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aretha franklin's hat on flickr - http://www.flickr.com/groups...
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urdumania1, гуакамоле, Kevin L and 117 other people liked this
This made me laugh out loud.
- Sonya Smith
The hat looked better on Aretha
- Bob Gannon
lmao
- Michael W. May
That's hilarious!
- Louis P.
from twhirl
Tupac! [THUD]
- Anika
Actually thought Tupac was able to pull it off quite nicely.
- Mlibrarianus
silliness!
- Sarah Perez
OK, this is hilarious!
- Jeff P. Henderson
OMG She's started a trend of FAIL pics
- The Real sofarsoShawn
that first dog is very william wegman.
- Karim
quick glance threw me for a loop i thought #1 was Worthington!
- Carlos Ayala
It isn't Johnny?!
- WoH: Minding her Steves
hahahhahaha EPIC!
- Mona Nomura
Is this gonna be memefied ? :D
- Mo Kargas
Hrm...I want one now
- Rah-PM 2012
Check out my twitter and facebook :O) Man, that was such a good hat!!!
- Will Higgins™
Must. Reshare.
- MLx
I need to make some of these.
- Sullivan
:D
- Mo Kargas
...this was over a year ago, guys - WHERE DID THE TIME GO?!?
- WoH: Minding her Steves
aahahahahahahah. its very funny. i love the hat. iam new to friendfeed. could u please suggest friends for me. This is my link jolamps.blogspot.com
- KINGSLEY OSEVWE
great scott :)))
- @geekgirls
Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag in Three Months | Wired Science | Wired.com - http://www.wired.com/wiredsc...
Sorin Lerinti, Don Faulkner, Jeanette Bosman and 111 other people liked this
"Plastic takes thousands of years to decompose — but 16-year-old science fair contestant Daniel Burd made it happen in just three months. The Waterloo, Ontario high school junior figured that something must make plastic degrade, even if it does take millennia, and that something was probably bacteria. The Record reports that Burd mixed landfill dirt with yeast and tap water, then added ground plastic and let it stew. The plastic indeed decomposed more quickly than it would in nature; after experimenting with different temperatures and configurations, Burd isolated the microbial munchers. One came from the bacterial genus Pseudomonas, and the other from the genus Sphingomonas. Burd says this should be easy on an industrial scale: all that’s needed is a fermenter, a growth medium and plastic, and the bacteria themselves provide most of the energy by producing heat as they eat. The only waste is water and a bit of carbon dioxide."
- April Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
So why is carbon sequestration a good idea when it's all complicated and expensive, but bad when it involves burying plastic bags in landfills?
- Paul Buchheit
I think it's better to sequester carbon as dirt than as bags.
- Gabe
But if it's already in plastic bag form, why not leave it that way instead of turning it into CO2?
- Paul Buchheit
Paul: that's exactly what I've been thinking. Particularly since the City of Seattle no longer allows residents to sequester food based carbon in landfills and instead requires us to burn it into compost.
- Hayes Haugen
Dirt is useful because you can grow stuff in it. Most waste products are not so useful.
- Gabe
Yes, but the choice isn't between dirt and plastic -- it's between plastic and CO2.
- Paul Buchheit
I have to agree with Paul on this one: atmospheric CO2 is much more of a pressing concern at the moment than landfill space. Though I do admire the kid's scientific spirit.
- Louis Simoneau
Concur with Louis and Paul. Here's an interesting Penn & Teller bit about landfills: http://www.youtube.com/watch... (from their Bullshit episode on Recycling myths).
- Stephen Mack
It doesn't say what the process actually produces. They mention the feed material (plastic) and the waste material (water, CO2), but not the real products. I assumed it produced globs of carbon. Am I wrong?
- Gabe
Why would you assume that Gabe?
- Paul Buchheit
the carbon in the CO2, perhaps?
- Jack Jones
Has nobody considered this for an artificial ecosystem? Compost your scraps for fertile soil, and compost your bags for the CO2 for the plants growing in it. Sure you'll need an airlock on your greenhouse (and an oxy mask whenever you enter it) but you'll have the best damned tomatoes on your street.
- Chris Charabaruk
You don't want to leave it in plastic form as it screws up the ocean large! Check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... I hope they can use this to make something that would eat the plastic in the ocean rather than the sea life dying from it.
- Luke Kilpatrick
Since it said that the waste products were CO2 and water, I assumed there were also non-waste products. The good thing about landfills is that they can later be mined for all the great things that were too cheap to recycle.
- Gabe
Yeah, I think landfills have an unjustly bad reputation. When properly managed, they are a great way to deal with garbage that our technology can't yet efficiently recycle. (we're saving for the future!)
- Paul Buchheit
that's great news. now i can really finish my threat to all my damn *invincible* plastic bags! (waves fist)
- ed fry
The two biggest problems with landfill are the leachate seeping into groundwater (or contaminating local soil) and methane (a greenhouse gas). Even if you can mitigate those problems, they're difficult to eliminate entirely, making the land almost useless once it's full.
