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Dog Hugs Baby – Photos - This is the most adorable sequence ever captured on film, enjoy. http://nynerd.com/section...
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'Like' robot (frɐnc), David Monroe, Hooeyspewer and 101 other people liked this
That last picture, omg!!
- Mona Nomura
Mona, I know isn't it priceless? I originally saw that one first and then saw the sequence which somehow made the last one better. I think because I knew it wasn't really staged. I also love the third one where he is kind of hug/squishing the baby with the top of his body, butt in the air!
- Rachel Lea Fox
WANT!!! What a beautiful mastiff mix! Now I have doggie envy =(
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
+1000 Mona - that last picture is AWESOME!! Frame it!! PURE WIN! :) BFF
- Susan Beebe
Isn't it a neapolitan mastiff? The dog I mean :-)
- Todd Hoff
film? what's that?
- Gabe
Gabe, I think its an old slang term for digital photos. I can't imagine what else it would be. ;)
- Rachel Lea Fox
The film I know comes when you mix water with oil.
- Brent - Loving Life
Oh no Brent, the dog and baby are like two peas in a pod, not oil and water. It must be something else. (; - needed to wink the other eye and give the normal one a rest. doesn't look quite as right though.
- Rachel Lea Fox
So cute - he loves that baby! :)
- martha
The comments on the original post are also priceless... "Dog owners and lovers are THE WORLDS STUPIDEST LOT. It won’t harm the baby, oh how cute! One bite and that child is gone..how dare you endanger that childs’ life you freakin idiot!!"
- ana
ana, I didn't read the comments. wow! yes that dog is such a danger to that baby. *sighs*
- Rachel Lea Fox
if that baby's in danger, then i wouldn't mind being in danger meself
- Felicia Yue
++Felicia
- Rachel Lea Fox
very cute - obviously the person shooting the photos had seen this before or would have jumped in to grab the baby - mastiffs are gentle giants the ones i've known are confused when a child is afraid of them - that being said they were original breed to protect but seems its the look of them not the aggressive nature of them - my jrt once chased one down a trail so they can be funny that way (teagan is tough of course)
- mike "glemak" dunn
Yes, mastiffs were bred to protect children. They're extremely gentle with kids but will fiercely protect their pack.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I wouldn't let my Rottie do that -- he's mouthy -- but a mastiff? Sure.
- Chris Baskind
Chris, I agree, you would have to know the dog before allowing this. But you can so tell this dog loves that baby.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I had a co-worker who, when buying a new house, found that his current insurer wouldn't insure the new house, because he had a big dog and an infant. There might be a reason for that, or it might be the usual insurance company idiocy. At any rate, the last pic bowls me over.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Really? My parents received a discount on their homeowners because they had a large breed dog, he was considered a security feature =)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
They had a small child, too?
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Some insurance companies aren't happy to insure those with "known dangerous breeds."
- Chris Baskind
I also found that very odd BoringMage. Many of the large dogs I've met including St. Bernard's are the ones I am least afraid of. Where as smaller dogs including poodles bother me a lot. I have only ever been bitten by a poodle and snipped at by them too. I've been around a LOT of dogs too!
- Rachel Lea Fox
I agree: I'm more comfortable around large dog breeds. I think they're more predictable, and some of the inbred little toy breeds are flat out crazy. My brother worked in a vet's office for three years. The #1 biting dog: Chihuahuas. Nobody wanted to work on them.
- Chris Baskind
No small kids, Mage, but they got more hassle from the insurance company about the stupid pool than they did for the dog.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I just love these pictures, and the last one is adorable. The dog obviously loves the baby!
- Bonnie Foster
I don't think my co-worker's insurance company had a problem with the dog alone. It was the combination of the dog and the small kid.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
My first, 100% original, 100% adorable discovery that i share with everyone around
- Nitin Nanivadekar
that is pretty awesome
- j1m
Heh, I can die happy now!
- Rick Cogley
*laughs* Rick glad to help... but maybe stick around. There are lots of puppy hugs out there! :)
- Rachel Lea Fox
I'm going to get me some when I get home from work today. *slobber*
- Rick Cogley
OMG! That last picture especially - too much cuteness! Dogs are awesome!
- Alex Hellstrom
I love this set. The baby and doggie are too much! <3 I love the smush photo. Squish the baby!
- Carmen - Happy 2010!
Happy :)
- Kamath (नमः)
My Dad's Bulldog Puppy 4 week update!
