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In desperate circumstances, would you eat people? | Poll - http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment...
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John (bird whisperer), Son of Groucho, Jimminy IS Everybody and 2 other people liked this
i hope to never find out.
- Joe Silence
If I'm a zombie do I have a choice?
- Jimminy IS Everybody
can i use ketchup?
- SteVe C
Tiger Sauce
- Joe Silence
Why only in desperate circumstances?
- Son of Groucho
cos otherwise it's illegal?
- Joe Silence
....... do I have access to a slower cooker and some sage?
- Johnny
I want to make guacamole tomorrow. But the avocados I bought are like a rock. Is there anything I can do to make them ripen faster?
Joe Silence, Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart, Mike Nencetti and 23 other people liked this
Like is it better to put them in the fridge, or outside, or wrapped in a paper towel, or sacrifice a goat?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
(Posted in the form of an avocado man saying hi because generally speaking I have the maturity of a 12 year old.)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Anecdotally, I've put some in a plastic bag with a couple of apples, and that seemed to make the process go a little faster. (Non-refrigerated.)
- Jennifer Dittrich
Hahaha! Avocado Man! :D
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
You can make almost any fruit ripen faster by exposing it to apples or bananas, which give off ethylene gas. Definitely leave them out of the fridge. Don't put them in the fridge until you're trying to slow down ripening.
- Spidra Webster
Many thanks, all! For a perverse second I felt like being scientific about it and trying each suggested method separately for each avocado (along with a control avocado not being futzed with at all) to then establish which method was best, but the problem with that is there's no objective way for me to easily measure the firmness of each avocado, so I quickly realized I'd need a lot more data points to draw proper conclusions.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
...down to the store to get more avocados, by the sound of it
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
No matter what you decide, I think you should sacrifice a goat. You know what they say: Trust in God, but tie your camel.
- Eivind
I thought the saying was: Trust your camel, but tie down your God.
- Kristin
I'm sacrificing some chicken and baby back ribs; that'll have to approximate.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I think babies are considered even larger sacrifices than goats, so that should be fine. I think the sacrificial value is about ten chickens to a goat and two goats to a (male) baby.
- Eivind
I have sliced avocados in half & put them in a paper bag for a while to ripen them for guacamole.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
If you do your avocado experiment, these people would love to have some evidence: http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questio.... But I suspect the goat is key.
- Jenica
The word "avocado" comes from the Spanish aguacate which in turn comes from the Nahuatl word āhuacatl [aː'wakat͡ɬ] (testicle, a reference to the shape of the fruit).
- Greg GuitarBuster
lol
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Greg, that is good to know.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Jenica, awesome link.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Thanks all! Much riper this morning. I went with bananas in a plastic bag.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
good to know plastic worked -- I always heard close up in a paper bag to ripen avocadoes, but almost never have paper bags
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
My goat loves avacados! (She also loves bananas and camels) #butnotinthesameway #asusualiammakingthisup
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
How did it turn out?
- Tamara J.
from FFHound(roid)!
Isn't San Cilantro that clothing-optional beach in Costa Rica?
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Tam, turned out very well! I was happy.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
My working theory is that a plastic bag should work better for short term ripening (like 1 day) since there is no airflow, but a bad idea for longer than overnight because of moisture/mold issues; so for non-urgent ripening, brown paper bags are best. The link Jenica put in earlier had an interesting discussion about why brown paper vs. white paper: No bleach.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I place them in a paper bag, roll it up, and stick it in a corner. That seems to ripen them up nicely after a day (or two if they were really green and hard).
- Steve
No ...only the goat sacrifice works.. !
- Peter Dawson
Whether avocados, bananas or apples, I've found that toting them around in the front of my pants causes them to ripen quite rapidly. (That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
0_o
- Joe Silence
I confess that the produce guy does give me a strange look when I make my usual request of two avocados and a large unripe banana. Apparently he's not a fan of mixed fruit.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
If I had one wish, I would ban the word "mancave" from the English language.
Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart, MoTO #TeamMonique, Pete #TeamMonique and 6 other people liked this
I prefer man cave, too.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
What about cockpit?
- SteVe C
I feel like you could probably dream bigger...
- Bren
Bigger than cockpit? I don't know ...
- Kristin
some cockpits are bigger than others...
- Bren
Is manlair OK?
- sglassme
How about "manscaping"?
- Brian Johns
I'm ignoring you all.
- Sarah G.
I'm going to throw a mantrum.
- Amit Patel
ಠ_ಠ
- Sarah G.
NOW YOU'RE JUST MAKING SHIT UP.
- Sarah G.
Add "manflu" to that list. Ugh!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
don't forget "manbag"
- Catherine Pellegrino
Is manhole still okay? I'm asking for a friend.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
manbot? mancrush? manxiety? mantasy? manmaries (or is it manboobs/moobs)? man chair? manflops?