- Gabe
Gabe, not to minimize the problems, but I live right next to Shoreline Ampitheather in Mountain View, which is built on landfill is proof that the landfill land is hardly useless.
- Stephen Mack
It's not just landfills, though. Take the large floating trash gyre of the Pacific, and its effects in the ecosystem. So the tiny little plastic balls in water are fake food, and animals eat them, and then die in various ways, lowering populations and making species even more fragile. Landfill may be a good way if it's contained and monitored more closely, or CO2, in various areas- such...
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- anna sauce
@anna at least he is coming up with a solution rather than just finding more things to complain about
- Chris Johnston
anna's right -- the problem is when the stuff ends up in the ocean. Landfills are a good way to keep the stuff out of the ocean.
- Gabe
Stop speculating and start experimenting!
- Dane Deasy
Lazy online commentators... ;)
- Dane Deasy
What's the risk in providing a specific kind of bacteria an unlimited food source?
- dthree
Old news.
- Will Higgins™
Pseudomonas is living even on tubes used in surgery. It is a major problem. It simply eats the plastic in a wet environment.
- Balint
Dear Cancer, You don't get to run my life. Love, Me
Mark J, Eivind, Brent - Yes I am and 84 other people liked this
<3
- Anna Haro
*bump* It never did, Michael.
- LB shining
RIP Michael.
- Que Sarah Sarah
Rest in peace, Michael.
- Victor Ganata
RIP.
- G Dub of the Carolinas
Rest, you. Rest.
- Derrick
Rest In Peace. Michael.
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Amazing how it never did. So glad to have known you. RIP, Michael.
- Ayşe E.
I didn't get to know you Michael but my heart goes out to you and your loved ones. RIP
- Carmen wBabby
Memory Eternal, Michael "Into thy heavenly Kingdom with those we love but see no longer." Till we meet again, dear brother. Amen Tears now, but there will be "joy in the morning" then!
- Melanie Reed
Rest in Peace Michael. You and your loved ones are in our thoughts and prayers.
- adf
Rest In Peace :(
- ciw
RIP
- Amy
Rest in Peace.
- Fee501st
Now your pain is ended, Michael. May you rest in peace.
- Mark J
R.I.P.
- Patrick Jordan
RIP
- Peter Ghosh
RIP my friend
- just ZONED
RIP free from pain
- comix aka martha
R.I.P.
- Slow
RIP, warrior.
- rowlikeagirl
Thank you for sharing with us, Michael. Thank You.
- Anna Haro
:(
- Mel Buckpitt
Oh Michael. Your loved ones are in my thoughts tonight. I feel so fortunate to have virtually met you, here on FF. RIP, dear heart.
- vicster
R.I.P. :(
- AJ Batac :)
Rest in peace sir.
- SAM
A good rest to you, and yours.
- Pete
Michael, you were too awesome for words. Your fight was incredible. Peace xoxoxoxox
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
rest in peace....
- saeedeh
RIP
- Maryam Ardakani
R.I.P : (
- farin
Rest in peace :(
- deerstep
You will be missed, even by those who got to know you only through computer screens.. it was an inspring battle, what you had.. rest in peace, may God's love and care be with you and your family..
- Neşe
..
- Vicey
..
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Damn.
- Akiva
Annnnnnnnd, I just lost my shit.
- Derrick
I already did, but now there is little hope of getting it back. I miss you, Michael.
- joey
Droid Incredible review -- Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/2010...
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Suresh S, Turkish Delight, Gabor Cselle and 29 other people liked this
"Let's just put this out there: the Droid Incredible is the best Android device that you can purchase in America right now. It's better than the Droid, better than the Nexus One, and certainly beats the pants off of any previous generation handsets like the Eris, myTouch, or Cliq. It's not just a very, very good Android phone (though it is); it's also an excellent smartphone no matter how you cut it."
- Amit Patel
from Bookmarklet
Yeah, but how's the sound quality and signal strength?
- Gabe
OWo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Caroline Sousa
Want. Australia?
- Will Higgins™
But what will I do with my Droid if I get one of these? Turn off the Verizon plan and use it as a very tiny iPad?
- Rob Shillingsburg
Subtext: It comes in a family of phones. Also included: Droid Pretty Good and Droid Acceptable.
- Louis Gray
The Droid Pretty Good and Droid Acceptable would still be a better choice than a closed-sourced iPhone. ;-)
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
What's next? Droid Awesome? Droid Awesomer? Droid Amazing? Droid Uncanny?
- Piaw Na
Just how much more awesome is it than the Nexus One? Cause if I was in the market for a new Android phone right now I would be leaning towards the N1 just because I suspect Google would be better about issuing OS updates for it.
- Andrew C (✓)
Droid Ludicrous.
- ronin
Soooooo excited!!!!!!
- Shevonne
Looks nice, shame it's not coming to the UK.
- Kol Tregaskes
What comes after Droid Ludicrous -- Droid Plaid?
- Gabe
Why do hardware specs never mention RAM any more? And choosing the N1 screen and Sense UI are mistakes.
- Vezquex
uh?
