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My PALINdrome: http://pa.lindro.me/?w=9952 Go make your own!
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This is so awesome!
- Ben Burris
Typocalypse: what your fonts say about you - http://flickr.com/photos...
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Sarah Perez, Vera Hannaford, Dobromir Hadzhiev and 76 other people liked this
Interesting . . .but it would have been better if he had set the subtext in the actual font.
- Lindsey is Fierce!
I think Arial should be: my term paper needs an extra half page.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
lol @ Eric
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Eric, that honor is reserved for Courier and Courier alone.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
+7 Eric
- Amber, Random Time Lord
I am the hand of God apparently. I can live with that.
- David Cook
Just say no to comic sans people
- Lindsey is Fierce!
I am such a nerd for liking font comedy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I like Arial Narrow...Scared to know what that means :P
- Anthony Farrior
:( ...Lindsey?
- David Cook
Calibir and Times New Roman?
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
I guess I am Kevin Spacey. I didn't know that I was that creepy.
- Seth Gottlieb
from twhirl
Awww David, I can't help it you identify with the worst font. If it's any consolation I'm probably closer to a French Hooker since Palatino and Georgia aren't on here. ;)
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Actually, that does make me feel better...how much btw? =D
- David Cook
hmm, wonder what courier or tahoma say?
- clarke thomas
I guess I'm in the way, a conformist, and the devil (Trade Gothic is my "brand" font, and Helvetica Neue and Arial are the primary fonts in my new design).
- Jared Smith
I'm fairly cheap a rick roll and a KK cheezburger seem to be the going rate, wait wut?
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Done and done!
- David Cook
I can't believe none of these said "I am a dude, playin a dude, disguised as another dude"
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
I'm the devil... or so it tells me. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I am Batman... (errr Gotham) ... & ... a conformist. lol ;)
- Brandon
I hate Comic Sans!!!
- Mona Nomura
I'm a conformist? wha?
- Melissa
Hahahaha - I'm a wanker. :D Wondering about Tahoma, too. And Andalus.
- Alix Whitmire
Awesome...but damn that red reverse stuff is hard on the eyes
- Josh Haley
Hehee.. this is great :D
- Nia
Verdana is my fav font on Windows systems.
- Alex Scoble
Can I pull out my haterade card and argue that Comic Sans is not even a typeface?!? (or real font)?!? Helvetica every time!!!
- DYKC?™
huh, arial is my favorite, always--now you know the truth about me! Muhahahaha!
- susan mernit
New Waxing Options for the Progressive Woman - http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-arch...
Benton, Mahdi Ebrahimi, Tamara J. and 32 other people liked this
omghahahha!
- Carmen
Gotta try the comb over ;)
- Lindsey is Fierce!
I think i don't want to meet a progressive woman.
- ·[▪_▪]·
Uh...oh my
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
There are enough surprises when dating a woman. We don't need another.
- Akiva Moskovitz
mmmm, The Bacon.
- LogEx
um.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
The Anti-Brazilian just made my day =D
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I love The Sneeze.
- ♥patricia♥
I'm immediately adopting the Rapunzel for my next manscaping project.
- Sparky, a big deal
violation!
- Yolanda
lmao . . . the others are awesome. After the comb over I'm going for sole survivor
- Lindsey is Fierce!
lol, forwarding to wife...lol
- Juan Pablo González
When I saw "The Slice" it immediately made me think of this: http://omgplzstfukthx.blogspot.com/2007...
- April Russo (app103)
LOL!!
- BeeLing
ahahahhahhahahahah:P
- Marcos Vicente
I tinkled, just a little....great stuff.
- Eason Pritchard
the rapunzel scares me.......like serious....im having nitmares now =P
- UncleCreepy13
XKCD: Numerical Sex Positions - http://xkcd.com/487/
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BeeLing, tj hanton, Joe Xu and 42 other people liked this
by 'liking" this does that make me a "mathematical stick figures having sex" freak?
- Terence
I'm thinking it makes one a stickophile.
