Goodell said he favors lowering salaries offered to rookies, but allowing a provision for those players to renegotiate their deals after proving themselves on the field.
His statement was greeted by a long round of applause from the estimated crowd of 2,000 inside the amphitheater. - grant via Bookmarklet
epiphany: a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. (Which happens a lot online thanks my social network! - paisano via twhirl
In less than 7 years, Mercedes-Benz plans to ditch petroleum-powered vehicles from its lineup. Focusing on electric, fuel cell, and biofuels, the company is revving up research in alternative fuel sources and efficiency. - grant via Bookmarklet
Americans have a constitutional right to own guns, the Supreme Court declared Thursday in a ruling that resoundingly endorsed the ability of an armed populace to resist tyranny but appeared to allow bans on military-style weapons and regulations on other firearms. - grant via Bookmarklet
They're the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco, but don't let the serious name fool you. The group's intentions are in the gutter: They want to rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant come January, when the next president is sworn in. - grant via Bookmarklet
"Why I am not a Muslim" by Ibn Warraq. - Ole Begemann
Kay Hooper's Chill of Fear & Janet Evanovich's Fearless Fourteen & re-reading Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow - Yolanda
_The Satanic Verses_ by Salman Rushdie and _Mother Night_ by Kurt Vonnegut - Kirk Kittell
"Code Complete" by Steve McConnel. Me, geek? Noooo. - Daniel Bruce
"World War Z" ...gotta prepare for the inevitable zombie invasion! - Glenn Batuyong via twhirl
I wanted to read World War Z but it didn't seem like it had a lot of zombie action in it... I don't think I like zombies enough to just read about the aftermath. - Stefan Hayden
World War Z is a fictional "documentary" recounting the nearly 10-year war to overcome a worldwide zombie infestation that spread from southeast Asia, told from the viewpoints of different people around the world. Fascinating because it details how particular facets of society collapsed and others shined because of the conflict. - Glenn Batuyong via twhirl
Salt (Mark Kurlansky). Re-reading How to be Good (Nick Hornby) and Still Life with Woodpecker (Tom Robbins). - lisa-k
Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman, and The Lives of the Great Composers Harold C. Schonberg...yup, I am a total dork. - Erin
Almost finished reading 'The Reason for God' by Tim Keller. - Larry Huffman via fftogo
Academ's Fury (Codex Alera, Book 2) by Jim Butcher (btw stefan - i loved the scar & all things china miéville) - mike "glemak" dunn
Digital Outlook 2008 Report by Avenue A | Razorfish, (that and Alive by Piers Paul Read). - Noah Carter
Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham and Nim Chimpsky by Elizabeth Hess - Mary Anne Davis
Currently I'm reading the latest Peter Hamilton, The Dreaming Void. - Simon Bisson via twhirl
"Restless" by William Boyd. Next up: "Fiskadoro" by Denis Johnson - AJ Kohn
"The Mind Within the Net" by Manfred Spitzer - J. McConnell
"Animal Behavior, 8th Ed.", by John Alcock. Next up: "Notes From a Small Island" by Bill Bryson; the reading queue is unmanageably long beyond that... - grant
God's algorithm is a notion originating in discussions of ways to solve the Rubik's Cube puzzle, but which can also be applied to other combinatorial puzzles and mathematical games. It stands for any practical algorithm that produces a solution having the least possible number of moves, the idea being that an omniscient being would know an optimal step from any given configuration. - grant via Bookmarklet
Talk about an old idea. The first electric cars hit the scene way back in the early 1830s, 30 years before the Civil War (for the record, they’re also older than the Eiffel Tower, Joan Rivers and sliced bread). In fact, the electric car was actually the first popularized car. In the year 1900, of the 4,192 cars produced in the United States, 28% of them were electric. And in 1903 electric cars outsold gasoline powered cars, representing about 1/3 of the cars found on the road in New York City, Boston, and Chicago. - grant via Bookmarklet
"Top transmission speeds of 10Gbps are possible between CERN and the Tier 1s, thanks to dedicated fibre links, while the Tier 1s and Tier 2s are interconnected using the standard national research networks in the country." - grant via Bookmarklet
