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Kurt Starnes › Likes
LANjackal to LANjackal's feed, The Facebook Experience, RWW: The Future of Tech, TheNextWeb Forum, building43
My Facebook privacy settings. Excuse me, but I don't see what the fuss about "pushing people to make everything public" is all about. The settings are there for a reason: so that you can change them if you want.
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Nispell, Amy, Sean Oliver and 5 other people liked this
That and when I used the privacy transition tool, it *GASP* defaulted to my previous settings. I didn't have to change anything. I really have no clue what all the OMG articles are about
- LANjackal
The friends list checkbox doesn't affect API access.
- Vezquex: God of FF
No it doesn't for apps that you install, but you can also edit what info apps your friends use can access. I pulled all access to those
- LANjackal
from IM
"Publicly available information" now includes your name, profile photo, list of friends, pages you are a fan of, gender, networks to which you belong, and current city. PAI used to be only name and networks. This you have no choice about. The rest is all about defaults, most people go with defaults and FB has pushed almost everyone to more openness whether they understand it or agree with it or not.
- LogEx
Where are you getting this from? That's not true, because I can do a search right now for people whose friends and pictures I can't see. For the record, I even signed into FB with a different account (my LJ one) and tried to view the profiles of people on my IRL account. I can't see their friends, and can't see the gender of at least one of them. I can see networks and pages, but I don't find that troublesome
- LANjackal
from IM
Everyone I know who makes their account that private (usually school teachers), either lies or doesn't bother filling out that info anyway. I don't see the big deal.
- Rob Haas
"With these changes, a limited set of basic information that helps your friends find you will be made publicly available. This information is name, profile picture, gender, current city, networks, friend list, and Pages." [http://blog.facebook.com/blog...] & "Now when you uncheck the "Show my friends on my profile" option in the Friends box on your profile, your...
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- LogEx
Acknowledged. Not a big deal to me, but I could see how it could be perturbing to other people
- LANjackal
from IM
The hook is that most people don't ever change their settings, so flipping this switch just turned all their stuff public. If you've changed Your settings, FB respects them. But a ton of people just had their accounts pushed into being public. Not cool, and a breach of the trust that originally drew people to FB.
- David Chartier
from iPhone
Ah... David, that makes sense. I had already restricted my settings early this year, so that explains why my post-newest-change settings were pretty well locked down. @LANjackal, I believe the friends list restriction has only happened very recently, however.
- Andrew C
I can see why it's a big deal to some people but Facebook doesn't force you to post this info and it's sheer laziness not to even look at the privacy settings. It's a bunch of dropdowns, it's no more complicated than using the rest of the site, and it's not like they didn't tell people either - the notice was huge.
- Amy
Amen
- LANjackal
from IM
Here's the bigger issue. This nice little "underhand" Facebook pulled has gotten some attention from the Lawmakers. If the users begin to strong arm Sites pulling these tactics then they may get the message. Otherwise? We may get "Legislation" from a bunch of clueless men and women in a bubble. Who the hell wants that! That's why I "deactivated" my Facebook account today and will never go back.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Seeya
- LANjackal
from IM
James Randi Lecture @ Caltech - Homeopathy - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Kittyburgers, Eric Logan, mikepk and 9 other people liked this
I'm really amazed that we still sell homeopathic remedies at the local drugstore (e.g., Zicam is the best known)
- Glen Mistletoe
I'll remember that the next time I get exposed to commercial grade pesticides (thank you, modern day science for that wonderful "discovery" for compromising my immune system) vomiting up almost every day, hot diarrhea, wonderful boils over my skin that lasted for 3 years, broke and bled so much that I had to wear T-shirts to bed under my pajamas, lesions in my nose, an overgrowth and...
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- Melanie Reed
The placebo effect has been clinically proven under control circumstances, again and again and again. Having said that, I am all for whatever works to remedy the ailment(s).
- Kurt Starnes
Kurt, It was not placebo. This took a measurable edge off the pain. It also had to be administered at a particular time in the pain cycle or the pain simply was too overwhelming
- Melanie Reed
Melanie - I'm just happy to hear you are no longer suffering!
- Kurt Starnes
Thank you, Kurt! I am glad of the improvement as well. It stole a lot of my health and years of my life. But they were not wasted spiritually. Without God, I could not have endured something like that. The person inside gained strength even though the person outside suffered.