- Mike Lewis
kamasutra in 2-D style :)
- Milad.p
It's so cool to be a "mathematical-stick-figures-having-sex freak" ...I'm "liking" this! :P
- Selma
Sex that involves π is gross..
- Jemm
American π? HAHA
- Mona Nomura
@Mona: There are exceptions... nvm
- Jemm
hahahhahahahhahhaha!!!!
- Mona Nomura
The Scientology Boot Camp Handbook - http://ffffound.com/image...
Geoff Schultz, Matt Hilton, Ben Burris and 22 other people liked this
oh man, cee bee is going to be pissed!
- Carlos Ayala
hehe...yeah...i posted it for him.
- Corie
pin the tail on the thetan. woohoo!!
- Corie
ha ha!
- Cee Bee
Cee Bees galore!
- Mona Nomura
LOL
- Susan Beebe
Evil Seal - http://ffffound.com/image...
Faizar, Geoff Schultz, Mathew A. Koeneker and 61 other people liked this
CORIE WTF HAHA
- Mona Nomura
nice photochopping.
- imabonehead
mona, i have no idea...it makes me laugh!!! hehehehe
- Corie
YIKES!
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Dude, look at its saliva string!!!!!
- Mona Nomura
It's a rabid seal.
- imabonehead
saliva string...grossss...
- Corie
That is, in fact, one creepy seal.
- cmiper
LOL! OMG that face!
- Trish R
scary...
- Dan Hsiao
OMG! I'm still laughing!!
- Alan
DO NOT WANT!!!
- Michael Forian
Awesome, just awesome
- Mo Kargas
HOLY MOTHER OF SATAN'S HAIRDRESSER!!!
- Kevin Bondelli
♫ But we're never gonna survive, unless... we get a little... crazy ♫ -- Seal, "Crazy"
- Karim
So this seal walks in to a club, see, and....
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
s.w.a.l.k.
- Jason
omg, scary!!
- Daynah
Sea World just got a whole lot less fun.
- Steven Perez
Whoa! He looks hungry, get those kids outta there! LOL
- Susan Beebe
Comrade, you're looking FABULOUS - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Ben Burris, Cee Bee and Kevin Bondelli liked this
5 Desktop Wallpapers that will increase your productivity - http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r...
Ben Burris, Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF, Michelle Marie Miller and 3 other people liked this
Oh hell yeah. That GTD one is awesome.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Roberto Bonini, Aperture Image, Mrsth and 11 other people liked this
i love your outlook on photography, and your desire to publish one million in your lifetime. it got me to thinking about what will be here when i'm gone...
- Kyle A Koch
I think about what my photostream will look like when I'm gone all the time Kyle. For some reason I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about death and the meaning of photography as a legacy. I shoot a lot of cemeteries and spend lots of time considering the people buried there and what their life was about and meant. I wonder if my photographs will take on different meaning as they mature and age over time.
- Thomas Hawk
[like] :)
- edythe
"If you would not want to be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing about." - Benjamin Franklin. Thomas, you are already doing a lot of both, Sir. Sincere Respect.
- Parth Awasthi
I don't know Parth. So many people are forgotten when they are dead. I was struck the other day when someone didn't know who Samuel Merritt was. Samuel Merritt has perhaps the largest tomb at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. It's the size of a small house. And he has a lake, a college and a hospital all named after him. He was also Mayor of Oakland. But who here really knows who he is and how often is he actually ever considered anymore?
- Thomas Hawk
I think in some ways my photography is a blind attempt to make some meaning of life and death. I liken it to Sysiphus and his stone which I see so much of life as. Sometimes I think that by pushing the stone harder and faster it might change the meaning of it all. Other times I realize how stupid that sounds -- but regardless, the camera can't/won't stop shooting every single day and I feel suited for this course in life.
- Thomas Hawk
Well, i believe, in the true sense, we all are 'nothing'. No one, and I mean no one, matters to everyone. I just asked an office boy if he knew Abraham Lincoln; You can guess the answer. Our existence is even more futile in the bigger scheme of things. As is the existence of the people to whom we do matter. We are nothing but travelers and it is not the fate of travelers to be remembered. To have mattered to someone; is all that can be.
