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Two Words
Alex Scoble, Jason Huebel, tinypants - Hagitha of FF and 31 other people liked this
Free kittens?
- Nine
tired eyes
- Vicky
pithy comment
- Josh Haley
Eat dulp.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm awesome.
- ::Kristen::
define dulp
- Josh Haley
Hurt Robert!
- Alex Scoble
For this!
- Alex Scoble
Hamster Dance
- Uncle CW™
MUSHROOOOM MUSHROOOM
- Uncle CW™
i love that song.
- Admiral Anika
More cowbell
- Rodfather
...to describe...
- JA Castillo
Faboo loses!
- Josh Haley
fucking hungry
- Brandy Lea
Two words?
- Slappy Line
No, four.
- Slappy Line
I'm hungry.
- Rochelle
Flying Home.
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Nose Goblin
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
but monkey (yes, one "t" not 2)
- Craig Eddy
Survivor tonight
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Tribal Council
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Government Fail
- Uncle CW™
meatballs pasta
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Grandma's Hands
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Save us.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Again please.
- Chrimmus Tad
Don't Stop
- Victor Ryden
faboo cries.
- Admiral Anika
Greed Whines
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from twhirl
lets dance.
- Zee.
Hi Zee!
- Josh Haley
from fftogo
those are your two words? :) And hey, yo, this actually wasn't what i was referring to as annoying. It was the other ones - like "Pain & Sorrow", "Life", "Friendfeed", "Damn". Crap like that...at least this is a direct request for comments , whereas others are cop-outs (not sure if that is juts a british term)
- Zee.
Sounds good
- Josh Haley
from fftogo
are you taking the piss?
- Zee.
Number Two
- Josh Haley
from fftogo
aaaaaaand scene.
- Josh Haley
Hubber hubber!
- Timothy Griffin
and josh, i really do like that song. [pouts]
- Admiral Anika
Joy & Pain
- Anthony K. Valley ©
Sunshine & Rain
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Love & Happiness
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Sorry Faboo!
- Josh Haley
Don't Cry!
- Josh Haley
good night
- Josh Haley
good riddance
- Josh Haley
Aloha hard
- Josh Haley
Venereal disease
- Mike Nayyar
... are not enough for how I feel about Newton feeling up an apple. What!
- vijay
last comment
- Simon Wicks
I sneezed
- Richard A.
from IM
September 25??
- Miriella
ok
- vijay
Awe. some.
- Chieze Okoye
I still
- Admiral Anika
bum rush
- Nurse Katie
love that
- Admiral Anika
song, man!
- Admiral Anika
Why not?
- Lisha Sterling
Just because!
- Mark Layton
Thanks Anika!
- Josh Haley
squishy butt
- Trish Haley
Mumble Porn
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hidden cam
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bella donna
- fijidaddy
Not Pregnant
- Steve C
oh yeah
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toilets pooh
- Alfredo
Hi Honey!
- Josh Haley
Who farted?
- Joe Pierce
WHO ME?
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
got milk?
- Kevin C. Tofel
I win!
- ♥patricia♥
Chocolate Rain
- \(*_*)/
cowboy up
- JA Castillo
twofer
- Micah Wittman
sexual chocolate!
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Body bag.
- Nurse Katie
Pizza buffet!
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Gabba Gabba
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Butt muscles
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sapho juice
- Josh Haley
too sweet
- Vicky
ass maggots
- Josh Haley
trust me
- MikeAmundsen
going home
- Josh Haley
Still Fine :-)
- YoYo_P
short tweet
- KyleHase
from twhirl
desire fear
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Touchy feely
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10 over
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DAMN YOU!
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These nuts
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YOU'RE BLOCKED
- Shawn Farner
just kidding
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BOW DOWN
- Mo Kargas
perhaps never
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Deuce Syntax
- Johnny Worthington
wondering-if hyphenation-counts
- Kevin Johnson
why me
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Found you
- Mike Nayyar
Old thread.
- Akiva Moskovitz
iPod Touch
- TheHenry
Friend Feed. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
fast breeder
- Christopher Harley
premature ejaculation?
- Josh Haley
fart ventriloquist
- Ladybug Heather
Fah cue.
- Christian (Simply X)
Dim Sum
- Rod Bauer
from twhirl
In vain.
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Walkin' Boss
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Day off!
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Alons-y, Alonso!
- Steven Perez
monkey jacket
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Trish's Birthday!
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bitch lips
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Cold chisel.
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refried beans
- Jeffrey J Davis
antibiotics again
- Josh Haley
Done? Already?