- Melanie Reed
Melanie, I'm sorry for your suffering, but there is and never has been one shred of evidence at any time in the past 220 years in a repeatable trial that showed any effect from homeopathic medicine beyond what is reasonably expected from a placebo. Diluting some material to a ratio of...
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- Glen Mistletoe
Thank you, Glenn. Have you used Homeopathy? Until the drug companies came in with their big business approach it and other methods from the east and native Indians were being used to treat many Chronic conditions successfully without doing harm. Now we have a singular approach many might liken to a "sledge hammer" approach that in all fairness does seem to help in traumatic and some...
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- Melanie Reed
Besides that, respected physician, Dr. Andrew Weil disagrees with this man on this point
- Melanie Reed
You sure know how to catch them, Christopher ;)
- Eivind
He has it down to an art.
- Kurt Starnes
Melanie: I'm curious; did you watch the video?
- Christopher A Carr
And that there are issues with the pharmaceutical industry has nothing whatsoever to do with homeopathy's (essentially, "magic" water's) efficacy or lack thereof in the treatment of disease.
- Christopher A Carr
By whom is Andrew Weil respected? His agent and publisher, I suppose. He advocates all manner of quackery, and isn't much better than that flimflamer and scoundrel, Deepak Chopra.
- Christopher A Carr
Placebos can have a measurable effect on pain and other symptoms. The placebo effect is well documented and quite real, though the benefits are unrelated to the particular substance administered.
- Kevin Fox
This is a pet peeve of mine, and it may be the issue at stake here. The word "homeopathy" is used to mean two different things, and the confusion might not be accidental. 1. herbal remedies, in sane concentrations, which probably can work to treat certain diseases; after all, many drugs used today (including aspirin and penicillin) are derived from the natural world. 2. substances...
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- Tudor Bosman
The two concepts are very different in the mind of a scientist, but the average Joe will see both kinds of products lumped under the same heading ("homeopathic remedies") in the grocery store or pharmacy.
- Tudor Bosman
And, aside: I like Randi, but I think we skeptics will only stand to gain when the person at the forefront of our movement is someone more charismatic and less of an asshole :)
- Tudor Bosman
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...: "Not all homeopaths advocate extremely high dilutions. Many of the early homeopaths were originally doctors and generally used lower dilutions such as "3X" or "6X", rarely going beyond "12X". The split between lower and higher dilutions followed ideological lines. Those favoring low dilutions stressed pathology and a strong link to...
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- Tudor Bosman
Tudor, yes, too many people do consider homeopathy only in your second sense and do not consider the first. And yes, I agree the confusion is not accidental.
- Melanie Reed
Tudor: Randi is a lovely fellow, and by no means an "asshole."
- Christopher A Carr
Tudor: You left off this part: "...Some products with such relatively lower dilutions continue to be sold, but like their counterparts, they have not been conclusively demonstrated to have any effect beyond the placebo effect.[71][72]"
- Christopher A Carr
And for the (what appears to be majority of) homeopathic practitioners who advocate high dilutions, what of this concern? : "Furthermore, since water will have been in contact with millions of different substances throughout its history, critics point out that water is therefore an extreme dilution of almost any conceivable substance. By drinking water one would, according to this interpretation, receive treatment for every imaginable condition.[99]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Christopher A Carr
And who funded those studies? I am very skeptical of studies. Why? Because of who funds them, how they are often conducted and who stands to benefit from their findings. The university level is not without agenda. Here's the point on which this turns: placebo has become an overused word and it certainly has never benefited the homeopathy I have used (and was initially skeptical of in...
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- Melanie Reed
"...placebo has become an overused word and it certainly has never benefited the homeopathy I have used..." How would you know the difference?
- Christopher A Carr
"And I daresay, Christopher, were you in the same sea, neither would you." I'm not the magical thinker that you are. So, yes, I would turn down snake oil for which their was neither any evidence of efficacy, nor any plausible proposed mechanism of activity.
- Christopher A Carr
To be clear, is it your position that extreme dilution is the invalid sort of homeopathy? Water, in fact, does not have "memory?"
- Christopher A Carr
And how would you know the difference, Christopher? Is the patient better? Are they cured? Then what does it matter that they are good health again, how it was accomplished, really. That is the bottom line, isn't it? They're better health now. I have met doctors and read accounts of doctors who openly admit they don't know how their patient recovered....but they did. So does it really matter how?