- Parth Awasthi
maybe its just me but with all the great greasemonkey scripts coming out all the time friendfeed just keeps getting better and better
Steven Perez, John Budnik, Shamir Ramjan and 23 other people liked this
just checking i have 16 different ones running at this time
- (jeff)isageek
Hopefully, I'd like to see some of the concepts get implemented by the FF team.
- Hao Chen
holy crap..
- Hao Chen
ok make that 17. I just added Hao Chen's FriendFeed Profile script
- (jeff)isageek
Anyone have a list of what all I can add?
- Internet's Tad
tad here is a good start (10 scripts) http://www.makeuseof.com/tag...
- (jeff)isageek
I've installed about 7 scripts so far that make this site much more usable.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Could smbdy paste a list of their most useful FF greasemonkey scripts ? Using none at the moment but would like to try !
- petitesphrases
from fftogo
The Watchmen Trailer (720p High Definition) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Wade Dorrell, Pete Delucchi, Peter Stuifzand and 8 other people liked this
I wish that was 720p! here ya go. (http://www.apple.com/trailer...) Looks so good, very hopeful about this one.
- Steve Isaacs
Like I said on my own FF ... I know nothing about this graphic novel or its characters, but after seeing that, I want to know more.
- ::Kristen::
Kristen - make a trip to your local comic store or B&N or Borders. It's well worth the read! Then find everything else by Alan Moore you can and your travel to the Dark Side will be complete!
- Internet's Tad
Read the graphic novel back in the early 90s. Looks like the film will be very accurate in terms of design, even to the point of some shots mimicking individual panel layouts. Can't wait!
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
I was never ever into any sort of comic book (or reasonable facsimile thereof), so this will be a whole new bit of territory for me. I've seen a physical copy of Watchmen last year and had no idea what it was. I have a lot to learn!
- ::Kristen::
Kristen - it'll be a weird experience for sure if you've never read comics before. The Watchmen was like the original anti-comic. No one had seen much of anything like it up till then. Don't worry - it's not a kiddie book! :)
- Internet's Tad
Oh I know. I'm just so intrigued! Maybe the fact that I've been looking for something new to get into is playing a part in this. Seeing that trailer really sparked my interest, so I'll see about reading it before the film comes out next year. I don't know a damn thing about it, yet it looks amazing!
- ::Kristen::
Oh my god! Excellent comic with an excellent looking movie. Saw this commercial a couple days ago and seeing it in it's full glory before Dark Knight just solidified the amazingness that this movie will be. Pretty much no one around me seemed to have any idea about Watchmen but anyone who has read the comic will be psyched.
- Brandon Titus
@Todd - my thought exactly. They have really gone to great lengths to make this authentic. Really looking forward to it. Think I'm going to have to pull the praphic novel off the shelf and read it....again ;)
- Colin Walker
If the FriendFeed community starts resembling the Digg community, I'm gonna have to start being even more selective in who I subscribe to. - http://twitter.com/kevinro...
Mitch, Ňicķ, Brian Daniel Eisenberg and 25 other people liked this
I don't think FriendFeed would be quite that type of community, even if it goes mainstream. You can carve our social circles pretty easily in FF. I wonder.
- Ben Parr
it's coming!
- felix
Nothing personal against Kevin Rose. But there's a reason I only rarely visit Digg.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I already feel like it's the Digg community...
- Liz
shey, i completely agree. i shivered when i saw his name pop up asking for followers the other day
- Cee Bee
ditto
- clarke thomas
I think it inevitably will become that (if it isn't already), because to some extent a lot of these social media sites take that form at some point (ie Sarah Lacy and Twitter). I think it's due to the nature of its userbase (we sit around and analyze things all day for kicks, what do you expect?). The question is, can FF tip past that phase?
- Liz
I think Kevin Rose or not, as FF gains importance as a means of driving traffic to sites, people are going to come to game the system. Hopefully FF's post promotion algo's are ready for it!
- felix
completely agree - though i do think ff is very configurable from a signal-to-noise perspective than digg (or /.) is or ever will be...