- Amit Patel
Considering I cut my hair to a little below my chin in August..... http://t.co/9bZJteLNBb
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SteVe C, Andrew C (✓), پروتژه and 8 other people liked this
"Farmer Big Ted has a special tool for drilling." Well then. #fb
http://www.oactivista.com liked this
What happened to Hamble and Jim?
- Headless Gnad Kicker
And who the heck are Meika, Dan and Morriss.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
i'm so confused.
- Joe Silence
Playschool!
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Best show ever! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Headless Gnad Kicker
For all his bat shit insanity, at least Noah David Simon trolled with class. Not like these young kids today... All fury and no finesse.
Micah, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo, Jennifer Dittrich and 2 other people liked this
...I think NDS actually had a point-of-view, like it or not... and that makes a different in trolling, and everything
- .LAG liked that
The Science of High Frame Rates, Or: Why ‘The Hobbit’ Looks Bad At 48 FPS (Movieline) - http://movieline.com/2012...
A. T., Joe Silence, CarlC, spelling expert and 13 other people liked this
From the article: "Movieline spoke with filmmaker James Kerwin, who lectured on the subject of the science of film perception and consciousness at the University of Arizona’s Center for Consciousness Studies. (His presentation included an analysis of the work of Dr. Stuart Hameroff and British cosmologist/philosopher Roger Penrose, and their quantum theory of consciousness.) According to Kerwin, there really is a simple scientific answer for why The Hobbit’s 48 fps presentation plays so poorly with some viewers — and it's not something we'll get used to over time."
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from Bookmarklet
James Kerwin: “Studies seem to show that most humans see about 66 frames per second — that’s how we see reality through our eyes, and our brains. So you would think that 48 frames per second is sufficiently below that — that it would look very different from reality. But what people aren’t taking into account is the fact that although we see 66 frames per second, neuroscientists and consciousness researchers are starting to realize that we’re only consciously aware of 40 moments per second.”
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
He continues: "'Dr. Hameroff’s theory has to do with the synchrony of the gamma waves in the brain — it’s called gamma synchrony — the brain wave cycle of 40 hertz. There’s a very strong theory that that is why we perceive 40 moments per second, but regardless of the reason, most researchers agree we perceive 40 conscious moments per second. In other words: our eyes see more than that...
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- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
And he concludes: "Those high frame rates are great for reality television, and we accept them because we know these things are real. We’re always going to associate high frame rates with something that’s not acted, and our brains are always going to associate low frame rates with something that is not. It’s not a learned behavior; [Some say] you watch it long enough and you won’t...
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- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I find his argument utterly absurd. When I watch a play, I know that I'm watching something that isn't real. Depending on my seat, I can see the actors spit, I can sometimes see their makeup, or their street clothes under their costumes. But if the play is good and the acting is good, none of that matters, I quickly get absorbed into the reality the play conjures.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I think the same applies to The Hobbit in 48fps. It took some time for me to get used to it, but the quality of the acting and the sets and the drama quickly drew me in. None of what Kerwin asserts above in his conclusion was true for me.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Yeah, I don't agree - at least partially because I've seen some higher frame-rate stuff, and after a bit, you just get used to it. (I skipped it for my first watch through of the Hobbit, at least partially so my reaction to the frame rate wouldn't color how I felt about the film)
- Jennifer Dittrich
In 10 or 20 years, we'll look at 24 fps in much the same way we look at black & white -- an interesting stylistic choice from a bygone era, but not the way movies are made anymore.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I heard that The Hobbit was being offered in 6 different combinations of 24/48, IMAX, and 3D options. Clearly you need to go see it in a few different presentations and report your findings.
- Brian Johns
If they want to keep the high frame rate while bringing back the suspension of disbelief, they can just play it back to us at a slightly higher rate than it was captured like in the old days :D #peopleusedtowalkreallyfastbeforecolor
- Eivind
The 66 fps figure is based simply on the temporal resolution capabilities of cones. If you went with the temporal resolution of rods, it would be 10 fps. The other thing to keep in mind is that you only have high resolution vision in a very small fraction of your retina. The only reason why things don't look blurry on the periphery is because we have automatic saccades, allowing us to...
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- Victor Ganata
Interestingly, that 40 Hz figure also coincides with the dominant electrical rhythm in your brain while you're dreaming. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc...
- Victor Ganata
I think gamers will not mind 48fps, as we're already used to suspension of disbelief at high frame rates.
- Tudor Bosman
from Android
I'm not convinced it's not learned behavior. I do think that higher frame rates require more effort to maintain suspension of disbelief, but if you're a kid who has never seen anything with low frame rates, I imagine 48 fps would detract a lot less from your experience.
