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Apple IPhone Approval Process getting really efficient - Not Invented Here on Monday, November 23, 2009 - http://notinventedhe.re/on...
★ Soner Gönül, Graeme Shaw and Chieze Okoye liked this
Huge kerfuffle going on in the paddock with Eddie Jordan rowing with journos over the make-up of tomorrow's grid! Very amusing!
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I believe that if there is a supreme being, that it's probably a cat, because it's the only kind of god that makes sense with the world that we have. God is a cat and we are all just balls of catnip to be batted around or loved on as the cat god wishes and mostly the cat god sleeps.
Kol Tregaskes, Kamilah Reed (K. Gill), Harold and 7 other people liked this
God shits where he wants and causes me to sneeze?
- Chris Greene
Do not taunt the cat god for its claws are sharp and may cause infection.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Cats do not shit where they want...and yes, the cat god causes you to sneeze.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
All creatures shit where they want. I was just hoping to have a god that doesnt shit over everything.
- Chris Greene
Cats go only where they are supposed to go, unless you don't clean out the litter box...which may also explain much of our world.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Cats go in the litter box because thats what you ask them to do. Take away the litter box and they shit all over everything. Kinda like God.
- Chris Greene
And now I am stuck with the mental image of a kitten nailed to a cross...
- Matt Plummer
And that's just wrong. Cat god would have no need for a surrogate...it's a cat. It created the universe. We are all its playthings.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
See...I'm telling you, the more you think about it, the more it makes sense.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
from IM
Nope...this explanation of the universe actually makes more sense to me than other fables spread by religion.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
The Ancient Egyptians knew this already :-)
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
Acid was only discovered in the last century. :)
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
from IM
1 Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated dem. 2 Da Urfs no had shapez An haded dark face, An Ceiling Cat rode invisible bike over teh waterz. 3 At start, no has lyte. An Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? An lite wuz.4 An Ceiling Cat sawed teh lite, to seez stuffs, An splitted teh lite from dark but taht wuz ok cuz kittehs can see in teh dark An not tripz over nethin.5 An Ceiling Cat sayed light Day An dark no Day. It were FURST!!!1
- Ceiling Kat
ROFL
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
from IM
We awlreddy nose awl dis stufffs - http://www.lolcatbible.com
- Ceiling Kat
Alex, I definitely want to check out what you are smoking there :)
- Sasha Kovaliov
How is this any more or less crazy than most of the religions already out there? Answer: It isn't. And at least it's not contradictory and full of holes.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Cat god loves you, but that doesn't mean that she won't shred you to pieces in a catnip high frenzy.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
It's not at all :) And by saying "high" in the last comment you meant... :)
- Sasha Kovaliov
Do Some Office Origami for This Cool iPhone Dock - http://www.cultofmac.com/do-some...
minasedef, Bill Sodeman, Andrew Leyden and 2 other people liked this
Thanks Microsoft. Now it's a meme.
Nate Pilling, James Robertson, Jemm and 103 other people liked this
lol!
- vijay
Bah, it's only funny if they keep the arm the same.
- Daniel Bruce
I saw this one yesterday and a 4chan one today
- Josh Haley
yep. What Daniel said
- vijay
post them Josh! ;)
- AJ Batac :)
Well, there's the one I did yesterday too: http://ff.im/7cL1t
- Josh Haley
This same one from yesterday http://ff.im/7d1dn
- Josh Haley
LOL
- AJ Batac :)
hahaha!
- Carmen wBabby
I can't find the 4chan smileyface one, but I did find this: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
- Josh Haley
OK, we have seen the altered version of this MS page for Poland and now we see MS was up to the same tricks for their version of this page for planet Kashyyyk.
- Louis Trapani
somebody please PS Jar Jar Binks!
- 我是真砂！
I can't stop laughing over Chewbacca sitting there. That one is really well done.
- Joey Gibson
MS should turn this around, use the meme and badly PS a different person for every market
- Erich Zirnhelt
The one with Balmers head cracks me up.
- Tony C (Unrated)
from fftogo
Crasher squirrel: http://www.huttstuff.com/microso...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Phil didn't do it: http://www.eworm.nl/phil...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
I think this works. ;)
- Kreg Steppe
Pfft... I bet it's real, and that's Microsoft's way to try to appeal to the citizens of Kashyyyk.
- Otto
Better then Microsoft's 'edit' LOL!
- Jeremy˚H
<3
- Ⓒⓗⓡⓘⓢ Ⓟⓘⓡⓘⓛⓛⓞ
RSS is a Protocol, not a User Experience. It is what you make of it.
Ahsan Ali, Mahendra (SkepticGeek), Daniel Rowley and 11 other people liked this
Exactly!
- Nick Halstead
well exactly!!