- mike "glemak" dunn
There is a material difference though. With Digg it's like playing the lottery when you know 3 of the numbers. People want to game it because they know it will be a "huge payout" and they have inside information (personal Digg armies). The traffic generated by FF probably won't ever be 30k-80k like Digg, so there is likely a lot less payout for the spammer set.
- Steve Spalding
1 Digg :)
- David Cook
@Steve The great thing about FriendFeed is that it's not just about traffic. You really get to know others in your network because you see their photos on Flickr, can listen to their Last.fm faves, read their posts, etc. At least that's what I like about it. There will always be those that are only here to market themselves. Unfortunately, they have the hardest time figuring out how to participate.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Unfortunately FF is dominated by "techspeak" right now. Digg doesn't suffer from this safe affliction as you can discover articles and discussions centered around sports, politics, business, etc... all of interest to me personally. Until FF adds these types of communities (and users who share the same interests) Digg will continue to do well IMO.
- Ron Emrick
ron: conversations are very diverse in ff (i find it much more so than digg fwiw) you just need to broaden your subscriptions - http://friendfeed.com/ronemri... - right now you're buzzword bingo types heavy - its totally in your control who and what topics you see
- mike "glemak" dunn
Someone should ask Rose how the view is high atop Ego Mountain. "Friendfeed: a single location to have a conversation about Kevin Rose's media/web participation." Needs to be shorter if it's going to fit on a business card.
- Mark Trapp
Dugg!
- Hao Chen
Friendfeed is a completely personalized experience. There's plenty that can be done to limit the influence of a single person on your feed, even if that person is Kevin Rose pandering for followers or some other jerk submitting content you find offensive or moronic.
- Rafael Robayna
Maybe I'm a late comer to all of this....but I can't get into Digg....it just seems like a site where people post stupid stuff 90% of the time... FF seems to be a bit more intelligent group. Yes as it gains momentum...it'll get the spammers and others...but I think it'll still keep the good things we all like about FF
- the_IT_factor
I think a lot of people feel that way as well
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Agreed. I think Digg brings out the haters at least in comments. The lovers seem to be less vocal there. I've found folks on FriendFeed, whether they agree or not, or at least respectful. That's key.
- Jennifer Leggio
Are Semi-public FF rooms the answer? Personally, I haven't really used Rooms since the Room name Gold Rush of May 22, 2008.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Doesn't semi-public defeat the purpose of rooms altogether? I'm not sure I get what you mean
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I tell you why it's not going to happen: FF isn't dominated by Linux in jokes like Digg was in the early days, and it's not full of "X ways of doing Y" lists posts today :-)
- Duncan Riley
Kinetic Sculpture at the BMW Museum - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Chris Farrugia, Eric, Robert Seidman and 36 other people liked this
thanks for this discovery !
- Xav
That is hypnotic. Great find!
- Chris McLean
Beautiful, but... troubling. http://is.gd/PjP
- Bill Barol
here's my post on the installation: http://laughingsquid.com/beautif...
- Scott Beale
Very cool ...
- Cathy Brooks
That is beautiful! Neither of those links explained how they do it in any sort of detail. Anyone know?
- Robert DeBord
wow - that's amazing...
- Morgan
gotta be a projection of some sort... unless they're all on tiny strings and that swirling in the beginning isn't actually swirling.....
- Ňicķ
seems to me like they are going up and down on strings
- Kyle A Koch
I love this ...very cool!
- Susan Beebe
Very cool and relaxing to watch this
- Rob McNair-Huff
Jul 20, 2008: Todd Blair Wall Unveiling at Rhythmix Cultural Works - http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event...
Ben Burris and mikl-em liked this
[scribkin] The 6 Best Ways to Rock FriendFeed - http://www.scribkin.com/2008...
![[scribkin] The 6 Best Ways to Rock FriendFeed](http://friendfeed-media.com/old-9efc680635dc11dd821d003048343a40.jpg "[scribkin] The 6 Best Ways to Rock FriendFeed") |
Mitch Baldwin, Carol Hendrick, Daniel Shaw and 35 other people liked this
Useful advice as I try to make FF my new Twitter. There's lots to understand about the FF interface. Anyone else have any "secret" tips/?
