Ross and Dan made this video to illustrate the advanced technology we use behind the scenes at FriendFeed. (Ross and Dan, you are amazing - I can't believe how awesome this thing turned out)
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
How very creative. This is very fluid and cool.
- Louis Gray
OK, not exactly what I was expecting, but very cool.
- Kevin Arth
Anyone have the video somewhere other than Youtube? it's banned here in Turkey and I can't wait until we get home (next month) to watch it!!
- Chris Myles
Bret, this video should be titled: A Love Song for FriendFeed ! Great vid (and music) !
- Ahsan Ali
This is superb. I just showed it to my 5 year old son who enjoys Lego and has already taken some great photos, including one or two of his toys. So now he has the seed of the idea that, in time, he could take multiple stills and put them together to make moving pictures. Thank you very much for posting it and giving me and him that opportunity. Maybe, he might use FriendFeed one day too!
- John W Lewis
I think they need to make a full stop-motion version of the Matrix in legos. Now THAT would be awesome. I wonder what bullet-time looks like in LEGO?
- Bret Taylor
i'd pay to see the stop animation lego matrix, but not the sequels
- patrick
"Equipment Generously Provided By Casey Muller" - hahaha!! THIS IS AWESOMESAUCE!!! I love the creative energy and vibe in this video... LOTS of work went into that one! Thanks guys!! :)
- Susan Beebe
Genius, how much time did that all take?
- Wayne Hornsey
Chris Myles: if you want ot - DM me an address and I'll mail you a copy.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. Before God I swear this creed: my...
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- Tyler (Chacha)
I received three submissions via Twitter from @redstickrant (Clifford): ""Never get involved in a land war in Asia." "Why, yes, I do want fries with that..." "History is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark."
- John E. Bredehoft
Another word and the forces will abolish all forms of Cilantro on this planet called Earth, message received from Planet Janet
- Janet-The Bottley Crue
Message to Planet Janet: you know you love it with cilantro, baby.
- Steven Perez
Now see this is the interesting thing: if anybody posts, then you have to. So if everybody keeps posting, you'll just have to keep up with us. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
- caj needs a haircut
Debating tip: never try to get in the last word. Always give your opponent the opportunity to get in the last word. By some sort of mysterious karmic law, your persuasiveness will improve immeasurably. :)
- Sean McBride
Steven Perez isn't a Bunneh!!! As long as he doesn't respond.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
So... it's kind of like a "tontine" but with a pretty weak payoff?
- Mark J
It's okay, he's got a Catch-22 now. Steven Perez isn't a Bunneh, so long as he doesn't respond. And we all know he refutes his Bunneh status.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
It was real hawt in the town that night! IF I EDIT 18 hours later like now - is your last still last if comments are disabled? A hawt question.
- Steve Cleary
Steven is a Bunneh!!! He responded when I said he wasn't. Bunneh's can win if they want.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
You did see where I said that I like my food scared and running, yeah? Mmmmm, ferret-ka-bobs ...
- Steven Perez
from IM
I do indeed see where this is headed, and no sir, I don't like it. *calls upon the forces of Voltron
- T-Bone Tsali, FF Cherokee
from IM
Sadly, the only Voltron to heed your call is the vehicle Voltron. And I disabled that yo-yo by pulling out the sparks plugs in the car feet.
- Steven Perez
from IM
It's an old Navajo word for "punk-ass bitch".
- Steven Perez
from IM
No one has the slightest idea how much Steven is enjoying this...
- Abhishek
very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy
- Steven Perez
from IM
VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY
- Steven Perez
from IM
hmm... 800+ comments on this thread, and this is my first, and probably last comment on this thread. I wonder should I read all the comments, or just post?
- Mike Nencetti
Are you guys still trying to win?
- Steven Perez
from IM
23 years from now, Steven will still check his MSGoogle MyFriendFace feed every morning so he can respond to this post with 3,137,783 comments...
