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Favorite sci-fi space ship names...
Iván Abrego, CW✔, The Amber and 16 other people liked this
Heart of Gold from HHGTTG is a good name, but I always pictured it shaped like a running shoe, rather than a sphere.
- Andy Bakun
Just about every name in Iain M. Bank's Culture Novels. I'll BRB with some samples.
- Anika
Millennium Falcon, obviously. It's such a sports-car sounding name.
- Rob H.
I'm browsing Larry Niven and Known Space on wikipedia right now, and there are some really good ones there. The Long Shot and The Lying Bastard.
- Andy Bakun
Here's some for inspiration: http://conservationreport.file... Although admittedly, these aren't very individually interesting. Lexx is a pretty good name.
- Andy Bakun
The Halo series has some good ones as well; UNSC Pillar of Autumn, UNSC In Amber Clad, Truth and Reconciliation, Shadow of Intent and so on.
- Rob H.
Damn, those are good. Truth and Reconciliation reminds me of the weapon named Reason in Snow Crash ("I'm sure they'll listen to Reason").
- Andy Bakun
Okay, here's a few ship names: Size Isn't Everything, Hand Me That Gun And Ask Me Again, Youthful Indiscretion, No More Mr. Nice Guy, Just Read The Instructions, Problem Child, I Blame My Mother, I Blame Your Mother...there's a lot more.
- Anika
You almost can't go wrong. Serenity, Star Destroyer, USS Enterprise, Starship Bistromath...
- Vezquex
Ah, the Bistromath. Damn, I should have thought of that one.
- Andy Bakun
i always wanted to see the Bistromath realised on screen. probly never happen, now.
- Joe The Sausage
Is the Hand Me that Gun And Ask Me Again referred to as just The Hand Me or The Ask Me Again?
- Andy Bakun
Those Banks names are pretty funny. Is there some reason they're like that (those aren't humor books, right)?
- Rob H.
I always liked the way The Defiant implied serious kickassitude.
- Andy Bakun
I always loved the Star Destroyer names on the XWing games http://www.theforce.net/swtc...
- WoH: Minding her Steves
I don't know. I think the Culture novels are pretty funny. There's an underlying satirical look at wealth's role in society. The droid/human relationship is humorous, as the droids seem to be the Voice of Conscious/Mom. And considering the heavy violence, in which most of the ships are introduced to you, it's nice to have a moment of levity.
- Anika
Also keep in mind that some of the ships are sentient beings and play heavy roles in the stories.
- Anika
I liked "Nostalgia for Infinity" from Revelation Space (Alastair Reynolds). In the epilogue for Galactic North, he admits that his ship names have been inspired by the culture novels and other sources.
- Matt M (inactive)
Ah, yes...Reynolds did have some great ship names. I totally assumed he was inspired by Banks. We named our daughter after a character in Revelation Space.
- Anika
Anika, that's awesome. :) Just pulled the book to confirm: he actually said that "he bows to noone in his admiration of Ian M Banks", but "his ship names were a direct pinch from M. John Harrison's The Centauri Device, not the Culture".
- Matt M (inactive)
Nice. I've never read any of John Harrison's work. If I had read that in the book, I would have searched it out. I have a bad habit of not reading the author blurbs.
- Anika
I couldn't stop reading after that book ended, so I plowed right through the epilogue hoping to hear that he's planning on continuing the series, picking up some interesting tidbits. It's hard to reach the end of a deep series like that.
- Matt M (inactive)
Good list, WorldofHiglet. Accuser, Thunderflare, Inflexible and Death's Head.
- Andy Bakun
That ship-size comparison reminded me of another I really liked: Agamemnon from Babylon 5. Greek heros make good ship names.
- Matt M (inactive)
Nostromo.
- andrei_c
Reynold's Revelation Space naming convention used by the Ultras, transhuman spacefarers: Nostalgia For Infinity , Gnostic Ascension
- Ken Chen
Matt, those books are good. I'm currently re-reading Ilium, soon to be followed by Olympos, but It think after I'm done with Simmons I'll revisit the Revelation Space world.
- Anika
Ilium and Olympos were such a good read (read them recently after a re-read of the Hyperion Cantos). Loved the Mahnmut and Orphu storyline. I'm just about to start my first read-through of Culture tonight.
- Matt M (inactive)
Serenity and Millenium Falcon are my favorites. Of course, I don't watch a lot of sci-fi with space ships (I watch more of the supernatural sci-fi).
- Curdy G
Anika++ Ian Banks. My favorite was "Very Little Gravitas Indeed"
- mikepk
or maybe "Xenophobe"
- mikepk
I really like the Culture names here. Maybe I should read the series. The Halo names are great too.
- Andrew C (✓)
It's a really fun series to read, Andrew.
- Anika
Highly recommend Banks. My recommendation is usually to start with "Consider Phlebas", I think it's his first culture book and in my opinion, it's the most 'space operatic' of them. I think it's a good intro to the Culture.
- mikepk
Anika, have you ever read Bank's non sci-fi stuff?
- mikepk
Just picked up Consider Phlebas, after running into the ship names list for The Culture on wikipedia. Sounds really interesting.
- Andy Bakun
It is a very good book. My husband seems to like Player of Games better.
- Anika
Oops! Just read through this thread again and noticed Mike asked me something. No, I haven't read any of Banks non sci-fi stuff. I've been meaning too.
- Anika
Does the Nebuchadnezzar from the Matrix count?
- Roberto Bonini
Any of the Culture ships in 'Looking to Windward'
- Toby Graham
This thread inspired me to start reading the Culture novels a few months ago. I have to admit that they are by far the best ship names.
- Matt M (inactive)
I still have not finished Consider Phlebas, but I did start it... barely.
- Andy Bakun
The Normandy from mass effect is pretty awesome.
- Guschu
What is your FF Comments/Likes Ratio? (Comments divided by Likes to 2nd decimal place - as of now) - http://flickr.com/photos...
Halil, Cristo, denis and 120 other people liked this
1.05 (670/633)
- Micah
from Bookmarklet
Can you remind me again where to find those stats?
- Brian Johns
Brian, go to "Me" link (http://friendfeed.com/brianjo...) which defaults to the Feed tab. Look at the sidebar on the right, below Discussion.
- Micah
0.75 (926/1226) - still relatively new here
- mikepk
I only see my stats for the last week (17/14 = 1.21) Please tell me your 670 number is for more than just a week!
- Brian Johns
1.44 (566/391) for brianjohns (after week tally you should see a comma then 'all time' count - I can see it on your page)
- Micah
OK, sorry. I'm a total dumbass. I stopped reading after the weekly totals...