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David Cook, Pedro Fonseca, mjc and 44 other people liked this
These pics crack me up every time. Uber cute puppies.
- Alex Scoble
aww. adorable.
- ♥patricia♥
That is hilarious, nature is hilarious.
- Steve C
oh my a just want to hold them!
- BEX
Steve, they are hilarious, but there is very little natural about them. English bulldogs are a completely man-made, man-continued breed of dog. But they are SOOO UGLY CUTE!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Smoosh!
- Louis Gray
I <3 puppies
- Brian Chang
@Rachel, I mean, they're made of mammalian cells, and dna, and skin and stuff. (Especially skin.)
- j1m
Yes j1m, but left to their own devices they would die off. They can't conceive on their own and the mortality rate of birth is so high due to the very large head that doesn't really fit through the birth canal, that the only real option is C-section.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE them. but they are not a natural breed.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Dad sent more puppy photos after I posted this set. They were too cute so I had to post more of them over here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/phoenix...
- Rachel Lea Fox
Am I the only one who never uses Wikipedia?
Molly, Gavin, matthew john ernisse and 36 other people liked this
What do you use then?
- ronin
I never use it either. When you're as smart as I am you don't need it. ;)
- Joshua Schnell
Chocolate.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Josh - I concur ;)
- Mona Nomura
So, I should remove that wiki page of you and the photo of the bust I made of you from 50 lbs of bacon and Lego?
- Steven Perez
Yes.
- Alex Scoble
I mainly use it to help my son with School projects.
- Mark Krynsky
Haha. I use it some times. But on a serious note, my University lecturer was quoting it this morning and singing its praises:)
- Roberto Bonini
How can you not use it? Where else can you find the history of Dif Juz in one easy click?
- Jeremy Brooks
Next you'll tell us you don't use Google, either.
- Robert Scoble
cue twilght zone theme music
- Monique
probably you are ;)
- A.T.
I hate Wikipedia. I think it's making us stupid.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
If knowledge makes you stupid, Mona, then yes.
- Alex Scoble
never used it, no desire too.
- Steve C
I find it to be quite useful at times.
- Nick
Consider me an idiot.
- Mike Nayyar
@Mona just because people dont have to remember as much off of the top of their heads, doesn't mean they are stupider
- Roy Herrod
@Mike Considered.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Knowledge? I don't consider one dimensional sources useful.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
I use it a lot, facts baby, facts (most of the time)
- Majento
Wikipedia (imho) is contributing to developments of really disturbing patterns, where people don't question what they read.
- Mona Nomura
I've actually never used Wikipedia before.
- Kevin Whalen
Saying Wikipedia makes us stupid is ridiculous. If thats true, every encyclopedia and history book ever written is doing the same.
- Roberto Bonini
Hmm, difficult choice: respond at length to this dumb statement, or go and look at something interesting on Wikipedia? See ya..
- Andy Connell
Wikipedia? Mona, that pattern has been happening long, WAY LONG, before Wikipedia came on the scene.
- Alex Scoble
That's human nature. Has nothing to do with Wikipedia.
- Alex Scoble
Is anyone concerned about all of the gaming that goes on in Wikipedia? I know its pretty popular to hit certain sites and change the content, post false information, as a joke. Makes me question the facts/information on the site.
- Matt Martin
I don't think Wikipedia is to blame for that.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Mona - I normally have your back, sometimes violently so, but wow, that is just a silly take. Wikipedia is no different than encyclopedias when we were kids. You don't just read it and recite it and put it in your school report, you use it as a cited and notated summary from which to start your research on a subject. You didn't see people reading britanica and then going around saying it's fact. You read britanica, then go to britanica's source for the full story. Remember filling out 200 ILL forms?
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew - that is my exact issue. People use Wiki as their one and only reliable source. Anyone with a library card can go in and edit a Wiki. Either our educational system is getting crappier or society is getting lazier.
- Mona Nomura
I use it all the time! :)
- Zee.
Can't agree with you...Wikipedia's done far more good than harm. Perfect? No - that's why it's for getting some useful knowledge, not for official reports.
- Ben Parr
One dimensional sources? Wow. They have citations on the site. And no not anyone can edit Wikipedia. They changed the rules long ago.
- Admiral Anika
Wikipedia self corrects and self edits as much as any other professional source. I remember a study (NOT from Wikipedia) comparing the rate of errors of Wikipedia to Britannica. 4 errors on Wikipedia for 3 errors on Britannica. That's not a huge discrepancy. Wikipedia is a good place to start your research. The problem of people being lazy and using ONLY Wikipedia is the same problem of people being lazy and using one book or newspaper article.