- Just Joe
from iPod
After half a month there must have been moment you thought it would not be a real big deal if you eventually should NOT have the last word, I suppose?
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Now that you've nearly reached 1100 comments, I realized that I hadn't officially "liked" this yet! Error rectified, though you're clearly a comment whore, you show great panache while doing so!
- Mark J
Ohhh, you mean that place, which is totally faked by a #viciousbunneh who was in cahoots with the government in taking all the alfalfa plants into an underground hidden bunker.
- T-Bone Tsali, FF Cherokee
Now that I have achieved status of half-centurian, I request the next 50 days of last word in honor of my achievement of breathing.
- Janet-The Bottley Crue
Well, well, well. Has it been 50 days already?
- Steven Perez
I will allow you to have the last word. But to take that last word you are surrendering your honor to a den of sightless whores.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
It was a test. Honor is pride. A den of sightless whores is merely an event that you will carry forever. You have attained the 7th level of enlightenment.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Considering that this thread has only been around since August, and has been shut down for the last two months, that's not too bad.
- Steven Perez
from IM
2012 is just the begining of the 13th Baktun, the long cont calendar doesn't actually run out until sometimes after 4772, that is of course if you stick with only Baktuns and don't use the other 4 higher counts, I just think FF will end in 4217 on planet Tersanzar :)
- T-Bone Tsali, FF Cherokee
Ah, right thread. In that thread, it's asked what you think you smell like. In this thread, I told you what I think you smell like.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Cilantro, Strawberries, and Chilaquiles.
- Steven Perez
I think this has lasted long enough. We already know what has to be the last word, it's already in the original quote. I will put it as the closing comment. I think we will all feel relieved we can now carry on to do greater things. For ourselves, our loved ones and the world.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
I dunno, the Akiva nipple-licking beach picture is pretty long, too. :-) Ah, and it looks like Mike Nayyar's last-word thread has more than 2200 comments in it. I guess we'll have to step it up over here, huh?
- Ladyepiphanybug
Roberto, yeah... The 'Academy'... the one where Biggs meets some people from the rebellion
- Johnny
I just wanna fly! I just wanna get off this rock and /do/ something! You don't understand me!!!!
- Michael W. May
Glad we got that straightened out, or did we?
- Brent - Yes I am
Have to re-watch Episode 4 now to be sure..
- Roberto Bonini
Just imagine what episodes 4-6 would have been like if that one pilot at the beginning would have been competent enough to aim, fire, and hit an unarmored escape pod carrying 2 droids.
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
http://www.google.com/reader... I'm glad you asked this right now. I just realized that several people are following me and I didn't even know it. I hope it hasn't been this way for long!
- Michael Fidler
Just noticed that Reader now allows grouping of people you follow! Wondering: is Reader going to become a competitor (instead of complement) to FriendFeed?
- Chris Rogers
@rogersdc / Chris, Google Reader is obviously been trying to become more social, but I'd really like to see FF come out with a bookmarklet that makes sub'ing RSS feeds to FF easier/faster. Right now it's a manual process involving either a new Group/Room or Imaginary Friend. Should be 2 clicks tops.. Also see: http://friendfeed.com/alexsch...
- Alex Schleber
Here is mine : http://www.google.fr/reader.... I share (mainly on French sites and blogs) about libraries, literature and arts, human and social sciences, photography :-)
- Nadine Pestourie
LOL here we go again :o) http://www.google.com/reader... I share a lot of blogs and funny stuff that I read, it's neat how I can share and it gets posted all over by friendfeed.
- David Gross
http://www.google.com/reader... - I share items about productivity, gaming, movies, and misc. stuff from the Google "cool" via Recommendations feed. Thanks Kol for starting this thread because I've been trying to cut down on the number of feeds I subscribe to and instead just follow interesting people.
- Dusty Edenfield
Svartling: good point about adding people to groups. I noticed I couldn't comment on items that were shared by some users.