- Victor Ganata
I'm a gamer and I strongly dislike high frame rates for scripted entertainment. HFR is great for sports, and more importantly for games, it's critical to reducing lag, which is key for twitch games. But I don't think it looks /good/ in scripted entertainment shown on a screen. (Live theater is an absolutely different thing from HFR video.)
- Andrew C (✓)
But that has been the selling point of HFR: that it looks more real. I'm just saying, not so. HFR absolutely does not look more like real life. (It might avoid things like judder that 24 fps suffers from, but it's still not convincingly real.)
- Andrew C (✓)
So which is it? Is 48 fps "too real" as the critics and this article try to argue, or not real enough? This article tries to have it both ways. It's clear to me that 48 fps is objectively a better image (more free from blur and judder). We're just not used to it for movies. Yet.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Is HFR more like talkies (which pushed silent cinema into oblivion) and color film (did the same to b&W) or 3D, which has continually been promising to dethrone 2D since the 1950s and still hasn't? That is, I disagree that it's objectively better. (I also disagree with HFR defenders who try to dismiss modern HDTV's motion-smoothing interpolation modes as not indicative of real HFR. IMO...
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- Andrew C (✓)
I think a lot of people find high frame rates uncanny, and I do think it's rooted in physiology, but not necessarily for the reasons people state.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
The thing with games is that, even the best graphics cannot be confused for real-life, so I don't think you can compare to live action movies.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
I had no problems with the hobbit's images, I'm not sure there's any science to it except people - especially in the US - are used to weird refesh systems on their TVs and this is different... I found the 3D totally unhelpful though, most of the time it gets in the way
- Iphigenie
There have been studies about frame rates (mainly about degradation of video streams over low bandwidth connections) and most people just don't need that many frames per second to perceive something as smooth motion, although the necessary fps is highly context dependent. The other side is that most people find excessive sensory stimulus annoying, and the difference between watching a movie and real-life (which you would expect to be more excessive in terms of stimulus) are our automatic saccades.
- Victor Ganata
Tangent, but what is it about how commercials are shot in/for Europe that seem instantly recognizable as not North American productions?
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Having watched movies for most of my life, they all have in common a certain texture or character that when you change that feel, it just seems odd or somehow wrong, at least to me. Call me a purist, but I'll stick to 24 fps for movies, thanks.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Tangent to Micah's tangent: Does YouTube/Netflix/Amazon/iTunes support 48fps? If I wanted to watch some scenes in comparison in both 24 fps and 48fps side-by-side online, is there a way to do that?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
As far as I know, Youtube allows up to a maximum of 30 FPS...not sure about Netflix, Amazon, or itunes.
- Chris Topher
It's also likely Jackson used a higher shutter speed. That would reduce the motion blur and make it look more 'videoy'. For those using a DLSR wanting to gain that film look, they would use 1/50sec shutter speed for 24fps. Example of the difference: https://vimeo.com/11340117.
- Rodfather
We're used to much higher fps in real life...
- Iphigenie
Not really, because of automatic saccades.
- Victor Ganata
It's just like the motion smoothing that newer TVs do. It looks horrible, in my opinion, because it invariably injects motion artifacts that detract from the overall image. Once seen they cannot be unseen. It's just amazing to me anyhow, that we spend so much time on the visuals when studies have repeatedly shown that the audio part of film/tv entertainment play a much larger role in the overall experience.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Well now, actually filming in high frame rates wouldn't introduce artifacts.
- Andrew C (✓)
from Android
I've finally nailed down why I don't like Google Glass. It's not the device, it's the concept. I recently have become conscious of how socially disruptive phones and tech can be. I'm guilty of this than anyone. I have been trying to work on this. The idea of communicating face-to-face but THROUGH a piece of tech seems the last straw
Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart, VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS, ʎəlɹoɯ uəʞ and 17 other people liked this
That's a good point. Now that we have gone through the initial phase of having an all knowing Internet connected portal fused to our hands; what does that buy us, and in what situations?
- Eric - seven eleven
I honestly don't see a big benefit to having constant augmented reality. Reality is fascinating enough as it is, if you pay attention to it. But so many downsides... the extra attachment on your head, the unnatural command interface, and especially how it dictates a new reality to anyone in its viciinty without consent (to mention just a few).
- Tinfoil 2.0
I don't know. Look at what we are able to share here. On one hand we damn it, but on the other we see the intimacy with friends and loved ones that connectivity affords.
- Eric - seven eleven
I love my tech beyond all reason BUT Sometimes I just want to sit in silece alongside my wife, hold her hand, and chat with her quietly but I also like the ability to text her cute LOL cat pics #moderationisthekey
- WarLord
I LIKE that Mr. WarLord.