- Bill Masson
Jesse: I think a lot of people use "RSS" to imply the reader or reading experience. We're geeks so we get that RSS is the protocol, not the reader. But we're weird. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Well, I think it's up to us to dispel that myth. Google Reader != RSS. FriendFeed != RSS. Both Google Reader and FriendFeed are RSS Readers though. RSS is still the backbone to many of the things people are saying are "replacing RSS". I'm trying to get RSS out of people's minds - it's not RSS that's dead - it's the poor lame old interfaces to RSS of 2 years ago that are dead.
- Jesse Stay
In an ideal world, you won't even know "RSS" is powering what you are reading - it will be a beautiful, real-time interface with no visibility to the user that there is any sort of protocol powering that interface.
- Jesse Stay
Yet, RSS will be even more powerful than ever.
- Jesse Stay
It all depends on the source feed, if you get inventive with styling your feed then it will blend in with the rest of your site.
- Bill Masson
Hey I have an idea, why don't we outlaw health insurance for everyone. We all pay for all our own health needs. Republicans too.
Graeme Shaw, Jesse Stay, Robert Scoble and 8 other people liked this
this idea isn't new and has some appeal in libertarian circles
- Prolific Programmer
from IM
Why is a communist fire brigade ok? Couldn't you just get your cheque book out next time your house is on fire?
- Graeme Shaw
from iPhone
and when we enact that and liquidate the insurance companies do i get a cut back for all that i've put in (and never used?)
- Chris Heath
Twas a joke folks. :-)
- Dave Winer
Hah!
- Akiva
In Canada we have Health Insurance for everyone:)
- Rob Cairns
Outlawing insurance has some appeal in /libertarian/ circles? That must be one heck of an interesting branch of libertarianism.
- Tristan Seligmann
"The Communist Fire Brigade"... Wow, has it come to that, that in the US some people equate essential Government Services with Communism? － In the US, the Capitalist/Free Enterprise doctrine has become so ingrained in the culture that it has distorted much of the Body Politic's understanding of the clear distinctions between extreme ideas like Communism and the valid role of Government...
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- Simon Edhouse
@Simon I agree with you. I'm a Brit living in the UK, and a strong supporter of the NHS (our state run health service which has sadly been dragged into the debate by the US right wing), I was being sarcastic and deliberately provocative. If the person who pulls you out of a burning building, or the person who diffuses a bomb is working for the government, then why not pay the person who puts you back together from government funds as well?
- Graeme Shaw
Ok, makes more sense now...
- Simon Edhouse
Simon: It is not the government's role to be my mother. I'm all for health care reform, but what is currently being proposed is not reform at all, it's merely mandatory health insurance. I can't support that.
- Otto
Samuel-do you have a problem with mandatory auto insurance?
- Michael
Michael: Auto insurance is not mandatory. You can cover your own risk by posting a surety bond for a given amount. There's no such similar option in this new plan, it actually punishes not wanting health insurance by imposing an additional income tax on people without health insurance. Furthermore, the comparison is invalid, as "mandatory" auto insurance only extends to liability...
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- Otto
@Samuel do you also want the right to have no cover from the fire service, the police, the army, or any other government provided services? Shouldn't you have the choice to pay for, or not pay for these services too? Why is healthcare any different?
- Graeme Shaw
@Graeme: Firstly, 70%+ of the fire services in the USA are volunteer fire departments, who raise their own money. They are not expressly government funded. Secondly, Police and military services are in the direct jurisdiction of government. That's what governments are supposed to do: provide for the national defense and enforce the laws created by the will of the people. Thirdly, I...
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- Otto
@Samuel "I do not think that health-care is some kind of fundamental right" and this is where we completely disagree to the point that I don't think I'll ever properly understand your point of view, nor you mine. I can't conceive of living somewhere without universal health care which is free at the point of access. I truly can't understand why people wouldn't think that to be a Good Thing.
- Graeme Shaw
@Graeme: Do you also give out free houses to every single person in your country as well? Is all the food free? If not, then how can you consider health care more of a human right than basic food or shelter? The fact of the matter is that life is free, but everything else must be paid for. By setting up health care as a "right" you eliminate free market incentive to improve health care...
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- Otto
We don't give out free houses, and food is not free, but we do our best to house and feed our poor, yes. In 2008 a survey of homeless people in England found 483 people sleeping rough out of 51 million inhabitants. "The UK spends less per head on healthcare but has a higher life expectancy than the US. The World Health Organisation ranks Britain's healthcare as 18th in the world, while...
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- Graeme Shaw
What I've paid for an excellent full coverage by the NHS is nothing compared to what I would pay with a private insurance. I'm generally happy with the service I've received so far and I'm happy to pay tax to support that because I am happy that everyone in this country has proper healthcare, it is in my own interest too not to have people walking around with untreated TB or whatever.
- M F
I didn't at any point suggest that healthcare in the UK was free. I specifically said it was "free at the point of access". When I walk into any NHS healthcare facility, I come back out without a bill, or having to pay anything, or having to fill out paperwork to claim from an insurance company. I am more than happy (in fact I am out right proud) that my taxes pay not only for my own healthcare, but for that of my fellow UK residents.
