) they would really see what the market would bear in terms of their compensation and 2) we wouldn't have to bail out the failed companies anymore because they (the companies) would be gone. Seems like a good correction strategy to me from 5 minutes of contemplation. I'm sure there's a huge flaw in my logic though....
- Fa La La La Lindsay
They should just cap everyone's salary at $400k, or put it to the investors to vote: and not 1 share 1 vote, but 1 shareholder 1 vote.
- Will Higgins™
ok, I'll try to make more sense of this if I can. Let's say you are a very smart broker. Lets say you called this bear market at just the right time and have consistently done really really well for your clients. You're not an exec, your not a manager, you work for your clients. You have 500 of them with an average account size of $1,000,000 and they, by choice, pay you 1% per year to manage their accounts.
- Thomas Hawk
What this means is that you generate $5 million per year in fees. Your clients love you and are happy to pay the 1% per year because you've consistently steered them right and done a really good job. Now at present lets say of the $5 million, $3 million per year goes to Merrill Lynch and $2 million goes to you. As the broker these clients recognize *you* are the one that has done well from them, not Merrill Lynch.
- Thomas Hawk
So now Merrill Lynch comes in and says, well, we're sorry. The govt won't let us pay you $2 million per year anymore. We can only pay you $400,000. We're sorry but those bonehead execs, mortgage traders and the what not put us in this position. This person says, but I generate $5 million every year for Merrill Lynch and have very happy clients to which Merrill Lynch says sorry, the law is the law.
- Thomas Hawk
So the broker says, ok, well, no law is forcing me to manage money for my clients at Merrill so I'll just go across the street to the firm that didn't take TARP money or start my own firm and all of the clients leave Merrill Lynch going with the broker that they've been working with for 20 years and who has consistently provided them valuable advice.
- Thomas Hawk
Now the Govt's asset is worth less because they just lost the $3 million per year in revenue they were keeping from this broker.
- Thomas Hawk
Unless you are going to cap what *every* broker can make *anywhere* the most successful, highest revenue producers with the best client books will just jump ship. There is anger because people think that anything over $400,000 is too much to pay someone. But unless you're really willing to cap *everyone* *anywhere* on Wall Street, this will only hurt TARP banks. Cap execs yes, cap managers yes, but if you cap your revenue producers you will end up hurting the taxpayers more.
- Thomas Hawk
My point is that if Merrill Lynch failed it is because they are not just paying those "good" brokers, but paying for lots of fluff and do-nothing-productive executives... So Merrill Lynch needs to go away... let the people who have proved their worth start their own companies, which will be leaner and better organized to do the actual job that needs to be done.. That's capitalism......
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- Fa La La La Lindsay
And you know the first people who get laid off? Not the ones who get the highest salary, but the people who actually do the work in the company, many of which could be supported by getting rid of one of the big wigs.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Seems to me that commissioned brokers and executives ought to be compensated based on performance. Thomas's example above is an excellent illustration of how it ought to work. Bonuses should also be based on personal as well as corporate performance. Maybe the legislation should be rewritten to restrict bonuses based on performance. This would eliminate the situation we have seen with failing banks handing out large bonuses to their executives.
- Jeff P. Henderson
+100! Lindsay, I feel the same way!
- Jeff P. Henderson
Yes for performance bonuses (which of course means execs shouldn't be getting sh*t).
- cjmart
@Jason, starting another firm is easy. Or a broker could just as easy plug into any number of existing clearing firms that took no Govt. money like Linsco Private Ledger which pays brokers 90% payouts to start their own business. Firms that just focus on fees and services and that didn't invest in securities with their own capital are just fine right now.
- Thomas Hawk
New York State will take the hit: http://www.nypost.com/seven... Wall Street brokers pay taxes on those bonuses.
- Morton Fox
@Lindsay, right. Merrill Lynch failed because of bad decisions by execs, bankers and traders, not because of bad brokers necessarily. Some bad brokers, but those are not the ones making over $400,000 per year. The very best brokers who are making the most money are the ones that likely did the best job for their clients.
- Thomas Hawk
You can let Merrill Lynch (which is really BofA at this point) fail. But they are already on the hook for billions of dollars to the Govt. If they fail then the Govt never stands any chance of getting any of that back. If you gut the company by limiting the pay of revenue producers you're more likely to see the bank's best assets (their top revenue producers) scatter with nothing left but bankruptcy for the taxpayers. I think what you do is simply preclude revenue producers from the $400,000 cap.
- Thomas Hawk
the Govt. probably owns more of BofA at this point than anybody else.