- Mike Nayyar
And their fanboys are freakin vigilant as a hungry dog watching a baby eaching cherios in a highchair. NOTHING hits the ground without getting fanboy'd. If you don't cite your source, and curtsy before clicking update, you have 200 angry fanboys spunking all over your talk page and reversing everything you've ever done in your life.
- Matthew DeVries
+1 Anika Finally someone gets it
- Ethan
Furthermore, Wikipedia is written and edited in such a way as have an objective voice and viewpoint. If an article smacks of a one sided view, the Wikipedia police come through and edit or delete it. Wikipedia is a great tool, starting point. And, an awesome cultural tool. I can learn so much about Gundam from it!
- Mike Nayyar
I agree with you, Mike!
- Mona Nomura
How can you agree if you never use it?..
- Andy Connell
Andy, don't get dog-piley
- Matthew DeVries
Andy: +10
- Robert Scoble
I've USED it but CHOOSE not to use it, Andy.
- Mona Nomura
One thing I learned from college (my parents will love this, four and a half years and countless thousands of dollars later) is to use Wikipedia as my starting point, get those thinking juices flowing, follow up on the citations, and from my queries to search engines and databases based on that. We need to educate students today in how to effectively optimize their information seeking behaviors and enhance the quality of their searches to FIND the proper knowledge which has been written.
- Mike Nayyar
It's pointless to memorize information anymore - we need to learn how to access and analyze rapidly and effectively.
- Mike Nayyar
Mona: so, who has better info on the AIDS virus than Wikipedia and why is Wikipedia not worth using for finding out about stuff like this? Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Robert Scoble
I don't think I use it. I don't think..
- Lynne d Johnson
Someone stroke my ego and tell me I have a big brain so I feel validated! AHRW(JED#ND#(
- Mike Nayyar
Mike, you give me a brain stiffy
- Matthew DeVries
Mike - I agree with everything you are saying. Robert - we have different researching methods, I think. If I need to learn about AIDS, I zero in on medical sources at libraries. Most universities allow open access to the public. Then again, I am a firm believer of not speaking about a topic with authority, unless you've actually learned all you can about a certain topic. Yes, Wiki is a good starting point but that is exactly what it is: a starting point.
- Mona Nomura
I use it strickly for tv trivia.
- Janet
Mona: that's really lame. Give me a break. The info on that page about AIDS is better than what you can find in five minutes in ANY library.
- Robert Scoble
Ok Robert :)
- Mona Nomura
"Then again, I am a firm believer of not speaking about a topic with authority, unless you've actually learned all you can about a certain topic." - such as the utility of Wikipedia?
- Andrew C
Whew, I can breathe easier now that I've been validated. In case anyone was wondering the kind of breakdown I was just having, click the link: http://www.hulu.com/watch...
- Mike Nayyar
Wikipedia is just as valid a source as anything else. I think the days or rote memorization have us confused as to what intelligence really is. People think I'm a freaking genius because I can pretty much answer any question they throw at me, but it's not because that stuff is in my head (well, some is). It's because I know how to find exactly what I need quickly. I'm sure many of you are the same.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
@Mona, I totally disagree with you about Wikipedia, and also humbly submit that using the words ‘wiki’ and ‘Wikipedia’ interchangeably are not boosting your credibility here.
- Anthony Citrano
Intelligence isn't about learning 'facts'. It's about questioning them, and finding out why they are so, and then understanding it. That goes for most things in life. A recent article I read (no, I can't remember the source), stated that a survey had shown that Wikipedia had about the same level of accuracy as Encylopedia Britannica. Of course, any fool, can cut and paste from Wkipedia and look knowledgeable for 5 seconds, but then I could go to the library, and copy from books when I was a kid.
- Ian May
What do you mean by utility of WIkipedia, Andrew? Anyone with two pairs of functioning eyes can see the sources cited on the bottom, I know of the editing process required by Wiki (Richard Walker's recent post explaining his headache is just an example). Anthony - I forgot, The Internet is serious business. Thanks for pointing that out. :)
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Using one source for serious research is not research whether the source is Wikipedia or something else, but if I need to find the name of the bad guys on Man from UNCLE, then Wikipedia works fine.
- Kim Landwehr
"Anyone with two pairs of functioning eyes can see the sources cited on the bottom," Exactly! Those cited sources are often good sources and better than what automated searching (google) can find. Hence, Wikipedia pages are often a better starting point for learning than googling.