- Graeme Shaw
@Graeme: Well, that definitely sounds like socialism to me. Let me know how that works out for you. :\
- Otto
@Samuel call it what you like. I can move jobs without having to take my health insurance into consideration and can live out my life safe in the knowledge that I'll never be bankrupted by healthcare bills. The NHS is 60 years old, it's working pretty well so far thanks.
- Graeme Shaw
from iPhone
Some people will never move forward - even if you kill them.
- Houseofmax
@Graeme: If NHS is such the bees knees, why are Whole Foods employees in the UK telling their head people that they "want supplemental health-care dollars that they can control and spend themselves without permission from their governments"? Their CEO says so: http://online.wsj.com/article... I'm sorry if I simply don't buy into your utopian...
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- Otto
You are exaggerating the case against the NHS there Sam, yes its not perfect but most people I know in the UK are thankful to know they can get care if needed - if you need independent corroboration the WHO has the UK's health care as 18th in the world, ahead of the US at 37 http://www.photius.com/ranking...
- MarkEdmondson
Citing the WHO over and over again doesn't make it true. If you actually look at the study instead of the summaries, most of that lowered rank was primarily due to the US not having universal health care, so it's really a catch-22 there. The US was first in responsiveness in the same study you're citing, for example. Also, everybody in the USA can get care when needed, it's not like...
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- Otto
The NHS is certainly not a utopia, but I find it very telling that you perceive my description of it to be utopian. Maybe that says more about your attitudes to healthcare than it does about healthcare in the UK. As Mark says, the NHS does have many problems, and we do need to work to resolve them. The NHS isn't a business. It doesn't exist to make money, it exists to provide universal...
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- Graeme Shaw
how about not. single payer or what is currently purposed is better than current system.
- Logan Lindquist
The currently proposed plan is a complete travesty that will absolutely bankrupt the country within 10 years, period. The idea of a "single-payer" system is no better, since it puts your health-care decisions absolutely in the hands of the government, with no alternative options available. What is needed is a removal of laws and restrictions, and a chance for health insurance and costs...
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- Otto
From my european (italian) perpective I find all this amusing (so to say...). I can get a cure for anything in a state owned structure, paying nothing or a nominal sum, or in a private structure which operates in convention with the state, always paying nothing or a nominal sum, or in a private structure paying everything unless I have private insurance. There are some abuses now and...
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- Alb.
@albbrt: You also pay roughly 10% of your income into that non-opt-out Italian health care system, while 35% of your countrymen use some form of private health services regardless and pay outright for that fact. So, essentially, you're saying that not only should we be taxed out the wazoo (10% !!! if I added that on to my current tax rate, it would come to something like half my pay for...
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- Otto
And the debate goes on and on in circles yet again. For some reason, many in the US just don't "get" universal health care. Plain and simple. Forget about the data, the testimonials, the living-breathing examples of successes elsewhere. In other countries, it's just part of your social mentality. Let's start with a basic premise: do you believe that ALL citizens of the country should...
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- Allan Besselink
@Samuel I yet have to find something not covered. My wife had eosinophilic gastroenteritis, pretty rare, and was out of it thanks to the cure of the local hospital (not even a major one in town). A well spent 10%. I had private insurance, and left it because it sucked. Moreover, I *want* to live in a neighborhood where people is healthy and happy. If my 10% goes to support everybody's health, it is good for society as a whole ("as a whole" is the key).
- Alb.
To be fair, it is none of my business if the US lets its uninsured die or not, but I do care if the NHS is misrepresented by American politicians looking for something to scare their constituents with - I'm telling you from the perspective of someone who lives in the UK and speaks with UK people everyday, we're grateful for the security net of universal health care, and whilst issues on...
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- MarkEdmondson
@Otto are you honestly saying that you pay 40% income tax and you DON'T get universal healthcare included? We have universal healthcare, and I'm sure as hell not paying 40% income tax.
- Graeme Shaw
The lack of universality and the tie to employment is a huge problem. As an example, when Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer he had just switched pro cycling teams and as a result was not covered by either his former, or new employer's health insurance. He was facing losing absolutely everything until Oakely (his personal sponsor) stepped in and managed to get him covered on their policy. That situation would simply never occur in the UK, it is completely alien to us.
- Graeme Shaw
@Samuel my tax rate is about 36% and yes, it covers universal health care (including eosinophilic gastroenteritis). Yes, italian tax rates could be lower if everybody would pay.
- Alb.
Samuel referred earlier to: "...what governments are supposed to do" - This is obviously in the eye of the beholder, as they say. In the US there is a long established fear of "socialism" and "big government"... Trouble is, you've got a big country, and big social problems, when actually there's a lot of expenditure of public funds on things that governments are (arguably) NOT supposed...
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- Simon Edhouse
The liberty view is one I can appreciate and willing to stand for, however, I'm in the midst of a less abstract fight right now and that's one with cancer. You can imagine my view on the need for better health care coverage is tainted by my condition. It is--call it a side effect of going through cancer treatment or better yet spending hours in the chemo room as you hear such...