- Caroline Sousa
from email
Por favor leaim! O povo brasileiro precisa acordar!!!
- Caroline Sousa
from email
Derrick joins a mariachi band - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
adam, Roberto Bonini, Rob Michael (Atmos Trio) and 101 other people liked this
We arrived early and decided to walk around the block... and so we happened upon a mariachi band practicing across the street :)
- Melissa
ssooooooo cute!
- Shevonne
Derrick El Bravo!
- Carlos Ayala
Does this mean that Derrick will start hanging around and be really really irritating until we pay him money to go away? :)
- John E. Bredehoft
absolutely perfect.
- Vicarbott
Derrick's guitar is bigger than everyone else's. #doubleentendre
- Shey
aye carumba!
- RAPatton
*dead*
- Derrick
Love this!
- Michelle M
next time wear the proper costume or they might kick you out. i don't care how bueno your guitarron is.
- grant fox
which one's derrick?
- Cee Bee
Cee Bee, the cute one.
- Derrick
lol!!!!!! This just made my day.
- Carmen wBabby
HELL YES
- Josh Haley
This is so awesome
- Rodfather
Mel, I love how they would pose for you. I know how you shoot and you like to get natural shots, but everytime you picked up your camera, they got all single file line status for you. :)
- Derrick
that is why I love the mariachi. Ole!
- Melissa
Jose' Feliciano, look out!!!!!
- Ms_Krista
Heart
- Yolanda
Ok, I have a request: El Cascabel. GREAT Mariachi song!
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
GREATEST.PHOTO.EVER...
- Johnny
Derrick is clearly my muse.
- Melissa
So, when are you going to Guadalajara for your big break, Derrick? :D
- Steven Perez
Arriba!
- mikepk
Every time this pops up, it makes me smile.
- joey
awesome!
- BEX
"Yeah, so we're in the studio now, laying down some tracks. They wanna get Diddy in on it, but I'm hoping we can work with Reznor, cause he seems like a cool guy..."
- Derrick
Diddy, Reznor, Derrick & Mariachi... I'll take it on vinyl!
- Jason Wehmhoener
That is so totally full of win that it makes me "SQUEEEE"!
- Lindsay
Ay Papi...this pic is awesome. I'm going to go make myself a margarita in honor of it.
- Mark Krynsky
:-D
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
BUMP.
- mjc
Hmmm...I look tall.
- Derrick
Listening to the Ffundercats 27 podcast now. Glad this picture was featured.
- John E. Bredehoft
Wow. my photo was featured on a podcast and no one even told me?
- Melissa
Pssst! Hey Melissa! We were talkin' about you! http://friendfeed.com/joshhal... AND http://friendfeed.com/joshhal...
- Josh Haley
Just in time for Cinco de Mayo!
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
After reading Derrick's Thanksgiving 2010 post to his mom, I realized that she never got to learn about his performing career.
- John E. Bredehoft
Smiling all over again.
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
I look tall.
- Derrick
Your guitar is colossal
- Mo Kargas
Bajo Sexto WIN!
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Panda Bread - http://dunego.net/interes...
gözde ok, Comics Forge, bmert and 68 other people liked this
panda kek ^^
- mayamisa
biz yapcaz bunu , ofiscek begendik:)
- pinarcekic
yaparsanız tarifi banada averin hamur kıvamını tutturmak zor çünkü =)
- celinem
onlar kek olarak yapıcaklar demekki oda güsel
- celinem
denemeliyim!
- Sevgi Çağlar
deneyen taarifi versin =)
- celinem
anlaşıldı tamam @.@
- pinarcekic
bizim millet bunun çiğköftesini yapar :)
- Halit Altunterim
bunu yemeye kıyamaz insan yaa
- celinem
Çok tatlııı!
- Nihan Bora
These are all done in Pencil.
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Brent - Yes I am, Jeff (Team マクダジ ), Behnam B and 269 other people liked this
Impressive
- M F
Great work!
- Neya
I'm sorry but this is unbelievable:) I'll give credit to the artist upon more convincing proof! The photogenic look of the tiger and lion really helps the artist's case though:)
- Roney Smith
I'm with Roney... I find this hard to believe... or maybe I'm just jealous that I can't even get stick people right!
- Jasmin Smith
I don't believe it. Too amazing.
- Rah-PM 2012
I'm with Rah
- Shey
Only the lion looks like its drawn
- embee
The bear and rhino look drawn, too.
- Chris Charabaruk
very very talented. Wow they look like B&W pics you know photography.
- Gabriella Sannino
These are amazing, were they done by you?
- Angelo Rodrigues
Nice photographs
- Rafael Robayna
@michael, if they weren't drawn by you, at least tell us who the artist is and the link
- LouCypher
Link please?
- Jason Wehmhoener
wow
- Carolyn Chan
being slightly skeptical, i'm going to say these were done with pencil by a printer of some sorts... #justsayin
- Enrique Gutierrez
they're beautiful, but skeptical as well
- Jennifer Van Grove
Would need to see higher quality images to see if they are pencil or not - too many jpg artifacts to tell.