- Brian Johns
3.74, which seems way off of everybody else's. I wonder what that says. I comment a lot more than I like.
- Cyrus Lendvay
0.79
- Brian Roy
0.77
- Eric
0.67
- Nine
0.77
- Shey
0.76
- FFing Enigma
1.39.
- Rochelle
1.80
- Brian Sullivan
1.61 - I only 'like' when I want to throw my support behind a topic but don't have anything constructive to add.
- Bjorn Stromberg
1.12
- Tinfoil 2.0
1.41
- WoH: Minding her Steves
5.08 (3181/626) !
- ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ
0.66 - I tend to 'like' things without needing to comment further, I guess, and I notice I usually like the things upon which I comment. Well, frequently.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
.39 (2457/6242) I guess I don't comment much. I do 'like' a lot of things, it would seem.
- Bren
0.62 then again i have over 11,000 comments
- Cee Bee
1.23 (5287/4229) - I am put to shame by Cee Bee's participation, good grief!
- Lindsay
@Cee Bee I think you meant 0.62
- ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ
1.27 (902/705)
- Leandro Ardissone ⍨
yes, thanks for the correction. lindsay, you're making me feel bad. lol
- Cee Bee
0.8576, I only like mostly when I'm going to comment
- Mol, FF Music Lover
1.55 endlessly repeating. This Like/Comment included.
- Dana D
before this comment: .69 I kid you not.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
So far: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81 ... (if you average 1 comment per like, you'd be 1.0 ... if you're 0.xx you might herd content more than discuss ... if you're whole numbers above 1 you may not 'like' much or discuss plenty or both)
- Micah
CSV_A: 1.05,0.75,1.44,0.81,3.74,0.79,0.77,0.67,0.77,0.76,1.39,1.8,1.61,1.12,0.141,5.08,2.41,0.66,.39,0.62,.62,1.27,0.8576,1.551,0.69
- Micah
1.83
- Grant Bierman
I tend to like allot of photos which really don't need comments.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
InPerpetualMotion(Gina k), I really liked this 'Like' of yours (in a series of pics, so I flickr fav'd it): http://friendfeed.com/e... and commented. Thanks!
- Micah
.37 1002/2708
- Michael Fidler
this is what scobes walls would like if he didnt have FF
- sean percival
I haven't seen Marc Canter's fabled fence (just heard about it), but I imagine this but on wood pickets :)
- Micah
This week: 2.48 (1162:467) but this is not the norm, my likes usually match or are higher than comments, overall: 0.95 (14228:14846).
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks Michael, Kol! I'll recalculate average/median when we build up some more data points here.
- Micah
1.03 748/723
- Keith - @tsudo
.68 6986/10194 Someone wrote a great article on the comment-like ratio a few months ago. Search on FriendFeed is crashing on me... I'll try to get the link.
- Mitchell Tsai
Thanks Mitchell (btw, search crashing on me too - lots)
- Micah
1316 comments/20221 likes (0.06), according to Windows Calculator, although I probably screwed up.
- Tyson Key
*bump*
- Micah
Thanks, Mark!
- Micah
Thanks Spidra!
- Micah
0.95 (1520/1604) - it's 2+ months later, and my ratio flipped (more Likes by .05)
- Micah
.7 (1204/1724) - before this comment at least.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Thanks, Rachel!
- Micah
3.46 (3665/1057) before this comment and like.
- Kevin Fox
Thanks, Kevin. 3+ is quite the comment on your commenting activities :)
- Micah
I've got stuff to say.
- Kevin Fox
3.98 (900/226)
- Richard Lawler
1.02 (3538/3484) for sofarsofarshaun
- Micah
.34 (600/1747, not counting this comment)
- Michael Hocter
Thank you, Siavash and Michael
- Micah
.52 overall, but .68 this week.
- Rebecca Lasley
Nice, thanks Rebecca.
- Micah
1.31
- Rah-PM 2012
0.56
- imabonehead
Rah and imabonehead - rock on! (Richard too!)
- Micah
0.16
- Anne Bouey
1.39
- JCunwired
4.62 (287/62) -- Yikes! I'm chatty.
- Ted Roden
Thank you kindly, Anne, jcunwired and Ted.
- Micah
2.63
- Bryce Roney
Thanks for joining in, Bryce.
- Micah
.15 all time, .13 this week.
- Lix
.52
- David HC Soul
Thank you, Alix and David! (and Alix, you're tied with Siavash for the Highest Like ratio. Wow).
- Micah
2.94
- j1m
Thank you, j1m. Ok, I'm gonna roll this up into a csv and call it a night.
- Micah
CSV_B: 0.95,0.7,3.46,3.98,1.02,0.15,0.34,0.52,1.31,0.56,0.16,1.39,4.62,2.63,0.15,0.52,2.94
- Micah
this week = 0.45%, alltime = 6.43%
- chaz2b
CSV_B Mean: 1.49 (previous mean for CVS_A: 1.27)
- Micah
Of course the numbers can easily lie, but I'm gonna say it anyway: "We're getting more conversational, people!"
- Micah
0.49 (493/988)
- Bluesun 2600
816 / 2502 = 0.326139089 overall | 50 / 233 = 0.214592275 this week I like much more than I comment. (maths via google)
- Chris Loft
3026/5013 = 0.6036
- Roger Chen
chaz2b, Bluesun 2600, Roger, Nicholas — thank you!
- Micah
5.25 but I don't know what this *means, yet. maybe I'm just stingy with my "likes" compared to others?
- Marg Uerite
Thanks jamar78 and Marg!
- Micah
A recent change in FF: now the comment count shows total number of comments (previously multiple comments in one thread only counted as one) http://friendfeed.com/e... so all the numbers above are from the old methodology....
- David HC Soul
My new ratio: 0.76 all time (old methodology .52).... this week 1.39
- David HC Soul
*bump*
- Micah
1.26 (2965/2346)
- Micah
Thanks, Glen and pea!
- Micah
Looks like my ratio as flipped again (comments back to dominating again). Seems to match my own awareness I've lately been commenting without Liking (commenting is my inherent recognition of value to me and the additional Like is when it merits an extra bump to help discovery by others).
- Micah
.38
- Ryan Dadey
Ryan, I have to say, that's one high caliber ratio ;)
- Micah
An update it's .44 which is an improvement from .36
- Michael Fidler
2.00
- Anthony Citrano
0.97
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
1.5 exactly
- Ahsan Ali
2.94 1040/354 I have likes set to post to twitter automatically, so I'm careful with them. :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
0.85
- Steven Perez
0.73 up from 0.66 on Jan 08
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
0.37 for the week past, 0.45 on the whole.