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- Loren Heiny
This is an idea that many conservatives have been promoting for a long time now. Nothing new here. ^^
- David C. Cooper
In my case, @OneGear1972, I'm alive because of the help of others: doctors, hospitals, drug companies, staff, family, friends, and yes, even the government. I owe a lot to a lot of people. Now as far as insurance goes for me going forward, I have a pre-existing condition, so my best hope is with getting in a large pool as with a large company or institution. Buying an individual plan is...
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- Loren Heiny
@OneGear1972, Thanks...one day at a time is my motto. In terms of your comparison to the UK system, I think even the people against the most recent health care proposals understand the principle, but I don't think many people really appreciate what health care costs are or what benefits they have or how limiting the current system is. I've seen more than one person lose their house,...
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- Loren Heiny
I'm from Argentina, went to the US on holiday last year with my wife. We had paid for a traveler private health insurance; I got a regular plan for me, but she was pregnant at the time, so we got the most extensive (and expensive) for her, from the best known travel insurance company available. Pregnancy gave her backaches, and we were in San Francisco when we had to contact the...
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- Miguel Toledo
@Miguel, yeah there is a routine set of questions that hospitals ask upon admission. Some are by law. Interestingly, there was a provision in one of the proposed healthcare bills here that was extending payments for Living Will type discussions with doctors/etc and it got interpreted as intimidation to sign away one's life and that morphed into "death panels." So even here in the US...
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- Loren Heiny
Considering they're private enterprise and as such their main objective is to maximize their benefits while minimizing their losses, the procedure you mention is only logical. That, however, doesn't make it any less cruel; in the end they're putting their economic/financial interests above your health needs. Sounds tragical; it is.
- Miguel Toledo
I mean, I would never rule out private enterprises related to health. In some cases they provide very good services, and very qualified and caring professionals work there too. But them being the only choice is not right; and ruling out the possibility of having the state running health services does not make any sense to me. In the end, the state has to look for the welfare of their...
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- Miguel Toledo
@Graeme Shaw: No, I'm not taxed at 40%, that's just my estimate of all taxes I pay in any form whatsoever (income, sales, etc). And yes, it's too high, which is why I don't want mandatory health insurance. Health care reform is fine, but making a government insurance plan that I must use? No way.
- Otto
@Otto, I think what you're wanting is consistent with the intent of the current health care reform bills. You'll be able to keep the insurance you have (I assume you mean work supplied insurance). I want to point out though that, of course, when you retire you'll probably use Medicare which is a government run insurance. In fact, at the town halls there are many senior citizens on...
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- Loren Heiny
@Loren: No, you won't be able to keep the insurance you have. Yes, it says that, but practically, they won't be able to actually do it. Why? Because part of it requires that the existing plans fall in-line with all these new regulations, so those "grandfathered" plans can't sign up new members. Meaning that your insurance company will basically have to kill your old plan as a cost...
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- Otto
@Otto, you're extrapolating about what might happen rather what is dictated to happen--so yes you might be right, but then again you might not be. You have to ask yourself what motivation the two sides of the argument are for their position. At least that's the way my skeptical mind works. Anyway, since you don't have insurance, let me plead with you to reconsider. Don't get into the...
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- Loren Heiny
I'd like to reiterate my call for Facebook to open source the Friendfeed codebase (as AOL did when it bought Netscape). A federated OpenFriendfeed is the best for users - and fits Facebook's move toward an open social platform. I'll pay to run a server. Would you?
AJ Kohn, Carlton Hackett, Jimminy, CoG of FF and 211 other people liked this
I agree with this fully.
- Akiva
I can't imagine that the terms of the acquisition would permit this to happen. Oh, wait... Facebook take FriendFeed open source? Maybe in two or three years after they squeeze every bit of life out of it, ala Google/Jaiku
- Ken Sheppardson
Would that mean there would be dozens of Friendfeeds all trying to get us to come to them?
- Mark
I support this fully
- Ryan
yes what about a free GAE
- abdellah
Oh I agree. But with Facebook's record? HAHAH! Oh god, I need a mint.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
I'll file this away under "Never Gonna Happen"...
- Andrew Terry
Jaiku is not dead. It was bought for a reason, and yes, it will resurface soon. you just wait n see.
- binmugahid
yes
- andy brudtkuhl
I agree with Andrew...
- Suril Amin
I don't think I'd pay, but I'd love to have it open source
- Jake Anderson
Worked for AOL. We got Mozilla and they got a much improved Netscape.
- Leo Laporte
Leo, I think you have a little too much "hope" on this. Maybe you're just thinking if Facebook was smart, then they'd do that.
- Mark
Facebook is much smarter than you're giving them credit for. I think.
- Leo Laporte
great idea Leo, i'm 'cautiously optimistic' at this point in time about the future of FriendFeed... lets hope for the best people
- Chris Heath
There is no value in that to them. Why open source something that give them a competitive edge.