- Melanie Reed
What does it matter how it was accomplished? First of all, that one ingests some substance and subsequently improves, does not necessarily mean that the substance effected an improvement. The person may have gotten better anyway. Or, the person's expectations that they would be helped by the substance could have kicked in the placebo effect. In good studies, the placebo effect is...
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- Christopher A Carr
"Hope is a Placebo" Discuss.
- Kevin Fox
Does it ever occur that what works for one may not work for another, Christopher? As much as the idea of batch delivery appeals to the economies of scale for cure, one size really doesn't fit all. For example, they used to lose more women on the table than men during heart surgery. Why? The stent was made for men and thought to be purposeful for both. So does it occur, that harsh drugs...
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- Melanie Reed
Kevin, you remind me of a favorite and proved thought: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage...
- Melanie Reed
What constitutes "harshness" in a drug? What "gentler approach" are you referring to? Water?
- Christopher A Carr
"And yet, most women were telling them something was wrong and they wouldn't listen." <-- Does that make the proposed mechanism by which homeopathy works any more plausible? If so, how?
- Christopher A Carr
Melanie: One of your arguments seems to go something like "science-based medicine isn't perfect, therefor x & y non-science-based techniques are effective." That is illogical.
- Christopher A Carr
An example of harshness in a drug: prenatal nausea drugs that cause missing limb birth defects.
- Melanie Reed
Noted.
- Christopher A Carr
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal... From the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology: "ABSTRACT - Homeopathy remains one of the most controversial subjects in therapeutics. This article is an attempt to clarify its effectiveness based on recent systematic reviews. Electronic databases were searched for systematic reviews/meta-analysis on the...
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- Christopher A Carr
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed... - "Are the clinical effects of homoeopathy placebo effects? Comparative study of placebo-controlled trials of homoeopathy and allopathy." : BACKGROUND: Homoeopathy is widely used, but specific effects of homoeopathic remedies seem implausible. Bias in the conduct and reporting of trials is a possible explanation for positive...
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- Christopher A Carr
Real Homeopathy includes using ginger root tea and Shoyu tea (macrobiotic-eastern medicine) for nausea. They are both considered very safe. That would have been a safer and gentler medicinal alternative to prenatal nausea drugs
- Melanie Reed
I can vouch for ginger & peppermint for nausea, though there is another herb vastly superior to both. (dunno if it's a good idea with pregnancy though!)
- Lo
Ginger's effects are rather weak. What do you mean by "shoyu tea?" Soy sauce in hot water? "Tea" is Camellia sinensis. It's not my understanding that the partaking of herbal or folk remedies (some of which have plausible mechanisms of activity) amounts to homeopathy.
- Christopher A Carr
Due to the absurdity in his explanation and the comedy approach in presentation, I can't help but feel there must be another side. For instance in speaking of the potency due to molecule quality, filtered water eliminates substance so the billions of years of accumulating molecules would be irrelevant. Unless I am missing something here.
- Lillie Oliver
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed... "Feeling validated versus being correct: a meta-analysis of selective exposure to information."
- Colby
I wonder if there is a strong correlation between believers in homeopathy and theism, as I see fills Melanie's feed.
- Colby
Colby, actually not. I didn't try homeopathy until western medicine didn't work. I wasn't raised on it. I resisted trying it for years. I didn't expect anything to work. I was properly conditioned not to believe in anything other than western medicine. I wasn't a good candidate for homeopathy if placebo was the basis of its success.
- Melanie Reed
Lillie: You *are* missing something. The molecules don't need to be there anymore, because water molecules "remember" having been in proximity to the solute molecules, and to other water molecules that were in proximity to the solute molecules. Yes; crazy.
- Christopher A Carr
And Melanie, eating some ginger is not homeopathy.
- Christopher A Carr
:) I'll tell my homeopathist and throw out all those books right away, Christopher. And I'll go back to waiting in pain in those doctor office's till they find what works and when I run out of money. I'll be sure to just keep up my faith that they will find help soon . lol
- Melanie Reed
Are you seeing a naturopathic practitioner who uses homeopathy on occasion?
- Christopher A Carr
Melanie: You should peruse the Wikipedia article. It's pretty thorough.
- Christopher A Carr
Melanie, Western medicine works in many cases, some diseases we obviously can treat better than others. Genetics and epigenetics make for varying individual responses for drugs, we know this. Pharmacogenomics is helping us improve this. Meanwhile, in controlled studies homeopathy always fails. A n=1 is never evidence that something works.