- Thomas Hawk
Of course many of the top brokers at Merrill/BofA are already leaving on their own right now anyways.
- Thomas Hawk
Lots of firms by the way took no TARP money. The small regional investment bank where I'm a partner took no TARP money. Many small regional investment banks and broker dealers will survive this just fine. It's mostly the larger firms/banks that risked their own capital in leveraged investments that are underwater at this point.
- Thomas Hawk
+100 Jeff P. for the +100 to Lindsay. Thomas is right, the new rules have to be Federal Statutes applicable to all; and the way to do it is with MULTIPLES. No human being operates in a vacuum, no matter how much they *claim* to generate *on their own* they don't do it on their own. A broker, like many professionals, is in a sociological position to which old norms serve to accrue credit for the work of armies down along side and below them.
- michael silverton
Economies are Circulatory Systems; just like our bodies, if 70% of blood is in 5% of a body, you're toast. The brain needs oxygen first and foremost, so it "hogs" the circulation first; but it cannot extract all the nutrients or the body dies. Same with cash flow of incomes. Cash might flow through an institution or vehicle first, but skimming 50% in commissions, bonuses, etc.; whatever the elaborate justification, kills the entire organism.
- michael silverton
Want a private sector only solution? It's relatively easy. Between 100 -400 people could create the most massive real stimulus the world has ever seen http://tr.im/90000 If thousands on the next tier participated, it could transform things literally overnight. Occasionally, *one* lone Warren Buffet or Bill Gates emerges, seeming to justify the entirety of the system of unsustainable skews. Such are rare exceptions to the rule. In reality, we all know who is hoarding the cash: ruthless private monarchs.
- michael silverton
So one way to redistribute the wealth of "ruthless private monarchs" might be to put a 100% estate tax on anything over $5 million. Since everybody dies at some point, accumulation serves a short period during one's life with ample proceeds to care for one's children but beyond that wealth redistributes.
- Thomas Hawk
@Thomas: Why would it be such a bad thing for the top performing brokers to leave these companies? If they accept bailout money they are essentially admitting that their management failed. If the brokers are valuable assets, they are valuable to the economy wherever they perform. If the management is so great the brokers will recognize that and stay until things are fixed, or they won't take the TARP money in the first place.
- Robin Barooah
@Thomas: isn't the worst possible outcome that the TARP money enables poor management to retain and profit from good performers, enabling them to repeat the same kinds of mistakes?
- Robin Barooah
Why do so many with so little tolerate & defend such a corrupt, inequitable system? Because deep down, too many of us hope that if the system stays as it is, WE might one day achieve that lofty station of ruthless private monarch, ourselves. Yes, the corruption starts with me and can end with me, by becoming a champion for changes to the system that eliminate my own chance of becoming a mighty robber baron and realizing my own human worth & market value cannot possibly exceed that of my neighbor by BILLIONS
- michael silverton
ahem folks, how many of you when buying mutual funds look at the paperwork assigning your shareholder voting rights to the MF management? STOP BELLYACHING AND START VOTING THOSE RIGHTS!
- Fred Grott
@Fred Gott, I'm actually surprised that social networks aren't used more effectively to enable shareholder activism. Perhaps it's happening and I'm just not aware of it...
- Cecyl Hobbs
I thought people work for their salary. If you don't work for your salary, then there is something inherently wrong with you.
- Roland Hesz
xkcd - A Webcomic - Windows 7 - http://xkcd.com/528/
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I guess this says pretty clearly how bad Vista is for some.
- lelapin
Usually the people that have never used it.
- Jordan Hofker
It's funny because it's ignorant :)
- Mike Lewis
hiliarious
- Enrique Gutierrez
Well .. because I can't try Windows 7 due to being a Windows XP user. I am going to instead try Chrome Alpha. *Danger Zone music begins playing*
- Tyler (Chacha)
Ha!
- Mitchell Tsai
@Chacha: Sure you can: clean install or virtual machine...
- Jemm
Godwin's Law, alive and well...
- Sprague D
WOW! Windows 7 looks great. I am on Vista and I cant wait to try that out. It looks so fast. Thats how good Windows Vista is for me. :-) lol
- Stephen
If you use the Twitter web page Power Twitter is a must-have Firefox extension. Inline media, search, named links and more https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US...
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Is it better than twitterfox?
- Steven (optionshiftk)
There's only one way to find out Steve!
- Mona Nomura
Yeah, I just looked at one of the screen screenshots, really neat. Sort of makes twitter a bit more like friendfeed. Here is the link to the extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US...
- Steven (optionshiftk)
Agreed. Thanks for the link. :)
- Mona Nomura
I just added it. Nifty, but I will still most of my tweets trhough Tweetdeck.