- Leo Laporte
My mobile app of choice: http://fftogo.com
- Bwana ☠
Louis Gray's FriendFeed tips: #1 http://www.louisgray.com/live... #2 http://www.louisgray.com/live... #3 http://www.louisgray.com/live... #4 http://www.louisgray.com/live...
- Bwana ☠
I can't seem to find it, but there's a Windows Twitter to FriendFeed converter script that will send invites to all your Twitter friends to subscribe to your FriendFeed.
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
Thanks for linking up my article, Leo!
- Phil G
Jesse: Not sure about the script you're referring to but this script - http://internetducttape.com/2008... - will add your Twitter friends to FF. I've been meaning to run it but haven't yet. I'll do it tonight and report back.
- Leo Laporte
That's cool Bwana - for iPhone users - anyone have a Blackberry FF client?
- Leo Laporte
Jesse, I think you are talking about Internet Duct Tape's Twitter to FriendFeed importer: http://internetducttape.com/2008...
- Phil G
Leo, also if you're a Greasemonkey user, I highly recommend bookmarking http://ffapps.com
- Bwana ☠
Leo, here's another handy Greasemonkey script for filtering your FF stream by service http://snurl.com/2en81 e.g. view only Flickr, view only Tumblr, etc.
- Mike Doeff
@Leo, http://fftogo.com is a decent friendfeed blackberry client. I do not use it much but it is way better anything else I have seen.
- Rob Diana
Leo: fftogo works well on the blackberry (so I've heard) but you need to change your font size in fftogo (scroll to the bottom and click on settings). I'm the developer for fftogo so if you want any improvements I'm your man.
- Benjamin Golub
from fftogo
So it does, Benjamin - but I hate going to the BB browser. What font size works best? Trying 9 right now.
- Leo Laporte
I'm not sure since I don't have a BB but I've heard that the default (which works great on my Moto Q9c) is way too big on the BB.
- Benjamin Golub
@bgolub thanks for implementing font size :)
- Alex Gawley
Just joining FF, it's different but it does seem nice and simple =)
- John Tyra
Lots of folks who have not used the "hide" feature have not seen the options available. I love the g-monkey script tabs, but hey -- why not also try what's already here. BTW, here's Duncan Riley's great index of FF tabs: http://userscripts.org/users...
- Dan Covington
This post has helped me to understand FriendFeed better than anything else I've read. Thanks.
- Larry Huffman
Good, common-sensical ways to be relevant and get the most from FriendFeed
- Ron Emrick
from Alert Thingy
next up: Twitter will only be displaying posts that start with the letter "Q"
edythe, Ashton, Brandon Wood and 27 other people liked this
"Twitter:what's next to go?" FriendFeed room...your bet: what'll they yank next to stay up for WWDC http://tinyurl.com/5zg625
- Dan Covington
LOL. That'll probably lead to a rash of "Q: w00t!" statuses. (Isn't statuses a funny-looking word?)
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Maybe they should go the Adocu route and only allow one-word updates.
- Morton Fox
Q
- l0ckergn0me
Quick are twitter tweets about WWDC.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I second the friendfeed room suggestion. great experience for me during wwdc keynote
- Blake Burris
Best Firefox Addon Ever? - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US...
Daniel Robitaille, Zach Landes, Joel Ross Housman and 17 other people liked this
Yes! Best firefox addon... Time to turn the speakers on again. :-)
- Czar
If my other add-ons conflict with this, they're dead.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Sadly, not FF3 compatible yet!
- Veronica
Rural U.S. Takes Worst Hit as Gas Tops $4 Average - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2008...
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Jason Runyan, Shawn Kirsch, Christian Burns and 23 other people liked this
"The disparity between rural America and the rest of the country is a matter of simple home economics. Nationwide, Americans are now spending about 4 percent of their take-home income on gasoline. By contrast, in some counties in the Mississippi Delta, that figure has surpassed 13 percent."