- Colby
Melanie: And while it might sound mean, your anecdotes are not really worth much of anything in this discussion.
- Christopher A Carr
Also, homeopathy is dangerous because it dissuades people such as yourself from seeking evidence based treatment from qualified physicians. People who practice and promote homeopathy are putting many people at risk if they don't seek appropriate treatments.
- Colby
...an important point.
- Christopher A Carr
Christopher, no offense is taken. I know what happened. I know what helped and so do many others.
- Melanie Reed
Colby and Christopher. My intent is not to replace Western medicine but to respect it for what it is and to stand firm on its limitations. What I would ask of you is to respect that you nor I have the complete answer for every case. I (yes every individual) has the right to choose their medical care. And western medicine needs to trust that I am capable of knowing what is best for me....
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- Melanie Reed
"I know what happened. I know what helped and so do many others." I'm sure you think that's true.
- Christopher A Carr
I don't think everyone has equal rights at all. People with no understanding of scientific literature should not have a choice of something of zero rationality. Again you are using poor logic that because Western medicine sometimes fails (sometimes it is simply an incompetent physician), homeopathy is something that can step in and fill the gap. But in objective trials, homeopathy always fails.
- Colby
Colby, an understanding of scientific literature does not ensure agreement with it. :) I said nothing of the kind. Homeopathy is not here to support Western medicine and neither is any other methodology outside of it. Tools work together. And they are nothing more than tools, hopefully applied well and with care.
- Melanie Reed
I still think you are talking about herbalism or something, not homeopathy.
- Christopher A Carr
I suppose preventing dehydration could improve some outcomes :p
- Colby
"Homeopathy" is not an antonym of "Western medicine." And it's not a catch-all term for every sort of non-standard medicine. "Homeopathy" is not a synonym of "alternative medicine."
- Christopher A Carr
I always assumed the "homeo-" part was a reference to the law of similars.
- Eivind
Good Question LOL
'Like' robot (frɐnc), David Gross, Jon, the Chilled Beartato and 27 other people liked this
Like the hell out of it!
- Steven Harris
compelling....LOl :-))
- winckel
Was that a counter-protest to Michael Phelps' crew?
- Lo
LOL! You mean Fred Phelps?
- josh neff, geek at large
LOL, yes
- Lo
I always donate to the Phelps-a-thon. You pledge a small amount per minute that Phelps harasses people, which is then donated to the group. Then they send him a note telling him how much he raised for them by protesting. It seems to be pretty effective, they never stay for more than 20 mins these days. http://www.phelps-a-thon.com
- Lo
I love the Phelps-a-thon! This was at one of the Phelps shindigs LOL
- martha
Why do we pay that no-talent-ass-clown any attention? Fred and his followers need to go away. Quickly.
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
Black hole found to be much closer to Earth than previously thought - http://www.sciencedaily.com/release...
Alexander Kruel, Tristan Hambling, Akiva Moskovitz and 2 other people liked this
"An international team of astronomers has accurately measured the distance from Earth to a black hole for the first time. Without needing to rely on mathematical models the astronomers came up with a distance of 7800 light years, much closer than had been assumed until now. The researchers achieved this breakthrough by measuring the radio emissions from the black hole and its associated dying star."
- Spaceweaver
from Bookmarklet
This is sure to become a new tourist attraction :-)
- Spaceweaver
RELEASE THE TURDUCKEN!
Kurt Starnes liked this
somehow this scares me more than the thought of Saudakar. :P
- Joe Silence is not dead
the Iron Maiden album that never was...
Amber, Random Time Lord, Kurt Starnes, Spidra Webster and T. Brent, technopeasant liked this
Rahm Emanuel And Nancy Pelosi's Photographic Chemistry (SLIDESHOW) - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009...
Carmen, Kol Tregaskes, Iván Abrego and 21 other people liked this
ooohhhhhhh
- Shevonne
whut. is. he. doing.?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
YOU SMELL... LIKE... BABKA... [followed by the Hannibal Lector fssfssfssfss noise]
- Akiva Moskovitz
HAHAHA!
- Joe Silence is not dead
Spicy brains...
- Kevin Fox
Okay, this is more gagworthy than the Merly Streep/Alec Baldwin billboard.
- Admiral Anika
Vo. Mit.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
that's hot
- sofarsoShawn
thinking of a caption..."is that a Health Care Plan in your pocket or ...".uhh nevermind.