- Andrew C
Soon, Wikipedia will be your source to go for porn. Well, actually, it already sort of is.
- Mike Nayyar
Yes. Confirmed, too.
- ianf ⌘
See, the problem with wikipedia is that people run over there, look up some key stats, then spout off like they have a ph.d on the topic. It's also completely unreliable. My home town currently has a war going on over their Wikipedia entry. A group of people keep portraying it negatively, then another group changes it all back to positive stuff.
- Joshua Schnell
@Mona - haha, you gotta know who yer swimmin' with in here. Look, Wikipedia has its faults, like everyone has said. I hate the fact, for example, that everyone's editorial input is weighted equally. That might work well on very busy articles, but on obscure articles it's a total fail.
- Anthony Citrano
Example: if a Nobel Laureate physicist makes a change to an article on quantum gravity, any 17 year old idiot can undo it, scream about the physicist not citing properly, or just decide to argue with him because he's bored. The Laureate is likely to just say "eff this" and leave, and let the article sit the way the kid wants it (thus the article suffers), but the kid will engage in endless edit wars simply because he can. It's, to my mind, one big way that the model is broken.
- Anthony Citrano
Having said that, the model works well for articles that get a reasonable amount of expert attention, and paradoxically I think it works phenomenally well for controversial subjects. Overall I think it is an awesome, highly accurate, rich ocean of information *and* knowledge.
- Anthony Citrano
Right - so combine that with Josh said up there, it takes longer (for me) to determine, filter, and sift through information since I don't take it at face value. My problem is with people that do. I guess the issue people had with my statements is instead of blaming individuals, I pointed the finger at Wikipedia. Never thought this would resort to name calling or such harsh judgements, so it caught me off guard a little LOL.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
I've gotten into the habit of going to Wikipedia first, as a jumping point. I don't use it as a reference for anything though.
- ♥patricia♥
Exactly where does all this information that non-wikipedia users sift through come from? Are people going to the public library or buying loads of books and journals?
- Robin Barooah
[citation needed]
- Michael W. May
I partially agree with Mona's take on Wikipedia. As everyone here has been reiterating (and reiterating...and reiterating...), it's a great jumping-off point for further researching a subject. But I absolutely 100% will not take a link to Wikipedia as valid support for someone's argument. I don't care how many resources have been provided on the page to validate the info. I realize...
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- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Robin: I can't speak for anyone else, but I filter Google search results fairly quickly. I look at the headline, the URL, anything that catches my eye I open as tabs. So if I'm starting to research a topic, I have the Google search results at the very left, with articles extending towards the right, in the order of search results. Does that make sense? Amanda: Well stated.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
@Mona sez: "...people don't question what they read." We live in a propaganda, sorry, media culture, where "experts" in print, voices on radio, and talking heads on TV tell you what to think, what to wear, who is desirable, who to vote for, etc. WikiPedia isn't a cause of that... it's a symptom, assuming people use it the way you suggest.
- .LAG liked that
yes, my students use it profusely even though it's a no-no and I even contribute some articles and manage a watch list so I'm pretty hypocritical
- sofarsoShawn
I think my main beef with something like Wikipedia, and yes, encyclopedias as well...is that there are still people who take it at face value. They don't do the additional legwork to learn more before they spout off about a subject. My concern with the whole process is that going to the cited sources and then perhaps using Google Scholar or accessing journals and published papers at...
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- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
That's true too, b/c Wikipedia says so...doesn't abrogate the necessity for further in depth checks
- sofarsoShawn
@TinyPants: but hasn't that always been the case... the pen is mightier than the sword? people have always taken a lot of things written in books as factual without doing any investigation or critical thinking on their own. Wikipedia just puts it online.
- .LAG liked that
I don't think you're hypocritical, shawn. You're doing your part to try and maintain the integrity of the data on those pages.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
@LAG: I understand that. But just because something has "always been done" doesn't make it right and it's a poor justification for the way things are. I hear that excuse so much here at work, I start to wonder how some of these people managed to eke out a six figure salary.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
@TinyPants... i'm not making a value judgement, just making an observation on human nature, which your comments seem to corroborate. and, yeah, it's lame.
- .LAG liked that
Gotcha. :) Let's hug.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I use it, but I quit contributing to it after the Wikipedia police enforced their notions of what should go in Wikipedia and what should not. However, when possible I use Wikipedia as a starting point to jump to other sources, primarily because of the bias of some against Wikipedia.