- Bret Taylor
Wow, this really put things into perspective for me: " Workers at the plant are trying to find ways to cope. Josephine Cage, who fillets fish, said her 30-mile commute from Tchula to Isola in her 1998 Ford Escort four days a week is costing her $200 a month, or nearly 20 percent of her pay. “I make it by the grace of God,” she said, and also by replacing meat at supper with soups and...
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- Ginger Makela Riker
What you are seeing is a contraction of geographic freedom that should hopefully reduce sprawl. Worse than actual georgraphic limitations is that energy costs are built into every other item, which should make everything more expensive.
- RAPatton
Sprawl is not the enemy, It would be nice if the work was sprawled so that people did not have to drive so far.
- Christian Burns
Modern (post-war) zoning mandates that work spaces cannot be too close to residential spaces, essentially forcing you to drive or commute to work. Sprawl (low-density housing) mandates that public transit will be less effective, since each bus-stop is within walking distance to fewer houses.
- Brian Johns
High fuel prices raises the price of cheap, undeveloped land on the fringes of metropolitan areas; of course it will raise the price of land within the metro areas making mass transit less likely, because, in truth, it is all about the land when you are trying to implement any sort of rail; you need to build it before the people get there
- RAPatton
Every time the neocons issue threats to attack Iran, the price of oil rockets upward. If they actually do attack, we may see oil prices rise to $300 a barrel and the collapse of the American economy all across the board. An exaggeration? Consider that the neocons originally estimated that the Iraq War would cost absolutely nothing. The actual cost, according to expert analysts, will be several trillions of dollars.
- Sean McBride
You would be more likely to see the collapse of the Indian and Chinese economies under those $300 a barrel according to a friend of mine that is an energy analyst. He has told me for a while that a collapse of the Indian and Chinese economies under the duress of high fuel prices is the only way gas will ever be cheap like it was in the 90s in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- RAPatton
I am trying to picture a healthy and functioning American economy with the price of gas at $10 a gallon or more, which is where it will be if the neocons attack Iran (or even continue merely to threaten to attack Iran) -- it doesn't compute. I would be interested, however, in reading a scholarly paper developing your friend's theory. Americans are hugely dependent on affordable oil to conduct their daily business.
- Sean McBride
Sean sounds to me like you want to punish America. you sound almost sadistic. Foreign oil is not a good idea, but you are being silly about this cause and effect orthodoxy. The US actually had great prices compared to other nations. The price of oil is not the result of supply because there is plenty in the short term in reserve, but actually the price is related to the fact that the oil companies see the writing on the wall and realize that profit from oil is a short term business.
- Noah David Simon
oil knows that we are trying to switch fuels and that their product will not be in the profit model in the future. in the mean time they have a captive consumer. Do the math and you will realize supply in the short term is not a factor. In fact many oil companies were very against the invasion of Iraq because it would be hard to explain high prices if our own country controlled the pipeline. Ever wonder why Republican oil people like former secratary of state Baker is against Iraq war?
- Noah David Simon
The only good thing to come out of high oil prices is the increasing incentive to find cheaper alternatives, which might in turn be cleaner alternatives. Our economy needs the equivalent of $1/gallon. That would help turn the world around. It's coming.
- Internet's Tad
from fftogo
the price of oil is directly related to the future of the business. If there is not a future then ExxonMobile will not spend the money and look for new places to drill. While this might be a "Green" win, the energy companies intend to make us pay for our insolence. Corporate PR from Chevron to BP are pro-green. Why? Energy has figured out how to make a profit out of our better intentions. If you turn on the TV, the station that is most against the war in Iraq is PBS, one might call PBS the BP TV!
- Noah David Simon
seriously. public media is funded by mostly energy companies. doesn't that raise any eyebrows in the blue states at all? you seem to want to point the blame, but the oil companies are laughing their way to the bank on your self righteousness. don't believe the hype people. support the troops. Iraq is the right thing to do and is part of the "Green" solution. the best way to convert to alternative fuel is to survive the short term.
- Noah David Simon
$10 a gallon gas would be great. Then we'll have the political will to turn some freeway space into railways, and mass transit will be a reality again.
