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NFL refs screw raiders once again, not calling an obvious face mask on a TD catch by Ward
almost seems the raiders are AC Milan — always whinging about the officials
- Prolific Programmer
from IM
yeah, but in US football, the fans whine even more than the players. that non-call actually worked in our favor yesterday!
- ishak
I also just uploaded a second video, and link to a TON of news about the new Sonos CR-200 touch wireless controller and link to those here:
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http://friendfeed.com/scoblei... er, here. Damn FriendFeed's sharing feature sometimes bites me.
- Robert Scoble
hmm, sonos is the most usable/reliable multizone music system around, but the CR200 looks a little lacking... i don't mind knocking off successful UIs, but where is the improvement over the iphone app? i'm looking for drag and drop, coverflow-style browsing, global search....
- ishak
@ishak it's not about comparisons vs iphone app, it's about comparisons vs the older controller. not everyone has an iphone...
- Jeremy Toeman
Starting to really miss Maryland. Cheer me up: What do you put THIS on?
Engin Erkan, R1CC1, John (a.k.a. dendroica) and 12 other people liked this
Boadwalk Fries
- Alex Scrivener
Bloody Mary
- Alex Scrivener
Hashbrowns
- Alex Scrivener
my taint...er, i meant my perineum!
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Seafood, poultry, salads, and meats apparently.
- Brian Chang
I'm not a Maryland fan, so I can't cheer you up. =D
- Shevonne
and veggies
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
Seafood cakes (crab-cakes, lobster cakes, etc.) and steak fries.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Air popped popcorn with Smart Balance butter,Old Bay, ground rosemary, Mrs Dash Chipotle.
- Thomas Page
mmm, popcorn sounds great!
- Alex Scrivener
Tuna Salad
- Thomas Page
on a bloody mary is my fave, but I love it for seafood and poultry, too. Especially a crab or shrimp boil.
- Heather Solos
I'm driving up to Maryland on Friday.
- Heather Solos
Chips
- Janet
My mom made great crabcakes by following the recipe on the Old Bay box - and leaving out the Old Bay. Our Subway shop puts it on tuna and seafood subs by request. And Heather - never boil crabs! Steam them.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
A tad is good on otherwise bland potato salad.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
makes fer good snuff
- ishak
@ishak, Oh My God. That would burn like a mofo!
- Alex Scrivener
EVERYTHING, :)
- chaz2b
Maryland soft-shell crab?
- Cristo
Deviled eggs - or even just plain hardboiled eggs.
- Amy℠
What don't I put that stuff on?
- Dave Roth
Wow - when did Old Bay get so popular? We used to have to explain this stuff to out-of-towners.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
@alex but, i thought only whimps prefer old bay on steamed blue crabs laid out on yesterday's newspaper
- ishak
Yep, in Maryland they have this at the Subway shops. Put that heavily onto a seafood and crab sub and you're in for a treat. Goes great on pasta salads and any seafood. Makes me miss Maryland.
- Josh Haley
When friends move out of Maryland we send them Care Packages of Old Bay and Tastykakes.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
*sigh* Tastykakes - chocolate juniors by the case when I am on my deathbed.
- Janet
stir-fry?
- sofarsoShawn
Broiled cauliflower + old bay = yum.
- Sarah Miller
from iPhone
Broiled cauliflower? hrm.... I may have to try that.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
trick question! you inject it in you veins like smack
- sofarsoShawn
That's a weird suggestion. I always sprinkled my smack on seafood, poultry, salads, meats.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Old Bay is like Marylanders' salt. We put it on everything.
- Dennis O'Neil
You miss MD?! I miss MD!!! Hawaii is too far away from crabs, fries with OLD BAY and vinegar and other MD food.
- Sascha Silberholz Wasek
chocolate :)
- Engin Erkan
Earthquake pushes New Zealand closer to Australia - Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news...
Bluesun 2600, Myrna, Bonnie Foster and 11 other people liked this
"New Zealand was moved 12 inches closer to Australia by a major earthquake last week, scientists have said."
- Jason Huebel
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wow
- chaz2b
Yeah. We can't even begin to imagine the power it takes to move an entire country a whole 12 inches. That's insane, even by seismological standards.
- Jason Huebel
Only 40 million earthquakes to go. Then the two countries will be the same land mass. :)
- Morton Fox
still won't get most kiwis and aussies to actually visit each other's countries :)
- ishak
I wonder if airline tickets between the two countries will come down in price.
- Barak B
Justice: CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST HARVARD PROFESSOR HENRY GATES - New York Post - http://www.nypost.com/seven...
Steven Perez, ௸ (k2g), Will Higgins™ and 12 other people liked this
Justice!
- Andrew Badera
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Shouldn't have been charged in the first place.