- Alisha Vargas
stop thread
- KyleHase
nice try
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Fried Okra
- Brent - Loving Life
fried shoes
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Southern Delicacy
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Yes, live
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Steve Howe
- Josh Haley
Who revived?
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Savoir Faire
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Buzz Kill
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- Josh Haley
Great Thread!
- Threepwood
NUT SACK
- Johnny Worthington
suck balls
- Darren Heydon
Nice, Aden!
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Balls Itch
- Uncle CW™
Scratch Well
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Dirty Sanchez
- (jeff)isageek
IT BURNS!
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Gilmore Girls
- Josh Haley
Shake Well.
- CAJ, somewhere else
Suck it. The classic WWE D-Generation X line)
- Thunderwing
from twhirl
Apply liberally.
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Wet Paint.
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Afternoon delight.
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Major Tom
- Josh Haley
Michael Savage. The most important conservative in talk radio
- Thunderwing
from twhirl
Thom Hartmann. The most important liberal in talk radio
- Thunderwing
from twhirl
Weird meme.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
enough already
- KyleHase
no Way
- Uncle CW™
please stop
- KyleHase
Why now
- Uncle CW™
sandy vagina
- Josh Haley
not good
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painful thought
- Kevin Johnson
Take shower
- Brent - Loving Life
Booger picker
- Uncle CW™
CILANTRO, BITCHES!
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SONIC SCREWDRIVER.
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NUTELLA NOM.
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STRAWBERRY BLOND.
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STAR TREK.
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BABYLON 5.
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CAPSLOCK RULEZ!
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BOW DOWN
- Mo Kargas
NO WAI.
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from IM
My eyes!!!
- KyleHase
Absolutely nuts!
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uh--what?
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improvised eloquence
- Josh Haley
from IM
apparent disappointment
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inadmissible guilt
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hypnotic marmoset
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intrepid giraffe
- Mo Kargas
Bitch, please.
- Derrick
Fist Bump
- Josh Haley
from IM
It's 8am
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- Brome
No Netbooks!
- Rick Cogley
DISTURBED RULEZ!
- Steven Perez
from IM
melted biscuits
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Palm Pre
- Kevin C. Tofel
not again
- Josh Haley
oh dear.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Par. Ty.
- Brett Kelly
hi bye
- Peter Dawson
good night
- Ray H
NOM NOM
- Steven Perez
uh oh
- metalerik
Baloney nipples
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
cheesy crust
- Chris Hofmann
bacon get!
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coconut balls
- MikeAmundsen
YOU LIE
- Josh Haley
Good evening
- Ray H
word word
- Mike Nencetti
Great photo. I lie. See soon.
- TrafficBug
Humble Pie
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Pirate Day
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Go Cowboys!?!
- Give 'Em DBizness
Nice capture.
- Rick Cogley
Want fries?
- Rick Cogley
You what!?
- Rick Cogley
I kid.
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Like dogs?
- Rick Cogley
brown sugar
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
Awesome sauce!
- Alex Scoble
Quad Animator for the Iphone Quad Camera - http://designnotes.info/...
Sergej Sidoruk, ronin and Carlos Ayala liked this
"If you’ve bought and downloaded the Quad Camera for the iPhone, you know how it can pretty much turn any scene into something cool. My last blog post was just about the Quad Camera, however Takayuki Fukatsu who created the app left a comment mentioning that there’s now also a Quad Animator that will turn Quad Camera images into an animated gif as I’ve shown above. Once you download the free flash app from http://labs.artandmobile.com/quadani... you’ll want to experiment with turning your jpgs into mini movies. The only catch that I could find is that I had to import my images into iPhoto before they would work with the app. Emailing the images to myself and downloading them to my desktop didn’t work. Aside from that minor quip it’s a really fun way to extend what you’re shooting."
- Cee Bee
from Bookmarklet
quadcamera for the iphone is a real cool app that allows you to take up to 8 successive photos rapidly. i've yet to try out this app, which makes those photos into an animated clip, but it seems pretty neat. for both windows and mac
- Cee Bee
Love Quad Camera.
- ronin
Interesting app. How'd they get around the Apple camera API to do the series of shots without interaction for each -- and intriguing that it got into the AppStore despite breaking Apple's rules
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from twhirl
We Live in Public (and the end of empathy) - http://calacanis.com/2009...
Moses Kpetigo, Brian, Marci Maleski and 18 other people liked this
Nice commentary on the decline of internet civility. Mike Arrington deserves better than he got.
- Peter Kelley
My one little footnote to Jason's piece is that this isn't unique to the internet. It's really the same thing you see any time technology gets between people, whether it's two people in their little four-wheeled metal cages on the freeway at 80mph trying to "get even" with each other or some guy screaming at a Customer Service Rep on the phone.