- Mike Nencetti
wow :D
- آریـوبرزن
Shey, what is SHE doing? :D
- AJ Batac
(sigh)...and this is what happens when people begin to lose touch with reality.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Clariicceeeee...Don't you feel eyes moving over your body, Clarice? And don't your eyes seek out the things you want?
- Kamath (नमः)
My god shot me know
- Revengemotorsports
Gee, Your Hair Smells Legislative!
- Christopher Harley
from iPhone
"So, Congressperson, what say you and I get together for our own all-night filibuster session?"
- Steven Perez
The Power Of The Brain Through The Window Of Savants - http://www.scientificblogging.com/mark_ch...
diego morelli, Kurt Starnes and Eric Logan liked this
"Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant and author of the recent book Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind (Free Press). You may have heard of him. For example, most people first became aware of the existence of Iceland upon hearing that Tammet learned Icelandic in a week. This is also the fellow that rattled off the first 22,514 digits of pi in five hours, enough for even the most exacting civil engineer, and far more accurate than the 19th century Texas town that passed an ordinance that pi would be approximated as 4. If ever there were a real human with superpowers, then Tammet fits the bill. Although stricken with adversity, his brain nevertheless is in certain respects blessed with something extra, smarter, almost magical."
- Eivind
from Bookmarklet
Apple Looking to Have Record iPhone Quarter: Report - http://theappleblog.com/2009...
Kurt Starnes, Mike Nencetti and Thomas Power liked this
My God I just don't get it the keyboard on my BlackBerry remains miles better than my iPhone for answering email. How do they do it? Apps, Fashion, Coolness.
- Thomas Power
Speaking of your Blackberry, are you going to call me or what, Thomas? I keep hitting VM. :)
- Louis Gray
hey man calling you now. That's 82,222 iPhones a day.
- Thomas Power
aha called you but you're on vmail. Have I caught out the king of sm pop? The king of connected.
- Thomas Power
The AT&T Network doesn't seem to be holding back sales.
- Cliff Gerrish
Can you imagine how much bigger they'd be if they unlocked the phones? Google may just force that to happen next year.
- Warren Whitlock
Thomas: How they do it is easy: Most people don't answer email on their phones, other than short brief fragments. Email on the mobile device market tends to be a very read-only affair.
- Otto
Listening to ♫ Pink Floyd: "A Pillow of Winds" ♫ http://blip.fm/profile...
Joe Silence is not dead, chaz2b and Kurt Starnes liked this
Facebook Rolls Out FB.me URL Shortener - http://ryanspoon.com/blog...
Itachi, Steve Chou, Kol Tregaskes and 7 other people liked this
should used FK.me
- Allen Stern
Allen, you are so fired.
- Louis Gray
i am asleep
- Allen Stern
Louis is always awake. Allen is always asleep. Hmmm...
- Jesse Stay
Hm. Now Jesse, can you please go code those SocialToo improvements I requested?
- Louis Gray
jesse - dont you have some people to auto-block ?
- Allen Stern
im gonna get "cc.cc" for my shortener
- Allen Stern
Allen, Louis is SocialToo-proof. I can't auto-block him - I keep trying.
- Jesse Stay
for the record, I was not talking about Louis, Jesse you should know that Louis is unblockable and/or unbannable. This is part of the geneva conventions.
- Allen Stern
I know some people that have blocked Louis :-)
- Jesse Stay
surely no-one would block the king of social media pop (KOSMP).
- Thomas Power
+1 Allen
- Charlie Anzman
charliiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee!
- Allen Stern
I liked Allen's retort
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
PHOTOS: "Alien" Jellyfish Found in Arctic Deep - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news...
Christian (Simply X), Rodfather, Justin Korn and 5 other people liked this
DESTROY THE HUMANS!
- Mo Kargas
LOL
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Laugh now...once the land jellies arrive...it's all over.
- Mo Kargas
I welcome our jellified overlords.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Fwd: Why men shouldn’t write advice columns… (via http://friendfeed.com/aspaonl...)
anjelina, Roberta Marilli, Ivy /composmentis and 23 other people liked this
Fantastica, questa è da Lady Grace!
- Ale Roots
È lo stesso consiglio che le avrei dato io.
- Zio Bonino
from iPhone
io avrei consigliato di chiamare il meccanico. e poi trombarselo, anche. ^^
- paolo beneforti
effettivamente che altro consiglio poteva dare a questa poveraccia senza speranza...