- Dusty Edenfield
I've (we) written a lot of more good tips on how to use Google Reader in Google Reader comments. It's too bad we don't have permalinks in Greader so we can share our notes and comments. Otherwise I could have posted a link here. Here are some on friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/svartli...
- Svartling
Thanks for posting this Kol. Never paid any attention to my shared items folder before but just did!
- Martha
The conversation is really blowing up (in a good way) on Reader. The most important reminder currently is to set up groups and allow commenting. That is NOT on by default!
- Vince DeGeorge
Thank you all. I think I have subscribed you all now (except those feed in languages I don't understand) Here is mine again: http://www.google.com/reader...
- Svartling
I've started to follow a few of the people here but there's quite a few, so will take me a while :) - My currently fairly bare feed is: http://www.google.com/reader...
- Roy Herrod
There are a few entries here you might like to read to help you. This one: http://ff.im/6CkQj explains about adding people to groups to allow them to comment and why some don't stay in groups. In this one: http://ff.im/6F9pQ I suggest a way to track a large number of shared items using PostRank. This: http://ff.im/6Ci0P and this: http://ff.im/6AM35 has a few tips on using GReader as a lifestreaming service. And this: http://ff.im/6EMT1 gives a few examples of GReader bundles.
- Kol Tregaskes
Those of you above whom I already follow on FF/Twitter/etc., I've subscribed to your feeds. As for the rest of you: if you follow me on GReader, I'll follow you back.
- Dennis Jernberg
I'm sharing some pages now, including a few of my past blog entries.
- Dennis Jernberg
Because I have issues with data duplication, I have merged this list with the google reader shares room feeds. You can view the Google spreadsheet at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc...
- Rob Diana
There are a bunch of shared feeds that I could not resolve the Google username for because they did not have a named profile set up.
- Rob Diana
tristanhambling, your link didn't work. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
It would be really handy to have all these shared feeds as an opml file. Has anyone added everyone? Care to export an opml of the shared feeds?
- Paul Jacobson
I'm http://www.google.com/reader... Not really comfortable with the custom URL though since it can only be your gmail username. Makes it really easy for spamspiders I think.
- TobiasVerhoog.com
Tobias, possibly but not had any problems myself though Gmail has the best spam filters around so I probably not noticed. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
http://www.google.com/reader... mostly webdev, photography news, music, world news which i get interested. plus half of them may be article in Japanese. sorry. :-p
- browneyes
Andy, Richmond Park and the others around there are the appeal really. Good place to go photographing and cycling while being very close to London I think.
- Kol Tregaskes
Teddington (across the river from Kingston Upon Thames, is where I think I'd like to live. Just 'cos it's cheaper than everywhere else around it. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I've checked rental prices in the area several times over the last 2 years and Teddington is definitely cheaper. I'm not buying, no way I can afford that. ;-) All a pip-dream anyway, need a steady job and I've not had that for a while. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
anyone use google reader on windows mobile professional? I cant seem to get it to work and when I try to go to the mobile site it takes me to the regular site.
- David Gross
Nope, sorry can't help you there, David.
- Kol Tregaskes
Greetings from the floors, And later moved to go Through your profile The site until this my email address below (Doreen_des@yahoo.com) Doreen you with love & hugssssss (doreen_des@yahoo.com)
- lizzybab4life
This is seriously a gorgeous photo, though. I love stuff like this. The color is amazing.
- Rah-PM 2012
Thanks! And I'd wish you luck with your entries, but I seriously dont think you need it.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Johnny is that another HDR (as a panoramic)? When we were sailing though Australia, you had some of the quickest forming electrical storms with dramatic updrafts and some of the coolest looking clouds we had ever seen. Amazing shot!!
- Chris Myles
WOW Johnny. That one is a great shot!
- AJ Batac :)
Chris, the cool thing is, it was a straight merged pano, no HDR :)
- Johnny
from iPhone
I was going to say.. merging those dynamic clouds took some doing, attempting it with HDR would be VERY difficult. Looks like you've got the touch!