- Ken Sheppardson
The measure of a person's civility likes in their ability to empathize with their fellow humans. The factors which make each of us more or less civilized are contained in the fabric of our own personal experience. Because that fabric is woven so differently for each of us it will never be possible for everyone to be equally "civilized". Historically, the civilized have had to put up walls to keep out the uncivilized and so it will eventually be in our virtual communities.
- Mike Elliott
Actually, being spat on isn't Internet civility, but real-world civility. No one deserves to be spat upon, but Arrington's claims against other bloggers who urge crazy people to attack him is far less civil than the treatment he is receiving in the wake of his posting about rethinking his career choices.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from twhirl
Jason, you are such a Troll http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
I have to admit, this is deeper commentary than I thought I would be reading...I do not know you very well, of course, but this showed me why I may want to follow more of what you are into, Mr. C.
- TechChic
Jason Calacanis is a Huge Internet Troll http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
@Mitch: I doubt Arrington deserves it, but lots of people deserve a lot worse than merely being spat upon. However, I think it's a positive development when people on the internet manage to overcome the cowardice of anonymity to actually do something aggressively rude IRL. Arrington will get over it.
- Rob Sterling
Arrington is just a Big Cry Baby! He Flames people for PR but cannot handle attention! FAIL
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Losing empathy happens in cycles in every civilization. It's a cycle. Not a virtuous one. Thanks for your great post, Jason.
- Paul Papadimitriou
@dietsociety Since I was 16, I've been aware that interpretations of reality are not writ in stone
My penchant for minimalism tends to eviscerate the false assumptions of the socalled authorities. Nothing has already been done that can't be done better.
- Grant Czerepak
Seems to me that this is the definition of growing up. Lots of people never get past the stone barriers written in their own minds.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from twhirl
You are an idiot if you sell your Apple stock tomorrow - http://scobleizer.com/2009...
Geoffrey Arone, Rich Chuckrey, Chris Heath and 56 other people liked this
Geez! Don't tell people that. I was gonna make a killing on the bounce.
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Disagree, AAPL had a Jobs premium built in that it wouldn't have had otherwise
- Duncan Riley
So Duncan - you thesis is that people who already own Apple stock are idiots?
- Brian Roy
I agree with Duncan, Apple/Jobs should have had succession plan ready, stock is gonna tank for the short term.
- adolfo foronda
adolfo: What makes you think he didn't?
- Ken Sheppardson
and a genius if you buy
- andy brudtkuhl
When the smoke clears it will be a good time to buy.
- Rolf Schewe
..doesn't, I mean, as this is said to be a <6mo leave.
- Ken Sheppardson
Immutable Law: sell on good news, buy on bad.
- Carter Rabasa
I have to agree with Duncan. Steve IS Appl. He has done nothing to groom a replacement (as was evident at this last macworld). Steve is a total megalomaniac I think he secretly wants Apple to fail when he leaves so that he, not Apple, will always be remembered as the great one.
- Tac Anderson
Ken -- do you seriously believe Jobs will be back -- ever?
- Brian Sullivan
When was the announcement? Did Apple wait after the closing bell?
- Bryan R. Adams
Wow Tac - I assume you've had a lot of one on one time with Steve... maybe hanging out at his house... What other intimate details can you provide based on your intimate relationship?
- Brian Roy
Ken, a 7% drop today screams it, I hope Jobs gets well but they should have taken a slow easing in approach as opposed to this pr disaster, just wait till tomorrow stock is gonna tank, not a good plan they just crapped on their shareholders.
- adolfo foronda
Also, don't forget that Apple has $20-some-billion in cash equivalents and no debt. That's almost 1/3 of it's market cap at $85/share.
- LogEx
Tomorrow's opening for the Nasdaq is going to be fascinating. CNBC is going to get a lot of eyeballs. My two will be there to watch the trainwreck.
- Rolf Schewe
you're wrong rob, apple has peaked and this won't help
- Bob Sonin
Brian Roy, you're right I was way too harsh on Steve.
- Tac Anderson
I have to say, with the greatest respect, that this might have been the silliest post you've blogged, reminiscent of Blodget in his 'prime'. You come across as a fanboi (which I am too) not a rational investor. Please Robert, stick to enthusiasm about the shiny shiny new stuff...
- jeremy ettinghausen
His health issues are not news. Anyone market maker worth their salt would have factored this into the share price before today's events. There maybe a run because of the"idiots" but it will recover quickly.
- Mel Buckpitt
Duncan: it's too late to sell at this point. The stock has already been hammered and you are just going to sell at the low.