- goldielocks (Laura)
ah ah ah LOL you make my day :)
- Roldano De Persio of FF
@Paolo in realtà credo fosse l'unico consiglio ragionevole! Certo che cornuta e sbeffeggiata mezzo stampa è il massimo ;-)
- Lui(gi) ►►
from iPhone
Se trovi il tuo uomo con un'altra e non sei in grado di risolvere la cosa da sola, ma senti il bisogno di scrivere ad un giornale forse ti meriti questa risposta :)
- goldielocks (Laura)
la pompa d'iniezione, specialmente quella del marito, da sempre problemi se non la si tiene in esercizio.
- Isola Virtuale
Perché ve la prendete, a me é successo un paio di volte e controllando la pompa della benzina ho risolto il problema e la macchina é ripartita. E poi a casa ci sto io ed i vicini non hanno figlie di nessun tipo! ;-))) Pensavo che solo la Casalinga di Voghera scrivesse alla posta del cuore. ma da una risposta della Aspesi letta l'altro giorno non é che le femminucce siano molto meglio (spesso molto peggio) dei maschietti.
- marcoscud
E poi la "moglie migliore del mondo" non ha la patente ed insegna a 5 minuti a piedi da casa! glil'ho tradotta e ha riso molto!
- marcoscud
@marcosud La Aspesi non è una donna. L'hai mai vista? Comunque una donna senza patente è veramente una cosa d'altri tempi, per fortuna!
- goldielocks (Laura)
Goldie sei un mito. Sei la prima che ha il coraggio di dire male della casalinga di Voghera Aspesi! Non é una donna ed é più brutta di tutti i Trans dell'affaire Marrazzo. Penso che anche i cani per strada attrravereserebbero la strada per andare sull'altro marciapiede!
- marcoscud
questa è fantastica! un uomo non darebbe mai addosso ad un altro uomo in un caso come questo!
- claire
Quello non é un uomo. é una merda. Non obbedisce al Primo ed unico comandamento dei mariti: Negare tutto, negare sempre, negare soprattutto l'evidenza. ;-))
- marcoscud
The Deadliest place on Earth? Surviving Cueva de los Cristales - The Giant Crystal Cave - http://www.ironammonite.com/2009...
ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,, Alternating Reality Books, endiaferon and 37 other people liked this
"It's 50oC and has a humidity of 100%, less than a hundred people have been inside and it's so deadly that even with respirators and suits of ice you can only survive for 20 minutes before your body starts to fail. It’s the nearest thing to visiting another planet – it’s going deep inside our own."
- Bo Stern
from Bookmarklet
yep this is going to get shut down when the mine that is pumping out zillions of gallons of water stops pumping the water in a few years. Need to visit as soon as possible......
- Robert Higgins
Amazing.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Phenomenal.
- Micah Wittman
These are incredible! I would have thought these were Photoshopped if I didn't see lots more information. The people look like miniatures beside these enormous crystals. I had no idea that crystals could grow so large on Earth. Wonders really never do cease...
- Kamilah Gill
cool
- echostreamer
I watched a NatGeo show on this place. You know that if the coal mines don't stop pumping out the water...All the crystals will collapse. Crazy.
- Christian (Simply X)
Wow
- Glen Mistletoe
Whoa!
- Kol Tregaskes
I want to go there.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Unbelievable. And me... I don't want to go there.
- Dutch Bloggies
amazing
- martha
Def NOT photoshopped - scientists are loving this op to see the hows and whys of crystal growth... ;-p
- Robyn Hawk
The mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley slide on very smooth ground and leave a trail behind. Some geologists came up with the conclusion that the mysterious sailing stones of death valley move through the smooth ground when the mud is wet and the stones have little ice droplets on them with the help of the wind. This is however not entirely...
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Kurt Starnes, winckel, Hutch Carpenter and 15 other people liked this
true because the stones move during the summer when the temperature is too high and even dries the stones themselves.The mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley not only slide on smooth ground but dig and leave shallow track in their wake.
- martha
Meet Airlock: Your Mac's New Chief of Security - Lock down your computer based on the proximity of your iPhone. - http://themha.com/airlock...
