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Alex Scoble

Alex Scoble

Gamer, home theater enthusiast, IT Security professional with CISSP, lover of cats, engaged to the always wonderful and compassionate (and passionate) Cassie.
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If you have a lot of likes and/or comments how often do you announce your milestones?
Never. - Louis Gray
Well that's no fun. - Alex Scoble
When I have nothing better to say - Mo Kargas
*sigh* - Mo Kargas
LOL - Alex Scoble
42 - Jesse Stay
I don't watch it close enough. It would be nice to see some stats on how much my stuff was liked, rather than how many likes I've made -- that statistic is more indicative of community involvement and how many people's lives I've enriched. - Andy Bakun
don't - Amber Spence
I did it once, just because I liked the number - सत्याग्रह {Bren}
I don't think I ever have, and unless it end some cool or high number, doubt I ever will. - Grant Bierman
Never - Soup
If I have a nice round number... I guess my next announcement will be 5000 likes. Very soon, my young padawan. - Ryo
Whenever I want it pointed out that I'm less popular than that attention-whore Alex :-D - Slippy 2.0
Only the big ones with only more than 3 commas - EARL (Born in the USA)
Well thanks to all you party poopers I just passed 45,000 likes and didn't announce it. I'll announce 50,000 though when it happens in about a month. - Alex Scoble
Never. I don't even pay attention to that. - Anika Malone
About once a day - RetiredTeacherD
Only ever noticed one, by accident. Sitting at 664 likes. How do I not announce I'm about to like 666? - Matthew DeVries
I don't pay attention to the stats stuff - BEX Happy Long Weekend
I did once, but I faded from that. I just started having fun with this stuff on FriendFeed and all that seemed to fade into the background. Funny, huh? - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
Haven't. Likely won't. - Abby Martin
I stopped long ago. - Russellreno
I pay no attention to such things. - Jason Wehmhoener
Way too busy doing other things to even look at that stuff. - Ken Camp
I was shocked to see that 1000 people were subbed to me and at the time said something to the effect that I can't believe 1000 people could be interested in anything I have to say. - Derrick
Announcing: I'm commenting on this thread foe the first time! (seriously, I'll mention it if the mood hits me) - Ted Roden via iPhone
I don't announce any milestones. - Jim:Rockin the Helvetica
Anika Malone https://friendfeed.com/fabooma... has clicked "Like" 23,192 times so far on friendfeed and has made 29,680 comments...just so you know...because otherwise she'd never tell you. :D
Personally, I'm a server, not a PC...because that's how I roll.
I'm a dumb terminal - Richard Lawler
I'm an HPC... sadly it means I'm outdated the moment I'm created ;) - alphaxion
I'm a netbook - Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I'm a ZX Spectrum 48K - Martin Bryant
I'm a Commodore 64 Laptop! http://ff.im/4NQS9 - Tim Hoeck
I'm an old keyboard that's been kicked to the curb down by the river. - imabonehead
Commodore 64 FTW! Although I refuse to admit I'm a machine. Even though under some definitions, I am one. But I am my own user! - Victor Ganata
I'm a ramdisk. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I'm a SPARCstation. - DGentry
I'm an abacus. What are you people talking about? - Brett Kelly via iPhone
I'm Blue Gene II - angrykeyboarder™ (Scott)
I'm 90% Mac, 9% netbook and 1% PC. - Joey Gibson
I'm a server with several VMs running atop a hypervisor - LANjackal
I'm an iPhone, cuz I roll in people's pockets. Er, wait. - David Chartier via iPhone
I'm an IBM electric typewriter. - Chris Charabaruk '_'
I'm a Mac with integration ability. :) That, or a TI-83. - Heather
I'm a mechanical typewriter. - Mellissa Doyle
I'm an old Street Fighter II arcade system cause I enjoy young teenage boys giving me quarters to handle my joystick in a rough manner... - Johnny Worthington via iPhone
50% PC (work), 35% iPhone, 15% Mac. Most of what I can do on either computer, I can do on my iPhone, particularly in terms of content consumption. - Brett Kelly via iPhone
i'm an S/390 with a cooling problem. - Dead Silence
I'm an abacus. Way too older :( - Burcu Dogan
Johnny.... o_O - Alix Whitmire ☂
That's interesting. Someone mistakenly used one of my gmail email addresses when they set up their redbox.com DVD rental account.