- binmugahid
I do not agree. It destroyed netscape. let Facebook use the best features of FriendFeed in it. Keep the talent like the four ex-google founders. Open source is not the answer to everything. sometimes Closed Source is better for the users as well. Just keep the innovations coming and it will be fine
- hasanahmad
They've got the Friendfeed team. That's probably what they really wanted. Getting the open source community working on the FF codebase and contributing it back to Facebook is a win for everyone.
- Leo Laporte
On the other hand, I ike to see Laconica (identi.ca) getting more like ff.
- Chanux
Wow did this just happen today?
- bravestface
yesterday
- Chris Heath
Open-sourcing Communicator may have ultimately destroyed Netscape as a brand but without that move, I suspect we'd all still be developing for IE6. Great call, Leo.
- Jared Smith
Excellent idea Leo.
- Arawak
I just can't stand Facebook. To many people I let in from my youth that I don;t want to see
- bravestface
Yes.
- .LAG liked that
You're assuming that Facebook bought the company JUST to get the developers, and not because they want to integrate many/most of the features into their service. If they want the features, they don't want a bunch of clones competing with them.
- Joel Bennett
I'll send you a hefty donation for that Leo.
- JCunwired
bravestface: That's not FB's fault you let them in. sheesh.
- Gus
when will twitter be back up any 1 know
- daveccorey
There already is an open source clone of twitter - see identi.ca and laconia or whatever it's called
- Doug Holton
True. very True Gus. My own fault. Perhaps I need to setup an Alias account that encompasses what i really want
- bravestface
I already run a Laconica server at http://army.twit.tv - I don't think we need another Twitter clone. We need something more like Friendfeed. Or maybe Wave will be the answer.
- Leo Laporte
hay hay hay, sin duda un tema un tanto escabrozo, pero entre Facebook y Google, esto no lleva a nada bueno.. i'ts a hard theme, no doubt about that, but between facebook and google we are going to hell !!!!!!
- Đoи яамoη
Or Pushbutton?
- bravestface
This would be amazing.
- Adam Teece
The Wave *protocal* might be a part of the answer... or just giving yourself over to whatever Google wants you to use might work (i.e. Wave, Reader, Gtalk, etc.)... but I don't really see Wave asdirect 1-for-1 FF replacement.
- Ken Sheppardson
Too many systems in place
- bravestface
They open sourced the Facebook code base (fbopen)... the license is very restrictive, however. FB owns all code modifications. Probably be the same license for FF.
- Kurt
In know people that have replaced their email with Twitter....that just isn't right...we need one locator that many systems can reach
- bravestface
Great idea Leo. Now let's see what they do, if they're listening.
- Kelly Mitchell
Leo - your last comment is why I think Facebook bought Friendfeed: "We need something more like Friendfeed. Or maybe Wave will be the answer." This is going to be a product they will launch in opposition of Google Wave. It will surface Q1 of 2010 and will have some of the same features that Wave has - but be closed sourced to Facebook.
- Jeff Vreeland
I see what you mean. Facebook and Google though don't really open source their web apps
- Doug Holton
Facebook doesn't seem to have a good reputation with those kind of thing. Facebook promised to open their chat/IM system via XMPP. More than a year has passed since they announced this XMPP system it still did not happen. We still have to rely on screen-scraping methods to implement Facebook chat on third-party IM systems (like the 3rd party Facebook chat plugin for pidgin called pidgin-facebook).
- Gideon Guillen
I would love to see friendfeed become opensource. Mostly as a developer I would love to see the code. See how friendfeed works.
- mikemcmullan
An "open FriendFeed" could be Facebook's chance to get something lined up to compete with Google Wave. Without it, Google and Twitter are going to own the real-time communication space.
- Derek Gathright
Completly agree!
- Jamie-Lee Mclean-Davis
from Nambu
Absolutely.
- Ian Littman
OS FF would be awesome, but making it a federated service is an entirely different ball of wax. Just ask the Wave guys. They said during the original IO presentation that federation was one of the harder parts (though FF would be easier w/o the real time editing piece, but still).
- Patrick Sullivan
OS FF
- Malcolm Bastien
I think a integrated RSS/FB/FF/GW/Twitter client will be an interesting real time inflection point
- Jim Posner
I totally agree Leo. I can't help but think that this deal is going to be a massive success or a massive flop - nothing in the middle! It's simple things like opening the FF source that can help make it a massive success IMHO.
- Chris Cathcart
I would just like to see the real-time commenting open-sourced.
- patrick
wow Leo you sure know how to get a topic started
- Joe Geeting
I actually was hoping Twitter would be the one to grab it up. Seems like a natural progression for Twitter to make. I just hope Facebook doesn't bury it and they actually use it. As far as open source it? Could be interesting.
- Michael Bower
In a secure and closed environment it could be a powerful communication/collaboration tool for businesses. Features of a chat, but persistent. Ability to share photos & files...