- Robert Scoble
Steve Jobs has done alot for the company but you are a moron if you sell the stock just based on his lack of presence. He is not a one man show.
- Shaun Haney
Robert, the low till tomorrow
- adolfo foronda
I believe there is a certian element of Apple == Steve. Will the company be the same without him? I doubt it. If he micromanaged and controlled everything as many have said there will be a decline in product vision and quality. Maybe they should have had other people sharing the public face of the company for a while longer than they did (what was it 3 weeks?). I cant name another apple exec who i have actually seen keynote anything.
- Chris Johnson
Having said all that ... i wish him all the best and hope he gets well.
- Chris Johnson
@brian, not at all. I'm just saying that the stock price had a premium built around Jobs. The outstanding question though is how much? Robert, you are correct, I hadn't looked at the stock price when I wrote the comment (was out, so via iPhone), but given the 6% drop in after hours trading, you'd think twice about dumping tomorrow. Having said that though, full trading gives a better picture, and it might go lower yet
- Duncan Riley
Duncan - If I'm paying a premium on a stock because of 1 employee than I am an idiot.
- Brian Roy
Duncan: it might go down more, sure, and might go down again on Friday after they announce their results. But this news is out there and you won't be able to sell in time now to take advantage of this news. So, selling now is idiotic unless you think Apple won't continue to release interesting products now that Steve is gone for a while (at minimum).
- Robert Scoble
a smart investor, would've sold it the minute the announcement was made; and would buy it back in a day or 2 when it bottoms out - but AAPL stock is too volatile for me anyhow, I don't have time to be watching it every day.
- clarke thomas
clarke: it was impossible to sell because APPL was halted before the news was made.
- Robert Scoble
110% agree with Clarke. Robert, true, it's too late to truly take advantage of the news,but likewise we still don't know how big the Jobs premium was in the stock. At a bet though I'd still think AAPL is a good bet: any company with zero debt and a reported $25b in cash reserves is always going to make a decent investment in the current economic climate
- Duncan Riley
agree with Chris; if you're going to sell sell when the market opens, it won't bottom out tomorrow, that will take 2-3 days, till it's a comfortable volatility.
- clarke thomas
The stock price reflects perceptions about the company, not the state of the company. It's not bad if the stock drops, because that's just an opportunity to buy for bulls, who would hold their shares anyway. I'd be happy to buy Apple at less than today's price. But what happens tomorrow, except as a speculative bet, is meaningless to Apple's continued success or failure.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
You're an idiot anyway, what does selling stock have to do with anything :P
- Bwana ☠
I'll buy @ $60.
- Aviv
if you don't understand corporate finance 101 you shouldn't be giving a skeric of investment advice, especially in these times
- Bob Sonin
since when does corporate finance have anything to do w/ stock price. Just because company is doing well or poor, has a minimal effect on its price. It's all based on speculation, what people thing it will or won't do in N time.
- clarke thomas
Apple has so much momentum and a great management team (as post pointed out), even if Jobs can't return, they will continue to innovate and remain successful. Also, re: succession plan, I bet Steve has a to do list for Apple for the next 10 years ;-) So the stock will tank for a while, but the company is likely to remain strong.
- Alistair (alpinefolk)
Given that Apple has high-priced products, I'd think that doesn't bode well in tough economic times. E.g., sales at Tiffany are much worse than at Wal-Mart. iPhone sales are falling off--a $75 phone bill is kind of a luxury. Jobs' leave of absence could just be the catalyst for the stock to move faster in the direction it was heading anyway.
- Joe Knapp
$79 in the pre-market. Not much off the after markets of last night. http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcon...
- Andrew Leyden
The massive drop in the Apple share price today was a full..erm.. 2%.
- John Clifton
So it seems everyone listened to Robert then, eh?
- Ken Sheppardson
It was the fear of idiocy
- Bwana ☠
Bwana: yeah, right. Every investor reads friendfeed and my blog, right? Hah! Or, maybe everyone who cared about Steve Jobs' leadership already sold their shares in Apple, like how Fred Wilson did last week.
- Robert Scoble
Hey, let the lemmings sell so that I can get in!!!!
- Troy Malone
Yep - trading at 83.38. Quite good, considering all the doom and gloom last night.
- Roberto Bonini
It ain't over. Someone will "leak" some more information about Jobs and it'll drop again. See exhibit A: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps...
- Bwana ☠
breaking news: Steve Jobs stepping down from CEO at Apple due to health. Medical leave of absence until the end of June.
Daniel Schildt, Alberto Pose, VC Freak and 98 other people liked this
COO Tim Cook to be responsible for day to day.