- John E. Bredehoft
I use it all the time; love it; first place to turn to nail down basic facts about anything; perhaps even more useful than Google overall.
- Sean McBride
Wikipedia is a great place to get information to settle arguments
- Benno
Can it settle this one????
- Roberto Bonini
@Robert: apparently...no.
- .LAG liked that
When studying anything from mythology to psychology to literature I often end up on Wikipedia for the info I want. I'm not sure I understand this question. Wikipedia is the greatest achievement in encyclopedic knowledge since the Enlightenment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Jesse Newhart
Mona: re scanning google. I can see that working for some topics, but for a lot of topics, there simply aren't informative articles on the web anywhere but wikipedia. I'm not claiming that it's authoritative - just that it's way better than nothing.
- Robin Barooah
OMG Mona, don't you use Wikipedia? Did even Google not took you to Wikipedia?
- Alp
Never ever? There's info on there whether for work or just casually, that would take forever to find anywhere else.
- Richard Lawler
If I need a quick answer, yes. If I want a smart answer, I ask from you guys (in FriendFeed) ;)
- Jemm
I don't use it that much
- Richard A.
it s a good source to get general information but it s not suitable for detail research. There may be also lots of wrong inf. in it. I' m using it as a random rearch when i got bored and there is nothing else to do.
- auburn
I really don't remember the last time I used Wikipedia. Don't get it twisted, I've visited, but never use it as a source or starting point.
- Mona Nomura
from fftogo
I use it, but I don't take it as "completely factual"
- Christian (Simply X)
If the only thing in wikipedia was a list of episodes for nearly every tv show ever made, I'd still use it at least once a week.
- Richard Lawler
I respect that - I don't watch a lot of tv, maybe that's the difference? And I use tv.com for recaps... LOL
- Mona Nomura
but tv.com isn't as easily searched as wikipedia, and there's annoying browser slowing flash and ads all over the place. that's why wikipedia, at its very least, replaces imdb and other databases for me, it's just ordered in a better way, and googling anything + wiki is 99% guaranteed to get the info I want in one click
- Richard Lawler
I count Wikipedia as possibly the most important site on the net.
- Jamie
I often use wikipedia. It gives me an overview of the subject I'm interested in at the moment, then I frequently jump to the related links.
- Stanislas Jourdan
I use Wikipanion :)
- Joe Dawson
I never use Wikipedia for information that actually matters.
- Will Higgins™
@Will : I do, but take distance with want i read. Wikipedia enables us to develop our critical thinking - and that's great
- Stanislas Jourdan
What I use Wikipedia for: background on companies, biographical facts, dates of books, dates of historical events, dates of movies, dates of songs and albums, demographic facts, ethnicity and religion of people, population of nations and cities, works by authors, works by bands, etc. Wikipedia is a gold mine for basic, objective facts (useless or worse for interpretation and analysis).
- Sean McBride
Mona generally on Wikipedia if anyone messes up the page its put back pretty quickly. A good tip for using Wikipedia is to look at the references used to create the page and also when you read it if anything sound a little out of the ordinary or unrealistic look at a cached page of that particular page and check it again for further verification and/or use the references.
- Nicholas James
well ... 100.000.000 brains are better than one :)
- rama mamuaya
France rejects this stupid Internet Piracy law http://www.nytimes.com/2009... /me is celebrating. Terrible law project.
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FriendFeed Is In Danger Of Becoming The Coolest App No One Uses - http://news.ycombinator.com/item...
Laura Norvig, Jorge Martins Rosa, Nia and 39 other people liked this
"No, but acting as though they are makes for a more dramatic (and higher scoring) blog post :) FriendFeed is about simple sharing and discussions. bbgm gives a great example in another comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item... During the live show that lead up to this blog post, there was a very active realtime discussion on FriendFeed about the show (and MA's Twitter/FriendFeed claim): http://beta.friendfeed.com/stevegi...... Regardless of what people think of FriendFeed and these spontaneous, lightweight conversations, it's pretty clearly different from Twitter."
- Paul Buchheit
FF is becoming like a bunch of disjointed chat rooms on steroids if more debates like today's about beta.ff continue.
- William Mougayar
Not really I think. People will adapt and use it in their own way. I found out FF is kind of advanced IM conference when you focus on and join 1 single conversation.
