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"Cities around the country that have installed energy-efficient traffic lights are discovering a hazardous downside: The bulbs don't burn hot enough to melt snow and can become crusted over in a storm — a problem blamed for dozens of accidents and at least one death." - James Ferguson from Bookmarklet

okay, I probably overstated that. But how/why do we let that happen? More importantly, what are other options that can be assistive rather than critical? - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

"Some critics charge that the new policies pursued by President Obama and the 111th Congress generated the huge federal budget deficits that the nation now faces. In fact, the tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the economic downturn together explain virtually the entire deficit over the next ten years." - Russellreno from Bookmarklet

always money for war bullets and bombs and massive tax cvuts for the rich never quite enough money to cover programs for actual taxpayers - WarLord

Exactly. WarLord++ - Andrew C

"Accordingly, millions of taxpayer dollars are wasted on good ideas that fail for stupid reasons, and stupid ideas that fail for good reasons, and hardly anyone is taken to task. The intrusion of politics into government pushes the city to enter long-term labor contracts it obviously can't afford, and no one is held accountable. A belief that good intentions matter more than results leads to inordinate amounts of government responsibility being shunted to nonprofits whose only documented achievement is to lobby the city for money. Meanwhile, piles of reports on how to remedy these problems go unread. There's no outrage, and nobody is disciplined, so things don't get fixed. San Francisco is the city that simply will not hold itself accountable." - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet

I was just saying to a friend on the ferry last night that it won't be the Next Big Earthquake that destroys San Francisco, since it's pretty much self-destructing. It's horrifying and sad to watch. - vicster is...

"At a press conference, Ghibli produce Toshio Suzuki said what the story was about.  ''This is a story of a girl who borrows many things from the human's world for her life. I think the film will give viewers suggestions about how to survive this tough time,'' Suzuki said. The movie is set to be released summer 2010." - Shevonne from Bookmarklet

"Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times has reported. Blackwater's role points to a much deeper connection between the company and the spy agency than has been previously disclosed and raises concerns over the legalities of involving contractors in the most sensitive operations conducted by the US government." Law enforcement for profit - gives rise to a number of concerns. - winckel from Bookmarklet

Posted via web from gorfor's posterous - AMBI JI from Posterous

"Liberals are a useless lot. They talk about peace and do nothing to challenge our permanent war economy. They claim to support the working class, and vote for candidates that glibly defend the North American Free Trade Agreement. They insist they believe in welfare, the right to organize, universal health care and a host of other socially progressive causes, and will not risk stepping out of the mainstream to fight for them. The only talent they seem to possess is the ability to write abject, cloying letters to Barack Obama—as if he reads them—asking the president to come back to his “true” self. This sterile moral posturing, which is not only useless but humiliating, has made America’s liberal class an object of public derision." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Pahlin and her wacky tea bagging conspiracy theorists will be the only thing that saves the Democratic Majority. Unemployment is structural and long lasting. And with the Dems too busy playing deficit hawk to notice by rights they should be punished but the two party system is rapidly devolving into Democrats Vs Blue Dogs... - WarLord

Brilliant. - dkb

"New LED tattoos from the University of Pennsylvania could make the Illustrated Man real (minus the creepy stories, of course). Researchers there are developing silk and silicon implantable devices which sit under the skin like a tattoo. Already implanted into mice, these tattoos could carry LEDs, turning the wearer’s skin into a screen" - chaz2b from Bookmarklet

i would rather a mix of enya and groban, chaz. :) - Mahmood Padura

She's ok I guess. :-) - Morgan Haley

i didnt care anything about her, but i give her ups for the shape she's in after childbirth, :) - chaz2b

I know that there are other competitors to Skype these days and the pace of innovation has not been maintained, but I'm absolutely convinced it could be a winner with the right partner. I adore Skype, I use it every day. It's one of the first things I install on any computer I use. - dkb

I've announced that a few months ago: http://ff.im/7tHtU - `aziz´ Alihan ÇETİN

"Louis Wain (5 August 1860 – July 4, 1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens. In his later years he suffered from schizophrenia, which, according to some psychologists, can be seen in his works." Interesting b ... Posted via email from M F's posterous - M F from Posterous