- Thomas Hawk
at least a 5 month hiatus for Jobs.
- Thomas Hawk
I'd scream "FAKE", but it's Thomas Hawk.
- Ben Parr
oh my - look for my $ to go down the tubes tomorrow!
- planetMitch
SELL! SELL!
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Nope - 5 month leave of absence - for health reasons
- Brian Roy
Source?
- Faramarz Hashemi
Twitter just borked
- Hutch Carpenter
Ditto - where are you hearing or seeing this ?
- Christopher Chan
FUCK
- orionstarr
source: CNBC
- Thomas Hawk
Uh-oh. In this economy Apple stock is going DOWN.
- Roberto Bonini
Well, it's not like we didn't see this coming.
- Derrick
analyst saying he expects stock to open at around $75 tomorrow down $10 from today's close.
- Thomas Hawk
Wow. End of an era.
- Tris Hussey
to be expected
- Adri Munier
It's on CNBC and trading is halted on Apple stock. Whoa.
- EricaJoy
Give it at least 2 years, and Jobs will force his way in again, and manage to oust his successor somehow...
- Tyson Key
Anyone want to keep sayign it is non of our business how his health is?
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
I'm sorry all - this is all my fault. This always happen when I buy some companies stock.
- Andy Roth
Let the lawsuits begin...
- Kevin Pedraja
check out the "Steve Jobs Lives" t-shirt :) http://tcritic.com/archive...
- karl
I was on Friendfeed when the world stopped turning
- morten saxnaes
Link to respectable source or it isn't happening.
- Jared B. Luther
email jobs sent out to all apple employees today: http://in.sys-con.com/node...
- Thomas Hawk
http://online.wsj.com/public... The breaking news banner.
- mikepk
This is the end of an era. His health must be pretty bad at this point. I wish Apple would have just taken the "we don't comment on the health of our executives" position rather than lie and lie.
- drew olanoff
:( what can you do. the company has been doing it's best to prolong the inevitable. there shouldn't be any panic in the market.
- Faramarz Hashemi
This is certainly not a good sign for him. Apple will survive and likely thrive; he may not.
- Karoli
Last time he stepped down apple went to crap I hear, I'm not happy at all.
- orionstarr
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits... Reprint of the letter
- mikepk
Heard about this about 10 mins ago, spent the next 10 mins frantically trying to get some AAPL to short.
- Steven Cains
AAPL->SELL! :(
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
Jim Goldman on CNBC quoting a tech industry executive as saying that Jobs health is dire and that Jobs is in denial.
- Thomas Hawk
you guys are funny
- Josh Haley
Goldman is a moron and unreliable.
- Mona Nomura
Who is Steve Jobs?
- Morgan Haley
Sold my stock momments after the announcement was made that he wasn't going to be at MacWorld. Got around $88.00 a share. Seems now to have been prudent.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
Will he be resuming the CEO post then, or just sit on the board when he returns at the end of June?
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Steve's health isn't good -- anyone could see it. The exec moves over the past several months were removing contenders for the successor. Steve cultivated people with similar passions, but only one could win. Like Mac design. One ring to bind them all. It was Steve, now he won't be back.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
I hate to be cavalier, but my Mac is still running and my iPhone still works too... Time will tell if the board learned from what happened last time Steve left. WE should also be aware that the circumstances were VERY different last time.
- Brian Roy
so much for scoble's yogurt guy (ducking)
- Dave Winer
OK folks, lets all take a pill and calm down. While there is no reason to think Jobs won't be back, Apple will survive without him. To say that Apple is going to fail without him is an insult to all the creative, intelligent people at Apple who actually design and build the products.
- Kenton
CNBC says that the stock should reopen in extended trading in 10 minutes at 5pm EST.
- Thomas Hawk
There´s a rumour Jobs may be back in a white bionic iSuit already in March at 110% strength ! buy... buy my stock.. nah. ;) (Seriously hope he´ll recover though, whenever).
- Thomas Bøhm
Stock and geeky concerns aside, I gotta wish Jobs the best.
- Tom Landini
We have 5 months it install cut/paste in on the iPhone and develop a 2 button mouse, go go!
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew - when you're done can I have Flash? EDIT: Mona rightly points out that this was a tactless comment. Oops.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
@Kenton; Sure but the market will overreact, hence there's money to be made.
- Steven Cains
I agree with @Kenton, Apple isn't only Jobs.
- Thom Allen
For investment purposes, people have to assume he won't be back, because a week ago he said he wasn't going anywhere. But agree with Landini, I wish Steve a long healthy life.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
+++ Matthew
- Josh Haley
This and now "Kahn" died today? What is Geekdom coming to?