- Parth Awasthi
Michael, Anthony, Ahsan, guruvan Steven, sıɹɥɔ and Parth - thanks for dropping in your stats!
- Micah
5.81 i'm not using it as does everyone else here. that is fer sure.
- Marg Uerite
But remember, the comment counts also includes comments imported from other services.
- Ahsan Ali
Ahsan, huh, I'd never considered that.
- Micah
17942/30571=.59
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Alex, thank you, sir.
- Micah
ALmost 2:1 exactly.
- Amani
Much obliged, Amani.
- Micah
3062/5777 you do the maths.
- Will Higgins™
Thank you, amin/gnu
- Micah
7.16
- Ken Sheppardson
*bump* (SEE ALSO http://friendfeed.com/jungleg... )
- Micah
1.45 (4374/3026)
- Micah
1.73
- Aron Michalski
0.92 now. I think the movie reviews have been getting me closer to a 1 to 1 ratio.
- Steven Perez
0.77
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Steven, yep, you were a 0.85 in April.
- Micah
2.10 now ...
- Amani
0.97 now.
- Eric Johnson
Amani, so your comments have climbed a bit.
- Micah
Thanks, Eric.
- Micah
Probably, just chattier then :)
- Micah
I'm down from 7.16 to 6.94 :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken, the FCC may be interested to explore how your "I'm down" may be offensively self-deprecating ;)
- Micah
.56 eeep, must try harder
- Threepwood
4.52. I don't bother to like things I've commented on, since commenting already flags it as interesting.
- Andy Bakun
0.46 (1698/3638)
- Glenn Slaven
Threepwood, Andy, Glenn - thanks (Andy, that's my mo too; then I'll Like if it warrants a "double vote").
- Micah
1.31 (4,471/3,401)
- Karoli
Thanks, Karoli. And the both of us have a _very_ similar ratio and absolute numbers. wow.
- Micah
Thanks, Ryo!
- Micah
Andy, scroll upward and you'll see a couple calculations from before (January: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81)
- Micah
In March the Mean was: 1.49
- Micah
1.021276595744680851063829787234042553191489361702127659... via Wolfram Alpha
- tom murphy
Thanks, tom. And though a bit verbose, your friend Wolfram is resourceful :D
- Micah
0.55 (254/444)
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
Thank you, Willem.
- Micah
In April you were 0.97, so you're liking more / commenting less.
- Micah
1.88 (779/414)
- Ton Zijp
Thanks, Ton.
- Micah
0.43 (3597/8305).
- Parth Awasthi
0.74 (1970/2667)
- S of 2C
And thank you Parth, Scott.
- Micah
Parth, compared to your April numbers, you've been consistent.
- Micah
2.12 is my ratio.
- Rick Cogley
Thanks, Rick!
- Micah
Np Micah. What is that photo?
- Rick Cogley
.54 (4148/7674) Updated!
- Michael Fidler
Rick, you mean that face with glasses I photoshopped tint into with an apparently disembodied arm which is actually very much attached to my eldest son? It's mostly just me :)
- Micah
Thanks, Michael. Yes, you have a rising tide of comment percentage (oh, wow, you were one of the originals from January - cool!)
- Micah
1.82 from 798 comments / 438 likes
- David Damore
Thanks, nivé and David!
- Micah
2027/1594 = 1.27
- Brome
0.58
- Marc Dong
2.9 (3,242/1,116) mhhh.. time to straighten my use of FF a bit.. thanks for this entry
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Brome, Marc and Thierry - thank you!
- Micah
Thierry - yeah, 2.9 is fairly high - got to pick the pace on like side :) [but hey, whatever works for you is fine]
- Micah
1.91
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
Thank you Nicholas and MiniMage!
- Micah
Yeah, that's a decent upward rise in comments, Nicholas.
- Micah
.6 (6,000/10,000) 3rd update - Now it's time to flip this on its head. My goal is to have (16,000/16,000) next time I post here. Regardless of what happens, I'm just looking forward to the next 10,000 comments, likes, posts, and new relationships I make here. It's all good!
- Michael Fidler
1.76 (7539/4290) My commenting habits haven't chanced much, but it felt like I clicked Like a lot less, and this ratio confirms that for me.
- Micah
It's that time again.
- Micah
.50
- LB shining
Thanks, Laura! (you're a 50-caliber gal!)
- Micah
0.64
- Imabug
Thank you, Imabug.
- Micah
4.67 (I'm greedy :p)
- directeur
0.99
- Steven Perez
1.06
- Vicarbott
.81
- Brent - Yes I am
.63
- metalerik
Thanks Imabug, directeur, Steven, RAPatton, Jim, Brent and metalerik!
- Micah
.83
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
0.78
- Pete D
.82 as of right now. edit: on January 8th it was 0.39 -- when I saw that, I decided to make more of an effort to comment. When I hit 10k "likes" I decided I wouldn't "like" anything else until I also had 10k comments.
- Bren
.11
- Penguin
And thank you Jimminy, Pete, Bren and Penguin!
- Micah
2.47 as of right now.
- Jonas, Leper of FF
Micah, are you doing something with these numbers? If so sounds interesting.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
0.58
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
Jimminy, I'm copyrighting every single number. It's kind of a honeypot ;) Actually, it was curiosity mostly, but I also hope to build a sampling (small and self-selecting as it may be) for anyone who might want to analyze it.
- Micah
Jonas, James and Kurt - thanks you!
- Micah
You're welcome. I hope the results do some good. :-)
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
.31. I have almost 4 times as many likes as comments.
- edythe
Thank you edythe and Eric!
- Micah
195/245 makes 0.8 rounded not including this one which would be 196/245 making 0.8 unrounded,
- tom murphy
Thanks, Tom.
- Micah
1.98 (588/297)
- Bryan Zirkel
1.67 (19,550/11,684)
- Mitchell Tsai
1:2
- Jeff P. Henderson
Bryan, Mitchell and Jeff P. - thanks, guys!
- Micah
1.18 - it's always been close to 1, since day one, for some reason.
- Laura Norvig
Wow, Penguin is a prolific liker!
- Laura Norvig
2.67 (875/328)
- Nathalie
Thank you, Nathalie!
- Micah
2.18
- Spidra Webster
1.29
- Mark J
Thanks, Spidra and Mark!
- Micah
0.49
- Jammy Lee
0.825
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Jammy and Mathew, thank you very much.
- Micah
2.16
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
I don't know I just like that picture
- Brian Hendrickson
.40
- Ben Hanten
SuezanneC, Brian, B E N and Joe - thank you all very much!