- Luke Addison
from twhirl
Stupefied.
- Parth Awasthi
Wow!! Yeah it's pretty amazing what they can draw with a pencil nowadays, deviantART has lots of great pencil art.
- Kol Tregaskes
Michael, who is the artist?
- Kol Tregaskes
wow, cool!
- Sarah Perez
I'm really happy everyone liked these. They're my most liked entry to date, Thanks! There also seems to be some question about whether these are actually Pencil Drawings.I can assure you that they are.When I get home, I should have the links. I have more drawings, too.
- Michael Fidler
from fftogo
O_O WOW...Stunning
- Anna Haro
Wow, these are stunning!!
- Susan Beebe
Yes, especially the tiger. Reminds me of that "Tiger, tiger burning bright."
- Melanie Reed
Alright, Mike - I believe you. These are awesome. Good job!
- Enrique Gutierrez
HOLY CRAP.
- Chieze Okoye
no way!
- Mister Groonk
Thanks Enrique, I'll post some more soon. They are a little more obvious than these ones. As Luke points out; without being able to look closely it's impossible to tell. He's right; but up close it's more obvious. I'll upload the originals to Picasa later, and then you'll be able to zoom in with any photo viewer and see for yourselves. I can't believe how many people liked these. A few people have reposted them already. Thanks!
- Michael Fidler
Absolutely awesome, Michael. You are extremely talented. Everyone should repost these pix and help to make you famous. You should be doing this full time - you obviously have some passion for this. Bravo.
- Chris Loft
These are really beautiful, Michael. Do you sell them?
- Shannon Jiménez
Chris, I would love to say they're mine, but it's not true. I've had them for a while, but I'll find the artists names. It will just require a little backtracking. Besides, they deserve the credit; all I did was find them:-)
- Michael Fidler
Cut the bullshit! :) Photos are very good.
- Burçak Çubukçu
I draw alot in pencil, but they are amazing, the best for me is the girl, that is the most photo-like one. :o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
I agree Rob, the girl is amazing. My favorite by far! Wait until you see it close up! It's really had to tell, even up close!
- Michael Fidler
Burçak Çubukçu If these were photographs, they would be very good. As Pencil Drawings,(which they are), they're amazing.
- Michael Fidler
Wow, amazingly realistic
- Threepwood
@Michael Fidler did you draw them? How can you so sure?
- Burçak Çubukçu
That is my pencil drawing :) http://picasaweb.google.com/Burcak...
- Burçak Çubukçu
dont look like it
- Prakash
@ Michael Fidler don't push so hard :)
- Burçak Çubukçu
@Burçak Çubukçu I can't tell if your serious now or just kidding around. I hope your just having fun! If you are serious, I've never given you a reason to question my integrity, nor do I ever intend to. However, the second set is up now, so judge them for yourself, but don't judge me! http://ff.im/1BJh5 BTW, I messed up and reposted the shot of the women again. Oh well. Hope you like them:-)
- Michael Fidler
@Michael: try deviantART, not Picasa, to submit your artworks
- LouCypher
WOW "I can't believe it's in pencil"
- The Real sofarsoShawn
LouCypher, I know it well, but I don't see why I would want to do that. I hope everyone knows by now that they're not mine? I'm sorry, but I can't say it any clearer than that.
- Michael Fidler
nah, i don't believe it is done in pencil. i am sure it is photoshopped :)
- hasin hayder
These would be great even for photos.
- Sullivan
i'm not able to comprehend
- Varun Shenoy
More comments here: http://www.bannination.com/comment...
- donato
I'm finding this both interesting and humorous at the same time. There's a separate message board where this post is being discussed and it has another forty comments on it already. I think its great how this has created some lively discussion, considering that when I posted this I was doubtful if anyone would even like it. When I went to sleep last night there was only had 3 or 4 likes...
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- Michael Fidler
Very interesting. I would like to see them up close and in person...just to make sure. Bill said it's real and possible. Your 2nd set of picts look like pencil. Nice work in finding these!
- LaFern Cusack
Kol, I can't thank you enough! Kol found another post which helps to prove that these are done in pencil. I had my doubts about a few of them because I collected them from several different sites over time, but the site Kol found has done a great job pulling together an impressive collection of these drawings and more. Take a look - http://www.flickzzz.com/2009...
- Michael Fidler
Actually there are more than what this site shows. There's an entire set with the cats(little cats), which I have, and there's a new portrait set.
- Michael Fidler
Found your post here, Michael. :-) I tried my best to find the artists.
- Kol Tregaskes
Amazing and very very very good.... Very impressive ...
- Linda Zeek-Bobinski
fake. http://lenscratch.blogspot.com/2009... Even if your not claiming to be the artist, these are photographs, well except the woman, thats pencil
- james foor
Yeah we know, thanks though, James. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Excellent pictures - how long did it take you to scan the photographs into Photoshop and then edit them? The only pencil that has come into contact with these "drawings" is the Photoshop pencil. A tip - stop trying to fool people into thinking you are a "real" artist, because all you are doing is cheapening proper artist's works whom have spent hours creating real pictures as opposed to a few minutes on a graphics editing package.
