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QOTD 59: Are you conscious of the style that you talk and type in? What types of jargon and slang do you prefer? Do you fall into any stereotypes?
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How much RAM does iPad have?
Morton Fox liked this
Its unknown to everyone. Apple never revealed its memory.
- Shrés Mahésh
The developers must know. They have to manage memory within apps.
- Vezquex
256MB
- ronin
Intersting same as the 3G and 3GS
- Rodfather
8?
- Rodfather
720K on a 3.5 inch floppy.
- Eric - seven eleven
Yes.
- Eric - seven eleven
and no. None.
- Eric - seven eleven
Name some funny pronunciations (well to you anyway) of words spoken by people from other parts of the World than yours (audio comparisons welcome :-)):
WoH: Professor MOTHRA, Jandy, Kim Landwehr and 19 other people liked this
For example, the funny way America says 'beta' compared to us Brits. It's beat-a not bay-ta, hehe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Question inspired from this week's ffundercats (http://www.ffundercats.com/2009...) and the chat here: http://ff.im/5e2kH
- Kol Tregaskes
A new one to me: "fillet" is pronounced 'fill-ay" in America, like 'ballet' but not like 'bullet'.
- Kol Tregaskes
isn't fillet french?
- directeur
It is?
- Kol Tregaskes
Yes, Kol, it is. We're talking about fillet (as in meat) right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- directeur
Yep. In the UK (and it appears in Australia if you listen to Johnny on ffundercats this week) we pronounce it 'fill-it'.
- Kol Tregaskes
Lever, schedule, aluminum are my 3 favorite words to contrast British and American English
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
garage is also a good one
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Josh, now that's interesting! We had some OS professors (when I was a student) and some pronounce "scheduler" as "s'keduler" while some other pronounce it as "cheduler"
- directeur
Colour? Cheque?
- Tyson Key
Tyson, that's more down to spelling, they are pronounced the same I believe?
- Kol Tregaskes
(Color and Check, if I remember correctly). I recall some people talking about phase and faze, but that was clarified, since they mean completely different things.
- Tyson Key
Good point
- Tyson Key
;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Primer: Most people here say "PRY-mer" whereas I was raised and most Europeans I know say "prim-ER"
- Anika
Weird. I don't know any Europeans who pronounce that "prim-ER", including me.
- Mark H
Hmm, as a Brit, I've always thought of a garage as a place to purchase fuel, a place to store cars and a place to service them, but I'm sure those on the other side of the pond have a different take.
- Tyson Key
(Depending on context, of course)
- Tyson Key
wait, a garage is where you put your car, isn't it? or sometimes where someone can repair it
- directeur
Yeah, although I've heard people say "I'm off to the garage to get some petrol" more times than enough, too.
- Tyson Key
Kind like pants? Pants in America appears to be trousers in the UK. And pants in the UK is underwear.
- Kol Tregaskes
And 'gas' instead of 'petrol'.
- Kol Tregaskes
Yah kol :)
- directeur
Herb. For some reason Americans don't pronounce the 'h'.
- Mark H
Hmm, text isn't a great way to describe pronunciation, but "garidj" or "gahr-aaje"?
- Tyson Key
Why is it 'gas' anyway. You don't put gas in your car do you?
- Kol Tregaskes
I couldn't think of a better way to describe it, and I'm not that great with IPA.
- Tyson Key
Now what is the BEST with aussies, is the way they use "but" and "though" sometimes.
- directeur
@Kol - Fuel vapours, probably...
- Tyson Key
My dad taught me how to fish though I forgot. It isn't hard to sing it but.
- directeur
Interesting about "Primer". I've always put emphasis on the "PRY", and most other people I've heard also do so...
- Tyson Key
Still, I manage to mangle "thoroughly" and "three", after many years, so that's best taken with a bucket of salt.