- Ken Bauer
definently
- Ryan Peach
Right-o
- Myrddin Emrys
I would love for this to happen. Federated Friendfeed servers would be quite fun and is the logical step for a great Internet service which aggregates disparate information from all over.
- rob friedman
You know what, Jaiku was open sourced. And nobody uses it anymore. The fact that "it" (FB open sourcing FF) will happen or not is completely irrelevant. Because you will all be hopping on the next early adopter miracle train (read:service) anyway. So stop whining and move on. Federated this, federated that. identi.ca tried that. Again, no users. It's nice to talk the talk. Especially at times like this. You just gotta walk the darn walk afterwards. Which people usually forget to do.
- Vlad Bobleanta
Whoa... you should enhance your calm. Communities are finicky things and sources like Microsoft that are poo-pooing Open Source IMHO is the real problem. Me thinks that a better source of education to dissipate the FUD floating in the global porcelain bowel instead of modern political tactics are are needed to solve real problems.
- Myrddin Emrys
Leo, like this idea.
- Kol Tregaskes
adoption of open standards such as OMB, which is used by laconica, would allow federation among servers
- Mike Chelen
It will one hell of a start, I doubt it though...
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
It would be a good thing, but not sure it it will ever happen
- Thomas Lee
I support this as well.
- Carlos Ayala
Now this is something I would fly out to support at the launch...
- Johnny
Another reason why Leo kicks ass
- Mo Kargas
If FriendFeed went open source identi.ca / lamonica would be dealt a serious blow. FriendFeed could become even more powerful if the people could tinker with the code and add many features that remain missing, or strengthen features that currently are weak. It will be interesting to se how FB utilizes their newest acquisition...
- Randy Shapiro
FYI, there's already an open source alternative: http://www.fftogo.com/e...
- Marcos Marado
from fftogo
absolutley ;)
- Kenneth Reitz
i would pay
- cheapsuits
ive all ready got a amp for 5 bucks 4 twitter that was suspsose to help twitter run better guess what it dont
- daveccorey
no definitely not. it would shift everything to Chinese government... Damn, millions would have their rest life in prisons.
- xia
Any chance we'll see more code?
- Ken Sheppardson
i'm willing to wait to see what F8 brings... have you seen Jesse Stay's speculative post Ken?
- Chris Heath
Sincerely, John Hughes - http://wellknowwhenwegetthere....
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touching story of his long relationship with a teenage fan turned pen pal
- Andy Baio
iPhone app uses vision to solve Sudoku puzzles - http://www.viddler.com/explore...
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Take a picture of a puzzle in a newspaper and this iPhone app solves it.
- Robert Scoble
That's very cool. I've seen this technology working with Rubik's Cube as well.
- Nir Ben Yona
Wow, that's actually pretty impressive. I don't really play sudoku, but it's always nice to have a freshly solved one on the coffee table to give the impression of intelligence!
- Steve Farnworth
Thanks Peter! By the way, that was filmed next to the Pitt Building in Cambridge, UK. What's cool about that building? That's where the first academic publishing house was formed (Cambridge University Press). If I remember all the facts right, that is.
- Robert Scoble
This is cool. But I still prefer manually.. to test your brain
- Jeremy
very impressive, but - at the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man - where's the fun in having your iPhone solve the puzzle for you?
- Andrew Terry
Robert: that's Pitt not Penn ;) http://www.cambridge.org/pittbui...
- Oleg Podsechin
Andrew: I hate Sudoku games, so for me it's more fun to use technology. Heheh.
- Robert Scoble
Oleg: oh, sorry about that. Gotta get sleep.
- Robert Scoble
Hang on a sec - I've just replayed the video.. once you've taken the picture, you are actually able to solve the puzzle yourself on the phone! That is super-cool!
- Andrew Terry
Robert: no worries, it was great to have you over here btw. looking forward to the PrismaStar and Broadersheet videos.
- Oleg Podsechin
Oleg: both of those videos should be up tomorrow.
- Robert Scoble
Cool but I have to agree with Jeremy, manually is better
- Cristian
Just installed the app (the video says "Sudoku Magic" but it's "Sudoku Grab" from the looks of it). Absolute best bit of this app is that it's a really good soduku app in its own right. The point-the-camera-to-solve is just an extra side benefit and a great way to source puzzles. No success yet using the camera on the 3G -- I have to manually update some of the numbers. Maybe the 3GS works better?
- RickMeasham
@RickMeasham that isn't the one Scoble saw, the Sudoku Grab is a different (less clever) one. The Sudoku Magic one is coming out ASAP.
- Peter Clark
here's the sudoku magic link: http://MagicSolver.com
- Peter Clark
Here's the link for the Sudoku Magic application itself: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObje...
- Oliver Lamming
Thanks Robert, Sudoku Magic, is now available on the App store! http://itunes.apple.com/WebObje... Emmanuel www.magicsolver.com
- Emmanuel Carraud
Excellent work - good job guys.
- Rahul Vohra
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'Newsmap' Visually Reflects The Constantly Changing Landscape of Google News - http://marumushi.com/project...