- Eric - seven eleven
But Eric, connectivity in that sense is for people in different geographies. I don't want to be talking to someone in person and have that experience mediated (on either side), particularly by a profit-seeking device.
- Tinfoil 2.0
I know you worry about those implications a fair amount more than I do. But, I'm glad you're still here. FF has helped many of us through our human failings, our lows, and allowed us to share our accomplishments and highs.
- Eric - seven eleven
Seems like overload to me.......enough is enough. People need to tune out and free up some time to get reaquainted with their own thoughts.
- American
Since electronic communication is so easy now, physical face-to-face contact is now more vital (and treasured by me). If I'm going to the effort of meeting you in a place then why do we need that electronic connection still? Human contact is still WORTH something to me. You HAVE to pick your phone up. You HAVE to look at your smart watch... If it's just there on your face all the time then... yeah, not for me
- Johnny
from iPhone
Not clear on why you draw the line here exactly, I think it's better than communicating through a phone. I expect one day Glass will look indistinguishable to standard glasses.
- Mo Kargas
Who wants to wear glasses to communicate?
- ronin
That's exactly the point Mo. If I'm sitting across from you at a table, I know with a high degree of certainty that I have your attention and you are engaged in the conversation. If now our conversation has an injection of tech between us, no matter how small and unobtrusive it may appear, then what's the point of being across the table from me? Just use Skype or something else. I'm not...
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- Johnny
from iPhone
I don't think it's that all encompassing. I imagine, for instance, that you can tone down the flow of data or disable it completely, as you should if you're having a conversation that involves full attention. It depends on the user. Some people play with their phone when they talk to you and give no eye contact whatsoever, and some people will play with their Glass while talking to you. Others won't. The choice will be there.
- Mo Kargas
But the non-Glass person never will know what's going on at the Glass end. I sure don't want to talk to someone wearing Glass. I don't even want to be near anyone wearing Glass.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Someone who insists on wearing Glass walks into a room, and the whole dynamic of the room changes. It's now a dictatorship, with new rules imposed by the wearer, and the only choice the non-Glassholes have is to leave.
- Tinfoil 2.0
I seriously don't understand the difference between this wearable tech and a phone, especially Tinfoils objection. You don't know what people are doing on their phones either, does that prevent you from talking to them? When people using Glass have Glasses indistinguishable from standard reading Glasses, will you hide from them? I think rules of social etiquette will pop up around the devices, just like they have for other, accepted, obtrusive technologies.
- Mo Kargas
If I'm in a corner, playing with my phone, that's just me. If I'm talking to you, but playing with my phone, that's just rude. If I lift my phone and point it at you continuously, with you never really knowing what I'm doing with it, that's gone way too far. Glass is always pointed outward, always sits between the wearer and the rest of the crowd, and its content and actions and known only to the wearer. It's a power dynamic that is unfair to everyon else.
- Tinfoil 2.0
I think you are drastically overstating the effect of Glass on social interaction. If you are worried about gossip and/or evidence, gossip and eyewitness testimony has been possible for eons before Glass. I think at most wearing Glass makes explicit what was always there in social interactions.
- Andrew C (✓)
It's another creeping change in the social dynamic. This is another incremental step on the road to dehumanising contact. That may seem far fetched and overly dramatic but I don't know how else to say it. In 10 years everyone will have Glass or a Glass-like device. The social rules will amend. This post will make me seem like a Henny Penny type. I'm ok with that... I can also yearn for a time when speaking to you wasn't filtered through the collectiveness of everything
- Johnny
from iPhone
Societies change in response to technology, that's just how it works. They changed with the advent of morse code, telephones, tv, everything. But there's nothing forcing you to adopt it, and I really think we're all getting a bit hysterical about this. Glass is still more obtrusive, more visible, than the thousands of cameras that record you every day in public. Get mad at those.
- Mo Kargas
I do. But that doesn't make Glass right either. Glass is device that will change the power dynamics of any situation in which it is present. In a world where I strive to equalize power, I really don't want more destabilizing influences.
- Tinfoil 2.0
It's because you're of the idea that Glass is first and foremost a surveillance device. It's not, it's merely wearable tech that uses a camera to provide contextual information - no different to a phone. Yes, a phone can do all the same stuff already, and a bit of slight of hand and it can spy on you constantly, with or without the owners knowledge. As it stands, Glass is right on the users face and social power dynamics change with technology, expecting it not to is pure folly.
- Mo Kargas
But we're back to the same two core issues: (1) Glass becomes an intermediary in a face-to-face relationship that doesn't need (or likely want) an intermediary; (2) The non-Glass partipant(s) have no idea how the Glass-wearer is using the tech, Glass gives no outward indications - am I being Googled? Am I being recorded? Am I...???