- Tyson Key
while you're talking about herbs.. oregano.. Brits: Ore-GA-NO US: Or-EG-AN-o. Also, the Aluminium thing is a bit convoluted because Aluminium and Aluminum are two different alloys, in the sense of soda cans etc the Americans are correct in that Aluminum is used, not Aluminium. And here's another... anything that is to do with children in a medical term - Brits: Paed US: Ped (as in Paediatrician not Pediatrician)
- alphaxion
Cache (the computing term) - "Cash"? or "Cah-shay"? I've always pronounced it the former way, but I've heard a small number of people use the latter on some occasions.
- Tyson Key
Router in computing. A router the way the Americans pronounce it is a wood working instrument. Rout-er not R-out-er :)
- alphaxion
'route' pronounced like 'boot' in the UK but in America it's pronounced like 'bout'.
- Kol Tregaskes
Ah, alpha, just beat me. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
'Tis root-er.
- Tyson Key
or route is pronounced "root" here in Arizona
- comix aka martha
'route' is pronounced 'root' is most of the US. I've only heard a few people say, "rout". However, 'router" is said, "Rout-ER".
- Anika
We eat our fish fillited, but some times we might have a nice beef fillit or a fillay even. Some like a French Fillee I prefer a Scotch Fillet, but. Though youse mob might not. We would serve that with basil, not baysil; and perhaps some ory gano - not oreg nio - is that how you pronounce it? Alum in ium is the way I pronounce alume in um - that's not just because our been comes in aluminium cans. We don't put a lot of gas in our cars unless it's LPG, but we do put our foot down on it a lot.
- Chris Loft
Kol: it's gas because the product itself is gasoline so it's just a shortened version. Petrol is a shortened version of petroleum which isn't actually accurate (since you're not in fact putting petroleum in the car). As for route v route: it's pronounced both ways here. A router, however, is "r-OW-ter"
- FFing Enigma
"Rout" just sounds strange to my ears
- Tyson Key
Unless you're talking about tile grout, but that's something different
- Tyson Key
The back of some cars, where you store things - "boot" or "trunk"?
- Tyson Key
To clarify: In the UK - router (pronouned root-er) is the network device. When pronounced rout-er it's the tool used in carpentry.
- Mark H
As a proud English Northern lass I pronounce garage "ga-ridge" - most southerners (and Canadian and Americans) pronounce it "ga-raaaaage" (I may be over-emphasising a little....)
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
That's what I'm thinking of... Yes, I do call it a "ga-ridge".
- Tyson Key
Thank you, Tina. Like I know anything about cars anyway. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
If it moves you from one place to another, who cares? I don't know a great deal about cars either. ;)
- Tyson Key
Tyson, ditto.
- Kol Tregaskes
Cilantro. I think in the UK they pronounce it "coriander". lol
- Josh Haley
Bingo!
- Tyson Key
Tyson: re: Cache - there is an epidemic in America of mispronouncing this word. See here: http://friendfeed.com/joshhal...
- Josh Haley
Niche.. UK: neeesh US: nitch
- alphaxion
Hmm, is that nitch or nick?
- Tyson Key
rhymes with itch
- alphaxion
Vaguely related: Sean Connery saying "sitting."
- Nate Pilling
from twhirl
I'm reminded of a debate on IRC ages ago about the pronunciation of "Mach" and "Bach", for what it's worth. (Was that some were pronouncing "Mach" like "match", and "Bach" like either "Back" or "Bar-kh", or something like that, but I don't remember the specifics).
- Tyson Key
Or how to pronounce Moet.
- Marlin Forbes
Mo-wet? Moh-way? Mow-it? Moh-ay?
- Tyson Key
You put "gas" in your car because it's short for "gasoline."
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I pronounce Moet as "moh-ay" and with a little french accent hiding in there.
- alphaxion
Petrol makes me think of petrolium which makes me think of Vaseline.
- Josh Haley
DO NOT put petrolium jelly in your vehicle!
- Josh Haley
Pinochet and Ricochet, anyone?
