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Kol Tregaskes posted a message

“US 2008 Election: Results listed by average IQ”

Saturday at 12:50 pm - Link

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No comment. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

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Not commenting is probably the smartest thing to do. :) - pea gives ♥ a bad name

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - l0ckergn0me

That might be obvious but people with a lower IQ are also citizens of the democracy. This indicates to me that people with a lower IQ are simply concerned with different issues than those with higher IQs. It doesn't mean their vote is any less important. - ·[▪_▪]·

I'd argue that it's because weaker minds (read: those who don't have critical thinking skills) are more easily swayed. - l0ckergn0me

"Stronger" minds are easily influenced too. You just don't appeal to their beliefs but to their ego. - ·[▪_▪]·

Indeed, the smart comment is no comment :) - Mike Reynolds

That's what I thought, Mike. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Leave it to the smarter people in the country who can think for themselves to vote for the right person. - Mathew Ballard

Stupid! If this were median IQ one might draw a statistically significant correlation between IQ and vote cast. Makes me wonder about the IQ of those that pass this stuff along. - Ryan Petty

this is the same thing from 2004, they just changed the names, it's still silly. - Anika Malone

this is due to all the in-breeding - sofarsoshawn

Republicans used to be the party of the upper class, but money = intelligence so we can no longer give Republicans the upper class. Certainly the lower and middle classes belong to Democrats. So what does that leave Republicans? Oh, okay, still no comment :) - Mike Reynolds

Are they actually trying to say that the average IQ of most of the states is BELOW average? I wonder what percentage of people actually get IQ tests, anyway. My theory is it happens when people are looking for problems, like for those with learning disabilities or who are suspected of having ADHD. - MiɳiMagɘ (Sexy Scimitar)

IQ is a broken metric anyway. x: - Daniel Bruce

Do you really think this helps your cause? In all actuality, it makes you look like a complete fool. "IQ and the wealth of nations" contains no IQ information for the US States. When you do find "average IQ" numbers for US states, they aren't anything like the numbers in this chart. You are makeing a good case for a negative correlation between IQ and the electrion results when you and others push these fraudulent charts. - John Rubier via twhirl

Potentially a more honest assessment of IQ by State: http://www.vdare.com/Sailer/06... - AJ Kohn

Thanks for the article @msblog. I quote: "And so, politically, the G.O.P. is squeezed at both ends. The party is losing the working class by sins of omission — because it has not developed policies to address economic anxiety. It has lost the educated class by sins of commission — by telling members of that class to go away." - Mike Reynolds

this is from before the election btw - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)

IQ is a racist myth - ♜ Bjorn Tipling

@Bjorn I can understand feeling the notion of the IQ test and score might be contentious for theoretical reasons, but why racist? And why a myth? I mean, IQ tests exist, people exist, smart people and dumb people exist, and often there is a strong correlation between smart people and high IQs, dumb people and low IQs...which part is mythical? - Neal "thePuck" Jansons

But then Obama got elected by people who had the cultural bias in IQ tests the other way. - liju

My Sunday morning comment: "still no comment" - Mike Reynolds

Obama as elitist http://is.gd/21IV - sofarsoshawn

You people fall for this again and again. More about this silly hoax: http://www.snopes.com/politics... - Gus

Wow, New Mexico is that high? Must be that Albuquerque is pulling the state upwards. :D - Steven Perez

Hey, if Connecticut is so smart, then how do they explain Lieberman? Just wondering. - Steven Perez

Gus: So is Sailer's data bad also? - Mitchell Tsai

Got called to task my a conservative friend. http://www.snopes.com/politics... - Kevin Moore

@Neal well, IQ has a racist history, and intelligence is a culture specific word, which means it's subjective. Finally what is 'smart'? What is 'dumb'? Is a guy with 3 phd's, a six figure salary who advances science, but leads a miserable lonely life with, estranged from family smart? Is a drop-out janitor who has children who love her and make her happy all the days of her life dumb? Read what Solon said to Croesus about happiness, it applies to intelligence I think. - ♜ Bjorn Tipling