Sofia Fontes, Bill Sodeman, Karoli and 18 other people liked this
"Airlock allows your Mac to lock itself, plain and simple. Using your iPhone or iPod Touch, Bluetooth, and a smidgen of pixie dust, Airlock determines whether you're near your computer. When you leave the room - poof! - your Mac locks itself. “And when I come back?” You guessed it: your Mac unlocks. You can also customize Airlock to perform specific actions as you come and go - have your computer talk to you, log-in or out of iChat, walk the dog, and such."
- Christopher Harley
from Bookmarklet
What happens if you lose your iphone?
- Wei-Yen Tan
Plan B: It can be configured to accept your user account password.
- Christopher Harley
Can it wash my dishes? And pop in a load of laundry on the way to walk the dog?
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
from iPhone
Simply put, Jandy, yes.
- Christopher Harley
from iPhone
I like it. Although I haven't paid for it because I don't have many times that I would use it.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Didn't Salling Clicker do this years ago?
- Timothy Griffin
Salling Clicker allows for control of applications through the user's smart device. Airlock simply locks down your computer and initiates preset commands when your iPhone moves out of range. I know that anytime I'm away from my Mac with my iPhone, I'm gone for at least 20 minutes. There's various tasks that could be initiated and completed in that time. I like the idea.
- Christopher Harley
The Festivus - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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The tradition of Festivus begins with the airing of grievances.
- Thomas Page
1Congress, I got a lot of problems with you people and your lobbyists http://friendfeed.com/citizen... http://friendfeed.com/citizen...
- Thomas Page
2Wall Street
- Thomas Page
3Insurance Companies http://friendfeed.com/healthc... http://friendfeed.com/alexscr...
- Thomas Page
4Corporations
- Thomas Page
5Service Providers A not-so-brief chat with Randall Stephenson of AT&T http://friendfeed.com/paul... http://friendfeed.com/zecg...
- Thomas Page
6Misc. Marvin the Martian http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Thomas Page
7Sex,Drugs,RockandRoll,English Language,The Social Contract http://friendfeed.com/aswang...
- Thomas Page
8Dualism http://friendfeed.com/emmeffe...
- Thomas Page
9 Are Americans a Broken People? Why We've Stopped Fighting Back Against the Forces of Oppression http://www.alternet.org/politic...
- Thomas Page
10
- Thomas Page
12 A grievance is a wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
- Thomas Page
Nexus One, The Google Phone, Captured In The Wild (Picture) - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
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"2010 is going to be an exciting year. Google Phone, Apple Tablet, and Google OS. If the Google Phone is sold unlocked I’ll look into switching from the iPhone. I must say the phone looks sweet and the Android OS is only going to get better."
- Wayne Sutton
I'm an iPhone user watching the Google Phone very closely.
- Kurt Starnes
Google Phone makes first Twitter appearance? - http://www.engadget.com/2009...
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Nexus One, The Google Phone, Captured In The Wild (Picture) - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Kurt Starnes and Aron Michalski liked this
Very interesting. No keyboard, no carrier, full Android utilization, reportedly fast and perhaps a killer camera.
- Kurt Starnes
Shadow Play - http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009...
Kurt Starnes, Ümideath, blind_owl and fatima liked this
From the Desk of David Pogue - Free Speech (Recognition) - NYTimes.com [Dragon Dictation for iPhone] - http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
Brett Kelly, Curtiss Grymala, Kurt Starnes and 6 other people liked this
"If you look at the reviews for this app on the iTunes store, though, you'll be astonished--there are over 1,000 one-star reviews! What's going on? They're not judging the app on its design or effectiveness, that's for sure. Instead, people are freaked out by that "your audio is converted by Nuance's servers" part. They think this is a privacy violation. They fear that someone at Nuance might listen in to the audio. (Nuance says nope, it's just a bunch of computers, maintained in a secure facility, and the audio and transcriptions are not saved.) They're also alarmed by the welcome screen's note that the names in your address book are uploaded to Nuance, too. Eeks! Nuance will know the names of the people we know! OK, first of all, this business of your audio being sent to Nuance for transcription rings a very familiar bell. Remember the Gmail brouhaha? When Gmail debuted, it offered a fantastic e-mail account, paid for by small text ads on the side whose subjects are matched to the e-mail contents."
- edythe
from Bookmarklet
Pogue gives it a great review, but so far i've not been as impressed.
- edythe
I love it, even though it could use a few more features. It's really fast and very accurate too.
- Michael Fidler
maybe it's just my voice... hmm.