- Tyson Key
However "Petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture" and "Most current or former Commonwealth countries use the term "petrol", abbreviated from petroleum spirit." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- alphaxion
PEE-noh-shay RICK-oh-shay
- Josh Haley
same as josh when it comes to those words
- alphaxion
Come to think of it, "last.fm" makes me wonder - I pronounce it "Last Dot Eff Em", but I know some people drop the "Dot"...
- Tyson Key
Some of the American/British pronunciation differences mentioned here are subject to regional (or even person-to-person) variation in the U.S., like "route."
- John (bird whisperer)
same in the UK.. the different regional accents in the UK make it unpredictable for people of the same country, speaking the same language to understand each other ;)
- alphaxion
+1 alphaxion. You'd never be able to tell where I came from from listening to me speak...
- Tyson Key
Hmm, there's always "Linux" - that's as much of a divisor pronunciation-wise, as it is technological direction-wise.
- Tyson Key
The Commonwealth pronunciation of "lieutenant" as "lefftenant" always makes me giggle.
- John (bird whisperer)
Loo-tenant?
- Tyson Key
I'm listening to Zee's accent on the CS Techcast podcast. : http://friendfeed.com/cstechc...
- Josh Haley
I always seem to giggle when I hear the Brit way of pronounciating "glacier" as /GLAH/syur/ like Aubrey Manning does in Earth Story. (It's pronounciated /GLAY/shur/ in /KAN/uh/duh/)
- Edward Zwart
Glay-see-ah?
- Tyson Key
yeah, that's it
- Edward Zwart
Well having lived all over the one that cracks me up the most is Wash. In mos to of the US it is pronounced just like it looks - but in some parts of the Midwest, Ohio, and Michigan it is pronounced Warsh. I'm not sure where that "r" comes from.
- Bill Rawlinson
@bill Just wait till you hear the way Bath is pronounced across the UK ;) B-ath, Barth, Baf
- alphaxion
hehe alpha :)
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Hmm, Nokia. Is that "Knock Ear"? "Noh-KIA"? "Know KIA"? "NOH-Kia"? Or something else?
- Tyson Key
Anytime I open my mouth, you can be sure something will be mispronounced.
- Steven Perez
"Pop" or "soda"? "Hoover" or "vacuum cleaner"? ;)
- Tyson Key
Nuclear is even more fun to hear people mangle. It's not "Nucular", damn it!
- Tyson Key
@jcunwired - That one was just for you! ;)
- Tyson Key
Th- at the beginning of words is pronounced f- as soon as you fink you're a Londoner.
- Mark H
Lots of Japanese examples. SA-MOO-RAI kind of flat vs US SAMmoo-rye. GEISHA kind of flat vs US GEEsha. oSAH-KEH vs US nasal SAA-key.
- Rick Cogley
Working in IT, my favorite is developer. US English duh-VEL-oh-per. The other pronunciation I often hear is de-VLOP-er. On the Moet & Chandon example, it is actually Mow-Eht. Rhymes with wet. While Chandon, like their most famous product, is French, the Moet is Dutch.
- Sarah Miller
from iPhone
I'm always amused when I hear Scott say metadata (meetadata, with a short a in data). I say maytadayta. :)
- Ordinarybug Heather
LOL @ "meetadata."
- LB: #TeamMonique
Mettah-dayta
- Tyson Key
Hmm, GNU (the project) - "Jee Enn You"? "Noo"? Or "Guh-noo"?
- Tyson Key
On the same tech line, TeX I learned today is "tech". LaTeX is "lah tech". Unintuitive.
- Rick Cogley
from iPhone
I've always pronounced that like the rubber derivative...
- Tyson Key
Me too Tyson. I was reading history on it.
- Rick Cogley
from iPhone
paraffin/kerosene
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Just realized I say rout 66 and not route (root) 66 and it's herb not 'erb. I also prefer the English spelling of colour
- Kim Landwehr
from BuddyFeed
Hmm, don't some people pronounce "book" phonetically, instead of like "buck"? The Scottish come to mind for that...