- Piaw Na
I truly believe this. My mom lives in Rural NC and when she came to philly last month,she was amazed how cheap the market is up here:http://www.myphillynetwork.com/content...
- Anthony Farrior
don't fall for green corporate PR. there is a profit incentive to this. It is so sad that they have used the left as a tool to increase profits and spit on American soldiers. You are lemmings if you believe a newscast promoted by an energy company. Always look at the sponsor when watching the news. It will give you an idea of who is benefiting from the news slant. How many energy company ads do you see on FOX NEWS? not many
- Noah David Simon
I live in rural VA and usually this time of year you have to pass farm equipment on the road daily. I've noticed quite a bit of equipment for sale and foreclosure announcements in the local paper. It really saddens me that we people not in the densely populated areas are the ones forgotten in the ever growing tide of greed. These are good hard working people, maybe not what you would call highly educated; but good people nonetheless.
- Ben Burris
don't you realize that the higher the price goes of crude the harder it will be for us to switch fuels? There is no silver lining to high oil prices! The incentive to switch is already there. Corn is already cheaper then petrol. The business model switch is already there. Now we are just punishing ourselves if we don't find more oil. I understand you think in terms of disposable technology, but our culture will become a polluted ghetto with the model you are cheering.
- Noah David Simon
Noah - I'm not sure what you mean by harder to switch fuels? It's going to be a bear either way, but either we do it or eventually humanity collapses back to the Stone Age. I'm betting it's a successful and only moderately more painful switch. I have faith in science, technology and profit incentive.
- Internet's Tad
from fftogo
when the car doesn't run, one can't get it to the shop to switch engines.
- Noah David Simon
trust me. Chevron, BP and ExxonMobile are laughing their so called "GREEN" ass off to the bank on your good intentions. They are benefitting from our social collapse and sadistically whipping the people. They don't need to drill. They have a captive consumer who is forced to pay higher prices. just think about it for just one second. this is the big dupe of the 21st century and historians will be laughing at our folly. No one thinks that alternative fuel is bad, but to stop drilling locally? duh!
- Noah David Simon
and the NYTimes is almost like a PR piece for Dubai 99% of the time. it is not a reliable news source either. you blame the Neo-Cons? you are pathetic. The Neo-Cons are your best friends right now and you don't even realize it. It is the old school oil boys like Baker who are against the war who you should be scared of. The Iraqi Report was a farce!
- Noah David Simon
I hate to interrupt with facts but before we bash big oil to vehemently we should look at the market and source of gas prices. http://tinyurl.com/59s29v
- Keith - @tsudo
@Noah The neocons who engineered the multi-trillion-dollar disaster in Iraq, and who are now agitating for an even bigger disaster in Iran (all the while driving up oil prices) are our best friends? Worst enemies is the more accurate description. They may well succeed in destroying the American economy and America's status as a superpower forever. The best minds in the oil industry (like James Baker) have opposed the neocons on the grounds that they are a nightmare for the American economy.
- Sean McBride
You know, the only two people mentioning "Big Oil" in this thread are you, tsudohnimh and Noah. People are talking about cheaper alternatives, not burn down the oil companies. It doesn't matter who benefits from the high prices: it's about how do we make energy cheaper. The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
- Mark Trapp
I used to point out to my dad that I thought higher gas prices would be great, since it would force people to buy smaller vehicles. Then he kindly pointed out that it wasn't the fancy SUV drivers who would suffer since they were the kind that could also afford to pay more for gas, it was the folks at the lower end who would get the short end of the stick. Who runs the farms when the farmers can't afford fuel?
- Kirk Kittell
exactly Kirk! don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. the people who use stupid words like those "Neo-Cons are baaa---ad" because they are "pro war" are just ignorant. The war was caused by a renegade power structure that betrayed our country. It has not been the first time a power has turned on us. Stalin did after world war 2. Using the Obama model, FDR and Churchill were the bad guy.