- edythe
It will adapt to your voice, but it takes a little time to see the benefits from training it.
- Michael Fidler
I am not trading in state secrets and don't say anything that I wouldn't say in your face so it rocks for me.....Greatest app ever.
- Gregory
Urban Forest skyscraper project in China - http://english.pravda.ru/photo...
Andy Bakun, Itachi, Will Higgins™ and 3 other people liked this
It looks like a giant...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from fftogo
I wonder how long it'll take to erect.
- Will Higgins™
Hundred gather... - http://aflyonthewall.posterous.com/hundred...
آریـوبرزن, John (a.k.a. dendroica), Kurt Starnes and 4 other people liked this
Posted via email from aflyonthewall's posterous
- Robyn Hawk
from Posterous
Clearly influenced by Watterson :)
- Mitch
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : A not-so-brief chat with Randall Stephenson of AT&T - http://www.fakesteve.net/2009...
達磨居士, Kurt Starnes, MiniMage TKDteacher of FF and 3 other people liked this
This is one of the best articles I've read lately.
- Veronica
I very much enjoyed the article. Especially reading it on my DROID. Decision confirmed yet again...
- Dave Friedel
from Android
The Simpsons characters get placed into famous works of art by illustrator David Barton...http://www.designrelated.com/inspira...
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Olcayto Cengiz, Iván Abrego, özgedemirbaş and 52 other people liked this
İlkini çok beğendim
- Tugce Cengiz
Willie çok başarılı olmuş.
- iren ipek
apu dali çok şahane.
- burak magrali
Apu harika olmuş :D
- Murat S. Gür 'Wodashin'
4.sü süper yaa
- KURTAY
creepy but awesome.
- Chieze Okoye
Latif Demirci'nin de yıllar önce böyle birşeyi vardı: http://bit.ly/5kvGu1
- Sinan Kurmus
Is this Apple’s Tablet? (video) http://thenextweb.com/shareab...
Kirill Stasenkov, James Robertson, Kurt Starnes and Mike Hellers liked this
INVISIBLE CUP OF COFFEE
Jason Huebel, Andrew Terry, Alix Whitmire and 22 other people liked this
LOVE this pic!
- Mary Carmen
Because I'm on VACATION today!!! BWAH HA HA.. I DON'T NEED NO STEENKING COFFEE
- Kamilah Gill
You win!
- aden
Hehe... ♥
- AJ Batac
Moghamer, Shayanlinux, © D/\\/IIID ℠ ® and 40 other people liked this
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Beauty Of Lavender Fields
can candan, Saboma, ahmet bulent and 195 other people liked this
We have one of these Lavender Farms out here in Utah. As I was passing it on the highway, it was the most beautiful thing to see and smell!
- The Catz Meow
Wonderful place, where it is?
- Michelangelo Moggia
I don't know where is it. Just love it..!
- ★ Soner Gönül
WOW !! beautiful !!
- nastaran
PurpleLand :))
- Özgün Çağrı AYDIN
Absolutely breathtaking!
- James Artre
they are fascinating (:
- yazarcizerbozar
@Michelangelo Moggia there can be İrland, I saw a film cold PS I LOVE YOU, the same place as this
- yazarcizerbozar
Fields of lavendar are my absolute favorite subject. Thank you for posting.
- Nancy Stall
شخم
- احســـان☺☺
Must smell and look amazing
- Itachi
Wonderful nature !
- marmulak
Is that real? Has any of you seen something like this?
- Barış Mert Gezer
Baris: Lavender: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , look at the pics of the fields at the bottom
- Itachi
Maxamad thanks. So I think the second photo here is retouched to make it more colorful. That was why I asked.
- Barış Mert Gezer
I agree with James Artre, absolutely breathtaking! :)
- Maryam
muhteşem... sağdakinin yüksek çözünürlüklü haline kavuşabilir miyiz acaba :) masaüstüne koysak :)
- Ezgi Dizdaroğlu
Ezgi, Google ya da Bign'te "Lavender" diye wallpaper aratırsan bulabilirsin.
- ★ Soner Gönül
OMG :)
- özlem ercan
ne güzel yah!
- Bahar
şu küçük kızın yerinde olmak isterdim :)
- evileyes
ben lavantaların yerinde olmak isterdim
- Bahar
tanriiim!
- dilan bozyel
çok güzel :)
- TRUSTno1
wow!!
- derya
always beautiful..!
- ★ Soner Gönül
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