- Tyson Key
jaguar: jag-you-are vs. jag-war
- Anne Bouey
Similar to jaguar: puma. Poo-ma, or pyoo-ma. I say the latter.
- Mark H
regional speech patterns can be pretty interesting. In most of the us a toboggan is a wodden sled with a curved front, but in appalachia it is a knit cap (also known as a beanie). In some parts of the counrty a liquor store is known as a package store and in others its a red-dot. And finally, in some places a "poke" is a brown paper bag.
- Bill Rawlinson
Bump.
- Kol Tregaskes
OK...we get it, Kol. You registered the user name "koltregaskes" on every site on the friggin' planet, and you want to know everyone else's. I'll let you in on a secret. Our Friendfeed profiles have a "more »" link, taking you to a page that lists all the services. #enoughalready
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OUCH.
- Derrick
To be fair, I don't think he's doing it for his own benefit but rather for everyone's benefit as a way of aggregating usernames / services together into separate posts - at least thats what i think
- Wang Yip
Here's a little non-secret in return - loads of folks like Kol a hell of a lot, and find his efforts on those (and all) his posts pretty worthwhile to see. I haven't got a clue who you are - but my first impression is: dickhead.
- Patrick Jordan
Use the hide button. It does work.
- Cheryl Jones
Vezquex, use the hide feature if you don't want to see it. Several people have told me and I have read several entries on FF saying that people on the lists have gained a load of new followers from it. If you don't like that type of content then you have the features FF provides.
- Kol Tregaskes
i'm with Vezquex on this one. I dig Kol but these sharing URL posts for every network have been driving me bonkers. As Kol points out, you can hide them, but unfortunately you can't hide posts in rooms which makes it frustrating for users who just visit rooms looking for info.
- Zee.
Zee, but as ad admin to the groups you can delete them if you wish.
- Kol Tregaskes
its not fair for me to delete them, you've done really nothing wrong, just annoying - and its not just my groups either
- Zee.
I think particularly in light of the uncertain future for FriendFeed, the posts are useful, as Wang points out, to bring attention and aggregate for people interested in quickly branching out on another service (without having to visit tons of profiles)
- Tinfoil 2.0
Zee, up to you. And nope not just your groups, a lot are mine.
- Kol Tregaskes
Damn dude, there is a DM button or email Kol directly. Passive aggressive much?
- Shevonne
I've put posts up myself asking for everyones Facebook URL and such. The frustration lies in the number of them you've done in the space of a day. But anyway, no biggie - but i don't think Vezquex is out of line to voice his frustration
- Zee.
@Zee There is such thing as tact. He could have said the same thing without singling someone out.
- Shevonne
I like it. But voicing frustration is fine too. But, politeness wouldn't hurt Vezquex, would it?
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
@Shevonne, i've really heard far worse on the web before...And also, Kol is the only one who has been doing it. It's unsurprising that he singled Kol out
- Zee.
Like I say above if you don't like it, delete, hide it, block or simply ignore. I'll make sure these posts don't got to your groups again in future, sorry, Zee. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
Singled out, sure fine, but publicly and rudely, not so cool. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
leave KOL alone (works only in video form while crying in front of dark blanket)
- michael sean wright
@Kol, no need to apologize. It probably got on my tits simply because i visit my rooms all the time and the posts kept regurgitating to the top. I'm not going to remove the ones already out and frankly there aren't many social networks left to share! :P
- Zee.
LOL, Zee. Don't say that... ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
file this under #backfired
- Carlos Ayala
I don't find these username sharing posts annoying - if something doesn't interest me I'll just skip over it. Something has to be really bad for me to hide it. I think I've hidden 3 items in 18 months of using FriendFeed.
- Martin Bryant
I don't think I've hidden anything yet.