- Ninh Nguyen
Looks to me like a mash of nntp newsgroups, gmail conversations, IM and Twitter. I'm not sure yet whether I should just add it to my arsenal of tools or use it to replace some, hopefully making it easier to discuss and debate. It seems that there is a new tool for connecting people coming out faster than users' ability to master them. Eventually we'll end up with one app that does it all (just a wild conjecture), and I had more to say but I've just run into the post limit of 512 chars :-)
- Rob Simpson
You can use it to pretty much replace Basecamp and much of our email - and it takes those up a notch on effectiveness because of real-time nature. Disrupting enough? That's just getting us started.
- Nick in Manila
@Nick, true true. Just discussing that this morning in the studio. Isn't FF the start of OpenMail?
- zeroinfluencer
How a programmer reads your resume... - http://www.hanovsolutions.com/resume_...
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arty, R.P. Aditya, nonsleepr and 29 other people liked this
heh... very true.
- Jeremy Zawodny
I'm sick of "news" stories about Twitter. It's a fucking short message service. Get over it.
Pradeep Gowda, DeWitt Clinton, Tony Ruscoe and 6 other people liked this
Amen.
- John Honeck
Mike is checking out the Facebook like feature. It looks and feels cheap, and it just ain't FriendFeed.
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OMG, best caption ever!
- Eric Florenzano
Agreed haha!
- Mona Nomura
i dont think she really knows what she wants :)
- Hayk H.
She defiantly doesn't want world peace. She is part of the NRA. I don't think that's a bad thing latly. What is that term..you can't please everyone :)
- Shawn aka ringking
Imagining her in White House reminds me of some poor sitcom or Leslie Nielsen -comedy... though so does Bush...
- Jemm
Reminds me of Spin City. With Charlie Sheen
- Roberto Bonini
icanhaswrldpeace?
- Jagtesh Chadha
JPMorgan Buys WaMu's Deposits as Thrift Is Seized - http://www.bloomberg.com/apps...
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Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co., the third- biggest U.S. bank by assets, agreed to pay $1.9 billion for the deposits of Washington Mutual Inc. after the thrift was seized by regulators in the biggest bank failure in U.S. history. The U.S. government closed Seattle-based Washington Mutual amid customer withdrawals of $16.7 billion since Sept. 15, the Office of Thrift Supervision said in a statement. WaMu had ``insufficient liquidity'' and was in an ``unsound'' condition, the OTS said.
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
kind of expected, but still
- cjmart
This is what needs to happen with other companies. No bail out. Close it and sell it. The void of these large companies will be filled by other companies ready to take over. IMOO
- Uncle CW™
good news is that depositors didn't lose any money on the failure due to the arranged sell out with JP Morgan. A good reminder to folks though not to keep more than 100,000 in any one bank.
- Thomas Hawk
So, why exactly do we need taxpayer money when other banks are willing to snap up these bargains? In all, these were the banks interested: JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo & Co., Citigroup Inc., HSBC, Spain's Banco Santander and Toronto-Dominion Bank of Canada. No bailout.
- AJ Kohn
Unless you have a joint account, in which case you can have 200k (100k per account holder). Also, IRAs and accounts held in trust are also covered under their own limits, so one can actually have around half a mil at any given bank and have it all covered...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
... and soon there will only be the collective...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I wonder if Wachovia is next.
- Thomas Hawk
Citigroup and BofA have both had bad years so far. I don't think they'd let BofA go after their recent purchase of ML, but Citigroup could be a problem...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Jamie Diamond is THE rock star of US banking.
- Dave Martin
@Thomas - Wachovia definitely seems to be mentioned quite a bit over the past week as one of the suspects
- cjmart
the staggering thing is the process involved. This wasn't just sold. It was seized then sold in what can only be called a fire sale. Serious interference in the market, and unprecedented in recent times. WaMu's market cap was nearly $2.9b at the close of trade and months ago as high as $15b, yet it was sold for $1.9b
- Duncan Riley
holy crap. my bank! big FAIL!
- Anna Lynn M.
@Duncan: Very true. JPMorgan probably got a deal. It comes with some thorns, but they bought in low. Better them than US taxpayers. That's my take at least.
- AJ Kohn
HP says: “No Packaging Necessary” - http://www.oberholtzer-creative.com/visualc...
Ken Stewart | ChangeForge, Kenton, Josh Smith and 8 other people liked this
if this is legit, it's pretty darned cool
- Mark Dykeman
VERY cool.
- Iain Baker
A very sensible move to reduce packaging, I wonder if this will filter across to other companies. I wonder how you could make it work with Desktops though!
- Rory
That is very cool.