I get people all the time using my Gmail address. I had one person send me their bank statements one time. - Spencer
There are times when the politics of compromise do not work so well. The stimulus bills are a good example. We needed 2x, Obama thought that Congress would only go for x and instead they watered it down even further in to 1/2x. Don't be surprised if there's another push soon for a new stimulus bill.
I have an idea. How about we stop give away taxpayers' money to the corporations? The next stimulus bill could just be split up and given to each and every American. This idea of giving away my money to corporations that made poor judgements is ridiculous. The American Government is rewarding corruption! - Bob Blunk
The stimulus package didn't give money to the banks. That was done through other bills. - Alex Scoble
ya, but it gave money to every little pet project that Senators have been trying to get funded for years. Now the Federal government has more control over State Legislature. - Bob Blunk
Yeah, that's more of what I'm talking about. The stimulus needed to be huge, directed and fast. It was neither of those things. - Alex Scoble via IM
Are you saying that instead of 800 billion it should have been 3.2 trillion? - Brian Newman via iPhone
Not literally no. It should have been much larger than it was. It should have rushed money into the economy where it would do the most good and it should have been immediate. That 800 billion isn't actually 800 billion because of how it was set up. Probably more like what we needed was 1.2 trillion spent where it would create the most jobs over time and do the infrastructure the most good. What Obama sold was an 800 billion bill and what Congress actually gave us was 400 billion (or less) of real stimulus. - Alex Scoble
And the money that did flow out was split up into such little chunks that it barely provided any real relief. - Bob Blunk
I think another stimulus bill will be a real tough sell based on what a joke the first one is. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. - Brian Newman
Completely agree Alex, but as you know I am anti-government for a reason. These large institutions are not run by public focused individuals in general. The join the mob mentality of holding and gaining power not providing results. Repeated results leads to no need for the position. - Dave - SustainedEuphoria
It won't be so tough if the economy finds further weakness like how a bunch of us are expecting. - Alex Scoble
I kind of agree with Bob - the first stimulus, which would have been the only stimulus needed, should have been $50,000 to every tax paying American - problem solved, and cheaper than giving money to corporations - William Harryman
I highly doubt that kind of stimulus would have the desired effect, William. People tend to save that kind of large payout. - Alex Scoble
Alex, past statics of American spending habits say different. That is how we developed an economy based almost solely on consumer spending. - Bob Blunk
Oh and paying that much to every tax paying American would be a 7.5 trillion stimulus. - Alex Scoble
at the time the whole mess began, though, it was mortgage failures fueling the crisis, and this would have allowed many people to get our of trouble, thus stalling the collapse before it began - William Harryman
I agree with Mr. Harryman - plus it would have provided benefits to those who lost their jobs, or funded a new car (thus maybe helping the car companies), or provided money for health care, or provided a nice down payment on a house. It wouldn't have needed to be $50,000, but $5,000 per would have probably done the job (for a married couple), $3,000 for single. Some people may have... more... - Vince DeGeorge
If companies were failing because they screwed up, and people couldn't pay them, then it makes more sense to me to give the stimulus to taxpayers, so they could pay the companies. Not only would this keep companies afloat, but then those companies would have fewer reasons to kick people out of their homes, take away the cars they drive to work, or shut off utilities. I'm thinking that dumping the money on the companies didn't allow struggling people to keep anything; how's that helping? - MiniMage (FakeLifePerson)
For what its worth I am less concerned with economic stimulus and much more concerned with increasing our educational coefficient. Let the free-market keep to its name sake. Failing companies should fail and the unemployed go back to school. What I would like to see is the US become the leaders of innovation and thought that we were 40 years ago, and I'm not talking about more FF and... more... - Dave - SustainedEuphoria
Again, the stimulus bill was not pumped in to "failing businesses" the banks and AIG got money through other bills/regulatory moves. The stimulus was all about softening the landing of the economy, stabilizing the situation and investing in infrastructure where it makes the most sense. It didn't go far enough in these areas. I totally agree with Dave on this as you can see what... more... - Alex Scoble
Krugman argued hard for a much bigger stimulus. The original one was certainly better than the compromise package, but not big enough. - Karoli
The love triange: A staple of anime since time immemorial.