- EricaJoy
No question.
- Andrew Badera
wow, and the police officers arent on some sort of leave? shameful
- Patrick Janidlo
Seriously. I mean, wouldn't *you* be pissed off if cops came to your front door and accused you of breaking into your own house, refused to believe you until you presented identification, then arrested you because you were understandably a little angry? For god's sake, the man was standing in his own bloody house!
- Joel Webber
No. Freakin'. Doubt.
- Andrew Badera
Wow. That picture.
- Derrick
Wow!
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Seriously, what were they thinking?
- Kandeezie
Why so many cops to arrest a middle-aged college professor?
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Because he's obviously so dangerous! This was the DUMBEST collision of Stupid I've heard in many a day.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
collision of stupid, nice!
- Andrew Badera
OK, that's a crime. Seriously. Arresting HLG is a crime. When are the police going to be charged.
- anna sauce
The last line of the article: "The Rev. Al Sharpton vowed to attend Gates' arraignment Aug. 26."
- Daniel J. Pritchett
One I think Tutivillus just coined a great phrase of "Collision of Stupid" That should be a blog with posts of less then Darwin Award type things.. Two, man does this guy have a lawsuit against the police. Time to fight back against these people who we give power and then abuse the power.
- Santa CW™
"Oops.. I dropped the charges." "-Well, pick them up then! We don't have all day!"
- Jemm
so glad FF comments are sane, so much misinfo was reported on this story until today. when you've been discriminated against, these stories bring so many unpleasant memories back.
- ishak
Does anyone compost, and live in a city, and contribute to the citywide composting program?
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I'm doing some scrappy research on the issue with: how to use the green garbage pails but also avoid the smell/flies/etc. issues.
- anna sauce
1st-hand stories are welcome. I know Seattle & Denver have great composting programs. SF is just starting one.
- anna sauce
hmm, would vermicomposting or worm composting be of interest to your research?
- ishak
If you have a receptacle inside, you can put a bag or something over it to keep the flies at bay.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I do. Never had an issue with flies or smells in my city-issued compost bin, nor in my compost heap.
- Admiral Anika
Generally smell isn't that much of a problem.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I would like to compost. I started doing some research on it and posted some fantastic articles about it here on friendfeed. Let me know if you'd like me to find those for you...
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
I don't really know "how" to but learning... We don't have citywide composting where I live.
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
I use a metal mixing bowl with a bio-bag sized for the little green pail. It looks marginally nicer on the counter as we don't have room under the sink for, well, anything. When it is full or offensive it just gets tied up and put in the curbside bin. Glad also makes a similar biodegradable bag. You can the the Glad bag at Target; bio-bag at Whole Paycheck or Berkeley Bowl (dunno what your commute takes you by).
- Tony Del Porto
everyone i know who composts uses it in their own garden.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
all right anna, here's a link http://www.cityfarmer.org/wormcom... to worm composting. this is the way to do it if you live in a high-rise with no outdoor space of your own. red wiggler worms in a multi-tiered bin works faster, so less smell. you can use worm tea on an indoor container garden.
- ishak
Don't put meat or dairy products into your compost bin and you'll have almost no issue with smell. Also, layering used coffee grounds on top of the plant matter will help with fly issues.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Seattle has a citywide composting program. They pick up our compost bin here every Friday. They're giving us another year or so to get used to it and then after that, will be fining people if they find compostables in the regular garbage. They already fine people if they find recyclables in the regular garbage.
- Rochelle
We compost using a lidded bin in the kitchen we empty every day, but we compost in our garden. The city is just starting a program but we probably won't use it since we have 2 bins and it works fine. To keep flies out you need to keep the lid on everything all the time.
- WorldofHiglet
Wish that was an option where I live! Maybe someday...
- Lo
Yes. Vermicomposting for household food waste. Citywide lawn and yard waste.
- Miss Elle
Tony- yeah our curbside bin, the city issued one, is attracting odors & flies.
- anna sauce
ishak- I used to worm compost in the Mission, but here I literally have no room. I'm working on organizing my building (150 + units) compost program, and need help with those who are using the city program (Not their own).
- anna sauce
NIce to know everyone is composting! Any city-dwellers contributing to a city-wide program, though?
- anna sauce
gaga for these sf-based photos from dizzy atmosphere http://www.flickriver.com/photos...
Mike Doeff liked this
this guy has so much consistency in his work spanning decades. pretty cool.
- ishak
6 - 6 * 6 = ?
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You should see the flamewars that start in World of Warcraft's Trade chat over this little math problem.
- Jason Huebel
-30
- Andy Bold
0?
- Admiral Anika
-30. Andy is right.
- Mark H
*whispers* Math is stupid.