- Christopher
from twhirl
Power Twitter has some issues with the Twitter API. See here: http://twitpic.com/zle8
- Svartling
Very good I still can't figure out which tools I like best,use OutTwit, but also like the web too, decisions, decisions!
- MedicalQuack
Friendface - you'll feel so social! - http://vimeo.com/2587790...
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Brad Brooks, Vin Turk, Oscar Antonio Moralí and 24 other people liked this
and where is the _app_?
- LouCypher
Ah, the IT Crowd :)
- Simon Wicks
I'm in on the alpha!
- Christopher Harley
Drink Cuke! (from later on in the episode)
- Thomas Swift
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
- Egyirba
Retweeting @gtzi: we're working on a proper social metric at http://howsocial.ru, scoble's points are in the right direction :)
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Getmooh.com - Escape a Date, Escape from a Meeting, Escape People - http://www.getmooh.com/
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Timely, thank you!
- Matt Harwood
What about "Tweet of the Year?" James Karl Buck, the grad student Tweeted: "ARRESTED." http://www.cnn.com/2008... - Chris Baskind recommended that.
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obviously
- catepol
That's how I'll remember 2008. :)
- Daynah
"In November, even if still alive, I'll lose contact with Earth due to Solar Conjunction--when Earth and Mars are on opposite sides of Sun." by MarsPhoenix
- scott anderson
That was a huge moment in twitter history
- Susan Beebe
I have to go with the "ARRESTED" tweet. The way that tweet set so many people in motion to ultimately get him help - incredible.
- Shawn Farner
totally agreed. should sweep shorties, tweet of year, etc. here's a tweet of mine from earlier this week when biz stone told that story: @biz presentation was a lot about real time events where we naturally bond. we leave behind the "me" & act "we" during peak twitter moments.
- mark silva
yeah, that's a great story
- karl
Sorry but this one trumps them all http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Mark Krynsky
Bob's Big Boy by Night - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Like it - http://www.dimdim.com/
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Very cool. and a free version for small groups or companies.
- Andy Lewandowski
Google Reader Gets an Overhaul - http://thenextweb.com/2008...
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Hate it.
- Sweyn Venderbush
from twhirl
I'm so confused. That's what my GR has been looking like at least since last month. The last time I visited before that, was probably in July, so memory and all that, but I thought it always looked like this. Am I missing something?
- Admiral Anika
it's looked like the first image or the 2nd Anika?
- Zee.
The first,because I didn't notice a second image. Now, I see the difference. It's not that bad. The blue on the sidebar, is ugly anyway. Reminds me of Yahoo! circa '94.
- Admiral Anika
@Anika @Zee you gotta see the second image (with the little arrow) -- that's the new one
- Jorge Escobar
lol...
- Zee.
Personally a big fan of the new look, much cleaner and professional
- Matt Harwood
Two things that I don't like. One is the Windows-y look and feel of the subscriptions area. The other: I used to rely on the colour in order to differentiate between read and unread articles, but now that they've lightened the blue, it's harder for me to do that. Instead, I have to rely on the boldness of the article's title. I guess it will take some getting used to.
- Paul Grav
I'm with paul on that one, I used the colored backgrounds a lot - the font highlight needs more focus, i think it gets tired going through 150 feeds etc.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
iPhone version is now broken
- Robert DeBord
I'm not happy with the new style.
- Bob Gannon
Much better on the netbook.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Quite nice. Its easier to read stuff now
- Keshav Khera
Better...but I still prefer http://www.helvetireader.com which is now broken :(
- Filip Visnjic
I love it. Faster too.. I miss the refresh button for all the feeds though. Now it's only available for one feed view...
- Olivier Ausems
For those that don't like it try this - http://bit.ly/mCL8
- Andy Davies
HD war breaks out as Facebook, YouTube deliver new features - http://scobleizer.com/2008...
Nicholas James, Mike Abundo, Dean Barnett and 7 other people liked this
Not another HD war! I am still recovering from the Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD war.
- Louis Trapani
Facebook will have to massively improve their biggest weak spot (besides horrific navigation): search. It's their only leverage. Google/youtube are the 2 biggest SE's ever. FB will need Google to play nice and rank FB video pages.
- Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct
Facebook should also enhance the player if they change to HD :-)
- Max Schulze
YouTube supporting HD is great. I'm tired of having to explain to clients that even though YouTube is synonymous with web video, there's nothing I can do about the quality of the video, and Vimeo, even though you've never heard of it, is better because of this. Now YouTube is fine!