- Chris Myles
I used to know it, but haven't used the service in years. I should look it up though because it was pretty low...in the 300,000 range.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Heh, yeah, I forgot mine already, but I'm sure it had some kind of cool to it. Of course, now I've got to try and dig it out... Oh, I'll have to fire up one of the old machines, I think. Reckon I'd better get the pull-rope out.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
I still remember it even if used it last time MANY years ago, and... yes, ICQ is yesteryear things, like anything from apple lately, last few years
- A. T.
Okay, here it is: 4051155 Ha! I knew it was kinda cool.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
16382022. I don't remember old addresses or phone numbers but remember this.
- Rodfather
Doh! "An ICQ for Mac version is not available right now. But we're happy to offer... ICQ2Go - a web version of ICQ" Wow, but it exists for iPhone. Heh.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
i abandoned my ICQ account around 1998. my number was 5 digits long.
- Joe The Sausage
Unfortunately, because I don't have the email account that I used for that account, I can no longer access it...can't remember the password.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
2728282 (wow - how the heck do I remember that... and I EVEN remembered my password from eons ago... AND my account still exists!)
- Dean "Karnatos" Michaud
11494550, (HOLY CRAP, why did I remember that so quickly?)
- Chieze Okoye
And if you never had an ICQ number...you're not actually a geek...
- Hutch Carpenter
I've had two ICQ numbers. Can't remember either one.
- Bubba Botts
11872442. I looked it up here: http://www.icq.com/people... I forgot my password and which email address I used for registration (in the remote case I still have access to that). The ones with the lowest numbers are the biggest geeks of course. ;)
- Meryn Stol
Best job listing of the day so far is listed as Joe's Job "Joe had a job making $200.00 per day. But the state took Joe's driver's license away. If you have a pickup truck and want Joe's job. Call Mr. Stone 864-xxx-xxxx". HAAAaaaaaaahahhahahahaaaa!!!
Tina, I didn't notice Dave being so reddish in his topless shot. It's the contrast between his skin tone and yours that makes him look sunburned. :)
- Jandy
Must ask Tina about her facial skin care, flawless! (Won't discuss her chestage hairs)
- Janet-The Bottley Crue
I do very little, Janet, other than avoid the sun and wear no makeup (both because I tend to be allergic to sunscreen). The chest hairs I blame on my dad: he always told me to eat my greens because they'd put hair on my chest! Yes, that actually is true, but then again he was drinking at the time...
- FFing Enigma
bring peace to / heart [ALSO: how long is the line at MVB's doorstep? 'Cause Imma push my way to the FRONT of it... and when he's done, I'll circle back and get in line again!]
- Ladyepiphanybug
The $100 1,204-piece set stands 17.5 inches tall, with a 10-inch wingspan. It includes launch pad, detachable fuel tank, booster rockets, robot arm, retractable landing gear, opening cockpit with two minifig astronauts (male and female), opening cargo compartment, satellite, and even a ground vehicle.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
from Bookmarklet
just because it has the term "planet" in its classification, it does not make it a planet. a planet needs 3 characteristics to be fulfilled. Pluto meets two of them. Pluto as of the 2006 definition by the IAU, is not a planet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Carlos Ayala
*sigh* you astrophysicists have no sense of humor at all.
- Vicarbott
to be clear though, Jim, as to my opinion on all this... i consider Pluto a planet in my heart. :)
- Carlos Ayala
Oh, yeah, me too. In my heart there will always be 9 planets in our solar system.
- Akiva
My Very Excited Mother is going to Serve Us Nine of what now? I mean, really. :( I supposed she could just serve us Ninjas? But how many? Oh, the conundrum.
- Miriella
I never trusted that Mickey Mouse planet, anyway.
- DGentry
Pluto is a dwarf planet. Get over it. Ceres was considered a planet for 45 years before it got reclassified too. I doubt anybody cared much back then.
- Otto
Next up for relegation... Santa & the Easter bunny!