"Colourful, swirling clouds of cosmic dust interspersed with glowing star clusters are revealed in this extraordinary image of the Milky Way. The dazzling image combining reds, yellows, blues and purples, was created by layering stunningly detailed pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory on top of each other. The Milky Way is at the centre of our own galaxy and this image shows its core. The image was created to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first demonstration of his telescope." - RAPatton

"The three space observatories peered into the central region of the Milky Way, which is 26,000 light years from Earth. One light year is nearly 6 million million miles, the distance light travels in a year. The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, which is a galaxy with spiral arms and a central bar-shaped structure composed of stars. Our solar system sits half-way along the minor... more... - RAPatton

"The belief that Twitter is more than just another communications platform continues to spread, kind of like swine flu for media geeks. And like the flu, it’s plunging victims into feverish hallucinations: “Twitter saved the Iranian protestors!” they cry, neglecting the fact that it, uh, didn’t. “Twitter made the Kogi Korean BBQ Taco Truck a sensation!” Yay, a fast-food truck makes money. “Twitter kept us updated about Balloon Boy in real time!”" - Itachi from Bookmarklet

Maxamad: what is the basis for those claims? what is the overall yearly uptime for twitter website or api, and how does this truly compare to other messaging platforms? what is wrong with its security? there is an HTTPS login https://twitter.com/ and OAuth is pretty reliable if implemented properly - Mike Chelen

ohe. - Tugce Cengiz

I wonder about the results of "Dali" version.... - Olcayto Cengiz

sent via email to me ... had to FF it ... - johnpiercy

in Kuching, Malaysia there's a place called the Bong Gallery. i took a photo of it in 2006. will post if anyone wants it. - Joe Silence

"Last month, Xeni blogged about the photoshop disaster that is this Ralph Lauren advertisement, in which a model's proportions appear to have been altered to give her an impossibly skinny body ("Dude, her head's bigger than her pelvis"). Naturally, Xeni reproduced the ad in question. This is classic fair use: a reproduction "for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting," etc. However, Ralph Lauren's marketing arm and its law firm don't see it that way. According to them, this is an "infringing image," and they thoughtfully took the time to send a DMCA takedown notice to our awesome ISP, Canada's Priority Colo. One of the things that makes Priority Colo so awesome is that they don't automatically act on DMCA takedowns. Instead, they pass them on to us and we talk about whether they pass the giggle-test. This one doesn't. So, instead of responding to their legal threat by suppressing our criticism of their marketing images, we're gonna mock them. Hence this post." - Thomas Hawk from Bookmarklet

This is as absurd as the girl in the image. She's so skinny it's gross. - Tanath

9-11? You thought that crashed the interwebz?! We're going to be etching messages on stone tablets by the end of this day. - Matthew DeVries from Bookmarklet

Why didn't the internet die? - Matthew DeVries

♪ Stuck inside these four walls ♪ - RAPatton

♪ Sent inside forever ♪ - Jim Addz No Value

♪ Never seein' no one ♪ - Laura B.

"Are you on the pumpkin wagon yet?  You can tell I am!  This recipe was the perfect way to use up the rest of my pumpkin puree.  Plus, it served as the perfect breakfast break for BG in the midst of working so hard to paint the nursery Saturday morning.  We even have extra batter left over to indulge in the next few days! You need a waffle maker (any kind) for this recipe.  This was actually the first time using mine, so I had to test it out.  Yeah, the first round I put way too much batter in the iron.  My iron only needs a cup of batter, while the original recipe states for 2 cups.  Plus, I forgot to spray the waffle iron with cooking oil, so this is what I ended up with at first:" - RAPatton from Bookmarklet

We did pumpkin pancakes and they were awesome - Nurse Katie

"the LM5 concept is envisioned as a successor to the venerable McLaren F1. That means three seats across, with a central driving position. That means power provided by BMW's M division; a retuned version of company's soon-to-be-retired 5.0-liter V10 in this case. And of course, that means epic performance." - MVB (Grinch of FF) from Bookmarklet

McLaren - part of a "real" car family (Ferrari, Lotus, Maserati, etc.) - Not Asian crap cars. - Mekkar