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"Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator."
- Brad Williamson
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But does it make you a better informed person?
- Dave Newton
@Dave That's what I'm trying to figure out. So far, from what I can tell, the search function is a bit flawed. However, this is still a super-cool concept and it's beautifully designed.
- Brad Williamson
Amazing 0_0 very good ui.
- Hüseyin Mert
Amazing UI. Great idea very well implemented. Love it!
- Zackatoustra
I guess that could be the "one news stop" for anybody that is not always plugged to the big stream of news.
- Zackatoustra
Plus, it gives you right away what matters, not only in your country, but "almost" anywhere else. Talk to me about "opening my mind"!... Really good stuff.
- Zackatoustra
Yes, a previous version has been. But, it was really un-handy to use.
- Zackatoustra
But, I think that the new design really makes a difference.
- Zackatoustra
@Zack. What do think about the search function? Personally, I thought it wasn't as spot on as it could be.
- Brad Williamson
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Well, I've just tried a couple of searches (federer, aircraft, avion(aircraft in french), elections), and, even though there is not the Google suggestion or automatic correction is not available.
- Zackatoustra
I've also tried searching only in title, or description, and it looks like it's working quite well...
- Zackatoustra
But, if you had trouble finding something you were looking for, I could test it on my side, and tell you how it goes. Anyway, it looks like the visualization is really "plugged" to the google news results, which *should* provide "good-gle" results, right?
- Zackatoustra
China not backing off despite filter code post on Wikileaks - Ars Technica - http://arstechnica.com/web...
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"China still plans to implement the controversial Internet access control software "Green Dam Youth Escort" as of July 1 on every new PC sold in the country. This is despite warnings from security researchers and concerns from the US Embassy, not just over the restriction of information, but the security implications of what appears to be such vulnerable software." - Sounds good to me. If the Chinese govt. wants to open its people to mass electronic attack, go right ahead.
- LANjackal
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Why don't you join the 420 people who have already signed up to run the Coventry Half Marathon/Mercia Mile (25 Oct)? http://coventryhalf.com
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In the United States, total health care spending was $2.4 trillion in 2007 -- or $7,900 per person -- according to an analysis published in the journal Health Affairs. The United States spends 52 percent more per person than the next most costly nation, Norway, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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and if you're on the receiving end of all those bucks, why would you want to change the system--unless, of course, you can guarantee receipt of even more bucks.
- Steve Lowe
"Despite this relatively high level of spending, the U.S. does not appear to provide substantially greater health resources to its citizens, or achieve substantially better health benchmarks, compared to other developed countries. This growing gap between health spending in the U.S. and that of other developed countries may encourage policymakers to look more closely at what people in...
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The United States ranks 50th in life expectancy, and 44th in infant mortality rates, according to the CIA World Fact Book.
- Mark Layton
In a European perspective I would think Norway is in the US´s situation of highest and highest growth of total health care spending (although having a different public health care system), because of very high general costs of course, but also because we´re getting screwed by lack of "competition" between institutions and no budget awareness because of "unlimited" oil funds (unethical and won´t last forever). There´s got to be a golden middle ground here.
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Strange to see the photos that are familiar yet alien at the same time.
- Graeme Shaw
At 4AM Pacific, the Brits own Twitter.
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In the morning UK time twitter is VERY different to the twitter I see when I get home from work at 5:30pm GMT+1
- Graeme Shaw
Not just the Brits. Also the Dutch, the Germans, the Belgians, the French, the Spanish, and people from other European countries.
- Marcel de Jong
Keynote Tweets - Track WWDC activity on Twitter and Flickr - http://keynotetweets.com/live
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An interesting take on today's event
- Bwana ☠
url? ... and now you edit it to answer my question :)
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Sorry, still waking up :D
- Bwana ☠
np - i'm moving slow as I haven't gone to sleep yet
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
I wonder if this site gets out, will be able to withstand a lot of traffic
- Bwana ☠
my thought also - going to probably have a couple FF windows, a Seesmic Desktop search column and at least one IRC window :)
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
I'm still looking for the FriendFeed action - Is VentureBeat doing a live FF room?
- Bwana ☠
I found two WWDC09 groups 1. http://friendfeed.com/apple-w... 2. http://friendfeed.com/wwdc-20...
- zsafwan
Sweet, thanks
- Bwana ☠
cool
- Susan Beebe
That's going to be very useful for our live coverage. Thanks!
- Leo Laporte
Leo - also try http://wwdc.twitterfall.com as well... I'm trying to decide which to use
- Bwana ☠
All of the above... that's what multiple monitors are for!
- Evan Travers
@techcrunch pisses off @leolaporte so much that he shuts down Gillmor gang... @stevegillmor http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Me-ouchhhhhh!
- Shane
Mike always tries to push people's buttons and Leo just broke.
- BRҰANSAҰS
Stay tuned Leo is going to try and finish the show with Mike included.