- Kol Tregaskes
How many groups do you belong to? How many do you interact with regularly? How many did you personally start?
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I belong to several, but only interact directly with a handful (most of the others I subscribe to are pretty light on interaction, but have interesting stuff fed into them).
- Brett Kelly
QOTD #51: It's your last meal ever (for whatever reason). You can have anything you want. 3 courses and a drink. Name them.
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1. Fresh/warm loaf of crusty french bread with butter (preferably from UK - their butter rocks!) 2. Creamy tomato bisque soup 3. Ribeye steak from Vito's Chophouse here in Orlando. (I don't know how they cook it, but it just melts in your mouth. That sounded gross) 4. A good quality pinot noir to drink.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Something cheap. I should probably leave as much money as possible to others.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
1) Fried feta covered with tomatoes and olive oil. 2) Hamburger. 3) Americanized Chinese food. To drink: Pepsi. Preferably the portions would be small; being too full from my last meal would add insult to injury.
- i80and
QOTD #47: What is your worst experience with computers?
Kol Tregaskes liked this
I had an HP desktop that caused me nothing but headaches for the life of the computer.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Installing NT 4.0 OS - Man, that OS sucked.
- Brent - Yes I am
Installing Windows 95... from floppy disk.
- Ordinarybug Heather
Probably my 4 HP laptops in a row. I'd get one, its motherboard would fry. I'd get one, its motherboard would fry, etc. Gak, nightmare. Finally I just built my own desktop machine which seems to be working fine so far.
- i80and
#QOTD 53: Detail the best experience of your life.
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Finding FriendFeed. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
QOTD #39: What do you think is the first thing people notice about you when they meet you in person?
Kol Tregaskes, Brett Kelly, Christian (Simply X) and 3 other people liked this
Probably that I always look confused.
- Lola Bean (Penguin)
That I have a big nose.
- Rochelle
First, I think they notice that I'm REALLY short. Second, I think it's that I smile a lot.
- Ordinarybug Heather
My height. (I'm six foot four inches tall)
- Christian (Simply X)
What Penguin said.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
My width.
- Nine Ferdinand
I'm with Christian - six foot four, then my white beard
- Brent - Yes I am
Tattoos
- Brett Kelly
QOTD #42: What is one thing that you wish everybody else in the world would do?
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Stop littering.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Be tolerant.
- Lis
Stop the killing.
- Brent - Yes I am
Be less funny than me.
- Brett Kelly
What got you into trouble as a child?
Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど, Manny, Jen (SquirrelGirl) and 6 other people liked this
How'd you get busted? - today's Plinky: http://www.plinky.com/prompts...
- Kol Tregaskes
My mouth
- Shevonne
Questioning the irrational behavior of my parents. What kept me out of trouble, lying and never admitting it, even when being walked up the stairs of the church to talk to the priest (I knew that we didn't have an appointment :)
- thestreetwalker
Laughing at smart-alecky kids who mispronounced words in class. Words like, "pree-jude-iced" instead of "pre-ju-diced". That and beating up kids who thought it was a push-over because I wore glasses.
- Ha3rvey #teamMonique
LOL, Shevonne. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Shoplifting :(((((((((
- Iain Baker
@Iain I use to shoplift like crazy. Never got caught though
- Shevonne
Blowing out half the electricity in the science lab in middle school. Paper clip + pen + electrical socket = mayhem.
- Great Scott! Snow!
I think Shevonne and I had the same type of upbringing.
- Derek Coward
My younger sister not getting her way, and shouting, "Mooooooom! Heather HIIIIIIT MEEEEEEE!"
- Ordinarybug Heather
ditto, heathers comment, at least one of my younger sisters has recently confessed - ya know now that we're in our 30's!
- SteVe C
Reading at the dinner table, reading when it was past my bedtime.
- Rochelle
Iain, haha. I was pretty good as a child though was very cheeky (well still am ;-))...