- The Wimp
A bell does ring here. And I am remembering why I was so attracted to the tiger...and the lion for that matter. These are exact replicas of prints I had in our bedroom when I lived in Dallas. I had bought the prints (in color) at a department store,
- Melanie Reed
Actually, I have learned quite a bit about these drawing since I made this post. Not only have I discovered all of the artists, but I've learned more about how they are created. They are always copied from a photograph or painting, but usually a photograph. It is extremely time consuming and detail orientated work. There are many other artists besides the ones featured here who practice...
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- Michael Fidler
Most of them have portfolio's on deviantart.com and their work is truly amazing even if they are copies of other artists work. I suppose with this level of detail, they have to start with something. Nevertheless, I'm still in awe of their talent. Melanie, the animal prints you refer to are from a very well renowned photographer. The originals are B&W I'll look it up later but I do have...
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- Michael Fidler
wow; they're unbelieavably beautiful.
- liladreams
Has anyone ever corrected the record and pointed out, with the exception of the Charlize Theron drawing, that these are indeed photos by Alexander Von Reiswitz?
- erik weisz
Erik, thank you for bringing this up again, but I think I already mentioned something about this in my prior comment. However, since it appears that you only signed up to friendfeed to leave a single comment, (ok, why?) I will try to summarize what I wrote previously. In brief, I learned after doing a little research that all photo-realistic drawings like the ones that I shared here,...
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- Michael Fidler
Awesome
- الکامپ
I can assure you that what are claimed to be drawings of animals, in your post here, are photos. I used a website to that allows you to do an comparison of the Von Reiswitz photos and the images you have posted here. There are no differences. Every hair matches up. As a pencil artist myself I can tell you that it's pretty much impossible to get that kind of accuracy and have it look...
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- erik weisz
but... it has to be real, i saw it on the internet
- Iphigenie
Eric, it doesn't matter to me if you just joined, and I apologize if I made you think otherwise. If you have any questions regarding friendfeed, please feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer them. At this point, I would be happy if we could find someone who is an image analysis expert, and finally point this thing to rest. Every time that I look into this, all I find is a...
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- Michael Fidler
the site spammed above must all be done in pencil too, right, thats why you posted it?
- Iphigenie
I'm amazed that people are still posting these photographs of animals and calling them pencil drawings. This is at least the third case I can remember (and there are probably more) of this happening. The myth about them being drawings was debunked long ago. It's also funny that whenever they get posted the person posting them doesn't make it clear that they aren't the artist, exactly as you have done.
- canadianmaple09
@canadianmaple09 I posted these back in March, 2009 when I was beginning to use FF regularly. I ran them through TinEye hoping to find their source, but it returned no results. When I ran through again yesterday, TinEye returned over four pages of results. If I had it to do over again, would I? Yes
- Michael Fidler
The people you refer do don't join "just to slam" someone, they are concerned members of the online art community that want to see real art appreciated and fake art or photos being passed off as drawings revealed for what they really are. Artists such as Brian Duey, Armin Mersmann, Paul Lung, Zindy Nielsen,and many others do not receive the appreciation they deserve because of scams like this.
- canadianmaple09
canadianmaple09, the worthiness of your motives notwithstanding (and they are worthy, definitely) you could definitely have approached Michael completely differently by say, giving him the benefit of the doubt rather than attacking in a highly accusatory tone.
- Chieze Okoye
When you've seen these same pictures posted multiple times by people that just find them on the internet and claim they are pencil drawings, when it has already been established on multiple occasions that they are not, the "benefit of the doubt" approach seems a little too generous. People post these images and claim they're drawings to get views for their own site or blog or page or whatever it is they post it on. It's wrong and it needs to be stopped.
- canadianmaple09
I can understand that, but you should also keep in mind that everyone is not as well-versed in the issue as you are. All I'm saying is that you would probably be more effective in this case if you weren't setting this up as a us-vs.-them, "must destroy with the validity my argument!" attitude when talking to a guy who's been actively having a discussion on the issue in what seems to me (having been around when he first posted the images and the follow up thread and what not) to be good faith.
- Chieze Okoye
Look at his first comment here. People clearly thought he drew them. He doesn't set the record straight. He also claims that they "are actually pencil drawings" and that "I have more drawings too." Later he claims that you need to look at them closer to see they are drawings and that he will "post the originals". Once again, this makes it sound like they are his. This follows the same...
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- canadianmaple09
Greg and Chieze, thanks for your support. I really appreciate it. @canadianmaoles09, for what it’s worth, I share your concerns about giving proper attribution when sharing also. However, I admit that I'm more conscious of it now than I was at the time of this post. Nevertheless, I have never taken credit for anybody's work here other than my own!
- Michael Fidler
BTW, I didn't realize it before, but I just noticed that you're new here too. I hope you like it so far and spend more time here. IMO, friendfeed is still the best thing around!