- Jared B. Luther
This man is ILL and you guys are discussing FLASH ON A PHONE? Are you KIDDING ME?
- Mona Nomura
This is the next move in a series of calculated plans to have Steve step down. 5 months will be permanent.
- Spencer
I think it has been pretty crummy how Apple has bene trying to hide this from investors, so now many of them are blindsided. I hope Steve recovers but frankly Apple needs to ditch him now... no one can trust anythign Apple says about him.
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
Jobs become obsolete - Talent prevails (Ad on msnbc.com a couple of days back, truly not my words.)
- Tomi Itkonen
Damn. In the end this won't matter at all. Hoping for the best personally for His Jobness though!
- Mike Flynn
There is a time and place to discuss certain things. The thread is about Steve Jobs, his health, and him stepping down to go on medical leave. That is like going to a funeral and small talking about the person who passed away's funeral expenses. Disgusting and tactless.
- Mona Nomura
watch'in it on tv, shitty :(
- videopixil
Apple stock opening now. Trading around 76.
- Thomas Hawk
On search.twitter.com/?q=Steve%20Jobs you can only go back to &page=100 (100 pages back chronologically) and the oldest tweet I could see had a link to Thomas' FF post right here where we're all commenting.
- Micah Wittman
$76.60 down -$11.21 real time.
- Thomas Hawk
Mona: He ain't dead. And he certainly wouldn't wouldn't appreciate you acting like he was.
- Matthew DeVries
stock coming back a bit. down $8.72 now at $78.80.
- Thomas Hawk
I'm getting to this thread late -- is it known that he has Pancreatic cancer?
- Marko Bon
Part of Steve's problem is he is not getting enough protein. Somebody get him a steak stat!
- gfurry
damn, fight on cnbc too
- videopixil
gfurry: Were it anyone else, you could suspect the Vegan thing, because it's not easy and you have to be very smart and responsible to live a Vegan lifestyle and stay healthy, but Mr. Jobs has more money than god, he has top dieticians and cooks. It ain't the Vegan causing this.
- Matthew DeVries
Are you really asking for permission? Or looking to e-fight? -- rhetorical, which means you don't have to answer. Clearly you have no tact, so this conversation is done (from my end). Carry on.
- Mona Nomura
how can i buy some apple stocks?
- hector juarez
Mona, Chris Crocker, separated at birth? Have respect for the living, there's few things more rude than mourning someone who is ALIVE and well.
- Matthew DeVries
hector juarez, just what i was wondering. never bought stocks/shares before.
- Simon Wicks
Breaking news: Apple stock plummets!
- Tamar Weinberg
Great all my Apple stock down the drain!
- Sweyn Venderbush
Yep. $88.00 was a good price. I'll start buying at $50.00 right now. Offers?
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
I don't really worry about occasional dropped stocks. It will go back up again. We're in a recession anyway... the stock was naturally better in August.
- Tamar Weinberg
yikes. It's sad that one person could make or break a brand like this.
- Tsega Dinka
Tsega: it's not sad. It's human. I know Michael Jordan. How about Tiger Woods. Barack Obama? Superstars cause stuff to happen.
- Robert Scoble
That's why there is a "face of the company" position. I hope for a speedy recovery...
- Anthony Farrior
Here's the bothersome part: Yes the stock is down, yes his health is bad, but why isn't the SEC looking in to the blatant lies told by both? I don't think I'll believe anything Apple says for a long time after this.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
@Robert Scoble, Warren Buffett would be a better example, he is to Berkshire what Steve is to Apple. Even with a team of experienced leaders to succeed him, he's still the figurehead.
- Steven Cains
If a person is ill, but otherwise neurologically intact, does that really mean they can't make decisions anymore? Not in my professional opinion.
- Victor Ganata
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1... - is this news.
- yodhe
it's probably good for Jobs that this news is out. Not having to hide his health anymore means that's one big stressful thing to be out from under. Hopefully now that this news is out he can distance himself a bit from the intense scrutiny I'm sure he's been under and work on getting his health back.
- Thomas Hawk
Direct: http://www.apple.com/pr...
- Nick Humphries
I guess he hasn't been eating his apples.
- Tanath
Wow… "eating his apples"? :D That's quite creative.
- Daniel Schildt
Friendfeed search and RSS feeds are borked. Search times out. Also, RSS feeds stopped updating a couple of days ago.
Kol Tregaskes, Michael Fidler, Mitchell Tsai and 4 other people liked this
yup...surprised this hasn't been fixed yet...
- Zee.
I wonder if they are broken because of heavy use or if they are modifying the infrastructure.