I'd rather be a rhomboid. - Johnny Worthington
Lucky for you then, Johnny, that you aren't the lead character in an anime series. - Alex Scoble
Ugh, I have chores to do and don't want to do them. Cassie left to Salinas and took my motivation with her.
This is why I have photos of myself giving my husband The Look. He'll never lose his motivation. LOL - Anika Malone
Anika don't tell that secret to Holly. - Dave - SustainedEuphoria
LOL Okay, Dave. I won't DM her with tips on how to do the 5 most important looks. ;P - Anika Malone
Anika, please quit bumping this. She is bound to see it if you don't stop. ;p - Dave - SustainedEuphoria
Okay, I won't bump it. =D - Anika Malone
Some people's children: Cassie was at the Monterey wharf today and saw a mother taking a picture of her child while he was throwing dirt at a sea lion. I won't repeat what she called the little twirp. I could have alternatively started this post with some people's parents.
Go up and start throwing dirt at him while our wife takes a picture. - Steve C
I can't tell you how many times people climb on the rocks with their kids, despite seeing clear signs "do not climb on rocks." I guess knowing how many people die each year on said rocks would be a better warning. - anna
One couple died on their honeymoon, guy was in one place, the girl on another, he turned around, and she was gone, swept out to sea. - anna
I don't wish harm on children who do bad things to animals while their parents watch/encourage but the animal's instinct isn't going to be to retaliate against the parent. So.... gl stupid child! - Heather
That's like when we're at the zoo and my kids start climbing the fence. And I say, "Get down. You know better than to climb the fence." And then I get dirty looks from the idiot parents who let their kids climb the fence. I'm not trying to be on the news. - Anika Malone
Anika stop trying to be a rational parent. You know better than to make the irrational ones look bad. - Alex Scoble
Wait, so it's bad to talk about irresponsible parents within earshot? I've been doing it all wrong. - Heather
Steve's answer rawks! - Lindsey is Fierce!
The perfect answer for stupidity like this is. WOW thats the same way my little sister was killed! Always in earshot of the offending parents ;) - EARL (Born in the USA)
Earl wins. - Alex Scoble
OMG, Earl is BAD, but that's a great response. - Trish R
Sinfest: 2009-07-05: Buddha, Just Buddha - http://www.sinfest.net/archive...
Sinfest: 2009-07-05: Buddha, Just Buddha
So offensive, yet so hilarious... - JazJaz
Everyone's lighting off their fireworks here now.
yep, been going nuts here now too - holly
Me too, they are going off right over my house - Davis Freeberg
so different from last year when I had maybe 3 neighbors :) - holly
My cats are taking it pretty much in stride. - Alex Scoble
mine too. a few jumps here and there, but that's about it - holly
Cats just don't give a shit. Period. About anything. They are "aloof" realized. I think they're all aliens. - Jack Carlson
Some of the fireworks that people are lighting off are not legal...crazy people. - Alex Scoble
Alex, *none* of the fireworks being let off here in the Boise neighborhood *are* legal. All sorts of mortars -- but noticeably more subdued than in years past. - Christopher Carr
Same here. Not a problem for me, unless they set something other than the fireworks on fire (like my lawn or house). - Beau (והאראסי) Liening
Since there is such limitation this season, whereeas less are having a chance to catch up with such things, as more then a few places are no longer able to even enjoy a show. Yes Indeed though people can be crazy, and there is a reason most of those are illegal. - Ubuntu101 via email
Poll: Which Kevin Smith movie do you prefer? Dogma or Chasing Amy?