"Sixty years ago, digital computers made information readable. Twenty years ago, the Internet made it reachable. Ten years ago, the first search engine crawlers made it a single database. Now Google and like-minded companies are sifting through the most measured age in history, treating this massive corpus as a laboratory of the human condition. They are the children of the Petabyte Age." - grant via Bookmarklet
It's going to be all about data mining everything all the time, with ever stronger algorithms -- and the rapid evolution of this supercomputing grid into a global superintelligence. Who gets to control this thing, and access what parts of it, is going to dominate politics. - Sean McBride
And will that sorting and sifting make us any happier, I wonder? - Brent Newhall
All that sorting and sifting will probably make some people wealthier and more powerful. - Sean McBride
we are BORC...resistance is futile. yeah and i like it. individualism is overrated...and a waste of resources.:) - krz9000
1. Russert. 2. Carlin. 3. George W Bush? - Roy Blumenthal
I also dislike Bush but I can't really ever feel good about having bad things happen to elected officials. Kick him out of office sure but I don't think he needs any physical pain. - Stefan Hayden
The first time I heard of George Carlin was a few days ago when people started talking about his death here on FriendFeed. I have since watched tons of his videos on YouTube and become a big fan. Thanks FriendFeed! - Ole Begemann
It makes one feel a bit leery of handing out business cards, if only for a second :-) - Ranjit Mathoda
now i also feel bad about handing out my moo cards! ;) - Dieter Schwarz
Looks like I need new cards. :) Mine have never made anyone sweat. - Harvey Simmons
this has to be one of the greatest scenes ever! - Morgan via twhirl
Loved this scene in the book. But couldn't watch the film actually. Don't know why - I didn't like it after reading the book. But this scene is just great! - Anton Nekipelov
best scene ever. I'm voting for satire here. The fact that all 3 cards pretty much look the same and they are getting worked up about subtle coloring... can't be serious. - Tsega D
yeah easily one of my favorite scenes ever. when i saw american psycho in theaters i was maybe the only person laughing throughout the whole thing. many people walked out. - MG Siegler
I got so worked up about this scene, I went and bought some cards from Smythson. They were beautiful, but the per-card cost was so high, I didn't like to hand them out. Oh - and they look *nothing* alike. Two are in serif, two in sans, for God's sake. Even the corporate marque is different, and each card has a different margin. - Mat Morrison
this movie is so underrated it's an outrage. the fact that I can't tell with certainty if this movie is satire or not gives it loads of respect in my book. christian bale should've got serious award consideration too. - grant
interesting how relevant the idea of fawning over the business card (80's) is still today. - Brad Coy
if moo was smart they would use this in some way to promote their new full-sized cards - MG Siegler
cool list. but i'm looking down into each category top 10: why no Chariots of Fire (sports) and why Terminator 2 instead of Terminator 1 (sci fi)? - Pokai
GF II the GF I-only time sequel better than original which in the case of GF one- a msterpiece no mean feat, Aliens another example of sequel being better than original. The Right Stuff, Once Upon a Time America, N xNW to name a few that weren't one there. Lists always so limited and subjective. Edward Scissorhands and Donnie Brasco pretty brilliant too. - Mark Forman
Interesting no single top 10 - maybe to make you look through categories. Overall looks good for 'big' American movies. Everyone'll have their pet grumbles - mine would be: no Gladiator in epics (Reds? really?); Outlaw Josie Wales rather than Unforgiven; would be nice to see David Mamet in mystery but I guess not big enough films; some great films don't seem to fit the genres: Do The Right Thing, Taxi Driver. Glad Groundhog Day got recognized - great and underrated. There should be a Bill Murray category. - Steve Crossan
I saw this article earlier and decided to completely skip over it. I don't think its easy to pick top 10 movies in any genre, and I know I wouldn't want to be the one who does it! - Ian Rathbone