So what IQ were the third party voters? :P - Morton Fox

Tim O'Reilly posted a message on Twitter

“Is a political endorsement appropriate for a technical information site? Discuss. http://snurl.com/508px”

November 3 at 5:31 pm - Link

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only if you deem itg part of your business model. it has the potential to sah "go away" to a segment of visitor/customers. same for religious endorsements, imho. - MikeAmundsen via fftogo

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Hmm, so every major Newspaper endorsing a candidate is ok but bloggers making it known where they stand is not? I don't know whether it's smart or not, but I don't see the problem honestly. - Kamath ॐ

look at what is happening to newspaper revenue. - Robert Hafer

I don't think political endorsement is appropriate. Save the time and energy and discussion and stick to your business. - Will Higgins

The political discussion is an emergent (unexpected) property of the network. Not all emergent properties add value to the network. Some emergent properties change the character of the network, the purpose, and the reason for participation. So it will be a disincentive to some (myself included) and an incentive to others. Seems that the purpose at the center of this network is not political discussion. Same reason that we separate church and state. Some things just don't go together. - Kim Patrick Kobza

This question seems to come up repeatedly. A couple of years ago Robert Scoble took Microsoft to task for their stance on a political issue (see http://radio.weblogs.com/00010... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...). Likewise, "Fake Steve Jobs" took some heat on his blog for his support of Obama and criticism of Hillary Clinton, with "Why don't you stick to technology blogging" being a frequent criticism. - Karim

It clearly *could* be a problem if there isn't a separation between news and opinion. That could be one of the complaints -- that people are stuck in a "don't make me think" mode, that they're used to reading (presumably) unbiased technical "news," and now here comes this piece that's going to make them *think* about whether they agree, instead of merely assimilating facts. - Karim

If the stakes are high enough -- if the potential for an injustice is high enough -- I'd rather people err on the side of expressing their opinion. - Karim

My guess is the GOP voters will say no since they don't like the fact that Tim is supporting Obama. But they'd say yes if the circumstances were reversed. I say you should not be muzzled. While you would probably deserve some push back if you went 100% political - it's not a problem if you express yourself. I follow people of opposite political opinions. But then again I am not ashamed of my side and feel strong enough in my convictions that I'm not worried or offended because someone else is GOP. - ScottBourne

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Know Your Meme: The History of FAIL

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This is crackin me up - Michael W. May

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FAIL FTW! - Andrew Baron

That guy looks like a younger me. - Tad, Fool

This is teh win! - cmiper

Wil Wheaton called, he wants his beard back. FAIL. :D - Haggis (Sean)

"8-bit retro awesome" - xero

Epic Fail... like Bush was elected? lol - Ryo

Bush was elected twice, can you believe it? Im happy to say I got that one right and never voted for him. No doubt W. will go down at the biggest FAIL we've had in white house, EVER! - Andrew Baron

l0ckergn0me posted a message

“After careful thought and (re)consideration, I'm voting for Obama. Maybe Libertarians will be taken seriously ONE day.”

October 25 at 2:17 am - via Ping.fm - Link

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What changed your mind? - Chris W

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Wow. Chris realizes that throwing away his vote won't help anyone? By the way: there's many reasons why we won't see more than two parties taken seriously anytime soon. It all comes down to money. The media doesn't have it to cover three parties properly. In Europe multiple parties thrive because the countries are so small. Here the costs of running serious campaigns are too high. - Robert Scoble

no the difference is the voting system. Many have proportional representation which allows smaller parties to get representation proportional to their percentage of the vote. First-past-the-post voting systems lock out the smaller parties. - John Hardy

of course, they'll never be taken serious if people feel forced to vote for the 2 they're told to vote for. - alphaxion

That need for money also brings forth other problems, like the manipulation that comes from lobbyists' funds. Optimally, there should be a system that does not depend on expensive campaigns, aka campaigns should become a lot cheaper. - Vincent van Wylick