Chasing Amy - Alex Scoble
Chasing Amy - Dan Monzelowsky
Chasing Amy - Mohomed Abdullahi
First one to say Jersey Girl gets a squirreled ball sack - Johnny Worthington
Dogma - Soup
dogma - chaz2b
Dogma - Anika Malone
Boo on Anika - Alex Scoble
Boo on me? :( - Anika Malone
Indeed! - Alex Scoble
But I liked Dogma. Even despite the existence of George Carlin. Chasing Amy...I'm still trying to forget I watched it. - Anika Malone
Boooo!!! You broke the tie! Boooooo! - Alex Scoble
depends on my mood. right now, Dogma wins - jbrotherlove
When I replied, there was only 3 responses! - Anika Malone
Hehe, you replied when there were 6 responses...hence the boos. :) - Alex Scoble
Chasing Amy by far... I /love/ Catholic humour given my upbringing, but that movie falls flat in overall tone. Chris Rock is the only one doesn't seem to sleepwalk through it. Chasing Amy (and I liked Jersey Girl, for what it was). - Michael W. May
No, when I replied, Dan's comment was the last one. The other people must have replied at the same time. - Anika Malone
we're fast/slow like that, sorry - chaz2b
Chasing Amy. It's not on television enough, and even though I own it, I can't bring myself to watch it even though I love it. - Andy Bakun
Chasing Amy - Ubqtous
Ubqtous only said that to be contrary to me. He really meant Dogma. :) - Anika Malone via fftogo
Chasing Amy - Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Not everything I say revolves around you Anika ;) Chasing Amy isn't my favorite Smith movie (that'd be either Mallrats or Zack and Miri Make a Porno), but it is a better piece of story telling than Dogma. - Ubqtous
Dogma for the frenetic energy of it. Chasing Amy for a more polished work. Dogma wins 9 times out of ten for me. - Pete D via iPhone
Definitely Dogma, that film had me so engrossed from beginning to end. Chasing Amy just didn't arouse my interest - Slippy 2.0
TMI: I saw Chasing Amy only a few months after being dumped by The Girl From Maine after a year and half because she "needed to explore her sexuality." My ego was slightly bandaged when she later settled on labelling herself bi-sexual rather than lesbian. No longer was I the sex she turned gay because of... So the film hits many chords ;) Including the ending where some self-examination was in order. - Michael W. May
Dogma, though biased as I have not yet viewed Chasing Amy ;) - jlt-Janet
Chasing Amy.. - CW™
Chasing Amy - Bill Kinney
chasing dogmatic jersey girls in the mall. - Gunny The Fuzzball ™
Dogma by far - Michael Hocter
neither - Josh Haley via iPhone
Dogma - J. Abdul-Qahhar
Dogma, for so many reasons. - Jack Carlson
Dogma. - Curtis Jackson via iPhone
Dogma - Andrea G
Dogma - Aaman Lamba
Dogma. How many comedies hinge entirely on a theological paradox? - Victor Ganata
And I have to admit, I did enjoy watching Ben Affleck and Matt Damon get totally obliterated by God Herself. - Victor Ganata
Chasing Amy EDIT: Although I don't love it. Come to think of it, all of his movies seem kinda meh to me. Like him though. What's that one dvd he did where he's lecturing at a college? - Derrick
Chasing Amy - holly via iPhone
Real Genius - Geoff Schultz
Real Genius rules! :) - Ubqtous
"I wouldn't know, Dave. I haven't had a working weapon since Korea." /hijack - Michael W. May
Chasing Amy. - Cecily
Chasing Amy - Tim Hoeck
Hard one, but I have to say Dogma. - Rene Wirtz
Chasing Amy without a doubt. - LLL
I loved Dogma, never did see Chasing Amy - Jorge "JungleG" Escobar
Chasing Amy but I did like Dogma too. I'd still vote Clerks higher than both. - Stephen Mack
Chasing Amy - Chris Rivait
Chasing Amy. - Ton Zijp
Dogma - Dario Gomez
I can't pick. *sob* - Alix Whitmire ☂
Dogma. - Jason Huebel
Chasing Amy. But this is really like choosing which one of your kids you like best. Only more difficult - Joe Pierce
If anything says we need some kind of integrated polling ability on FF, it's things like this. It would be awesome if a tally was kept automatically, so we could see the stats, and the comments were commentary rather than a huge jumble of poll contributions and, er, comments. I mean, it's hard to keep track of which movie is more popular here. Although, I guess Real Genius wouldn't have been able to make a showing, and we'd need to provide an implicit CowboyNeal option also. - Andy Bakun