- Ramesh Prabhu
This is science, working as intended: As our knowledge of the universe grows, things we had previously taken as fact must be re-evaluated and reclassified. (Examples: plate tectonics, phlogiston.) Bemoaning Pluto's lost status as a planet strikes me as similar to legislating pi to be 3.0 or complaining that the Earth feels less significant if it's not the center of the universe.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
decided to re-watch the entire first season of Dollhouse instead of just the one episode I missed. After that I shall have to wait, or somehow procure, season 2
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
Aw, go ahead and share. Its not like your on my desktop or anything ...
- Brent - Yes I am
My Nannie, as most of you know, has been dead since February 2, 2010. So in the process of cleaning out her place and her things, she had a sizeable elephant collection. Of course my sister, cousins, aunt, mom and I wanted to share them between us. I chose two white elephant statues that I remember Nannie always having by the front door of her house. So I took them and placed them on...
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- Mary Carmen
I love it when the spirits are benign and helpful!
- vicster
I love this! And I'm glad you posted it...reminded me that I've been meaning to post something about my grandma too :) Edit: posted! http://ff.im/j55Fb
- Tamara
that is so cool. I remember when I lived in my apartment in Woodside,Queens the landlords husband had died but before he had gotten sick they lived in my apartment. I use to have plates on the wall and when he pasted one of these plates was always removed from the wall until I said Bob they are downstairs (his family) and from that day on the plate never came off the wall again. So I do believe in the spirits around us.
- just ZONED
Oh and more recently my girlfriend that passed in Dec keeps leaving pennies all over my apartment and even on the back bench in the yard. I do miss you Jeanie Girl.
- just ZONED
I have a light on a curio cabinet that i am convinced my late father kept turning on a night... Somehow whereever he is he wanted me to know he arrived - it would have been very like him to do :)
- WarLord
Thanks for sharing all your own stories, y'all. I feel better about it!
- Mary Carmen
I was having a very hard time after my Gram passed a few years ago. One day, I was walking with one of my best friends and she was telling me about her father that had passed about a year before. She said he picked up a penny every time he saw it, so every time she found a penny she knew that it was her dad saying hello. Right at that moment, she bent down and picked up a dime and...
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- Charleen Mullenweg
MC, thank you for your story, I need an elephant now :) Jenn, you're not crazy, but they mostly show up to tell me when I'm about to screw up. We have one at our office (@ the job that I'm ending today), and he knows that I'm leaving so he keeps tugging my hair, and peering at me from doorways. Val - You've a good heart, she's telling you that's worth more $ than you could ever find.
- Charleen Mullenweg
oh and Jeanie Girl also messes with my light on my mothers desk.
- just ZONED
Awesome story. I second Rochelle's idea that you should video them turning!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
It's all about expectation management, you see. If you make your kid think he can be president, he will grow up disappointed. Tell him he's headed for a life as an office drone and at least he'll be mentally prepared.
- Shey
from Bookmarklet
is there a bitchy backstabbing receptionist add-on?
- Joe The Sausage
if you're fortunate enough to not have multiple simultaneous manual labour jobs instead, that is.
- Joe The Sausage
Someday son this shit job with lousy pay and no benefits sitting in this cheap chair in a grey space huddled in a cube farm will be yours.. OMG
- WarLord
"Son you get over the mind numbing monotony after a couple of years. Once your spirits are broken it's really not that bad."
- DB Botts - Just DB Botts
"See? This is the drawer where you keep your ibuprofen. And way in the back here is where you keep your flask full of bourbon."
- The original Kevin
Really, Dis-Like, of course. This is wrong in so, many, ways. Look at the comments on Gizmodo. It's stupid also just for being a $2,500 hunk of plastic with 1 GB of RAM. "Buy your kid a real computer and a desk, damn it," to paraphrase one of them.
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
LOL thanks! The first two and two of the seahorses are examples of how NOT to do things but the others I'm really pleased with!