Yay! - Stowe Boyd

Vincent: seems to be one way to make campaigns cheaper: make them shorter and force the candidates to only use public financing. - Robert Scoble

Regardless of who becomes prez, we are all f**ked... - Steven Pelsmaekers

The sheer cost of the US campaigns is something that never ceases to shock me. It's unbelievable the amount they have to pour into it. And it's money that is totally wasted and funnelled back into their propaganda system.. uh, Fox News et al. - alphaxion

Libertarians are taken seriously sometimes. When anyone has a logical voice of dissent, someone listens. A Libertarian's job is to question the status quo. Unfortunately, there are a lot of extremest, illogical libertarians. (I personally am a Democrat voting for Obama.) - Christine Cavalier

I'm voting for Obama so the stupid Republicans in Utah (the Nation's most Republican state, next to my home state, Texas) realize they don't have as much power as they thought they used to. I'm voting for change in the Republican party with my vote, personally. I'll still be an Independent, regardless. - Jesse Stay

No, Scoble - I resent that you would insinuate that anybody is "throwing away" their vote if they cast one in ANY direction. Mind restating that? I changed my pitch because the Republican party is a train wreck - and so is McCain. - l0ckergn0me

Chris, the sheer scope and size of the government clusterf*ck called government sponsored health care is enough to make you reconsider, especially if you are really a libertarian. - Mattb4rd

Pfeww! That will save the world. Thanks Chris! Now I'm relieved after seeing that video where Chris' non-vote helps the dark side to win :) - Ryo

"spread the wealth" is reason enough not to vote for 0bama. - Spencer

@Spencer: So you can't vote for McCain either. He said the same thing in 2000. - AJ Kohn

McCain is helping to spread an enormous amount of wealth from the middle class to the ultra-wealthy, the military-industrial complex, Wall Street flimflam artists, the oil industry etc. Socialism for crony capitalists. This "socialism" and "spread the wealth" meme is inane. - Sean McBride

I'd say it was neither socialism nor capitalism.. it's corporatism! - alphaxion

Robert, I disagree that public funding is the answer. In fact, I would go the other way and say it should all be private funding. If you're a viable candidate for presidency then you should be able to a) generate financial support from voters and b) have a campaign designed well enough that you personally don't have to focus on the fund raising effort. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

I think I would generally agree, Tina. After all, the ability to run a multi-million dollar organization with a significant grassroots component (a billion dollar campaign this year?) is one fairly strong argument for executive ability as well as the ability to build coalitions? But... how much of this is helped by party funding? and how much is the candidate's ability? that's another question - Justin Long

the problem with private funding is the corporate dollars that come with strings attached. There needs to be a clear seperation of government and corporations. Otherwise we end up with the mire we currently face! - alphaxion

Justin, I agree with that and within the confines of an argument about opening up the two party system, I think the answer is clear: no party funding. Make the campaign responsible for generating all their funds in total. If party members or officials want to stump, go for it. But make the candidates responsible for their own funds. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Do parties actually contribute $$ to a candidate? or do they simply raise money for "soft" activities (e.g. party ads, get out the vote efforts, etc?) anyway I *think* I would agree to no party funding (and no govt matching funds either). OR the other alternative would be to regulate the advertising portion of a campaign, give each a certain amount of airtime, and that would be it?? I've heard that solution bandied about before. - Justin Long

From what I've seen (and no I'm not well versed here), parties contribute ad money, possibly generic event money, and currently (sorry, can't resist!) wardrobe funds. Given the entrenched 2 party system, it stands to reason that any initial other party candidates would be at a severe disadvantage with no real national party backing them. If the intent is to foster multiple parties, then all national parties would have to keep their funds out of the campaign. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Getting into the IRV movement in King County. 3rd party candidates will never be taken seriously until we get rid of plurality voting (first-past-the-post). While our high school social studies teachers would love to have us think that no vote is wasted, the effect of a vote for a distant third party is practically zero. As is voting for a Republican Presidential candidate in Utah. But I won't get into the Electoral College... - Kevin Moore