- Kol Tregaskes
But we had a, slightly nasty, little old lady living next door to us when we were young. We were always playing football in the back garden and occassionally accidentially kicking it over into her garden. Normally we'd have to go around and knock on the door to get it and normally she wouldn't answer or told us to go away but I decided one day to jump over and get it...
- Kol Tregaskes
Well she really didn't like that and came over to talk to my Mum almost straight away! LOL, but the funny thing is my Mum laughed if off and said good on ya, hehe :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Was a cunning thief in the household. Loved to flick cash from my mom's purse =)
- Praveen Vasudev
Convincing the neighbor's 6yr old daughter than the white dog crap on our lawn was candy and then laughing at her while she tried to eat it. (when she was ten, I convinced her to lick a 9 volt battery, but forgot she had braces. I actually felt a little bad for that) How she grew up to NOT be a serial killer is beyond me.
- Hookuh Tinypants
Yo momma jokes.
- Derrick
using FriendFeed when I was supposed to be mowing the lawn. Related: I'm 4 years old.
- Brett Kelly
temptation. being a middle child. not breastfeeding long enough. anything and everything that wasn't my fault or that i had any control over. it's not my fault. it never was. i don't have any idea what you are talking about. it wasn't me. it's not mine, i'm just holding it for a friend. where was I earlier? you mean today? :-)
- Morgan
My mouth, my temper, me authority issues...oh wait, that *still* gets me into trouble.
- Anika
Ding dong ditch. Once I DDD'ed this one house where the new stepdad was a real tool. But I put a piece of wood between the door handles on the front double doors so he couldn't open them. Guy comes racing outta the back of the house and pulls me into a rosebush just as I was trying to hop the fence into my best freind's yard.
- Sue Radd
Talking too much. Being bossy.
- Just Kidée: Road Warrior
What Anika said.
- Derrick
Talking too much, or talking back, or yelling. Basically my mouth...
- Kelly W.
1)getting distracted on the way to school 2)being bored and reading in class 3)not tolerating injustice and talking back when it happened (even to others I didnt like)
- Iphigenie
Sneaking out of the house at night. Did it regularly until my dad caught me - waiting outside for me with a flashlight. Not good.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Sneaking into my parents' room to investigate the stash of presents before Christmas.
- Martin Bryant
Looking for my dad's playboy in the closet :)
- Justin Korn
My two younger brothers... CONSTANTLY.
- Manny
having the babysitter chase me outside when it was time for bed. Then pushing her into the swimming pool and locking her out until my parents returned.
- Robert Freeze
My quick wit.
- Steven Perez
The boys restroom in my school had four urinals, and somehow we discovered that if you flushed both even ones or both odd ones, all four would overflow and make a huge mess. The powers that be realized that it had to be a group effort because one 8 year old didn't have enough reach to flush two urinals at once.
- Andy Bakun
Recommend a good book to read at the beach.
Explain what makes this a good lazy-day read. - yesterday's Plinky: http://www.plinky.com/prompts...
- Kol Tregaskes
Do you think there is a certain age where your taste in music kinda stops at and doesn't move from?
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Like my Dad never really grew out of the 60s and 70s music (i.e. when he was in his late 20s early 30s).
- Kol Tregaskes
For me I'm 32 and still can't get enough of new music. I'm constantly listening and searching for new tunes and bands. At the moment I can't see that changing but will it?
- Kol Tregaskes
I've noticed that happened to some people. I'm always looking for new music and I'm in my late 30s. I just refuse to listen to US/UK pop and rock. Oh and most of that rap/R&B on the radio. But I've found like 19 new groups in the past 3 days; bhangra, korean pop and jazz.
- Anika
For some people, yes. But I'm 51 and still listening to the newest music coming out. Follow a number of indie bands.