Sci-Fi: Not a bad list, but it's Terminator 1, not 2 that deserves the list. I could make arguments for Gattaca, Road Warrior, The Matrix and Buckaroo Banzai on the list. - AJ Kohn
Whoever built that site: thumbnails are quicker to download if you actually use smaller images, not browser-resized large versions :) - Philipp Lenssen
I'm surprised they don't have a "Drama" category. Shawshank Redemption should be on that list! - Karen Padham Taylor
I watched To Kill A Mockingbird as a 12 yr old from the back seat at the drive in. Boo Radley had me spooked for 90 minutes. - Russellreno
Have to echo the T1 v. T2 comments. But more importantly, how does Matrix not make the sci-fi list? Also, I always preferred "The Longest Day" to "Saving Private Ryan". And it's a little weird (albeit understandable) to have an animation category without anime . . . - Mike Yang
Sleepless in Seattle in a top 10 list? Ouch!!! Jungle Book needs to be there in the animation category. I'd put Rear Window at #1 in mystery and Usual Suspects higher. My favorite movie is the #1 Epic. The Matrix (how did that not make it) and Empire Strikes Back need to be on that list. And they need categories for Casablanca and Shawshank (unless I missed something) - Deepak
Um, Where's Kazaam with Shaquille O'Neal? Disappointed in the AFI for the obvious oversight. - Matt Musgrave
Titanic #6 in Epics? Verrry interesting... I'm curious what the criteria were but I guess in the end it's simply subjective. Personally, I'd put The Lion King as #1 and have Monsters Inc somewhere in the list for animated films.. and maybe The Princess Bride in romantic comedy. I agree Shawshank should be in there somewhere. - Shirley Wu
Here is the complete press release with all the criteria and voting info: http://tinyurl.com/5sez38. To your question about epics, AFI defines epics as a "genre of large-scale films set in a cinematic interpretation of the past. Their scope defies and demands--either n the mode in which they are presented or their range across time. By this definition, Titanic is an epic. Btw, Shawshank was ranked #72 in the latest AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies - Michael Carter
Bret, a special request: Please create a special movies room where you periodically put out movie topics for debate "best action movie" and we debate or put up different movies for people to *like* to create a FF list. we can debate, etc. also, you can put up additional topics like "hulk (old vs. new)." if you create the room (and administer), then the intelligentsia would follow to create a lively debate.... - Pokai
With so many other Hitchcock films included, for me personally, it's sad not to see "Marnie" get a mention. Grossly underrated and along with "Rear Window", maybe Hitchcock at his best? I also agree Shawshank should be in there somewhere! - Emma
I almost completely agree with this list but might put Annie Hall ahead of City Lights for romantic comedies. UPDATE: I see it's #2, fair enough. - MG Siegler
the searchers is such a damn good movie. i had to watch it about 10 times for one class in college. And it really doesn't get much better than the top 10 mystery list in itself. - MG Siegler
I just added this to my tivo guru guides, i already subscribed to the AFI 100 and it's been great to see the movies that are 'classics' but I somehow always overlook. On this new one, I want "The Secret of NIMH" in animation, "Two For the Road" in romantic comedy, replace "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" with "The Magnificent Seven," and I'm somewhat not displeased with the other lists. - grant
Good list, but it would have been nice to see a Documentary genre! - Dean Terry
I would complain that it's missing 2 of (to me) the best movies, Rosemary's Baby and Raiders of the Lost Ark....but, oh, look, it is in fact missing those entire genres. Surely horror belongs among the top 10 genres worth making a list for? Surely Action/Adventure belongs among the top 10 genres, and, actually, among the top 3? - j1m
"Dr Rosenberg told The Daily Telegraph the new work is an "interesting study that helps to confirm the effectiveness of cell transfer immunotherapy for treating cancer patients. We have now treated 93 patients with metastatic melanoma using their own anti-tumour cells with response rates up to 72 per cent. Mark Origer remains disease free now over three years after treatment."" - Paul Buchheit