I respect your reasons for changing your mind, and it's one big reason I'm voting Obama as well. If the McCain of 2000 was running and if he'd picked a moderate Republican for running mate, I think he'd have my vote, but as it is now I can't NOT vote Obama. - Tad, Fool

Help build the Libertarian movement, Chris. You'll find liberals to be willing coalition partners. - Chris Baskind

The whole 'spread the wealth' argument is just asinine. What would you call the $300 bribes Bush sent out to taxpayers, if that wasn't a form of 'spread the wealth'? Republicans have been spreading it all along, but to Wall St., defense contractors, and the rich. Its middle America's turn, like it or not. - JC unwired

A Democrat / Liberal monopoly will not be good for America's liberty and prosperity. You are giving the government permission, an implied mandate, to be more & more meddlesome, in all aspects of your life, including the internet. Good people don't need government in everything they do. I just returned from Africa. What a mess! There is always someone at the next crossroad with his hand in your face saying they have the authority of the government, pay your fee. Please reconsider your vote! - John Foss

Just make sure the guy you vote for keeps his promises and is able to cash those checks that his mouth is writing. That's all I ask, participation, not just a vote. I feel you're about to find great disappointment, but I salute everyone for taking that freedom to go out next month and vote :) - Mike L

You're claiming to be a libertarian and yet you're voting for an obvious socialist? And you're doing it so that people take you seriously? Haha. Is this a joke post? - Rob Sterling

There's been another 'Cain wreck? - MiɳiMagɘ (Sexy Scimitar)

Rob Sterling - I am essentially a libertarian, and I would describe the Republican Party as much more socialist, and much more socialist in a destructive way, than the Democratic Party these days. This is an easy proposition to defend, and I am prepared to defend it. I don't particularly like the Democratic Party, but Obama strikes me as the lesser of two evils when compared to McCain, Palin and their neoconservative and Armageddonist puppetmasters. - Sean McBride

@Rob Sterling .. Chris, like some of the other "A listers" in here, fancies himself a celebrity. Celebrities often publicly do things that don't fit with their steadfast personal ideas in order to spawn viral publicity. Basically, Chris is getting out of a limo in a short skirt--sans panties. - Mattb4rd

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and guess where the little pics above come from? Amazon S3 ;) - Jorge Escobar

yes indeed - going to be interesting to see Amazon go up against the Microsoft cloud services. - Frederic

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Were American women waiting for 232 years for Sarah Palin?

October 23 at 10:57 am - Link

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brilliant - Enrique Gutierrez via twhirl

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Palin says election result rests in God's hands - Yahoo! News

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"– Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin describes herself as a "hard-core pro-lifer" and expresses confidence that in spite of disheartening polls, "putting this in God's hands, that the right thing for America will be done at the end of the day on Nov. 4."" - Atul Arora via Bookmarklet

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Will she accept an Obama win as god's will? - Jack Carlson

That's what her words imply, but probably not what she really means - ♫ Rahsheen™

The Bible does say to pray for your leaders. I'm not going to judge, but as a Christian I would absolutely accept Obama as president. It will be a proud day as a nation if he wins as well, another ugly chapter of race behind us. Of course, I'm not personally voting for him. When someone says they'd like to share my money with those less fortunate (and not ask me first), it makes me look for an alternative. Of course, the other options aren't looking so hot, either. - Douglas Karr via twhirl

So if Obama wins Palin will agree that God did the right thing for America? So, if Obama wins and she says anything about it being not good for America then ... she's essentially going against God? Am I reading this right? - AJ Kohn

What if God was one of us? - l0ckergn0me

@l0ckergn0me She might get my vote, depending on her platform. - Jack Carlson

@l0ckergn0me: That's actually close to my view - ripped straight from Stranger In A Strange Land. - AJ Kohn

So the American people have no say in the democratic process? - Troy Forster via twhirl

If God is really in charge no one needs to vote. :-) - Robert Scoble

If Gods on Obamas side, who's on McCains? - Colby Olson

what if god calls a draw just to be a dick? ;) - Joshua Schnell

Joshua: last time that happened God helped the Supreme Court make its decision. - Robert Scoble

Blogged: http://onelieaday.blogspot.com... - Steve Garfield via twhirl

God, don't let us down ;) - Amir H.