- Noah David Simon
Sean McBride... James Baker is a NAZI and has been quoted as saying some very nasty things. It isn't a matter of conservative vs. liberal. It is a matter of who is loyal to the American people, despite fiscal theory I happen to be flexible and believe if we can win in Iraq then we will have money for social spending. James Baker is the problem. He is loyal only to his pocket. He does not care about our future. I would like to talk about some options other then self destruction on the oil issue
- Noah David Simon
@Noah There is no conceivable way to "win" a war in which we are pouring trillions of dollars down the drain with the effect of: 1) greatly increasing the strategic power of Iran in the region, 2) turning the Iraqi people against a foreign occupation and the United States, 3) reducing the flow of oil from Iraq and 4) greatly increasing the price of oil. The neoconservatives who engineered the Iraq War got everything absolutely wrong and upside down. Even some former neocons have admitted their errors.
- Sean McBride
last I checked things were going well. war is messy... it is a war. Iran has actually been marginalized and it would seem ceased nuclear work when we entered the region in 2003.you are talking about opinions, but the reality is way different then a PBS James Baker PR stunt. YES WE CAN WIN THE WAR IN IRAQ! reducing the flow of oil in Iraq? so Iraq can sell to China and Russia for more money so they can fund more terrorism. What is your real motive here? Being Green or punishing the American people?
- Noah David Simon
again... the oil companies are laughing their way to the bank on your self righteousness. don't believe the hype people. support the troops. Iraq is the right thing to do and is part of the "Green" solution. the best way to convert to alternative fuel is to survive
- Noah David Simon
Since this is my entry, can I request an end to the Iraq war debate? No more, please. I will just start deleting everyone's comments at some point - go debate on your own feed ;)
- Bret Taylor
I've been deeply involved in the electricity industry in the U.S. over the past decade and have my own thoughts on the current situation with fuel costs. You can follow the link to see those thoughts if you like. http://www.cleanenergydigest.com/2008...
- Rob Safuto
the two issues are linked. our green future depends on our ability to maintain our economy without reverting to a continental slum. you just can't throw out one issue without dealing with the other, but here is a different tangent coming out of the mid east (where most of the world's oil is from). I'm sorry we can't agree, but this issue would not create 30 comments if we knew all the answers. Economic arrogance will not make the mid east go away http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Noah David Simon
Here is one place among many to comment on connections between Mideast politics and the price of oil: http://tinyurl.com/4ywxmp Chris Hedges is one of the smarter pundits on the American scene.
- Sean McBride
here in Finland one can write off his taxes all annual home-to-work transport costs above 500 EUR own responsibilities, granted used cheapest mean to reach workplace and vacation time is not paid
- A.T.
I wonder, would it be Ok if I submit few tinyURL-ed refs to few blog posts written in Russian but translated with e.g. Google translate, or... ?
- A.T.
I actually wrote about this a month ago, asking if Small Town, USA is ready for expensive gas: http://www.thattalldude.com/main...
- Shawn Kirsch
who controlled the oil prices this year? democrats doubled oil prices http://www.onebigdog.net/democra...
- Noah David Simon
yes Craig Eddy... we do hold a lot of oil that we refuse to use in Florida because we prefer Cuba to do it instead... but there simply is not an immediate supply issue right now. it isn't the problem. the problem is the industry is trying to make a buck right now because they won't later. the writing is on the wall for them. best way to beat the system is to drill of course and create competition, but the oil industry is cooperating in lockstep with the environmentalists and it is a union made in hell.
- Noah David Simon
they protest and scream about Bush, and the oil companies raise the prices... the answers are let the free market push us into corn, but we also have to stop investing in petroleum with our hand behind our backs. the free market will change energy sources now. it could of earlier, but corn was more then petroleum and the dollars weren't talking till now.
- Noah David Simon
eBay on the iPhone? *yawn* welcome to 1996
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This comes right after a deluge of reports that eBay sellers are jumping ship and customers are leaving for low fixed prices from other retailers. Go Apple! Innovate like there's no tomorrow!
- Ben Burris
I see that Algore is at the Apple keynote - all hail the Creator!
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- Ben Burris
This mornings commute 1hr 28min. People please, change your oil every 3k miles or YOUR CAR WILL CATCH ON FIRE ON THE INTERSTATE! ugh!
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The bad thing is car companies are pushing the oil change intervals higher.
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