"As summer vacation begins, 17 girls at Gloucester High School are expecting babies—more than four times the number of pregnancies the 1,200-student school had last year. Some adults dismissed the statistic as a blip. Others blamed hit movies like Juno and Knocked Up for glamorizing young unwed mothers...All it took was a few simple questions before nearly half the expecting students, none older than 16, confessed to making a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together. Then the story got worse. "We found out one of the fathers is a 24-year-old homeless guy," the principal says, shaking his head. - grant
Yet another need for a "star" option, rather than "like"... - Brian Johns
I can't believe how kids have changed since I was in school. 1 pregnant teenager is a sad mistake, 17 makes this is a popular trend. - Caesi
Nuclear also makes plutonium, which is really useful for bombs which could kill 100%, which would totally solve our energy problems, instantly. - Jason Wehmhoener
We already make nuclear bombs here in the US, so why would that be different? And even a full scale assault on a nuclear plant will not produce a nuclear bomb. They also make nuclear bombs in Pakistan, so I'm not sure why terrorists would bother coming over here to try to get plutonium when it's probably easier to get over there. - Chris White
If we eliminated nuclear power altogether it would be easier to eliminate the bombs as well.You can't (easily) have the bombs (in quantity) without the power plants. - Jason Wehmhoener
The biggest argument against nuclear isn't safety: it's cost. Per per kilowatt hour, nuclear is almost twice as expensive as coal. Solar, on the other hand, has the potential to be much cheaper. It's also clean. - Chris Baskind
Sure, just let France, Japan, and China run the future. - Chris White
Isn't coal what is producing all that co2 we love to hate? Plus it also puts a lot of radioactive thorium into the atmosphere. Jason, look at what France and Japan are doing with reusing spent fuel rods. There's very little waste left over. - Chris White
Yes, coal is awful. Very little nuclear waste is still a very large problem. Solar just works. There's no argument against it. - Jason Wehmhoener
Nuclear waste disposal is a problem. Solar panels were a scam in the 80's. Everyone assume they had quick pay back but within a year the whole industry was gone. - Russellreno
There's lots of arguments against solar. Two are, the sun doesn't always shine. and 10% by 2025 still leaves us with fossil fuels or nuclear. - Chris White
We currently don't have the technology to really replace all of our coal plants with solar. We DO currently have the tech to replace all the coal plants with nukes. - Tad Donaghe via fftogo
I'm not anti-nuclear power, Chris. Just being realistic about its cost. - Chris Baskind
OK, spend the money on nukes. Whatever, I'm not having kids, so what do I care? Personally, I think the 10% goal is pusillanimous. We lack the will to change the game, we'll stick with what is "within reach". - Jason Wehmhoener
I'm not sure on the numbers, but I think we're reaching the tipping point on cost with $136 a barrel oil. Also, there are other costs, like wars in the middle east and potentially ruining our coastlines with oil rigs. - Chris White
Jason, I probably am uninformed. But I haven't heard a good solution for how to charge our cars overnight using solar panels that only put electricity on the grid during daylight. - Chris White
Replacing all the coal plants isn't the short-term goal: it's meeting rising demand. By the time we catch up with that, solar thermal and PV will be quite ready. The first industrial scale plants are being constructed in California right now. In either case, we'll have to address the decades-long neglect we've paid our national power grid. Whether you build nuclear, solar, or wind right now hardly matters -- we can't get the juice to market. - Chris Baskind
I have a friend who works for Kansas City Power and Light, and he believes we need home fuel cells and a more decentralized grid in general. - Jason Wehmhoener
The 21st century is all about replacing fossil fuels. Pretty exciting (and dangerous) time, really. - Chris Baskind
I've heard we could do nuclear in 6-10 years, which is probably sooner than anything besides more fossil fuels. - Chris White
"we have the technology" can apply to all of these scenarios. It's a question of will. - Jason Wehmhoener