- BRҰANSAҰS
and they are back live again http://live.twit.tv
- BRҰANSAҰS
Same here
- BRҰANSAҰS
Deserved. Completely. Intense dislike for Arrington here and for some of us taking him seriously.
- The Fat Oracle
NYT publishes a new photo of the Tiananmen Square "Tank Man" - http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
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fascinating to see an iconic moment from a completely new angle
- Andy Baio
The distance between the man and tanks is the most striking detail to me.
- Edward Ho
Makes you wonder what his feelings are this moment
- John kowal
The Beatles Rock Band animated intro, by Gorillaz animator Peter Candeland - http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com/cinemat...
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incredible detail and hidden goodies in the newly-released HD version [via]
- Andy Baio
from the weird dashboard light department: do any of you know what this light means?
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Tire pressure or tires need rotating. You drive a Toyota?
- Stephen Mack
actually, my wife does but this is not from my car. I've seen that light on a Ford a couple of years ago... a Mustang... didn't know what it was then either.
- Vicarbott
I thought it was the little guy on the tarmac with the mini-lightsabers who helps airplanes taxi.
- Kevin Fox
It might also mean that you got a field goal.
- Kevin Fox
Red Leader, ready
- Anika
time to change the trident?
- Morgan
Krull fortress about to change locations.
- Josh Haley
Low tire pressure, could have a slow leak.
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿
Driver's got a big ole butt....oh yeah!
- caj needs a haircut
Camera strap has become unbuckled.
- Robert Kenney
It's giving you the middle finger
- The Fat Oracle
Looks like an indicator that a Romulan Bird of Prey is about to attack you.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Car throwing arms up in air and doesn't actually know what is wrong?
- Kelly W.
It's Poseidon's trident. Are you near a large body of water?
- Steve Lowe
Klingons on your tail.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
"For the love of god, why won't you just ask someone for directions!!!"
- Kevin Fox
I once drove an audi that had big huge animated icons for things. Still every bit as inscrutable even with the extra pixels and animation. "windshield wiper fluid low" looked like "volcano warning" (extremely animated) and "automatic headlight aiming failure" included exclamation points and looked more or less like "you're screwed, surrender now!"
- Jason Wehmhoener
It's either low tire pressure or "skid traction engaged".
- Nine
+++++Anika!
- RAPatton
"holy shit! Armageddon!"
- anna sauce
goooooooal!
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
ok NOW all your base are belong to us
- Micah
Apple's Fifth Ave. Store Is A Goldmine - http://www.businessinsider.com/apples-...
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"Apple's (AAPL) Fifth Ave. flagship retail store in New York City is a 24-hour zoo, filled to the brim with tourists, shoppers, potheads, and people just looking to cool off. And once a year, it's home to what's possible the longest line in America: We waited five hours last summer for an iPhone 3G. That all translates into gold for Apple."
- Brad Williamson
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- Brad Williamson
It is a cool shop, not surprised it's making all that money with the foot traffic around there
- Jamie Vidamour
that's where I go to play when there's nothing else to do. I love 24hour places, especially when they offer free wifi.
- Sung W. Lim
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I worked in the building pictured to the left behind the cube and it is true there always is a line. I can see the line from the office windows. I have to say that the staff are the nicest people. Wow what good service. A pleasure of a place to shop and spend my money.
- AlanNYC
Michael Feldstein has done a good job of articulating the possibilities Google Wave might offer within education http://mfeldstein.com/what-in...
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Cory Doctorow: Search is too important to leave to one company – even Google |Technology |guardian.co.uk - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol...
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"It may seem as unlikely as a publicly edited encyclopedia, but the internet needs publicly controlled search"
- Atul Arora
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F1 : Google may enter F1 as sponsor - F1 - F1-Live.com - http://en.f1-live.com/f1...
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"The famous internet brand Google could soon be seen on the painted carbon bodywork of a Formula One car. The company's co-founder Larry Page, one of the world's richest billionaires, was a guest of McLaren title sponsor Vodafone at last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix"
- Brian Sullivan
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i am surprised they never got in sooner.
- Carlos Ayala
they should have a team, actually.
- Carlos Ayala
Actually it always surprised me that Microsoft wasn't involved somehow.
- Brian Sullivan
This is F1 though, only Europeans watch it
- Will Higgins™
Only Europeans? Regardless both Google and Microsoft are global and sponsoring in a globally viewed event seems natural.
- Brian Sullivan
It's mainly Europeans, hence why they run all the races to show at European times. Or, Americans watch Indy and Nascar.
- Will Higgins™
Yeah, cause South America (Brazil), the Middle East and Asia don't watch it.................
- Johnny
F1 is worldwide the most watched yearly returning sport-event. Only the World Cup Football and the summer Olympics attract more viewers.
- Remo
Peeling the toolbar off the screen - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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"MSCE 1/07/09: i printed out a screen grab of the tool bar and asked my wife to hold it against the screen."
- Jonathan Kong
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A Failure of Creativity? (or coincidence) - http://nixon.me/post/108592899
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