- Tinfoil 2.0
As far as disintermediated interaction goes, in a married couple's evening, if they have a baby monitor on, that's a technological intrusion. Society got along fine without such things for millennia. Shoot, the potential for a telephone to interrupt a real-life interaction has been with us for many decades now and only a few groups (Amish and the like) have responded by banning telephones from homes.
- Andrew C (✓)
So if Glass had a little red light when record was on, you'd be happy? I submit that if you can't stand this technology, toss your smartphone and anything you've got that has a camera and is mobile, because it's splitting hairs to think Glass is radically different.
- Mo Kargas
You guys have fun with your disruptive tech. I choose not to have any part of it. It's obvious to me you'll never understand my reasons.
- Tinfoil 2.0
And a person with no internet hookup (Glass, smartphone, computer) is not necessarily present. They may be thinking of their sick grandparent, or their overbearing boss, or their crush at the cafe. They may be thinking about last week or next month or a joke they half-remember from two years ago. To me, there's only a greater chance that a Glass-less person is mentally present, not a binary "they must be here and connecting because they're physically here and don't have Glass on" choice.
- Andrew C (✓)
"You guys have fun with your disruptive tech. I choose not to have any part of it." ... do you have a smartphone? A camera? I have to assume you have a computer since you're on Friendfeed.
- Andrew C (✓)
That's admirable Tinfoil, but it's always there. Don't think I like it, I merely question making distinctions about Glass when effectively there are none.
- Mo Kargas
That's just it. I do see very significant distinctions between Glass and every major mass-market tech that has come before it.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Laptops weren't a thing back when I was a kid. But I used to read books and magazines at the dinner table. My parents were fine with that. <shrug>
- Andrew C (✓)
Now that you mention it, I was allowed to play the Game & Watch at particularly drawn-out Chinese restaurant meals. Not at home though.
- Andrew C (✓)
I was sitting in a diner alone, so I looked over the other patrons - the table next to me had 4 people, obviously mom, dad and 2 kids, and all of them had a "device' in front of them. The only conversation was with waitress. In truth it might have been better with glass (eye contact) but we're already past a tipping point it seems so glass is #meh
- WarLord
Until a phone or watch or any other current tech can interact with your primary inputs (eyes and ears) without the need for removing it from your pocket or off the table, then there is a distinction. You can call it splitting hairs but I see a significant difference between having something that you must bring to your primary sensory inputs and something that always remains in front of...
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- Johnny
from iPhone
"I can place my hand over your phone" - see, it's stuff like this where I don't get why you're calling the /other/ side the dictators. As I see it, both sides want to interact on their own terms, but somehow when you want to interact on your terms and don't get your way, /that's/ when it's wrong, but noticeably not the other way around.
- Andrew C (✓)
We truly have become past generation, uni students love these and find it very handy to keep in touch and socialise!!
- Nemo
I totally agree but you need to ask a bunch of 20 something year-old that find these stuff the necessity of their social life.
- Nemo
The idea of conversation is changing with technology. There are no longer any established terms. In the 90's people laughed at you if you conferred over the internet, yet today, you're having a conversation on it. The distinction remains arbitrary in my mind. It's also quite literally a moot point without actually using the technology as to how obtrusive it is. As for the primary inputs...
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- Mo Kargas
Change != Better/Improvement. A faith in new technology ALWAYS improving things is misguided. I have never been more connected to more people in my lifetime. The quality of a majority of those connections are worse for it.
- Johnny
Sure, and that's your subjective opinion. It is obviously not going to be everyone's experience, for some, Glass may be an enormous improvement.
- Mo Kargas
FWIW, I have lunch often with someone wearing Glass. It's not in the way, and you know when he's using it. Even just looking at it is obvious because of the unnatural eye position. I haven't found it an impediment to interaction. That said, I think it remains to be seen whether it improves or degrades interactions for the average person. You can give your attention to it faster than a phone, and you can take your attention away from it faster.
- Bruce Lewis
Interesting. As an old fart, I'll note: The use of "talk *to*" rather than "talk *with*" when the other person is diddling with a device is telling--in practice, I find that such "conversations" are already pretty empty. As for reading at the table: When my wife & I are dining *together* there's no reading going on. I hear what Mo's saying--but for some of us, conversational multitasking (and, heaven help us, driving multitasking) is like, well, most multitasking: It isn't all that satisfactory.
- Walt Crawford
Given all that, I doubt Google Glassholes (a lovely term) are worse than the Borg wearing their masters on their ears and apparently conversing with thin air...except that, when combined with walking or driving, they may be even a little more distracting & dangerous to others. Multitasking *does* degrade personal interaction, as far as I'm concerned--whether Glasses or smartphones makes little difference.