The pro-nuclear people here are forgetting that Uranium is a limited resource, and that although fairly cheap now, if we tried to massively increase nuclear power, the price would rise. Nuclear, although I agree we could use more in sensible ways (pebble bed reactors and such), is not sustainable in the long run, but the sun is. - Nick
Nick, I agree. Solar/thermal may be a better long term solution, or there may be breakthroughs in nuclear fusion, but I'm talking about what we do in the short/medium term. Also, nuclear power can come from other radioactive materials besides uranium and may provide hundreds of years worth of energy. - Chris White
Nuclear reactors don't get built overnight, so we're not talking about the short term. - Michael C. Harris
Michael, if you read above, I said 6-10 years. Depends on what you define as short. - Chris White
Chris, sorry, I missed that. Still 6 to 10 years worth of money and effort that could have been spent solving the problem for the long term though. (Although given human history it should be "solving".) - Michael C. Harris
Been reading about algae biofuels too. CO2 is still a problem. - Jason Wehmhoener
basically, we are close to designing synthetic organisms that convert CO2 to octane...but we need to develop CO2 sequestration simultaneously. - Zach Landes via twhirl
I love SOLAR! I rented a CalPoly SLO professor's house run on solar and it was awesome! the majority of the WEST should be on solar...duh!! Free energy with NO emissions!! hurry up already folks. - Susan Beebe
Solar is not the greatest - the materials involved are significant as is the sq. footage required to get a lot of power. - Zach Landes via twhirl
love the salvos! long story short, all of the aforementioned energy sources (nuclear, solar, biofuels, and yes, even coal) are necessary to replace oil. as it stands today, there are economic and environmental problems with all of those energy sources but with a sustained high crude oil price those will become more economic even with attaching environmental bells & whistles. nuclear waste can be managed and the energy output arguably outweighs the environmental and political risks [cont.] - grant
solar is rad but the sun doesn't always shine and doesn't shine well everywhere; there are environmental implications with it as well. cellulosic ethanol has been "5 years away" for at least a few decades, will be a boon if it gets there soon but don't bank on it. coal is abundant in north america and is the cheapest fuel source, but it's dirty. i can elaborate on any of these if you like. Chris, you're right that these are exciting times! - grant
my history's a bit off, why the spike in the 1800's? - Rahul Das
@Rahul: lack of competition until the formation and early domination of Standard Oil from 1860 to the beginning of the 20th century explains the early volatility; eventually competitors moved in and equilibrium was established in the market until OPEC came in during the 1970s and removed the 'free' from the 'free market.' - grant
"Despite entering one of the most competitive college-application seasons ever at top institutions, the 18-year-old Brooklyn brainiac got accepted into 18 selective schools - including all seven Ivy League colleges he applied to." - grant
more nuclear is inevitable in the US, resistance is futile. that is unless you can get 280M of your closest neighbors to cut their energy consumption... - grant
Average New York Stock Exchange Volume, between 12-4 pm. (last 30 days): 781.5 million shares traded.
New York Stock Exchange Volume between 12-4 pm (yesterday): 709.9 million shares traded.
- grant
If you download it early, make sure you go back and download it again later (after 10am PST) so they (Mozilla) get their counts in towards the Guiness Record. From the official launch time/site all downloads will be counted in their favor, but not before official release time. - cmiper
wow... this is unbelievable. And it seems it's actually going to be built. Remember when USA lead innovation... me either. - Stefan Hayden
We are still number one in innovation, we just don't have a monopoly on human capital anymore - this is a very good thing. And just wait till Craig Venter or someone like him in the U.S. creates the first synthetic microorganism that can turn C02 into octane...then you'll be proud to be an American again! - Zach Landes
you're right.. I shouldn't be such a downer. I'm happy the world is catching up. - Stefan Hayden
@Zach: check out green freedom, pretty cool stuff, although the name sounds like a party drug instead of a fuel: http://www.lanl.gov/news/index... - grant