- Micah
Joe, it's like see the odometer click through a nice round number - it's just inexplicably engaging. :)
- Micah
1.40, nearly the square root of two.
- Vezquex
Thanks, Raphael and Andy!
- Micah
1.15 (6777/5873)
- JA Castillo
12.23 (844 / 69 ) I guess I take my likes seriously ;)
- Chris Myles
1.63
- Serkan Mutlu
Wow I didn't realize I was so out of whack!! 12.23 that's got to be a record (and I don't even import my feeds with the summary as a comment)!!
- Chris Myles
.87
- Nine
Thanks JA, Chris (wow, 12+ is unusual :), Serkan and Nine!
- Micah
Micah.. I told you I take my likes seriously; ). You *might* want to ask (in a separate post) what percentage of likes were used to "bookmark" a post or save it for later VS actually "liking it". I NEVER used like for that.. but I did use a private group that if filled with my own topics (and comments)..
- Chris Myles
1.78 (8529/4782)
- Micah
Likes are down relative to comments, which matches my much lower frequency of liking. I'm a more selective liker than ever.
- Micah
I don't think I could argue that any particular kind of ratio is "best", because if Lurkers like to Lurk and cultivate (via Likes) and the Chatty-ites love to chat, to pump out much many more comments than Likes, each can be happy and make for a great social experience.
- Micah
383/372
- Ashish
'Just clicking "Like" seems too easy' — Jason, that's because you're from the Chatty-ite tribe :)
- Micah
Thanks, ashish.
- Micah
wow, what a difference time makes, when i 1st posted on this thread, 6.43%, now = 1.25%, for a 5.18% difference, :o (and this is the earliest post to date i've recovered of my activity on ff)
- chaz2b
chaz, I think there's been a big fluctuation for most people (maybe not that much). This is the oldest post on which you commented that you've recovered?
- Micah
When I first saw this: 1.91 Sept 28: 1.94
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
536 comments in the last month has me at .8736...still creeping toward 1.00
- Bren
.64
- Shannon Jiménez
Thanks, MiniMage (2x participant!), Bren (3x!) and Shannon (your inaugural visit!)
- Micah
Thank you, SustainedEuphoria.
- Micah
I 'liked" this to change my ratio! (1.22 1040/850)
- Mark J
Thanks, Mark.
- Micah
1.45
- Brett Kelly
Thanks, Brett :)
- Micah
5.67 all time. Second highest ratio on here. Woot! I love to talk.
- Kevin L
Thank you both, Kevin and mridul (the two of you balance it each well :)
- Micah
1.80 (10,189 / 5,666) [compared to Likes, my Comments still continue to rise]
- Micah
1.02 (10323/10161)
- Bren
.5666 currently (30,084/53,093)
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Thanks, Bren.
- Micah
Thank you, Alex :)
- Micah
that was my third post... It's interesting to see how the number has changed. of course, I manipulated the number to a degree, because I stopped "liking" things for a while...
- Bren
Bren, the other thing that can seriously throw off someone's stats is a feed that upon each item it imports adds a comment automatically.
- Micah
true. that can seriously inflate comment stats, of course. Then you have someone like RAPatton, who posts a gazillion comments, in part because of his playlist posts where he will list each song in a separate comment. I found, after this post in fact, that I tended to "like" things much more frequently than comment on them, that I was lurking instead of participating. I have changed the way I use ff rather considerably, and I think for the better.
- Bren
1.8
- Que Sarah Sarah
4.26?
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Thanks, Sarah, Tutivillus.
- Micah
1.19
- Joe Bonner
Micah this is like 11 months ago, I see you have almost doubled your rate. lets make a graph for everybody now, :)
- ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL
Quick, someone write a greasemonkey script to inline some google charts! (tap-tap-tap...wut? don't look at me ;)
- Micah
Thanks, Joe. And you thank you, Mahmood :)
- Micah
Thanks, Glen! Your comments in the ratio have gone up too.
- Micah
1.70 (it was 1.41 on Jan 8)
- WoH: Minding her Steves
WorldofHiglet, thank you :) The comments are strong in this one.
- Micah
0.64 (2,589/4,051)
- Chieze Okoye
0.58
- Thomas Page
Chieze and Thomas - thank you!
- Micah
*bumpage*
- Micah
So, Micah, we never did find out what you were doing with this info....
- WoH: Minding her Steves
2.21 (2,812/1,275)
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
0.27 (5637/20234) - I only see a couple people lower than me.
- John (bird whisperer)
4.06 (747/184)
- Jan Ole Peek
WoH, World Domination.
- Micah
Rene, John and Jan - thank you, all three! :)
- Micah
0.97 (6,694/6,929)
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Thank you J., Jimminy and آقای تلخک :)
- Micah
2.23
- Paola Bonomo
0.71 (8,200/11,551) updated
- Michael Fidler
0.03 (284 / 10378)!
- Daniel Rowley
Thanks Paola, Michael, Artemko, J. and Daniel!
- Micah
*thanks Christopher thoroughly*
- Micah
14.86 (1442/97) I'm going the wrong way!!
- Chris Myles
1.77 (11831/6622)
- Micah
0.56 (2059/3703)
- Joel Webber
0.89 (1,766/1,986)
- chrisofspades
Thanks, Joel and Chris!
- Micah
In 4 days it will be 1 year since my first recorded stat here. My comments/like were almost a 1:1 ratio then. Now comments are almost double likes for me.
- Micah
Easy
- Kevin J Hatton
jamar78, same trend for you, it looks. :)
- Micah
1.00 a year later. {edit -- screwed it up the first time. not telling what I did.}
- Vicarbott
Thanks, Jim!
- Micah
.52 this year.
- LB shining
Thank you, Laura =)
- Micah
75,415 comments/1,286 likes = 58.64 - i wish the auto inserted comments didn't get counted... the true number is probably much much close ot my number of likes
- Chris Heath
1.09 (11910/10953)
- Bren
1.97%. thanks again micah, this has been a great metric to measure my first year here on ff. As the year went (this being the first record of me being here that i've found): , 6.43%:1.25%:1.97%
- chaz2b
Chris, Bren, thank you. And chaz2b, thank you too - glad it's a special marker for you. :)
- Micah
0.91
- Bruce Lewis
0.13
- Morton Fox
0.86
- Brent
1.69 now (1.70 on Nov 10th and 1.41 on Jan 8, 2009) -
- WoH: Minding her Steves
0.23
- Mark H
How is this thread doing in the longest-lived-ff-comment-thresds-ever contest?