- Dave Senior
No search is inconvenient, to say the least.
- Tom Landini
Echoing Zee, I'm a little surprised at the downtime, FF are usually quick to fix any issues.
- Steven Cains
Hmm, search has been broken/semi-functional for about 3 weeks or so, now?
- Tyson Key
Dude it's Free:)
- John Sullivan
I suppose that's true, so I can't really complain. Still it's a shame, since it spoils an otherwise excellent service.
- Tyson Key
I think you CAN complain about a free service. If you couldn't, we would all be mute about the failures and deficiencies of 90% of the software we use today. Obviously, polite complaints are the classy way to go. :)
- Carter Rabasa
If one *can't* complain about free service, the logic translates into "Free is the new control" because free is defined as a one-way street where the provider has set the terms and customers can lump it if they don't like it.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
yup. couldn't do searches yesterday.
- Mitchell Tsai
FAQ on climate models: Part II - http://www.realclimate.org/index...
This is an outstanding summary of statistical modeling generally and environmental models specifically
- Mitch Ratcliffe
just upgraded my iTunes music songs to DRM Free, fire you the itunes store and to the same, World
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Require an itunes update?
- Dylan Parker
Um, how do you do that?
- Andrew Leyden
how?
- Simon Wicks
There was a mention of iTunes Plus being the medium sorta thing for the DRM-free music - anyway, another 'how' request here
- Patrick Jordan
Yeah, it wants to charge me $13.20 to upgrade 1 song and 4 albums, half of which weren't purchased from iTunes. Thanks, but no thanks.
- Beau Liening
Go to the iTunes Store, on the right hand column, there's "Upgrade My Library." Click on that and it'll tell you what you can upgrade and for how much $.
- Beau Liening
Go to the iTunes Store and up in the top right box, called QUICK, LINKS, there will be a link to "Upgrade My Library" -- they want $149.11 to upgrade my library
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from twhirl
Wait, if the songs weren't purchased on iTunes and are already DRM free then you don't have anything to worry about. Besides, we all know that you can just burn the music to a CD and then rip it to get rid of the DRM. There is no need to pay the extra money.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
On Gizmodo it says this 'The new prices will come on April 1st. iTunes Plus will initially get 8 million songs at 256kbps, with two million more coming at the end of the quarter. When the process is done, the entire iTunes Store catalog will be available DRM free'. I dont have that link in Quick Links..
- Simon Wicks
I do have an iTunes Plus link though :)
- Simon Wicks
Making people pay to change what they have already downloaded with DRM is really bad i think. Apple have given people no option before this to not have DRM, now they change their minds they are charging people!? No thanks.
- Simon Wicks
Blame the RIAA.
- Akiva Moskovitz
yeah... it's the record companies pushing for the tiered service... not Apple.
- Joshua Schnell
Is this upgrade only available to US because I do not see it on my iTunes
- Nikos Anagnostou
Who will Barack Obama's CTO be? John Thompson, CEO of Symantec, looks a lot better than most of the other rumors.
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http://www.google.com/search... has info on John Thompson.
- Robert Scoble
One negative? He was a large supporter of Barack's.
- Robert Scoble
I still like Larry Lessig, too.
- Robert Scoble
What about JSB? http://www.johnseelybrown.com/
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Lessig would be good... While I'm dreaming I'd also like Jesus H. Christ as Secretary of State.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
Lessig is over hyped...He seems like he has something too hide...not a fan.
- Steven (optionshiftk)
The Social Life of Information is one of my favorite books ever, but would prefer a more business-experienced person such as Robert's recommendation.
- Craig Eddy
Craig: I think that you need someone who is good in front of audiences, well connected with the tech industry, who understands law and how government works, and who can geek out and give Obama good advice. It'll be interesting to see who he picks, I hear that they might announce it at any time.
- Robert Scoble
Vint Cerf (Who this past week green-lighted over 900 people on Facebook and has a shiny Barack button on his page)?
- Charlie Anzman
Vint would be great.
- Robert Scoble
Craig: Experience does not mean skill. I think we have had enough of this notion. Let's get someone who has a fresh outlook, not a stale, stagnant one.
- Steven (optionshiftk)
Esther Dyson says we need a CIO rather than CTO. I agree because the issue is management, investment and resource allocation rather than pure technology.
- Michael Krigsman
Michael: I agree with that.
- Robert Scoble
On Dave Farber's mailing list, the speculation is about Jobs, Cerf and Vivek Kundra, DC's CTO.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Agreed re Vint Robert. I have to wonder (with all do respect) if the younger Friendfeeders know who he is (beyond what they can find on Wikipedia)....