Ugh, man, those are the two I'm always agonizing over. I'm gonna have to go with Chasing Amy, since part of the reason I love Dogma so much is some of it was shot down the street. - Lindsey Dragun/لندزي تنين
Dogma. - Tyler Hurst
Chasing Amy - Adrian Culici
Chasing Amy - though I like Dogma a lot. - Abby Martin
So. Is anyone keeping score? - Victor Ganata
Dogma - Amber Spence
No, but if I was keeping score, I'd be using Iranian voting methods so of course Chasing Amy would win regardless. - Alex Scoble
1,000,000 to 25 for Chasing Amy?!?! Wait a minute. - Victor Ganata
Dogma - Wes Hoogenboom via iPhone
Dogma. - Derek Coward
Chasing Amy. Definitely - jmcampbell
Chasing Amy - manielse
Dogma. - Steven Perez
Jersey Girl FTW! JUST KIDDING, Dogma. - Aaron Hood
Dogma - Peter Ghosh
Chasing Amy. - Shawn Whitmire
tie between Dogma and Mallrats - Mike VanLare (slayerboy)
The fate of the world once again rests on the shoulders of Viggo Mortensen #CrimsonTide
What's interesting, at least to me, is that if they shot a submarine movie today set in modern times there would be no smoking on the ship at all. - Alex Scoble
I've never understood the idea of a small burning stick in an enclosed space like a sub. - Heather
Oh and to the artists at ILM, explosions in space do not happen in two dimensions. An explosion in space would never form an expanding ring. The explosion would expand equally in all directions. #EmpireStrikesBackCanSuckIt
Also, the extra footage that Lucas added in was quite unnecessary. - Alex Scoble
But explosions in the vacuum of space still make those big booms, right? ;) - Jack Carlson
And how does it make any freakin' sense that young Anikan is who ends up as part of the force! - Alex Scoble
maybe he filed a grievance with the union - metageoff
Next you'll be complaining about how there's sound in a vacuum. - Flitcraft
There's no sound in a vacuum, Flitcraft, but baby steps...Then again getting that right is one of the things that made Firefly so awesome. - Alex Scoble
Lucas should be bludgeoned for the "enhancements" he made to episodes 4 - 6. Those changes *all* suck. HAN SHOT FIRST, DAMMIT!!! - Joey Gibson
+10 for the Firefly mention, Alex. - Jack Carlson
Yeah, the changes really do suck. The way they changed the music at the end of 6 really takes the wind out of the ending. - Alex Scoble
I have both versions of the movie, and it's a trade-off between 5.1 surround sound, and those dumb additional scenes. Choices, choices. - Carlton
And just like that Anakin Skywalker has found redemption through his son and the prophecy becomes true. #EmpireStrikesBackCanSuckIt
The greatest trick the Sith ever pulled was convincing the galaxy that they didn't exist. - Chris Charabaruk '_'
"We're not the Sith you're looking for." - Aaron Hood
These all would have been easier to find had you included the #EmpireStrikesBackCanSuckIt hashtag. Come on, man! You were going so strong there for a minute. - Andy Bakun
Fixed, just for you, Andy. - Alex Scoble
That's why you rock, sir. - Andy Bakun
Just try and do that on twitter, twitterers! - Andy Bakun
And all the Ewoks died of radiation poisoning: http://www.theforce.net/SWTC.... Wait, I'm supposed to be arguing why Empire Strikes Back is better. My bad. - Flitcraft
Why does Tilly like giving me tongue baths? Neither of the other cats does it. She's an odd one.
Your either salty or she thinks of you as one of her pack - CW™
Persephone will climb up in my boyfriend's lap and lick the inside of his elbow for five minutes before getting settled. She does that all the time to him. - Aden
She's tenderizing you. - Cecily
Isn't it obvious? You. Taste. Good. - Derrick
And the final epic lightsaber battle is upon us with fury. #EmpireStrikesBackCanSuckIt
The dark side can't save you now, beyotch! #EmpireStrikesBackCanSuckIt
My DVR is now empty...and I'm a sad panda.