- Walt Crawford
The Madness of Multitasking | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-sense/.../the-madness-multitaskin... Aug 24, 2009 – Sue Shellenbarger, "Multitasking Makes You Stupid: Studies Show Pitfalls of Doing Too Much at Once," Wall Street Journal (February 27, 2003) Multitasking Makes You Stupid - WSJ.com online.wsj.com/article/SB1046286576946413103.html Feb 27, 2003 – A growing...
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- American
BUT IT WORKS IN THE SHOWER!
- Josh Haley
from Android
Did someone call for me?
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I did, Alex; but that was in a different thread.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Oh, well Josh did in this thread apparently as well, because we all know that #lolscoble can't possibly refer to my brother, hehe.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I have seen videos of what it is supposedly like to use Google Glass, with it adding information to the world around you, that previously wasn't there. http://www.youtube.com/watch... I find this kind of disturbing, mainly because of the fact that Google is an advertising company (that IS how they make their money). I have to wonder how long it will be before they start...
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- April Russo
There’s Going to Be a Navajo Translation of ‘Star Wars’ | TIME.com - http://newsfeed.time.com/2013...
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"How do you say “May the Force be with you” in Navajo? “May the force be with you,” might translate into “may you walk with great power,” or “may you have the power within you,” Laura Tohe, a fluent Navajo speaker and English professor at Arizona State University, told Yahoo. The correct translation of the famous movie phrase matters, because the 1977 sci-fi classic film, Star Wars or – if the online English to Dine translator can be trusted – Sǫʼ Baaʼ, is being translated into the Navajo language. The Navajo Nation Museum and Lucasfilm are working together to dub Star Wars: A New Hope into the Navajo native language of Diné bizaad, a language spoken by around 210,000 people."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
Luke Skywalker becomes "Whiney boy who tries to bang sister"
- Johnny
Apparently my Dad got married today. Not like I'd know.
Mark H, Joe Silence, Jeff (Team マクダジ ) and 6 other people liked this
Literally found out via facebook. Hasn't been divorced for a month yet. So angry I could vomit.
- Colette
*hugs*
- Anne Bouey
Oh my xxx
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Take care of yourself Colette. *hugs*
- SteVe C
I ate half a pint of Chocolate Therapy and had a glass of wine. That's all I can do.
- Colette
Sorry, Colette.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
*sends a never-ending packet of Tim Tams*
- Headless Gnad Kicker
He still hasn't told me. :D
- Colette
Why can't I stop watching Batman Beyond?
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There is some awesome voice acting in this series too, but unfortunately that means that on occasion the bad VAs can stand out.
- Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce
Because it has Henry Rollins in it. That's why you can't stop watching
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Because Kevin Conroy is in it.
- Steven Perez
Because Will Friedle (aka Eric Matthews) is in it
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
I haven't heard any post Conroy batman stuff yet but his voice... It's just irreplaceable
- Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce
States make up for reduced gas consumption with new tax on Hybrids - http://www.news10.net/news...
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"Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, signed a new law last month that lowers the gas tax for everyone, but slaps a $64-per-year fee on hybrid and electric car owners to help make up for what those drivers aren't paying at the pump. "What's not to like about getting better than 40 miles per gallon of gas?" asks Kraus. "Oh, wait - less revenue for Virginia. Well, excuse us for helping to reduce the nation's oil dependency.""
- Eric - seven eleven
from Bookmarklet
Ugh.
- Steve and 4 other people
Stay classy, Virginia.
- Monique the crochet freak
from Android
I'm not completely opposed to this. If we immediately flipped every single vehicle on the roads to full-electric, how else would we raise revenue?
- Brian Johns
I think roads should be paid for primarily based on the amount of usage, based on weight and miles traveled.
- Brian Johns
The gas tax is largely a proxy for usage tax to maintain infrastructure? Why doesn't this make sense?
- Jimminy IS Everybody
place a tax on stupidity.
- Joe Silence
In Australia, the amount of profit a power company can make is determined by a national body. Since a large number of people are either going solar or using less energy (through habits or more efficient appliances), those power companies are losing revenue so they are putting the prices up to make the shortfall. *medium-size rage*
- Johnny
from iPhone
which in turn will drive away even more customers, if there's any justice.
- Joe Silence
I'd say there needs to be a better way to fund vehicle infrastructure than gasoline taxes...
- Spidra Webster
Daft idea
- Mo Kargas
Spidra - that's really my point, even if it didn't come across above. If you buy into the grand vision of an electrified fleet, you gotta raise tax revenue from somewhere other than the (hopefully soon to be non-existent) gasoline tax. For the record, I buy into the grand vision. :-)
- Brian Johns
I'm all for properly assessing usage, but punishing hybrid owners doesn't feel right. But I don't want to see more toll bridges either.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Taxes on fuel have been lagging as a source of revenue for decades, which is one of the primary reasons why our road and bridge infrastructure is so woefully under-maintained. As vehicles have become more efficient, and thereby consume fewer gallons of fuel per x number of miles, the logical thing would be to increase the tax per mile based on the average mpg for vehicles on the road....
more...