- Mark Traphagen
But that seemst to reflect my general attitude. Most of my closest friends are in their 20s and 30s
- Mark Traphagen
Mark, thank goodness. Good, then I can go on for at least another 20 years then. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
For me, probably mid to late 20's. Or I'm too lazy to find new music. There hasn't been much since then that has made me excited.
- Rodfather
For me, sortof. I'm 33. My all time favorite music is still the stuff I discovered and listened to a lot from 15 to 25. I still try to find new music I like, but not nearly as much as I used to.
- Tony Miller
Anika, yeah I guess that's it. If you like pop music, which I guess for my Dad was what he was listening to at the time, then perhaps you're open to this but if you rebelling from all that rubbish (like us) then maybe you'll just keep going.
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, I hope you have more than 20 years....I'm not dead yet!
- Mark Traphagen
I think so since I find myself listening to XM54 which was the music played when I was in college. But then I've never been a huge music listener to begin with.
- Kevin Kuphal
Mark, yeah I can't listen to the same thing for too long. Sure there are some tunes that are instant classics and I'll always go back to but generally I need something new regularly.
- Kol Tregaskes
My taste in pop music that comes out of the radio and TV stopped dead in its tracks somewhere around 1998. But I never stop looking for new music on the net.
- Steven Perez
A lot of bands I liked in my teens and early 20's, I can't listen to anymore. Either I'm at a different mental stage, or want to hold on to when they were at their peak.
- Rodfather
Not for me, at least not yet. I can still appreciate a good bit of the music I used to listen to, but my tastes are always evolving and I always crave new stuff.
- Tinfoil 2.0
I think a lot of people (like my father) always keep a sweetspot for the music they listened to in their youth when music often has a focus and stronger impact.
- ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ
I retain that "sweet spot" for some of the music of my 70s teenhood (listened to a Yes concert bootleg just the other night), but most of my listening is of upcoming indy bands.
- Mark Traphagen
Very true Thomas, I had an old song shuffle on in the car earlier, and it brought back some bittersweet memories. Some music I'll always associate with certain times in my life.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Yes. But for me, it's not about the music. It's about having the time to find new music. It was easy through college when you're surrounded by new music. But since then, I've had to make time in a busy schedule to seek it out. So basically I don't. However, when someone suggests something new that's interesting, I'm game.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
I still listen and search for new music all the time. What I've noticed is, my absolute favorites remain the same, and it's the stuff I listen to the most, even when I find new and different good stuff.
- Dee @ Holycool.net
QOTD #50: What are some of your favorite things?
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raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens...
- JoEllen
rain/thunderstorms, milk, tomatoes
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens...
- i80and
Love that song, but don't really like many of those things...
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
QOTD #48: What do you think is one quality of being weak?
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Breaking when you should flexibly bend.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Inability to admit it when you're wrong.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Jen: If a person is correct nearly all of the time, and refuses to admit the rare occurrences that he or she is wrong; is that better or worse than a person wrong all the time, but admits it?
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I would expect someone with the wisdom and intelligence to be right a lot of the time to also have the courage to admit when they're wrong. So I think in many ways they're being upstaged by the frequently wrong person who's willing to admit it.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
QOTD #49: What is the most inspiring story you have ever heard?
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QOTD #46: What do you dislike the most about the FriendFeed Beta?
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1. Lack of source icons. 2. Missing the customizable list of room links in left column.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
I am also missing the lack of source icons.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Lack of source icons.
- xero
That is a beta not a full version. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
The rooms page. Edit: I was trying to say that I miss the Rooms page. The summary at the top made it easy for me to catch activity in rooms that don't have a lot of traffic.
- Jeanine W.
QOTD #45: What is your biggest worry right now?
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My husband... he has leukemia, but he's about finished with his chemo and it should all be fine.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Sorry to hear that, Jen.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Not getting a job soon. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
My mother.
- Yolanda
QOTD #38: What is your worst nightmare?
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Literal nightmare, or in a figurative sense?