- Mark Trapp
@Mark Trapp: Exactly! I was excited when I read about YouTube's move earlier today, but it didn't really dawn on me how fantastic this was until I watched the clip Don recorded with his 5D. Of course now I want one which is a whole other issue... *checks bank account*...problem entirely...
- Jeffrey Marsh
Jeffrey: I have same problem. No money and I want one.
- Robert Scoble
Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD war? All the big companies need to do is offer better options for HD downloading and the discs won't be much of an issue at all...
- Terry O'Fee
I am in the same boat as Jeffery and Scoble -- The desire is there, but the money is not.
- Robert Miller
HD quality of more web crap. Hahahah. At least the tech and the options are there, I suppose...
- Terry O'Fee
Don't forget that if you can't afford the 5D, there's the new HD flip, which can be found for around $220. Pictues great and it has the same ease of use as the standard models. I'm so happy about HD taking off finally!
- Michael Fidler
from twhirl
Hoping 8-Track Video will soon be the latest rage.
- Mark Ramsey
Somewhere I still have an 8-track tape deck and some tapes
- Ian May
2009 is going to be the year of consumer HD, D90, 5D MkII, Flip Mino HD, sub $600 canon's HD cams. Exciting times.
- Jeff
Intel VP says netbook are "fine for an hour" - http://www.engadget.com/2008...
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"Intel's never made a secret of the fact that it developed the now-ubiquitous Atom chipset primarily for mobile devices and low-powered netbooks for at emerging markets, so it's not totally surprising to hear Intel sales VP Stu Pann say the company doesn't see netbooks as potentially cannibalizing sales of its existing processors -- but we are a bit intrigued by his seeming dismissal of netbooks as everyday machines."
- Jeff P. Henderson
from Bookmarklet
We all know darn well that Intel is back pedaling here! The Atom powered Netbooks have been very successful and Intel can see the writing on the wall. They think they are loosing sales of higher powered (read higher priced) processors to Netbook sales. Intel needs to realize that many people are not replacing a higher cost laptop with a Netbook, but inf act buyng them as a 2nd or 3rd PC as I did.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Many of these Netbooks I find useless, I can almost do more with some of the cellphones out there now. So I have my main computer and then my cellphone instead of a netbook or another computer. Much better, and they have some better batteries as well :)
- Brendon Wadey
Brendon, which one do you own? I have a Lenovo S10 with a 10" display and find it very easy to use.
- Jeff P. Henderson
I have used many blackberrys in the past, but I am about to buy the new HTC Touch Diamond, a very awesome smartphone. You should check it out.
- Brendon Wadey
And if you mean't a netbook, i forget my old one, have not used it in quite some time.
- Brendon Wadey
Yep, I meant Netbook. I tried out 7" & 9" Netbooks and found them almost useless, because I could not read the screen. It is amazing how much difference an inch or two makes on a display. I think 10" is the sweet spot for usability and portability.
- Jeff P. Henderson
That is so true and I am 20 years old and I find a 7" or 9" or even bigger sometimes hard to read things on or even look at, but maybe thats just me.
- Brendon Wadey
Well actually it's different, if I know it's a "Computer" I expect there to be a large display and fast and tons of uses. If i know its a "phone" then it's different, I expect different things
- Brendon Wadey
The Netbook is a new product category. It is intended to be in that dead spot between full laptop and smart phone. There are compromises with any product category. People just need to understand what the constraints are to this new category and decide if it fits their needs.
- Jeff P. Henderson
I agree with Jeff the netbook appears to be in that space between the Blackberry/iPhone which may not be enough for what you may need to do and a full laptop which is may be more then you need to accomplish what you need. Not everyone needs or wants a computer with a bunch of bells and whistles. Remember not everyone who needs a computer is a geek. They may only need it for their job, comunicate with friends and relatives and shopping. We're all not gamer, graphic designer and coders.
- Paul
The timing on these netbook smears is just right for the holiday season. Get people thinking that the netbook sucks, show poor numbers, scrap the whole line, back to higher profit margins.
- Bjorn Stromberg
@Paul, couldn't agree more. I heard similar arguments against the iMac, but if all you use it for is email, web surfing and perhaps your personal finances, why buy anything more powerful? My X40 fills the gap between the iPhone and my desktop perfectly, when I need it (which is less often nowadays).
- John
10" netbooks are good but when it comes to the sweet spot of ergonomics and portability, I think, Dell Inspiron Mini 12 is the sweetest spot of all. You should see it, it's a beauty - despite the fact that its keyboard has some flaws.
- Burak "cyrus" Bayburtlu
Today's Sarah Palin piece, cross-posted at Huffington. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-wi...