- Phil G
Yes cool. Now I can request to have the FedEx driver to please login and kindly remove all the HP crapware before final delivery. Very cool.
- Micah Wittman
from twhirl
This is pretty cool. I seem to remember seeing a headline about it a few weeks ago and glossing over it.
- Josh Smith
Now that's pretty smart.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
:|
Christian Van Der Henst, David Cook, Varun Mahajan and 105 other people liked this
LOL
- Tony C
rofl
- Duncan Riley
Once you pop, you can't stop...
- Jemm
:)))))))
- saeedeh
ha, ha!! good funny!
- Susan Beebe
:-D
- Lee G.
hahahaa
- Rachael Depp
HAaaaaaaaaaaaahhahahahha!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
:))
- Picolo
Best way to start your day, wih a good laugh. Thanks.
- David Z
Absolutely my pleasure, David. :) Have a good day!
- Mona Nomura
ahahahahaha!
- Imabug
cute.
- Admiral Anika
LOL
- AJ Batac
haha, hilarious!
- BethC
Top 12 Stunning WordPress Themes - http://mashable.com/2008...
Walt Ruppar, Gavin, Marcel van der Laan and 2 other people liked this
New FriendFeed leaves beta, and one more thing: Dupe detection! » VentureBeat - http://venturebeat.com/2008...
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"I posted the link to this story on Twitter, then it came in to FriendFeed through the regular VentureBeat RSS, then another FriendFeed user, Veronica Belmont, re-shared it. All three were clustered together. Brilliant." - MG Siegler
Hackers used “forgot my password” feature to hack Palin’s account - http://venturebeat.com/2008...
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Fitbit - Automatically Track Your Fitness and Sleep - http://fitbit.com/
Timo Heuer, Tim FitzGerald, Gavin and 40 other people liked this
This looks really cool.
- Steve Rubel
from Bookmarklet
I want one! Just signed up for email notification.
- Joey Lo
Intrigued.
- Andy Roth
This is one of the most promising startups I've seen recently.
- Alexander Carlill
very cool - will give us nerds sleepless nights! ;)
- Dieter Schwarz
I like it! I'd want a Fitbit widget <g> to show graphs in my blog's sidebar.
- Brent Logan
cool
- Maryam Ardakani
Definitely buying this.
- Alexander Carlill
All depends on the effective accuracy of pedometer and polysomnograph-like measurements. People overestimate their exercise and underestimate their caloric intake when asked to journal. One day, I hope, the devices and services will be accurate and unobtrusive enough to show us what we're really doing to our bodies.
- Kawika Holbrook
I weigh myself every night and I'll notice if I have bags under my eyes in the morning. Not sure I am willing to drop $99 to REVOLUTIONIZE PERSONAL BIOANALYTICS just yet.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Seems cool. But how does it tell when you're sleeping?
- Kevin Pedraja
I dont want to be consciouss that much... not ready ... its like having a sport coach and diet doctor as inner voice... creepy
- Alemsah Ozturk
@Kevin, more importantly, and where do you put it while you're sleeping ;)
- Marko Bon
similar product http://www.fitbug.com
- Turkey banned Bloggum :(
Watched the presentation on UStream - this is revolutionary - monitors your sleep, exercise and diet? Brilliant!!!
- Robyn Hawk
Does this take into account speed, weight, incline, intensity and so forth?
- Mo Kargas
more similar products, http://www.walkingspree.com (web 2.0 and uses an accelerometer like fitbit with focus on corporate wellness - disclosure - I'm with this company), https://www.virginhealthmiles.com (corporate wellness)/, http://www.walkstyles.com (also has web 2.0 features)
- Lisa R
I saw this at TC50, and I was extraordinarily impressed. Definitely worth being on the pre-order list.
- Steve Spalding
Has anyone actually seen this in action? I'm going to buy it, but I'd like to know how much it lives up to promises made.
- Alexander Carlill
sleeping with all those waves...are u sure it's healthy?
- David Sadigh
Matt: It comes with a wrist strap.
- Alexander Carlill
Anyone know what kind of reporting you get? Analytics?
- Tim FitzGerald
There's a picture around somewhere of what the site looks like in use - gives you: a breakdown of time spent sedentary, slightly active, very active; length of sleep and number of times woken up; calorie expenditure, intake and remaining. Stuff like that.
- Alexander Carlill
Official Google Mobile Blog: Google Mobile App for BlackBerry: faster, stronger, better - http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008...
Nir Ben Yona, Shawn Farner and Jared Evans liked this
Yes, sir!