- j1m
5.76 right now
- Kevin L
0.53
- Rodfather
1.49 (2,222/1488)
- DB Botts - Just DB Botts
What's the photo, Micah?
- Brent
"I must not ask Micah questions" written out a bajillion times.... :)
- WoH: Minding her Steves
LOL @Higlet - Correct. (but Brent, you can also ask the Mathematics Dept of West Bohemian University in Pilsen, Czech http://www.fav.zcu.cz/en... [via http://maisonbisson.com/blog... ])
- Micah
0.32 (2011/6291) Looks like I need to comment more. =)
- Beau Liening
Thank you, Beau. And, by stating you want to comment more you're already helping the cause :)
- Micah
2.09329564 (10366:4952) I don't think that I'm the norm here
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
*bump* - It's that time again, folks.
- Micah
1.71 (16,017/9,357)
- Micah
0.91 (13,933/15,222)
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
2.66
- Marissa
1.48 (2,469/1,669)
- DB Botts - Just DB Botts
Thanks, Jimminy, Marissa and Daryl. :)
- Micah
1.21
- Jenny R
Thanks, Jenny!
- Micah
1.10 (4874/4448)
- DGentry
2.17 (2860/1321)
- I like big Botts
2.13(7957/3734)
- Melanie Reed
Thank you, Denton, Glen and Melanie!
- Micah
63.58 (97,534/1,534) -- interesting that my last three digits are the same there, eh? (note, i already posted a month or two ago when i first saw this thread)
- Chris Heath
Thanks, Chris!
- Micah
0.87 (3770/4312), so I'm either getting more commenty or less likey. [0.74 (1970/2667) was what I previously reported back in June]
- S of 2C
0.92
- Brent
This project has had me consider commenting more than liking.
- Brent
Thanks Scott, pea and T. Brent.
- Micah
Brent, interesting. Look forward to more commentary. :)
- Micah
1433/1161 = 1.23
- cdogzilla | downgraded
1.19 (5132/4316)
- Ruchira S. Datta
Thank you, cdogzilla and Ruchira!
- Micah
1.00 (4661/4659) -- goal achieved :)
- Brent
0.94(15045/15978) 0.83, (28.August.2009); 0.97, (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (17.April.2010); 0.94, (11.May.2010).
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
1.65 (18,070 / 10,970)
- Micah
*bump* It's that time again, folks.
- Micah
1.05 (1710/1625)
- cdogzilla | downgraded
1.66 here. Chattyites 4ever!
- Lo the Baker
Thanks cdogzilla and Lo!
- Micah
Last year my comments were around 7000 and likes around 2500, for a ratio of 2.80. I consciously chose to do more liking over the last year. As of today my comments number 10,782 and likes number 7,666, for a ratio of 1.41.
- Stephen Mack
Jason, Stephen - cool. Thanks for keeping updated here. :)
- Micah
Thanks, RG
- Micah
1.03. Micah you've made over 18000 comments since you first posted this.
- chrisofspades
0.76 (3,624/4,766) Egad that's only .1 improvement since 2009-01-08 :-P but at least it's moving in the right direction.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
3.25 No wonder I always had to stand in the hall in school for talking ;-)
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Still right at 1:1. W00t.
- Vicarbott
1.15 (14662/12739)
- Bren
chrisofspades, crazy isn't it. :)
- Micah
kima, tortoise wins and all that ;) Thanks, Shannon. Jim, you have maintained balanced in the force you have. Thanks, Bren.
- Micah
1.34
- Mark J
2.33 :( my new yr's resolution was to "like" more, imma not doing sucha good job, :(
- chaz2b
Thanks, Mark, and chaz, you'll get there. :)
- Micah
1.61 (20,661 / 12,818)
- Micah
*BUMP* - It's that time again. THANKS!
- Micah
1.76 (15,652/8,886)
- Jenny R
.81 = 4926/6038 I'm eighty percent talkative people.
- hollyrae
Thanks, Jenny and hollyrai!
- Micah
2.2
- I like big Botts
Thank you, Glen.
- Micah
0.77
- Steven Perez
0.31 (14566/47299)
- John (bird whisperer)
John, you're a 'liking' fool! :D
- Jenny R
Apparently I'm the human version of FALOB
- John (bird whisperer)
Ha! (and thanks, John)
- Micah
Double ha!
- Jenny R
Thank you Steven.
- Micah
1.04
- Scott (Honey Boo-Boo!)
2.28
- Jesse Stay
1.66 (updated)
- Eric
1.25
- holly #ravingfangirl
Thanks Scott, Jesse, Eric and holly!
- Micah
58,144/3,749=15.509, basically due to multiple feed imports.
- Daniel Mietchen
*BUMP*
- Micah
1.60 (22,066/13,819)
- Micah
:) @Jason.
- Micah
0.69
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
0.76
- Steven Perez
slightly off of my usual this time: 1.01
- Vicarbott
Thanks James, Steven and Jim "STAY-ON-TAR-GET" Jannotti. :)
- Micah
.98(20,405/20,834)
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Thank you, Jimminy, Greg and Bren!
- Micah
1.88 (21954/11691) Chatty Cathy, apparently.
- Jenny R
11289/9010 = 1.25 (wonder if some comments are from imported feeds)
- Mike Chelen
Thanks Jenny and Mike. :)
- Micah
Sorry - Micah .... but the math is just too complicated :)
- Charlie Anzman
Charlie, I'm make it simple. I'll do the talking, you drive the get-away car—we'll split it even: 80/20.
- Micah
Damn, More Homework.
- Brent - Yes I am
including this comment (119,119C/1677L) ... 71.03
- Chris Heath
1.21
- Joe Bonner
1.56 (24,076/15,472)
- Micah
*BUMP* - it's that time again. Also, I passed 24K comments recently.
- Micah
0.74
- Michael R. Bernstein
Thanks, Micahel.
- Micah
113,457 comments / 166,887 likes = .68
- RAPatton
2.02 (31627/15675) I need to start liking more and shut the hell up.
- Jenny R
1:1.618, of course.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
2.60
- Jack&Cleo
I was waiting for that from you, Mr. Haley.
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
from Android
Those are some heavy hitter numbers there, RAPatton. Thanks. :)
- Micah
I've been on FF for a long time, Michah, because I am really, really old.
- RAPatton
LOL Josh. These aren't the maths you looking for. [lateral hand wave]
- Micah
Jenny, do not take your own advice; not advisable.
- Micah
Thanks, Jack & Cleo.
- Micah
RAPatton, you're not old—you triple-comment-excerpt every bookmarklet post :))
- Micah
Cristo, this post is an ancient relic. Handle with care.