- Michael Fidler
I would probably qualify as an image analysis expert, but there's no way to prove that online. One thing we can do is look at color. Even though the images are black and white,they're actually RGB images, meaning they contain cyan magenta and yellow. If you look at the image of the rhino you have posted then look at the photo of the rhino at the photographer's site you can see they both...
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- erik weisz
Pics!!
Louis Gray, Jenny R, Scoble, Alex Scoble and 77 other people liked this
Perfect
- Johnny
Pardon me, but, that is fucking awesome!
- Yolanda
OMGOMGOMG!
- Ayşe E.
<3!!!
- Penguin
LOVE IT!!!
- holly #ravingfangirl
Very nice.
- Anika
YAY!!!
- LB shining
Most excellent!
- vicster
FANTASTIC.
- Que Sarah Sarah
Hope it's going fabulous!!!
- Katy S
Very happy to see this :) I know it's a great feeling.
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Awesome! Congrats! :D
- Rochelle
Congrats D!!!!
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Thanks everyone. I couldn't have asked for a better turnout. The space was awesome, had some FF love from Jason Toney, Melissa, Anna Lynn, and a surprise visit from Anna Haro! But seriously, you were all there in spirit.
- Derrick
B-e-a utiful. Well done sir.
- SAM
(has that bed been tested out?)
- Brent
Wow, that looks awesome, Derrick! Wish I could have been there!
- Carmen wBabby
Sorry I missed all the excitement - many congratulations to you, D!
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Giving this post a big old BUMP. A very good friend of mine has given me a serious challenge to begin a photography project and have it shown in a gallery by this time next year. He told me to 'sack up and stop hiding'. I just started a project book and stapled a print out of this thread to the inside cover. Not because I aim to mirror the content or style, it's to nudge me every time I...
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- Johnny
DO IT, Johnny. Make us proud. I'm, uh...right behind you.
- Derrick
<3
- Johnny
I love a good bump! ;) Go Johnny!
- Que Sarah Sarah
BP succeeds in cutting riser pipe -- finally! some progress! now let's see how leaky Cap Redux turns out to be. f*cking megacorporations.
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Cat saves Pearland woman from pit bull attack | khou.com | Khou.com - News, Houston news, Texas News, Headlines - http://www.khou.com/news...
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Woods claims she was walking back to her home in the 2300 block of Short Springs Court in Pearland when she saw the dogs from a distance. When they started charging towards her, she tried to fight them off, but they knocked her down several times. Her husband, Harold Woods, said he was inside the home when he heard her screams. He unsuccessfully tried to separate the dogs from his wife, he said. That’s when the couple’s cat, Lima, jumped into the fray. According to Woods, the feline clawed and hissed at the dogs and distracted them. "Our cat came out of the bushes, and scratched one of the dogs and started hissing at it. They both turned their attention to the cat. I was able to grab my wife and pull her inside the house," he said.
- SteVe C
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Cats RULE
- RAPatton
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NYT Interactive oil spill map- follow the flow as S*it happens. http://www.nytimes.com/interac...
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Wow!
- blackChinahand
That's disconcerting.
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
AT&T Just Killed Unlimited Wireless Data (and Screwed Everybody in the Process) - http://gizmodo.com/5553418...
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:(
- Nicholas Kreidberg
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That's still so much cheaper than it is here in Canada. That $45 wouldn't get you 1GB here.
- Kenton
"The new plans apply to the iPad as well. Meaning the no-contract $30 unlimited data plan, the plan both Apple and AT&T pitched so hard, assuring us that we would never have to worry about data or contracts, is no more. If that $30-whenever-you-want-it unlimited data was a part of your calculus in buying the 3G iPad—it was part of mine—you've effectively been baited-and-switched. They...
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- Chieze Okoye
Chieze, just curious, how much 3G data have you been using with your iPad?
- The original Kevin
heh, I don't have an iPad. I'm just commenting on the fact that this was definitely a bait and switch.
- Chieze Okoye
I use the iPhone extensively w/3G and have never exceeded 2GB a month although it comes close. My iPad 3G usage as been a meager 17MB since 5/11.
- ronin
Ok, I understand that people don't routinely go over this average, but that's not the point (I don't think so at least). The point is that data usage per capita will continue to trend upwards and cost per unit of infrastructure will continue to trend downwards. These trends together will continue to push the market in the direction opposite from what AT&T just did, as users begin to...
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- Chieze Okoye
Even though my iPhone data usage is quite low I fear that tethering w/ my laptop could result in some *very* scary AT&T bills.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
from IM
I am going to monitor data usage on my laptop for the next month and see how much I am pushing around. Depending on that number I may go for one of the plans w/ tethering.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
from IM
I'm actually OK with this. The new data plan is very similar to what AT&T offers its prepaid phone customers -- only with much higher amounts of data, and a required contract. One step closer to getting an iPhone with prepaid voice and a regular data plan...
- Julian
unlike
- marthalib
Qualcomm Ships 1.5Ghz Dual-Core SnapDragon - http://www.ubergizmo.com/15...
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Whoa
- Vezquex
Action, finally, Eric Holder has opened a criminal investigation of BP regarding the Gulf oil spill: http://www.grist.org/article...