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Our new photocopier came with some high quality copy paper. I've been stroking the invoice I just printed for 10 minutes. So smooth... almost creamy. #WeirdGeekOut
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I understand completely. I have opinions about the shapes of parts of letters. #typenutgetspapernut
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Mary, I've actually gone in and edited a ttf file because the hook on the lower case h shitted me ;)
- Johnny
Shaking my head at someone (who complains that his brother @ITBlogger posts useless noise) wearing a pair of Google Glasses in the shower
Kol Tregaskes, Stephan Planken, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo and 14 other people liked this
I'm thinking terror, abject terror at Google PR
- Mo Kargas
maybe, Mo, but maybe the terror is soothed by his quote, "I'm never going to live another day without a wearable computer on my face." http://thenextweb.com/video...
- Laura Norvig
^That assumes people want to emulate him. Just a hunch, but I'm going to suggest that this may not be the case.
- Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)
Oh my, it's the Scoblerizer. Well, everybody's sure to want to wear one ALL THE TIME, 'cuz Robert Scoble is never wrong. And always states his opinions--oh, sorry, known universal truths--calmly and judiciously.
- Walt Crawford
[As for Google Glasses: Damned if I know. Not wild about having even more Borg on the road and the sidewalk paying no attention to what/who's around them, but that's a slightly different issue.]
- Walt Crawford
I have no desire to wear a pair of Google Glasses. I have no desire to wear the reading glasses that I have to. I don't even want to wear sun glasses.
- April Russo
Walt, re: @scobleizer: "He is, by the nature of what he does, almost always wrong." :) [http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrm...]
- Tinfoil 2.0
Tinfoil: I'm familiar with Robert; even met him once. That Buzzfeed piece is a great "venerate YOUR AWESOMENESS by pretending to poke fun at you" item, Buzzfeed at its...best?
- Walt Crawford
The jury is still out on the actual utility of Google Glass. It could be great, and it could be a dud. I just hope to see more selective pics from RS in the future #noshowerpics
- Eric - seven eleven
Also, John C Dvorak's take that this is all one elaborate prank would be LOL!
- Eric - seven eleven
RT @skeskali: And for those saying it's not a big deal that Collins came out, talk to me after you've been afraid to put a photo of your SO on your desk.
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Good point. But still, is it a big deal that it's a high profile athlete at this point?
- MoTO #TeamMonique
In the big picture? I don't know. But it clearly is a big deal for some people.
- Victor Ganata
Given that sports are one of the largest media vectors targeting youth in our culture, I'd say yes. The entertainment industry, news media, and the political realm all have gay role models you can point to. The male-dominated sports industry really didn't have that, at least for one of the "big" sports, who was a currently playing athlete.
- Jennifer Dittrich
For a pro male athlete in a BIG TESTOSTERONE-LADEN MALE-DOMINATED SPORT, it is. It shouldn't be, but it is. Also long overdue.
- Walt Crawford
That was pretty much our response to a friend of ours Johnny. His relief was palpable. Though we did acknowledge what a huge thing it was for him to do.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
the gym teacher from my high school was just fired for listing her SO in her mother's obituary. she hadn't come out to any of her students or colleagues. for real, in 2013 this happened.
- Marie
Far out, that's friggin' ridiculous.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Marie, that's horrible. I'm so happy that Collins came out. I don't even know who he is - but man, what courage. And what relief he must be providing for other high-profile athletes and other high profile gay folks everywhere. At least, I hope so.
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
YOU CAME TO THE WRONG NEIGHBORHOOD - http://thwarted.soup.io/post...
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IT'S A TRAP!
- Johnny
Hey, look at it this way, at least it wasn't a picture of a dude taking a crap while wearing Google Glasses.
Stephen Mack #TeamMomo and Joe Silence liked this
I'm beginning to think that Ilkeryoldas has a point.
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I'm not subscribed to him, so maybe you can relay it to me?
- Eivind
go home, alex. you're drunk. ;)
- holly #ravingfangirl
share! I'm curious, too. :)
- Bren
Holly got it in one.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
The Monster's Inc Monsters University Johnny Worthington
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You know this is fucking with my brain something fierce
- Johnny
*waits patiently for picture of Johnny wearing a Viking helmet* And is that a SWEATER VEST with a popped collar??? EDIT: Okay, it's not a sweater vest.
- c.a.j.
I'm not sure if telling her that they contacted you for inspiration about the character is a good thing or not.
- Juan Pablo González
It was the only way Cristo could pretend to be Johnny Worthington.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
That dude looks like a badass.