- Shannon - GlassMistress
YES. Even if I didn't, the car beeps obnoxiously if you don't. But I really don't understand people who don't, obviously they didn't attend a forensic engineering conference as a teenager. I don't like to start moving until everyone's buckled :P
- Lo the Baker
always, law or not. only exception was in Malaysia where seatbelts are still optional for passengers and often not installed. i felt naked.
- Joe The Sausage
Well I an glad you are all quite safety conscious in cars. But it came up because I fear for the lives of motorcyclists. I am the only one horrified by the fact that motor cycles are allowed on the same roads as cars where people are buckled in and protected by steel boxes?
- Sarah (or SCarla)
from iPod
I keep having visions of what will happen if anything goes wrong with the bike in front of me as I drive and I would be traumatized for life!
- Sarah (or SCarla)
from iPod
Same as Junebug. And yes, I always dreamt of riding a motorcycle, but after realizing that there's nothing protecting me from other vehicles, that dream is now on hold.
- Arlan K.
Scott - clearly you didn't get the talks I did from my father, the retired mortician, about what happens when motorcyclist meets road or motorcyclist meets car. :)
- Katy S
No, Katy I got them from my brother the Police officer, and yes I understand the risks, please do not assume because I ride, that I am inherently stupid, crazy or out for thrills. :)
- Scott (Honey Boo-Boo!)
Scott, I thought you might be. Hope what flashes throught my head never happens to you!
- Sarah (or SCarla)
from iPod
You and me both, but please concentrate on the road and 1. not on your phone *you wouldn't believe what I see) 2. and not on the thought in your head.
- Scott (Honey Boo-Boo!)
Scott - Trust me, I wouldn't assume that. Most motorcycle riders I know are very aware of the risks and are conscientious drivers/riders. There's just a minority of idiots that have somehow found their way to creating a bad stereotype for others. Anyway, I just had a quick flashback to some of those discussions from my protective father.
- Katy S
Katy, I know, far too well the idiots that make all of us conscientious riders look bad. I also would like to apologize, I was a little more curt than usual, it's been one of those days, crankypants firmly in place.
- Scott (Honey Boo-Boo!)
I wear my seatbelt when I'm driving and riding. Even in an older vehicle which the law doesn't require one.
- Beau Liening
Scott, I hear ya. I even have a no texting while driving rule for people who drive me. Phones alone bother me a lot, yet sadly people aren't obviously having trouble driving I'm too shy to flat out tell them to hang up or let me drive.
- Sarah (or SCarla)
from iPod
I work at a paper and am on the distribution list for the highway patrol's crash incident news releases, which usually indicate whether the vehicle's riders were wearing their belts at the time of the crash. If you saw the percentage of people who die NOT wearing belts vs. the ones who die wearing them, you would not leave your driveway without buckling up.
- rowlikeagirl
Yes of course. I tend to make sure everyone else is buckled up too before moving. I remember the time it became part of the law in California. I do admit enjoying laying stretched out in the old family Oldmobile when I was a kid though.
- Rodfather
Always. Except when I was in Vanuatu and the public transport mini-vans didn't have them.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Yes. Dad was a cop, so I was indoctrinated quite early into buckling up. He had been quite deeply rattled by what he'd seen at accidents where people hadn't worn them, so he was very protective.
- Brent
Always, and I'd wear a padded suit and crash helmet if I could get away with it. I don't really like cars, they scare me (ofc I do live in NJ, which might have something to do with it)
- April
Always. It feels weird to be in the car and not have it on.
- James Ferguson
Against the law here not to wear a seat belt.
- Andrew Trinh
from iPhone
Always. And that includes anyone who rides with me. I don't move until they're buckled. And any kids who ride with me are properly restrained in a safe carseat or booster.
- Lis
Always do my seatbelt, even if the car has the belt but nothing to plug it into, I'll hold the thing over me anyway. Also, about bikes. It'd be insanely dangerous to have a seatbelt on one of those things. Tho, as a pedestrian by choice I have to say most accidents occur as a result of the person in the car, you wouldn't believe the number of times I've had people in cars almost kill me...
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- alphaxion