- Admiral Anika
Andy is correct. The equation should be evaluated thusly:
- Jason Huebel
6 - ( 6 * 6 )
- Jason Huebel
6 - ( 36 )
- Jason Huebel
6 - 36 = -30
- Jason Huebel
How does that work? Surely 6 - 6 is 0. Multiples of zero are still zero...
- Martin Bryant
I read online recently that you're supposed to do the multiplication first. I was taught that you go in order if there are no parentheses.
- Admiral Anika
Multiplication/division are always evaluated before addition/subtraction.
- Jason Huebel
multiply/divide have precendence, so it's like 6-(6*6), or 6 - 36, or -30. Side question, what's the average SAT score in the WoW Trade chat forum? ;-)
- Andy Bold
@Amber +++++ Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction
- Shevonne
@Andy, probably around 500, which is the lowest score you can make on the SAT's, I think.
- Jason Huebel
Must be the 'new math'. </old lady>
- Admiral Anika
I was always taught to work through sequentially.
- Martin Bryant
+1 Shevonne. So if I had put ( 6 - 6 ) * 6, Anika would be correct. But only because I forced the subtraction to take precedence by putting it in parenthesis.
- Jason Huebel
Yes. My math teacher in middle school helped us learn by this expression: (P)lease (E)xcuse (M)y (D)ear (A)unt (S)ally =D I thought it was silly when I was a kid, but it worked!
- Shevonne
WolframAlpha and google say -30 http://www49.wolframalpha.com/input...
- Rui Pereira
If any of you are on a Mac, just pull up a terminal window and type python. Then you can type the expression in. Programmers learn pretty quickly that multiplication has higher precedence.
- Cristo
In my opinion, if you don't use parenthesis in an equation then you're doing a disservice to the person who's trying to solve it. #mathgeekcomplaint
- Jason Huebel
Yeah, I learned the Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally thing for equations *with* parentheses, but I also remember being taught the same as Anika re: equations *without* — you go in order. I have no math recall anyway. God knows how I made it through to AP Calc in HS. -_-
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
I only learned the order of operations while learning BASIC. I'm not even sure they ever addressed it in math class. But according to Google, the order of operations has been around for a while. Apparently there's some controversy as to whether multiplication has higher precedence than division, or if they have equal precedence, like addition and subtraction.
- Victor Ganata
If you're on a Mac, forget about opening the terminal, CMD-Space and type your expression. Jason, what's the background to the WoW forum issue?
- Paul Grav
It's just a little trolling fun, admittedly. A friend of mine will post something like this occasionally just to see the sparks fly. He'll say something like, "hey, need help with my math homework. What is 6 - 6 * 6?" People will respond with various answers. Then when someone says "No, you all are stupid. It's definitely -30." my friend will post that his math teacher says it's -12. THEN things really go nuts. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
from IM
LOL. How do you get -12?
- Victor Ganata
Use BODMAS. Brackets, Others, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. Makes things like the square root of (9 - 5 * cube root of 6) make sense.
- Rich
That's the point. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
from IM
Now I am curious. I think most computer languages and Google will just evaluate multiplication and division left-to-right, but how do human beings do it? For example, how would you read 3*10^3/6*10^6? Or how about 1/2 x, where x = 6?
- Victor Ganata
(3 * (10^3)) / (6 * (10^6))
- Jason Huebel
from IM
1 / (2 * x)
- Jason Huebel
from IM
I was told there would be no math on Friendfeed! ;)
- holly
Actually, on that second one, it depends on if you are saying that 1/2 is a fraction or if you mean 1 divided by 2. The distinction is significant.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
(3*100)/(6*1000000)=300/6000000 = .00005
- Shevonne
Second one is 2x...I think
- Shevonne
I guess the lesson is to not leave it ambiguous. Google evaluates 3*10^3/6*10^6 as ((3*(10^3))/6)*(10^6)
- Victor Ganata
Or 1/2x
- Shevonne
Half of x would be 3. But 1 / (2 * x) would be 0.08333...
- Jason Huebel
from IM
one-twelth, that is.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
Yeah, if multiplication and division have equal precedence, then you get 3. If multiplication has higher precedence than division, then you get 1/12.
- Victor Ganata
@Victor, ambiguity is the root of all evil. :-)
- Jason Huebel
social math is fun!
- ishak
Yeah, but liberal use of parentheses makes it a whole lot clearer.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
Even when it's something as simple as x * y + z, I still add parentheses. Habit, really.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
Well, except for that time. But only because I was repeating your equation. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
PEMDAS = Please Execute My Dumb Annoying Siblings
- Louis Gray
@Louis, I think your math teacher was bitter about something. :-D
- Jason Huebel
Google knows it's -30
- Head Ov Metal
Google is all-knowing. So that's not surprising. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
Yeah, it's -30.