God will reject you, Mrs. Palin. - Meriç Kara (welebrity)

God hates a loser. Ask Lot's Wife. - thomasrdotorg via twhirl

Sometimes God gives us suffering to test our resolve - Robert Hafer

of course she assumes God is on her rifle-clutching side ;) - Jon Limjap via twhirl

Apparently, today, this is the most popular entry among my friends. Hmm, I wonder why? LOL - Amir H.

@Jon - No, Obama says we cling bitterly to our guns, not clutch. - Robert Hafer

Actually, the election result rests in Diebold's hands. - Pras Sarkar

"A spokesperson for the Almighty said, 'Hey, don't go blaming God for how this turns out. He gave you free will. The people get to decide how this turns out -- isn't that the whole point of democracy? You finally got out from under kings and princes who claimed that God had put them on the throne and gave them the right to rule, and now you want to go back?" - Karim

When asked if God would intervene in the election, the spokesperson replied, "I think it was a big enough miracle just getting the black guy into Harvard Law, don't you? I mean, what more do you people want?" - Karim

A spokesperson for the Evil One was reportedly busy coordinating robocalls to the "pro-America parts of our great nation" and could not be reached for comment. - Karim

@Karim - so, you're saying if you are pro-America you can't be pro-Obama? - Robert Hafer

i'm pro-world, who should i vote for? - Gregory Lent

your extinction Gregory Lent would be good for other species,but not good for man... all things relative even your concept of G-d... which Palin as a woman has a right to believe in as well - ⓃⓄⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂⓄⓃ

@Gregory - I guess it depends on if you want the world to be free or socialist - Robert Hafer

Ah, yes. Socialist is the new liberal. Too bad it's all a bunch of nothing. It's like the bleating of sheep at this point. Hey, McCain defended what you're all so upset about in 2000 - go look at it on YouTube. And the US has a progressive tax system which is ... about redistributing wealth. Find something of substance outside of 'but I want more of the money I imagine I'll make at some distant point in the future'. [Yeah, I'm grumpy right now.] - AJ Kohn

@l0ckergn0me...I love that song! lolz - .LAG

@AJ Kohn - funny, I was referring to McCain being more likely to oppose foreign dictators and you thought I was referring to Obama being a Socialist. Also, taxes are suppose to be for funding the Government, not redistributing wealth; in a free society anyway - Robert Hafer

@Robert: And the Government does what with it? If you give equal value for each dollar the Government spends to each person then those who don't pay taxes get benefit from those that do. Those who pay less taxes get more than those that pay more. If I collect 1 coffee bean from 70% of the people and 10 beans from 30% of the people and then I give everyone one cup of coffee as a result ... who got more value in the exchange. - AJ Kohn

Robert, no, and frankly, I'm not sure how you'd come to that conclusion from what I said. :-) - Karim

@AJ Kohn - come on now; you know your example is so overly simplified and contrived that it can't possibly be a valid - it comes no where near mapping to reality; it has nowhere near the requisite variety of input, transfers, or outputs to be anything but a false framing of the issue - David HC Soul

@David: Yes, it's wildly oversimplified but no, I don't think it's a false framing of the issue. Taxes are collected in a progressive manner but they are not distributed in the same way. Lets make it less wild, lets take Defense spending. Does the guy who paid no taxes get the same value out of a Defense dollar as the super rich? - AJ Kohn

"A spokesperson for The Almighty also expressed dismay that frequently, God only gets consulted on hopeless cases. 'If McCain and Palin were up 20 points in the polls, do you think Palin would be talking about "putting this in God's hands, that the right thing for America will be done at the end of the day on Nov. 4?" No, she'd be picking out which pair of Manolo Blahniks to wear at the Inaugural Gala.'" - Karim