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[CNN]: Kennedy: 'proud' to call Obama 'my President' - http://x.techwheat.com/39C
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"Sen. Ted Kennedy released the following statement in response to Sen. Barack Obama's victory Tuesday night."
- newsjunk.com
[CQ]: Obama Wins - http://x.techwheat.com/39D
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"Yes, he did."
- newsjunk.com
[Atlantic]: Barack Obama (D-IL), Elected President - http://x.techwheat.com/390
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"Per CBS News."
- newsjunk.com
Glenn Beck presents the Obama National Anthem - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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The Russian subtitles are a nice touch.
- Paul Buchheit
You can tell the wingnuts are getting crazy. They are actually starting to use their talent.
- Warner Crocker
ROFL!
- Michael Forian
Pretty funny, but what's with the guy eating butter?
- Rob Haas
Well, there's ONE artist who is a maverick!
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Just play the old Soviet National Anthem. Let communism reign,
- Michael Ehline
PracticeFusion brings Web 2.0 to doctor’s offices - http://scobleizer.com/2008...
Roger Kondrat, Marston Alfred, Dave Gilbert and 10 other people liked this
Interesting service to manage medical records and other things in doctors offices.
- Robert Scoble
Robert - you're using your own Fast Company account to like your own stuff?? HAHA! PS...that post looks all garbled.... "On Friday <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610...."
- Justin Korn
Justin: heh, yeah, why not? It's a video I did for FastCompany so should be included in its liked list. :-) Thanks, I fixed that.
- Robert Scoble
Excellent...watching now. I am SO glad that you've been focusing on Healthcare recently. I've been screaming about how far behind we are using technology to improve healthcare. ...Please keep a focus on this: it's a HUGE economic and humanitarian opportunity.
- phil baumann
Robert - still seems to show up the same. Did you copy and paste from Word?
- Justin Korn
All this is unnecessary, Lord Barry will be melding it all into the a nationalized system, not much different than our wonderful DMV's. Oooh boy, I can't wait!
- Trevor Carpenter
Trevor: there won't be the money left to nationalize it.
- Robert Scoble
Justin it works here now.
- Fast Company
Looks like it's time for some ground rules. If Fast Company can 'Likey' Robert Scoble than SEO and Tech Daily is going to start commenting on ME! (Good luck with the new feed :)
- Charlie Anzman
Charlie: let's write an article "gaming FriendFeed and why it's going to bring the downfall of America." :-)
- Robert Scoble
Robert - Frankly, I'm contemplating a book "Surviving the downturn ... why to push the reset button now". Counting on YOU to pump it!
- Charlie Anzman
My favorite way of surviving so far? Rackspace's going IPO three months before crisis hit. They didn't look brilliant at the time, but now, wow!
- Robert Scoble
My way to 'survive' ? ... ugh ... (exclusive to a Scoble thread??) ... to get a 'real job' and cut my consulting back to 'by appointment only'. Less computer, more people, lovin' it. More next week (This was an outright miss by Fast Company but you and Lynne get a pass :)
- Charlie Anzman
ugh ... no ego ...
- Charlie Anzman
Is it true Fast Company has a new Friendfeed feed ??
- SEO and Tech Daily
So you may want to follow my health care client @SutterEdenMed on Twitter and Sutter Eden Friends (http://friendfeed.com/suttere... on FF). This is the first known use of social media to create a community around the building of a new hospital, Sutter Health affiliate in Castro Valley—read more about it on our Tweetstream and new blog: http://suttermedicalcentercast... We're also on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and soon, other socnets. (Posted by Cathryn Hrudicka, @CreativeSage).
- Cathryn Hrudicka
Robert - Just read the previous threads ... Now I get it (and I, well, ugh, think it's an OK idea?! BTW - The SEO and Tech Daily acct was only created to make your Twitter number last week (heh). You drive me totally nuts but my reading wouldn't be the same without you .... Where's Susan B? I need a second on that :)
- Charlie Anzman
@ Cathryn Hrudicka - Your hosptial's blog is EXACTLY what I've been harping on for the last several months. I'll subscribe to your FF & Twitter...look forward to connecting to you. I didn't see your comment earlier since all the other comments seemed to be irrelevant to Robert's original post.
- phil baumann
Police: More than 100,000 watch Obama - The Denver Post - http://www.denverpost.com/breakin...
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"The Obama campaign said it was the largest U.S. crowd to ever attend rally to see the Illinois senator. Obama addressed a crowd in Berlin that was estimated at 200,000."