- Micah
0.13
- Morton Fox
Okay, Micah. <----I had to resist the urge not to post that because I know it's going to up my comment count. ;)
- Jenny R
But how many of those primordial, high interest posts are still active. Uh huh. :)
- Micah
Thanks, Morton. BTW, when you posted in February, it was exactly 0.13 also.
- Micah
Jenny, resistance is futile; embrace the rising tide of comments.
- Micah
Comments are more difficult and time consuming than Likes. I'd be happy about a high comment:likes ratio except that many are surely imported from feeds, while every Like is manual.
- Mike Chelen
it has changed to 2.2256 now as Sep, 6 2010.Labor Day. :) I added the date for future references.
- ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL
IN HONOUR OF DERRICK'S 100,000th LIKE: http://friendfeed.com/micahwi...
- Micah
1.54 (25,102/16,257)
- Micah
.82
- Alex Scrivener
Thanks, Alex.
- Micah
1.48 (6653 comments / 4480 likes, 18SEP10) - Apparently I'm talking more!
- Mark J
2.29.... 26 HR, 89 RBI
- .LAG liked that
.15 on March 21, 2009. Now .19.
- Lix
Thanks, MarkJ, .LAG and Alix! :)
- Micah
Thank you, Deepak!
- Micah
1.47 (24757/16749)
- Bren
I make a lot of comments but no one like me, so I guess the ratio is infinite or undefined.
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
1.45 (29653/20444) *BUMP*
- Micah
1.22 (31900/26233)
- holly #ravingfangirl
.59 (58,923/99,251)
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
6.61 (2825/427 )... I'm a wee bit chatty
- Shannon - GlassMistress
I had exactly a 2:1 ratio as previously reported [Aug 30, '09], now I am at: 1.7241:1 ratio. 6,067 comments to 3,519 likes.
- Just Joe
0.79 as of 6 Jan 2011.
- John E. Bredehoft
my brain hurts
- Morgan
Two years later and my ratio has climbed from 3.4 to 4.675. I've got a lot to say, apparently.
- Kevin Fox
Funnily, I didn't notice until after leaving that comment that when I reported my stat in 2009 I also followed it up with "I've got stuff to say." I didn't say it was *new* stuff...
- Kevin Fox
1.000 (27093/27080)
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Now 2.2 - was 1.8
- Que Sarah Sarah
I've had an improvement since the last few times this has come up. I was .49 or close to it, now I'm running a .57 ratio
- Bluesun 2600
1.68 (55826/33281)
- Jenny R
81.1 - rising consistently
- Chris Heath
1.59 (9,426 comments/5,940 likes; 06JAN11) Still climbing!
- Mark J
Some people like *likes* a lot more than others!
- Mark J
I think this is the oldest thread I see that still gets new comments added.
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
*BUMP*
- Micah
1.40 (32175/22968)
- Micah
I dunno, I'm not good with math
- The Real sofarsoShawn
0.35 ... Apparently I'm not very talkative.
- John (bird whisperer)
Thanks, John and Shawn.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
looks familiar...
- WoH: Minding her Steves
2.6 (wow, this thread is like my yearly checkup; thanks micah and friendfeed, 3+years and going strong [6.4%, 2.33%])
- chaz2b
1.02 (38,615, 37,927) 9/27/11
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
1.29 (36,959 / 28,580)
- Micah
Thanks, Jimminy, Bren, WoH, and chaz2b. :)
- Micah
.46 now. :)
- LB shining
Thank you, LB.
- Micah
0.33 (34741/105115)
- John (bird whisperer)
0.93
- caj needs a haircut
Thanks John. Gracias, caj.
- Micah
1.57 (24,460/15,624). It was 1.12 the day after the OP.
- Tinfoil 2.0
The likes dim and comms brim.
- Micah
2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago). for history's sake, this thread was started shortly after i found friendfeed, or friendfeed found me, so it holds a special place in my heart. thanks for keeping it around mr micah
- chaz2b
You're certainly welcome, chaz2b. In some way it feels like a living heirloom to me. :)
- Micah
1.66 (13,580/8196)
- Mark J
*BUMP*
- Micah
1.25 (40,008/31,895)
- Micah
1.15
- Kristin
0.33
- John (bird whisperer)
1.41
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
5.12
- Julian
3 (2.991) (and now the list has become too lengthy for me to track my progress, ;) [dumb me, i have a post not 10 lines ago in history, from 090711 2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago) ;) ]
- chaz2b
1.76. Last two entries were 1.8, 2.2.
- Que Sarah Sarah
from iPhone
1.91
- I like big Botts
.79
- Shevonne
24 072 / 35 095 = 0.685909674
- AJ Batac :)
0,77 (before and after this comment)
- loi
2.65 (69,814 comments/26,281 likes)
- Spidra Webster
Launch OS X Terminal With Specific Settings From Command Line - http://mikepk.com/2011...
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Akiva and Tinfoil 2.0 liked this
I like to change the icon too, which is nice if the Terminal settings automatically run a particular command on startup.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Me too. :) I'm a big believer in spatial/visual organization
- mikepk
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)
Damn You Auto Correct! » God Is… The Big Vagina? - http://damnyouautocorrect.com/...
Ladyepiphanybug, Brent, Amy and 12 other people liked this
lol
- mikepk
For me that Omg at the end really seals the deal. :)
- Jonathan Hardesty
That was the best!
- Gabrielle
Juliette got me an iPad for my birthday
Hookuh Tinypants, Mike Nencetti and Bren liked this
wish there was a calendar of Boston startup events I could sub to (CalDav) and have them show on my Google / iCal calendar.
Bruce Lewis liked this
Scott Fichet had a good suggestion, the curated BetaHouse calendar is in google calendar (and thus caldav). http://betahouse.org/calendar
- mikepk
The bear says hello!
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kahvekolik, Mazaamir, SteVe C and 185 other people liked this
AAAHH Cute. Hang on wheres my arm! lol
- Kevin J Hatton
And the research says "New underwear please!"
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
I soooo would have wanted to give it a kiss on the nose!!!
- The Catz Meow
Careful! You don't want to get stuck in there, do you?
- ققنوس
Paging Dr. Darwin....
- Robert Kenney
WOW!
- dominic
"Did someone order a pizza?"
- Gilbert Harding
HEEEEELO :D
- MAS
!!!!!!
- Private Sanjeev
@The Catz Meow - it totally wanted to give you a kiss on the nose too!
- Peter Butler
oooops:-)
- pinkpackrat
Wow! That's one big uninvited guest.
- James Stratford
That there bear is HUGE!!
- Mark J
Oh my!