Asked if this meant The Almighty wanted Palin to consult Him on her shoe choice, the spokesperson replied, "Well, let's just say if she had, her $75,000 Neiman-Marcus tab might not be in the headlines right now." - Karim

I'm going to predict that Palin and her kind will say God is testing American with the election of Obama just like he tested Job in the Bible. - Jimmy Walker

It's actually the very tip of his or her middle finger. - david beckwith

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MIchelle: $145 dress from White House/Black Market and "the sundress she's wearing is from the Gap: "Fortunately now they make really pretty stuff at all price ranges... [Barack] will be happy to know that this is, like, a $30 dress." - Steve Garfield via twhirl

real people - Baratunde Thurston

OUCH for mccain - Patricia

Be sure to see the shoes: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... - April Russo

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New Energy

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Atheism [PIC]

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The nation's energy problems are as big as the financial crisis, CEO Eric Schmidt says, and the time to fix them is now. Here's the search giant's plan. Read this blog post by Stephen Shankland on Green Tech. - Kevin Moore

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Started using this. Seems to work well. - Brandon Titus

I use myopenid.com in my Rejaw and identica accounts i like it usefull&esay - Muge Cerman

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this is why your server is cranky =O

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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL - l0ckergn0me

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Served up with a steamy pile of WIN. - ::Kristen::

passiveaggressivenotes dot com = WIN ;) - Mona N.

AJ: wha chu talkin 'bout willis? - Mona N.

"Waitress" by Live - AJ Kohn

Just remember how low beneath mininum wage the wages are in jobs where tips are expected income the next time you feel the service wasn't worth a tip ;) - Michael W. May via twhirl

I get shitty service, you get shitty tip. - Anthony Citrano

Anthony: I agree... in principle. I'm just not convinced that it actually gets the point across. - Roger Benningfield

I usually leave a note explaining why. usually amongst the lines of Tip = Gratuity... =( Then speak with a manager. (I've heard stories about people getting chased once they've left the restaurant) And yes, I've worked in service. - Mona N.

Yeah in practice it's messier. I'm a generous tipper and have worked in restaurants - I know many things are beyond a server's control. But don't expect to be able to ignore me and leave my water glass empty all night and get 30%. That's all I'm sayin' - Anthony Citrano

A-MEN.. especially with the "foodie" boom, all these pretentious restaurants with their snooty staff piss me off. I have to be ULTRA nice border line fake in order to get semi decent service. It's tiring. - Mona N.

Great pics! I never had the guts to do the ketchup one... - Mitchell Tsai

It's funny but downright rude... - Mona N.

In Brooklyn we always heated up the change on a fork but... - Mark Forman

I guess I'm too easy in granting the bad day excuse to people. If I can afford to eat out, I tip, period. - Michael W. May via twhirl

But don't you think that makes it acceptable to give crap service? - Mona N.

Say it how it is. - Akshay Dodeja

i have to side with mwm here, definitely. if the service is really bad--I mean, assuming it is even the server's fault--then i leave less of a tip. otherwise, i always tip 20%. - edythe

polly you're awesome for that. i'm about principle. if a person is a jerk i give them zero.... - Mona N.

I'm Mr. Pink. If you've seen Reservoir Dogs, you know my position. I'll tip generously if they do a good job. If not, I've got the smallest violin in the world, playing just for the waiters and waitresses of the world. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

OWNED! - k00pa

I think the "Boo. You FAIL" one is the tipping equivalent of teabagging. - ha3rvey

HA! Nice comparison, Harvey. :) - Nathaniel Payne

Had a buddy that left a negative tip once. Even subtracted it from the total. Needless to say it was horrible service - andy brudtkuhl

Giving a lower tip for poor service is fine. I do that, and also give higher tips for great service. But doing outright rude things or giving no tip only reflects poorly on you the customer, not the server. - AJ Kohn

Oh, I love, love, love that website. I was just telling my friend about it the other day. Constantly cracks me up (But stiffing a waiter/waitress is wrong. They would have to physically abuse me or something. It's a hard, hard job). - Sarah Perez