- Dave Winer
from Bookmarklet
I love it. I remember being at Ronald Reagan's rally in Silicon Valley back in 1984 and he only had 40,000.
- Robert Scoble
That is hella people.
- Derrick
Derrick: that is a landslide brewing. I saw it last night at a Silicon Valley concert when the crowd erupted when the camera zoomed in on Neil Young's "Hippies for Obama" pin.
- Robert Scoble
@Robert, lets hope so.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Scoble: Please stop with this landslide stuff. I think a lot of people hope that you're right, but if people pick up on this landslide thing, there's a chance that they'll feel less compelled to go out and actually vote.
- Eric Florenzano
Robert, I'm so giddy, I can't stand it. And never before in history, have I been so involved with the political process. Rallies, monetary donations, volunteering. In these days and times, I feel like I can't afford NOT to.
- Derrick
Hold the giddy for the win. The GOP meme about the landslide is intended to mobilize their base. Voter suppression stories are flooding my wires right now, there's still much work to be done.
- Karoli
Robert, that was in Silicon Valley. CA has been written off as a Obama state. The real question is if in Ohio or Pennsylvania would the crowd react the same way?
- Santa CW™
Chris: walking around a neighborhood in North Carolina showed me that, yes, this is a real landslide. It's happening not just on the elitist coastal states, but nearly everywhere. McCain's home state might not vote for him. Imagine that!
- Robert Scoble
While we don't know whether or not it will be a landslide, each of us can help. Urge your family, friends, and your friends friends to vote. Particularly those between 18 - 30. I'm 48, and this is the most important election of my lifetime on many different levels. Urge people to be a part of what will be written in the histories as a turning point for America, ask them to become a part of the solution. Lets MAKE it a landslide.
- jcunwired
Robert... keep reporting the positive info. I like it. :)
- Santa CW™
I'm with you, Karoli. I'm also crazy nervous. We can't sit back and rest now. Much work to be done, there is.
- Derrick
Nor may Palin's home state vote for her. Anchorage Daily News endorses Obama today. http://www.adn.com/opinion...
- jcunwired
I'm still worried the Repooooblicos have a plan to hack the election.
- Dave Winer
Evidence of the rising tide in Virginia, as Robert describes in North Carolina. I've been to Wytheville, VA many times, and would never have announced myself as a Democrat without my foot on the gas and grinding through gears. Today, its a different place altogether. I would never have believed it. http://my.barackobama.com/page... This IS happening all over America!
- jcunwired
More evidence of Robert's prediction? McCain in NM yesterday spoke to about 1,000 people.
- jcunwired
Me too Dave. Especially after McCain said he could "guarantee" victory on Meet the Press today. Scary.
- jcunwired
Yet another HUGE crowd turns out for Obama. Haven't heard of a single large turnout for McCain, but I hear people are lining up for his
- Mike Reynolds
Me too. Lots of reports of voting machine irregularities with early voting. In NC, if a straight Dem ticket is voted but Pres not voted first, votes are negated.
- Karoli
yes, though when I saw full quote, I thought it was less scary. He was posturing. But still scary, yes.
- Karoli
The Ballot in NC has prez first, then straight ticket for the rest, then non-partisan positions. The polling place I went to did a great job making sure folks understood.
- kevin
I'm worried that the McCain camp has a wildcard - that Obama might not have been born in the US. I think there should be a popular movement to amend/change the law that states that the US president must be a US-born citizen.
- Tokyo Dan
Hawaii became a State in 1959. Obama was born there in 1961. His mother was and is an American citizen. You think that is not enough?
- Dennis E. Hamilton
from twhirl
Of course being born in Hawaii is enough. But there's hearsay that Obama wasn't born in Hawaii. He might have been born in Kenya. Haven't you heard this? This may be the reason McCain is so confident.
- Tokyo Dan
Being born in Hawaii is just as good as being born in Panama, so I doubt that McCain would want to go in that direction....
- Bora Zivkovic
Within 24 hours I know Joe the Plumber's income, plumbing license status and voting record and Ashley Todd's Twitter, Myspace, Facebook and Youtube accounts, yet months later people still think there is something hidden when it comes to ACORN, Bill Ayers and Obama's birthplace?
- Rob Haas
McCain is confident because you're not supposed to act like you're losing even when it's obvious. Hillary Clinton was confident past the point where there was no chance for her to win the primary.
- Rob Haas
extraordinary. and a sign of how much we need change.