- i80and
I'm with Mark.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Holocaust-style persecution
- Mo Kargas
I had a crazy nightmare recently involving Logical Extremes trying to kill me. :(
- Derrick
Teeth falling out. All of them. Suddenly. That's been my standard nightmare since I was a kid. That's if I take the question literally.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Jen, now that I think about it, having all of one's teeth fall out without warning would be quite a danger. I think I should go see a dentist now, just in case.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
To die after all my family have long gone. Hate to be the last one standing. I can't be a "cat lady" because I'm allergic to them
- Just Kidée: Road Warrior
@Derrick, LOL, I just saw this. Don't worry, I really am harmless.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Thank goodness.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
QOTD #44: What do you do when you are stressed out?
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Sadly eat...or cry depending on the type of stress.
- Just Kidée: Road Warrior
Yeah, often eat. Kvetch on FriendFeed. :-) Talk with Scott about it.
- Ordinarybug Heather
o_O
- Ordinarybug Heather
Mark.
- Yolanda
I just try to avoid thinking about whatever's stressing me, in general. This tends to have catastrophic effects when combined with homework and tests :)
- i80and
Glass of wine. Maybe 2. :)
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
QOTD #43: If you stepped out of the shower and saw a leprechaun standing at the base of your toilet, what would you do?
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Probably think to myself that "I cant remember eating that"
- Threepwood
Blink and rub my eyes. Then, I think I'd step back into the shower and think about it some more.
- Ordinarybug Heather
Wrap my towel closer about myself, and then say hello...
- FFing Enigma
Reach for the gold!
- Matt
My immediate reaction would be to kick it. Isn't that horrible? but then I'd apologize and sit down to talk.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
(Question is from a D. Sedaris essay in the NYer.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
QOTD #41: If you could ask one question of the entire FriendFeed community, what would it be?
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"Excuse me, are your refrigerators running?"
- i80and
Why are so many of you still on Twitter?
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Alex, I've been wondering the same thing... I may be about to nuke my twitter account.
- Ordinarybug Heather
How can so many of you find LOLCats so funny??????!!!!!!! ;)
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Did nobody's head explode when I posted this question to QOTD? I thought it was amusingly self-referential. :-)
- Ordinarybug Heather
Well, my head had some minor swelling, but it went down a bit later. :)
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Now everybody can post to this room!
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woot!
- JoEllen
QOTD #37: What behavior disgusts you the most?
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My short list: clipping nails in public, flicking buggers, any involving someone else's poo.
- Jeanine W.
Snobbery.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Open mouth chewing/ talking with food in the mouth.
- Christian (Simply X)
Rudeness.......from anyone in any situation.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
QOTD #40: What are you most willing to defend?
My family.
- Just Kidée: Road Warrior
ditto
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
QOTD #36: How do you act in front of somebody you hate?
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Overly polite, distant and cold.
- Tech Teacher
If they're not talking to me; as if I didn't even know them. If they're talking to me; civil but brief. If they don't get the hint that way, just continually walk away while they're trying to start a conversation with you.
- Christian (Simply X)
I don't know that I truly "hate" anyone. But of those I really dislike, I'd behave civilly.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
QOTD #35: How do you feel when you know you have disappointed somebody?
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Devastated. Even when I've made the right decision.
- rowlikeagirl
First response, +1 rowlikeagirl. However, I try to suppress emotion, so most of the time I'm aware of it mainly on an intellectual level, where I can more rationally evaluate the situation.
- i80and
ashamed
- Yolanda
I feel angry at myself mixed with a heavy dose of contrition when the situation calls for me to correct whatever caused that disappointment. However, when I disappoint someone because I had to make a rational decision I feel frustrated that I couldn't find a way to make the situation win-win.
- Tech Teacher
QOTD #31: What do you think is most sacred to yourself?
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Not sure I understand the question? What object? What ideal?
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Either one, Jen.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Truth.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Honesty
- Just Kidée: Road Warrior
Accountability
- Janet:#TeamMonique
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