- Will Higgins™
I've been out on the tundra on one of these tours, I would have LOVED to have a bear stick his nose in and say Hi. They're such beautiful and incredible animals
- Will Higgins™
"Okay guys, who left the window open again?!"
- Holger Eilhard
wow!
- RokhSaare
Aw! He just wants to be friends!
- Kamala Whitaker
and mr urine says hello too. EHGAAHD!
- mikepk
Great, they come in cans, now!
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
...this reminds me of the Far Side comic where two polar bears are hovering over igloos, and one says to the other: "I don't know what you call them, but I love eating these things... they're chewy on the insides."
- .LAG liked that
wonderful!!!
- irem
Ohh my GOD!
- Scorpio
How Awsome!
- ترانه لایف
Wow!
- jx0
I WANT my CHANGE!
- bob phillips
I want my 2 dollars!
- Jim Goldstein
I'll have a large pizza with an extra topping of photographer
- Jim Goldstein
علیرضـــــــآ +)))))))))))
- ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ
چه خرسیه خرسه:D
- بوف_کور
Medad Rangi: You are the 200th person who likes this image ;-)
- ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ
علیرضـــــــآ =)))))))))))))))))))))))
- ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ
207 :D
- ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ
علیرضـــــــآ: There might be people whom you have already blocked!
- ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ
aye vall
- Behnam Mirmiran
:)
- Afra
hello
- elyas
@elyas: hello hello :D
- ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ
Dios mio! Quizà que miedo tiene ese hombre! El oso tiene una cabeza tan grande como l'hombre!
- Alessandro Marocchini
سلام کن خلاص...
- Mostaf@m
یادش به خیر، چقدر لایک خورد
- ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ
والا خرطوم که نداره، پس فیل نیست :)))
- ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ
بابا هیکلی نداره بیچاره، بزنم به تخته :دی
- ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ
تام انگشتی هستی شما مگه؟ :)))
- ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ
مخلصم :دی
- ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ
oh, do u think he says hello or?? :P
- minasedef
@minasedef: I think it just wants to say hello. :D
- ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ
San Francisco: The Miniature City - http://vimeo.com/10839224
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- Iván Abrego
cool, some of the tilt-shift is better than others but overall nifty
- mikepk
VMware Communities: A Power User's Guide to VMware Fusion - http://communities.vmware.com/docs...
I need a cool name for my apartment so I can check-in to it on Foursquare. Like, Fortress of Lame, or Tom's pants.
Rodfather, Leslie Poston, The Amber and 3 other people liked this
lair of the slaphappy roommates?
- Michael W. May
If anyone is going to get slapphappy, it's me. :)
- Jonathan Hardesty
maybe something out of superhero comics, fortress of solitude, John Pilgrim's Bat Cave?
- Dan owns Comicsforge.com
INT. JON'S APARTMENT
- Michael W. May
Lair of Lame? Den of Propinquity? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Spidra Webster
Torchwood
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Oooh.
- Jonathan Hardesty
You should include the words "Orbiting Headquarters" in it.
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
"There's a party in Tom's Pants... wanna come?"
- Mark J
FORTRESS OF TOM'S LAME PANTS
- mikepk
Contrarian's Lair.
- Nathalie
++Nathalie
- Michael W. May
*grins*
- Nathalie
Network Launches to Help Entrepreneurs Find Co-founders - http://www.readwriteweb.com/start...
mikepk liked this
"While it's possible to go it alone and be a single-person founder of a startup, many people need - and prefer - to have a co-founder. As Graphic.ly CEO Micah Baldwin describes it, you want "a hacker and a hustler." But finding someone who has the right skills, the right personality, the right work style, the right vision isn't easy. In fact, judging from the number of times you see people posting "looking for co-founder" on Hacker News, it's quite a challenge. On Monday, the Cofounder Network launched, aiming to help solve this problem by matching entrepreneurs from around the world. "By connecting superior entrepreneurs to start up new ventures," reads the blog post announcing the network, "we will boost the startup ecosystem and help solve world problems along the way.""
- Chris Myles
from Bookmarklet
I'm a huge believer in working together first to determine if there is a real fit. I'm not sure a network without the co-working/collaboration infrastructure will be as successful. I like @mikepk http://tenzerolab.com/ founder match concept.. I think we are relying too much on fate to make and grow our connections...
more...
- Chris Myles
Interesting, I know this is a major problem and there are very few people addressing it effectively.
- mikepk
Re: Read and Decode QR Codes Without a Smartphone - http://mikepk.disqus.com/read_an...
"I've put in a temporary fix to avoid rogers messages causing the decoder to crash, you should be able to use the service now. I need to do a little more analysis to see if I can find a more permanent solution, but it is working now."
- mikepk
Re: Read and Decode QR Codes Without a Smartphone - http://mikepk.disqus.com/read_an...
"Hi Angela, I just checked and something about how rogers sends SMS -> email causes the decoder to crash. Rogers appears to add a bunch of random small images in the message (probably for tracking) that make snapmyinfo get heartburn. Later tonight, I'll see if I can add a fix to avoid this problem (don't have time at the moment). If you send another message from rogers, I'm guessing it will cause the decoder to crash again (not positive about that). I'll reply here when I get a fix in place."
- mikepk
Re: Read and Decode QR Codes Without a Smartphone - http://mikepk.disqus.com/read_an...
"I found a couple of stuck messages in the decoder. I cleared them out so it should be working again. I'll look into why it got stuck in the first place. Thanks for letting me know."
- mikepk
Re: Read and Decode QR Codes Without a Smartphone - http://mikepk.disqus.com/read_an...
"I'll check it, thanks for the heads up."
- mikepk
Re: The Grazr widget will stop functioning - http://mikepk.disqus.com/the_gra...
"I don't know of any other service that displays full opml. I think Grazr was fairly unique in that respect, but few people appreciate the power of OPML and the concepts behind it."
- mikepk
rbJL.net · 19 · RubyBuntu -1- Installing Ruby (and Rails) on ubuntu - http://rbjl.net/19-ruby...
Installing Rails 10.4 Lucid
- mikepk
rbJL.net · 19 · RubyBuntu -1- Installing Ruby (and Rails) on ubuntu - http://rbjl.net/19-ruby...
Installing Rails 10.4 Lucid
- mikepk
SXSW: WordPress and Yahoo! - http://glen-campbell.com/2010...
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Curdy G, Melanie Reed and mikepk liked this
Sounds cool Glen. If I were going to SXSW I'd be interested in this. :)
- mikepk
You can still vote, I think :)
- I like big Botts
It says the voting process starts today, not sure where though.