- Mona Nomura
They forgot harder, oh wait it's meant to be easier. Gotcha.
- Andrew Trinh
Gorgeous.
- Shawn Farner
LOL@ Andrew =)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Tornado in Siberia - http://englishrussia.com/...
bamdadi2, Vahid۹Online, JECO Photo and 49 other people liked this
Wild.
- Kevin Bondelli
total WINd LOL
- Cecil Sandus
LOL
- Mona Nomura
It looks so skinny.
- Cyndy
LOL
- Roberto Bonini
siberian water spout
- Melissa Maskevich
Awesome shots
- Charlie Anzman
Cool photos
- Anthony K. Valley ©
Etsy :: nicholasandfelice :: HTML HEAD Sterling Silver Earrings - http://www.etsy.com/view_li...
Carmen - Happy 2010!, Pete Delucchi, Jessie and 6 other people liked this
lol... just bump the older one, Mladen. Wait, was that your thread? I can't remember. :\
- Mona Nomura
nope. i just suggested it a moment ago.
- Mladen Srdić
oh, sorry... I totally thought it was yours.. :(
- Mona Nomura
No problem (: It was Nir's thread. Just did a search for it.
- Mladen Srdić
Good to see them again :)
- Nir Ben Yona
So, Mona, are we gonna see the picture of your earrings? (:
- Mladen Srdić
Add a tatoo on each shoulder with the text <body> and </body> to compliment the earrings
- Søren Larsen
cute
- Valley
the woman i see wearing this WILL be my future ex-wife
- Cee Bee
oh! There's the </HEAD>... haha
- Randy
zim - a Desktop Wiki for Ubuntu Linux - http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_st...
Jared Evans liked this
Nice open source voodoopad replacement on linux
- Adnan
what the heck ! - http://img84.imageshack.us/img84...
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Varun Mahajan, J. Abdul-Qahhar, Alessandro and 9 other people liked this
uber-lovely!
- Elvira
Berlin memorial for books burned - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Jens Holze, Roberto Bonini, Rodrigo Jaroszewski and 12 other people liked this
great photo.
- Mladen Srdić
And even better memorial and quote
- Michael W. May
The memorial is interesting. It's a simple plate of glass in the ground in this huge square. The plate is probably a meter by a meter. Beneath it is this room with empty book shelves. What's written on the plaque next to it is even more haunting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... A line of Heinrich Heine is engraved, stating "Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen" (in English: "Where they burn books, they will also burn humans in the end").
- Robert Scoble
Berlin sure does have an effect on you. I wish every person could go there to study its history and the lessons it has learned in the past 100 years.
- Robert Scoble
Photosynth of piece of Berlin Wall we visited today http://photosynth.net/view... PCs only, sorry
Mark Douglass, Karim, Carlos Ayala and 6 other people liked this
Very cool! I've been going through my collections to come up with a Photosynth as well, still digging. ;-)
- cmiper
Looks like you need a couple more photos for a 360 deg. rotation...
- Jim McCusker
I haven't figured out Photosynth yet, not really sure where the various pictures will take me. But these are great pictures.
- Chris Stevenson
Jim: I don't think the encoder caught them all. Sigh. Anyway, you get the idea. :-)
- Robert Scoble
can't wait till technology like this gets integrated with something pike google maps.
- Dean Clark
I'm sure I'd probably like this post if I wasn't on a Mac right now.
- Thomas Hawk
Dean: its already implemented, a tiny bit, in windows live maps. if your in 3d view, and you enable birdseye, the birdseye images "snap" into place, looking very photo-synthy... it even has the same "frames" to show you where other birds eye views are.
- Chris Hollander
Here's a Photosynth of Brandenberg Gate: http://photosynth.net/view... -- Windows Only again srry
Ricardo Vidal, Marco(aureliusmaximus), Orli Yakuel and 2 other people liked this
you just proved us that we need to be geeks to be able to watch your pictures :-)
- Orli Yakuel
What Makes for a Good Blog? - http://www.43folders.com/2008...
Jared Evans and Tac Anderson liked this
a good list of attributes
- Jeremy Zawodny
Does your blog exhibit these 9 traits? http://www.43folders.com/2008... Where do you fall short?
Harrison Wise, Jared Evans, Anthony K. Valley © and 3 other people liked this
#6 - Good blogs are weird is an interesting point. I think it is a level of uniqueness that some readers will just not understand.
- Rob Diana
Processing Underwater Photos in Photoshop - http://www.jamessnape.me.uk/blog...
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