- Steven Perez
I <3 that this simple math problem/discussion made Best of Day. :-D
- Jason Huebel
Yup, basic arithmetic, order of operations, PEMDAS. -30. You can get twelve if you adjust a power and a sign. 6 - -6x6^0, but then that's not the same evaluation.
- Pete Delucchi
There's one ambiguity: is multiplication higher precedence or equal precedence with division? Although in practice, I think all software considers them equal precedence.
- Victor Ganata
I generally do multiplication first.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
Now I know why I didin't do well at math. Thanks for the reminder :)
- Roberto Bonini
My apologies, Roberto. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
Yep, 30
- Peter
-30, actually. :-)
- Jason Huebel
What Jason said.
- Kate Foy
well I thought it was zero too. oh well. ;)
- Simon Tracey
from BuddyFeed
I can't believe some people don't know how to do this.
- Alejandro
Math isn't everyone's forte...
- Jason Huebel
I wasn't trying to insult anyone, it just surprised me. ;)
- Alejandro
I'm not sure how often this scenario actually comes up for the average person. I don't remember the last time I had to remember the order of operations in order to calculate something. And when in doubt, I use parentheses.
- Victor Ganata
true Victor
- Alejandro
Order of operations: "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally". Given that logic the result would be -30.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
In most programing languages, the answer is -30. But if you're working in Smalltalk, which doesn't respect the standard order of operations, then the answer would be 0.
- Joey Gibson
The order of operations in Smalltalk is *very* simple and easy to explain to anyone. No complicated "levels of precedence". Just left to right for operators. That's important when you can invent an operator at the drop of a hat... you can still look at a local section of the code and know how it is parsed.
- Randal Schwartz
@Randal, I can definitely see the power and flexibility of that.
- Jason Huebel
This is why I switched to RPN years ago. 6 6 6 * -
- Robert Hafer
9/11 truther and theologian david ray griffin discusses jesus's revolutionary anti-imperialist politics. interesting stuff. - http://www.rutherford.org/Oldspea...
"David Ray Griffin"
- ishak
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Canada's healthcare saved her; Ours won't cover her - Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com/busines...
blame canada? not me. i'm envious.
- ishak
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Letourneau hosts 'Hot for Teacher' night at bar - Yahoo! News - http://news.yahoo.com/s...
good for them
- ishak
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Shipping Container Homes - Cargo Container Houses - Modular Homes - thedailygreen.com - http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-h...
Brad Farris liked this
found out that a facebook friend is ordering one. cool.
- ishak
Peachtree Audio Nova Tube Hybrid Integrated Amplifier - http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog...
My kinda amp... tube pre, solid state amp, and a nice on board DAC. And nice design to boot!
- CJ Guest
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really curious about sonos board option. good sound hard to achieve with their compression, but i've never tried to bypass their dac. assumed they have massive compression over LAN.
- ishak
Yeah, bypassing the Sonos dac will go a long way towards improving its audio quality. If the specs pan out, the Nova should do a good job of making digital audio pleasant. Even at 24/96, the supporting electronics in the unit seem to go a long way towards giving the dac a better signal to work with. Add to that a tube preamp section and I suspect that the Nova does a more than adequate job with computer music. I haven't yet been able to audition it yet, but hope to do so very soon.
- CJ Guest
EETimes.com - Stimulus: DoE readies $4.3 billion for smart grid - http://www.eetimes.com/news...
want my stimulus package...
- ishak
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SugarCon09: Times - Bad, SugarCRM - Good; Customer Retention - Good | CRM 2.0: The Conversation | ZDNet.com - http://blogs.zdnet.com/crm...
John Roberts is a rock star CEO. There's hope fer me.
- ishak
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Open-Source Business Models a Sweet Fit for Web 2.0, SugarCRM says - http://www.eweek.com/c...
what do you think of successful open source business models?
- ishak
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listening to "I'm Gonna Run - The Fiery Furnaces" - http://blip.fm/~29gut
listening to "Wannabe In LA - Eagles Of Death Metal" - http://blip.fm/~29gd3
listening to "Kletva - Ladytron" - http://blip.fm/profile...
listening to "What's Music? - Negativland" - http://blip.fm/~29g41
listening to "Sister Lonely - Lothar and the Hand People" - http://blip.fm/profile...
listening to "Burning - The Whitest Boy Alive" - http://blip.fm/~29fyn
On the Front Lines of Japan's War on Fat - http://www.businessweek.com/globalb...
To combat rising health-care costs, Japan's government is cracking down on waistlines during employees' annual health check. Just ask our reporter
- ishak
listening to "Lion In The Jungle - Groundation" - http://blip.fm/~25t67
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