- mikepk
Yeah, I tried to time the post with the opening of voting, but it's apparently not live yet :(
- I like big Botts
Yes I tried going there and couldn't see it either. Will try later
- Melanie Reed
i am dying to go to SXSW
- Cardeen winedrunk
From the faq it said you had to register to vote... tried registering, never got the confirm email... yeesh.
- mikepk
The PanelPicker is now open! http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ - I would appreciate your votes!
- I like big Botts
You could look at those 4-quadrant political quizzes as the weighted importance you place on Equality (left) Justice (right) Liberty (bottom) and Order (top). Thoughts? #politics
Halil, Scoble, Alex Scoble and Jimminy, CoG of FF liked this
Guess I'm not sure Justice is in opposition to Equality
- mikepk
Where someone on the left would ask "Does everyone have enough?" someone on the right would ask "Does everyone have what is theirs?" This is an off the cuff question, I am open to different interpretations.
- Alex Scrivener
I would maybe put personal liberty or individualism on the right instead of justice.
- mikepk
but Liberty is at the bottom. Most conservatives aren't really that into liberty.
- Alex Scrivener
Yeah, not sure... I just don't think Justice is the right concept. Or maybe it's individual justice vs. social justice.
- mikepk
"People getting what they deserve" rather than "treating everyone the same"
- Alex Scrivener
"People getting what people on the right think they deserve."
- Eivind
I don't think you are following the question. Why do people position themselves on the right? People always think their position is best, which is why they hold it. They are pursuing some sort of virtue. Libertarians are clearly pursuing liberty. Authoritarians never say they want to be tyrants, they talk about Order and making sure you do what is best and are prevented from doing what...
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- Alex Scrivener
My point was just that I don't think anybody is against people getting what they deserve.
- Eivind
The original Nolan chart actually maps the left wing to the upper left, the right wing to the lower right, which I think is highly questionable. The original mapping of the x-axis has to do with economic freedom. The rightward part of the x-axis would then map to a completely unregulated laissez-faire market, and the leftward part of the x-axis would map to a completely planned economy. I don't see how this necessarily maps to equality and justice.
- Victor Ganata
Although I suppose one could map the x-axis to making sure everyone gets what they deserve, and the rightward points would correspond to erring on the side so that even people who aren't guilty get punished, whereas the leftward points would correspond to erring on the side so the people who aren't deserving get rewarded. You could say the right favors alpha error while the left favors beta error.
- Victor Ganata
Another service that passed away unnoticed was Grazr (http://grazr.com). At least Google announced that it was pulling the plug, Grazr seems to have disappeared without even leaving a forwarding address.
mikepk liked this
Well with no official blog anymore, and since grazr never required registration to use, it was tough to announce it in any way. The widgets all across the web displayed the shutdown notice for several weeks leading up to it.
- mikepk
I wrote a little bit about it on my personal blog, but I haven't been with the company for over a year. http://mikepk.com/2010...
- mikepk
Thanks for the explanation and the great tool. I used Grazr for a number of classes that I teach at Swansea University. I had them bring in delicious feeds, links, RSS etc. It was very useful and I'm sorry it's gone. But I can see why it wouldn't have been worth keeping going.
- Chris Jobling
Stupid weird dream is still stuck in my head. Usually, I've forgotten about it by now, but it was so strange that I can't seem to shake it.
I had a dream I was competing in the winter olympics, in some skiing sport crossed with croquet.... talk about weird. :)
- mikepk
This one was really freaking strange, involving several FFers and an abandoned mansion.
- Steven Perez
I think I see where your coffee problem is coming from......
- Roberto Bonini
I hate it when reality collides with the Dreaming. It takes forever and a day to send everyone back to their proper worlds.
- Steven Perez
Prosthetic Conscience - http://www.carcosa.net/jason...
Dog slow but uses commodity web hosts
- mikepk
Prosthetic Conscience - http://www.carcosa.net/jason...
Dog slow but uses commodity web hosts
- mikepk
Boston Startup Ecosystem (Resources, People, & Organizations) | JonOShaughnessy.org - http://www.jonoshaughnessy.org/boston-...
Bruce Lewis and mikepk liked this
A good list of resources.. which ones work best for you? Based on your experiences what resources are missing?
- Chris Myles
from Bookmarklet
Interesting list, I'll read it over in more detail when I get a chance.
- mikepk
WebInno works for me. Missing from the entrepreneurs list is mikepk.
- Bruce Lewis
Heh, thanks Bruce. Hey you're not on there either. :)
- mikepk
I don't think I qualify for the list until I can quit my day job. My user base is growing, but I'm still pre-revenue.
- Bruce Lewis
It doesn't look like the list is being updated anymore at least my comment (from the 20th) hasn't been approved. "Bill Warner has just started Anything Goes lab out of CIC http://anythinggoeslab.com/. There are at least three team members here that are interested in helping entrepreneur with resources. You can add me, @chrismyles4. Feel ping me with general questions or any issues you may be stuck on. I’m working on a project called Next Step Labs."
- Chris Myles
DUDE. INBOX ZERO.
Just Katie, Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce, SteVe C and 10 other people liked this
I tried, got messages in as I was getting close to 0 that I had to put off. :)
- mikepk
I honestly can't remember when I was last at this point. i don't know what to do!
- holly #ravingfangirl
Inbox 2753.
- Laura Norvig
Woot!
- Lix
*sings it to the tune of Jukebox Hero*
- Jason P
*sends Holly lotsa mails*
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
*sends them all to the Junk Mail folder*
- holly #ravingfangirl
>:(
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
I shall not be thwarted! besides, I am going on vacation in a couple weeks, so it will all go to hell anyway
- holly #ravingfangirl
Gamers Go Where Computers Can't in Solving a Protein Puzzle - http://news.yahoo.com/s...
Andrew C (✓), mikepk, Victor Ganata and 4 other people liked this
"An online game called Foldit is combining the intelligence of thousands of gamers with that of computer processors to solve real-world problems that neither organic nor silicon brains can solve alone. The game consists of several puzzles - 3-D graphics of protein structures that must be manipulated by players to achieve the correct shape. With each twist or turn of the colorful arms that make up the protein, the player is awarded a score reflecting the "quality" of the fold, or how close the newly formed shape is to what would be expected in nature. While most of us think of computers as superior to humans in many ways, it turns out that some problems - for example, predicting protein shapes - are better solved with the help of the human brain."
- Ken Morley
I saw a demo of this at Gnomedex last year. Neat stuff.
- mikepk
Yep. The guy doing the demonstration was crazy smart, completely absorbed in his love for this project, and funny as hell.
- Akiva
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