- susan mernit
Eric: are you saying I have influence over the outcome of the election? How flattering. Mind if I use your quote in my PR? :-)
- Robert Scoble
I thought women still gave birth in their houses when McCain was born.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
@Tokyo: there us no such law. the law says to be president you must be a natural born citizen NOT that you have to be born in the USA If you have an American citizen as parent that's all it takes ; the presidential exclusion clause means you can't be something else and apply for American citizenship then become president .... Everyone screaming from the soapbox to see the original Hawaii certificate is either simply misinformed or one of the group deliberately misrepresenting the truth
- David HC Soul
My mother gave birth to me and my two brothers at home, and she's younger than McCain, let alone me!
- Ian May
Thanks David. That's reassuring.
- Tokyo Dan
He's bigger then NCAA Football, he's almost as big as NASCAR.
- Will Higgins™
maybe it's just the realist in me speaking, but let's not get too carried away people. the right wingers will move heaven (they think they can anyway!) and earth to get their guy and his side kick elected and it's gonna get even dirtier than up to now.
- Joe Buhler
I want to be the first to say it here on FriendFeed: landslide. #landslide08 I'm getting more and more confident thanks to early voting. Even attacking Syria or finding Bin Laden won't help McCain, especially since McCain attacked Bush this week.
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I know where you're coming from. I keep hearing about the Bradley Effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...) though... He still needs more Support! please don't be complacent and VOTE!! All of us in Europe are rooting for you...
- Jez Arnold
Jez: believe me we are mad and we are going to vote in record numbers. Already early voting lines are super long.
- Robert Scoble
The Bradley effect hasn't been seen in over 15 years, and it only works if there aren't any good reasons to not support a candidate. Obama has more than enough things people can use as their reason for not voting for him, so there'd be no reason to say you're voting for him to a pollster when you're not.
- Mark Trapp
oh know! mccain is going to suspend his compaign again and go hostile in syria!
- Kyle Weller
anyways, I think Bush wants to catch bin laden before his presidency is over, this is what it could be about
- Kyle Weller
It seems delta force is in that area, or another type of special operations force is their, it only makes sense
- Kyle Weller
There has been no official confirmation from the US, but a US military spokesman in Baghdad, said the matter was being investigated. Alon ben-David, a security correspondent with Israel's Channel 10, believes American military action was taken against suspected al Qaeda territory on Syrian soil. He told SkyNews: "In a combined operation, four helicopters closed in on the target - a...
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- Jason Shultz
Bush and McCain are among the scariest politicians of all time.
- Mike Reynolds
I hope so, Robert. If McCain wins in some other "questionable" election fiasco, I give up on the whole notion that any of this game matters and moving.
- Neal Jansons
from twhirl
The Bradley effect didn't actually exist anyhow. The polls that showed Bradley ahead were modeled incorrectly. Bradley's own polls showed the race to be a dead heat. And most likely in this election, if anything, there is a reverse Bradley effect. Most polls are discounting young voters, who are polling overwhelmingly Obama, and other voters who haven't voted in previous elections.
- Alex Scoble
Alex: this is true. Many polls are undercounting those who only use cell phones (like me). That's why some polls show the race being close, while others show it to be a landslide (the landslide ones include cell phone only users, which tend to be younger, more educated voters who are going big time to Obama).
- Robert Scoble
Don't get to confident. Its very easy for this to slide downhill.
- Santa CW™
I hope you are right but please don't get *that* confident about it. Obama's lead narrowed slightly to 9 points nationally in polls today. It's going to be closer than we think.
- Kamath (नमः)
Let's talk about landslides on 11/5. Today is NOT the day to talk landslides. Over-confidence is a bitch. VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE.
- Beebo Wallace
<no jinx-o>
- tiffany
PC Easy: that was before I saw that the economy was going to take attention away from Palin. Well, that and Palin turned out to be a lot stupider than I expected.
- Robert Scoble
Chris: if it does turn out that McCain wins it'll be the largest political meltdown of all time. Because of all the early voting, too, it'll be very hard for that to happen now.
- Robert Scoble
McCain now has to gain more than .67% of the popular vote a day to have any chance of winning. Of course it's even worse than that because he has to do that AND gain a lot of ground in the battle ground states.
- Alex Scoble
I think you're right, but I'm not sure that's such a great thing for the country. I truly do hope that I am wrong.
- David Risley
You will notice a big shift in the polls this week. Early on many polls are trying to influence public opion, as selection day draws closer they have to shift priority up be right to maintain credability.
- Robert Hafer
"Most polls are discounting young voters" That's because, no matter who they say they are voting for, young people don't tend to vote. If that changes this election, Obama has a big advantage.
- ComicList
enh, there's still a chance the GOP could rob the election like they've done in the past
- Cee Bee
I tend to think it'll be closer than Scoble expects. But, its the electoral college that does it and Obama has a big advantage right now there. I also wouldn't be surprised to see voter fraud issues afterward.