You have FIOS.. and Blu-ray.. and Netflix I believe? :) - Tim Hoeck
I don't have Blu-Ray yet. - Alex Scoble
I thought you bought one of the BP-somethingorothers a while back? - Jason Huebel
wait, what? How can you be a "home theater enthusiast", and not have Blu-Ray? Oh wait, I forgot you are an audio person :P - Tim Hoeck
No, I was talking about buying the Oppo, but haven't yet. Maybe after the wedding. - Alex Scoble
Netflix streaming on demand . . . - Peter Ghosh
And I am a home theater enthusiast :) - Alex Scoble
But I'm also planning a wedding, so no toys for me. - Alex Scoble
We have Brent Spiner!
Locked up somewhere? - Laura Botts
He's gonna be pissed. If his emotion chip is on, anyway. - Jordan Hofker
LOL @ Laura - Jason Huebel via iPhone
LOL - Alex Scoble via IM
Joined friendfeed? He's an active twitterer. - DGentry
No, he's a guest on the episode of Leverage that I'm watching. - Alex Scoble
Is he playing a crazy scientist? - Joe Pierce
So that was the royal use of the word 'we' - DGentry
Yes...that was me taking poetic license. :) - Alex Scoble
Are we all watching it on Spike? - adf (A. Dark-Freudeman)
I don't know about we all, but it is on Spike here. - Alex Scoble via IM
When do they air the EWOK movie! is that tomorrow night --hahaha - JSNFLMNG
I changed to sci-fi for The Shat on Twilight Zone - Joe Pierce
That's treachery, Joe! - Alex Scoble via IM
But there is a thing on the wing! Look! - Joe Pierce
which Shatner episode? The famous creature on the wing of a plane? - JSNFLMNG
Yeah and it's eating the engine...great. - Alex Scoble via IM
Shatner is so young. - adf (A. Dark-Freudeman)
ok you've convinced me. Back to Spike. - Joe Pierce
ROFL - Alex Scoble via IM
"Geek power, stay strong."
Who's geek? I am not! :p - directeur
Then you cannot be strong! - Alex Scoble
:D - directeur
* thrust fist into air* - Jason Huebel via iPhone
"We put the NO in Innovation"
And we put the FUN in dysFUNctional. - Ken Camp
Otherwise it would be invation -- and I am not sure it would make sense then. ;-) - Brian Sullivan
And now back to watching Leverage
Starts up again with new episodes soon. LOVE that show. - Gunny The Fuzzball ™
Smalltown sheriff: "Chupacabras, I thought those things were urban legends?" Alec:"You're adorable" Hehe...I love repartee like that in a TV show.
It's amazing to me that Enzyte is still being advertised on TV.
It makes that special part of you larger! Where that special part == your stomach. - EricaJoy
Who else thinks Blood The Last Vampire movie looks pretty sweet?
Not sure I've heard of it... :-/ - Jonathan Hardesty
Ahh hah! Time to watch Han rightfully be released from his carbonite prison! #EmpireStrikesBackCanSuckIt
Heh, Spike is having a Star Wars marathon - Alex Scoble
crap, now I need to remember what channel Spike HD is - Joe Pierce
I'm just watching it until they kill Jabba...which is pretty much now. - Alex Scoble
Castrol's new "Think with your dipstick, Jimmy" commercials are lame. That is all.
I'm surprised no one has stomped that dipstick guy. I. WOULD. HURT. HIM. - Ha3rvey
Had to look it up, but yeah, he needs to get dropped. And quick. - Derrick
But why should it go? Sterotypical accent, check. Abusing customers and potential customers with physical abuse, check. Repeating unfunny joke over and over again, check. Sounds like a commercial success. - Joe Pierce
I keep thinking he's gonna wind up in the ER trying to get that dipstick removed. - Ha3rvey
Dear friendfeed, do you really need to take up half a gig worth of system memory in Chrome?
Remember back in the day when we blamed the browser software for memory bloat, not the site? - Andy Bakun
I just had a js blocking Firefox - directeur
Yes, why do you ask? - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
"I'm out of it for a little while and everybody gets delusions of grandeur" --Han Solo
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