The tip is not of much consequence. Bad service means I don't go there again. Ever. - Morton Fox

I think that's rude...but I'm pretty impressed with the ketchup handwriting. - Nicholas Molnar

And mustard underlining. - Anthony Citrano

This is classic! - Tim FitzGerald

I normally round up to the nearest dollar then give 20% on that. Utards tend to be horrible tippers because of the large families so I tend to overcompensate. I can only recall two times I deliberately tipped less than 20%. Once I was short on cash. The other time the server spent the entire time talking to his buddies at the table next to me. - Kevin D. White

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"He did this a few years ago (probably 10, now that I think about it) where he made fun of Cathy and other print comics. Equally funny." - Kevin Moore

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holy attention to detail batman! - Ňicķ

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$4 gas drives Segway sales to new high

June 16 at 10:34 pm - Link

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Barack Obama: President of Awesome

June 16 at 5:17 pm - Link

Funny mash-up of the awesomeness that is Barack Obama. - Kevin Moore

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Barack Obama: President of Awesome

June 16 at 5:17 pm - Link

Funny mash-up of the awesomeness that is Barack Obama. - Kevin Moore

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The 3G iPhone is not $199

June 9 at 3:39 pm - Link

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I've got to disagree with the logic. First, the data plan used to be $20 a month, not $10. Second, it depends on your definition of 'cost'. If you already have an iPhone, then the net cost is the cost of the unit, plus any applicable rate differences. If you don't, then it's the listed fees minus what you're already paying for service. Third, a truer 'locked-in cost' would be price + early termination fee ($175 or less, pro-rated), not price + service for duration of contract. - Kevin Fox

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yep, that's a deal breaker for me - i already pay too much eheh. I would be curious to know how many taxes and fees go with that $30 data plan as well. - Doug Brooks

We know. I don't think that anyone needed that reminder. - Anthony Thompson via twhirl

True enough. My current voice / data plan is expensive though and my phoen cost as muhc. But its on a better network and does a bunch more stuff, so I don't mind muich. People will pay for the logo of course. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

Plus there's the qualitative cost of having to deal with AT&T. - TranceMist

Can you .... oh wait, of course not. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

The cost of that suitcase is not $99. It's $99 plus the $300 you spend on flights each month, plus airport parking and taxis ($90/month), plus incidentals ($55/mo), for the life of the suitcase (2 years): $99 + ($300 + 90 + 55) * 24 = $10,779. That suitcase costs $10,779. - Kevin Fox

Dare Obasanjo posted a message on Twitter

“MobileMe - I guess LiveMesh doesn't seem so weird now that Apple is pretty much doing the same thing. Charging $100 is pretty sick though”

June 9 at 1:31 pm - Link

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Manhattan School of Music faculty Mark Oswald's Voice Lesson

June 8 at 4:20 pm - Link

This is my younger brother, John Michael Moore (singing). Not too bad, huh? - Kevin Moore

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Microsoft, you're kidding me, right??

June 5 at 10:48 am - Link

"Are you that stupid?" At some point, my friend, you'll stop asking. :-) - Kevin Moore

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“Firefox 3 (Release Candidate 2) is out @ http://tinyurl.com/58tdwh”

June 4 at 4:22 pm - Link

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“Passionate people should breed more!”

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“Quick informal poll: Would you support Bill Clinton as Obama's running mate?”

June 3 at 9:02 pm - Link

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No chance. - Arpit Vaidya

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this is a joke right? - Baratunde Thurston

Before The HRC Debacles, what did you think about Bill Clinton? Based on that, would you support him as the VP? - Erica Baker

Uh...I would assume a requirement would be that he could legally become president should the need arise. My understanding is that he can't take on a 3rd term. Either way, I wouldn't support it. - Kevin Moore

Hell no - Nick O'Neill

Hell to the no. - Cecily

no. - edythe

I don't even support Obama, but that's beside the point. - Morton Fox