- David Risley
well if the guys being shot at had twitter we would know whats up, lol
- Kyle Weller
"Well, that and Palin turned out to be a lot stupider than I expected" Well, somone has to represent the simple, stupid Americans like me who wouldn't vote for Obama even if he were the only name on the ballot, which, given his history, he would prefer.
- ComicList
Cee Bee: I don't think it'll be close enough for them to steal it like 2000.
- Robert Scoble
Cee Bee: Gimme a break. So, if the GOP wins, its robbery. If the Dems win, its the people's will?
- David Risley
"Bush and McCain are among the scariest politicians of all time" I've never seen a scary politician. Obama is, however, tops the list of politicians I've seen who are willing to say and do anything to get elected.
- ComicList
"If McCain wins in some other "questionable" election fiasco" Obama has already spelled out the plan if he loses, and it will go beyond the traditional Democratic "the election was stolen" nonsense. Obama has his followers "mad," and if he loses despite the election fraud that is rampant across the U.S., his followers will not just complain. We will see violence.
- ComicList
Chuck thats just plain wrong. Your trying to spread fear and that is not cool.
- Santa CW™
"I don't think it'll be close enough for them to steal it like 2000" Let's try to stay in reality here. We can debate a great deal here, but the election was not stolen in 2000. That's a fact.
- ComicList
@Kyle Good idea :-)
- Nick Humphries
Michael: yeah, technically Bush didn't "steal" the election in 2000, true, good to call me on that.
- Fast Company
Certainly not, Chris W. Now, Obama will decry any violence that occurs on his behalf, but he will absolutely explain it as the result of a stolen election. He will play both sides to achieve his goals, just as always. A consummate politician.
- ComicList
Hey Robert Scoble, I see your subscribed to 3500 plus people. Who do you keep up with all the content you get from all these people?
- Amir
No agreement on the landslide prediction from me. The electoral college does indeed favor Obama, and so does early voting. ACORN activities will be watched closely and hopefully they've hurt themselves bad enough to be shut down eventually. But when men and women across this country walk into that voting booth, they may surprise us all with their ability to think through the world that Obama may give them.
- Daltonsbriefs
Good grief. that whole birth certificate thing is done. US court threw the lawsuit out as "laughable".
- Karoli
Karoli: exactly. If the McCain campaign had anything real they would have used it before early voting started. I don't think there is a surprise coming. If one does it'll have to be something spectacularly huge and nasty. Even something like a terror attack wouldn't help at this point because McCain attacked Bush last week.
- Robert Scoble
@Robert. You will LOVE this viral video. Do check it out and have fun with it. Imagine how I felt when a dear "friend" sent it to me. Loves it. The viral hit of NEXT week. http://bit.ly/DYXux Take away - DO NOT FORGET TO VOTE, talk is CHEAP!
- Dave Martin
[Politico]: Blame game: GOP forms circular firing squad - http://x.techwheat.com/2XY
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"At his Northern Virginia headquarters, some McCain aides are already speaking of the campaign in the past tense. Morale, even among some of the heartiest and most loyal staffers, has plummeted. And many past and current McCain advisers are warring with each other over who led the candidate astray."
- newsjunk.com
Who wrecked the Republican Party: Bible thumpers, Christian Crusaders, creationists, crony capitalists, Iraq War ringleaders, Likudniks, moose hunters, neoconservatives, red staters, torturers, Wall Street flimflam artists, war profiteers, white trash -- in other words, what has become to be known as "the base" of the Republican Party. This is not a base on which one can build a viable political party over the long term. The Republican brand name is probably finished.
- Sean McBride
what a circular argument for defeat. Of course when you have articles only speaking of your challenges, and have a hugely unfair money disadvantage, as well as a host of actually normal environmental factors working against you, it is discouraging. None of that speaks to Obama's qualifications however. He is not president ready by default and slick lawyerly skills, despite this "entertainment Tonight" style of coverage.
- Andrew Deal
Andrew - do you want to know why the Republican Party may not recover? It is because many Republicans are not standing back and taking a long, objective look at what they have done wrong. They do not understand how to engage in honest and intelligent self-criticism. They have no mechanism for effective self-correction.
- Sean McBride
Andrew: It's no accident that Obama's campaign has been focused, stead, strategic, powerful. The money advantage wasn't an accident either. By contrast the McCain campaign has been leaky, lurchy, ad hoc. A fish stinks from the head. Don't look at the resume. Look at the results. Or... keep deluding yourself.
- Michael Markman
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