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Next step: receivership.
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
Maybe this is all political posturing, but no-one can blame Obama for pulling a Bush: doing absolutely zero after a (natural) disaster.
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
You are correct MVB. And it is sad that America has come to this by the hand of the uneducated masses led by evil puppet masters: they will blame Obama for not doing anything, yet they will also blame Obama for interfering in something that doesn't require government interference. But I admire his will to make an effort to make things better for everyone. If that is "socialist" then so be it (while I snicker at so much ignorance).
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
Resource furniture - http://www.limk.com/english...
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Google phases out Microsoft Windows use: report - http://www.reuters.com/article...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Web search group Google Inc is phasing out internal use of rival Microsoft Corp's Windows operating system because of security concerns following a Chinese hacking incident, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
The FT quoted one Google employee as saying: "We're not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort." Another said: "Getting a new Windows machine now requires CIO (chief information officer) approval."
- Mark Layton
Dell Unveils Android-Based 'Streak' Tablet | News & Opinion | PCMag.com - http://www.pcmag.com/article...
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"Dell on Tuesday formally unveiled the Streak, an Android-powered device the company is marketing as a tablet, though it will only boast a five-inch screen. The Streak, formerly known as the Mini 5, will first be available in the U.K. later this month through O2, and will come to the U.S. this summer. The Streak includes built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and available 3G, which will handle e-mail, texting, instant messages, and voice calls. At a Citrix Synergy event in San Francisco earlier this month, chief executive Michael Dell reportedly said that AT&T would be the Streak's provider, but a Dell spokesman said Tuesday that the company has not announced a U.S. carrier yet. The Streak includes a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5-megapixel camera with dual LED flash. It includes 2 G-bytes of internal storage, though the Micro SD card can hold up to 32GB of expandable memory, which will support up to 42 movies, 32,000 photos, or 16,000 songs, Dell said."
- RAPatton
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"Later this year, the Streak will include support for Adobe Flash 10.1 on Android 2.2. The Android software includes integrated Google Maps with turn-by-turn navigation, street, and satellite views. It also supports social media like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, Dell said. The five-inch screen is a capacitive, multi-touch WVGA display. For comparison, the new Sprint HTC EVO 4G smartphone has a 4.3-inch screen."
- RAPatton
Sounds very interesting. Smaller is better for a tablet for me. Basically this is a UMPC, so they are basically go back to the originally proposed netbooks. Cool.
- Kol Tregaskes
So is this a phone or a tablet? Confused?
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, I think that's the problem this device is going to have. What makes it different than a smart phone other than the slightly larger size?
- Jason Toney
Flash 10.1 on Froyo goes tete-a-tete with Flash Lite 4 on Eclair: butter vs. stutter (video) -- Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/2010...
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"Believe it or not, your newly-upgraded Nexus One isn't the first Android smartphone to have Adobe Flash video capability, nor even the first to play said content on a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU -- Europe's been rocking the HTC Desire since April, which sports a little something called Flash Lite even on the older Android 2.1 OS. Will frozen yogurt outperform puff pastry on its home turf? Find out in a blind taste test video showdown after the break."
- Kol Tregaskes
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Google Wave Now Open For All - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
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"Google just announced the general launch of Google Wave at its annual developer conference in San Francisco. Until today, Wave was an invite-only service, but starting now, anybody with a Google account will be able to log in to Wave and use it without any restrictions. Google will also enable Wave for Google Apps users today. In order to educate these new users, the Google Wave team has also created a number of new videos and case studies that highlight how organizations can use Wave to collaborate more effectively."
- Kol Tregaskes
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It's still slow. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
I may be thick but it is not obvious to me how new users get access - is there a set of explicit instructions somewhere that I can send potential new users?
- Brian Sullivan
This is good. Maybe it's everyday users - as opposed to hardcore geeks - who will find the most intuitive uses for it
- LANjackal
Brian, what happens if you go here: https://wave.google.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Good news, now everyone can be completely confused as to how you use it and what it is good for.
- Kenton
Kenton - I am not confused on how to use it or what it is good for -- maybe it is you?
- Brian Sullivan
Kol -- I will have to see if I can figure it out when I am logged out -- I think based on other information there is a login box and a button to that allows you to setup a Google account (never realized that existed as I have always used my Gmail account and am permanently logged in).
- Brian Sullivan
Smashing Pumpkins Get New Bassist | CHARTattack - http://www.chartattack.com/news...
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"After the departure of Ginger Pooley in March, Billy Corgan The Smashing Pumpkins have revealed they have a new bassist, continuing their tradition of constantly changing their lineup. Nicole Fiorentino is a former member of Veruca Salt, Twilight Sleep, Light FM and who also plays with Spinerette."
- RAPatton
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OMFG. I knew Nicole had a big new secret job she was super excited about, but I didn't know what it was. Holy crap, that's awesome for her.
- Jandy
I thought that would grab your attention
- RAPatton
Ha, it's funny because I'm not personally that big into the Smashing Pumpkins, so I was like, why is RAP pinging me on this, and then I read the quote and was like OH THAT'S WHY.