- Charlie Anzman
I also wonder about the logic of an attorney as CTO. In any case, the US doesn't need help with technology, but rather with innovation. They are completely independent issues.
- Michael Krigsman
I'm leaning toward Vivek Kundra for US CTO
- dougcoleman
Warren Buffett is brilliant and would inspire confidence
- Warner Carter
Warren would be a super lame choice as CTO. He hates tech.
- Robert Scoble
Buffet is a great investor, but he'd acknowledge that he's not fit to be CTO of the US. My favorite candidate:John Seely Brown. Vint would be great, too. Jobs -- no way. He'd want to take over for Obama on everything!
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from twhirl
I know this is hersey (especially on FF), but I'm thinking we don't really need a CTO.
- Kevin Gamble
I'm going to push for Richard Stallman and then be totally outraged by whoever Obama's more moderate choice will be. Seriously though.. Maybe Nicholas Negroponte?
- James Little
We definitely need a strong CTO... tech / green are HOT markets for growth!!
- Susan Beebe
How about Mitch Kapor? http://bit.ly/G79X
- Len Edgerly
+1 Aaron - very true indeed! (excited to finally get to meet you Thursday 1/8 for SMC Rochester meetup!)
- Susan Beebe
What happened to Eric Schmidt rumour?
- Bankwatch
Eric Schmidt said he wouldn't accept if offered. http://www.reuters.com/article...
- Richard Akerman
Triunfel’s Power - http://www.bleedingblueandteal.com/01-2009...
Here's the main hope for a new Mariners core of greatness, Carlos Truinfel.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
Experimental Philosophy of Consciousness - http://experimentalphilosophy....
What is being within a group? When do we believe groups become "conscious" and why?
- Mitch Ratcliffe
Zimbabwe: Two Year Old is Beaten And is Now Political Detainee - http://allafrica.com/stories...
Explain how a two-year-old can be a political threat.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
France: Google's role in the future of newspapers - http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspap...
Google just can't get dealing with publishers and writers quite right.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
Bush on farewell visit to Iraq dodges flying shoes - Yahoo! News - http://news.yahoo.com/s...
About time the Iraqi people spoke....
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from Bookmarklet
"Profitable until deemed illegal" - http://www.marginalrevolution.com/margina...
Swoopo is organized crime preying on stupidity.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines - http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008...
Think of a world before it is drawn....
- Mitch Ratcliffe
Oregon bank bombed - http://www.horsesass.org/...
Is the future of American economic discourse explosive? The trend in populist talk is even more polarized, and bombings of economic institutions may become more prevelant.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
"To look at these photographs is to enter another world. I don’t think for a - http://reversecowgirl.tumblr.com/post...
Good catch from Susannah.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
Intel Survey: 46% of women, 30% of men choose Internet over sex - http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfran...
Folks, turn off the computers and TV. Get human.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
The rule of law? - http://www.marginalrevolution.com/margina...
Who says unions aren't bureaucracies? I'm pro-organized labor, but believe we should focus on principles in labor agreements rather than trying to run the business through the agreement.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
Top Ten Sex-Related Incidents In China - http://www.zonaeuropa.com/2008121...
For no other reason than the headline is an absurdity of topicality
- Mitch Ratcliffe
'Endgame' for US mission in Iraq - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2...
First I'd heard of the endgame. A form of declaring victory in a war we shouldn't have started.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
The History Of Sex In China -- Episodes From The Last 30 Years - http://www.zonaeuropa.com/2008121...
Prude's Republic of China?
- Mitch Ratcliffe
Political Science Professor Denounced By Students - http://www.zonaeuropa.com/2008120...
The future of academic freedom is the past of cultural revolution. Americans who condemn teachers for their views take note.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
Android phones appearing in China soon: Lenovo Ophone, Qiji i6, Sciphone - http://shanghaiist.com/2008...
Interesting G1 phone.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
web Q: if my blog lives at blog.domain.com and I'd like visitors to domain.com to bounce directly there, what do I put in index.html?
is it just plain HTML, or a PHP or JSP or other generated page? If vanilla HTML, just edit .httaccess to "redirect 301 /domain.com/ http:blog.domain.com -- Wikipedia has a lot of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from twhirl
Pulitzer Prizes in the 21st Century - http://citmedia.org/blog...
Great discussion about why we should honor great journalism, wherever it comes from
- Mitch Ratcliffe
Monday morning tactic - http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2008...
Knight C5
- Mitch Ratcliffe
Most expensive Tweeter in the solar system - http://americasfuture.org/convent...
Twitter goes interplanetary
- Mitch Ratcliffe
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