- Kelli H.
Isn't hairy enough to be you
- Mo Kargas
Whoa!
- joey
I liked the character more just cause I kept picturing him with your Lego collection.
- Colette
I was just sent away from hanging the clothes on the line by Rachael cause I was "fucking with her system".
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Well played Johnny, now try and get out of mowing the lawn too
- SteVe C
There is little worse than someone fucking with a woman's system. :^)
- Friar Ticket to Ride
Come hang mine, I'm not fussy!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson simply in a league of his own | Paul Wilson - http://www.guardian.co.uk/footbal...
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*hugs*
- Johnny
New hairs. http://instagram.com/p...
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An inch off the bottom, slightly layered and shaped, red foils.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Gorgeous! <3
- Jennifer Dittrich
nice!
- Mary Carmen
^ lawlz
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Wow!
- Heleninstitches
I love this woman.
- Benny Bucko <Team Melly>
from FFHound!
Which women? Me and Helen?
- Headless Gnad Kicker
You're obviously more woman than he can handle, Melly! ;-)
- Heleninstitches
Stupid autocomplete. Edited.
- Benny Bucko <Team Melly>
from FFHound!
Hawt!
- Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce
I'm really self-conscious of my skin pigmentation in this picture :o/
- Headless Gnad Kicker
You're lovely, Melly
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Android
Hello :)
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San Diego and Tijuana make joint proposal to host 2024 Olympics - latimes.com - http://www.latimes.com/sports...
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"U.S. Olympic Committee Chief Executive Scott Blackmun said Friday that he is talking to 10 cities about a possible bid for the 2024 Summer Games and mentioned an intriguing pairing: A joint proposal from San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. “We're in discussion with about 10 cities actively now,” Blackmun said. “The process is really working the way it was supposed to.” When asked specifically about the San Diego/Tijuana bid, Blackmun said, “That would have its challenges. We haven't looked at it carefully. We just learned about it.”"
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
A San Diego/Tijuana joint bid brings up some questions: Would the IOC grant the Olympics to two countries that have hosted the Games on their own? How would the border crossing for athletes and fans work? On the other hand, the possibility of holding the swim events at Sea World would be intriguing, especially if you left Shamu in the water during the competition.
- SteVe C
That'll be a fun thing for DHS and Olympians going from one venue to the other. (having to have their papers checked every time.)
- Me
Fairly sure the athletes would have specific transport straight from the village to the venue and back, avoiding the need for custom's checks.
- Johnny
I can't see how that could possibly work.
- Brian Johns
*shrug* You can already get SENTRI cards to expedite crossing the border without lengthy waits at the checkpoint and you don't even have to be a U.S. citizen http://www.cbp.gov/xp... I'm sure the IOC can work that out.
- Victor Ganata
What I'm wondering is how Tijuana is going to get the necessary infrastructure, and who is going to provide security to keep the narcos away.
- Victor Ganata
... and to be fair, you already face lengthy and thorough security checks every time you enter a stadium or venue. Also it's becoming rarer that an athlete would visit multiple events outside their own discipline. To say nothing of the ticket prices which means the general public going to multiple events would be low
- Johnny
That level of cooperation and sharing just seems so "un-american" these days.
- Brian Johns
Vancouver and Seattle made a joint bid for a summer Olympics a while ago.
- Andrew C (✓)
I'm sure SD and TJ can roll a respectable joint together.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
As could Vancouver and Seattle!
- Andrew C (✓)
For those of you at home keeping score, that's now 7 geo-cock blocked videos I have tried to view this morning. #OutsideTheFence
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*tiny rage*...
- Johnny
I dunno, austerity seems to be creating serfdom-like conditions far more efficiently than the welfare state ever did.
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The welfare state keeps the populous to the teat. Austerity slaps them across the face with it
- Johnny
Please stop adding "oh my!" after a list of things. Please? Please.
Ha3rvey #teamMonique liked this
oh my!
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
Nuclear wessels!
- Johnny
It occurs to me that, if not for the Bush administration and Colin Powell lying to the U.N. to start the Iraq War, I wouldn't have any doubts about Assad using sarin on his people. #blowback
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It's still the same military-industrial complex, though. That's what's setting off warning flags for me.
- Victor Ganata
What's also disturbing to me is how the plan to go to war in Libya was vociferously opposed by the GOP, in stark contrast to what seems to me like satisfaction that this info leaked.
- Victor Ganata
If "being rational" means ignoring what I think and feel and accepting what you're telling me as incontrovertible truth, then, no.
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Often the phrase "oh come on, be rational" translates as "just stop arguing and agree with me."
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Science is never incontrovertible. If something is incontrovertible, then it's not science. But that's another rant entirely.
- Victor Ganata
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