- Jandy
Always good to read the quote
- RAPatton
I read that on FB last night! I'm so psyched for her! I'll miss her at Twilight Sleep, though. And Light FM.
- Lis
Yeah, we won't get to see her at free shows around town anymore. But it's fantastic for her.
- Jandy
their former bassist, Ginger Pooley (maiden name Reyes) was my roommate back at UCLA. I can't believe how far she's come. She's such a cool girl too.
- Melissa
Yeah, we lived in a big house with 4 other girls in Westwood. I still have one of her old demos with her band back then. She taught me a lot of rockabilly and I taught her a lot about jazz. She used to walk in to my room whenever I had jazz playing and would ask me to school her on folks she should listen to.
- Melissa
A new patrol car in the Italian police force….Just what they need to catch speeding drivers...
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Iván Abrego, Neya, Kamilah Reed (K. Gill) and 56 other people liked this
What a car!! Pity they couldn't find someone good enough to drive it.
- Kol Tregaskes
Expand to see all the photos.
- Kol Tregaskes
Ouch.
- Stephen Mack
Ouch. I can't possibly "like" this.
- Tudor Bosman
HA HA HA HA. I was scrolling down, going, "Ooooh! Ahhhhh!" and racer car music popped into my head and then WHAMO!
- Josh Haley
They actually destroyed 3 of these Lamborghini police cars... The car in the pictures is the last one :D
- degra
ROFLMAO
- Roberto Bonini
LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
oh shittttttt LOL
- just ZONED
lol
- Fee501st
Noooooooooo!!! I can't believe it!!! PFFAHAHHAHAHAHH!!! :)))
- netgeek | Джанф
Thanks for the link, Andrew.
- Kol Tregaskes
I like how the first shot even has a Carabinieri booth-babe helping unveil it.
- Ciaoenrico
Geez...
- Harold
Chi? Piloti Italiani o di polizia Italiana?
- Ciaoenrico
Baby blue...really?
- Mark Krynsky
very peculiar way to catch speeding drivers
- baffyno
another dream car to destroy http://www.autoblog.it/post...
- Isola Virtuale
If the driver had pushed the "A" on the steering wheel hub, they would have jumped right over that obstacle.
- Bill Bittner
maybe they forgot to add K.I.T.T. :D
- cybergerac
only in italy :)
- Ivan Walsh
in the story of police in italy was 3 or 4 of this car, even whith the same end (sorry for my english)
- Viditu - Umberto
Hehe, cybergerac.
- Kol Tregaskes
nooo
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Walmart grants $2 billion to end hunger in U.S. - http://wireupdate.com/wires...
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Home Depot Called "Arrogant," Must Actually Pay Inventor For Invention - The Consumerist - http://consumerist.com/2010...
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"Home Depot had a problem: their employees kept sawing off their own extremities with the saws they used to cut lumber for customers. Michael Powell invented a gadget which fixed the problem, and offered to sell the device to the chain for $2,000 each. Then, the inventor's lawsuit alleged, Home Depot simply stole the gadget's design, made their own, and wouldn't compensate him. "F*** Michael Powell. Let him sue us." one executive said at the time. Now the chain must pay him a judgment of about $25 million. Paying Powell for his invention in the first place would have cost $4 million for the devices that are now installed in 2,000 stores."
- Steven Perez
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GOOD!
- Joe The Sausage
Definitely good.
- Chieze Okoye
Yeah, Your State Sucks, Too, But Not As Much As Arizona, Oklahoma, or Louisiana Today: The Rude Pundit - http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2010...
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"So let's say, and why not, that you fucking hate the family in the house next door. You don't like the smell of the food they cook, the way they play their music too loud, their bratty kids, the way they mow their lawn. Sure, when you can, if a party gets boisterous, you call the cops, but ultimately that's treating a symptom, not the problem. Finally, you reach that breaking point, when you can actually hear the electric crackle of synapses firing off in your deranged brain. After a good dousing with gasoline, you set the house on fire. And you stand outside with a shotgun and shoot each family member as they come running out, but you keep one alive, just one, say, the oldest son. You shoot him in the leg to make sure he can't run away. You make him witness while you burn the house to the ground. And then, just as the cinders are cooling, you tell him, "Watch this," and you walk into the center of the ruins and piss on the ashes. It's essentially what Governor Jan Brewer and the...
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- Steven Perez
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Android 2.2 (Froyo) Caught On Camera, Flash On The Nexus One [Video] - http://phandroid.com/2010...
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Hopes to Ward Off Oil with Fake Islands | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World - http://inhabitat.com/2010...
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"As news surfaced that the giant cap meant to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill failed, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced his own plan to save the coastline from mass amounts of incoming oil. Jindal is proposing “strengthening” a line of delicate barrier islands 10 miles off the coast of Louisiana by dumping dredged materials in the gaps of water that stretch between the small pieces of land. He hopes his plan would stop oil from reaching the marshlands on the coast of Louisiana. We think it sounds like a destructive answer to a really destructive problem."
- Steven Perez
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